Devil's Army

While the Japanese soldiers were dancing in self-deception, they paid a huge price for their self-deception.

Seeing that the Japanese troops had returned to the ground, the bombers dropped incendiary bombs one after another.

The incendiary bomb exploded when it hit the ground, igniting the fuel that had just been spread.

With a loud bang, the fire spread throughout the entire Wujiashan Fortress at an extremely fast speed.

The Japanese soldiers who had just been cheering and shouting on the ground suddenly turned into ghosts howling and wolves howling.

The fire spread rapidly with the wind and stopped only when it reached the isolation zone.

Soldiers from the First Regiment and members of the First Anti-Japanese Brigade of Hunchun stood at the foot of the mountain, watching this horrific scene.

Almost all the Japanese soldiers who were dancing on the ground in deception were burned like roasted pigs. However, there were still a large number of Japanese soldiers in the underground tunnels.

The fire burned for half a day before gradually getting smaller. At this time, four bombers flew over and sprinkled fuel on Wujia Mountain, and then dropped four incendiary bombs.

The fire burned fiercely again.

"Captain, are you planning to roast all the devils in the tunnel?"

"The Japanese in the tunnels are far more difficult to deal with than those on the ground. Once the battle starts, they will shoot at us from the firing holes in the bunkers."

Heat and carbon monoxide continued to pour into the tunnel.

The Japanese army had considered poison gas attacks when building the fortress, so they closed the sealed doors. However, due to the high temperature and long duration of the combustion, hot air and carbon monoxide continued to flow into the underground tunnels from the ventilation holes.

Japanese soldiers in the underground tunnels were constantly dying of heat and suffocation.

By evening, the fire had died down again.

Everyone thought that the day was over, but unexpectedly, several bombers flew over and sprayed fuel on the Wujiashan Fortress.

The flames suddenly grew larger and burned violently.

"Commander, is the brigade commander treating the fuel as river water, spreading it over and over again?" asked a battalion commander.

"Fuel is valuable, but soldiers' lives are more valuable. Fuel can be taken from Japanese warehouses. But soldiers' lives, once lost, are lost."

Night fell, and the entire Wujiashan Fortress, fueled by the constant addition of aircraft fuel, continued to burn fiercely. The flames illuminated the surrounding area like daylight.

The Japanese army attempted to wait until night when the fire on Wujia Mountain stopped burning so that they could come out and take a breather, but this became a luxury.

The First Army's air force calculated the burning time accurately and continuously dropped fuel and incendiary bombs.

Although the fuel burns quickly and for a short time, the accelerant in the incendiary bomb burns violently and prolongs the burning time.

The high temperature generated by the continuous and intense burning ignited the ammunition placed shallowly in the tunnel.

The violent explosion of ammunition in the tunnel caused the entire Wujia Mountain to tremble.

When daybreak came, sporadic flames were still burning on the Wujiashan Fortress.

Members of the Hunchun First Anti-Japanese Battalion attempted to approach the Wujiashan Fortress, but the heat wave they faced discouraged them.

A regimental commander arranged two golden eagles to patrol over the Wujiashan Fortress.

Occasionally, when the surviving Japanese soldiers crawled out of the tunnel to get some fresh air, they were hunted by golden eagles.

After lunch, the soldiers of the first battalion and members of the Hunchun Anti-Japanese Brigade went to the Wujiashan Fortress to search for the remaining Japanese troops.

Stepping onto the brown and black scorched earth of Wujia Mountain, the soldiers and team members could still feel the surging heat waves under their feet.

Some of the bunkers in Wujiashan Fortress collapsed due to fire, while others collapsed due to the violent explosion of underground ammunition.