Devil's Army

The Japanese 7th Division retreated, and the soldiers jumped for joy. After holding on for more than a week, they finally held Kaiyuan City. But the commander of the 7th Brigade did not believe that the Japanese army would retreat.

Although a large number of Japanese 26th and 27th Regiments were killed and wounded in the past week, they still had at least 4000 people. Together with the soldiers of the 6000th Division's reserve second-line troops, there should be more than people.

Judging from the fierceness of the Japanese army's attacks in recent days, it is impossible for Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru to just give in and retreat to Xinjing.

He sent two aviation soldiers and scouts to investigate the movements of the Japanese 7th Division. However, the Japanese 7th Division was indeed retreating towards Xinjing.

As night fell, the squad leader and an aviation soldier were on duty for half the night.

Suddenly, the aviation soldier pointed at the screen and said to the squad leader:

"Captain, something's wrong."

The team leader leaned over to take a look at the screen and saw that the Japanese military camp, which had been resting, had become busy.

Some Japanese troops had packed their bags and started to march south, while more were still packing their bags and preparing to set off.

"Isn't Tieling County to the south of Changtu County? Oh no, this group of devils is going to launch a surprise attack on Tieling County!" Thinking of this, the team leader immediately woke up the team members and asked the signalman to send a telegram to the headquarters.

Soon, the commander of the 7th Brigade was awakened by the chief of the communications department.

"I guessed that this group of Japs was up to no good." The commander of the Seventh Brigade slammed the telegram on the table and snorted coldly.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade immediately asked the guards to call several regiment commanders and deputy regiment commanders to come and discuss countermeasures.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade decided to leave one battalion of the Third Regiment to garrison Kaiyuan City, and the First Regiment, with the remaining two battalions and the direct battalion (one battalion was stationed at Jinjiatun Pass), immediately rushed to Simiancheng to deploy defenses.

The Third Regiment took the remaining troops to the Rocky Mountain area to assist in defense.

The brigade's direct regiment rushed to Pingdingbao Town to assist in the defense.

In addition, the Second Regiment defending Xifeng County was notified to draw out two battalions of troops and be ready to provide reinforcements at any time.

The various troops set out overnight and rushed to their respective areas to deploy defenses.

Simiancheng is located in the north of Changtu County, at the confluence of the East and West Liaohe Rivers, at the junction of plains and low mountains, with rivers crisscrossing and major transportation routes intersecting. The nearby high ground overlooks the surrounding area, making it easy to observe and deploy firepower.

A regimental commander deployed a battalion of troops on the high ground.

The Japanese 7th Division was carrying artillery and other baggage and had difficulty moving. It did not arrive near Simiancheng until dawn.

Division Commander Kunisaki Toku ordered the troops to pass through Simiancheng and reach the border of Tieling County before resting. The battalion commander had no choice but to order the vanguard to continue advancing.

The exhausted Japanese troops continued to advance towards Tieling County with tired steps.

A regiment of soldiers who had just arrived at Bamiancheng had no time to build fortifications.

The two machine gun positions that the regiment commander had deployed in advance on both sides of the high ground started firing "da da da..." The Japanese soldiers who had not yet recovered from the shock were immediately knocked down.

The soldiers on both sides of the high ground also fired fiercely at the soldiers on both sides.

Division Commander Kunisaki Noboru was surprised to see his troops suddenly attacked.

Their operation this time was top secret. How could the devil troops set up an ambush on the road they were passing in advance? Is there a traitor in their group?

It's unlikely, but there's no time to discuss that.

Division Commander Kunisaki Toku ordered the newly arrived artillery to fire at the heights to suppress the firepower of the devil troops.

The machine gun positions of the First Army on the high ground were blown up by Japanese artillery, and the Japanese infantry began to attack, preparing to force their way through the city on all sides.

Without the cover of the high ground machine gun fire, the soldiers on both sides continued to block the Japanese attack.

The Japanese machine gunners continued to suppress the firepower of the soldiers of the regiment on both wings.

The two sides fought repeatedly in the narrow area of ​​the city, and the sound of gunfire continued for the whole morning.

The Japanese army once broke through the city's defense line on all sides.

Four machine gunners from the regiment climbed up the high ground and fired at the Japanese troops from above, forcibly repelling the Japanese troops who had broken through the position.

The high ground on both sides was a must-fight place for the First Army and the Japanese Army. Whoever controlled the high ground would control the road through the city on all sides. Therefore, the high ground on the south side became the focus of the two armies.

Soon, the machine gun positions of a regiment on the high ground were bombed by Japanese artillery.

In the afternoon, Japanese planes came to support, and the Japanese bombers fiercely bombed the positions of the regiments on both sides of the high ground.

While a regiment of soldiers was busy dealing with the bombing of Japanese planes, the Japanese infantry quickly crossed the hill while fiercely firing at the regiment's positions on both sides of the hill.

With the support of aircraft, the Japanese 7th Division broke through the city surrounded by the 1st Regiment and continued to advance towards Tieling County.

The commander of the first regiment immediately reported to the commander of the seventh brigade: the Japanese army broke through the Simiancheng position and the blocking operation failed.

At this time, the First Regiment had already bought nearly a day for the Third Regiment to deploy defenses in the rocky mountain area.