Devil's Army

When the regiment commander and his soldiers arrived at the north gate of Malipo County, the second battalion commander was leading his soldiers in a fierce street battle with the Japanese army.

At this time, the First Army's planes were still fiercely strafing and bombing the Japanese follow-up troops in the air.

The Japanese troops who had already rushed into the north gate of Malipo County hid in houses and various buildings to fight with the Second Battalion. However, the lack of reinforcements from follow-up troops made their attack weak.

This Japanese army was quite stubborn, and even without the support of follow-up troops, its resistance was still very tenacious.

However, the streets in Malipo County were extremely narrow, and the three battalions of troops brought by the regiment commander had no way to deploy and could only serve as a reserve force.

Listening to the continuous gunfire in front of me, I couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Now the Gui-Yunnan Front Army's air force is still supporting them in the air, and the Japanese army's follow-up troops cannot enter the city in large numbers to reinforce, and the battle is still in a stalemate. If the Gui-Yunnan Front Army's air force returns, can they still resist the Japanese attack?

The deputy commander of their regiment was unable to come due to injury, so he had to discuss countermeasures with the third battalion commander.

The commander of the third battalion also noticed this problem, but the street was too narrow for him to lead the third battalion to pave the street.

Gradually, the Japanese army found a way to deal with the bombing of the devil army's aircraft, which was for the soldiers to disperse and approach Malipo County from both wings, and then rush into the city to support the vanguard troops that were fighting with the 52nd Army in front.

The Japanese army's trick really worked. The fighter planes' machine gun shells were reluctant to deal with individual Japanese infantrymen. The bombers' precious bombs were even more reluctant to waste on individual Japanese infantrymen.

As Japanese reinforcements continued to arrive in the city, the pressure on the Second Battalion grew greater and greater, so they had to transfer the Third Company of the Second Battalion from the rear.

The 52rd Regiment of the 73nd Army fought repeatedly with the Japanese Army across the street. The Japanese Army, relying on its firepower advantage, had just pushed its defense line forward, but was soon counterattacked by the soldiers of the Second Battalion, who had more troops than the Japanese Army, and was beaten back.

At this time, the army's planes began to return one after another, and the Japanese army's follow-up troops began to pour into the city of Malipo County in large numbers.

The Japanese artillery also began to support their infantry's attack, continuously bombarding the soldiers of the 73rd Regiment hiding in the streets.

The regiment commander held a cigarette in his mouth and looked coldly at the attacking Japanese army in front of him.

He had no choice. His troops lacked heavy weapons and air force, so he could only let the soldiers fight the Japanese with their flesh and blood.

The Japanese artillery was very accurate, and the machine gunners of the second battalion had just fired fiercely at the attacking Japanese troops from the house. Soon, the Japanese artillery shells whizzed in and covered the machine gunners of the second battalion under the ruins.

The Second Battalion lacked machine gun support, and the Japanese army quickly rushed to the front of the Second Battalion's defense line.

Soldiers from the Second Battalion continuously threw grenades at the attacking Japanese troops from windows and gates, preventing them from launching further attacks.

The regiment commander was in the rear, ordering the regiment's mortar troops to bomb the attacking Japanese troops.

The first wave of Japanese attack after the Gui-Yunnan Front Air Force returned was repelled by soldiers of the 73rd Regiment using light weapons.

The Japanese artillery then carried out a covering bombing on the mortar positions of its three regiments.

The mortar soldiers of the 73rd Regiment who were unable to dodge were blown away along with their guns by the Japanese artillery fire.

After the Japanese artillery destroyed the mortar positions of the 73rd Regiment, they launched a fierce bombardment on the positions of the nd Battalion on the front line.

The tragic scene that happened to the First Battalion of the 73rd Regiment happened again to the Second Battalion.

Although the regiment commander was heartbroken, he could do nothing because he had no way to deal with the Japanese artillery.