Devil's Army

The third battalion commander quickly saw through the Japanese army's intentions and led his troops to fight and retreat, attracting a lot of Japanese troops.

The major was really angry at this time and had no place to vent his anger.

Jining County had been captured, but it was difficult to move forward. Every step forward required the sacrifice of a large number of imperial soldiers.

They wanted to take advantage of the weak ones outside the city, but they were as slippery as loaches and kept sliding around with them.

The major was unwilling to give up, so he ordered the soldiers to get on the cars and chase the fleeing soldiers of the Devil's Army with all their might.

The third battalion commander also asked the soldiers to get on the vehicles and retreat to the north. While retreating, he reported the situation to the first regiment commander.

Upon receiving the intelligence, a regimental commander immediately arranged for his soldiers to set up an ambush in a depression where the Stipa aegiceras grew most luxuriantly.

The Japanese army wanted to gain military merit, so they chased and shot all the way.

When the Japanese army chased to the depression, countless grenades and mortar shells flew in from the reeds on both sides, blowing them up and overturning their vehicles.

The retreating soldiers of the Third Battalion also stopped retreating and launched an attack on the Japanese troops pursuing them from the north.

The pursuing Japanese troops were ambushed on three sides, suffered heavy losses, and were forced to retreat.

The situation on the battlefield soon reversed, and the pursuing Japanese troops became the pursued Japanese.

The Japanese army was surrounded on three sides, with only the way in. They had no choice but to retreat.

After the Japanese army retreated to the north gate of Jining County, the major immediately organized his troops into a combat posture to defend against the attack of the first regiment. However, the commander of the first regiment did not order his troops to attack the major's troops immediately.

At this time, the major was furious because the aviation unit of the Devil's Army was still patrolling in the sky, and he was hesitant to fight. The artillery did not dare to bomb, and the troops did not dare to assemble.

After the artillery of the first regiment was in position, it suddenly launched a fierce bombardment at the Japanese troops outside the north gate of Jining County without any warning.

Afterwards, the artillery of the 1st regiment extended its fire, splitting the Japanese troops inside and outside the north gate of Jining County into two forces.

A regiment commander was annoyed by the Japanese troops in Zhuozi County. Before the shelling had completely stopped, he ordered all the soldiers to split into three groups and advance forward.

The major had stopped the Japanese army's retreat and ordered them to resist the attack of the devil's army on three sides. However, they were overwhelmed by the attack of a group of soldiers.

What frustrated the major was that their artillery was larger and more numerous than that of the Devil's. However, the Devil's air force was still strafing and bombing them from time to time in the air, and their artillery did not dare to fire at all.

Just as the Japanese army was struggling to hold off the 1st Regiment's attack, the 2nd Tank Company of the 1st Regiment, after replenishing fuel and ammunition in Xinghe County, also rushed over and launched an attack on the Japanese army.

The fierce firepower and rapid maneuverability of the tanks of the Second Tank Company immediately tore through the Japanese army's front line of defense.

The infantry next to the tanks also quickly followed and soon broke through the Japanese defense line.

The major lamented that the golden time for attacking Jining County had passed, and the main force of the Devil's Army had already returned to support. He had no choice but to order his troops to return.

The Japanese deputy battalion commander received the news that the major had retreated and immediately ordered his troops to retreat. Otherwise, the devil troops would take their retreat from the small road and they would have no way to retreat.

A regiment commander lifted the siege of Jining County, and the siege of Liangcheng County was also lifted.

When Captain Yao saw that the siege of Jining County had been lifted, he hurriedly said goodbye to the commander of the regiment.

He knew that Liangcheng County was also under heavy attack by the Japanese army. Now he was eager to rush back to find out the situation in Liangcheng County.

The regiment commander did not try to keep Captain Yao, but immediately arranged for the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.