Devil's Army

After the artillery of the Fifth Brigade destroyed the artillery of the puppet security forces, it began to bombard the puppet security forces unscrupulously.

The intensively attacking puppet security forces were blown everywhere by the bombardment of the 150th Brigade's mm howitzers and small mountain guns.

One uninhabited area after another was created in front of the east gate of Qinglong County.

There were broken limbs and arms all over the ground, and a lot of clothes and broken limbs of the pseudo-security forces were hung on the trees.

Captain Wang of the puppet security army had never seen such a scene before and was so frightened that he immediately ordered his troops to retreat.

The intervention of the puppet Manchukuo security forces in Suizhong County made the Fifth Brigade Commander turn his attention to Suizhong County in Liaoning Province.

He decided to recapture Suizhong County, but he was troubled by the fact that the territory had expanded too quickly during this period and his military strength was stretched to the limit.

Gray Wolf heard the Fifth Brigade Commander's suggestion and said to him in a relaxed manner:

"This is easy. Wasn't Qinglong County the area of ​​activity for the Jidong Military Region troops in the past? They once established a new regime in Qinglong County. I will contact their headquarters and have their Jidong Military Region troops take over the maintenance of public security in Qinglong County and nearby towns and the establishment of a new regime. You continue to expand eastward and take over Suizhong County."

Commander Li of the Jidong Military Division escaped from Qinglong County by breaking through the Japanese encirclement and suppression. He has been fighting guerrilla warfare on the periphery for the past few months.

I heard that the First Anti-Japanese Army was preparing to recapture Qinglong County, and I wanted to send someone over to discuss a joint effort to recapture Qinglong County.

Who knew that before the liaison officer sent for negotiations arrived, the First Anti-Japanese Army had already recaptured Qinglong County.

Commander Li was now in a dilemma.

It makes sense to recapture Qinglong County from the Japanese puppet army and then govern it legitimately. But now that it has been recaptured by friendly forces, how can he ask the friendly forces to take over Qinglong County?

Who knew that his sleepiness would hit the pillow. When he was worrying about this matter, the commander-in-chief telegraphed him: immediately take over the public security of Qinglong County and establish a new regime, and at the same time send troops to assist the First Anti-Japanese Army to recapture Suizhong County.

Commander Li received the order from the headquarters and without stopping, he immediately led his troops to Qinglong County.

Commander Li arrived at the Qinglong County headquarters and met the Fifth Brigade Commander. When he was considering how to start the conversation, the Fifth Brigade Commander said straightforwardly:

"Commander Li, welcome. The defense here is now in your hands. We are going to recapture Suizhong County."

"We have also been active in Suizhong County, so we are familiar with the situation. Shall I send the Independent Fourth District Team to follow you?"

The commander of the Fifth Brigade felt bad knowing that Commander Li had taken over the defense of Qinglong County without sending any soldiers, so he agreed to it as a favor.

Soon, Captain Ou of the Independent District 4 Team arrived at the command center in Qinglong County.

Captain Ou reported in detail to the commander of the Fifth Brigade on the situation of the Japanese and puppet troops in Suizhong County and the conditions of the main roads in the county.

In fact, at this time, Suizhong County was similar to Qinglong County and had become an isolated county.

To the east of Suizhong County is Huludao, to the north is Jianchang County, and to the south is Shanhaiguan. These have long been under the jurisdiction of the First Front Army of the First Anti-Japanese Army.

Suizhong County was formerly connected with Qinglong County, Kuancheng County, and Chengde County, and belonged to the sphere of influence of the Kwantung Army's Rehe Province.

Now it has become an isolated county.

If Suizhong County is captured, the territory of the First Front Army of the First Anti-Japanese Army and the territory of the Second Front Army of the First Anti-Japanese Army will be more closely connected.

According to Captain Ou, Suizhong County is currently mainly inhabited by the puppet security forces of the puppet Manchukuo, with only a small number of Japanese troops.

The Fifth Brigade could have taken Suizhong County on its own, but in order to save the face of the Jidong Military Division of the Eighth Route Army, the Fifth Brigade Commander agreed to join forces with the Fourth Independent District Team.

Two days later, the battalion commander led the troops of the first battalion, the guard company, the artillery unit and the Fourth Independent District Team of the Jidong Military Region to march towards Suizhong County.

It was almost seven o'clock in the evening when the battalion commander and his men arrived near Suizhong County.

A battalion commander arranged for the troops to camp nearby and take over Suizhong County tomorrow.

The artillery of the 5th Brigade has been fighting continuously and is running out of ammunition.

After coordination with Gray Wolf, Wang Zhuangfei's Fourth Brigade stationed in Shanhaiguan arranged a company for the Fifth Brigade, which transported artillery shells overnight and was under the command of a battalion commander to assist in the battle.

The commander of the first battalion was discussing the battle plan for tomorrow morning with the captain of the European zone at the temporary battalion headquarters. An underground member from Suizhong County hurried over and provided a piece of information:

The Japanese army in Rehe lost three counties in succession. In order to inspire the fighting spirit of the puppet security forces in Suizhong County, a royal delegation from the puppet Manchukuo was arranged to come for a condolence and inspection.

Qinglong County had been recaptured by the First Anti-Japanese Army, and some of the surrounding towns still had access to Rehe Province. However, the traffic officer did not know which route the puppet Manchukuo Royal Consolation Group would take to Suizhong County.

The battalion commander temporarily decided to abandon the attack on Suizhong County and make every effort to intercept the royal delegation of the puppet Manchukuo.