Devil's Army

After a day of fierce fighting, the gunfire in the Japanese Beidaying gradually subsided, and the 17th Brigade completely occupied the Japanese Beidaying in Jilin City.

While the 17th Brigade was encircling and annihilating the Japanese troops in Beidaying, part of the 17th Brigade was also attacking Jilin Hada Bay Airport.

After a fierce battle, part of the 17st Regiment of the th Brigade occupied the Hada Bay Airport in Jilin.

The 17th Brigade began to comprehensively eliminate the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in Jilin City.

Since Jilin City was surrounded on all sides at that time, the Japanese and puppet troops had no way to escape.

Most of the Japanese Sendai Division stationed in Jilin City were annihilated, and a small number were captured.

A small part of the puppet troops stationed in Jilin City were annihilated, and most of them surrendered.

The pseudo-police chief of Jilin City led all police officers to lay down their weapons and join the light.

Jilin Province, one of the four northeastern provinces, was fully recovered by the First Anti-Japanese Army.

Now, only some cities in Liaoning Province are occupied by the Japanese army among the four northeastern provinces.

Some officers and soldiers, especially those from the Northeast Army, strongly demanded the recovery of Liaoning Province.

At that time, Liaoning Province had five seaports, namely Dalian Port, Yingkou Port, Dandong Port, Huludao Port and Lushun Port.

Except for Huludao Port, the other four ports were controlled by the Japanese army.

Of the three branches of the First Army, the Navy developed the slowest and was the weakest, and was completely unable to compete with the Japanese Navy.

Therefore, even if a few other seaports were recovered, it would be difficult for one army to hold them.

Now Leng Feng is waiting for the new weapons and equipment that Wen Lang has just successfully researched, so that even if they cannot completely defeat the Japanese navy, they can still have the strength to fight.

However, we cannot give up on recovering Liaoning Province just because we are afraid of the powerful Japanese navy.

Leng Feng then ordered the Eighth Brigade stationed in Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County and Fushun City to send troops south to recapture Benxi City.

The 3rd Brigade stationed in Fengtian had already recaptured Liaoyang City during the recovery of Heilongjiang Province. The vanguard troops fought many battles with the Japanese troops in Anshan City.

Anshan City was the last barrier for the Japanese army at Yingkou Port, Dalian Port and Andong Port.

If the Third Brigade recaptures Anshan City, it will directly threaten the Japanese troops in these three major ports.

To this end, the Japanese troops from Yingkou Port, Dalian Port and Andong Port successively sent troops into Anshan City to reinforce the Japanese troops.

The Navy also sent Marines into Anshan City to provide reinforcements.

This resulted in the Third Brigade's battle to recapture Anshan City not going very smoothly, with both sides gaining and losing.

With the recovery of the three northeastern provinces, Liaoning Province was the only province left among the four northeastern provinces.

The order Leng Feng gave to Li Guozhu was to recapture Anshan City as soon as possible, rather than waiting for an opportunity to recapture Anshan City.

So Li Guozhu mobilized troops to attack Anshan City from two routes from Liaoyang City and Jinzhou.

The fighting first broke out between Liaoyang City and Anshan City.

Since the area between Liaoyang City and Anshan City is located in the transition zone between the Liaozhongnan Plain and the Liaodong Hills, there are several places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack due to the terrain or defensive facilities.

As the Third Brigade advanced towards Anshan City, it encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese troops in Shoushan.

Shoushan is located in the southwest of Liaoyang City. It is an important commanding height between Liaoyang and Anshan, with an altitude of only 198 meters.

Although the mountain is not high, it stands out above the plain and overlooks the surrounding railways (Harbin-Dalian Railway) and highways, making it a strategically important location.

The Japanese army built a large number of strong fortifications here, used the mountainous terrain to build firepower points, and controlled the north-south passages.

After the Third Brigade recaptured most of Liaoyang City, the Japanese army still occupied the Shoushan Fortress and continued to provide support through the Japanese army in Anshan City.

Li Guozhu ordered to stop the recapture because his soldiers suffered heavy casualties in the attack on Shoushan.