Devil's Army

I don't know if the Japanese artillery had any sense or it was just a coincidence. The Japanese army lay dormant for a long time this time.

The Golden Eagle UAV of the Army Aviation Soldiers waited in the air for more than two hours, but the Japanese artillery still did not launch an attack on Lingshui Airport.

After entering the Diaoluo Mountains, a company commander divided the squads into search units, with one platoon responsible for one area, and advanced towards the Diaoluo Mountains.

The second platoon leader suddenly stopped the second squad's search. He felt something was wrong ahead. It was too quiet, not even the sound of birds.

He ordered the soldiers to disperse as much as possible and search forward carefully.

Suddenly, the second platoon leader saw something moving in the grass in front of him.

Before the second platoon leader could shout, a round of gunfire was heard from the front.

The first few soldiers fell to the ground, and the soldiers behind them quickly threw themselves behind trees or in the grass, and fired at the place where the gunshots came from.

Judging from the intensity of the gunfire coming from the opposite side, there is no less than a small team of Japanese troops ahead.

Although Class 2 was temporarily in a passive situation, they were not worried and continued to resist stubbornly because they were surrounded by their troops.

The second platoon leader heard the gunfire coming from the second squad's search area, and quickly led the soldiers from the first and third squads to encircle the area from both wings.

The Japanese sentry soon discovered that the soldiers of the Second Battalion of the First Army were coming to reinforce them from both wings, and immediately threw a round of grenades at the soldiers of the Second Squad.

With the help of smoke from grenades, the Japanese army quickly retreated deep into Diaoluo Mountain.

By the time the second platoon leader led the first and second squads of soldiers to encircle the enemy, the Japanese army had long disappeared.

The second platoon leader immediately reported to the company commander that a small group of Japanese troops had been spotted in their area.

Soldiers from both sides discovered traces of the other side's troops in an area that had not been patrolled for nearly a month, and were certain that the other side's artillery positions were nearby.

The company commander sent people to search this area in detail.

Soon, the captain of the company made a discovery: they found a lot of broken branches in a thorn bush. It was obvious that many people passed by here and broke the branches.

The platoon leader who discovered the broken branches was about to lead his platoon to chase after them, but the company commander stopped the platoon leader from taking action.

The company commander who was nearby quickly rushed to the scene.

Judging from the broken branches, dozens of people must have passed by. But this Japanese army has strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities.

They had been searching for quite some time but had not found any clues about the Japanese team. How did such an obvious clue suddenly appear? Could it be a trap?

The company commander avoided the middle road and ordered the first and second platoons to encircle it from both wings.

After the first and second rows had been walking for less than half an hour, they discovered a small group of Japanese troops ambushing around a convex area.

A company of soldiers launched a surprise attack on the small group of soldiers.

This small group of Japanese soldiers was concentrating on the front, and suddenly they were attacked by the devil troops on both sides. They fought back hastily, but still suffered heavy losses. Most of the Japanese soldiers were annihilated, and a small number escaped into the depths of Diaoluo Mountain.

Most of the Japanese squad was wiped out, confirming the Japanese's guess that there was an artillery position hidden here. However, the gunshots also revealed that the First Army was searching Diaoluo Mountain. The Japanese artillery position would definitely not fire again, so the golden eagle would not be able to detect it from the air, and the responsibility of searching fell on the infantry.

At this time, Commander Zhang received a telegram from the Kunming headquarters: a regiment and artillery unit had been arranged from the 1st Division of the Gui-Yunnan Independent Army to come to reinforce.

The order that Regiment Commander Zhang originally gave to the battalion commander in charge of searching for the Japanese artillery positions was to seize as many Japanese artillery pieces as possible.

Now, he changed his orders to destroy the Japanese artillery positions.

The searching company encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese army near a hillside.

The hillside in front is high in terrain, making it a good place to set up Japanese artillery positions.

The Japanese troops that blocked them must be the guard troops protecting the artillery positions.

After a fierce battle, the first company was unable to break through the defense line of the Japanese blocking troops. The first company commander quickly reported to the first battalion commander.

The commander of the first battalion immediately transferred the second company that was searching nearby to provide reinforcements.

The Japanese blocking force began to be unable to resist under the double-sided attack of the two main companies of the first battalion and retreated towards Wanning County.

The first and second companies successfully broke through the defense line of the Japanese blocking troops and rushed to the top of the hill. However, there were no Japanese artillery here, only a pile of shells.

It turned out that when the Japanese artillery company was fighting with their patrol troops, they learned that the First Army had sent out a search force to search for their artillery, and immediately retreated towards Wanning County.