At this time, the fight is the will, who can persist to the end, who is the winner. Unfortunately, Li Du became a loser, and he himself could be as determined as iron as he could, and he would not retreat, but the Self-Defense Forces, which had been temporarily put together for a few days, could not do this.
After a few hours of fighting, the weak-willed ones appeared in their original form. Among the officers, those who surrendered to the enemy, escaped, and scattered, and so on, so that, not to mention normal command, the troops' hearts and minds were already unstable, and the defensive line that was still visible had become full of holes.
Seeing that the army was defeated, the building was about to fall into a moment. At the most critical juncture, Li Du, as the supreme commander, stepped forward and led the guards to temporarily pull out the third line of defense on the edge of the city, which forced the Japanese army out, and did not let the Second Division take another step forward until dark.
On February 5, Li Du, who had been forced to a desperate situation, ordered a counterattack. After yesterday's bitter battle, the all-out counterattack was no longer able, and he aimed at the Third Brigade on the east side of the railway.
At this time, whether Harbin can hold on or not, Li Du actually knows better than anyone. All he had to do was to safeguard the dignity of the Chinese soldiers and complete the desperate blow, just like the national hero Deng Shichang in the Battle of Jiawu, who knew that he would be defeated and still did not hesitate to die with the enemy. Today's things are only death!
Li Du seized on the advantage that he still had artillery in his hands, and copied the Japanese army's way of playing, first bombarding with artillery, and then attacking with infantry. The two sides seemed to have adjusted one by one, and the Third Brigade was tightly bitten and held on, and it was miserable. Li Du was thrilled, and the defense of Harbin seemed to be about to turn over. But the unforgiving reality told him that in the case of the general trend, this is at most a kind of return to the light. Soon, the many men found that their eastern road was passive, so they hurriedly mobilized artillery to block and shoot at the self-defense forces, and at the same time transferred the reserves to organize the attack.
The Japanese army had reserves, but Li Du did not. Reserves can only be equipped when the military is relatively abundant. Now that even Ding Chao in the Self-Defense Army has run away with people, how many people and horses can be left after removing them? Talking about reserves in this situation can only be a pitiful luxury.
Hasegawa's grumble that the airport built in the Twin Cities also saved his life at this time. The Japanese planes that had previously flaunted their might over Harbin were all "long-distance running", and it was not easy to come, and without turning a few laps, they had to run back to Changchun breathlessly to refuel (the Japanese reconnaissance plane that was shot down in the first Defense Of Harbin was in such a hurry). With the Twin Cities Airfield, the Kwantung Army Flying Team had no worries and was almost the whole army out of the way - a total of five flying squadrons, four of which came in one, and bombarded and strafed the Self-Defense Forces in turn.
On that day, the Japanese planes in the sky were not broken at all, the bombs were thrown like rain, and the air defense capabilities of the Self-Defense Forces were very weak, so they suffered great losses. With the cooperation of aircraft artillery, the Japanese army not only lifted the siege of Hasegawa on the East Road, but also pressed the whole army and surrounded Li Du and the Twenty-second Brigade. Li Du was extremely anxious, and while personally shooting, he commanded the subordinates to resist, and in the end he actually shouted his voice dumb and could not speak.
Northeast Volunteer Army: Harbin at Night (13) Serial, to be continued.......