Devil's Army

The artillery position of the Second Battalion of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army was destroyed by the Third Battalion. Without the support of artillery, the Japanese infantry temporarily stopped the attack and waited for the reinforcement of artillery to arrive before continuing the attack.

The attack by the First Battalion of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army on the mountain pass of Pingquan City was also unsuccessful.

When the Japanese army's first captain arrived at the mountain pass, he saw that the road ahead was narrow and the terrain was high and dangerous, and he estimated that the evil army must have set up an ambush there.

He then ordered the troops to temporarily stop advancing and sent two search teams to search the high ground on both sides of the pass.

While the Japanese squad was searching, they were suddenly attacked by the Second Squadron of the Lubei Guerrillas.

Led by the second squadron leader, the Lubei guerrillas deliberately used old-fashioned weapons to attack the Japanese search team.

A fierce battle ensued between the two sides.

The Japanese commander was relieved when he heard the search team's report. It turned out that it was the guerrillas guarding the pass, not the devil troops.

Fearing that the Devil's troops would come to reinforce, he ordered the artillery units to intensify the bombardment of the heights on both sides of the pass, while urging the infantry to speed up the attack.

The Japanese search team rushed to the high ground at the pass and found that it had been bombed to pieces by their artillery.

Moreover, there was not a single guerrilla fighter in the makeshift fortifications that had collapsed everywhere.

The captain of the first battalion was still worried about being ambushed by the devil's troops, so he ordered his troops to advance in squadrons and pass through the mountain pass fortifications one by one.

The commander of the third battalion deployed four 75mm mountain guns on the high ground at the exit of the pass, hoping to inflict heavy damage to the Japanese First Battalion at one go.

Now the captain of the Japanese army formed a long snake formation, with one squadron after another passing through.

The commander of the third battalion had no choice but to settle for the second best and set his goal to severely damage the two Japanese squadrons that entered the narrow path.

The first Japanese infantry squadron was about to leave the narrow path, and the second infantry squadron also entered the narrow path. Four 75mm mountain guns fiercely bombarded the Japanese troops on the path.

Two heavy machine guns at the intersection of the pass were crossed and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops who were preparing to exit the pass.

The Japanese soldiers on the path fell down in layers, and those who were not hit by bullets rushed to both sides of the path.

Some Japanese soldiers took advantage of the fact that the soldiers of the Devil Force on the high ground at the pass were not paying attention and slowly climbed up the ground.

As long as they destroyed the two heavy machine gun positions of the Devil's troops, they could safely pass through the blockade.

The soldiers of the third battalion on the high ground of the pass soon discovered these Japs climbing up quietly like ghosts.

Then gunshots continued to ring out, and the Japanese soldiers who were climbing to a higher place were shot one after another and rolled down to the path.

A large artillery battalion of the Japanese army quickly advanced to the entrance of the pass and began to fiercely bombard the Devil Forces' positions on the high ground at the exit of the pass.

The two heavy machine gun positions of the Third Battalion were destroyed by the Japanese army's accurate artillery fire. The first company of soldiers in the fortifications also suffered heavy casualties.

The third battalion's mountain artillery immediately launched a counterattack against the Japanese artillery positions.

The Japanese artillery also detected the approximate location of the third battalion's artillery position, and the two sides bombarded each other.

Without the blockade of heavy machine guns, the Japanese troops on the small road through the pass quickly passed through the pass.

The soldiers of the first company saw the Japanese troops passing through the pass quickly, and they immediately fired fiercely at the Japanese infantry under the Japanese artillery fire, and re-blocked the exit of the pass.

Nearly half of the squadron of Japanese infantry that rushed through the exit of the pass lost their reinforcements and became an isolated force deep in the pass.

When the third battalion commander heard that dozens of Japanese troops had broken through the pass, he immediately reported to the third regiment commander and sent the third company down the mountain to pursue them.

In order to reinforce the Japanese troops who had broken through the defense line, the captain of the first battalion ordered his soldiers to charge towards the pass in waves.

At this time, the commander of the third battalion had already asked the commander of the second company to call a platoon to enter the fortifications to reinforce the first company.

At this time, the Japanese artillery was being tied down by the artillery of the third battalion and had no way to bomb the positions of the Devil Forces on Yikou Heights.

In order to fill the two heavy machine gun positions destroyed by Japanese artillery, the third battalion commander arranged two more light machine guns there to alternately block the exits of the pass.

The Japanese army launched several consecutive charges, leaving behind piles of corpses, but still failed to break through the defense line of the Third Battalion.

The Japanese squadron leader who broke through the defense line of the pass led more than 50 Japanese soldiers to advance rapidly towards Kuancheng County. However, the squadron leader soon discovered that their follow-up troops were blocked by the devil troops, and they became an isolated army deep in the country.

The squadron leader knew that it would be a fantasy to take over Kuancheng County with just over fifty people.

The squadron leader led the soldiers to quickly find a place to hide, on the one hand waiting for the follow-up troops, and on the other hand they could also act as an insider.