In the headquarters of the Hulan Heilongjiang Independent Division, division commander Nian Xiaoxiong said goodbye to deputy division commander Bai Yong. "Brother Bai, Manchuria will be handed over to you, all the way to SF." "Please rest assured, the division commander will ensure that the task will be completed." Soon, Bai Yong led the 2nd Infantry Brigade and the Independent Cavalry Brigade of the Independent Division to the west along the railway line. After Bai Yong led his troops to leave Hulan, Nian Xiaoxiong received a telegram from Ge Yunfei, ordering him to urge Dzerzhinsky, the commander of the Eastern Eastern Railway of the Russian Army in Harbin, to disarm and surrender.

Nian Qicheng did not dare to slack off when he received Ge Yunfei's telegram, and immediately sent an operational staff officer into the city to give an ultimatum to the Russian army. After the Russian army discovered the presence of Chinese troops in Yilan, they realized the intentions of the Chinese army and immediately went on alert in a panic. At this time, in the Chinese Railway Garrison Command of the Russian Army, a subordinate said to the commander Dzerzhinsky: "Your Excellency, the Chinese army has appeared in Hulan, obviously trying to occupy Harbin militarily. At the moment the country is in a mess, the main forces of the Russian army in the Far East are participating in the European war, and we have no reinforcements. ”

Dzerzhinsky said with a solemn face: "Mr. Horvat, we are ready to form a new government in the Far East, we still have hope. At present, Horvat is recruiting troops in Irkutsk, Chita and other places, and if we hold Harbin, Mr. Horvat will lead troops to support us, and we must have confidence. "At present, the Chinese army is working hard against the Japanese, and there is simply no extra troops. Their use of the northern border garrison is the best illustration of this. "Is there anything unusual in the south?" "The detective cavalry has increased the search range, and there is no movement in the direction of Changchun!"

"The 1st Brigade was ordered to focus on strengthening the northern defenses, and was using the Songhua River barrier to form a defensive line, and I would like to see how the Chinese army crossed the river. In addition, the city defense troops were ordered to garrison the southern part of the city. As soon as Dzerzhinsky's voice fell, a subordinate hurriedly ran in and said: "Nian Xiaoxiong, the head of the Heilongjiang Independent Division of the Chinese army, sent someone to send an ultimatum to ask our troops to lay down their arms and surrender. The period is 24 hours. Dzerzhinsky's face changed dramatically when he heard this, and he took the letter without looking at three or two handfuls of tears.

"It is a humiliation to us. Tell the enemy that the soldiers of the Russian Empire are valiant warriors who will not surrender until they fight to the death. Dzerzhinsky roared a few words and continued: "Send a report to Horvat, the enemy army is approaching the city, and our army has decided to stick to Harbin and wait for reinforcements. Dzerzhinsky immediately changed his clothes and dressed up and went to inspect the defensive positions of the 2nd Brigade. At this time, Nian Xiaoxiong stood on the riverside and saw a small boat coming from the south bank, and the operational staff officer who delivered the letter was standing on the boat.

Sure enough, the operational staff officer disembarked and reported that the Russian army refused to surrender. "Immediately report to the Changchun command that the Russian army refuses to surrender and our department asks to launch an attack." After the expansion of the Heilongjiang Independent Division, the strength of its 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigades reached 20,000, and the strength of the Independent Cavalry Brigade was 5,000. Soon, an operational staff officer reported with a telegram in his hand: "Report to the division commander, the Changchun command has called, let us ······." "I understood, ordered artillery fire to be prepared, and the attacking troops to enter the positions!" Without waiting for the combat staff officer to finish speaking, he gave the order.

The separate division had 4 old-fashioned mountain guns, which were immediately put into readiness. "Division commander, the command ordered us to make a feint and cooperate with the tank troops to launch an attack from the south!" Feint? Tank troops? Nian Xiaoxiong took the telegram and checked it for a while, then asked uncertainly: "What kind of unit is this tank unit?" "He doesn't even know what's going on, and his subordinates are even more foggy." Division commander, this tank unit may be the odd soldier of the command, we must obey orders! One of his subordinates said alertly.

"Artillery bombardment was ordered, and 10 minutes later the attacking troops attacked. Order the attacking troops, and the ferry boat will reach the center of the river and retreat! Nian Qixiong was obviously a little depressed. After 10 minutes of shelling, dozens of wooden boats with soldiers on the shore rushed to the opposite shore. The Russian defenders began shelling, and the Russians had more than a dozen 60-mm guns, which had an extremely low hit rate and were quickly suppressed by their own mountain artillery. At this time, the commander of the Russian army, Dzerzhinsky, personally came to the shore to direct the operation. When he saw more than a dozen enemy wooden boats attacking, he immediately ordered artillery fire to intercept them.

The enemy's wooden boat sailed to the center of the river, and suddenly a cannonball hit a wooden boat, and the wooden boat spun and sank in place in the smoke of gunpowder, and the enemy soldiers jumped into the river one after another. The Russian soldiers cheered, and Dzerzhinsky was overjoyed to see this scene and ordered to open fire. The Russian defensive positions fired a volley of light and heavy fire, and soon, the enemy retreated in disarray. The enemy's attack was defeated and retreated, and the morale of the Russian officers and men was greatly boosted. At this time, a subordinate looked panicked and reported in front of the runway: "Report to the general, the reconnaissance cavalry has found that there are enemy troops on the south side, and they are coming by truck, and the strength is about one regiment." ”

Dzerzhinsky was shocked when he heard this, and said decisively: "It is almost impossible for the enemy troops on the northern defense line to break through the Songhua River, so immediately dispatch a regiment and follow me to the south to support." "The Russian troops defending on the southern side were improvised city defense units, and the front-line commander noticed the presence of enemy troops on the southern flank, while urgently reporting to an ordered unit to enter combat readiness. The Russian army focused on defending the north side along the Songhua River, so not a single artillery fire was deployed in the south. The commander of the Russian army ordered the troops to enter the trenches and prepare for battle. Suddenly, there was a roar from the opposite side, and the earth began to vibrate.

