March 26 was a disaster day that can never be forgotten for the Japanese army, on this day, the tank brigade that Higuchi Jiichiro summed up and pinned his hopes on was brutalized by Chen Feng's infantry, and more than 100 Type 97 chariots were defeated by hundreds of infantry.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, more than 170 fighters of the Second Flying Group of the Japanese Army flew over Manchuria, preparing to carry out a large-scale bombardment of the troops attacking Manchuria on the ground.

At the same time, the Japanese air force flying from Harbin to Manchuria was ambushed by Chen Feng's unit in the sky above Moqi, and the Japanese air force with only 20 fighters that was preparing to attack Dongfang City was also intercepted by Chen Feng's unit on the way to Dongfang City.

This large-scale air battle was fought in three battlefields at the same time, and Chen Feng was determined to teach the Japanese air force a lesson to remember for life, and in addition to dispatching more than 200 fighters at one time, he also dispatched 120 helicopters.

The air battle lasted less than half an hour, and the Japanese air force, mainly bombers, suffered extremely heavy losses, and only a few of the more than 320 fighters dispatched by the Second Flying Group escaped back to Hailar, and all the rest were shot down, and the entire battlefield in Manchuria and the suburbs of Moqi were full of wreckage of the downed Japanese planes.

Only 5 fighters were destroyed in the 8th Theater of this war, one of which fell due to a malfunction of the airframe, which had little to do with the Japanese army, and only 4 were shot down by the Japanese army.

News of the Second Flight Group's encounter with Waterloo reached Hailar. It was quickly transmitted back to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Shinjing, and the Japanese army, which yesterday was still trumpeting the bravery of the great Japanese air warriors, was like a big rooster that had been choked by the neck, and suddenly became silent.

This was not the end, at about two o'clock in the afternoon, first the defenders of the Root River sent an urgent telegram, saying that a large number of Chinese troops had been found outside the city, no less than an infantry brigade; Then the defenders in the direction of Yakeshi and Zhalantun also sent urgent telegrams, saying that they had been fiercely attacked by the Chinese army, requesting the headquarters of the 23rd Division to rescue immediately.

Yano Otozaburo was shocked, how could the Shina army suddenly appear in the hinterland of Hulunbuir, according to the news from Genhe and other places. Several counties near Hailar were attacked by the Chinese army. According to the information they sent back, the number of the Chinese army was still quite large, and the total number of the three county towns was about to reach more than 5,000 people.

Otozaburo Yano did not dare to slack off, and asked for help from the Kwantung Army Headquarters. On the one hand, an infantry wing was immediately drawn from the defenders of Hailar, plus a puppet cavalry division. The troops were divided into three routes to reinforce Genhe, Yakeshi and Zhalantun.

Every move of the Hailar defenders was closely monitored by Chen Feng's subordinates. After receiving that the Hailar defenders had dispatched another infantry wing out of the city, Chen Feng expected that the fire was almost over, and immediately ordered Qin Yiwu's headquarters, which was on standby at Ulaanbaatar Airport, to board the plane immediately.

A quarter past four in the afternoon. More than 30 C130 Hercules transport planes flew over Hailar, and more than 6,000 paratroopers and a large number of weapons and ammunition landed in Hailar City.

The Japanese soldiers defending the city were not stupid, seeing the Chinese army falling from the sky, the Japanese soldiers chose to counterattack as soon as possible, and all the soldiers aimed their guns at the white parachutes in the sky.

However, because Hailar is located in the hinterland of Hulunbuir, except for a small number of defenders responsible for patrolling, the rest of the troops will not stay on the position, so although the defenders counterattacked, the firepower was not intensive, and soon the first batch of paratroopers successfully landed.

According to the original plan, immediately after landing, the army assembled in the direction of the Japanese barracks and the airfield in Hailar City, and at the same time, the Japanese garrison headquarters and arsenal were listed as key offensive targets.

When the 8th Theater of Operations was conducting airborne operations against Hailar, Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano was holding a meeting at the garrison headquarters with all officers above the rank of wing commander. As a commander with a lot of combat experience, Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano has already smelled something unusual from today's battle.

Especially after the successive discoveries of Chinese troops in the Root River and Yakeshi, Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano thought that the Chinese army was likely to suddenly appear near Hailar, so he hurriedly called a meeting of several wing commanders in the city to discuss the defense strategy in case he was caught by surprise by the Shina army.

However, before their meeting was over, the guards hurried into the conference room and told Yano and the others, "The Shina army is here!" ”

Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano couldn't take care of the good general demeanor in the past, and hurriedly ran out to check the situation, only to see that the sky of Hailar City was completely covered by huge white parachutes, and those hateful Shina paratroopers landed gracefully while killing the Imperial Army on the ground with the guns in their hands.

