Devil's Army

The weeds outside the city wall showed signs of being trampled by a large number of troops, pointing directly towards Muling County.

When the commander of the Second Regiment of the Seventh Brigade saw this situation, he was so ashamed that he wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

This is the junction of their second and third battalions. A large number of Japanese soldiers passed through here, but they didn’t even notice!

He requested punishment from the 7th Brigade Commander

"There's no need for punishment. After so many days of continuous fighting, it's normal to be a little careless. Immediately call the first regiment in Muling County and have them block these devils. Your second battalion will search from the rear."

"Yes"

After receiving the call, the regimental commander immediately arranged for a large-scale search, focusing on the various paths leading to the Soviet Union.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion also followed the clues left by the Japanese army during its march. However, the soldiers of the First Regiment of the Second Battalion searched all the way to the border with the Soviet Union and found no trace of the devils.

The large number of footprints on the border indicated that this group of devils had crossed the border and entered the Soviet Union.

When the commander of the Seventh Brigade heard that the commander of the Korean division of the Japanese army had fled to the Soviet Union with a large force, he said self-deprecatingly:

"Forget it, our original goal was to drive these Japanese troops out of the border. Now they have fled to the Soviet Union on their own, so we don't have to do anything."

Three days after Dongning County was recaptured, Linkou County was also recaptured by the 4th and 7th Brigades.

At this point, the entire city of Mudanjiang was recaptured by the First Army. It became the second city where the Japanese army was driven out of the border. (The first city where the Japanese army was driven out of the border was Yunnan.)

A few days later, Hunchun, Tumen County, Longjing County, and Helong County were all recaptured by the 17th Brigade.

All the Japanese troops in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture were driven to North Korea, making it the third city to drive the Japanese troops out of the border.

The next day was New Year's Day, and Leng Feng held a celebration meeting in Harbin.

"After more than a month of courageous fighting by the commanders and fighters, the First Anti-Japanese Army finally gained a firm foothold in Heilongjiang Province. They recovered Harbin, Mudanjiang City, Suihua City, Yichun County, Jiamusi City and other areas.

Next, we will continue to recover Qiqihar, Daqing, Heihe and Daxinganling.

Yesterday, we drove the invaders from Yunnan back to Vietnam. Today, we drove the invaders from Mudanjiang City across the border to the Soviet Union. We drove the invaders from Yanbian back to North Korea.

Next, we will recover more lost territories and drive more devils out of our borders.

There was long and warm applause at the scene.

Some officers and soldiers at the scene asked Leng Feng:

"Commander, when can we drive all the Japanese out of our borders?"

"This year, this year we will drive all the devils who can invade our land out of the border."

The soldiers were all excited, as they finally saw the dawn of driving the Japanese invaders out of the country.

What Leng Feng didn't know was that the fighter planes transferred by the Japanese Army Headquarters to the Kwantung Army Air Force and the Japanese China Expeditionary Force had been completed and were about to compete with the Devil Force Air Force for air supremacy in Northeast China and North China.

Commander Michijiro Umezu discussed with Commander Shunroku Hata and decided to deal with the devilish air force in the Tangshan base first.

During this period, the air force of the devil troops in the Tangshan base frequently launched air raids on their defense lines in Beijing and Tianjin.

The Nanyuan Airport in Beijing and the Dongjuzi Airport in Tianjin were also attacked several times by the aviation of the Devil Forces. Only the tenacious resistance of their heroic aviation and antiaircraft artillery units prevented them from suffering even greater losses.