Devil's Army

Of course, the tank soldiers knew the Japanese army's intentions, so they stopped advancing and stayed where they were, bombing the Japanese mortar positions while waiting for the Eighth Route Army cavalry.

After the Japanese mortars were suppressed by the tank artillery, the Eighth Route Army cavalry quickly approached the tanks.

When the Japanese army saw that the tanks of the Devil Unit had stopped advancing, they began to send suicide squads to blow up the tanks.

When the Japanese suicide squad approached the tank, the Eighth Route Army cavalry had already arrived on both sides of the tank.

The Eighth Route Army cavalry waved their cold sabers and killed the Japanese suicide squads who tried to approach the tanks one by one.

Under the cover of tanks, the subsequent Eighth Route Army cavalry quickly passed through the path under the ancient city wall and established a defense line in front, completely blocking the Japanese army's support supply line on the ancient city wall.

The soldiers of the First Battalion of the Second Regiment fought back against the sparsely populated Japanese troops on the ancient city wall, while quickly passing through the small path and reaching the defense line established by the Eighth Route Army cavalry.

In order to prevent attacks from Japanese artillery after their air force returned, the Eighth Route Army cavalry deliberately set up defense lines in the dense woods on both sides of the trail.

This would not only allow them to attack transport teams attempting to supply the Japanese troops on the ancient city wall through the small paths, but also prevent bombing from Japanese artillery on the top of the mountain.

At this time, the Japanese troops on the ancient city wall had been completely cut into an isolated force, and defeat was only a matter of time.

The captain of the Japanese army was in charge of defending this area. He certainly would not watch his troops being surrounded and annihilated by the devil's army.

He immediately mobilized his troops to quietly reinforce the troops on the ancient city wall.

After the air force from Shangdu Airport returned, the sentries of the first battalion on guard quickly discovered the Japanese troops who were attempting to launch a sneak attack on them.

Fierce gunfire rang out in the makeshift position.

The captain launched a wave-like, continuous attack on the First Battalion's position. However, the First Army's tank, like a steel fortress, stood between the Eighth Route Army and the First Battalion's positions on both sides of the trail, continuously strafing and bombing the attacking Japanese troops.

The Eighth Route Army cavalry also attacked the attacking Japanese troops when the tanks paused their bombing.

The clatter of horses' hooves and the sharpness of sabers frightened the attacking Japanese soldiers. But the captain had no choice. If they gave up on reinforcements, the troops on the ancient city wall would be wiped out.

The captain called in mortar soldiers and fired fiercely at the devil troops' tanks that posed the greatest threat to them.

The shell hit the tank's armor, then bounced off and exploded, sending shrapnel flying and injuring a battalion of soldiers around the tank.

But the tank only had some paint blown off and continued to fire at them fiercely.

At this time, a mortar shell hit the left track of the tank.

The metal pins of the tank tracks were blown off, and the heavy tank tracks slid to the ground.

The remaining tank of the First Army had lost its ability to maneuver, but it still stood in the middle of the road like a bunker, strafing and bombing the attacking Japanese troops.

The Japanese artillery on the top of Baolihangaladan Mountain wanted to bomb the positions of the Devil Forces, but the dense forest here blocked the sight of the Japanese artillery observers on the top of the mountain.

Secondly, the location chosen by the Eighth Route Army cavalry was rather tricky, and it was difficult for the Japanese artillery on the top of the mountain to carry out a blanket bombing.

In this way, the Japanese army had no way to break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army and the First Battalion.

The Eighth Route Army and the First Battalion were also unable to defeat the Japanese reinforcements.

The Japanese reinforcements built fortifications in the open terrain in front of the Eighth Route Army's position.

The two sides remained in a stalemate.