Devil's Army

The second battalion commander had fought against the Japanese army many times and was very vigilant.

While he arranged soldiers to repair the road, he also arranged soldiers to be on guard.

The Japanese troops in Zhuozi County approached the soldiers of the Second Battalion who were on guard like ghosts and suddenly launched an attack on them.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion who were not shot quickly lay down and fought back when they were attacked.

The soldiers who were repairing the road quickly put down their tools, bent down and rushed to the guns placed at the intersection.

Suddenly, there were fierce gunshots and grenade explosions on the mountain path.

The second battalion commander knew that the Japanese army was cunning, so he did not mobilize the soldiers defending the left side of the path to join the battle, but instead asked them to be more vigilant.

Sure enough, soon after the battle on the right side of the path started, a Japanese army from Fengzhen City also launched a surprise attack on the soldiers of the Second Battalion from the left side of the path. However, they were immediately counterattacked by the soldiers of the Second Battalion who had been prepared.

The battle lasted for more than half an hour. Seeing that the soldiers of the Devil Unit were well prepared and could not gain any advantage, the Japanese army withdrew from the battle one after another.

After the battle on the small road, the commander of the first regiment reported the battle incident to the commander of the Yao detachment in Liangcheng County and pointed out:

The Japanese army prevented them from building the road from Chahar Right Front Banner to Liangcheng County, certainly in an attempt to stop them from reinforcing the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Detachment in Liangcheng County, and asked Captain Yao to be on high alert.

Captain Yao replied: At present, some Japanese troops from Chahar Right Middle Banner and Chahar Right Back Banner have arrived in Zhuozi County. They are also ready for battle.

When the regiment commander heard the intelligence sent by Captain Yao, he felt that the military situation was tense. The Japanese army could launch an attack on Liangcheng County at any time.

He also transferred a company from the Third Battalion of the Chahar Right Front Banner to assist in road construction, while planning to attack the Japanese army in Zhuozi County.

The Japanese troops in Zhuozi County attacked their road-building troops and also attacked the Eighth Route Army in Liangcheng County, with a rather arrogant attitude.

However, their artillery force is relatively weak, and the casualties of the siege will be relatively large. It is best to lure the Japanese army out of Zhuozi County and then destroy them.

Who will make this bait?

The regiment commander thought of the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Detachment, which had relatively weak combat effectiveness but fast transfer speed.

When Captain Yao heard the regiment commander's plan, he immediately agreed.

Last time they fought together with the commander of a regiment of the First Anti-Japanese Army, and they were still not satisfied. Now it was a good opportunity for them to join forces and fight another battle.

The battlefield was chosen in a wild area near Liangzi Town between Liangcheng County and Zhuozi County.

The terrain here is open and suitable for cavalry to attack quickly and flexibly. And the Japanese army has nowhere to hide.

A few miles away from this wilderness towards Zhuozi County, there are sedge grasses on both sides of the path that are taller than people.

A regiment of soldiers could lie in ambush in the Stipa repens and launch a surprise attack on the Japanese reinforcements.

At 2 a.m., the 1st and 2nd companies of the 3rd Battalion, led by the 3rd Battalion Commander, quietly sneaked into the vicinity of Zhuozi County and arrived at the designated location at around 5 a.m. They ambushed in the sedge grass on both sides of the path.

At six o'clock in the morning, two cavalry squads of the Eighth Route Army set out for Zhuozi County.

When the main force arrived at the wild land, the cavalry squad leader and ten cavalrymen continued to advance towards Zhuozi County.

The rest of the cavalry hid in a depression behind the field.

When the cavalry arrived at the south gate of Zhuozis County, the squad leader led the cavalry and suddenly rushed to the south gate of Zhuozis County and attacked the Japanese and puppet troops at the city gate.

The Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall were also attacked by the Eighth Route Army cavalry in their hasty counterattack.

What was even more unacceptable to the Japanese troops in Zhuozi County was that after these 11 Eighth Route Army cavalrymen attacked their soldiers, they did not flee, but lay outside the city and fired at them.