Chapter five hundred and first surprise attack (2)
Not only did the defenders of the Songhua River Bridge fail to prevent their opponents from moving so quickly, but even the Japanese and puppet troops in Harbin did not expect it. ['. When Tao Jingfei led his troops through the Songhua River Bridge at full speed, they rushed in
In the urban area of Harbin, the street lights on the main streets were still on. The troops led by Tao Jingfei did not even need to turn on their car lights and could directly use street lights for lighting.
When Tao Jingfei rushed into Harbin, China's northernmost big city was still brightly lit. In addition to some Puppet Manchukuo military and police officers on the streets who were enforcing martial law, there were even many people who ignored the Japanese and Puppet Army's announcement that day.
During the martial law period, pedestrians who had just finished their nightlife in dance halls, brothels or coffee shops were preparing to return home. A night bus from Xinjing at the train station also entered Harbin Station on time.
Pedestrians on the streets and the Puppet Manchukuo police who were enforcing the martial law and were trying to drive back the high-ranking officials who ignored the martial law and enjoyed the nightlife. They looked at the tanks and the large number of heavily armed soldiers who appeared from nowhere and couldn't help but feel nervous.
stunned.
It wasn't until a policeman's sharp eyes used the streetlight light next to him that he saw the words "Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces" written on the chest badges of soldiers passing by him. After being stunned for a long time, he shouted "Yes" as if waking up from a dream.
After the Anti-Japanese War, he turned around and ran away. It didn't matter what he shouted, it was like a bomb exploding in the street, causing chaos in the street that was lively just now.
Those who can ignore the martial law at this time and still enjoy the nightlife according to their own habits are undoubtedly the children of some high-ranking puppet Manchukuo officials and wealthy businessmen, or Japanese. Ordinary people have no time to support their families, so how can they have such financial strength?
I don't even have the guts to visit high-consumption places like brothels and dance halls.
When these people, whose fathers and brothers are all high-ranking traitors, heard that the Anti-Japanese League had invaded the city, who was still not in trouble? In addition, the Puppet Manchukuo police were frightened out of their courage, and the streets that were peaceful just a moment ago immediately exploded.
The so-called grace that we usually pretended to be in the camp has long been thrown aside. You pushed me and I became a mess and ran away for your lives.
Some people were even so panicked that they even left behind their partner, who was not known to be a lover, a concubine, or even a dancer. The taxis on the street that were bargaining for prices did not care about soliciting customers anymore. After a while, they just returned the goods.
The bustling street suddenly became quiet. However, there were also some brave ones who were not afraid of being accidentally injured by bullets and stood on the edge of the street.
Tao Jingfei had neither the time nor the energy to take care of the puppet Manchukuo military and police officers who were enforcing martial law and disappeared on the streets in an instant. He ordered each unit to ignore the police officers and rush towards their respective targets.
Be sure to capture Harbin in the shortest possible time.
Although the Japanese and puppet troops in Harbin had already entered a state of alert due to the loss of Bayan and Tieli, no one thought that their opponents who should be hundreds of kilometers away at this time would suddenly appear in front of them. They had already gathered.
The Japanese and puppet troops, who were preparing to enter the fortifications for defense the next day, did not even have to disperse the attacking troops.
Tao Jingfei's attack went extremely smoothly. Almost all the Japanese and puppet troops who were caught off guard were blocked in the barracks. Under the cover of the infantry, the tanks of the armored brigade rushed directly into the Japanese and puppet army camps and rampaged. They did not have many heavy weapons.
Although the Japanese army and part of the puppet Manchukuo army also relied on their barracks to resist stubbornly, in the face of tanks and 75mm mountain guns, their resistance was unable to save the overall situation.
Some of the firepower was barely able to fire, and only a few rounds of bullets were fired. The tank that rushed up was hit with shells, and the people and the house were sent to the west. Unable to stand it, after getting into the barracks, they were beaten out of the house by tank fire.
The Japanese and puppet troops were beaten by machine guns from the accompanying infantry and tanks, and they were turned upside down.
At this time, after the independent second garrison was blown to pieces, the puppet Manchukuo army, which had actually become the main force of Harbin's defense, after the battle started, except for a small number of troops, mainly led by Japanese officers and the teaching team of the Fourth Military District,
The Marine Corps of the Puppet Manchuria Army, which was the most tightly controlled by the Japanese army, was still outside the resistance, and most of them were caught off guard and disarmed in their sleep.
One and a half regiments of the 23rd independent brigade of the puppet Manchukuo were disarmed, which caused the Japanese and puppet defenders to lose their main strength. It also greatly reduced the pressure on Tao Jingfei. At least there was no need to worry about the puppet Manchukuo army finding too many enemies for themselves.
He was in trouble and dispersed his troops. This allowed him to free up his hands and detach a reinforced regiment, with the cooperation of a tank battalion and two cavalry battalions, to seize the southern barrier cities of Harbin as quickly as possible.
Under the cover of tank fire, Tao Jingfei, who had a rough skin and fierce firepower, successively captured the Binjiang Provincial Government of the Puppet Manchuria, the Harbin Special Municipal Government, the Police Department, the Fourth Military District Headquarters, etc. in a short period of time.
A series of important objectives, and completed the encirclement of the Japanese independent second garrison camp and the last few camps in the fourth military area that were still resisting.
