Devil's Army

The next morning, the artillery of the 182nd Division of the Yunnan Army, which had rushed to Hekou County overnight, launched bombardments on the east and west gate walls of Hekou County respectively.

The artillery fire destroyed the fortifications deployed by the Japanese army on the city wall, and many Japanese soldiers on the wall were also killed and wounded.

Subsequently, a company of the 1078th Regiment launched an attack on Hekou County, with the first company of the Special Service Battalion providing cover.

The Japanese army fired fierce bullets at the Yunnan Army soldiers charging in front.

Yunnan Army soldiers fell to the ground and died one after another, but the soldiers behind them continued to charge forward without fear.

This was Chairman Yinglong's proposal to drive the Japanese invaders out of the Yunnan border.

The soldiers of the special forces battalion quickly set up machine guns in the back and continuously fired at the Japanese machine gun fire points on the city wall.

The special forces battalion's Type 95 automatic rifles also continued to fire at the Japanese troops on the city wall.

Under the effective suppression of the special forces battalion's firepower, Japanese troops on the city wall were constantly killed.

Soldiers of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army quickly charged towards the city wall of Hekou County.

At this time, a dense barrage of mortar shells hit the charging Yunnan Army soldiers and the special forces battalion soldiers providing fire support from behind.

The artillery of the special service battalion quickly calculated the approximate location of the Japanese mortars based on the trajectory of the shells and requested support from the artillery of the 182nd Division.

Soon, the artillery of the 182nd Division suppressed the Japanese mortar positions with firepower.

As soon as the Japanese mortar fire was suppressed, the soldiers of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army immediately continued their charge towards Hekou County.

The machine guns of the special forces battalion soldiers behind also continued to suppress the firepower of the Japanese troops on the city wall.

Two Yunnan Army soldiers approached the west gate of Hekou County, preparing to blow up the door.

Japanese soldiers on the city wall threw two grenades below the city gate.

After the grenade exploded, the two Yunnan Army soldiers died.

The two soldiers of Spy Yun who were supporting from behind fired in succession, killing the two Japanese soldiers who had leaned forward to throw grenades, and they fell under the city wall.

After more than an hour of bloody fighting, the Yunnan Army soldiers finally blew open the west gate of Hekou County.

Soldiers of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army rushed into Hekou County one after another and engaged in close combat with the Japanese army.

The stubborn Japanese troops had been lying at the gate of the city wall, blocking the Yunnan Army's attack deep into Hekou County.

Japanese troops in Hekou County also rushed over to provide reinforcements.

The two sides were in a stalemate at the narrow west gate of Hekou County.

The first company of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army Special Service Battalion, which was providing fire support from behind, also rushed into the west gate of Hekou County. The superiority of their Type 95 automatic rifles was immediately apparent.

The continuous fire from their rifles matched the firepower of machine guns, constantly taking the lives of the Japanese soldiers who were blocking them in front.

The Japanese army began to be unable to resist and kept calling for reinforcements from the Japanese headquarters in Hekou County.

The Japanese command sent reinforcements one after another, but the follow-up troops of the Yunnan Army's 1078th Regiment and the follow-up troops of the Special Service Battalion also came to reinforce.

The follow-up troops of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army and the follow-up troops of the Special Service Battalion suppressed the firepower of the Japanese army and drove them deep into Hekou County.

The Japanese army left less than a squadron of troops to block the attack of the Yunnan Army and the special forces battalion, and other troops built a second line of defense in depth, trying to defend Hekou County and use Hekou County as a bridgehead for their attack on Kunming.

It was the special forces battalion that had caught up. The follow-up troops, together with the previous battalion, opened fire at full force. The Type 95 automatic rifles continued to harvest the lives of Japanese soldiers in the bunkers. 40 rockets continued to bombard the Japanese machine gun fire points.

After destroying the rear-end squadron of the Japanese army, the troops continued to attack deep into Hekou County.

The Japanese troops in the depths of the front, who had not yet had time to build fortifications, were attacked by the Yunnan Army and the Special Service Battalion. After resisting for a while, they had to continue to retreat deeper into the front.

At this time, the follow-up troops of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army that entered the city separated a force to attack the Japanese troops guarding the east gate of Hekou County.

Under the joint attack of the 1078th and 1079th Regiments of the Yunnan Army, the Japanese defenders at the east gate of Hekou County were quickly defeated.

The soldiers of the 1079th Regiment of the Yunnan Army marched forward in pursuit of the defeated Japanese troops.

Under the fierce attacks of the Yunnan Army and the Special Service Battalion at the west and east gates, the Japanese defenders in Hekou County retreated step by step until they withdrew from Hekou County.

At around 12 o'clock in the morning, the Yunnan Army and the Special Forces Camp recaptured Hekou County. The major fighting in the county was basically over, and some soldiers began to encircle and suppress the remaining Japanese troops in Hekou County.

The main forces of the Special Service Battalion and the 1078th and 1079th Regiments of the Yunnan Army chased out of Hekou County and continued to pursue the retreating Japanese troops. They successively recovered Hekou Town and Nanxi Town connected to Vietnam.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the troops of the Japanese 18th Division were driven out of the Yunnan border!