At 6:30 a.m., it was the time of a fierce battle over Majiagou Airport. At the headquarters of a lumber mill northwest of the airport, Mu Shixiong gave the order to attack. The 2nd Airborne Brigade plus 2 regiments of the 3rd Brigade took the lead in launching an attack on the Daoli District. The 1st Brigade of the 1st Army, which arrived at 4 a.m., launched an offensive on the Daowai area. The troops advanced along several streets, and the Japanese hurriedly built fortifications at various points in the city.

Offensive and defensive battles broke out, and guns roared. On a main street at the junction of Dao and Dao, the Japanese army erected the barricade fortifications and planted explosives on the road in front of the barricades, which were apparently used against tanks and fighting vehicles. In addition, as a mobile combat unit, the tank can cope with the unfavorable battle situation and deal with the unexpected, after all, there is a wing of the 211th Division of the Japanese Army and the remnants of the 237th Brigade on the south side.

The Japanese army arranged heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and 92 infantry guns in the barricades, and the striking firepower was completely arranged in accordance with the textbooks. In addition, the Japanese army also arranged machine-gun fire points and grenadiers at the high points of the buildings on the northern side of the barricades. After the battle broke out, the attacking soldiers of the 1st Brigade were suppressed by Japanese crossfire and were simply unable to advance. On the surface, the offensive was blocked, but the Japanese did not expect a scenario.

In the building to the right of the rear of the barricades, a special operations unit was ambushed in a room on the top floor. This detachment took advantage of the chaos of the Japanese army to infiltrate in the early morning and quietly ambushed in the room on the top floor. The Japanese army temporarily set up barricades and fortifications to occupy the commanding heights, and they did not expect that this building was already ambushed by a terrible killer. A detachment leader in the room couldn't help but mutter, "Captain, look at how happy the Japanese army is, let's attack!" "Wait another ten minutes, let the Japanese army be happy for a while!"

The detachment numbered 50 people and consisted of a sniper group, a fire strike team, a breakthrough team, and a cover group. Sniper teams do not need to be equipped with sniper rifles, fire strike teams are equipped with light machine guns, breakthrough teams are equipped with submachine guns, and cover groups are equipped with bazookas and grenades. After speaking, the team leader glanced at his watch and said: "Each team checks your weapons, and after capturing the commanding heights, you must quickly eliminate the Japanese troops on the commanding heights on the opposite floor, understand!" "Understood! The team leaders answered! ”

When the time came, the squad leader gave the order to attack, and the team members rushed out of the house with agility. On the roof of the house the Japanese army had two heavy machine guns, two crooked machine guns, a group of grenadiers, and about two squads. The battle was over, and when the squad leader reached the top of the building, the battle was over. The snipers were shooting at the Japanese troops on the opposite side, and the other teams were targeting the Japanese troops at the barricades. Condescendingly, a violent rain of bullets poured down, and the smoke from the explosion of gun grenades and rockets instantly enveloped the barricades. In less than half an hour, the barricades of the Japanese army were captured.

This scene was staged one after another, and the same scene occurred in a building facing the street. Japanese soldiers used the windows on the top floor to block the attack, as a result of which a special detachment was killed from the basement, and a squadron of Japanese troops was wiped out in less than half an hour. The headquarters of the Japanese military police in the city was attacked by a special detachment. The special detachment infiltrated the gendarmerie command from the sewers, which was smashed. Once again, the special operation showed its might, and the hastily arranged defensive system of the Japanese army collapsed in less than an hour. The Japanese garrison had never suffered such a blow, and it was suddenly plunged into chaos.

An hour later, in the Japanese City Defense Command, the chief of operations staff shouted vigorously, and the scene became a mess. "General, the sudden attack on all the points of defense, and the rapid loss of contact, indicate that the enemy army has infiltrated with small forces. The enemy army is advancing quickly, the divisions are in disarray, and the enemy army has advanced to ・・・・・・. Defense Commander Takamura Koji said with a blue face: "Immediately send a report to the commander of the 237th Brigade, Takashima Yutake, and ask him to send reinforcements quickly." The call back soon reached him.

The telegram reads: Our troops suffered heavy losses and were unable to reinforce. Takashima Yutakeshi was telling the truth, his infantry wing did suffer heavy losses, and although the artillery wing was sound, all the artillery was lost. "Report! Commander Gangcun is calling! A combat staff officer reported. Nakamura Koji seemed to be shocked when he heard this, and the chief of staff of the Japanese army took the telegram and glanced at it and said: "General, Commander Gangmura has sent a telegram order, there is hope for holding on until the afternoon!" ”

Three hours passed, and the battle situation was even more erosive. The enemy forces approached the headquarters, and the command of the two wings under his command lost contact, and Nakamura Koji knew that his time of death had come.

Meng Fei received an order from Mu Shixiong at around 9 o'clock to lead his troops to Daowai District and attack the Japanese headquarters. The headquarters of the Japanese army was located in a Japanese warehouse in Daowai District, which was fortified and surrounded by tall courtyard walls. The only way to attack the warehouse was the gate, and the Japanese army had a steel and cement pillbox on the inside of the gate, and there were several bunkers on both sides of the gate, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Due to the open terrain outside the warehouse gate, Meng Fei commanded the troops to launch two attacks to no avail. After Meng Fei accepted the mission, he cleverly brought 4 captured Japanese armored vehicles from the airport, and two armored vehicles were destroyed by the Japanese 92 infantry artillery during the attack, which shows how bad the Japanese armored vehicles were. The frontal attack was blocked, and Meng Fei asked a regiment commander to lead the troops to continue the offensive to attract the Japanese idea, and he led two armored vehicles to the side to find a way. Looking at the tall courtyard wall of the Japanese army, Meng Fei's eyes lit up and he had an idea.

