Devil's Army

When the Japanese army advanced to the edge of a meadow, a gunshot suddenly rang out in front of them.

The grass on both sides of the path was suddenly lifted up, and the soldiers of the Second Regiment's First Company, who were hiding in the trenches, fiercely fired at the Japanese troops on the path.

The rocket soldiers mixed in with the soldiers of the Second Regiment also quickly aimed at the advancing Japanese tanks and fired.

The Japanese soldiers on the path were knocked down one after another, and the tanks on the path also caught fire and exploded one after another.

The Japanese advance was repelled by an ambush by soldiers from the Second Regiment, who took the opportunity to launch a counterattack against the Japanese, forcing them to retreat.

The Japanese army's follow-up tanks and artillery began to bombard the attacking soldiers of the Second Regiment.

The soldiers of the two companies of the Second Regiment began to retreat. Everything was visible on the flat ground. If they blocked the Japanese army with tanks and artillery here, the casualties would definitely be huge. So the Second Regiment Commander chose to retreat.

When the Japanese tanks attacked the grassland where they had just been ambushed, they fiercely bombarded the lawns on both sides of the path.

As soon as the Japanese tanks stopped bombing, the infantry rushed forward, but there was no one there.

The Japanese army continued to advance and there was a small forest in front of the path.

The Japanese tanks fired at both sides of the grove, but found nothing unusual, so they continued to move forward.

Suddenly, two rockets flew out from the woods on both sides and blew up two Japanese tanks.

Then, there was another burst of gunfire from the grove.

The Japanese army's advance was blocked again and they were forced to stop and fight back.

The Japanese army advanced along the way, constantly harassed by the soldiers of the Second Regiment. Their advance was slow, and they did not enter the Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County for the entire day.

After the night fog fell, the Japanese army treated them as a formidable enemy, and patrols kept patrolling around the camp.

The Japanese troops in Fengtian were frightened by the attack from the 8th Brigade of Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County.

Seeing that the Japanese army's defense was tight and the first regiment had just failed in a night attack, the commander of the second regiment did not launch a night attack on the Japanese army.

The next morning, Japanese troops entered Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County one after another.

The road was still narrow, which was not conducive to the advancement of the Japanese army. Moreover, after entering the territory of Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County, the mountains and forests began to increase. The Japanese army also became more cautious.

When the Japanese army arrived at Kuangzigou in Gunaidian Township, the valley was full of high mountains and dense forests. A clear river ran through the north and south, and there were many canyons and deep gullies.

The Japanese brigade commander ordered his troops to stop advancing. In such a dangerous terrain, it was impossible for the devil's troops to set an ambush.

He ordered the artillery to bombard the valleys on both sides. But what puzzled the commander was that after the artillery bombarded for half an hour, there was still no movement on the high ground on both sides of the valley.

The Japanese army continued to advance cautiously. As expected, the devil troops did not set an ambush here. The Japanese army began to speed up their pace, wanting to quickly pass through this canyon.

What worried the Japanese was that there was always a small aircraft following them overhead.

When the Japanese army was about to walk out of the canyon, the mine in front of them was suddenly detonated.

A large number of the Japanese army's vanguard troops were killed or injured in the bombing. However, this was only the beginning of the Japanese army's misfortune.

The commander of the Eighth Brigade had already asked people to pave a simple road on the back of the canyon and hide four 150mm howitzers in the woods on the high ground.

From this high ground, you can overlook the roads on both sides of the canyon. However, the view is somewhat obstructed by the trees. However, the artillery of the First Army continuously reported the location coordinates of the Japanese army through the Golden Eagle No. 4 aircraft for close reconnaissance.

After the mine exploded, the artillery of the First Army on the high ground began to fiercely attack the Japanese troops in the canyon.

The narrow section of the canyon path greatly reduced the Japanese army's room for maneuver, which further increased their casualties.

The artillery of the 8th Brigade continued to bombard the Japanese troops in the canyon path.

The remaining eight Japanese tanks were all destroyed by the 150th Brigade's mm howitzers in the canyon path.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the soldiers of the Second Regiment who were ambushing on the high ground behind the canyon began to rush towards the path, chasing the Japanese soldiers who were escaping from the gun muzzles.

This time, the Second Regiment Commander did not set up an ambush on the high ground just after entering the canyon, so the Japanese artillery reconnaissance mistakenly believed that the devil troops did not set up an ambush in this canyon.

When the Japanese army was about to leave the canyon, they were attacked fiercely by the 150mm howitzers and ambushes of the Second Regiment. The casualties were heavy, and one battalion almost lost its resistance.

After the Japanese regiment commander withdrew his troops from the canyon, he did not launch any new attacks on the canyon heights for the entire day.

He just called for aviation reinforcements.

If the 150mm howitzers deployed on the high ground by the devil troops were not bombed, it would be difficult for their infantry to safely pass through this narrow path. However, at that time, the main force of the Japanese fighter planes was fighting fiercely with the First Army's air force in the Jinzhou Sea and could not be withdrawn for a while.

The commander of the regiment then camped in front of the canyon, preparing to blow up the devil troops' heavy artillery the next day before passing through the canyon path.

In order to prevent the devil's army from attacking at night, the commander lit many fires around the camp and sent more patrols to patrol in both directions.