At 5 a.m. on the 13th, a group of soldiers wearing straw raincoats appeared in the drizzle like mushrooms after the rain!

Although they look tired, they are very energetic and can even be described as excited.

After a sudden march overnight, the vanguard, an elite infantry regiment under the 9th Brigade of the East Column, led by the regiment commander Zhang Ruishan, braved the rain and took part on a pack horse, and finally arrived at the Xiangfang area in the southern suburbs of Harbin at the scheduled time!

After a brief rest and eating dry food, the troops began to assign combat tasks according to the pre-developed offensive direction, and establish a frontier command post!

"Send a report to the commander, saying that we have obtained the predetermined position and are about to launch an attack. The brothers then follow up and ask for instructions!" Zhang Ruishan walked into the temporary command center wearing a straw raincoat and ordered the communication team that was building the radio station.

"yes!"

Because it rained and the car was not moving very fast, Lu Shan and others walked behind the entire offensive team. However, the weather was dry these days ago, and a little light rain did not have a big impact on the march.

The noise generated by the marching of the large group of people at night was actually covered up by the sound of wind and rain!

After the sky was slightly gray and white, the marching speed naturally accelerated a lot. The modified communication command vehicle kept issuing instructions to the outside world or accepting reports on the situation sent by the troops. Overall, the troops are progressing quite well!

It is not as comfortable as riding a horse when riding a car, Lu Shan simply rode his horse in the team. While walking, he thought about how to build and manage the city after conquering Harbin, especially how to build a base in the future. In this regard, he has more than just no experience, and it is simply a very unfamiliar field!

Of course, he can still learn from some of the practices of later generations. The management of a small county town is completely different from an international metropolis.

Moreover, Harbin is also a city with multi-ethnic integration. The people's sentiments are quite complex, and their relationship with the organization is a huge problem that needs to be faced!

"General Lu, the Zhang Ruishan delegation from the Ninth Brigade has arrived in the Xiangfang area of ​​Harbin. It is preparing to launch an attack and request instructions!" Zhou Zhibin came over and handed Lu Shan a wet telegram and reported.

"Where are the other troops?"

"The 11th Brigade is less than ten miles away from Qinjiagang. The 10th Brigade has also moved to the bungalow area. It is expected that all of them will reach the attack position before 6 o'clock!"

"Mr. Lu. Are you waiting?" Feng Zhanhai came over and said, "The troops marched overnight and suddenly launched an attack. I was worried that there would be insufficient physical strength?"

"In this way, in principle, after reaching the offensive position, you can rest for ten minutes, eat some dry food, and then launch an attack. However, in order to ensure the suddenness of the attack, the vanguard must invest in the attack as soon as possible, giving the subsequent troops a rest and dinner time. Then invest in the second attack!" Lu Shan thought for a while and said.

"good!"

"Send a report to Wang Rong, Zhang Guanyi and the others. It is now 5:04. An attack must be launched before 5:15. Once the Japanese army is prepared, it will be extremely unfavorable to us!" Lu Shan said seriously. "Focus on attacking barracks, arsenals, municipal governments, etc. to rush to the location, pay attention to protecting important urban public facilities such as power plants!"

"Yang Shangwu called. They had already controlled Majiagou Airport, and the troops could pass there without any obstacles!"

"Okay, send this situation to the commander on the front line immediately, and use the Majiagou Airport between Xiangfang and Qinjiagang as a breakthrough point and send me a fierce attack!"

"yes!"

"The monk lived up to his expectations and actually took down Majiagou Airport easily!" Qin Shiyu happily rode over and said.

"This thief monk is still a little capable!" Lu Shan smiled, "It's just that he is a little rough in his work. Fortunately, he is very happy and needs to hit him!"

"You, it's normal for young people to be so happy about merit. Who can be as calm as ice as you!" Qin Shiyu said with a smile.

"Who said I'm like a piece of ice?" Lu Shan turned his head and asked.

"It's not that girl Li Yunxin. Xiao Xue has been muttering her in front of me a few times, and my ears are calloused." Qin Shiyu said with a wry smile.

"She was worried about eating carrots first. Lao Qin, you must be cheered up. The deputy director of the Intelligence Bureau is worried about the personal problems of his superiors all day long?"

"Oh!" Qin Shiyu sighed awkwardly. Lu Shan was already dissatisfied with his words. He should talk about his wife. Why bother so much at ease? Although it was kind-hearted, it would be bad to make people dislike it!

Lu Shan clearly doesn’t like Li Yunxin, or he doesn’t have the intention yet, so what’s going on?

