Devil's Army

Just as this group of Japanese troops approached the camp of the Second Regiment's vanguard and prepared to take action, fierce gunfire was heard from both sides of the camp.

Fierce gunfire was also heard in the camp.

The Japanese commander was shocked. He did not expect that the devil troops were well prepared and he fell into their encirclement. He immediately ordered his troops to withdraw to Hailin County.

But it was easy to come, but it was not so easy to leave. Bullets, rockets, and mortar shells kept hitting the Japanese soldiers.

The failure of the soldiers of the Second and Fourth Regiments in attacking Hailin County during the day turned into angry bullets, which were fired at the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

The Japanese army was surrounded on all sides and suffered heavy losses. They launched an all-out attack towards Hailin County.

After continuous and desperate attacks, the Japanese army finally tore a hole in the encirclement of the Fourth Regiment and fled back to Hailinju with a small number of Japanese troops.

The Japanese army's sneak attack at the west gate of Hailin County was discovered by a group of sentries, who immediately retreated with cross-cover cover.

When a regiment of soldiers came after them, most of the Japanese troops who launched the surprise attack had already retreated to Hailin County.

This time, one of the devil troops that attacked the west gate and the south gate suffered heavy losses, and less than one-third of the soldiers escaped.

Another unit also failed in its sneak attack, which made the division commander feel that this devilish unit was really difficult to deal with.

What comforted him a little was that the Japanese reinforcements from Dongning County, Mudanjiang, took advantage of the darkness of night when the Devil Forces’ air force could not launch an air raid and arrived at Hailin County from the north gate.

For him, who has been receiving bad news all the time recently, this is great news.

The commanders of the first and third regiments were filled with regret when they saw that most of the Japanese troops who had launched a sneak attack had fled back to Hailin County, while their brother troops at the south gate had wiped out most of the Japanese troops who had launched a sneak attack.

If I had been more vigilant and moved faster, I could have wiped out these Japanese troops outside the city, and tomorrow's battle wouldn't have been so brutal.

Brigade Commander Guo did not criticize them. As long as they thwarted the Japanese surprise attack, that was all that mattered.

The next morning, before daybreak, a regimental commander ordered his soldiers to launch an attack on the Japanese troops on the west gate wall.

The fierce artillery fire tore through the still asleep Hailin City.

After the bombing, the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall were in mourning. Under pressure from the Japanese, the puppet troops nearby climbed up the city wall to resist.

Yesterday's tragic scene was repeated at the three gates of Hailin City.

Soon, the Xinjing Air Force came to support and took turns to fiercely bomb and strafing the Japanese troops at the three city gates.

The division commander continued to send reinforcements to the city gate, just like he did yesterday, regardless of casualties.

The Japanese artillery took advantage of the return of the air force to continuously counterattack the devil troops attacking the city, causing considerable damage to the soldiers of the 7th and 17th Brigades.

The battle soon entered a stalemate.

Leng Fengfa asked the commanders of the 17th and th Brigades when they could break through the defense line of Hailin County.

Since the main force of the Japanese Army's 20th Korean Division stationed in Hailin County was still there, it received reinforcements from Dongning County, Mudanjiang City.

Neither the commander of the 17th Brigade nor the commander of the th Brigade had any way of predicting when they could break through the defense line of Hailin County.

Leng Feng did not order the paratrooper troops on standby to take action.

A rapid advance into Hailin County was now impossible, and a decapitation operation was out of the question. The battle had become a war of attrition.

Leng Feng ordered the air force to increase surveillance of the north gate of Hailin County and cut off the Japanese army's supply lines.

The Japanese army's material supply convoy in Mudanjiang City could only switch from daytime to nighttime operations.