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After finalizing the plan with his political commissar comrades, Malashenko, who was afraid that the Japanese might jump over the wall at any time, immediately took action.

Considering that there were many potential demands for surrender in the combat operations against Japan, the leading army prepared many surrender bombs for spreading leaflets in advance before attacking south.

The leaflets used to persuade the Japanese troops in the city to surrender were also stepped up. The first batch had been produced in the afternoon, and they were immediately stuffed into surrender bombs and transported to the artillery.

When everything was ready, Malashenko immediately issued a firing order to the ISU-152A self-propelled artillery unit that had arrived on mobile and entered the firing position.

After receiving the news that "the Russians are coming", the Japanese troops in the city were already panic-stricken. When they heard the sudden roar of artillery in the world outside the city wall, they were immediately frightened like a shrinking tortoise and quickly found a bunker to hide.

The fact that "Russian artillery is extremely ferocious" has long spread throughout the entire Kwantung Army like a plague and wildfire. Now almost even the ordinary soldiers of the Kwantung Army are aware of this matter.

It's not that the Kwantung Army Headquarters doesn't care and allows such bad news that damages morale and shakes the morale of the military to spread everywhere, but it really has no ability or energy to take care of it.

Yamada Otsuzo, who was left numb by the corrupt war situation, has basically lost the ability to effectively manage and command the various units of the Kwantung Army. Many times, he is even commanding the troops that have actually been wiped out by the Red Army in front of the map, which is even worse than Santoku's Doomsday Dusk.

The most important military command has become like this, and what the troop management will be like is actually predictable.

It is nothing more than that all kinds of rumors that are not good for morale and shake the morale of the army will spread so widely, especially when the Japanese troops in the city are basically strong men and new recruits.

"Ozawa-kun, I heard that you have fought against the Russians before. Is their artillery really as powerful as the rumors say? I heard someone said that the Russian cannons can destroy entire trenches with one shot. This is true. ?"

The Japanese sergeant who was called Ozawa turned his head and looked at the guy next to him who had the same rank as him. He was helpless and speechless when he heard the other party's idiotic question.

I can't understand more and more why even a new recruit who has been working as a security guard for half a year has now become a sergeant. Has the Kwantung Army really reached the point where no one can use it?

"Isn't the whistling sound outside obvious enough? Listening to this sound, you should be able to guess how powerful the Russian artillery is. Isn't it difficult?"

Unlike the recruits around him, who were mostly trembling and fearful, Ozawa Masao was an experienced Japanese veteran, and he was also a veteran who originally belonged to the Second Division.

It's funny to say that in the recent battle with the leader's army, Masao Ozawa's brigade was overrun by the huge IS6 and IS7 heavy tanks not long after the battle started, causing heavy casualties.

The captain became angry and unwilling to fail. He drew his command knife and was about to personally direct the counterattack.

Unexpectedly, a roaring Russian tank shell exploded not far away, and the captain was thrown upside down on the spot with half of his body ripped to pieces.

Ozawa Masao, who was not far away, immediately brought a few soldiers over to check. He touched the captain's pulse with his finger and probed his nostrils again. He found that the person could still be saved, at least for the time being.

Ozawa Masao, who had no time to think about it, immediately found a stretcher, took the soldiers and carried it to the captain and sent it to the rear.

Thanks to his bow-legged running speed, and the fact that there was a three-wheeled sidecar motorcycle parked not far away, unattended in the chaos of the war.

Masao Ozawa, who put the battalion captain into the sidecar, got on his motorcycle and started running wildly. He looked for the field hospital but couldn't find it. Instead, he was chased by Russian tanks and artillery shells, which were getting closer and closer.

Masao Ozawa, who did not dare to stop at all, could only flee all the way on a three-wheeled motorcycle, and finally escaped along the dirt road into the city of Harbin.

As soon as Ozawa Masao, whose face was covered with dust and blood stains, got out of the car, he immediately called for people to come over and treat the brigade captain.

Unexpectedly, the military doctor came up to check briefly, rolled his eyelids, shook his head and left without giving any first aid.

Masao Ozawa, who felt stupid, didn't realize until this moment that the captain he had thrown into the sidecar had already passed out on the road.

He didn't know whether he died from his injuries or was knocked to death by his too strong driving skills. Anyway, he was already hard-core and he didn't know how long he had been dead.

Fortunately, the superiors who had already become a mess did not pursue the matter too closely, and Ozawa Masao was also sent to the rear with other broken troops that night for reorganization.

At that time, Ozawa Masao never imagined that this would be his last chance to escape and ascend to heaven.

Ozawa Masao broke into a cold sweat when he learned that the Russian tanks rushed into the city early the next morning and that none of the remaining Japanese in the city could escape. They were either killed by the Russians or made prisoners.

I smoked three cigarettes in a row to calm down my shock, and secretly sighed that I was so lucky. It was probably because I was blessed by Amaterasu.

The subsequent reorganization went smoothly. Masao Ozawa, who finally had a peaceful life for a few days, was reassigned to the newly formed 198th Division and became a sergeant.

This newly formed 198th Division is nominally a newly formed reserve team from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, but Masao Ozawa figured it out.

This is not a serious field force at all, not even a reserve force.

The personnel are either new recruits or strong soldiers who have just been forcibly recruited, and the equipment is even more useless.

Except for the rifle, which can ensure that each person has one hand, everything else is lacking, and many people don't even have the most basic grenades.

Not to mention more advanced weapons such as machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, and infantry guns.

Masao Ozawa, who searched the entire squadron, only found a Type 99 light machine gun, a crooked handle, and two grenade launchers that lacked enough ammunition. Moreover, they were taken off the battlefield by other broken soldiers. , not newly issued during the reorganization of the army.

The above is the entire infantry backbone firepower of the entire squadron. Ozawa Masao couldn't figure out where all the weapons and equipment produced by the Kwantung Army, which has the ability to produce its own weapons, went.

Later, I accidentally learned from others that Russian bombers had blown up almost all the Kwantung Army's ordnance reserves in just a few days after the war started.

They don’t know why the bomb can be so accurate and deadly. Most likely, the coordinates of the air raid have been marked in advance and are waiting to be bombed. They don’t know who provided the intelligence to the Russians.

But regardless of the reason, Ozawa Masao knew that the Kwantung Army had probably reached its end.

Even a unit as powerful as the Second Division was killed by the Russians. Now it is expected that these shotguns and cannons can withstand the Russians.

Masao Ozawa, who had seen how powerful the Russians were, felt that this was just a dream.