Chapter 527: The Capture of Harbin (2)
Just as the Russian army in Shenyang had sent a division back to Harbin, the People's Army of the Northeast Theater had launched an attack on Shenyang, and at this moment, the Far Eastern Theater had also launched an attack on Harbin.
However, Linnevich also knew that the People's Army was close to Harbin, and in the same situation, the People's Army must have rushed to Harbin first, so he ordered people to destroy the railway on the Binsui Line in order to delay the offensive of the People's Army.
As a result, when the KPA train arrived at Maoershan Station, the entire station was blown up, and according to the cavalry's report, the Pingshan Station and Xiaoling Station in front were also blown up, and it would take at least 15 days to repair all these sections of the railway.
Of course, the People's Army could not wait that long, Maoershan Station was about 100 kilometers away from Harbin, and if the march was accelerated, it would be possible to reach it in two days, so the division commander Li Lixin ordered the whole division to get off the train and advance on foot together with the cavalry regiment, the warrior convoy, and the self-propelled artillery, leaving the armored train and the railway construction team to repair the railway.
After a night of marching, the 1st Division arrived at Acheng Station, which is only about 40 kilometers away from Harbin, and in the old time and space belonged to Acheng District, Harbin City, where the 1st Division received an order from Luo Yue, requiring the 1st Division to immediately send part of the army to change the route in a rapid march, first occupy a certain station of the Harbin-Dalian Line of the Eastern Railway, intercept the second batch of reinforcements of the Russian army, and if necessary, destroy the railway.
It turned out that at this time, Luo Yue had received a message from the Northeast Theater that the first batch of Russian reinforcements had arrived in Harbin, and at this time, Shenyang dispatched 5 trains to transport 2 divisions and 1 brigade to withdraw to Harbin, and asked Luo Yue to attack Harbin as soon as possible or change to besiege the city to send reinforcements according to the situation.
Of course, Luo Yue knew that if the second batch of Russian vehicles withdrew to Harbin, it would be basically impossible for the People's Army to capture Harbin, but after calculation, Luo Yue found that now that the 1st Division had approached Harbin, it should be able to intercept it before the 2nd batch of Russian troops returned, so he issued such an order to the 1st Division.
Li Lixin also knew what was at stake, so after receiving Luo Yue's order, he immediately opened the map to check and found that the Shuangcheng Station on the Harbin-Dalian Line from Acheng Station was the closest, with a distance of about 50 kilometers, and if it was a rapid march, it could be reached in 1-2 hours. Therefore, Li Lixin recruited the members of the division headquarters, and after conducting urgent consultations, it was decided to order the 1st Regiment to bring 1 self-propelled artillery, 4 warrior vehicles and a cavalry battalion to the Shuangcheng Station immediately to intercept the Russian reinforcements, and the rest of the army still attacked Harbin as originally planned.
After receiving the order, Ban Jianwei, the commander of the 1st Regiment, set off immediately, and ordered the warrior chariot and cavalry battalion to go first and rush to the Shuangcheng Station as soon as possible. Shuangcheng Station is actually the Shuangcheng District of Harbin City in the future, although it is only a small village at this time, there are roads to communicate, and you can still let the warrior car drive. Sure enough, after the departure of 4 warrior cars and cavalry battalions, it only took more than 40 minutes to arrive at Shuangcheng Station, although the Russian army arranged 2 companies to guard at this time, but the People's Army's Mengshi armored vehicles were not vegetarian, rampage, and fired fiercely at the Russian army with vehicle-mounted machine guns, causing heavy casualties to the Russian army, and finally gave up the Shuangcheng Station, and the 1st Regiment also arrived at the Shuangcheng Station 1 hour later.
After interrogation of the captured station staff, the second batch of reinforcements of the Russian army has not yet arrived, and before the People's Army attacked Shuangcheng Station, it was determined that the train of the second batch of reinforcements of the Russian army had only arrived at Dehui Station, which was about 100 kilometers away from Shuangcheng Station, and it would take about 4 hours to reach Shuangcheng Station at normal speed. Of course, it's been almost two hours now.
At this moment, Shuangcheng Station received a telegram from Buyeo Station that the Russian army's train had stopped at Buyeo Station and was replenishing water. Buyeo Station is about 50 kilometers away from Shuangcheng Station, which means that the KPA still has 2 hours to prepare.
Ban Jianwei immediately ordered the telegraph operator of the Shuangcheng Station to reply back as normal, and ordered the army to arrange positions on the spot and prepare for battle, and ordered self-propelled artillery and mortars to be immediately arranged in place, determine the firing unit, and set the target to 3-6 kilometers in front of the Shuangcheng City, conduct 2 fire interceptions, and arrange observers, just wait for the arrival of the Russian train, immediately shell the train, and give the Russian army a head-on attack.
