Devil's Army

After clearing out the Japanese troops in Tianheng Mountain, the regiment continued to advance towards Harbin.

After the Japanese army in Harbin fell at Tianheng Mountain, they immediately sent reinforcements to garrison the east gate.

The pressure on the 1st Regiment of the 4th Brigade attacking the south gate of Harbin was relieved.

When the soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 7th Brigade arrived at the outskirts of Harbin's east gate, the sun had already set below the horizon.

Here, the Japanese army built a line of defense with barbed wire and bunkers.

At night, the performance of the First Army Air Force, which has air superiority, is restricted.

A regimental commander decided to let the troops rest for one night and launch an attack on Harbin tomorrow morning.

The next morning, before the mist had dissipated, Harbin on the banks of the Songhua River had been torn apart by the artillery fire of the 7th Brigade.

The Japanese army built a dense fire network in the wilderness outside the east gate of Harbin. Reinforced concrete bunkers and barbed wire were intertwined into a ferocious defense line, which was fiercely bombed and strafed by the Xinjing Air Force.

The Japanese and puppet troops in the fortifications were bombed by the First Army's air force and were forced to hide everywhere in a miserable state.

Just as the bombing by the Xinjing Air Force stopped, five tanks painted in khaki camouflage came rumbling over, and the roar of their tracks rolling over the frozen soil made the ground tremble.

"Boom! Boom!..." The muzzle of the leading tank spewed out flames, and the armor-piercing bullets accurately hit the firing holes of the Japanese front-line bunkers, and brick and stone fragments mixed with gunpowder smoke rose into the air.

The tank group following closely behind advanced in a wedge shape, and the vehicle-mounted machine guns swept at the Japanese infantry who were resisting stubbornly beside the bunker, knocking down the soldiers who tried to throw grenades in large numbers.

The soldiers of the first battalion of the first regiment followed closely beside the tanks, protecting them while shooting at the Japanese troops in the positions.

Under the cover of tanks, the soldiers attacked quickly and were about to break through the outer defense line of Harbin's east gate. The Japanese army had to use 100mm howitzers to block the attack of a group of tanks.

The tanks of the regiment had to make zigzag movements to avoid the bombardment of Japanese howitzers.

At this time, three H-2 bombers swooped down in the sky like silver falcons, and the bombs under their wings slammed into the Japanese artillery positions with a scream.

The violent explosion overturned the Japanese howitzer, and flames and soil shot up into the sky.

The artillery group that was originally roaring wildly suddenly fell silent.

At this time, fighter planes from the First Army also flew over, circling and strafing the Japanese artillery.

"Charge!" After the Japanese howitzer position was destroyed, with a shout from the commander, the infantry hidden behind the tanks leaped up like a tide and rushed towards the Japanese position.

The tanks roared again and rushed towards the Japanese positions.

The soldiers used the cover of the tanks to quickly infiltrate, and the engineers crawled forward and blew open the gaps in the barbed wire.

A soldier rolled to the base of the bunker holding a bag of explosives, lit the fuse and quickly rolled away. After a loud bang, a big hole was blown out on the top of the bunker, and the machine gun inside suddenly fell silent.

The follow-up troops charged on the frozen soil, the sounds of rifle and submachine gun fire rang out one after another, and grenades exploded one after another in the Japanese trenches, engulfing the stubbornly resisting enemy in the smoke.

The tanks also continued to advance, crashing through the Japanese barricades and clearing obstacles for the infantry.

The machine gun fire points on the Japanese surface positions were also targeted by tanks.

Under the unstoppable attack of a group of tanks, the Japanese army's defense line at the east gate of Harbin was already in danger.

A Japanese officer waved his saber and tried to organize a counterattack, but was shot into a sieve by the machine guns of the swooping fighter planes of the First Army.

The soldiers of the first battalion took turns providing cover and, with the support of tanks and aviation, gradually compressed the Japanese army's defensive space.

More than an hour later, the first battalion completely occupied the Japanese army's outer fortifications at the east gate of Harbin.