Devil's Army

The 15th Regiment of the 30th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army was launching an attack on the south gate of Jixian County regardless of casualties.

The commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 12th Brigade led the troops of the 2nd Battalion, the 3rd Battalion and the subordinate company and rushed over from the direction of Bailonggang Bridge and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese flank.

The Japanese army encountered many difficulties in attacking Jixian County and was attacked by the devil's troops on the flank, so they had to withdraw from the battle alternately.

The commander of the Third Regiment led his troops to advance step by step, and drove the 30th Regiment of the Japanese Army out of the position on the south bank of Sanchakou. The two sides confronted each other across the river.

The situation on the battlefield returned to the pre-war situation, but the Japanese army would definitely not give up.

The commander of the Third Regiment ordered the soldiers to build fortifications and clean up the battlefield, while he gathered the troops of the Second Regiment that were scattered by Japanese tanks.

The commander of the Japanese Army's 15th Independent Mixed Brigade, Miyoharu Hasegawa, originally relied on the excellent penetration speed of his tanks to attack Jixian County from Bailonggang Bridge and Sanchakou. Unexpectedly, his entire tank brigade was completely wiped out.

His heavy firepower was clearly insufficient to continue the attack, so he had to wait for reinforcements.

There was a rare peace in the direction of Bailonggang Bridge and Sanchakou.

Gray Wolf turned his attention to the Panshan position. The attackers here were the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade of China.

The Gray Wolf arranged the 1st Regiment of Xie Dongjin's Independent Brigade, which was later formed, to defend here.

Because the path leading into the Panshan forest was narrow and had a large bend, Brigade Commander Shigeyasu Suzuki ordered the captain of the first battalion to launch two large-scale charges, but both were blocked by the Chinese defenders on the high ground at the corner.

After lunch, the captain personally led the team. The artillery was ordered to fiercely bombard the devil troops on the two high grounds at the corner. The Japanese air force also came to help.

The trees on the two high grounds were almost all broken down by the fierce bombing of the Japanese army, and the soil on the high ground was also flattened a little.

Although the soldiers of the two companies of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Brigade who were hiding in the anti-artillery caves on the reverse slope of the tunnel were not directly hit by the Japanese artillery, many of them suffered internal injuries and nosebleeds due to the continuous bombardment of large-caliber artillery and aircraft bombs.

Some soldiers lay in the tunnels forever.

After the bombing stopped, the battalion commander ordered the infantry to launch an immediate attack.

The sentry reported that the Japanese army had begun to attack, and the soldiers from the first and second companies on the two high grounds crawled out of the anti-artillery holes to block the Japanese army.

Seeing that the devil soldiers on the high ground were like indestructible cockroaches, the Japanese battalion commander was furious and ordered the artillery to continue shelling the high ground, and the infantry quickly passed the corner under the cover of the shelling.

On the two high grounds, the soldiers of the independent brigade were suppressed by the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army and could not raise their heads. The Japanese infantry quickly turned the corner and came to a death zone entering the Panshan forest.

When the Japanese army was passing through this death zone, they were suddenly bombarded by 150mm howitzers and 75mm mountain guns hidden in the winding forests of the First Army, suffering heavy casualties. They had to stop in front of the death zone.

In the last encirclement and suppression campaign, Japanese troops were killed by artillery hidden in the winding forest on this section of road that was several hundred meters long. The Japanese commander also called this section of road the death zone.

After nightfall, the Japanese commanders generally believed that they must first bombard the heavy artillery positions of the devilish troops in the Panshan forest, otherwise the casualties of crossing this section of the road would be too great.

The next morning, the Japanese air force came to reinforce, and the captain ordered the soldiers to continue crossing this death zone.

As expected, the Japanese soldiers were subjected to heavy bombardment by the independent brigade's artillery when they entered the Panshan forest.

Japanese bombers, escorted by fighter planes, circled around the mountain forest, searching for the artillery positions of the evil forces.

The lush trees in the Panshan Forest provided good cover for the independent brigade's artillery. The Japanese air force could not see the independent brigade's artillery positions from the air. They could only estimate the approximate location of the devil's artillery positions based on the trajectory of the devil's artillery shells. Then they poured bombs and bombed fiercely.

There were constant explosions and flying debris everywhere in the Panshan forest.

Many places in Panshan Forest were on fire due to the bombing of Japanese planes. However, the snow on the mountain had not completely melted at this time, so the fire could not spread quickly. It was quickly put out by the soldiers of the independent brigade hiding in the mountains.

Under the cover of aircraft, Japanese soldiers continued to attack Panshan Forest.

In order to prevent the artillery positions from being exposed, the artillery of the independent brigade carried out limited bombing on the Japanese army.

Some Japanese troops entered the Panshan forest one after another and began to search for soldiers of the Devil Unit.

The Japanese planes continued to bomb the First Army troops in Panshan and search for their artillery positions, which put a lot of pressure on the soldiers and artillery of the independent brigade.

Near noon, two fighter planes of the First Army took advantage of the Japanese fighter planes' inattention and quickly attacked the Japanese bombers that were bombing the Panshan Forest.

A bomber from the First Army then launched a fierce bombing on the Japanese troops in front of the death zone.

As soon as the Japanese bombers saw the pointed planes of the Devil Forces, they immediately scattered in all directions.

A Japanese fighter squadron nearby saw the situation and immediately flew over.

A Huaxia II fighter from the First Army quickly caught up with a Japanese bomber that was fleeing in the opposite direction. It fired at it, shot it down, and then quickly retreated.