Devil's Army

Deputy Brigade Commander Dai analyzed that Japanese planes would definitely come over for reconnaissance and bombing.

He ordered the troops transporting ammunition to cross the Hutuo River via the railway bridge. All other troops were to hide in the woods and wait for orders, and the wooden bridge was not to be built for the time being.

Sure enough, in the evening, two more Japanese fighter planes and two bombers roared over, but they returned home disappointed with nothing they had achieved.

"Brigade Commander, the Japanese planes have flown away. Should we rebuild the wooden bridge?" a regiment commander asked Deputy Brigade Commander Dai.

"No, the Japanese are afraid of our large-caliber artillery. They will definitely come to investigate again. Let's rest for another day and find another place to build a wooden bridge tomorrow."

Near noon the next day, two Japanese fighter planes and two bombers roared over again looking for bombing targets, but returned in disappointment.

"Order the troops to build a wooden bridge two kilometers downstream," Deputy Brigade Commander Dai ordered.

"Brigade Commander, the Japanese planes are not coming anymore?" asked a regimental commander.

"I'm not sure, but we have air superiority in this area. Even if they come, they won't be able to conduct reconnaissance and bombing as recklessly as before."

At about eight o'clock in the evening, the wooden bridge was completed, and artillery troops and cannons crossed the river one after another.

Afterwards, Deputy Brigade Commander Dai called Army Commander Tan again and said that they would launch an attack on Shenze County and Gao County at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and requested air force support.

At seven o'clock the next morning, Deputy Brigade Commander Dai divided his troops into two groups and set out for Shenze County and Gao County.

Deputy Brigade Commander Dai assigned a 150mm howitzer and a small mountain cannon to the st Battalion of the st Regiment to attack Shenze County, and the other troops attacked Gao County.

Since there were not many Japanese troops in Shenze County, the First Battalion did not wait for the arrival of the Air Force after arriving in Shenze County, but immediately launched an attack from the South Gate and East Gate.

In order to confuse the Japanese army, a battalion commander deliberately pretended to attack the south gate connected to them, and the main attack direction was set at the east gate.

The attack began, and the first battalion's own mortar troops fiercely bombarded the Japanese and puppet troops on the south gate wall.

The Japanese commander in Shenze County quickly mobilized troops to support the South Gate.

Soon the Japanese army repelled a battalion of infantry whose attack was not very fierce.

Just as the lieutenant was about to report to Division Commander Ichiro Nanada that they had repelled the attack of the Devil's troops, the defenders at the East Gate reported that their East Gate was under fierce attack by the Devil's troops.

When the infantry began to attack the south gate, the commander of a battalion quietly moved his mortar troops to the east gate.

Just when the Japanese army concentrated its main forces at the South Gate, an artillery battalion at the East Gate suddenly launched a bombardment on the East Gate.

The 150mm howitzer fired two consecutive shots, destroying the city wall on the left side of the city gate.

The mortar soldiers quickly replenished their artillery fire, blasting the Japanese troops on the city wall to the point of crying for their parents.

The soldiers from the second and third companies of the first battalion then launched a fierce attack on the city gate.

The Japanese defenders at the east gate resisted the attack of the first battalion while asking the lieutenant for help.

The Japanese second lieutenant at the east gate brought over the only two light machine guns and kept firing at the attacking soldiers of the first battalion, but they were soon bombarded into the sky by the artillery of the first battalion.

The lieutenant quickly arranged for a small group of Japanese troops and a company of puppet troops to rush to the east gate for reinforcement.

Before the Japanese and puppet troops' reinforcements arrived, the second company had already rushed into Shenze County through the collapsed city wall.

Immediately afterwards, the third company rushed into Shenze County through the open city gate.

The second and third companies were like two sharp knives, driving the Japanese and puppet troops at the east gate deep into Shenze County.

The Japanese second lieutenant who retreated to the street tried to resist the attack of the devil's army by relying on civilian houses, but the soldiers of the second and third companies did not give him a chance to breathe.

Without waiting for the second lieutenant to set up the defense line, rocket launchers and machine guns all fired at them.

The second lieutenant wanted the puppet army to resist the attack of the devil troops and buy time for them to set up a defense line.

Under the pressure of the Japanese army's force, the puppet army had to step forward to resist the attack of the devil's troops.

The second company commander fired two rockets to blast the two firing points of the puppet army into the sky. Then there was a violent attack like a storm.

The puppet soldiers had no way to resist, so they simply dropped their guns and lay on the ground in surrender.

The soldiers of the third company passed the soldiers of the second company and the surrendered puppet troops and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops who were building a defense line.

Looking at the unprofessional puppet army, the second lieutenant had no choice but to continue retreating with the Japanese army.

Afterwards, the commander of the second company divided his troops into two groups, one group continued to pursue the fleeing Japanese troops, and the other group turned to attack the Japanese defenders at the south gate.

The Japanese lieutenant at the South Gate was unable to withstand the attack from the first and second companies and had to retreat to the west gate of Shenze County.

The soldiers of the first company outside the city immediately rushed into the south gate and chased the retreating Japanese troops together with the soldiers of the second company.

After more than an hour of clearing, the soldiers of the first battalion wiped out all the Japanese and puppet troops in Shenze County.

A battalion commander arranged for his soldiers to quickly build fortifications to prevent a counterattack by the Japanese army.