Devil's Army

The mixed fighter-bomber squadron of the First Army supporting Jining County also had to carry out air strikes on Japanese troops outside Liangcheng County.

The Japanese deputy battalion commander led another Japanese army to attack Liangcheng County at this time, but was stubbornly blocked by the Eighth Route Army Infantry Battalion.

Because the battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army followed the rhythm of the Japanese attack, when the Japanese artillery bombarded fiercely, he only left an observation post and withdrew other troops to defend against the artillery.

When the Japanese infantry launched a large-scale attack, they quickly climbed onto the city wall to block them.

This move repelled the Japanese army's multiple attacks, but the Japanese artillery units still destroyed all of the Eighth Route Army's fortifications on the city wall, causing considerable casualties to the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The Eighth Route Army cavalry then secretly left the city from the east gate and took a detour to prepare for a surprise attack on the Japanese artillery positions.

When the Eighth Route Army cavalry approached the Japanese artillery position, they were discovered by their guarding troops. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

Fortunately, the Japanese infantry and machine gun units came back to support in time, otherwise their artillery positions would have been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army cavalry.

Subsequently, the First Army's air force arrived and launched fierce strafing and bombing on the attacking Japanese and puppet troops.

The Japanese artillery also stopped bombing and hid.

The Second Tank Company of the military camp outside Jining County learned that Jining County was in danger and rushed to reinforce it with more than one platoon of soldiers.

Unexpectedly, they were bombarded by Japanese mountain artillery and 100mm howitzers. Two tanks were destroyed by Japanese artillery.

In order to reduce losses, the commander of the second tank company immediately ordered the troops to retreat to Xinghe County.

After the First Army's planes returned, the Japanese artillery launched a more fierce bombing on the fortifications in Jining County and the destroyed city walls.

The second battalion commander estimated that Jining County would be difficult to hold, so he ordered his troops to build a second line of defense in the streets of the city.

Sure enough, not long after, the Japanese army blew up the north gate of Jining County. Jining County was in danger.

The Japanese army, which had fought for many days without success, rushed into the city angrily. They wanted to massacre Jining County in revenge for the losses they had suffered in the past few days.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion relied on the fortifications they had built inside the city to resist the Japanese attack house by house and alley by alley.

Because the Japanese army was engaged in a melee with the soldiers of the Second Battalion, the artillery outside the city was unable to provide support.

Deputy Captain Xu knew that Jining County and Liangcheng County were in danger. After his fighter and bomber mixed squadron returned, he sent another fighter and bomber mixed squadron to provide support.

The precise and fierce firepower of the First Army's Air Force provided strong support for the resistance of the soldiers of the Second Battalion of Jining County and the Eighth Route Army soldiers of Liangcheng County.

The Japanese major became angry and humiliated when he saw that he had attacked Jining County for a long time but failed to occupy the entire county.

He ordered his soldiers to set fire to the occupied area, and he wanted to burn Jining County into a living hell, so that the unruly people in Jining County would not dare to mix with the soldiers of the devil's army.

Who knew that this fire set by the Japanese army would completely ignite the anger of the people of Jining County.

They volunteered to deliver food and water and carry the wounded to the soldiers of the Second Battalion on the front line.

The Japanese army, which had superior manpower, was caught in the ocean of people's war.

Due to the lack of trucks, the 1st Company and part of the 2nd Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment, which arrived early, did not wait for the arrival of the follow-up large forces, and immediately launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army from the north.

The major was caught off guard by the soldiers of the third battalion. But they quickly recovered and realized that the devil troops attacking them were not numerous, so they immediately divided into three groups to outflank the troops of the third battalion.