Devil's Army

The Japanese coastal defense artillery was completely destroyed in the fierce bombing of the Hainan Island fleet.

The Japanese coastal defense positions were all destroyed by the close bombing by the four warships of the Hainan Island Fleet.

Soldiers from the second and third regiments then landed on the beach at Xuwen Port.

The Japanese soldiers in the collapsed fortifications tried their best to stop the soldiers of the Second and Third Regiments from rushing to the beach, but they were fiercely counterattacked by the soldiers of the Second and Third Regiments.

Soon, the Second Regiment, which had successfully landed on the beach, left behind some soldiers to consolidate the beachhead.

Another part of the soldiers, together with the soldiers from the Third Regiment, were divided into three groups to attack Xuwen Port, Xuwen County Government and the Japanese barracks in Xuwen County respectively.

There were only 400 Japanese troops and 800 puppet troops in Xuwen Port and Xuwen County, and they had no way to resist the attack of the two regiments of the independent division, so they retreated to Suixi County.

The soldiers of the Second Regiment continued to clear out the Japanese and puppet troops in Xuwen County, Xuwen Port, while the soldiers of the Third Regiment pursued the fleeing Japanese troops without stopping.

The soldiers of the Third Regiment pursued the enemy to the vicinity of Suixi County and heard fierce gunfire.

After a while, the scout came back excitedly and reported: The 1st Independent Division of the 1st Army's Gui-Yunnan Front was attacking the north gate of Suixi County.

The third regiment commander immediately led his troops to attack the west gate of Suixi County.

Fierce artillery fire continuously bombarded the west gate city wall of Suixi County.

The Japanese troops in Suixi County and the defeated Japanese troops in Xuwen County had no way to resist the attack of the two fierce and wolf-like units of the First Army.

In less than an hour, the west gate and north gate of Suixi County were successively breached by soldiers of the First Army.

The First Army's Southern Front and the First Army's Gui-Yunnan Front successfully joined forces in Suixi County.

At this point, all major land transportation lines from Yunnan to Hainan Island have been opened.

Commander Guo of the 1st Independent Division of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army temporarily set up his division headquarters in Suixi County.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from counterattacking and consolidate the transportation lines that had been recovered, Commander Guo sent troops to clear out the Japanese and puppet army strongholds in the surrounding towns and villages of Suixi County and Hepu County.

The commander of the Third Regiment led the soldiers of the Third Regiment of the Southern Front Army back to Xuwen County and cleared out the Japanese and puppet army strongholds in various towns and villages in Xuwen County.

A battalion of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army cleared out the Japanese troops in Haikang County.

The road condition of this section is relatively poor. It was expanded from the post road during the Qing Dynasty and cannot accommodate trucks and artillery.

When the battalion commander and his men arrived at Chengyueling, he stopped the troops.

There were endless hills ahead, and thick trees on both sides of the path. The battalion commander was worried that the Japanese army had set up an ambush there.

A squad leader volunteered to go forward for reconnaissance.

Fifteen soldiers, led by a squad leader, spread out and slowly searched forward.

As the soldiers approached two hillocks, a round of gunfire rang out.

The squad leader and three soldiers beside him fell to the ground.

The soldiers behind quickly lay down and fired back at the place where the gunshots came from.

The mortar soldiers behind also used small-caliber mortars to continuously bombard the woods behind and on both sides of the hill.

After the bombing stopped, the company commander led their company to attack the hill and the woods on both sides.

The Japanese troops in the hills and woods fiercely blocked the attacking company of soldiers.

The machine gunners of the first company continued to fire at the hills and woods to suppress the Japanese firepower.

The 40th rocket troops also continued to destroy the Japanese machine gun positions.

With the support of machine guns and rockets, the soldiers of the first company finally rushed up the hill.

After a bloody hand-to-hand combat, the first company successfully occupied the Japanese hill position.

A small number of Japanese troops continued to retreat to Haikang County (Leizhou City).

After the soldiers of the first company cleaned up the battlefield, the battalion commander ordered the second company to act as the vanguard and continue searching towards Haikang County.

When the troops arrived at Kelu Town, a group of people dressed as ordinary people blocked their way.

The soldiers pointed their guns vigilantly at this troop.

"Excuse me, who is the commander of this unit?"

An older man stepped out from the troop and asked the soldiers.

When the company commander heard that the other party was speaking Chinese, he quickly asked the soldiers to put down their guns and stepped forward to answer:

"I am Gui Zhuzi, the commander of the Second Company, First Battalion, Second Regiment, First Independent Division, First Anti-Japanese Army, Gui-Yunnan Front Army. May I ask who you are?"

"I know you are from the First Anti-Japanese Army. I am Xu Yongqing, the captain of the South Route Guerrilla Unit. You can't go through the front. The Japanese have set a trap there to trap you."

"Oh? Thank you Captain Xu for the information. Our battalion commander is right behind us. Would it be convenient for you to come with us and introduce the situation around here?"

"OK!"

After saying this, Captain Xu took two team members and walked towards Captain Gui.

Captain Gui ordered the soldiers to stop advancing and stand guard on the spot, and then took Captain Xu and his men to the battalion headquarters.