Devil's Army

Seeing that the Japanese army had not launched any attacks on the other side of the Kou River in the whole afternoon, the commander ordered the soldiers patrolling along the river to be on high alert, and all the troops were ready to provide support at any time.

At night, the regiment commander took advantage of the cover of darkness and led a large Japanese force quietly to the lower reaches of the Kou River.

At a little after ten o'clock, the regiment commander led a large Japanese force to camp in an open area and arranged a reconnaissance team to continue searching downstream for shallows suitable for wading.

At around six o'clock in the morning, the reconnaissance team came back and reported to the professional team leader that a shallow beach suitable for the troops to wade across the river was found 14 kilometers downstream.

The commander of the corps asked the reconnaissance team to lead the way, and the main force set off immediately.

Around nine o'clock in the morning, the vanguard of the Japanese army arrived at the shallows and began to wade across the river.

After a while, a patrol team from the 1st regiment discovered the vanguard of the Japanese army that was trying to cross the Kou River, and they immediately lay down to block the vanguard of the Japanese army.

The sound of gunfire was an order, and the soldiers of the First Army in the upper and lower reaches of the Kou River rushed towards the place where the gunfire was heard. However, the Japanese rear guard moved faster. After reaching the shallows, they rushed to the beach and landed.

All 15 patrol members of the First Army were killed, but they were unable to stop the Japanese landing.

After landing, the Japanese army began to consolidate their beachhead positions and prepared to continue advancing deeper.

A company of the regiment that came from upstream began to attack the Japanese troops on the beach, trying to drive them back to the north bank of the Kou River. However, the Japanese follow-up troops waded across the river one after another, and the pressure on the company was increasing.

Soon, the 1st Battalion of the 7th Brigade's direct regiment rushed over from the lower reaches of the Kou River. They immediately set up artillery to bombard the follow-up Japanese troops crossing the river. The infantry then launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops defending the Kou River beachhead.

The Japanese troops crossing the river had nowhere to hide and suffered heavy casualties.

The regiment commander ordered the artillery to bombard the battalion directly under the regiment.

The battalion commander ordered the soldiers to disperse and block the Japanese troops, and the mortar soldiers kept moving positions to avoid the suppression of the Japanese artillery, and kept attacking the Japanese troops crossing the river.

When Leng Feng heard from the commander of the Seventh Brigade that the Japanese army had crossed the Kou River defense line, he immediately called Captain Xu and asked him to arrange air force support.

After a while, two fighter planes of the First Army escorted two bombers and flew towards the Kou River position.

The First Army's planes flew over the Kou River and began to fiercely bomb the Japanese troops who were crossing the river.

Afterwards, they launched a fierce bombing on the Japanese troops preparing to cross the Kou River on the north bank.

Fighter planes also continued to strafed the Japanese troops on the beachhead on the south bank of the Kou River.

Without support and under bombing by the devil's army's planes, the Japanese troops crossing the river finally could not hold out and retreated to the north bank of the Kou River.

The first regiment held the position on the shallows of Kou River and continued to consolidate fortifications to prevent a counterattack by the Japanese.

Shortly after the First Army's planes returned, Japanese planes also flew over to provide reinforcements.

The beachhead positions on the south bank of the Kou River could not withstand the bombing of Japanese aircraft and were completely destroyed.

The Japanese 28th Regiment, with the support of artillery, attacked the south bank of Kouhe River again. The st Battalion and a company of the st Regiment had to retreat to the outer positions of Kaiyuan City.

After the 28th Regiment of the Japanese Army crossed the Kou River, the engineers immediately built a wooden bridge to allow the subsequent baggage troops to cross the river one after another.

After the entire 28th Regiment of the Japanese Army crossed the river, they quickly attacked the outer positions of Kaiyuan City.

At this time, the Japanese troops led by the commander of the Changtu County Division Kunisaki Tokugawa were still blocked outside the Jinjiatun Loess Cliff.

In order to prevent Kaiyuan City from being attacked from both sides, the commander of the Seventh Brigade decided to make every effort to defeat the isolated 28th Regiment of the Japanese Army that had penetrated deep into the territory.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade ordered the direct battalion and a company of the First Regiment to garrison the outer positions of Kaiyuan County for a day and a half. The Third Regiment of the Seventh Brigade bypassed the west gate of Kaiyuan City to the flank of the Japanese 28th Regiment and joined forces with the direct regiment of the Seventh Brigade to besiege the Japanese 28th Regiment.

In order to win this annihilation war, the commander of the 150th Brigade also transported four mm spare parts howitzers deployed in Tieling County to Kaiyuan City.

A regimental commander ordered the first and second companies on the north bank of Kou River to seize the opportunity to blow up the wooden bridge built by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army began to bombard the outer positions of Kaiyuan City. Soldiers of the 7th Brigade hid in the anti-artillery trenches behind the positions to avoid the bombardment.

After the Japanese artillery bombardment, the infantry began to attack the outer positions of Kaiyuan City.

The soldiers of the 28th Brigade quickly took up their positions and stubbornly blocked the attack of the th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

The Japanese army attacked Kaiyuan City from Harbin and Xinjing. They fought with the devil troops for many days along the way, suffered many ambushes and casualties, and their morale was far lower than when they first set out. They barely attacked for a day, but were repelled by the soldiers of the Seventh Brigade.

The commander of the regiment contacted the division commander Kunisaki Noboru, who was still blocked in Jinjiatun. He then ordered the troops to stop the attack and confront the soldiers of the 7th Brigade. He was ready to wait for the main force of the division commander Kunisaki Noboru to arrive and then attack Kaiyuan City from both sides.

This created a favorable opportunity for the commander of the Seventh Brigade to deploy his troops.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, as the Third Regiment arrived at the attack site, the Seventh Brigade Commander launched a full-scale counterattack against the Japanese 28th Regiment.