Devil's Army

What caught the eyes of the soldiers of the 6th and 11th Brigades were the charred bodies of Japanese soldiers outside the two city gates.

The two regiment commanders did not know why a fire broke out in the Japanese garrison outside the city. They could not imagine why the Japanese soldiers could not put out the fire in such an open area and were burned to death.

They didn't know that the fire of the incendiary bomb was more difficult to extinguish, and the fire of the aluminum-iron incendiary bomb could not be extinguished in time.

This incendiary bomb with added thermite has a combustion temperature of up to 3000 degrees when activated. If it falls on a human body, the muscles and bones will be burned through directly. How can there be time to put out the fire?

Due to range issues, the two H-1 bombers flying from Jinzhou landed at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport after attacking the Japanese troops in Fengnan County.

They brought a total of ten napalm bombs and ten aluminum iron incendiary bombs this time. Now they still have nearly half of the incendiary bombs left.

Gray Wolf soon received a report from the frontline commander, who was quite satisfied with the experimental results of the incendiary bomb. Power Generation reported the experimental results of the incendiary bomb to Leng Feng and requested mass production.

Leng Feng smiled and said that the production of solidified fuel bombs was relatively easy. The production of aluminum-iron fuel bombs was restricted by the refining technology of raw materials and was more difficult.

At this time, Gray Wolf received another telegram from Brigade Commander Du asking for help, saying that Zunhua County was in emergency.

At that time, the 1st Regiment of the 11th Brigade was stationed in Zunhua County, north of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

The Japanese army's 7th Independent Mixed Brigade led a battalion commander to attack Zunhua County. They mainly attacked the north gate of Zunhua County and feinted to attack the west and east gates of Zunhua County.

At the beginning of the battle, the regiment commander did not know the main attack direction of the Japanese army, so he divided the three battalions into three city gates to resist the Japanese attack.

Soon, the commander of a regiment felt that the Japanese army's artillery fire against the north gate was more intense than that against the other two gates, and the number of troops was much larger.

It was obviously unrealistic to transfer the defenders of the other two city gates to assist in the defense. Firstly, there would not be enough time. Secondly, if the Japanese army changed the feint attack into the main attack, the other two city gates would be in danger.

Fortunately, there was a high ground in Zunhua City, covered with trees. Brigade Commander Du deployed the brigade's four 150mm howitzers and five small mountain cannons here.

Under the cover of artillery, the Japanese army quickly advanced to the vicinity of the north gate of Zunhua County.

The commander of a regiment immediately ordered the artillery to adjust the muzzle and bombard the Japanese troops outside the north gate of Zunhua County.

The Japanese army, which was preparing to launch a final charge on Zunhua County, was suddenly bombarded by the artillery of the 11th Brigade in Zunhua County. They were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

The artillery of the 11th Brigade then extended its firing and fiercely bombarded the Japanese follow-up troops that were preparing to attack the city.

The Japanese army was defeated by the bombing and immediately retreated, regrouped its troops and prepared to attack again.

The captain ordered the artillery to bombard the north gate wall of Zunhua County fiercely, causing it to collapse in many places.

In response to the terrifying destructive power of the Devil Force's 150mm howitzers, the Japanese army divided its troops into multiple echelons and launched dispersed attacks.

As soon as the Japanese artillery fire stopped, more than a dozen Japanese troops, led by their respective squad leaders, attacked several collapsed city walls on the north side of Zunhua City.

The Japanese troops were too scattered, and the use of 150mm howitzers was a bit of a waste. The artillery could only use the five small mountain guns to fiercely bombard the Japanese troops attacking the city.

The advantage of a dispersed attack by multiple troops and echelons is obvious, which is to avoid being wiped out by the large-caliber howitzers of the devil troops. But the disadvantage is also obvious, which is that it cannot concentrate firepower to break through the defense line of the devil troops.

The captain used the coordinated combat of infantry and artillery to the extreme. The Japanese artillery had been suppressing the soldiers on the wall until the Japanese infantry rushed to the wall and suddenly stopped bombing.

Although the regiment of soldiers defending the north gate was short of manpower, they were full of the spirit of fighting to the death.

From time to time, a group of soldiers would detonate bundles of grenades, jump into the Japanese army through the gap, and die together with the Japanese.

The Japanese troops who attacked Zunhua County through the gap twice were repelled by the First Regiment's desperate fighting style.

The battle lasted until dark, and the Japanese army failed to break into Zunhua County.

Early the next morning, the Japanese army sent planes to search for the artillery positions of the devil troops in Zunhua County.

Unfortunately, the Japanese army could only see lush trees from the air and could not see the artillery positions of the devil troops at all.

The captain planned to sacrifice the infantry to attract the artillery of the Devil's troops to fire, so that the planes could bomb the artillery positions of the Devil's troops.

The captain's idea was great, but unfortunately something unexpected happened when he implemented it.

The battalion commander ordered the artillery to continue bombarding the north gate of Zunhua County.

After a bloody battle yesterday, the soldiers of the First Battalion of the First Regiment suffered heavy casualties, with less than 2/3 of their strength left. However, they still stubbornly withstood the Japanese artillery fire and aircraft bombing, standing like pillars on the north gate wall of Zunhua County.

As soon as the Japanese artillery stopped bombing, the infantry began to attack.

"Battalion Commander, why did the Japanese infantry launch the attack only after the artillery stopped firing this time?"

The company commander pointed at the attacking Japanese infantry and asked.

The battalion commander shook his head. The Japanese artillery fire had not stopped yesterday, but the infantry had already started the attack. He also didn't know why they started the attack today after the artillery fire stopped. But he still ordered the soldiers to go up to the city wall immediately and prepare for battle.

The artillery of the 11th Brigade also immediately prepared to bombard the Japanese infantry. They did not know that they had fallen into the trap set by the Japanese battalion commander.