Devil's Army

Compared with the Japs in Oroqen and Hejiazhai, Lieutenant Colonel Takeda who attacked Hujia Village had it much easier.

Because the mountains behind Hujia Village are high and densely forested and not suitable for transporting heavy weapons, the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles did not come over.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda successfully passed through the Aozuikou Pass which was still under their control and arrived at Hujia Village.

Since the terrain of Hujia Village was not suitable for positional warfare, Wulang only arranged one battalion to resist here.

The Japanese set up mortars and two small mountain guns and began to bombard the Hujia Village position, and sent people to encircle the village from behind. The battalion commander immediately led the soldiers to retreat to the cave.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda successfully occupied Hujia Village and after a brief search, he headed towards the forest behind the mountain.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda came to the cliff path smoothly. He had learned from the veterans who had encircled and suppressed the Hujia Village Devil Troops that the Hujia Village Devil Troops were elusive and difficult to track down. But after passing the cliff path, there was a direct path to Hejia Village. If the Hujia Village Devil Troops could not be found, entering Hejia Village would be a great achievement.

However, although Lieutenant Colonel Takeda's idea was good, it was difficult to achieve in reality.

One of his squadrons of the Imperial Army and another squadron of the Imperial Army had just passed the cliff path and entered the difficult and prickly thorn bush. The men of the Second and Third Battalions of the First Regiment, who had been ambushed on both sides of the thorn bush, opened fire at full force and shot at the thorn bush.

Poor puppet soldiers and devils in the thorn bush. It was difficult for them to even turn around in the thorn bush, let alone lie down and fire back.

The puppet soldiers and devils in the thorn bushes kept wailing. The devil machine gunner on the other side of the cliff path immediately lay down and fired at the devil's troops' ambush on this side of the cliff path.

The two small mountain guns that had been pulled to the side of the cliff path were operated by the novice artillerymen of Wulang and kept bombarding the Japanese machine gun positions on the other side of the cliff path. One by one, the Japanese in the machine gun positions were blown up into the sky along with the machine guns.

Another squadron of Japanese soldiers who were passing through the cliff path were attacked by the first battalion of the second regiment of the devil troops on the top of the cliff path. Grenades exploded accurately above their heads, sending all the Japanese soldiers in this squadron into the abyss of the cliff.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda temporarily stopped the attack. Just now in Hujia Village, he felt that the operation was going smoothly, but in the blink of an eye, three squadrons of troops were lost on this cliff path.

This cliff path was too difficult to walk on. There was only one way to pass it smoothly. Major Fujie broke into Hejiazhao Village and then attacked from the opposite side, while he attacked from this side. In this way, the devil troops had no way to set up an ambush at both ends of the cliff path.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda sent a telegram to Major Fujie. Major Fujie replied: They haven't even broken through the pass on the mountainside of Hejiazhao Village. Now they are surrounded by more than 6,000 devil troops on the road from the pass on the mountainside to the fortifications in the grove, and they are trying their best to break out.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda sent a telegram. There are more than 6,000 devil troops in Hejia Village? Then wouldn't his Hujia Village only have 1,000 or 2,000 devil troops? He is so lucky!

In order to pass the cliff path smoothly, the devil troops on the top of the cliff path must be eliminated.

Because the forest was difficult to walk on, they did not bring any heavy weapons with them. In order to avoid the small cannon on the opposite side of the cliff path, Lieutenant Colonel Takeda chose to attack from the side of the cliff path to the top of the cliff. This was the blind spot of the small cannon on the opposite side, so the small cannon on the opposite side had no place to use.

He arranged four mortars on the side of the cliff, constantly bombarding the firepower point of the devil troops on the top of the cliff. At the same time, another squadron of the imperial army charged to the top of the cliff.

The third battalion commander only left two observers, and the others were hiding in the tunnels.

"Battalion Commander, the Japanese are really rich. They have been firing for such a long time and they haven't stopped yet." A short soldier squatting next to the third battalion commander chatted.

"The Japanese are really generous. They are sending us materials. When the battle is over, we will collect them all and send them to our arsenal to make bullets and return them to them."

"Hahahaha" came the hearty laughter of the soldiers in the tunnel.

"Four hundred meters, three hundred and fifty meters..."

The third battalion commander was in the tunnel, silently listening to the observation soldier reporting the distance of the Japanese. He stopped talking.

"Two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters, the battalion commander's Japanese are only fifty meters away from us." The observer reported.

"Everyone get ready." After a shout, everyone took out the prepared grenades and pulled out the safety pins.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda had been staring at the charging squadron of Imperial Army from the side of the cliff. They were only a hundred meters away from the top of the cliff, but there was still no movement.

"Could it be that the devil troops on the top of the cliff have withdrawn? If they have, he will let this squadron occupy the top of the cliff. In this way, they can control both sides of the cliff path from a high position."

Just as Lieutenant Colonel Takeda was daydreaming, the Japanese soldiers of this squadron were less than 30 meters away from the top of the cliff. A series of grenades flew out from the top of the cliff.

The commanders of the third battalion were all experts in throwing grenades. They counted to three in the tunnel before throwing them. Most of the grenades exploded on top of the Japanese soldiers' heads, which greatly increased their lethality. The Japanese soldiers in this squadron kept rolling down the cliff amid the explosions of the grenades.

Then there was intensive gunfire from the top of the cliff. The lucky Japanese soldiers who had avoided the grenade shrapnel attack were shot one after another, and their bodies kept rolling down the cliff.

In order to avoid hurting their own people, the Japanese mortars stopped bombing when the squadron of Imperial Army was only about 100 meters away from the top.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda ordered the mortars to continue bombing and sent another squadron of Imperial Army to follow up.

This time, the third battalion commander did not wait until the enemy rushed to 30 meters before throwing the grenade, because it was too risky. The enemy rushed to the top of the mountain without paying attention. He ordered his soldiers to shoot as soon as the enemy's mortars stopped.

A battalion faced a squadron of Japanese soldiers, with the advantage in numbers, firepower and terrain. The Japanese soldiers' charge was unsurprisingly defeated and repelled again.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda was so angry that he stared blankly. At this time, the signalman brought a telegram from Commander Musashi, ordering them to retreat because the two imperial army troops that were besieging the Oroqen tribe and Hejia Village were almost completely wiped out.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda had no choice but to retreat in disappointment with his troops whose casualties were less than a thousand.