Li Yunxin said that I am Bing Er? Lu Shan himself felt very wronged. Is he like Bing Er?

No matter how you look, it doesn't look like it!

"Zhang Ruishan, please listen to me. Your main attack task was specially given to you. If you can't fight well, I will remove you from your post!" The phone number from the frontier command post was already set up. The first one Zhang Ruishan received was the brigade commander Wang Rong. The roaring sound almost made his ears tinnitus!

"Brig Commander, don't worry, I will definitely give you a good start. Yes, I guarantee to take down Xiangfang!"

"Yes, guarantee to complete the task!"

After putting down the phone, Zhang Ruishan looked around his three battalion commanders in murderous spirit: "I heard that I made a military order in front of the brigade commander. If I can't take Xiangfang, I will take my head. If the brigade commander wants my head, then I will want your head first. In this battle, we must show the majesty of our Ninth Brigade!"

"Don't worry, the brigade commander wants your head, we will hand over your head with you!" The first battalion commander Li Yi said loudly.

"Okay, Li Yi, your first battalion is the main attacker, the second battalion, and the third battalion. You will follow up and pour my strength into feeding me, and stab the Japanese!" Zhang Ruishan ordered loudly.

"yes!"

"Order the cannon platoon. Go aim at the Japanese military camp. All the shells are brought up. Once they enter Harbin, they will have everything!"

"yes!"

At 5:15 am on the morning of the 13th, the East Column artillery began. Although there were only a few cannons, the cannon was lit and the entire "Ice City" was shaken.

Colonel Ikeda, who was sitting in the office waiting for the people below to go to Majiagou Airport to verify the situation, waited for him. He couldn't wait for his subordinates to return and called the airport. However, it was notified that the telephone company should be inspected!

The telephone company reported that a telephone pole was knocked down and no perpetrator was found. He had to send someone to repair it overnight.

Ikeda sent someone to the airport to find out the situation. At this time, it was dark outside, with heavy wind and heavy rain.

Ikeda thought, maybe nothing big happened. With such a big storm, no one would choose to make trouble in such a bad weather. After dawn, everything can be understood!

So he lay on the sofa in the office and fell asleep in a daze!

boom!

Although the sound was not loud, Ikeda, who was lying on the sofa, woke up suddenly. This was the sound of the explosion of the Type 92 infantry artillery shells. He was so familiar with it!

I got up from the sofa. When I looked outside the window, it was already dawn and the sound of cannons continued to come, and it was very rapid and dense!

What's going on? Ikeda was a little panicked. He listened to the direction and came from the Xiangfang area. Last night, there was an abnormal gunfire coming from the airport!

Will this be...

Colonel Ikeda kept rushing to his desk, picked up the phone on the desk and shook it desperately.

"Hey, pick me up the Harbin Security Command..."

Before the other end of the phone could be connected, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded from outside the door, and then a "bang" sound was heard, and the office door was knocked open from outside the door.

His lieutenant rushed in with horror on his face. Seeing Colonel Ikeda who was calling, he didn't care about saluting. He said in a panic: "It's not good to report to the Colonel. Chinese, bandits, bandits have entered..."

"Beep, beep..." At this moment, a hurry and busy voice came from the receiver, and it was obvious that the phone could not be reached!

Colonel Ikeda was shocked. The Chinese bandit army was invading. What's going on? They were still hundreds of miles away yesterday, so why did they arrive in Harbin overnight?

"Baga, your nonsense, how could the Chinese bandit army fight to Harbin overnight? Could it be that they would fly? It was raining last night!" Ikeda angrily stepped forward to rescue the adjutant of the second lieutenant and asked fiercely.

"Colonel, this is absolutely true. If you don't believe it, go and see it yourself!" The second lieutenant was so scared that his face looked like a slut. Perhaps because of his fear, he spoke much more neatly than before!

Colonel Ikeda dropped the lieutenant, rushed to the window, opened the curtains, opened the window, leaned forward, revealing half of his head, and looked south.

The violent explosion came, the gunshots were dense, the fire, the smoke of gunpowder, and the shouts of killing were proved that the second lie was not lying, and the Chinese army was really invading!

What's going on? Didn't the Chinese army not attack Harbin? Why did this happen? Is there any error in the information?

The sweat beads on Ikeda's forehead rolled down, and his back became soaked in an instant!

If the information is incorrect, his responsibility will be great. In the information reported to the Kwantung Army Command, he has his own judgment on whether the Chinese bandit army will attack Harbin!

Based on the intelligence of multiple parties, Colonel Ikeda believes that, for the moment, although the Chinese army has a certain advantage, they do not have the ability to attack big cities like Harbin. No bandit army in the surrounding areas of Harbin is an opponent of the Imperial Japanese Army!

