Devil's Army

The next morning, Japanese artillery began to fiercely bombard the city walls of Kaiyuan.

The soldiers of the third company hid under the city wall, staring at the bricks and stones on the wall that were constantly blown away by Japanese artillery, without saying a word.

A troop rushed over from the flank of the Japanese artillery and engaged in fierce fighting with their artillery defense troops.

Soon, Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru heard a report from the sentry: the regiment's artillery position was attacked by the devil's troops.

Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru immediately arranged for troops to provide reinforcements.

A regiment of soldiers was attacked from both sides by the Japanese army. They were initially defeated and had to retreat while fighting.

The Japanese Second Battalion pursued them all the way to the railway, where they were blocked by the Devil Troops on the other side of the railway. The Japanese Second Battalion then lay down and fought back.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound of a train came from Kaiyuan City.

The Japanese soldiers of the Second Battalion looked at the train in surprise.

When the military train approached the Japanese Second Battalion, sparks suddenly burst out from the gun muzzles of the carriages, and machine gun bullets swept towards the Japanese troops beside the railway like a torrential rain.

There was blood and flesh flying everywhere beside the railway, and corpses were scattered all over the ground.

After a while, the Japanese soldiers who had come to their senses opened fire and fired back at the military train. However, the bullets hit the iron sheet of the carriages, making a clanging sound. The machine guns in the carriages continued to fire at the Japanese soldiers beside the railway.

Soon, the commander of the second battalion of the Japanese army called in artillery units and began bombing the military train.

For air defense purposes, this special military train was equipped with two 75mm anti-aircraft guns and two anti-aircraft machine guns on the roof of every two carriages.

As soon as the Japanese artillery opened fire, the aviation soldiers of the 7th Brigade immediately transmitted the information of the Japanese artillery positions to the artillery on the military train.

As the saying goes: "Flagships down, courts-martial!"

The artillerymen on the military train immediately lowered the anti-aircraft guns and bombarded the Japanese artillery positions.

The terrifying penetrating power of the 75mm anti-aircraft gun destroyed the artillery on the Japanese artillery position.

The artillery pieces on the Japanese artillery positions were also destroyed one after another by 75mm anti-aircraft guns.

The truck carrying ammunition of the Japanese artillery unit was hit by a 75mm anti-aircraft shell and flew a long distance, then exploded and disintegrated.

Japanese planes soon came to reinforce, and the anti-aircraft guns on the military train immediately raised their muzzles, forming tongues of fire that pounced on the Japanese bombers in the air.

The bombs of Japanese bombers exploded one after another around the military train, and Japanese bombers were also hit one after another and caught fire and exploded.

The only two remaining Japanese bombers quickly increased their altitude, dropped their bombs hastily and retreated.

At this time, the machine guns inside the military train were still roaring, taking the lives of the soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Japanese Army beside the railway.

The Japanese second battalion commander, who had lost all fighting spirit, began to order his soldiers to retreat.

Suddenly, a devilish troop rushed out from the left side of the retreating Japanese Second Battalion and rushed straight towards the headquarters of the Japanese Second Battalion like a sharp knife.

The captain of the second battalion retreated hastily under the protection of the guards, and the soldiers of the third regiment attacked fiercely under the personal leadership of the third regiment commander.

The second battalion commander hurriedly ran back to the Seventh Division headquarters with the remaining 300-odd soldiers.

Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru looked at the Second Battalion Captain in disbelief.

In just over an hour, eight or nine hundred men from his Second Battalion were killed? The artillery positions were completely destroyed?

Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru gave up the frontal attack on Kaiyuan City and rushed to the artillery position of the Second Battalion with a large force.

All I could see were artillery and truck parts, as well as the broken limbs of imperial soldiers, scattered all over the artillery position for several kilometers.

Afterwards, Division Commander Kunisaki Toshi rushed to the battlefield near the railway.

The scene here cannot be described as horrific. Eight or nine hundred imperial soldiers, stripped of their uniforms and wearing only loincloths, were lying in disorder near the railway.

Many imperial soldiers had their bodies pierced by anti-aircraft machine guns, with their intestines and internal organs scattered all over the ground.

Before Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru could recover from his shock, the familiar roar of a train came from Kaiyuan City again.

The second battalion commander immediately ordered the guards to cover the retreat of Captain Kunisaki Noboru.

At this time, fierce gunfire was heard again in the military train carriage which was moving at a constant speed.

Japanese soldiers along the railway fell one after another like harvested wheat.

The Japanese soldiers behind also tried their best to fire at the military train, but all they heard was a series of clanging noises.

After Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru retreated, he did not launch any new attack on Kaihara City that day.

This time he was attacked by the demon army column and the three regiments, and a large group of infantry and artillery were killed or wounded. The morale of the soldiers was also at its lowest point.

In the following days, the commander of the Kunisaki Division launched several attacks on Kaiyuan City. And every time they attacked, they subconsciously avoided the railway line. But they were all repelled by the soldiers of the 7th Brigade.

The 7th Brigade had been firmly holding Kaiyuan City! Division Commander Kunisaki To had no choice but to bypass Kaiyuan City and prepare to attack Tieling County.