A company commander was called in front of him, and Meng Fei said: "You sit in an armored car and lead the demolition team to approach the wall and place explosives." Remember not to retreat too far, rush in as soon as the wall collapses, and we will follow. "The company commander ordered the demolition team to take an armored vehicle and rush towards the wall. There were no heavy weapons on the walls, and although the Japanese armored vehicles were bad, they were able to resist bullets. The armored vehicles soon approached the wall, and the Japanese machine guns strafed and threw grenades, which did not pose much threat to the armored vehicles. When Meng Fei saw the armored vehicles approaching the wall, he ordered light and heavy machine gun fire to suppress the Japanese fire.

After the Japanese firepower was suppressed, the company commander personally commanded the demolition team to quickly pile up the explosives under the wall. The armored vehicle was evacuated about 50 meters or so, and with a violent explosion, the wall was blown open by a 10-meter-wide opening. Before the smoke and haze cleared, two armored vehicles rushed in through the gap. There was about a large group of Japanese troops in the Japanese headquarters, and the defense was suddenly torn apart, and there was no suspense in the battle. Mu Shixiong asked Meng Fei to take the Japanese headquarters before 12 o'clock, but Meng Fei led his troops to take the headquarters in two hours.

The battle was not too fierce, and after the Japanese commander Takaji Nakamura committed suicide, the Japanese chief of staff finally surrendered with the remnants. This was the first time that Meng Fei had accepted the surrender of the Japanese army on the battlefield since he had competed with the Japanese army, which also meant that the Japanese soldiers had lost confidence in the future of the Japanese Empire. There were more than 500 Japanese troops who surrendered, and the chief of staff of the Japanese army handed over the command knife to Meng Fei ・・・・・・.

By noon, there was no suspense in the battle. A large number of transport planes were landing at the airport, and Mu Shixiong and Liu Yalou stood on the side of the runway to greet Su Yu, Luo Ronghuan, and Peng Xuelan. Su Yu got off the plane and shook hands with Mu Shixiong and Liu Yalou enthusiastically. "Commander Mu, this time the special operations regiment has played a vital role, and it took the city in less than six hours, and on behalf of the headquarters, I will give a commendation to the special operations regiment." Su Yu liked. Mu Shixiong said: "Brother Su, I also feel surprised, the opponent I met this time is too weak in combat. The garrison of the Japanese army in Harbin, known as the C Division, is directly related to its combat effectiveness and will to fight. ”

Mu Shixiong continued: "I was surprised when the results of the battle came, preliminary statistics: about 2,000 Japanese troops laid down their arms and surrendered, more than 4,000 Japanese troops retreated north across the frozen Songhua River, and about 3,000 Japanese troops were wiped out. What surprised me the most this time was that more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered! "It seems that the Japanese army is not monolithic, and the weaknesses of the Japanese army can be exploited!" Luo Ronghuan said shrewdly. "The Japanese Empire is coming to an end, and the soldiers naturally lose confidence in the future, but we should not take it lightly."

Walking into the temporary headquarters of the airport, Mu Shixiong said: "Brother Su, my mission is complete!" Mr. Peng's telegram order: Let me accept the command of the previous finger! Su Yu nodded and asked Liu Yalou, "How are the casualties in your department?" "Commander Su, the 1st Brigade suffered heavy casualties in airborne operations and blocking operations, losing about half of its troops. The 2nd Brigade and the 3rd Brigade suffered a total of one-fifth of the battle losses! Liu Yalou replied. Su Yu glanced at his watch and asked, "How is the air force reconnaissance?" We must understand the dynamics of the Japanese army! ”

Liu Yalou replied: "Aerial reconnaissance found that the Japanese tank unit was found in Zhaodong, and it is estimated that the Japanese army used the railway to transport the tanks on the first line of Manchuria to Zhaodong. Japanese troops reinforced from the Changchun front line arrived in Buyeo. According to aerial reconnaissance, the Japanese army in the east is assembling towards the Mudanjiang River. "We have a limited number of troops at our disposal, and this time a brigade has been brought up, and a batch of reinforcements has been brought in in the afternoon, about a brigade. Air transport was stopped tonight due to the fatigue of the pilots. ”

Su Yu continued: "The occupation of Harbin does not mean to sit back and relax, air transportation is our bottleneck, not only to transport troops, but also to transport military supplies. The speed of our airlift is not comparable to the speed at which the Japanese are massing forces. Okamura Ninji will not give up, and he knows how important Harbin is. Next, we have to fight a tough battle to defend the city, and everyone must be prepared. Chief of Staff Peng Xuelan raised his head on the map and said: "The Japanese tank unit that appeared on the west side must be the 2nd Tank Division of the Japanese Army." ”

"If nothing else, the Japanese tank division will advance to Hulan and join the Japanese troops on the south flank at about 1 p.m. If the Japanese tank units were brought into artillery range, the city would be shelled. In addition, two divisions of the Japanese army on the southern front arrived at dusk, and our defensive pressure was very great tonight. "Fortunately, 18 more tanks have been brought in, and we have 50 tanks in our hands, so we can fight in a single battle. Immediately order Liu Xiaofeng, commander of the independent tank regiment, to report to the headquarters quickly! Su Yu began to exercise his command rights.