Devil's Army

The regiment commander received orders from the division commander and ordered his troops to advance towards Xiaoling River at six o'clock in the morning.

The captain comforted the captain and said:

"Captain Gaoqiao, our battle went very smoothly yesterday. At this rate, we can cross Xiaoling River and advance to Jinzhou in one day. Don't worry too much."

The captain nodded. He witnessed yesterday's battle.

As the captain expected, the Japanese army quickly broke through the fourth high ground and then quickly marched to the last hill.

The Japanese army advanced cautiously, firing at the high ground on both sides from time to time.

The progress of the battle was beyond the captain's expectations. They kept firing cannons and guns at the hills on both sides, but there seemed to be no soldiers from the Devil's Army on the hills, and there was no response.

"Captain, the soldiers of the Devil's Army may have retreated." said a Japanese squadron leader.

The captain nodded and ordered the squadron leader:

"Take your squadron and immediately attack Xiaoling River through this high ground."

"Hi!"

The Japanese army passed through the last high ground in the Dahushan hilly area at full speed.

A battalion commander of the 14th Brigade on the high ground calmly stared at the Japanese troops advancing at full speed on the mountain road and ordered the messenger:

"After the goddess scatters the flowers, shoot immediately!"

When this group of Japanese troops marched under a large protruding rock, they suddenly heard a series of loud "boom..." noises, and the protruding rock was suddenly blown apart.

Countless stones fell on the Japanese troops below like a rain of stones.

The Japanese soldiers in this squadron who were not killed were left with bruised faces and swollen noses, looking very miserable.

What’s even more terrible is that all these fallen rocks, together with the soil shaken down by the explosion, all rushed down and blocked the Japanese army’s way forward.

Shortly after the big explosion, fierce gunfire rang out on the hillsides on both wings.

The Japanese battalion commander quickly recovered from his shock and ordered two squadrons of infantry to charge the heights on both sides. The engineers began to blast the mud, sand and rocks in front to open a passage.

The soldiers of the 14th Brigade on the hillside were suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire and could not raise their heads, but when the Japanese engineers tried to approach the pile of mud and sand to blast it, they were shot by snipers on the hillside.

The battalion commander of the 14th Brigade knew that the Japanese wanted to pass through this mountain road as quickly as possible to attack Jinzhou. His current task was to delay the Japanese army as long as possible, trading time for space.

Three groups of Japanese engineers were sniped and killed on the road. After the artillery fire stopped, the Japanese troops who charged towards the hillsides on both sides made no progress and were repelled one after another.

The division commander ordered the regiment commander to capture Jinzhou within three days, while the regiment commander ordered him to capture the Xiaolinghe railway bridge within one day.

The captain couldn't afford to waste time, so he ordered the artillery to lower their guns and bombard the pouring mud, sand and rocks to blast a passage.

The pile of mud, sand and rocks that came down flew everywhere amid the rumbling sound of the cannon, and soon a passage was blasted out.

The captain ordered the artillery to cooperate with the two infantry squadrons to continue to contain the devil troops on the hillside, while the main force quickly passed through the mountain road.

Seeing that the Japanese army had given up occupying their positions and were passing through the mountain road below at full speed, the battalion commander hurriedly reported to the second regiment commander and asked whether the troops should retreat?

Because the battalion commander knew that after the Japanese army broke through the hillside, they could attack them from both ends, and they would be isolated and helpless.

Soon, the reply from the second regiment commander arrived, which consisted of only eight simple words: hold the position and kill as many enemies as possible.

The battalion commander received an order from the second regiment commander. He didn't know the regiment's battle plan, nor did he know how many days they would have to hold out. He could only order the soldiers to conserve bullets and aim before firing.

The Japanese troops attacking the hillside soon found that the gunfire from the devil troops on the hillside had become sparse. But they were not in a hurry to attack, because their mission was to contain the two devil troops.

The Japanese army soon arrived at the corner of the south bank of Xiaoling River. The bend was quite steep, and trains and trucks would slow down when they reached this point. Because of this, the Xiaoling River railway bridge became a strategic location for an ambush.

As soon as the large Japanese force appeared at the corner of Xiaoling River, it was immediately strafed by machine gun fire from the soldiers of the Devil Force of the 14th Brigade in the fortifications on the south bank of Xiaoling River.

The Japanese army left behind five bodies and retreated hastily back to the hillside.

This was a blind spot for the artillery, and there was no way to attack the Devil Force soldiers' positions at the corner. The captain had no choice but to call for aviation support.

After a while, the roar of Japanese planes was heard in the sky.

A company commander in the position quickly told everyone to disperse and avoid the air raid, but he himself lay down behind a heavy machine gun, staring at the corner ahead.

Bombs began to fall on the positions on the south bank of Xiaoling River, and explosions rang out one after another.

When the large Japanese army heard the continuous explosions on the south bank of Xiaoling River, they immediately moved towards Xiaoling River.

The company commander had guessed that the Japanese would definitely take advantage of the bombing of them, so he opened fire with a heavy machine gun, "da da da...", mowing down wave after wave of the Japanese soldiers rushing in front of him.