Devil's Army

When the more than 16,000 Japanese soldiers and puppet troops reached the small intersection, Colonel Nagano led more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers and puppet troops to the Oroqen tribe, and the rest of the troops continued to move forward.

When they reached the intersection of Tieling County, Major Fujie led more than 5000 Japanese and puppet troops to Hejiazhao Village. The remaining troops, led by Lieutenant Colonel Takeda, continued to set out for Hujia Village.

Less than an hour after the battle of the Oroqen tribe started, the fortifications in the small woods outside the Hejia'an Village in Tieling County were also attacked.

Commander Musashi was asked to lead the troops to encircle and destroy the evil forces in Hejiazhai Village to make up for his failure to reinforce Fengtian. If the evil forces in Hejiazhai Village could not be annihilated this time, he would commit seppuku to apologize to the Emperor.

After several days of fierce fighting with the Devil's Army, Major Fujie knew very well that this Devil's Army was not an ordinary resistance force, and they were even better at fighting than the Northeastern Army.

He cautiously sent a squadron of Japanese soldiers and a tank to lead the charge, and ten minutes later sent another squadron of Japanese soldiers and a tank to set off.

In this way, a squadron of Japanese or puppet troops would set out every ten minutes.

"The Japanese only send out a squadron every ten minutes. We have no way to wipe them all out." Huang Lei said to Wang Zhuangfei.

"Order: First Company Commander, change your original tactics of fleeing at the slightest resistance. Hold the fortifications in the grove and wipe out this squadron of devils. Let the Red Wolves help destroy them with the tanks."

Deputy Brigade Commander Huang called the telephone at the grove fortifications and conveyed Brigade Commander Wang's order to the first company commander. He also called the mountain pass to find Red Wolf and asked him to help destroy the enemy tanks.

The Japanese tanks began to bomb the grove fortifications when they were still 800 meters away, and the Japanese squadrons on both sides followed suit.

The Japs also set up four mortars nearby and kept bombarding the fortifications in the grove.

A company commander led the soldiers to hide in the anti-artillery pit under the fortifications. Although the continuous bombing did not cause much casualties to them, the shock waves produced by the continuous bombing made them feel very uncomfortable.

Feilong transmitted the coordinates of the Japanese's first tank and mortar position to Red Wolf.

Red Wolf commanded two howitzers, one aimed at the top of the tower of the Japanese's first tank, and the other aimed at the Japanese mortar position.

This was the first time for the artillerymen to operate a howitzer. They felt a little excited and a little nervous.

After Red Wolf checked everything, he waved the little red flag and ordered, "Single volley, fire." Two 155mm howitzer shells whizzed towards the devils.

A grenade aimed at the first Japanese tank whizzed and hit its tracks. The tracks of the Japanese tank were blown off on the spot, and the driver and crew inside the tank were also knocked unconscious by the huge impact of the howitzer. The Japanese infantrymen within a hundred or two hundred meters around were also blown up or fell to the ground.

Another grenade hit the Japanese mortar position accurately, and eight Japanese artillerymen and the surrounding Japanese were blown away.

Major Fujie heard the whistling sound of the 155mm howitzer shells and felt nervous. What he feared was bound to come true. He had been tortured by this kind of large-caliber howitzer when he reinforced Fengtian last time. Just now, he was still muttering in his heart: It would be better if this kind of large-caliber howitzer was not deployed here. Who knew that he would be slapped in the face as soon as the battle started.

There was no point in being afraid now. The Japanese in the vanguard squadron had been crippled. He ordered the troops to press forward and seize the fortifications in the grove as soon as possible. The grenade launchers were close in for support. Only when they were mixed with the devil's troops would this high-destructive howitzer be useless.

The company commander immediately ordered the soldiers to fight back, and for a while the sound of gunfire and explosions from the fortifications in the grove continued.

Wang Zhuangfei saw the Japanese approaching in full force and ordered the company commander to prepare for a rout.

The company captain resisted for a while, then led his soldiers to flee to both sides of the grove.

Major Fujie had fought against the demon army for several days and knew that they were not so easy to defeat. Fearing a trick, he did not order his soldiers to pursue, but instead ordered his troops to advance to the mountainside pass with all their strength.

Red Wolf directed the howitzer to fire four more shells at the Japanese rear guard. The Japanese rear guard suffered heavy casualties and rushed towards the fortifications in the grove.

Wang Zhuangfei saw that all the Japanese had entered the encirclement and was ready to sound the clarion call for the general attack. At this time, Leng Feng called him.

Wang Zhuangfei took the call, and Leng Feng on the other end of the phone told Wang Zhuangfei. Try not to use artillery fire or grenades to blow up tanks and armored vehicles, as this will destroy the tanks and armored vehicles. Just kill the drivers and passengers inside. He wanted to keep the tanks and armored vehicles as intact as possible.

Wang Zhuangfei put down the phone and said to Huang Lei: "It seems that the commander is going to make another big move." He then conveyed Leng Feng's order to the first and second regiments that were preparing to ambush.

The Japanese couldn't take down the mountain pass for a while, and the rear guard troops were afraid of being bombed, so they all squeezed into the fortifications in the grove. More than 5,000 troops were densely packed on the road from the mountain pass to the fortifications in the grove.

Wang Zhuangfei sounded the loud call for the general attack.

The second and third regiments ambushed on both sides of the path opened fire at the same time. Dense bullets and grenades flew towards the Japanese on the path.

The Japanese were so densely packed together that one bullet could sometimes penetrate two or three of them. The soldiers became sharpshooters at this time and could hit the target with their eyes closed.

Major Fujie gave up attacking the mountain pass and organized the Japanese to build a temporary defense line to block the 2nd and 3rd Regiments on both sides of the path. The remaining Japanese rear guards became the vanguard and rushed out of the encirclement with all their strength.

At this time, the "fleeing" regiment and the third and fourth battalions of the fourth regiment had already tightened their pockets and blocked the Japanese in front of the fortifications in the small woods on the path.

Only by breaking through this small forest fortification can the Japanese escape the encirclement. All the Japanese know this.

Major Fujie ordered the Imperial Army and the puppet army to charge at the fortifications in the grove continuously. As soon as one wave of Japanese soldiers fell, another wave rushed over.

Finally, less than a thousand Japanese soldiers rushed out of the fortifications in the grove with Major Fujie, stepping on the corpses of their companions and escaping the encirclement.

The Fourth Brigade finally succeeded in defending the Hejiazhai base at an acceptable cost of casualties. The Second and Third Regiments excitedly ran to the path from both sides, cheering and shouting.