At the same time, there was also a fierce exchange of fire in the city, and the sound of explosions was incessant, and suddenly Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano felt that someone behind him pushed him hard, making his Excellency the lieutenant general fall all at once, and the furious Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano was about to teach this daring bastard a hard lesson, but as soon as he turned his head, he found a shuttle bullet hitting the place where he was standing just now. As for the "daring" "bastard", he was beaten into a sieve, and seven or eight guns were empty all over his body.

Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, fortunately his guards pushed himself, otherwise he would be the one who fell to the ground now, and then the guards who followed Yano hurriedly shouted: "Your Excellency the Commander of the Protection Division!" Your Excellency the Protector Commander! He quickly surrounded Yano in the middle of the human wall.

And Qin Yiwu in mid-air secretly said that it was a pity, just now he saw Yano Otozaburo from the scope of the sniper rifle, Qin Yiwu was immediately overjoyed, as the supreme commander of the paratroop unit, of course Qin Yiwu knew what rank the two generals were. That is the lieutenant general of the Japanese army, what does the lieutenant general mean Qin Yiwu could not know.

In the establishment of the Japanese army, the division is the smallest strategic unit, but also the largest tactical unit, and the division commander is generally served by the lieutenant general, unfortunately, the Japanese army in the Hailar area is a division-level establishment, that is to say, the following army lieutenant general is likely to be the highest commander in the Hailar area.

Patient with the excitement in his heart, Qin Yiwu aimed the sniper rifle in his hand at the lieutenant general, and then pulled the trigger continuously until all the bullets in the gun were out.

It's a pity that he was dodged by that bastard and only killed a second lieutenant, looking at the guy who was protected in the middle, Qin Yiwu secretly sighed that he had lost a great opportunity.

Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano eased his nervousness a little, and immediately ordered all the officers around him to immediately return to their units, and counterattack in all directions with the headquarters as the center, and in any case to hold the headquarters and important strongholds such as the airfield, and then gradually counterattack.

However, the news fed back from the battlefield was not very optimistic, the Chinese army had now captured the entire airport, and the defenders of a squadron at the airport had been completely annihilated, and the Chinese had established a strong defensive line at the airport, apparently trying to use the airport as a stronghold.

Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano was shocked, the China Air Force was able to parachute such a large number of paratroopers to Hailar in such a short period of time, which means that the transportation capacity of the China Air Force has exceeded the expectations of the Empire, if the China Army uses Hailar Airport as a base and continues to send reinforcements to the city, then not only Hailar City will not be able to hold it, but I am afraid that even Manchuria and the entire Hulunbuir will be in danger.

As a last resort, Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano immediately sent a report to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, requesting the Kwantung Army Command to immediately send elite troops to reinforce Hulunbuir. At the same time, his own worries and speculations were attached for the reference of the Kwantung Army Command.

The battle lasted until the night, although Qin Yiwu's troops were not able to take Hailar City in one fell swoop, but they controlled most of the important strongholds in the city, and the remnants of Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano and the 23rd Division's two infantry wings were trapped in a small area centered on the garrison headquarters, and the two sides fought fiercely on the roadway as the battlefield.

The casualties of the airborne operation were very large, after a night of fighting, Qin Yiwu's more than 6,000 people were left with less than 4,000 people, in addition to more than 800 wounded, the number of casualties was as high as more than 1,200, and the Japanese army confronting them had two whole infantry wings, although the structure was not very complete, but the total strength should not be less than 5,000 people.

In order to take Hailar as soon as possible, the next stage of the plan will be implemented as soon as possible. Immediately, Qin Yiwu sent a report to the front command, requesting that reinforcements be sent immediately to reinforce the paratrooper brigade.

Knowing that Qin Yiwu's unit had taken control of Hailar Airport, Chen Feng immediately ordered the two infantry brigades of the 7th Division to immediately board the plane and go to Hailar, and at the same time ordered the 6th Mechanized Division of the Northern Mongolian Military Region to immediately advance in the direction of Erguna and prepare to capture the northern part of Hulunbuir in one fell swoop.

On the morning of the 27th, with the steady arrival of reinforcements from Chen Feng's headquarters, and the reinforcements from the Kwantung Army Headquarters still thousands of miles away, Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano made an astonishing choice - to abandon Hailar.

Because they did not expect the Japanese army to retreat suddenly, Qin Yiwu and others did not reserve troops to intercept the Japanese army at all, and finally let more than 5,000 Japanese troops in the city successfully break through.

After the 23rd Division broke through the encirclement, it advanced directly to Yakeshi, joined up with the more than 6,000 Japanese puppet troops in Yakeshi, and made a posture of encircling and annihilating the Chinese troops on the periphery of Yakeshi. (To be continued......)