Devil's Army

More than half an hour had passed since they arrived to meet Deputy Company Commander Liu and his men, but the tank company commander had not yet broken through the Japanese army's East Gate Street defense line.

The tank company commander left the guards behind and rode straight in on his own, launching a fierce attack on the Japanese positions.

In order to stop the attack of the devil troops, the Japanese major personally went to the front to command.

The Japanese major was furious at the tanks of the devil troops.

He ordered the puppet troops to form a death squad to blow up the tanks of the devil troops.

The puppet soldiers were horrified when they heard this. Wouldn't this just make them cannon fodder? They all hesitated and refused to move forward.

The major immediately pulled out his pistol and shot the three puppet soldiers in front of him, saying angrily:

"You charge forward, and as long as you blow up a tank of the Devil's Army, you can retreat and no longer participate in the battle. But if you are afraid of death, I will send you to death directly."

The Japanese soldiers held a puppet squad leader and a puppet soldier at gunpoint and took them to the roof of a building with explosives. They were waiting for the tank company commander to come over, and then they would throw the explosives and blow up the tank commander's tank.

Not far away, a company commander's tank rumbled over, and machine guns kept firing at the Japanese and puppet troops on both sides who were about to attack.

The soldiers who were guarding closely behind them were also constantly clearing out the Japanese and puppet troops on both sides.

The Japanese soldiers on the roof pointed their bayonets and forced the puppet army squad leader and soldiers to throw explosive packs down.

The puppet army squad leader and the soldier's calves were trembling when they saw the tank's machine gun firing "da da da..." and they did not dare to throw the explosive packs at all.

The Japanese soldier stepped forward, ready to stab both of them to death with his bayonet.

Suddenly, the puppet army squad leader ignited the explosive pack of the soldier next to him and pushed him down the stairs.

The puppet soldier shouted in panic, and then fell heavily on the top of the tank tower.

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud "boom" and the explosive pack exploded, blowing away the puppet soldiers and the top of the tank tower.

The tank company commander and other tank drivers and crew members died for their country immediately.

The soldiers nearby were also blown away by the shock wave of the explosion.

The battle had reached this point, which was beyond the captain's expectation.

He originally thought that the Japanese and puppet troops in Zhuozi County just had a large number of troops, but he didn't expect them to fight so fiercely.

Because he didn't know that the commander of the Mongolian army, Amakasu Shige, had given the major a death order that if Zhuozi County was lost, he would commit disembowelment to apologize to the Emperor.

Since they were going to die anyway, it was better to die heroically on the battlefield than to die in disgrace. So the major went to the front line to supervise the battle.

The Japanese deputy battalion commander also went to the south gate of Zhuozi County to supervise the battle.

The battle at the south gate of Zhuozi County was also very fierce. So far, three tanks of the Second Tank Company of the First Army have been destroyed in the city. The casualties of the soldiers of the First Regiment are also not small.

The commander of the first regiment reported the battle situation to the commander of the 12th Brigade, Du, who asked him to temporarily stop the attack and maintain the current situation, otherwise even if they captured Zhuozi County, their regiment would be crippled.

The regiment commander had no choice but to order a temporary halt to the attack, maintain the existing defense line, consolidate the position, and prevent a counterattack by the Japanese army.

The regiment commander had fought in so many battles, and what he feared most was street fighting. Because the houses belonged to ordinary people, he could not allow the air force to bomb them as recklessly as the Japanese did.

The major took advantage of the commander's fear of the consequences and fought with them house by house and alley by alley.

In the evening, a telegram from Brigadier General Du arrived, telling the commander of a regiment that he had sent them a reinforcement force that would arrive before 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.