Devil's Army

Soldiers from the Seventh Brigade imitated those from the Fourth Brigade and feinted an attack on the south gate of Linkou County with firecrackers and mortars. However, the Japanese were not fooled and only responded with a few sporadic shots.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade noticed through the telescope that although the Japanese did not fight back, they were still on high alert. He did not call off the soldiers' feint attack and continued to paralyze the Japanese.

While the soldiers of the 7th and 4th Brigades were feinting an attack on the Korean division of the Japanese army in Linkou County, the 17th Brigade was launching a full-scale attack on the Japanese army in Yanbian.

The first regiment and two battalions withdrawn from Dongning County immediately participated in the battle to recapture Hunchun.

At that time, Hunchun was an important strategic node on the northeastern border. Because it was located at the junction of China, the Soviet Union and North Korea, it was not only the frontier of the Japanese army's defense against the Soviet Union, but also one of the important areas for the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army to carry out guerrilla warfare.

From a strategic perspective, Hunchun is close to the Soviet Union and North Korea and is the eastern key point of the Japanese army's "Manchurian National Defense" system.

The Japanese army deployed troops here, on the one hand to guard against possible Soviet military actions, and on the other hand to suppress local and surrounding anti-Japanese armed forces and cut off the connection between the Anti-Japanese United Army and the Soviet Union and North Korea.

The Japanese army established multiple strongholds, bunkers and semi-permanent fortifications in Hunchun and surrounding areas.

The permanent troops include infantry units, military police, puppet Manchukuo military and police, etc., and the size is usually around several thousand people (including auxiliary forces).

A regiment suddenly launched a surprise attack on the Japanese troops in Hunchun from Wangqing County.

The troops advanced quickly, but before entering Hunchun, they were blocked by the Japanese army in Hedong Village, Luozigou Town, Wangqing County.

Here, there are trenches built by the Japanese army to block the Soviet Red Army. These trenches and the Japanese fortifications at the Seventy-two Peaks are part of the same system. There are simple field positions and a group of bunkers.

After being blocked, the regimental commander did not launch a strong attack, but called for air force reinforcements.

Soon, the Xinjing Air Force (the expansion of Majiagou Airport had not yet been completed) flew over to provide reinforcements and bombarded the Japanese fortifications and bunkers in Luojiagou.

The Japanese troops in Hunchun were attacked again by airstrikes after the 1938 "Zhanggufeng Incident" with the Soviet Union, when they were attacked by over 200 TE-3 heavy bombers of the Soviet Red Army. However, the scale of this attack was not as large as the previous one. The troops that attacked them also became demonic troops.

The Japanese soldiers on the front line came running over in a panic and reported to the commander that they were attacked by the air force of the devil unit and were scolded by the commander:

"Why are you panicking? You have to get used to the air raids from the Devil Force Air Force!"

"Hi!"

After the bombing by the Xinjing Air Force, soldiers from the first battalion of the first regiment launched an attack on the Japanese fortifications in Luozigou under the cover of tanks.

The Japanese soldiers who had managed to escape the air raid immediately opened fire on the soldiers of the first battalion, but their machine gun fire points were quickly wiped out by the tanks.

The Japanese army had long known that the Devil's troops had tanks, but the front-line commanders did not take it seriously.

Until the battle started, the Japanese army seemed so pale and powerless facing the attack of the devil's tanks.

The three tanks of the regiment quickly rushed to the front of the Japanese trenches, lined up in a row, and the machine guns on the tanks fiercely fired at the Japanese troops in the trenches.

The bullets penetrated the flesh, making a series of "pop" sounds that formed a pleasant symphony.

The infantry who rushed up with the tanks threw grenades into the trenches one after another.

The Japanese army could not resist and began to retreat, but they were fiercely strafed by tank machine guns.

The soldiers of the first battalion successfully occupied the Luojiagou position and continued to advance towards Hunchun.