Devil's Army

The lieutenant colonel attempted to outflank the devil troops at the east gate of Zhuozi County, but failed. He had no choice but to return to the city in disappointment.

The former major died in battle, and he was promoted on the front line. This was originally a good thing, but he couldn't be happy.

He vaguely felt that the Major's fate would be his own. In fact, his fate might even be worse than the former Major's.

He made a temporary decision to go to the battle this time and did not report it to Commander Amakasu Shige. So he did not want to report the results of this battle to Commander Amakasu Shige, because Commander Amakasu Shige would only urge him to speed up the capture of Liangcheng County.

If he wants to continue his rapid rise, he must make careful plans and take over Liangcheng County, which is not difficult to conquer, as soon as possible.

While the major was considering how to capture Liangcheng County, a regimental commander was also thinking about taking advantage of the consecutive victories and the high morale of the soldiers to capture one or two more counties.

Adjacent to the counties they have recovered are Zhuozi County, Chahar Right Rear Banner and Shangdu County.

The commander of the regiment decided to take Shangdu County first, because among these counties, the Japanese puppet army in Zhuoxian County was the strongest.

Commander Kankasu Shigeki had always wanted to drive them and the Eighth Route Army out of Ulanqab City, Suiyuan Province, so he stationed several thousand Japanese and puppet troops in Zhuozi County.

If we launch the battle to recapture Zhuozi County first, not only will the casualties be heavy, but it will also take a long time.

The Japanese troops in Shangdu County were much smaller, and Shangdu County went north through Huade County and entered Guyuan County and Baochang County of Chahar Province, and then entered the base of their Fifth Brigade: Duolun County. Not far away was the headquarters of the Fifth Brigade, Chengde City, the capital of Rehe Province.

Attacking Shangdu County would allow them to connect the base of the 12th Brigade with the base of the 5th Brigade.

However, there are many hills, rivers, and passes between Xinghe County and Shangdu County. It is not convenient for their tank troops to advance. Moreover, if the Japanese army knew the news in advance and deployed defenses along the mountain valleys and passes, they would have to attack step by step, and casualties would be considerable.

In order not to expose their true combat intentions and let the Japanese troops in Shangdu County deploy defenses in the mountains, hills, river valleys and passes in the county in advance, a regiment commander decided to make a feint to the east and attack in the west to divert the attention of the Japanese troops.

The next day, the three companies of the second battalion of the first regiment began to gather in the direction of Zhuozi County. The second and fourth companies of the third battalion, and the first, second and third companies of the first battalion moved towards Shangdu County under the cover of night.

Soon, the Japanese scouts discovered that nearly a battalion of devil troops were gathering near their Zhuozi County at the east gate. They immediately guarded the city tightly to prevent the devil troops from attacking the city.

After the second battalion commander exposed his military strength, he left behind a company of soldiers to continue bluffing here, and then took the other two companies to the south gate of Zhuozis County, preparing to attack the city in a swaggering manner.

The Japanese soon discovered that nearly a battalion of troops were gathering at their south gate, and immediately mobilized troops to the south gate to prepare to resist the attack of the devil troops.

What puzzled the Japanese army was that the devilish troops assembled at their east gate and south gate had never launched an attack on them.

Soon, the air force from Xinjing was ordered to rush over to provide reinforcements and launched fierce bombing and strafing on the Japanese and puppet army's wall fortifications at the south and east gates of Zhuozis County.

The Japanese commander no longer wondered when the devil troops would launch an attack, and instead focused his attention on ordering his soldiers to defend against air attacks.

This time, the First Army's air force did not bomb the Japanese and puppet army fortifications in Zhuozi County for a very long time. They returned after only bombing for more than ten minutes.

The Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall hurriedly repaired the collapsed fortifications while keeping an eye on the soldiers of the Devil Forces outside the city wall.

At this time, the troops of the third battalion had quietly reached the border of Shangdu County.