Devil's Army

The battalion commander immediately reminded the second company, which was ambushed at the west gate, to prepare for battle.

Who knew that this group of royal visiting group was so cunning. After advancing towards the west gate for a while, they suddenly turned north and headed towards the north gate.

The team members who were following them were worried that something might happen to the visiting group, so when they saw them leaving the north gate of Suizhou County, they hurried back to report the news.

When the battalion commander received the report from the transportation station in Suizhou County, it was too late to mobilize troops to encircle and block the enemy.

He immediately sent a telegram to the First Front Army garrison in Jianchang County, asking them to send troops to block the royal visiting group of the puppet Manchukuo.

At that time, Jianchang County had only one company in the 15th Brigade. The company commander left a platoon to garrison, and the other soldiers followed him to the Lishugou Gate to surround the puppet Manchukuo royal consolation delegation.

Lishugou Gate is located at the junction of Xingcheng, Suizhong and Jianchang in Liaoning Province. It is an important transportation route and strategic location. The Japanese army must pass through here during their march.

Moreover, the terrain is complex, with many mountains and canyons around it and the terrain is undulating.

When this company of the 15th Brigade arrived here, the Royal Delegation of the Puppet Manchukuo had not yet arrived.

The company commander immediately ordered the soldiers to dig fortifications and prepare for battle.

This company of the 15th Brigade stationed in Jianchang County had not participated in any battles during this anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, but they were very excited to have a rare opportunity to participate in the battle.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the royal delegation finally arrived near Lishugou Gate.

Captain Guo of the Royal Guard of the Royal Visiting Corps was formerly a battalion commander of the Northeast Army and is very good at fighting.

Later, his best friend Captain Wang changed his flag and became the captain-in-chief of the Royal Guard of the puppet Manchukuo, and he followed him over.

He knew that the devil troops and the Eighth Route Army's spies were spread all over Suizhong County.

At this moment, he was feeling fortunate that his plan of luring the tiger away from the mountain had succeeded and that he had avoided the ambush of the devil's troops.

Who knew that when he arrived at Lishugou Gate, the gunfire from the Jianchang County company of the 15th Brigade shattered his fantasy.

He had to order the guards to attack the heights on both sides of the Lishugou Gate.

As soon as the fight started, the company commander felt that this puppet army was different from the ones he had encountered before.

The weapons are more sophisticated, the combat quality is higher, and the soldiers are not so afraid of death.

This made the company commander feel a lot of pressure.

Fortunately, the Lishugoumen area was densely wooded and mountainous, with a dangerous terrain, and the company commander had dug fortifications in advance.

The guards launched wave after wave of attacks on the company commander and his men.

The mortars accompanying the team also continued to bombard the heights on both sides of the Lishugou Gate.

From time to time, soldiers were blown away from behind trees in the fortifications, but the company commander and his men remained calm and did not consider retreating.

The company commander knew that if he failed to fight well today, he would have fewer opportunities to fight in the future, especially since their reinforcements were on the way.

Captain Guo continued attacking until the evening, and when it got dark, he still failed to capture the Lishumengou Heights.

If they wanted to retreat to Chifeng City through another path at this time, they might still have a chance of escaping. However, the members of the Royal Consolation Group thought that they were tired after a day's journey and decided to continue their journey tomorrow morning.

Captain Guo strongly opposed it, saying that they were still in the jurisdiction of the devil army and were not out of danger, so they should hurry up and retreat. However, the princess of the royal consolation group thought that Captain Guo was worrying too much and that it was no big deal to spend a night in the wilderness before continuing on their journey.

Captain Guo had no choice but to agree and go out to strengthen patrols and sentries.

This bought enough time for the battalion commander and his men to rush over and wipe out the entire unit.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, the commander of a battalion led three companies and the independent fourth district team led by Captain Ou to the Lishugoumen area.

Without taking a rest, the battalion commander immediately launched an attack on the royal delegation's escort.

The sound of gunfire made Captain Guo in the command room jump up and quickly run out of the command room to command the blocking. But at this time, their camp was surrounded by gunfire and grenade explosions. It was impossible to tell which direction was the main attack and which direction was the auxiliary attack.

The company of the 15th Brigade at the Lishugoumen position heard fierce gunfire coming from the direction of the escort team, and knowing that their reinforcements were coming, they also rushed down from the position.

Captain Guo led the main force and tried his best to break out of the encirclement from the north of the camp. However, they were blocked by the company of the 15th Brigade that rushed down from the Lishugou Gate.

After a while, a battalion commander led his troops to surround the area from three sides again.

Watching the guards falling one after another, with shouts of killing all around, Captain Guo really regretted not insisting on the decision to retreat during the day.

At this time, the first company of the first battalion brought the captured royal members to the front of the position and asked them to order the guards to surrender.

Captain Guo had no choice but to order the guards to lay down their weapons and surrender.

A battalion commander originally thought that he could put forward conditions to the puppet Manchukuo government by capturing a royal princess, but he was overthinking.