The two hours passed quickly in the hustle and bustle, and Observer No. 1 sent back a report that the first train of the Russian army had entered a 6-kilometer radius. Ban Jianwei nodded and said, "The first firepower interception is ready." ”
The first fire interception is composed of 200 mm self-propelled guns, although there is only 1 gun, but the power is huge, and the purpose of fire interception is not necessarily to hit the artillery, as long as the rails are blown up, at this time the firing units of the self-propelled guns are set, and after receiving the order, immediately reload the shells, just wait for the order.
At this time, observer No. 2 sent back a report that the first train of the Russian army entered a range of 5 km. Ban Jianwei was silent this time.
It was only when Observer No. 3 sent back a report that the first Russian train had entered a range of 4 km, and Observer No. 1 reported that the second train of the Russian Army had entered a range of 6 km. Ban Jianwei nodded and said, "The second firepower interception is ready." ”
The second line of fire interception consisted of eight 100-mm mortars, which were immediately reloaded and ready to fire after receiving the order.
At this moment, Observer No. 4 sent back a report that the first train of the Russian army had entered a range of 3 kilometers, and at the same time, Observer No. 1 also sent back a report that the third train of the Russian army had entered a range of 6 kilometers.
Ban Jianwei listened to it and knew that it was almost time for the pole, and it was a very good result that three trains had entered the range of fire interception, and he couldn't ask too much, so he said loudly: "Fire." ”
Self-propelled guns and mortars immediately fired together, spraying dazzling tongues of fire, at this time the first train of the Russian army was only more than 3 kilometers away from Shuangcheng Station, the driver of the train held his hand on the handle of the whistle, and was about to sound the whistle, suddenly "boom boom" A series of explosions sounded in front of the left and right sides of the train, and the splashed sand and gravel hit the window glass of the cab, making countless cracks, and the driver couldn't help but be surprised, this is the shelling from there, is it that the People's Army has occupied Harbin?
Thinking in his heart, the driver's hand did not stop, and immediately let go of the whistle, but hurriedly pulled up the brake handle, and suddenly made a "creaking" metal friction sound, but the deceleration brake of the train could not be stopped in a short distance, so it still drove forward along a force of inertia. Although the driver knew very well in his heart, his hand still pulled the brake lever tightly, as if it could help the train stop.
At this moment, the driver only felt a shock under his feet, the body suddenly turned to the left, and rolled up, it turned out that the rails had been blown up, after the locomotive derailed, it was naturally unable to maintain balance, and there was a rollover, and the locomotive overturned, naturally even with the back of the carriage also rolled, and the inertia of the train has not been eliminated, the train rolled forward with the carriage, the carriage split and disintegrated, and the soldiers in the car also rolled with the carriage, collided, and rolled, and the screams and wails were endless for a while.
The train has been rolling forward, crashing for hundreds of meters before it completely stopped, and at this time the whole train has been twisted and completely disformed, the surviving Russian soldiers have climbed out of the broken carriages, and many Russian soldiers are injured or crushed by the remains of the train, unable to move, some scream in pain, some shout for help, the scene has become a complete mess.
At this time, I only heard the sound of a flute, and the second train behind also arrived, and it also derailed. In fact, the driver of the second train also heard the sound of shelling, and he also activated the emergency brakes, but the inertia of the train was too great, and the braking distance was too long.
However, when the second train derailed, the speed had been reduced to the limit, so although the train derailed and rolled over, it did not continue to roll, and immediately stopped, and the next 3 or 4 cars were even parked on the tracks, did not roll over, and the Russian soldiers on the car also suffered fewer casualties, most of the Russian soldiers were able to get off the car in a hurry, but some stood in place and were at a loss, and sometimes rushed to the front to help rescue the wounded.
Only the third train stopped at the extreme time and stopped without incident, and the two other trains behind also stopped at the extreme time and escaped the catastrophe, but could no longer move forward.
At this moment, countless shells fell from the sky and fell along the railway, and there were continuous explosions, and at this time, most of the Russian soldiers got down from the train and scattered on both sides of the railway, and as a result, they were killed and injured a lot. Moreover, at this time, the 200-mm self-propelled guns also shelled along the railway line, as a result, the third train that stopped on the railway line, and the second train, which did not suffer much losses, were also blown up and destroyed under the bombardment of the self-propelled guns.
The Russian army was also blown up and scattered and fled, and the two trains behind saw that the situation was not good, but fortunately, in order to facilitate the train to go back and forth, all the trains of the Russian army had locomotives hung up in front and back, so they could also turn around immediately and drive backwards. So the two trains immediately reversed and stopped until they reached Dehui Station, and reported the battle situation to Shenyang and Harbin respectively, while the other Russian soldiers who had dispersed also turned around, gathered at Dehui Station, and stationed on the spot.
The second retreating army of the Russian army was stopped by the People's Army, and at the same time, the People's Army completely cut off the connection between Harbin and Shenyang, and Harbin was completely isolated.