Devil's Army

Colonel Fujita led a large force to Hejiazhao Village. He was very annoyed when he saw the scene in front of him. His encirclement and suppression operation was relatively smooth this time. The three devil troops, the one in Hejiazhao was defeated, the one in the Oroqen tribe was eliminated, and only the one in Hujia Village was left. They came and went without a trace, which made him feel like he was hitting cotton with his fist. He immediately held a combat meeting.

"This time, Hujia Village was such a large-scale operation. What were your scouts scattered in that area doing? They didn't find anything?" Colonel Fujita started by criticizing Lieutenant Colonel Kawabe before the meeting.

"Hey! Colonel, I failed in my duty. But I just sent a telegram to the scouts responsible for reconnaissance in the forest of Hujia Village, but failed to contact them. I guess they have sacrificed their lives for the Emperor."

Lieutenant Colonel Hebian guessed correctly. Wu Lang had indeed captured three Japanese scouts before the operation, one of whom was carrying a radio. However, Wu Lang had already taken action at that time. He tied up the three Japanese scouts in a cave and sent people to keep a close watch on them.

"What good ideas do you have for destroying this group of devilish troops from Hujia Village?"

The Japanese officers present at the meeting discussed the issue at once and finally came to two conclusions:

1. Block the forest exit on the right side of Hejiazhao Village and the exit of Hujia Village. There is a shortage of supplies in the forest, and this troop will be trapped to death.

2 Send out a large force to expand the search area. It is impossible for such a large force to be stationed in the forest without leaving any clues.

Colonel Fujita agreed to this plan. Since it was impossible to deploy a large force in the forest, he ordered Lieutenant Colonel Kawabe to lead a battalion of the Imperial Army and a squadron of the Imperial Army into the mountains to encircle and suppress the enemy. Then, these troops led by Lieutenant Colonel Kawabe were stationed in Hujia Village, responsible for blocking the exit from the forest of Hujia Village.

As it was beginning to get dark, the action was scheduled for six o'clock tomorrow morning.

The next morning, Lieutenant Colonel Hebian ordered a small group of Imperial Army to lead the way, with the other troops following.

Shortly after the troops entered the forest, the Imperial Army soldiers who were exploring the way stepped on a landmine. With a loud "boom", three Imperial Army soldiers completed their mission as cannon fodder and lay quietly in the bushes. Several Imperial Army soldiers who were injured by the explosion sat on the ground and groaned.

Lieutenant Colonel Hebian ordered the Imperial Army to carry the wounded soldiers back to the village. The main force stopped advancing and the engineers went forward to clear the mines.

After a long while, the engineer took out four mines, signaled to Lieutenant Colonel Hebian that it was okay to pass, and the main force set out again.

The large force reached the thorn forest in front of the cliff path without encountering any resistance. The puppet soldiers carefully squeezed through the thorn forest while whispering curses that the Japanese could not understand.

At this time, a round of intensive gunfire was heard from the front of the cliff path.

The puppet soldiers, whether they were shot or not, didn't care whether the thorns pricked their flesh or not, and they all squatted in the thorn bushes.

The Japanese soldiers following closely behind immediately lay down, set up machine guns and heavy machine guns, and fired at the firing point in front of the cliff path.

The Japanese squadron leader directed the Japanese light and heavy machine guns to suppress the fire points in front of the cliff path, while urging the puppet troops in the bushes to move forward.

But this group of puppet soldiers was like an ostrich with its head buried in the sand. They squatted in the thorn bushes, unable to see the devil troops in front of them or the devils behind them. No matter how loudly the devils shouted from behind, they just didn't move.

The squadron leader had no choice but to order a small group of the first squadron to follow through the thorn bushes, and used bayonets to force this small group of Imperial Army troops forward.

The small group of devil troops in front of the cliff path began to retreat.

Finally, this small group of Imperial Army passed through the thorn bush without suffering many casualties.

But their mission as cannon fodder had not yet been completed, as the Japanese behind them told them to continue advancing along the cliff path.

This small group of puppet soldiers walked up the cliff path trembling with fear, praying to the gods for protection along the way, hoping that there would be no ambush ahead.

But this time the gods did not favor them. When the puppet army had passed two-thirds of the cliff path, dense gunfire rang out from the other side of the path. The puppet soldiers on the cliff path were shot one after another and fell into the bottomless cliff.

The Japanese at the intersection still used the same old trick. They immediately set up light and heavy machine guns and opened fire at the opposite firepower point.

But the small group of devilish troops on the opposite side ignored the Japs on the other side of the cliff path and hid behind the trees, concentrating on dealing with the puppet troops on the cliff path.

Finally, all the puppet soldiers on the cliff path fell down the cliff.

The devils on the opposite side set up four mortars and fired at the devilish troops on the opposite side. At the same time, a small group of imperial soldiers from the first squadron also went up the cliff path.

The gunfire from the other side stopped, and the group of Japanese soldiers successfully approached the cliff path. At this time, a series of grenades were thrown down from the top of the cliff path. The timing of these grenades was quite accurate, and most of them exploded above the heads of the group of Japanese soldiers.

This small group of devils were shot one after another and fell off the cliff. Some of them who did not fall off the cliff were also shot and sent off the cliff by the devil troops ambushing on the opposite side.

In one round, a small team on the riverside was completely wiped out. Lieutenant Colonel Hebian was so angry that his eyes were smoking. He ordered the mortar to turn the muzzle and bomb the ambush on the top of the cliff. At the same time, he ordered the second squadron of the first squadron to pass through the cliff path immediately. The people of the second squadron immediately launched an attack from the side to the top of the cliff path.

When the mortars bombarded the top of the cliff path, the devil troops on the cliff path fired intensive fire at the devils on the cliff path. The poor devils of the second squad were shot and fell off the cliff before they even passed the cliff path.

Seeing this, Lieutenant Colonel Hebian ordered mortars to bomb the devil troops on the opposite side.

While the Japanese mortars were bombarding the team members on the opposite side of the cliff, the team members on the top of the cliff began to throw grenades onto the cliff path.

As a last resort, Lieutenant Colonel Kawabe had to allocate two mortars to bombard the top of the cliff, and urged the Second Squadron of the Imperial Army to speed up and intensify the charge towards the top of the cliff.

After more than an hour, all the imperial troops of the first squadron were killed, and the imperial troops had not yet passed the cliff path.

Lieutenant Colonel Kawabe had no choice but to order the troops to temporarily stop passing through the cliff path, and asked Colonel Fujita for help, asking him to mobilize the imperial army in Yama County to attack the devil troops on the opposite side from Hujia Village.

Takahashi Ken of Tiaobinshan County received an order from Colonel Fujita and immediately led a large group of imperial troops from Tiaobinshan County to attack Hujia Village.

The Gaoqiao Battalion heading towards Hujia Village was soon spotted by Wulang's scouts. In order to avoid being attacked from both sides by the Japanese, Wulang took the initiative to withdraw the first team on the opposite side of the cliff path and the second team on the top of the cliff.

The Japanese finally passed the cliff path smoothly at the cost of one squad of the Imperial Army and more than one squadron of the Imperial Army being killed or wounded.

But the people from the two teams of devil troops on the opposite side of the cliff and on the top of the cliff had already fled, leaving not a single person in sight.