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Today, Harbin has been surrounded by more than 70,000 people of the Third Route Army.

The commander-in-chief of the siege was Zhao Shangzhi, and the deputy commanders were Lu Zhengcao and Han Dengying. Peng Zhen is the General Political Commissar.

It only took 70,000 or 80,000 people to attack such a large central city, and the reason was that there were not many Japanese troops here, even counting the puppet army and police agents, less than 20,000. The urban area of Harbin was divided into several parts by the railway, and most of the defending Japanese troops were stationed by railway, and the rest were stationed in the barracks and city fortifications. Very few are stationed in the building, doing guard work.

Now, the Japanese army has fully realized that the purpose of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army is not only western Manchuria, but the whole of Manchuria.

Now the Japanese forces in Manchuria and the Far East of the USSR were mainly distributed in two directions, the first was the Baikal region of the USSR. The second is distributed in other places and is not very concentrated.

There were 300,000 men on the Baikal side of the Soviet Union, and they were attacking the Soviet Union, aiming at the Novosibirsk front, with the goal of joining forces with the Germans and completely breaking the Soviet people's determination to resist. It is the middle of winter, the progress is not very fast, in order to deal with the Soviet troops in the west, a large number of tanks and artillery are constantly being transported from Vladivostok to the direction of Siberia.

The shadow of the Battle of Nomenkan still lingered in the hearts of the Kwantung Army, although it had won a victory over the Soviet Union a while ago, and even defeated a large city like Vladivostok, the Japanese army was still very cautious, afraid that the Soviets would concentrate their forces on counterattacking, because their observers in the German army kept bringing back the situation of the Soviet army, and the Japanese army saw the gap, the gap with the German army, and the gap with the Soviet army.

Although the Soviet Union did not invest the best troops in Siberia, the Soviet troops that were now assembled had already caused a lot of attrition to the Japanese army. Although there were constant voices of reflection within the Kwantung Army, and some people in the Japanese base camp complained, especially the navy, that the Kwantung Army was making too slow progress in Siberia, the Kwantung Army, which was mired in the quagmire, could no longer pull its feet.

The concentration of large armies on the Western Front placed a heavy burden on the Kwantung Army.

At the beginning of the large quantities of materials seized by the Soviet Union, they were also transported back to Manchuria, but soon the transportation of captured materials was stopped, and the direction of transportation was changed to the westward transportation of materials from Manchuria and Vladivostok.

In order to concentrate their military strength, the Japanese army had to reduce the garrison of the newly occupied Soviet territory, and the measures they took were to massacre Soviet civilians in large numbers and use everything the Soviets as military supplies.

The rest of the Japanese army was mainly located in Manchuria and throughout the Soviet Far East. Among them, there were more than 200,000 in the Soviet Union and more than 200,000 in Manchuria. The troops in the Soviet Union were almost all veterans of a hundred battles, while the troops in Manchuria were mostly old and weak recruits who had just joined the army.

Sensing the intention of the Northeast Democratic Alliance, a controversy began within the Kwantung Army. In the conference room, there was an argument about how to deal with the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and the secret discussion was that the Eighth Route Army did not keep its word, and they were no longer limited to Manchuria and Outer Mongolia, but wanted to occupy all of Manchuria.

After arguing for two days, they stopped insulting the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, why? We had a private agreement with them that they would occupy Mongolia, including Outer Mongolia. And we were the first to send troops to occupy Outer Mongolia. We are the first to break our promises.

With the loss of Hailar, a sense of fear appeared in the upper echelons of the Kwantung Army.

Hailar Fortress was the strongest fortress in Manchuria, but unexpectedly, it was broken overnight.

According to a telegram sent back by the only spy who escaped, the enemy's artillery fire was very fierce, and hundreds of heavy artillery shells could be fired in ten minutes. In addition, the other side seems to be attacking the Imperial Army from inside the fortress at the same time, indicating that there are enemy spies in our army.

What are the chances of winning with the 200,000 mixed forces of the Kwantung Army, old and new?

According to the latest intelligence, the forces of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army are large in number, and the Kwantung Army seriously underestimates their strength.

So everyone began to blame the secret services of the Kwantung Army.

The secret service is also very aggrieved, because in recent years, many Manchurians serving the secret service have been killed, and almost all living Manchurians dare not do it. Without the help of the Chinese, spies are almost blind and ineffective.

Later, the secret service overcame difficulties and developed some Japanese as spies, although there was some progress, as the Japanese continued to be assassinated, the effect was limited.

Later, a delicate balance was reached between the two sides, and the Japanese secret service was no longer aggressive, and the Japanese secret service was no longer assassinated.

This time, the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army is no longer entangled in the countryside and small and medium-sized cities, but directly attacks the central city of Harbin, indicating that they are ready.

Yes, they are ready.

The siege headquarters was in a large courtyard in a small village on the eastern outskirts of Harbin. This was a secret stronghold of Zhao Shangzhi before.

In order to attack Harbin, Yichun equipped them with a hundred rocket launchers, each of which was equipped with a hundred rockets.

The three armies divided the equipment equally, aiming at the barracks, military fortresses, and fortifications of Harbin from the southwest, south, and northeast.

Harbin is a riverside city, the main stream of the Songhua River on the north side flows obliquely from the west to the northeast, and several urban areas along the river are the essence of the city. There are three railways in the city, one on the south bank from the northeast, one from the southwest, and one along the railway bridge to the north. Harbin Railway Station is in the center of the city.

There were some military facilities in the southeast and southwest of the city, and there were also heavy Japanese troops along the railway line.

