Devil's Army

After the division commander Kunisaki Noboru led a large force to break through the city's defense lines on all sides, they came to a barren slope.

The Japanese troops were exhausted after two days and one night without rest.

Division Commander Kunisaki Toku ordered the troops to strengthen their vigilance and rest for an hour before setting off again.

An hour later, the Japanese 7th Brigade set out again. When the troops arrived at the border of Tieling County, it was already dark.

Division Commander Kunisaki Toku ordered his troops to camp on a river beach.

Soon, scouts from the Third Regiment discovered a large Japanese force camping.

After determining the direction of the Japanese army's advance, the third regiment commander ordered his men to lay mines on the road.

Two other soldiers sneaked into the outskirts of the Japanese military camp and laid several booby traps in a small bush on the path leading to the camp.

The next morning, the Japanese army continued to advance towards the Luanshishan area of ​​Tieling County.

As the leading Japanese troops were crossing the bushes and preparing to enter the trail, a booby trap was triggered.

Several Japanese soldiers in front fell. The Japanese soldiers behind immediately searched the bushes carefully, but no booby traps were found.

The captain of the regiment, Kunisaki Noboru, scolded the captain. The soldiers of the devil's army laid mines right under their noses without noticing.

The captain stood up straight and nodded:

"Hi! Hi!"

The Japanese soldiers walked on the path for a while, and the Japanese soldier in front of the team stepped on a landmine. With a loud "boom", the Japanese soldier in the front of the team was blown over.

The Japanese soldiers quickly went on alert and searched the surroundings to see if there were any soldiers from the Devil's Army, while the engineers began to clear the mines.

After the Japanese engineers cleared the mines, the Japanese search team did not find any soldiers from the Devil Forces around.

The Japanese 7th Division continued to advance towards Tieling County and arrived at the Luanshishan area at around 8 o'clock in the morning.

The Luanshi Mountain is surrounded by mountains on three sides (hills on the east and Liaohe River on the west), with a plain in the middle. There are many caves in the nearby Xintun Nanshan and Yinjiatun areas. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, so the Third Regiment built a concealed position here.

When the Japanese troops arrived here, they were suddenly bombarded by the 75th Brigade's mm mountain artillery, and their formation was thrown into chaos.

After stabilizing the troops, the captain immediately ordered the artillery to counterattack.

Hearing the whistling sound of Japanese artillery shells, the artillery of the 7th Brigade immediately pushed the small mountain cannon into the small cave.

After a while, shells exploded near the small cave.

After the Japanese artillery bombarded for more than half an hour, the infantry began to search and advance.

When the vanguard of the Japanese army searched Yinjiatun, they were blocked by a company of the Third Regiment.

After the Japanese vanguard was beaten back, artillery began to bombard the Yinjiatun position.

After nearly two days of repair and consolidation, the anti-artillery fortifications of Yinjiatun were relatively complete. There were anti-artillery holes more than one meter deep dug on the reverse slope of the trench.

When the Japanese artillery fire sounded, the soldiers of the Third Regiment hid in the anti-artillery caves.

Dirt and gravel flew everywhere on the Yinjiatun position.

The captain believed that after this round of blanket bombing, the positions of the Devil's troops had been mostly destroyed, and he immediately ordered the infantry to launch another attack.

At this time, the artillery of the 7th Brigade had pushed the small mountain cannon out of the cave and aimed at the direction of the Japanese attack.

When the Japanese army was cautiously attacking the Yinjiashan position, a series of 75mm mountain artillery shells suddenly arrived, blowing the attacking Japanese infantry to pieces.

The sneak attack was successful, and the artillerymen quickly pushed the small mountain cannon back into the cave.

After a while, the Japanese artillery retaliated again. Shells exploded in front of the small cave.

The artillerymen of the 7th Brigade covered their ears, opened their mouths wide, and hid in the cave, listening to the annoying explosion.

After "destroying" the artillery positions of the Devil's Army, the Japanese artillery once again launched a fierce bombardment on the Yinjiashan positions.

The Japanese artillery bombardment had not yet stopped when the infantry began to attack the Yinjiashan position.

The observers of the 7th Brigade who remained in the trenches kept reporting the positions of the Japanese infantry.

When the Japanese infantry rushed to within 400 meters of the Yinjiashan position, the artillery stopped bombing.

The soldiers of the Third Regiment crawled out of the anti-artillery holes one by one like groundhogs, lay down in the trenches, and prepared to shoot.

The Japanese squadron leader saw that the artillery had stopped firing and there was no movement on the Yinjiashan position, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to speed up the charge and run quickly towards the Yinjiashan position.

When the Japanese infantry rushed to within 100 meters of the Yinjiashan position, fierce gunfire and continuous grenade explosions were heard from the position.

The company commander coordinated the long-range and short-range operations. The grenade throwers were responsible for bombing the Japanese troops rushing to the front, while the machine gunners and riflemen were responsible for killing the Japanese infantry 100 meters away.

The Japanese squadron's infantry suffered heavy casualties after being suddenly attacked by a hail of grenades and bullets.

The machine gunners behind the infantrymen lay on the ground and fired fiercely at the Yinjiashan position, trying to suppress the machine gun fire of the devil troops. However, they were suppressed by the machine gun fire of the third regiment from a high position.