Devil's Army

The heavy blow suffered by Zhu Huai's military department dealt a heavy blow to the various government troops that were actively engaging in friction with the Eighth Route Army. They all restrained their anti-communist behavior.

The Eighth Route Army did not let bygones be bygones and continued to devote its main forces to attacking the Japanese invaders.

The Japanese Central China Front Army was constantly harassed by the Eighth Route Army, and its transportation supply lines were frequently attacked, making it difficult to supply logistical materials. The encirclement and suppression of the First and Second Anti-Japanese Front Armies also gradually became weak.

The Gray Wolf continued to store supplies and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

Leng Feng's First Front Army continued to fight fiercely with the Japanese Kwantung Army.

The supersonic fighters produced by the First Anti-Japanese Army were mainly transferred to the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport in the Tangshan base. The number of supersonic fighters of the First Front Army was only half of that of the Second Front Army.

Fortunately, the Japanese army suffered a great loss in the air battle with the Soviet Union in Nomonhan, and his Second Air Corps lost 2/3 of its aircraft. As a result, when he was encircling Leng Feng's First Front Army, his air force was stretched to a minimum. It was difficult to completely suppress the air force of the First Anti-Japanese Army.

The First Front's air force was able to support the army's operations everywhere.

The 29th Regiment of the Japanese Army came to a place in Xiaoling River where the river was wide and the water flow was slow.

The captain arranged for scouts to go down to the river to investigate the water level.

After a while, two wet scouts came running over to report to the captain that the deepest part of the water was only up to the chest and it was completely possible to wade across the river.

The captain immediately arranged for the troops to cook, have lunch, and wade across the river.

All of the captain's actions were seen by the Golden Eagle No. 4 drone in the sky.

Soon, the two companies of the regiment rushed to the shallows from the left and right sides to set up defenses. The troops further away continued to rush over.

After lunch, before they had time to rest, the captain ordered an infantry company to wade across the river.

The Japanese soldiers held their guns and slowly walked towards the center of the river.

When the Japanese soldiers reached the deepest part of the river, they suddenly heard intensive gunfire from the other side of the river.

Japanese soldiers who waded across the river fell one after another, and their blood dyed the Xiaoling River red.

"Myna! The devil's army is really cunning. They have set up an ambush here as well."

The captain spat and cursed angrily. He had originally wanted to wade across the river at this shallow ford and attack Jinzhou, but he didn't expect to be blocked by the devil's troops.

He ordered the brigade's artillery to bombard the other side of the river to suppress the fire of the devil's troops.

The infantry continued to cross the river quickly with the support of artillery.

The soldiers of the First Army, who had no anti-artillery fortifications, suffered heavy casualties under the fierce bombardment of Japanese artillery.

It was unknown how long it would take the main force to arrive, so Captain He, who arrived first, asked Captain Hu, who arrived later, to withdraw his company to the woods behind and come to reinforce them when they could no longer hold out.

Captain Hu did not argue. Under the fierce artillery attack of the Japanese army, only by dispersing the troops could they effectively prevent and reduce the casualties of the soldiers.

He immediately led the soldiers of their company to retreat into the grove. Captain He asked the soldiers to disperse and continue to block the Japanese army. He also asked the soldiers to hide in the pits created by the Japanese artillery shells as much as possible to block the Japanese army.

The Japanese battalion commander soon discovered that the gunfire on the other side of the river had become less frequent. However, their infantry could not speed up when crossing the river, and they were still knocked down by the sparse gunfire.

Although Captain He's side had fewer people, they were determined to sacrifice themselves and fight off the Japanese army.

The soldiers hid in the gun pits and calmly aimed and fired at the Japanese troops crossing the river, greatly improving their shooting accuracy.

The captain's artillery bombarded for more than half an hour, and the infantry attacked for nearly an hour, but they still failed to break through the shallows.

Seeing that the shells were about to run out, without the support of artillery, it would be even more difficult for their infantry to break through the blockade of the devil troops. The captain had to call for the aviation force to come to reinforce.

After a while, two Japanese bombers, escorted by six fighter planes, flew over to provide reinforcements.

Aerial bombs fell on the other side of Xiaoling River like raindrops, and the dust raised covered the sky.

The sparse gunshots were not very dense and gradually turned into sporadic gunshots.

Captain Hu immediately arranged for a platoon to rush up to provide reinforcements.

The soldiers of Captain Hu's platoon braved the bombing of Japanese planes and killed one by one the Japanese soldiers who had crossed the middle of Xiaoling River.

Several Japanese machine gunners who had already waded across the river placed their machine guns on the shoulders of the soldiers in front of them and frantically fired at the soldiers of the Devil Forces on the other side of the river to suppress their firepower.

The soldiers in Captain Hu's platoon were suppressed by the Japanese machine guns and could not even raise their heads.

The two veterans suddenly had an idea and targeted the Japanese soldiers who were serving as support for their machine guns.

As the Japanese soldiers supported by the machine gun were knocked down, the two Japanese machine gunners behind them lost their support and fell into the river with their guns, drinking several mouthfuls of river water.

The captain had learned through telegram that the Xiaoling River railway bridge had not yet been breached by their 15th Regiment, and he would not give up this good location for crossing the river.

He personally supervised the battle, waving his sword from behind and ordering the soldiers to rush across the river.

Captain Hu's second and third platoons were sent up one after another, but the situation was still not optimistic.