Devil's Army

The soldiers of the night attack team threw all the grenades on their bodies into the Japanese gunboats and landing craft and then quickly dived back to the shore.

The Japanese captain brought a large force to chase them down, helplessly firing blindly into the river.

At this time, the Japanese landing craft and gunboats parked on the river bank were almost all destroyed, and the sound of shells exploding could be heard from the Japanese gunboats from time to time.

The commander of the wing has contacted the air force in the evening and will send planes to blow up the river tomorrow.

He didn't know how to go upstream to Jinzhou tomorrow, but he didn't dare to hide it, so he reported the truth to the commander of the regiment.

The next morning, the captain rushed to the bank of Xiaoling River in anger.

He was still looking at the gunboats and landing craft that were still emitting smoke, and he was so furious that he kicked the captain into the river.

The captain fell on his back in the shallows of Xiaoling River, waving his hands and feet, and was unable to get up for a while.

The soldiers nearby were silent and did not dare to step forward to help.

The captain took several gulps of cold river water.

After the captain climbed out of the river, he immediately trotted to stand in front of the wing commander:

“Hey! A-choo.”

Without boats, there would be no way to attack Jinzhou upstream. By the time the logistics troops brought the boats over, the food would have been cold.

The captain was still standing straight in front of the regiment commander, shivering with cold.

The regiment commander waved his hand at him in disgust, and the battalion commander ran away as if he had been pardoned.

The wing commander personally inspected the situation at the bank of Xiaoling River and thought about countermeasures.

He fixed his eyes on the abandoned fishing boats and logs that blocked the waterway.

Suddenly, he had an idea.

He called a squadron leader next to him over and gave him an order.

"Hi!" the squadron leader responded, standing at attention.

The series of events here also attracted the attention of the soldiers of the direct regiment on the other side of Xiaoling River.

"Chiu" a sound was heard from the LR-34 sniper rifle, and the captain fell on his back on the river bank.

The squadron leader quickly lay down and crawled towards the regiment commander.

The guards on the riverside quickly fired towards the place where the sniper rifle sounded.

The squadron leader came to the commander of the corps. There was a cut on his forehead and a stream of red and white liquid was flowing out. He was no longer breathing.

The squadron leader quickly assembled their squadron and launched an attack on the opposite side of Xiaoling River by using the fishing boats and wood that were blocking the river.

A battalion commander defending this section of the Xiaoling River smiled when he saw the Japanese attack from the fishing boats and logs that blocked the river.

Although the fishing boats and wood blocking the river can reach Xiaoling River directly, the surface is uneven and there are gaps of varying widths in the middle. People cannot run on it and may fall into the river if they are not careful.

He ordered his soldiers to shoot at the charging Japanese troops.

Shooting the slow and densely packed Japanese troops was much easier than training on the shooting range.

As the dense gunfire rang out one after another, the attacking Japanese soldiers were constantly knocked down, falling on the fishing boats or into the Xiaoling River. But the regiment commander was dead, and no one ordered to stop the attack. The squadron leader had no choice but to order the soldiers to continue the attack.

The captain, who received the news, ran over sneezing.

He looked at the Japanese troops attacking from the fishing boats and logs blocking the river, and an idea came to his mind. This was currently his only way to attack the other side of the Xiaolin River.

He ordered the artillery to bombard the fortifications of the Devil's troops on the opposite bank to cover the infantry attack.

At this time, Japanese planes also rushed over to reinforce and continued to bomb the positions of the direct regiment on the opposite bank.

Outside the position, the commander of the first battalion of the third regiment looked at the soldiers who were constantly being blown out of their fortifications by the bombing of Japanese artillery and aircraft, and felt very distressed and anxious.

He asked the messenger to inform Platoon Leader Wu to take his soldiers on the fishing boat to engage in close combat with the Japanese. The other soldiers lay down in the fortifications to avoid the artillery fire.

The platoon leader led the soldiers of their regiment and rushed onto the fishing boat, then lay on the bridge of the fishing boat and engaged in brutal close combat with the Japanese army.

Under the fierce resistance of Platoon Leader Wu, the Japanese army had no way to pass the fishing boat bridge. And the number of soldiers in Platoon Leader Wu's platoon was decreasing.

The Japanese artillery had been blocking the position behind Platoon Leader Wu, preventing the Devil's troops from asking for reinforcements from the fishing boats. The Japanese planes had also been bombing the fortifications, but they did not dare to bomb the fishing boat bridge.

Since the Japanese planes did not leave, the artillery of the regiment did not dare to open fire.

Upon receiving the intelligence, the head of the direct regiment immediately called the headquarters to request aircraft support.

However, at this time, war broke out on all sides of the old base, and the First Army's planes were busy rushing to various places to support ground combat.

During this period, many of the First Army's slower-flying Voltaire bombers and Type 98 heavy bombers were shot down by Japanese fighter planes.

Captain Xu arranged two Hua Xia II fighters to escort two Voltir bombers loaded with ammunition to quickly reinforce the Xiaolinghe position.

The Japanese planes and artillery did not dare to bomb Platoon Leader Wu and his men on the fishing boat bridge, fearing that the only way to cross the river would be cut off. However, after a long battle with the Japanese, Platoon Leader Wu and his men continued to fall, and the firepower of the blocking gradually weakened.

The battalion commander ordered the mortar troops to take the opportunity to launch a counterattack against the Japanese artillery.

During the period when the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped, the battalion commander hurriedly ordered the second platoon to rush to the fishing boat bridge to reinforce Platoon Leader Wu's platoon.