Devil's Army

At the critical moment, the second company, which was ordered to come to reinforce, arrived at the front of the position, quickly entered the position and blocked the Japanese army.

The first company was originally understaffed, with only more than 20 soldiers left at this time, and they withdrew from the position under the leadership of the company commander.

The Japanese troops that rushed onto the Hutuo River railway bridge had to begin retreating under the fierce fire attack of the Second Company.

By this time it was already dark, and the Japanese army did not launch a new attack on the Hutuo River railway bridge, but instead set up camp on the north bank.

Independent Regiment Commander Wang asked the First Battalion Commander:

"When will your reinforcements arrive?"

"What reinforcements? I haven't asked our second commander for reinforcements yet."

When Captain Wang heard this, his eyes widened and he asked, "Do you know how many Japanese troops are there on the other side?"

“I don’t know, maybe a few thousand people?”

"Even if there are only a few thousand Japanese troops on the other side, they cannot be stopped by your understaffed battalion, let alone more than 10,000 Japanese troops on the other side."

"What's wrong with more than 10,000 Japanese troops? Our Second Regiment is stationed in Jinzhou City behind us and can come to reinforce us at any time."

Captain Wang knew that no matter how powerful the First Anti-Japanese Army was, it would be difficult for one regiment to resist the attack of more than 10,000 Japanese troops. So he said to the battalion commander:

"Well, since your battalion is ready to die, more than 1000 people in our independent regiment will also leave their lives on the south bank of the Hutuo River railway bridge today to fight the Japanese army."

"Captain Wang, don't be so pessimistic and keep talking about death. If it goes as I expect, another unit of the First Army will join the battle tomorrow. And I heard from our commander that the Second Brigade of our First Army has also come to reinforce us."

Although Brigade Commander Wang did not know which troops of the First Anti-Japanese Army would come to reinforce them tomorrow, he felt relieved when he heard that a brigade was coming to reinforce them.

Seeing that Captain Wang was still worried, the First Battalion explained:

"Our Second Brigade of the First Army is one of the eight oldest brigades, with more than 10,000 men at full strength. Its combat power is not something that ordinary Japanese brigades can resist."

When Captain Wang heard that the Second Brigade of the First Army had more than 5000 men, he was also shocked. Their brigade only had more than men, and the Second Brigade of the First Army had twice as many men as them. No wonder the First Battalion Commander was so calm.

The next morning, the Japanese army launched an attack on the south bank of the Hutuo River railway bridge.

It’s still the same old routine, first use artillery fire to bombard the positions of the devil troops on the south bank.

After the Japanese artillery bombardment ended, the infantry began to attack the railway bridge.

The Second Company quickly entered the position, and the artillery of the Second Regiment also began to bombard the attacking Japanese infantry.

Then the Japanese artillery launched a counter-pressure bombing against the artillery of the Second Regiment. The artillery of both sides bombarded each other across the Hutuo River. Neither side supported the battle of the infantry.

Since neither side has artillery support, they have to fight with infantry.

The battalion commander ordered the infantry to continue their fierce attack on the railway bridge.

In addition, machine gunners were arranged to fire along the north bank of the Hutuo River at the positions of the Devil Forces on the south bank. Grenade launchers also bombarded the positions of the Devil Forces continuously.

The firepower of the second company was suppressed by the Japanese machine guns and grenade launchers. The first battalion commander promptly arranged for the third company to come to reinforce.

The third company rushed out of the position and kept firing at the Japanese troops on the Hutuo River railway bridge.

The Japanese grenade throwers turned around and bombed the troops of the third company.

At this time, the roar of an airplane was heard in the sky.

At the critical moment of defending the Hutuo River Railway Bridge, Japanese planes came to bomb, and Captain Wang hurriedly asked the soldiers to quickly avoid the air bombing.

The battalion commander looked up at the sky and said calmly:

"No need to hide, these are planes from our First Army. This is the other unit that I told you about yesterday that will be joining the battle today."

Yesterday, Captain Wang heard a battalion commander say that they would have another troop to join the battle today, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, this troop to join the battle turned out to be their air force.

This time, Captain Yin dispatched a mixed squadron of fighters and bombers to support the Second Regiment in defending the Hutuo River Railway Bridge.

The First Army's air force arrived over the Hutuo River railway bridge and immediately launched an air strike on the Japanese artillery positions that were bombing the Second Regiment's artillery positions.

As soon as the Japanese artillery saw the sharp-nosed planes of the Devil's Army, they immediately moved away. However, the planes of the First Army bombed their artillery positions while chasing and bombing the Japanese artillery that were moving.

The artillery of the 110st Battalion of the th Division of the Japanese Army suffered heavy losses in the bombing by the st Army's aircraft.

The artillery of the Second Regiment took the opportunity to adjust the muzzle of the gun and launched a fierce bombardment on the Japanese infantry who were attacking the Hutuo River railway bridge.

The infantry of the 101st Battalion of the st Division of the Japanese Army began to retreat under the fierce bombardment of the nd Regiment.

Only then did Captain Wang understand why the battalion commander was so confident.