Devil's Army

After crossing Daqing Mountain, the transport team split into two groups and headed for the warehouse of the 17th Brigade, while the other group continued to head for the warehouse of the 7th Brigade.

When they arrived at the battalion headquarters of the 7th Brigade, some soldiers handed over supplies to the soldiers from the logistics department of the 7th Brigade, while the team leader took the wounded to the medical room of the 7th Brigade.

The Second Regiment took the main attack during the day today, but still failed to capture the east gate of Hailin County.

The commander of the 7th Brigade and the commander of the 2nd Regiment were also visiting the injured soldiers in the infirmary at this time.

He saw Captain Hu of the transport team coming with more than ten wounded soldiers and asked with concern:

“What happened today?”

"The convoy was attacked by Japanese bombers when it was climbing up the Daqing Mountains."

"Didn't our aviation force come to reinforce?"

"Yes, if the Majiagou air force hadn't arrived in time, our entire transport team would have been destroyed. This time, only one truck's worth of supplies was destroyed by the Japanese bombers."

“How many bombers did the Japanese army dispatch?”

“Three.”

"How dare you bomb our convoy with just three bombers? Don't you have fighter planes?"

Captain Hu shook his head.

"Your convoy's whereabouts must have been exposed. There must be Japanese scouts nearby."

"I'll go back and talk to our captain about increasing patrols and searches in this area."

"The transport team's departure time and route must be more covert."

"Yes."

Then the commander of the Seventh Brigade said to the commander of the Second Regiment:

"It seems that our blockade of the Japanese army's transportation lines in Hailin County has been effective. The Japanese army has run out of tricks and wants to block our transportation lines as well."

"That depends on whether he has the ability. Commander, shall we intensify our attack tomorrow?"

"No, a strong attack would result in too many casualties. Let's just keep fighting them like this. When they run out of ammunition, we'll launch another strong attack."

The next morning, the fighting resumed, and Hailin County was once again enveloped in the sound of gunfire and smoke.

The Japanese soldiers were already accustomed to the appetizer every morning - the artillery bombardment of the Devil's Army. But today was an exception. The Devil's Army outside the East Gate did not bombard them.

It was just the infantry attacking under the cover of machine guns and shoulder-fired artillery (40 rocket launchers).

The Japanese and puppet troops hurried to the city wall to reinforce and block the attack of the devil troops.

The soldiers of the 7th Brigade had not yet completely retreated when the belated artillery bombardment followed.

The east gate of Hailin County was once again filled with flying sand and rocks and smoke.

Many bodies of Japanese and puppet soldiers were blown off the city walls by artillery shells.

At the east gate of Hailin County, new corpses were piled on top of old ones, layer upon layer, emitting a strong smell of blood.

By noon, the commander of the 7th Brigade clearly felt that the firepower of the Japanese counterattack had decreased.

He spoke with Brigade Commander Guo, who shared the same sentiment.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade analyzed that the Japanese army’s supplies should be quite tight.

He and Brigade Commander Guo decided to intensify the offensive in the afternoon, and at the same time issued a military order to Leng Feng: break through the Japanese Hailin County defense line before 12 noon tomorrow.

After receiving the military orders from the Seventh Brigade Commander and Brigade Commander Guo, Leng Feng ordered: The Second Parachute Battalion will carry out the decapitation operation at six o'clock tomorrow morning.

After lunch, the 7th and 17th Brigades intensified their offensive.

Shells hit the Japanese fortifications on the Hailin city wall one after another.

The shouts of the attacking infantry frightened the Japanese troops in the city.

The Japanese commander arranged reinforcements to the city walls from time to time, and only then was he able to barely stop the attack of the devil troops.

As night fell, the Japanese army "resisted" the fierce attacks of the 7th and 17th Brigades.

The Japanese commander's face became increasingly ugly as he looked at the reports from the three city gate commanders.