The Russian commander believed that the enemy was attacking with trucks, and immediately ordered heavy machine gun fire. Suddenly, 8 strange iron guys appeared in the enemy attack position, and they rushed over with fast movement, followed by enemy soldiers. Russian officers and soldiers have not seen a tank and do not know what it is. Heavy machine gun bullets sparked on the Iron Guy, and seemed to tickle. Seeing the enemy's iron guy approaching the position, the Russian commander ordered a grenade to be thrown and blow up the iron guy.

The regimental commander Lei Ming personally drove a tank and launched an attack in the middle area, each tank followed by a squad of infantry. The bullet made a characteristic sound on the steel plate, and everyone was a little nervous, after all, it was a real battle, and everyone was participating in the battle for the first time. Soon everyone's psychology bottomed out, the enemy's bullets had no effect on tanks and combat vehicles, and the nervousness began to weaken. "Report to the regiment commander, enemy heavy machine-gun positions were found at 10 o'clock, 600 meters away." Thunder braked, and the tank stopped advancing.

"Listen to my command to prepare three rounds and fire at the enemy's heavy machine gun position!" The cannon was discharged, the 3rd run broke and hit the target accurately, and the enemy's heavy machine guns were silent. A tank approached the position, and the Russian defenders began to throw grenades, but after the explosion, the tank remained intact, and its vehicle-mounted machine gun swept the Russian bombardier to the ground. The moving steel fortress and the terrifying firepower of the Russian soldiers immediately collapsed. The city defense army, which was originally temporarily formed, was low in combat power, and in the face of the enemy's devilish attack, the rout occurred instantly.

The Russian soldiers fled frantically like sheep, the tanks pursued through the trenches, and the fierce rain of bullets continued to hit the fleeing Russian soldiers. Some Russian soldiers were desperate for survival, and immediately threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender, while some threw away their weapons and fled with their long legs, and in less than an hour, the entire Russian defense line collapsed. The commander of the special regiment, Marin, saw it in the telescope, and when he saw the rout of the Russian army, he shouted: "Brothers, the tanks and combat vehicles have shown their might, and I have ordered the whole line to attack!" ”

A loud charge sounded, and Marin led the special regiment to launch a full-front attack. When the Russian army was defeated, it happened that the commander Dzerzhinsky led a regiment to support him, and when he met the defeated Russian soldiers, he was immediately stunned. The scene in front of him made him unbelievable, the Russian soldiers ran like crazy, and an escaped officer ran to the front and reported in a panic: "Report to the general, the enemy army has used a new weapon, a kind of steel fortress that moves. Bullets and grenades do not work at all against steel fortresses. Dzerzhinsky pulled out his gun, shot the officer, and ordered the troops to stop on the spot.

Standing at a high point, he was surprised to see 8 iron guys rampage: "This is a tank fighting vehicle, the British have just put this weapon into the battlefield, how can the Chinese have this kind of weapon?" The subordinate put down the binoculars and said: "Your Excellency, General, this is the enemy's elite troops, the soldiers following behind the tank have strong firepower, we can't stop it at all, no wonder the enemy gave an ultimatum." Dzerzhinsky saw that the battlefield was completely one-sided, and he sighed to the sky and ordered surrender.

On the battlefield, Lei Ming and Marin accepted Dzerzhinsky's surrender, and Nian Xiaoxiong accepted the surrender of the Russian army on the northern front. Marin ordered his men to stay outside the city to watch over the prisoners, so that Thunder could board a tank, which and the truck headed for the city. The Russian army surrendered, the Chinese army won, and the news quickly spread through the streets and alleys of Harbin. The panicked populace of the city took to the streets, where they saw the mighty tanks and chariots, and were stunned by the strange and mysterious iron guy.

At this time, Ge Yunfei's special train had already arrived in Shuangcheng. Ge Yunfei did not choose to attack Harbin directly from Changchun because he was worried that the Russian army would blow up the Songhua River Bridge. On the train, Shan Feng walked in with a telegram and saw Ge Yunfei pretending to sleep. "Commander-in-chief, Lei Ming sent a telegram that Dzerzhinsky, the commander of the Russian garrison, ordered the surrender, and the independent division and the tank unit met in the city." Ge Yunfei stood up and said: "Order the train to advance to Harbin, and the news of the capture of Harbin will not be announced to the public for the time being!" ”

"Chief, is it necessary to be so cautious?" Shan Feng was a little unimpressed. "We have an agreement with the Russians, and this has something to do with jurisprudence. Now that there is civil strife in Russia, there must be a good reason for how to abolish the agreement between China and Russia, so we need an opportunity to recover the Eastern Railway and keep it a secret for the time being. Rest assured, this opportunity will come soon! Ge Yunfei's face was full of confidence, and it seemed that everything was under control.