Devil's Army

The vanguard of the Third Battalion, which was on a forced march, discovered a simple wooden bridge built by villagers with a few pieces of wood three miles ahead.

The third battalion commander ordered them to place explosives on the wooden bridge, and then dig fortifications nearby in preparation to block the Japanese army.

After a long while, the Japanese captain also arrived at the small wooden bridge.

The captain was overjoyed when he saw the small wooden bridge and shouted:

"God help me, God help me!"

He quickly ordered the soldiers to go up the bridge and cross the river.

The soldiers were happy that they didn't have to wade across the river, and they crowded onto the bridge to cross the river.

As soon as the Japanese troops crossed the middle of the river, the demolition soldiers of the third battalion on the opposite bank received the detonator.

The wooden bridge was blown into several pieces by explosives and fell into the Gunaidian River.

The Japanese soldiers on the bridge were also thrown into the river and washed downstream.

As soon as the explosion sounded on the small wooden bridge, the soldiers of the third battalion on the opposite bank immediately fired fiercely at the Japanese troops on this side of the river.

The captain quickly commanded the Japanese army to fight back. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides across the Gunaidian River.

The captain's troops were on a temporary march and did not carry any heavy artillery, so they could only use their only grenade launchers to suppress the firepower of the opposing devil troops.

A round of grenade launcher shells came over, and several soldiers from the third battalion were blown away. But the 40 rocket soldiers from the third battalion soon aimed at the Japanese grenade launchers.

Three consecutive rockets, trailing flames, flew towards the Japanese grenade throwers on the opposite bank.

Immediately afterwards, a series of explosions sounded, and the grenade launchers and Japanese troops on the opposite side were reduced to ashes.

The water here is quite deep, and it is not suitable to wade across the river. But the captain no longer has the energy to continue to look for a suitable crossing point downstream.

The captain sat under the grove with a dull look in his eyes, looking at the troops fighting fiercely, without saying a word.

The squadron leader did not receive an order to stop the attack and continued to command his soldiers to shoot at the devil troops on the opposite bank.

After attacking for a while, both sides suffered casualties. The squadron leader cautiously walked up to the captain and asked:

"Captain, the water here is too deep. Even if we repel the devil troops, we can't wade across the river. Should we find a new crossing point?"

The captain nodded blankly, still saying nothing.

At this point in the battle, the captain no longer had the high-spirited spirit he had when he first entered the Chinese battlefield.

His battalion of more than 1000 people had suffered defeat in the canyon position, and at the shallows of the Gunaidian River. Now he had suffered another defeat here at Xiaomuqiao, and he no longer had confidence in breaking through the defense line of the devil's troops.

When he was sent to the battlefield in China, he vowed to his old father that he would achieve great things and bring honor to the family.

He no longer dared to entertain such an idea, and he had a premonition that his military career was coming to an end.

He now suddenly missed his gentle wife and two lovely children.

In the evening, the mortar soldiers of the third battalion also arrived at the battlefield, and the fighting had stopped at that time.

The third battalion commander arranged for the golden eagle to scout the Japanese army's headquarters.

After fighting for an afternoon, he knew that the Japanese army was not strong enough, so he decided to give it another blow.

The moonlight was dim, and it was difficult for the golden eagle to detect the details of the Japanese headquarters in the grove through the trees.

The Army Aviation soldiers maneuvered the golden eagle through the woods and flew over the Japanese headquarters.

The coordinates of the bombing targets were transmitted to the artillery company commander through the golden eagle.

At night, in order to prevent the devil's troops from launching a night attack, the Japanese army deployed two teams of patrol soldiers outside the headquarters and the military camp to conduct cross-patrols.

At 11 o'clock, the sound of intensive mortar shells whistling came from the other side of the Gunaidian River.

One mortar shell after another fell accurately into the Japanese headquarters and military camps.

In order to inflict heavy damage on this Japanese army unit, the artillery of the third battalion launched five waves of bombing before stopping the shelling.

At this time, the Japanese headquarters and barracks were in a mess, with constant wailing.

It is a pity that the soldiers of the Third Battalion were blocked by the Gunaidian River, otherwise they would have been able to defeat this Japanese force with a single charge.

At five o'clock in the morning, before daybreak, Japanese troops began to assemble.

The sentry of the third battalion on the other side of the river quickly caught sight of this situation and immediately reported it to the commander of the third battalion.

The third battalion commander personally rushed to the front line to urge the soldiers to prepare for battle.

The drowsy soldiers in the riverbank fortifications immediately became alert, pulled the bolts of their rifles, and lay on the fortifications, ready for battle.

What surprised the third battalion commander was that after the Japanese troops on the other side had assembled, they did not launch an attack on them, but retreated to the upper reaches of the Gunaidian River.

It turned out that their captain and deputy captain were killed in the artillery attack by the devil troops last night. At present, there are only more than 200 people left in the army, including the wounded. They are no longer able to launch an attack on the devil troops.

The regiment commander then ordered them to join the main force, and the remaining soldiers of the first battalion were assigned to the command of the second battalion.