Devil's Army

When the squadron leader went to the village to catch the people who stepped on the mines, he took a cow from the landlord's house. He had originally planned to improve the food, but now he could use it for the mission.

The squadron leader asked several soldiers to cut a piece of wood, then untied the rope on the truck, tied the two ends of the wood, and tied it to the cow's neck.

A soldier raised his bayonet and stabbed the cow hard in the butt.

The cows were in pain and rushed forward, pulling the wood. The wood they were pulling behind them crushed the mines, causing explosions one after another.

When the third company commander saw the cow rushing towards him like mad, he quickly ordered his soldiers to take cover.

The Japanese army followed the cow and launched an attack on the third company's position.

The ox rumbled like a small cart as it charged towards the third company's position.

The Japanese troops following closely behind the cow also rushed over.

The third company commander had no choice but to retreat to Shenzhou City with his soldiers.

The Japanese army's follow-up troops crossed the Taipinggou fortifications of the Third Company and were immediately blocked by the First Battalion of Captain Lu behind the embankment.

The Japanese army immediately arranged artillery to bombard the soldiers of the Devil Forces in the embankments and ditches.

The ditches here are used to divert water for irrigation of farmland and have no anti-artillery function at all.

The densely packed soldiers increased casualties under Japanese artillery fire.

Captain Lu withdrew the third company, leaving the soldiers of the first company to move along the ditch with water up to their calves to avoid the Japanese artillery fire. At the same time, they kept finding time to block the Japanese infantry.

The Japanese artillery increased the intensity of the bombing, and machine gunners continued to shoot at the devil troops who emerged from various places.

Seeing that the first company had no way to resist the Japanese attack, Battalion Commander Lu ordered the signalman to withdraw to Shenzhou City.

The Japanese army crossed the defense line of Captain Lu and arrived outside the west gate of Shenzhou City. After a short rest, they began to attack Shenzhou City.

The Japanese artillery began to fiercely bombard the west gate wall of Shenzhou City in preparation for the infantry attack.

Except for the intensive artillery bombardment from the Devil Troops at the corner of Shulu Road, Brigade Commander Takeharuyoshi had not been bombarded by the Devil Troops along the way in the past two days. The scar had healed and the pain had been forgotten.

The commander of the Second Regiment of the Jidong Independent Brigade in Shenzhou City quickly locked onto the Japanese artillery positions through the Golden Eagle UAV and launched a counterattack.

100mm howitzer shells and 75mm small artillery shells continued to fall on the Japanese artillery positions.

Regardless of casualties, the Japanese artillery rushed to rescue the cannons that had not been destroyed.

The Japanese infantry, without artillery support, launched a fierce attack on the west gate of Shenzhou City with the cooperation of machine gunners.

The soldiers of the Second Regiment lay behind the battlements of the city wall, firing fiercely at the charging Japanese troops from a high position.

The Japanese army's first wave of attack left dozens of corpses behind and retreated in panic. They did not launch a second attack until the evening.

In the evening, Brigade Commander Takeharuyoshi was worried that his troops would be bombarded by the devil's troops, so he ordered his troops to retreat five miles and set up camp in an open area.

Fires were lit all around, and patrols were conducted in a crisscross pattern around the perimeter of the military camp.

The Second Regiment Commander knew that this Japanese unit had suffered multiple ambushes from the Eighth Route Army and their troops along the way, and must have been very vigilant. He did not arrange for his troops to leave the city for a surprise attack, fearing that they might be ambushed by the Japanese instead.

After dinner, Brigade Commander Gao sent a telegram to the Second Regiment Commander, asking him to find out how many troops the Japanese Army's Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade had.

Brigade Commander Gao learned from intelligence that the Japanese Army's 5000th Mixed Independent Brigade had only more than 5000 men at full strength. They had been fighting all the way and suffered heavy casualties, so now they would definitely not have more than men.

The second regiment commander arranged for the golden eagle to conduct reconnaissance over the Japanese military camp.

Soon, the second regiment commander calculated through the tents in the Japanese military camp that the current strength of the Japanese Army's 3th Independent Mixed Brigade was approximately between 4 and people.

After receiving the information from the Second Regiment Commander, Brigade Commander Gao ordered the Second Regiment Commander to delay the Japanese Army's 4th Independent Mixed Brigade tomorrow.

He arranged for his direct regiment and the 25th and 26th Regiments of the newly formed th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to set out overnight, preparing to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Army's th Independent Mixed Brigade the next day.

The best way to delay the Japanese army is to irritate him and make him lose his rational judgment.

The second regiment commander ordered his soldiers to bury explosive packs 400 meters outside the city wall under the cover of night, and then quickly retreat back into the city, waiting for the explosive packs to explode the next day.

At seven o'clock the next morning, the Japanese army attacked Shenzhou City again.

When the vanguard of the Japanese army reached the place where the explosive packs were buried last night, the soldiers hiding nearby detonated the detonator.

There were sudden explosions outside Shenzhou City, and dust covered the sky.

The Japanese vanguard suffered countless casualties in the explosion and lost its ability to attack.

Brigade Commander Take Haruyoshi had been on guard against a sneak attack by the Devil's Army all night, but instead of waiting for an attack from the Devil's Army, he received such a gift from them early in the morning.

In a rage, he ordered the remaining artillery guns to fiercely bombard the west gate wall of Shenzhou City, and the infantry followed closely to attack the west gate of Shenzhou City.

Brigade Commander Takeharuyoshi had no idea that even greater disaster was waiting for him.