As for the Eastern Border Bandit Army that has been in a state of trouble recently, it is even more unlikely to threaten Harbin!

The only thing I am worried about is that if several Chinese bandit troops join forces, it will pose a certain threat to Harbin.

However, intelligence shows that the recent Sino-Bandit Army in Harbin is not very good, and there is also a possibility of joint efforts, but it is very small.

Especially Feng Zhanhai’s troops have great conflicts with Li Haiqing’s troops, and they will not join forces in a short period of time!

This is a news from Feng and Li insiders, and there should be no fake ones.

But now Ikeda is not so sure, but which bandit army is attacking Harbin? It is unlikely that Li Haiqing's self-defense army is the self-defense army. His troops are in Fuyu. If they want to attack Harbin, they will have to pass through Shuangcheng. There is no news about Shuangcheng yet. If they want to bypass them, they will definitely not be able to do it overnight.

That is, Feng Zhanhai’s rescue will be Feng Zhanhai’s rescue!

Ikeda seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, rushed out of the office, shouted loudly, and gathered in the military police!

The worst thing was the Japanese military camp. All the Japanese were still asleep, and suddenly shells fell into the sky. This shocked the Japanese who were not mentally prepared and quickly got up from the bed, put on clothes and took weapons, and the huge military camp was in chaos!

Zhang Ruishan's regiment focused on attacking the Japanese military camp. The shells were basically fired into the Japanese military camp. Anyway, there was no need to deliberately aim. You could always encounter one or two dead mice wherever you hit!

In addition to the enemies at the airport, Monk Yang also led his men to destroy the telephone line, and several nearby Japanese checkpoints were also given to him.

The effect of this is that the troops of the East Column entered Xiangfang without any obstacles!

There was a large group of Japanese soldiers stationed in Xiangfang, all of whom were blocked in the barracks. The Japanese commander commanded a breakthrough operation and was beaten back by the Dong Zong. Now there was no chance!

In fact, if the Japanese could organize enough troops as soon as possible, there would be great potential. However, the artillery attack from the Eastern Column made it difficult for the Japanese to organize certain troops in a short period of time, and they were shut down by the first battalion that rushed to arrive!

The Japanese commanders also wanted to rely on the strong fortifications of the military camp as a resistance, but they never expected that what they encountered this time was not the anti-Japanese armed forces they encountered before, but the elite Dongzong who were not inferior to his equipment and combat effectiveness!

The 1st Battalion of the 9th Brigade of the East Column is a sharp knife battalion, the sharp meat in the heart of the brigade commander Wang Rong. It is ranked first in terms of personnel configuration and equipment. Battalion Commander Li Yi is also an old man from the East Column, one of the first thirty-six Northeast Army remnants who followed Lu Shan!

Apart from the sacrifice, the worst of these people has also reached the level of company commander, and Li Yi's ability is enough to be a regiment commander.

However, for the combat effectiveness of the first battalion, Li Yi was still in the position of battalion commander, but he also had the title of chief of staff of the first regiment, and he was considered a regiment-level cadre. In the entire three battalions of the first regiment, only the battalion was the battalion commander who was a high-level cadre.

As soon as the Japanese army rushed out of the barracks, they gave Li Yi a head-on blow. The powerful firepower made the Japanese army dizzy and couldn't figure out who the opponent they were facing?

The commander of Harbin's security guard and the commander of the 6th Brigade of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army were also confused and at a loss as to how to react.

At this time, Ikeda Ozuo happened to arrive in a hurry, and Major General Murai Shinji quickly invited him into his war room to inquire about the situation.

Colonel Ikeda told Murai about his preliminary judgment. Murai felt that the problem was very serious and immediately proposed to send a report to the Kanto Army Command to report the situation.

Ikeda hesitated for a moment and did not say anything to stop him. At this time, if he could repel the raid from the Feng Zhanhai tribe of the Chinese bandit army, it would be fine if he reported it later. This would be a considerable contribution, but if the subsequent battle situation worsened and he had not reported it before, it would be a big mistake!

Ikeda doesn't want to make mistakes again and again!

"Report to the brigade commander, Bin County was attacked early this morning..."

"The 18th Regiment reported that the Twin Cities were attacked by Li Haiqing of the Chinese Army..."

"The large number of Chinese troops were found in Qinjiagang..."

...

The battle reports came like snowflakes. Major General Murai and Colonel Ikeda were both tall and hung up, constantly sucking the cold air! To be continued...
Chapter completed!