Devil's Army

The captain introduced to the battalion commander:

The Japanese army built a series of defensive fortifications from Wangqing County to Hunchun, with the Hunchun Wujiashan Fortress as the core.

The Wujiashan Fortress in Hunchun had observation posts, shelters, warehouses, artillery positions, machine gun positions, field bunkers, trenches, communication trenches, anti-tank trenches, etc.

There are ammunition depots, power generation rooms, medical clinics, command rooms, radio rooms, kitchens, barracks, surveillance stations, toilets and bathrooms underground.

All of them are made of reinforced concrete. More than 20 bunkers were built from the bottom of the mountain to the top.

There are four or five such places on Dapanling Mountain, and there is a large underground tunnel on Xiaowujia Mountain with a shooting hole inside, which is connected to the observation post on the top of the mountain.

Three anti-tank trenches were dug on the east side of the Wujiashan Fortress, mainly to prevent the Soviet Red Army's steel torrent surprise attack.

Now we have dug three anti-tank trenches on the west side, which should be used to defend against the tanks of your First Anti-Japanese Army.

The captain said with a little pride.

The battalion commander quickly wrote down what the captain had said in a notebook without interrupting. If the Wujiashan Fortress was as strong as the captain claimed, it would be a tough nut to crack.

The information was quickly passed to the commander of the seventh brigade through the commander of the first regiment.

The 7th Brigade Commander knew that the Japanese had built many strong fortifications in Hunchun, and this time the battalion commander gave a relatively detailed introduction. However, this was limited to the outer fortifications they could observe.

They had no idea about the internal structure of the Wujiashan Fortress.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade frowned, knowing that if they attacked rashly, the troops would suffer heavy losses.

He summoned several regimental officers to discuss countermeasures. Everyone contributed their ideas, but they still couldn't come up with a perfect plan.

At this time, the intelligence officer hurried to report that a Japanese scout who attempted to sneak into our camp was captured.

The Seventh Brigade Commander's eyes lit up, thinking this might be a breakthrough.

He personally interrogated the Japanese scout, but the Japanese scout was beaten all over his body and refused to reveal the situation inside the Wujiashan Fortress.

There was no other way, so the commander of the 7th Brigade decided to launch a strong attack on the Japanese Wujiashan Fortress tomorrow.

The next morning, the Hunchun Anti-Japanese First Battalion requested to join the battle, citing their familiarity with the situation. However, the commander of the First Regiment did not agree. Their combat skills and weapons were not even close to those of the First Regiment.

However, the regimental commander still agreed that they should watch the battle from the rear as a reserve force.

At 6:40, more than fighter-bombers of the expanded Majiagou Air Force flew over first and launched a fierce bombing and strafing of the outer Dapanling bunkers, underground tunnels, and communication trenches.

Before the Majiagou Air Force finished its bombing, the Xinjing Air Force rushed over and took over the bombing baton, carrying out fierce bombing and strafing on the Japanese fortifications in Dapanling.

The captain and his men were secretly surprised as they looked at the flying dust and billowing smoke on Dapan Mountain from the rear.

This firepower is no less than the firepower of the Japanese army when they attacked them. No wonder the First Anti-Japanese Army was invincible.

After the two air units of the First Army had plowed through the Japanese fortifications on Dapan Mountain, the infantry began to attack. However, the First Army's air force only destroyed some of the bunkers and tunnel fortifications. When the infantry began to attack, the Japanese army, like an indestructible cockroach, emerged from all directions to block the attack.

The fierce bullets pressed the soldiers of the first battalion down the hillside, leaving them unable to look up.

The regimental commander then arranged for tanks to provide support, but they were suppressed by heavy artillery in the Japanese fortifications.