Although the Japanese and puppet troops were still resisting, except for the heinous traitor leaders and a few Japanese officers who were struggling to their death, the resistance of the puppet Manchurian troops had collapsed after two hours of fighting. Although the Japanese troops in the city were still fighting desperately
However, the Japanese army, which lacked anti-tank weapons, faced a tank group with a large number of infantry cooperation, and the intensity of resistance also declined rapidly.
By the early morning of the next day, except for the training team of the Fourth Military District of the Puppet Manchukuo Army who was still making final resistance, the resistance in the Fourth Military District of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, including the Jiangshang Army Marine Regiment, had completely subsided. The Fourth Military District
Commander Ying Zhenfu, Puppet Manchukuo Binjiang Governor Yu Jingtao, Harbin Mayor Zhao Zhen, Japanese deputy mayor Du Futian, Police Director Tian Yuan Waner and other Puppet Manchukuo officials, big and small, all slipped through the net.
Except for Binjiang Provincial Police Director Shen Ziyong and Harbin Police Director Tian Yuan Wan'er who were shot to death for leading the Japanese police and military police to resist to the end, almost no other high-ranking officials from Binjiang Province and Harbin City of the puppet Manchuria escaped the net and were all captured.
Captured. Lieutenant Colonel Kasuga Kaoru, captain of the Japanese gendarmerie stationed in Harbin, and several hundred of his gendarmerie troops were crushed to a pulp by tanks.
After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, by seven o'clock in the morning the next day, the rapid column commanded by Tao Jingfei successively occupied the main urban areas of Harbin such as Butou, Xinyang, Nangang, Majia, Dongxifujia, Xiangfang, Guxiang, Taiping, Songpu, etc.
And seized all the train stations in Harbin.
As well as the Puppet Manchukuo Binjiang Provincial Government, the Fourth Military Area Command, the Binjiang Provincial Police Department, the Harbin Municipal Police Department, the Harbin Gendarmerie and other important targets in Harbin. In addition to the Japanese Second Independent Guards Headquarters, the Fourth Army
Although the district training team and the Pingfang Special Military Zone, which suffered a devastating blow from Yang Zhen, are still making final resistance, almost all of Harbin has changed hands.
After seizing the railway station, Tao Jingfei immediately organized five freight trains to go north to Bayan to pick up the main force. Especially because of the artillery that was left behind during the rapid march. As for the Puppet Manchukuo railway police squadron and the independent second garrison stationed in Hulan,
A squadron, a battalion of the puppet Manchukuo army and some miscellaneous policemen, Tao Jingfei didn't pay attention at all.
He put an infantry company, two tanks and six anti-aircraft machine guns on each train. Using fire cover, he forced his way through the Hulan Railway Station. If it were not necessary to seize the twin cities and have a stable force on hand, such a big city strategy
If there were any shortcomings, he would have dispatched a regiment to deal with the Japanese and puppet troops in Hulan.
However, when mobilizing trains to go north to Bayan to meet the main force, Tao Jingfei made a huge discovery at Harbin Railway Station. In addition to discovering several arms trains at Harbin East Station that had to be stranded in Harbin due to the interruption of the Binsui Railway,
In addition, several large-caliber artillery pieces were also found on several trains at Xiangfang Station that were covered tightly with tarps.
In addition to three 240mm fortress howitzers, these artillery pieces also have two of the latest Japanese Type 7 300mm fortress guns, four Type 96 240mm cannons, and even a caliber
At least a 400mm cannon. In addition to these six huge-caliber artillery pieces, there is also a train gun equipped with a 240mm-caliber cannon.
After an urgent interrogation of the Japanese soldiers who were captured in their sleep, Tao Jingfei learned that these cannons were specially brought from China by the Japanese army to equip the Hutou Fortress and Dongning Fortress Group in the east. It was only because of the Binsui Railway
Traffic was interrupted and we could only stay in Harbin temporarily.
Among these artillery pieces, except for the 240mm cannon train gun with a range of up to 50 kilometers, the largest caliber 400mm artillery piece originally used to be installed in the Tiger Head Fortress was specially disassembled from Tokyo Bay.
, prepared to be transported to Hutou Fortress to fight against Su.
Looking at these heavy cannons, Tao Jingfei was a little itchy. But unfortunately, except for the train cannon, all the others needed to build strong reinforced concrete structure gun bases. However, even so, Tao Jingfei could only deploy the train cannon.
In addition to being used for mobile fire support on the Harbin peripheral railway line, other large-caliber heavy artillery also adhered to the method of preferring to kill the wrong one before letting it go. After the chief of staff arrived, we would see if they could be used.
It's just that even though no one on hand knows how to use these heavy artillery, Tao Jingfei is still ecstatic after getting these heavy artillery. What he doesn't know yet is that these heavy artillery will play a great role in the next battle. Especially
The Type 90 train gun, which was relatively mobile and had a range of up to fifty kilometers, caused huge casualties to the Japanese army.
Although the range of the 400mm fortress gun was slightly shorter, but its shells weighed half a ton, it even knocked out most of the gathering Japanese regiment with one shot. These large-range, powerful heavy artillery and
The aviation forces cooperated with each other to provide stable firepower support for victory in the second phase of the battle.
One of the 96-type 240mm cannons that was transferred to the east to participate in the attack on Dongning Fortress, and a Meiji 38-type 240mm fortress cannon. Together with the special operations brigade of the Military Region, they were sent from Hutou Fortress
The two captured artillery pieces of the same type, a Type 96 240mm heavy howitzer and several 150mm cannon captured in the first phase of the battle formed an artillery group, which provided a powerful force for the eastern front.
The fire cover completely destroyed the Japanese Dongning Fortress Group.
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