Devil's Army

The Japanese infantry was approaching the north gate of Zunhua County step by step, and the artillery of the 11th Brigade was also preparing to fire.

At this time, the commander of a regiment discovered that the Japanese attack this time was not only late, but also had a dense formation.

The regiment commander looked up and saw the Japanese bombers roaring across the sky, and immediately understood. But without the support of artillery, their firepower was not enough to resist the fierce attack of the Japanese army.

He thought for a moment and gave the signalman three orders in succession:

1. Request air force reinforcements.

150. Order the artillery not to use mm howitzers.

3. In order to prevent the exposure of the artillery positions, the artillery only used small mountain guns to provide limited support.

The Japanese infantry was getting closer and closer to the north gate wall of Zunhua County, and the soldiers of the first battalion also began to shoot to stop the Japanese troops.

Seeing that the 150mm howitzers of the Devil's Army had not fired, the Japanese captain immediately ordered the infantry to speed up the charge, change the feint attack into a real attack, and capture Zunhua County.

The soldiers of the first battalion fired desperately to stop the Japanese attack, and the Japanese artillery and grenade throwers continued to suppress the firepower points of the first battalion.

Just when the Japanese thought that the artillery of the devil troops would not fire, the small mountain artillery hidden in the woods began to fire sporadically to support the soldiers of the first battalion.

Japanese bombers circled the woods, trying to find the artillery positions of the Devil's troops.

At this time, an army fighter and a bomber received the order and flew towards the north gate of Zunhua County.

When the Japanese bombers saw the devil troops' sharp fighter planes, they immediately ran away.

The fighter planes of the First Army caught up with the Japanese bomber that turned to the right and fled. After a burst of fire, the Japanese bomber was blown up in mid-air without any suspense.

The fighter planes of the First Army immediately adjusted their direction and chased the Japanese bomber that turned left.

The bombers of the First Army that followed calmly bombarded the attacking Japanese troops on the ground.

Without the threat from the Japanese air, the 11th Brigade's artillery positions immediately opened fire, with terrifying 150mm howitzers whistling at the charging Japanese troops. Small mountain artillery shells also bombarded the charging Japanese troops.

The Japanese infantry that served as bait suffered heavy casualties in the double bombing by the First Army's aircraft and artillery because their formation was too dense.

The Japanese army's follow-up troops stopped attacking when they saw the fierce artillery fire from the devil troops, but the leading troops had no choice but to continue attacking Zunhua County.

Some Japanese soldiers who survived the bombardment by the First Army rushed to the city wall and tried to enter Zunhua County through the collapsed city wall, but they were attacked by intensive grenades from the soldiers of the First Battalion.

The conspiracy planned by the Japanese battalion commander was cracked by the First Army Air Force. He had to gather the remaining soldiers who retreated and wait for the First Army planes to stop bombing before launching another attack.

After the First Army's planes left, the battalion commander dispatched two Type 150 mm howitzers and launched a retaliatory bombing on the northern wall of Zunhua County.

The soldiers of the first battalion suffered heavy casualties in the bombardment of the Japanese army's large-caliber howitzers. The commander of the first regiment had to transfer the reserve direct battalion to reinforce and ask for help from Brigade Commander Du.

Gray Wolf also ordered Li Guozhu to dispatch the 1st Regiment of the 6th Brigade to march quickly for reinforcement.

When Commander Tada Shun saw that Zunhua County had not been captured after two days of attack, he sent air force support.

The artillery of the First Army did not dare to fire to support the infantry during the bombing by Japanese planes.

The battalion directly under the regiment was in a precarious situation under the double bombing of Japanese planes and artillery, but they had no choice but to use their flesh and blood to withstand the attack of the Japanese army.

The Japanese captain also found it strange, because the artillery fire had clearly plowed the city wall. There shouldn't be many devil troops who could survive on the city wall.

And when they rushed to the front of the city wall, they were repelled by the fierce grenades and mortar shells from the devil troops who came out of nowhere.

As night fell, both sides ceased fighting, but the Japanese captain was planning a new operation.

It was a quarter moon that day, with dark clouds in the sky and low visibility.

After eight o'clock, a team of Japanese suicide squad members pretending to be corpses slowly crawled towards the north gate wall of Zunhua County.

The battle lasted for nearly three days, and many Japanese soldiers' bodies were lying under the city wall. If you didn't pay attention, no one would notice these moving bodies.

These Japanese suicide squad members climbed for more than an hour and finally reached the foot of the north gate wall.

However, the Japanese suicide squad members who had climbed to the bottom of the city wall earlier did not take any action. Instead, they lay quietly under the city wall, waiting for the subsequent suicide squad members to arrive.

A sentry from the First Army felt that something was wrong under the city wall, and there seemed to be a lot more Japanese corpses.

He stared at the Japanese corpses under the city wall for a while, and suddenly found that the corpses were moving.

He quickly raised his gun and wanted to shoot to call the police.

A Japanese soldier shot him at the foot of the city wall, and he fell headfirst off the wall.

Although the gunshots exposed the Japanese suicide squad's intention, the Japanese suicide squad was now close to the city wall. They immediately launched a surprise attack on the north city of Zunhua County.

One after another, Japanese suicide squads kept rushing into Zunhua County from the collapsed newly built city walls.

A fierce melee broke out between the two sides on the north gate city wall of Zunhua County.