Devil's Army

The Japanese tanks at Jihong Bridge were destroyed, curbing the fierce counterattack of the Japanese army.

Afterwards, the troops of the 7th Brigade continued to attack the counterattacking Japanese army.

However, these Japanese troops hid in the houses and shops on the south bank of Jihong Bridge and continued to shoot at the soldiers of the 7th Brigade.

The Xinjing air force circled in the sky, but had no way to carry out air strikes on the Japanese troops in civilian houses. They could only carry out limited bombing on the Japanese troops who launched a counterattack.

After losing air superiority, the Japanese learned their lesson and stopped organizing counterattacks. Instead, they hid in houses and shops and engaged in street fighting with the soldiers of the 7th Brigade.

What gave the regimental commander a headache was that the Japanese troops in front of him had been ordered to stop them from advancing.

After fighting for a long time, they still had not reached the south bank of Jihong Bridge, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

The regimental commander did not believe that their soldiers were worse than those of the Japanese army.

When there was no way for the tanks to provide reinforcements, he ordered the Golden Eagle drones to cooperate with the rocket soldiers to clear out the Japanese troops in the house step by step.

The infantry then followed up to clear out the enemy and consolidate the recaptured positions.

Although this resulted in greater casualties, it gradually pushed the Japanese army towards Jihong Bridge.

Seeing his troops being beaten back step by step, the major quickly organized a death squad. They smashed the windows of the neighboring houses, sneaked into the houses through the windows, and quietly moved towards the houses controlled by the devil's troops.

When the Japanese suicide squad members approached the soldiers of the Seventh Brigade, some of them suddenly threw mines into the civilian houses controlled by the soldiers of the Seventh Brigade.

Other suicide squad members used machine guns to fire fiercely at the soldiers of the 7th Brigade on the position.

The Japanese suicide squad used this trick to recapture two fortifications that were recaptured by the soldiers of the 7th Brigade.

The Japanese follow-up troops immediately followed and took over the two fortifications.

By evening, the positions of the two armies were stabilized on both sides of the wreckage of the Japanese tanks.

After dinner, the commander of the 7th Brigade convened a combat meeting for cadres at the regimental level and above at the former Japanese military headquarters in Qinjiagang.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade told everyone about the current progress of the Harbin battle:

“Two units of the Fourth Brigade have advanced to the south bank of the Songhua River and are currently blocked there.

The Second Regiment of our Seventh Brigade also attacked from the west to the Pingfang District. After joining forces with the troops of the Fourth Brigade, we also fought northward to the south bank of the Songhua River.

Our 34th Brigade, st Regiment, fought all day but still failed to break through the front line of defense at Jihong Bridge.

"Brigade Commander, we once approached the front line of Jihong Bridge, but the Japanese army sent out a suicide squad and drove us back."

A captain stood up and said in a low voice.

"Are all the soldiers in your regiment cowards? Sometimes fighting is all about ruthlessness."

"Brigade Commander, none of the soldiers in our regiment are cowards, but if we continue fighting like this, the casualties will be too high. I want to send tanks to support us tomorrow."

"I know my soldiers, and none of them are cowards. Since the battle to retake Harbin began, your regiment has been fighting continuously for over a week. The next battle will be led by the Third Regiment. You will retreat and rest."

"Brigade Commander, our regiment can still fight."

"Can't our Third Regiment fight?" The Third Regiment Commander stood up and asked in dissatisfaction.

"Lao Zhang, that's not what I meant."

"Stop talking and just follow orders. There are still many battles to come, so you need to combine work and rest."

"Yes!" The captain sat back angrily.

At this time, the signalman delivered a telegram from Leng Feng.

After reading the telegram, the commander of the Seventh Brigade ordered: The Third Regiment must capture Jihong Bridge within three days and assemble at the south bank of the Songhua River.