Devil's Army

When Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru saw that his troops had launched a day-long attack but had not been able to capture the Jinjiatun Pass position, his temper flared up. He did not believe that he would suffer a Waterloo again this time.

The next morning, he continued to call for air force reinforcements and increased the intensity of artillery bombardment.

The heavy machine gun positions on the loess cliff at the pass were destroyed by the Japanese army.

The fierce bombing by the Japanese army had shaved off more than ten centimeters of soil on the cliff, and the trees and weeds were blown away, leaving only bare ground above the Jinjiatun Pass.

However, when the Japanese stopped bombing and the infantry crossed the path of Jinjiatun Pass, they were bombarded by artillery fire from the First Army hidden in the woods.

Moreover, the machine gunners of the 7th Brigade kept changing their positions on the loess cliffs, firing at the Japanese troops who attempted to pass through the pass.

The bodies of the Japanese soldiers that had not been removed yesterday were piled up densely again today.

Division Commander Kunisaki Toshio had not been able to break through the Jinjiatun Pass until the evening, and by then, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers on the path through the pass had begun to emit a foul odor.

Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru had no choice but to order a team of Japanese soldiers to raise a white flag, shout to the devilish troops at the pass, and start dealing with the bodies.

The soldiers of the Seventh Brigade did not attack the Japanese soldiers who were carrying corpses, because if the corpses were not handled, it would be very easy to cause plague.

After two days of attack, they still failed to capture the Jinjiatun Pass. Division Commander Kunisaki Toku ordered the troops to split into two groups, with the 26th Regiment taking a detour to attack Kaiyuan City.

On the morning of the third day, the 27th Regiment of the th Division of the Japanese Army continued to attack the Jinjiatun Pass position with the support of artillery.

The 26th Regiment of the Japanese Army took a detour and prepared to bypass the Jinjiatun Pass to attack Kaiyuan City.

What the commander of the 26th Japanese Regiment did not expect was that when their regiment passed a low-lying path, the path had been dug up by the soldiers of the th Brigade. Moreover, the soldiers of the th Brigade had already diverted the water of the Kou River to the path and the surrounding wild forests in advance.

This section of the road was extremely muddy, with the deepest water reaching up to people's thighs. It was difficult for even the Japanese infantry to walk, let alone the baggage transport troops.

The 26th Regiment of the Japanese Army had to dig dirt to fill the road. They lifted, carried, and used all kinds of primitive methods to transport the ammunition and other supplies across this muddy path.

The Japanese soldiers, exhausted as dogs, had just sat down to rest at the other end of the path when they were suddenly ambushed by soldiers from the 7th Brigade.

The Japanese soldiers who were resting were knocked down one after another by the soldiers of the Seventh Brigade, and the other soldiers hastily raised their guns to fight back. However, the soldiers of the Seventh Brigade did not fight with them, and retreated after a fierce battle for a while.

The Japanese army did not pursue immediately, but waited for the arrival of all reinforcements before continuing to advance.

Before the 26th Regiment of the Japanese Army had completely walked out of the path, the vanguard stepped on a landmine. Many soldiers fell down in the "booming" explosion.

The commander of the 26th Regiment of the Japanese Army had no choice but to order the troops to stop advancing and arrange for the engineers to start mine clearance. However, the engineers who were clearing the mines were constantly attacked by the snipers of the devil troops in front.

The 26th Regiment commander had to arrange machine gunners to fire to suppress the snipers of the Devil's Army. However, the effect was not great because the snipers of the Devil's Army kept changing their sniping positions.

By the evening, the Japanese army had not been able to get out of this path, so they had to send more soldiers to patrol and spend the night on the path.

The commander of the Second Regiment of the Seventh Brigade, who was responsible for defending this section of the road, did not rest. At night, he arranged for the company-based artillery and rocket launcher soldiers to bombard the Japanese troops on the path continuously, disturbing their rest.

The commander of the 26th Regiment of the Japanese Army sent troops to pursue them many times but to no avail. This was because these devilish troops did not stay in one place to attack them, but constantly changed their positions to attack them.

It was not easy for the Japanese army to clear the mines on this road.

Soldiers from the 1st Regiment of the 7th Brigade mixed real and fake mines together in a section of nearly one kilometer along this path, with sub-mines and chain mines linked together. In addition, there were snipers from the Devil Forces staring at them from the opposite side.

Until evening, the Japanese army had not been able to clear all the mines on this road.

The next morning, the division commander Kunisaki Toshio's attack at Jinjiatun Pass was not going well, so he sent a telegram to inquire about the progress of the battle on the 26th Regiment. He learned that his 26th Regiment was blocked by a minefield, so he urged him to break through the mine blockade as soon as possible and attack Kaiyuan City.

In order to save time, the commander of the 26th Regiment arranged some soldiers to continue demining (all the engineers had been shot dead by snipers). A large group of lightly armed soldiers went around the minefield on both sides of the path and ran towards Kaiyuan City.

After a while, explosions were heard from both sides of the path.

Soldiers from a regiment laid booby traps on both sides of the path. Soldiers from a large Japanese battalion would occasionally hit the booby traps, causing explosions.

A large group of Japanese troops stumbled around the minefield with great difficulty and walked out from both sides. But before they could catch their breath, they were immediately shot by a group of soldiers ambushed nearby.