Devil's Army

After the 7th Brigade broke through the east gate of Harbin, a part of them attacked southward and joined the 4th Brigade in Pingfang District and Xiangfang District, and then continued to move north.

The main force advanced directly to attack north of Harbin.

When the troops arrived at Qinjiagang, they encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese army.

The Xinjing Air Force immediately launched bombing and strafing on the Japanese positions in Qinjiagang.

Under the protection of the soldiers, the two tanks of the Seventh Brigade rumbled forward towards Qinjiagang.

The 7th Brigade has been fighting for many years, and the coordinated operations of the three services of air, infantry and tanks have become perfect.

After the Xinjing Air Force launched a bombing on the Japanese positions in Qinjiagang, the tanks charged forward with a rumbling sound, and the infantry followed behind.

The Japanese army had no way to resist the 7th Brigade's air-to-ground joint operation. In less than an hour, the Japanese Qinjiagang defense line was breached.

The Japanese army continued to retreat northward.

Towards evening, soldiers from the Seventh Brigade attacked the outskirts of Harbin Railway Station.

The soldiers of the 7th Brigade built fortifications on the spot to prevent the Japanese army from counterattacking.

The next morning, just as the dawn broke, the dome of Harbin Railway Station was faintly visible in the smoke.

Soldiers of the Seventh Brigade launched an attack on Harbin Railway Station under the cover of tanks.

The reinforced concrete fortifications of the Japanese army's Harbin Railway Station were embedded around the platform like a cancer, and flames spewed from the firing holes of the bunker.

The wreckage of an overturned train on the tracks became a natural roadblock. The barbed wire fences beside the tracks were wrapped with rusty cans, making a harsh clanging sound in the cold wind.

The Japanese army hid behind the train wreckage and barbed wire and fired fiercely at the soldiers of the 7th Brigade.

Two "Qukou" tanks of the 7th Brigade were the first to run over the collapsed outer fortifications of the station, and their tracks rolled up gravel and coal slag.

The flames from the muzzles blew the bricks and stones of the fortifications into pieces.

The Japanese soldiers hiding behind the wreckage of the train were also blown away by the tanks of the 7th Brigade.

The soldiers of the 7th Brigade following closely behind bent their waists and moved between the sleepers. The sound of submachine gun fire was as dense as frying beans, shooting at the train wreckage and the Japanese troops behind the barbed wire.

The soldiers held the grenades in their hands, and after the crisp sound of pulling the strings, the machine guns in the Japanese fortifications fell silent.

At this time, the roar of engines was heard in the sky. Three bombers of the First Army dived down, and the bombs under their wings screamed and hit the Japanese headquarters.

As flames shot up into the sky, the train station's clock tower collapsed. In the smoke and dust, infantrymen rushed across the platform with bayonets raised, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the stubborn Japanese troops.

The crisp sound of bayonets colliding, shouts, and the roar of tank shells were intertwined.

After half a day of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the 7th Brigade recaptured the Harbin Railway Station

A sniper took aim at the Rising Sun flag fluttering in the wind high above.

A gunshot rang out, and the rising sun flag flying high in the sky fell from the window of the dispatch room.

The morning sun pierced through the clouds, illuminating the four bullet-riddled golden characters "Harbin Station" on the wall.

The Japanese army continued to retreat north of Harbin.

The soldiers of the 7th Brigade were in combat readiness, guarding against the Japanese counterattack while clearing out the railway station, which was known as the largest and most prosperous in Asia at the time.

Major General Ube, the commander of the Japanese army in Harbin, originally thought that the heavily defended Harbin Railway Station could withstand the attacks of the devil troops for at least a week, but he did not expect it to fall in less than a day.

He forced the major to defend the next Jihong Bridge to the death, otherwise he would commit suicide by disembowelment.

The major had no choice but to order the troops retreating from Harbin Railway Station to stay at the Jihong Bridge position with the original troops.