Devil's Army

Brigade Commander Guo received Leng Feng's telegram and was about to ask the troops to speed up their march when the messenger delivered another piece of bad news:

Another unit of the 17th Brigade was blocked by the Dahailang River when it attacked Changting Town from another road.

The second commander searched for a long time but could not find many boats. The river was so turbulent that it was impossible to wade across.

It doesn't take two main regiments to attack a town. Leng Feng arranged for two regiments to enter Hailin County for the greater purpose of deterrence.

Brigade Commander Guo quickly replied, ordering the Second Regiment to deploy along the Dahailang River, ready to attack the other side of the river at any moment, in order to intimidate the main force of the Japanese Korean Division in Hailin County.

The Second Regiment Commander understood Brigade Commander Guo's intention and ordered the artillery to launch a fierce bombardment on the Japanese positions on the other side of the river without building any fortifications.

The sound of artillery fire made the Japanese troops on the other side of the Dahailang River nervous, and they quickly reported to the commander.

When the commander of the Korean division of the Japanese army heard that Hengdaohezi Town was in danger, he urgently ordered a troop to reinforce it.

Now Zhangguangcai Mountain and Dahailang River are also in danger, making him miserable. If he lets the devil army get involved in his Hailin County, he will be in trouble from now on.

Now that Zhangguangcai Ridge has fallen, he estimated that the devil army's target is Changting Town, so he also sent troops to reinforce Changting Town and Dahailan River.

Before the Japanese reinforcements could reach Hengdaohezi Town, they were blocked by the Fourth Battalion at the foot of Gaolingzi Mountain.

The Japanese army used artillery to fiercely bombard Gaolingzi Mountain. But before their infantry could start the attack, the Xinjing Air Force had already rushed to support them.

The Korean divisions of the Japanese army, accustomed to bombing others, were not used to being bombed by the air force of the devil's army. The soldiers were at a loss, their formation was in chaos, and there was no way they could attack Gaolingzi Mountain.

The Xinjing Air Force also discovered that another reinforcement force of the Japanese Korean Division was heading towards Dunhua City, and immediately launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on them.

The air raid by the aviation force caused the reinforcements of the Japanese army to be in disarray, and they fled everywhere to avoid the air raid, which effectively delayed the reinforcement of the Japanese army.

After receiving the intelligence, Brigade Commander Guo ordered the regiment to march quickly, and they arrived at the west gate and south gate of Changting Town at around five o'clock in the evening.

Without time to rest, the first regiment commander immediately ordered the second and third battalions to attack the west gate and south gate of Changting Town at the same time.

The Japanese commander of Changting Town knew that their reinforcements were on the way and decided to hold on and wait for help.

The Japanese army's resistance at the west gate and the south gate was very tenacious, and the dense firepower network temporarily blocked the attacks of the second and third battalions.

Upon seeing this, a regimental commander ordered the artillerymen who had just arrived at the position to carry out precise strikes on the Japanese firepower points on the west and south gate walls.

With loud bangs, the Japanese firepower points were destroyed one after another.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the second and third battalions rushed towards the city gate like tigers descending from the mountains.

At the same time, after learning that the 1st Regiment's attack was blocked, Brigade Commander Guo ordered the 2nd Regiment deployed on the Dahailang River to pretend to cross the river and attack, in order to tie down the Japanese troops there and return to support Changting Town.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Changting Town were seriously short of manpower. The commander of the Japanese Korean division received several telegrams asking for help in one day, and was overwhelmed and didn't know how to allocate troops.

Under the brave attack of a group of soldiers, the Japanese defense lines at the west gate and south gate were torn open.

The soldiers rushed into the town and engaged in fierce street fighting with the Japanese army.

As the sky gradually darkened, the sound of gunfire in Changting Town gradually stopped.

The 17th Brigade successfully recaptured Changting Town.