Devil's Army

When a battalion commander heard that they had to evacuate Nanxi Town, he immediately became anxious, because two-thirds of the soldiers in their battalion were buried in Nanxi Town.

Now only one-third of their remaining people are trying to escape. How will their relatives in western Yunnan view them?

He begged the regiment commander desperately, saying that even if he did not send reinforcements, the remaining hundred or so soldiers in their battalion could withstand the Japanese attack.

But the regiment commander remained unmoved and only said one word: "Retreat!"

The battalion commander looked at his brothers who had fallen around the city wall with tears in his eyes, and waved his hand and ordered:

"retreat!"

Many soldiers of the first battalion were reluctant to leave Nanxi Town after fighting bloody battles for half a day. However, military orders were as firm as a mountain, and although everyone was reluctant, they followed the battalion commander to leave Nanxi Town.

As soon as the soldiers of the first battalion evacuated Nanxi Town, the Japanese army occupied it.

After the 55th Brigade of the Japanese Army occupied Nanxi Town, it did not stop but continued to advance towards Hekou County.

At this time, the main force of the 1077th Regiment of the Yunnan Army was already on high alert in Hekou County.

The Japanese army advanced very quickly, and the vanguard quickly caught up with the rear guard of the first battalion, and the two sides continued to fight fiercely.

Commander Huang of the 1077th Regiment ordered the Second Battalion to leave the city to support the First Battalion.

A battalion commander really wanted to fight the Japanese army to the death on the spot, and did not want to be chased around by the Japanese army like a stray dog.

But Captain Huang's order was to have them withdraw to Hekou County.

The vanguard of the first battalion quickly passed through a path with corn growing on both sides.

The Third Company of the First Battalion, which served as the rear guard, suffered heavy casualties and was constantly bombarded by Japanese mortars and machine guns.

When the rear guard of the first battalion passed through a path with corn growing on both sides, a surprising scene occurred to them.

Two infantry squadrons of the Japanese vanguard pursued the rear guard of the first battalion into a path covered with corn.

At this time, fierce gunfire was heard from the cornfield.

What worried the Japanese squadron leader was that they were very familiar with these gunshots, all of which were the sounds of Type 38 rifles and Type 99 light machine guns.

Could it be that the devil's troops in Mengzi City, Yunnan Province have arrived as reinforcements so quickly?

(In order to prevent the Japanese army from launching a surprise attack on Hekou County on the Yunnan-Vietnam border, Commander Xu of the Third Independent Division of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army stationed one regiment and one battalion of his division in Mengzi City.)

Soon, the scouts' investigation confirmed the Japanese squadron leader's guess: the soldiers who ambushed them were the devil's troops from the Independent 3rd Division of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army stationed in Yunnan.

In order to reinforce the 1077th Regiment of the Yunnan Army, the commander of a battalion of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army left only one platoon in Mengzi City. He personally led a large force to the small road leading to Hekou County to set up defenses.

The Japanese squadron leader, who had recovered from the shock, quickly ordered his troops to retreat, but it was too late.

The second and third companies of the first battalion of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army had surrounded the two infantry squadrons of the Japanese vanguard from both sides.

The commander of the 55th Japanese Brigade heard the fierce fighting of Japanese weapons in front of him, and was horrified, and hurriedly called for reinforcements from the rear guard. However, he was stubbornly blocked by the first company of the first battalion of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army.

The 18th Regiment of the Third Artillery of the Japanese Army was preparing to launch a fierce bombing on the positions of the First Company, but planes from the First Army rushed over to reinforce.

The soldiers of the first company of the first battalion of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army withstood the Japanese attack with the support of aircraft.

A Japanese infantry company refused to believe in evil and launched a strong attack on the company's position.

Two fighter planes of the First Army roared back and forth over their heads, strafing continuously.

Two bombers from the First Army also kept flying over their heads, dropping one heavy bomb after another.