Devil's Army

The remaining two tanks of the 100th Brigade were arranged in pairs, and the mm short-barreled guns on the tanks bombarded the bridgehead positions on both sides of Jihong Bridge.

The soldiers of the first battalion crawled forward while the firepower of the Japanese bridgehead position was suppressed by tanks.

The moment they approached the Japanese bridgehead position, they suddenly threw grenades into the bridgehead position.

Then he jumped up and rushed towards the Japanese bridgehead position with a shout.

Seeing this, the Japanese troops in the buildings on both sides of Jihong Bridge increased their intensity of shooting.

One by one, the soldiers of the first battalion who were charging fell on the road. The soldiers behind them quickly lay down.

Seeing this, the First Army Air Force, which had not yet moved away, flew over again and fiercely strafed the windows of the burning building.

Seeing that the Japanese firepower was suppressed, the soldiers of the first battalion who were lying on the ground jumped up again and launched a charge towards the Japanese bridgehead position.

After a fierce close combat between the two armies, the Japanese bridgehead position was occupied by a battalion of soldiers.

The Japanese army retreated to positions on Jihong Bridge and on the north bank of the bridge.

After half a day of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the first battalion suffered heavy casualties and the momentum of the attack weakened.

The regimental commander was determined to capture Jihong Bridge this time. He dispatched his only reserve force, the direct company, to participate in the battle for Jihong Bridge.

At this time, all the Japanese artillery positions deployed on the north bank of Jihong Bridge were destroyed by the First Army Air Force.

The regiment's direct company, which had just been deployed to the battlefield, immediately demonstrated its strong combat effectiveness.

They crawled forward on the Jihong Bridge and continuously attacked the Japanese positions on the bridge.

Some of them climbed onto the steel frame of the bridge and used grenades to blow up the machine gun nests set up by the Japanese on the bridge; some waded under the bridge and tried to outflank the Japanese from the flank and rear.

The Japanese army continued to reinforce Jihong Bridge. The sound of grenade launchers exploding one after another on the bridge, and the sound of gunfire was as dense as frying beans.

The fierce fighting lasted until noon, and the steel skeleton of Jihong Bridge had been blackened by artillery fire, and the bridge deck was littered with corpses and equipment debris from both sides.

After suffering heavy casualties, the regiment finally captured the entire Jihong Bridge position. However, the Japanese still relied on the buildings on the north bank to resist stubbornly.

As the sun set, the First Army Air Force dived again and fiercely strafed the Japanese troops hiding in the buildings on the north bank.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade looked at the Japanese troops still resisting stubbornly on the north bank and transferred two battalions from the Fourth Regiment. Taking advantage of the night, the soldiers of the two battalions quietly circled back to the rear of the Japanese troops from both flanks.

The first battalion and its direct company launched a feint attack on the front to attract Japanese firepower.

When the two battalions successfully reached the rear of the Japanese army, the battle started instantly.

The Japanese army's supplies to the buildings on the north bank of Jihong Bridge were cut off.

The major continued to send reinforcements in an attempt to break through the 4th Regiment's defense line and replenish ammunition and supplies for the Japanese troops in the building, but was stubbornly blocked by the 4th Regiment's battalion.

Soldiers from the Second Battalion of the Fourth Regiment attacked the Japanese troops in Qiao Yuli from behind.

The Japanese troops in Qiao Yuli were attacked from both sides by the soldiers of the 1st and 4th Regiments of the 7th Brigade. They were running out of ammunition and their formation was in chaos.

The morale of the soldiers of the Seventh Brigade was greatly boosted, and their shouts of killing shook the night sky.

The Japanese commander realized that the situation was not good and tried to organize a breakout, but the soldiers of the 7th Brigade had already surrounded them.

After fierce street fighting from building to building and house to house, the Japanese resistance gradually weakened.

The sky in the east was turning pale, and the battle was finally over. The flag of the Seventh Brigade was raised on the building on the north bank.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade ordered the commander of the First Regiment to reach the Songhua River within three days.

The battle of Jihong Bridge took him one day and two nights.