Devil's Army

At 6 o'clock the next morning, the commander of the Fifth Brigade arranged for the First Battalion of the First Regiment to attack the east gate of Xinglong County, and arranged for the Third and Second Battalions of the First Regiment to prepare to block the reinforcements from Chengde County and Luanping County.

In order to increase firepower, Captain Yin also arranged a mixed squadron of fighters and bombers to come for reinforcement.

Half an hour after the artillery of the First Regiment bombed the city wall of the East Gate of Xinglong County, the infantry was preparing to launch an attack. The aircraft of the First Army also arrived and began to fiercely bomb and strafe the city wall of the East Gate of Xinglong County.

The Japanese fortifications on the east gate wall of Xinglong County were completely destroyed by bombing. However, the remaining Japanese troops on the wall continued to stubbornly resist the attack of the first battalion of the first regiment with their militaristic spirit.

The Japanese troops in Luanping County knew that the devil troops were attacking Xinglong County, and sent more than 300 Japanese troops and more than 500 puppet troops to reinforce.

More than an hour later, when the Japanese and puppet army reinforcements from Luanping County arrived at Wuzhi Mountain in Xinglong County, they were ambushed by the Second Battalion of the First Regiment which was lying in ambush there.

The Five Finger Mountain in Mushroom Valley is strategically located and easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The Japanese and puppet troops launched several attacks on the First Battalion's Wuzhishan defense line.

The soldiers of the first battalion were in a dominant position, lying in the fortifications, constantly shooting and throwing grenades at the attacking Japanese troops.

The attacking Japanese and puppet troops rolled down the mountain one after another.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army had been fighting guerrilla warfare in this area for many years and had a strong mass base. The members of the Lubei guerrillas mobilized the common people to transport ammunition and food for the soldiers of the Second Battalion of the First Regiment.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Luanping County attacked for a day but failed to break through the defense line of the First Battalion at Wuzhi Mountain.

The Japanese squadron leader was so angry that he wanted to kill the puppet army's battalion commander to establish his authority, but he was stopped by the Japanese deputy squadron leader.

He told the squadron leader that Battalion Commander Wang of the puppet army had a very high prestige in the puppet army. If he was killed rashly, it might cause the puppet soldiers to turn against him on the battlefield.

The Japanese squadron leader had no other options at this time. Their forces were no less than those of the Devil's Army, but they just couldn't break through the Devil's Army's defense line.

At this time, the deputy squadron leader offered another suggestion. Arrange armored vehicles tomorrow. It will definitely break through the defense line of the devil troops in one fell swoop.

At this point, the squadron leader can only wait until tomorrow to think of a solution.

What was even more bizarre was that the Third Battalion of the First Regiment was blocking the Japanese reinforcements heading towards Chengde County.

At that time, the Third Battalion of the First Regiment was deployed in the Jiguan Mountain area leading from Chengde County to Xinglong County. The commander of the Third Battalion guarded for a long time but did not see a single Japanese soldier passing through.

At that time, a communicator of the Lubei guerrillas had told a regiment commander that Chengde County had arranged a large group of Japanese troops to go for reinforcement.

The first battalion of the 8th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army in Chengde County came to reinforce Xinglong County.

When they first received the reinforcement mission, a large group of Japanese soldiers shouted:

"Long live the Emperor! We swear to defend Xinglong County to the death and repel the evil forces!"

However, as soon as these Japanese troops left the gates of Chengde County, the merchants' nature of pursuing fame and fortune was fully exposed.

They began to slow down their march with various reasons, but the captain of a large group was the same kind of people as them and turned a blind eye to it.

The third battalion commander was getting really impatient, as he was worried that the Japanese army would take another route to reinforce Xinglong County.

He arranged for a company commander to take his company's soldiers to the Liuhe River Valley to check whether the Japanese army had passed through that road.

Shortly after the company commander came out of Jiguana Mountain, he was dumbfounded when he came to the bend of a small road.

In front of the path, a large group of Japanese troops were marching towards Jiguana Mountain.

At this time, the company commander had only 156 officers and soldiers, while facing him was a Japanese battalion of more than 1200 people.

It was definitely too late to run, because everyone had already collided head-on.

Fight, 156 people against more than 1200 Japanese devils, can they win?

Just as the company commander was preparing to sacrifice his entire company to stop the Japanese army's advance, something happened that made the company commander drop his jaw.

As soon as this large group of Japanese soldiers saw the company commander and his men, they immediately gave way, came to the side of the road, and started to set up pots to prepare cooking, as if the company commander and his men did not exist at all.

The 156 soldiers of the company commander slowly retreated with their guns raised, but the more than 1000 Japanese soldiers were completely unaware.

After turning the corner of the path, the company commander led everyone and rushed towards the Jiguanashan position.

Back at the Jiguanshan position, the company commander reported to the third battalion commander that a large group of Japanese troops had arrived at the front corner. However, they did not attack them, but started to cook.

When the third battalion commander heard the report from the first company commander, he also felt very strange and worried that the Japanese army might do something strange, so he immediately reported to the first regiment commander.

The intelligence reached the ears of the Fifth Brigade Commander, who smiled and told them that their mission could be easily accomplished because they were facing the Japanese "cowardly division".