Devil's Army

When the soldiers of the Fifth Brigade heard the whistling sound of artillery shells, they hurried back into the anti-artillery caves.

The Japanese army launched another fiercer wave of artillery fire, and almost all the soil on the surface of the 5th Brigade's hill fortifications was overturned.

Some parts of the fortifications collapsed under the wave after wave of bombing by the Japanese army.

A squad leader and two soldiers hiding in an anti-artillery cave were buried under the mud.

The comrades hurriedly dug them out.

When the squad leader was dug out, he spat out the dirt in his mouth and took deep breaths.

The comrades next to him laughed happily when they saw that the squad leader and two soldiers were still alive.

At this time, the sound of rumbling motors was heard in front of the Fifth Brigade's position.

A battalion commander crawled out of the anti-artillery hole and looked forward to the position. He saw dust rolling in front of him and the rumbling sound of tank motors. There was no way to judge how many tanks the Japanese army had deployed.

The Japanese 110th Division followed the Soviet Union and deployed the "Iron Flood". The battalion commander immediately sent a telegram to the regiment headquarters, requesting reinforcements from the th Rocket Force. He also asked the rocket forces of his battalion to prepare for battle.

The team leader was also anxious when he heard this and asked quickly:

“How many tanks did the Japanese deploy?”

"There was so much dust in front of our battalion's position that we couldn't see how many tanks the Japanese had deployed. But judging from the size of the dust, the Japanese had deployed at least five mobile squadrons this time."

There were more than 40 or tanks, but only six groups of rocket soldiers in one battalion, and one salvo could only destroy six tanks. Given the speed of the tanks, the rocket soldiers would definitely not be able to stop the full-scale attack of the Japanese tanks.

The commander of the first regiment immediately ordered the first battalion to abandon its position, and at the same time asked the commander of the fifth brigade to mobilize the rocket troops of the entire brigade to concentrate on destroying the Japanese tank cavalry.

The regiment commander still underestimated the speed of the Japanese tanks' advance, and the Japanese tanks had already begun to bombard the positions of the first battalion.

A battalion commander ordered the soldiers to abandon their positions, and the rocket soldiers stayed behind to destroy the Japanese tanks.

Rather than being killed by Japanese tanks during the retreat, it is better to stay in the position and fight the Japanese tanks. The soldiers of the first battalion were unwilling to leave the rocket soldiers behind and live in disgrace.

The battalion commander also didn't want to escape in a panic while being chased by Japanese tanks.

A battalion commander ordered the rocket soldiers to destroy the Japanese tanks, while at the same time he ordered the mortar soldiers to bombard the Japanese tanks to slow down their advance.

Mortar shells fell among the Japanese tanks, but the mortar shells could only kill the Japanese infantry next to the tanks and could not destroy the Japanese tanks.

The rocket soldiers began to destroy the Japanese tanks in the front, and the machine gunners also desperately fired at the Japanese infantry next to the tanks.

However, the machine gunners of the first battalion were soon killed by Japanese tanks, and it became increasingly difficult for the first battalion to block the infantry next to the Japanese tanks.

A regimental commander saw the situation on the battlefield through the telescope and ordered the entire regiment to advance.

The rocket soldiers in the regiment charged to the front line under the cover of machine gunners.

As the first Japanese tank broke through the position on the left side of the first battalion, the harsh sound of cold weapon fighting was heard on the left side of the first battalion.

A soldier on the left side jumped onto a Japanese tank and prepared to throw two water grenades into the turret, but a Japanese infantryman next to him hit him.

The soldier rolled down the Japanese tank. Before he died, he pulled the fuse of the grenade and struggled to get it into the track of the Japanese tank.

With two loud explosions, the Japanese tanks suddenly stopped at the position of the first battalion.

The battalion commander sent the only reserve company in the battalion to fill the gap in the left position.

Under the desperate resistance of the reserve company, the Japanese infantry who rushed to the left position were repelled.

The Japanese army had too many tanks, and the rocket soldiers of the first battalion were unable to stop them.

Two groups of rocket soldiers and machine gunners were hit by Japanese tanks, and the position in the middle of the first battalion was also broken through by Japanese tanks.

At this time, the battalion commander had no reinforcements to send, and could only rely on the existing soldiers to engage in close combat and hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.

The positions on the left and right sides of the 1st Battalion were also breached by Japanese tanks one after another.

After the Japanese tanks broke through the first battalion's position, they did not stop and attacked Tangshan City at full speed.

The infantry behind the Japanese tanks engaged in a melee with the soldiers of the first battalion.

The Japanese tank stream encountered a large wave of people halfway on its way to Tangshan.

The Japanese tanks at the front were killed by a group of rocket soldiers.

The machine gunners and soldiers protecting the rocket troops also continued to fire at the soldiers next to the Japanese tanks.

A group of soldiers who rushed up also continued to shoot at the Japanese infantry.

The infantry next to the Japanese tanks also continued to shoot at the soldiers of the regiment.

The soldiers of the two armies were like two wild beasts that had regained their primitive nature, each trying every means to kill the other.

The commander of the Fifth Brigade pushed four 150mm howitzers onto the city wall of Tangshan, and under the guidance of the golden eagle, they continuously bombarded the Japanese army's subsequent reinforcements from a long distance.

Some Japanese tanks were hit by the 150mm howitzers of the th Brigade and disintegrated directly.

As the Japanese army's subsequent reinforcements were blocked by the 150mm howitzers of the th Brigade, the Japanese attacking force was exhausted and was finally beaten back by the soldiers of the st Regiment.