In the northern part of the Northeast, the Japanese garrison has several key points, Sun Wu, Jiamusi, Mudanjiang, Hailar, are all guarding against the Soviet Union, the Japanese have a saying, the big Sun Wu, the small Harbin, is talking about the rank of the Japanese army in Harbin, which is small compared to Sun Wu.

The liberation of Harbin is the established goal of the Northeast Coalition Army, and the Kwantung Army has long been aware of this. In order to prevent the Northeast Coalition Army from breaking through, the Kwantung Army moved all the local troops and police forces near Harbin into Harbin and stationed them in several city defenses in Harbin to prepare city fortifications and prepare to resist the Northeast Coalition Army and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

In view of the fact that the Japanese army did not have many troops here, Xiaolu's request this time was: to annihilate the Japanese army and protect the city from great damage.

In addition to the offensive equipment, the underground party in the city is also ready. They clearly reported to the command headquarters the Japanese army's fortifications, key points of deployment, distribution of barracks, distribution of organs, and distribution of factories.

The strategy of the Kwantung Army was to mobilize 10,000 people in Mudanjiang, Suihua and other places, take trains and automobiles, and reinforce Harbin at high speed.

February 21, 1942, five o'clock in the morning. Harbin.

A hundred rocket launchers were on three positions, firing at six targets in Harbin together.

This is the first time that the Northeast Democratic Alliance has used such weapons on a large scale. The Japanese were deeply impressed by the intensity of the artillery fire, and such a terrible shelling destroyed all the planned targets in a matter of minutes.

Ten minutes later, the second round of rocket artillery was fired again, and several other military targets were bombed, equally caught off guard.

At half past five, Zhao Shangzhi gave the order, and the offensive began.

Several radio vans broadcast the March of the Volunteers and followed the charging procession. Dressed in white, the team rushed to the fortifications on the outskirts of the city.

The remnants of the bunker began to shoot.

Soon, the bazooka on the shoulder fired. The bazooka blasts through the bunker like crushing tofu.

At nine o'clock in the morning, all the fortifications on the outskirts of the city were occupied, and a large army entered the city.

At 9:10 in the morning, news came from the direction of the Mudanjiang River in Suihua, Xinjing, that the Japanese trains leaving the city in these three cities had been bombed, and the railways had been bombed in several places, and the Japanese troops had already gotten off the train and drove to Harbin on foot. The command breathed a sigh of relief, at least two days had been gained.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army organized a counterattack, counter-charged from several directions, and recaptured the railway to Xinjing.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the anti-Japanese coalition forces recaptured the railway to Xinjing and blocked the Japanese army in Harbin again. The anti-Japanese coalition forces suffered huge losses in this direction.

At twelve o'clock, the Japanese began street fighting. The Japanese army opened fire on the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army based on high-rise buildings and residential buildings in the city. The progress of the Northeast Coalition Army slowed down all of a sudden.

At noon, the picket self-defense unit of the Harbin underground party organization led the anti-Japanese coalition forces to capture many places where the Japanese army was entrenched, and occupied many schools, institutions, and bridges.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army tried to retreat from the Harbin River Bridge by train, intending to go to Suihua. At this point, the will of the Japanese army to resist has collapsed, and many recruits have died of old and weak, and many have surrendered.

At 1:15 p.m., the carriages of the two trains arriving in Jiangbei were blown up by rockets, and the locomotives were pulled and derailed by the shock wave of the explosion. The remnants of the Japanese army that rushed out of the train car were ambushed by an unknown number of troops around them before they could assemble, and the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was far weaker than that of the anti-Japanese coalition forces, and they were defeated. The damage was enormous, with only a few people escaping on foot to the north.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese troops withdrew from the civilian area and held on to dozens of buildings in the city center. The barricade battle began.

There were only more than 3,000 people left in the Japanese army, and these more than 3,000 people were experienced people, some were lower-level officers, and some were veterans among the civilians.

According to the battle plan, the destruction of these buildings was not allowed, therefore, heavy artillery could not be used. The troops had to rely on rifles and machine guns.

At this time, the special combat team came into play.

The special operations team sent more than 300 snipers. They began to destroy the Japanese with accurate shots. Each building is assigned a squad of special combat teams. Snipers specialize in sniping Japanese soldiers who dare to fight back. Snipers shoot accurately, and anyone who fights back in the shooting hole will be shot. The attacking troops, under the cover of snipers, quickly approached the building.

In less than an hour, almost every sniper shot more than five people, and by dark, half of the Japanese army was dead, and the anti-Japanese coalition forces recaptured a dozen buildings.

During the night, sporadic gunfire continued.

Harbin, February 22, 1942.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the battle began. The command gave a death order that the battle must be resolved before dark tonight.

Now, the Japanese army has only a dozen buildings.

During the night, the underground party came up with an idea, which changed the course of the battle. The underground party is the most familiar with the situation, and they always have a lot of options.

The idea was to enter the building through the sewers.

The Japanese built many tall buildings in several large cities in Tohoku, and each tall building had a sewer system. Urban sewers were the most advanced design concept of the era, and the Japanese even hired some European designers to plan the city and design the buildings.

During the night, the reconnaissance unit went down the sewers. The reconnaissance went well, by midnight the offensive road was already planned, and at half past six in the morning the attacking troops entered the sewers.

Later, in the battle of urban siege, the tactic of entering the building through the sewer and entering the compound was repeatedly used.

After the start of the offensive at 7 o'clock, the troops outside began to shoot. The Japanese returned fire just after entering a combat state. At 7:10 a.m., several hundred soldiers of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army entered the building and the foot of the building.

Gunshots were heard in the building.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the troops outside entered the building.

By noon, Harbin was declared liberated.

Halfway there, the Japanese reinforcements discovered the ambush on the opposite side and learned of the changes in the situation in Harbin, so they decided to retreat back to their original places.