Devil's Army

When the Japanese troops in Anshan heard that the devil troops had entered Anshan from the southwest and southeast, they quickly dispatched troops to build defense lines in the southwest and southeast of Anshan to prevent the devil troops from advancing deeper.

The advance battalions and vanguard troops of the Second and Third Regiments did not continue to advance deep into Anshan City, but instead held their ground and waited for the arrival of subsequent reinforcements.

How could the Japanese army allow the devil troops to gain a foothold in Anshan City? They launched attacks on the advance battalion of the second regiment in the southwest and the vanguard of the third regiment in the southeast.

The advance battalion of the Second Regiment relied on the simple fortifications they had just dug to stubbornly block the Japanese attack.

The Japanese army dispatched artillery units and launched a fierce bombing on the simple fortifications of the advance battalion of the Second Regiment.

The advance soldiers hid in foxholes and gun pits to avoid the bombardment of Japanese artillery shells, but many soldiers were still blown away by Japanese artillery shells.

After the bombardment, the Japanese army launched another charge on the advance battalion's position, but the soldiers of the advance battalion appeared out of nowhere and fired fiercely at the Japanese army.

The two sides fought fiercely across the hills and dense forests. The advance battalion suffered heavy casualties, but when the Japanese rushed forward, they were also subjected to fierce fire.

The main force of the Second Regiment in the rear was rushing to reinforce them, but the path was muddy and overgrown with weeds, so they could not move fast.

The Second Regiment Commander had no choice but to send a telegram to Brigade Commander Li, requesting air force reinforcements.

The Fengtian Air Force roared in and launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on the attacking Japanese troops, disrupting the Japanese offensive rhythm and effectively supporting the battle of the advance battalion.

During lunch, the main force of the Second Regiment did not sit down to eat. Instead, each person took two steamed buns and ate lunch with a marching water bottle while running.

The large force finally arrived at the advance battalion's position at two o'clock in the afternoon. Without taking a rest, they immediately launched a fierce counterattack against the Japanese army.

The attacking Japanese army could not resist and began to retreat deep into Anshan City.

The Japanese army retreated all the way to the Sanglinzi area of ​​Tai'an County, and relied on the fortifications they had built to stubbornly block the attack of the Second Regiment.

On the Shoushan Fortress side, the Third Brigade has shifted from blocking the Japanese attack to breaking through the Japanese defense line.

Although their troops broke through the Japanese defense lines in the southwest and southeast directions of Anshan City, these two routes were small roads and the baggage could not enter.

In order to facilitate subsequent operations, they also had to break the Japanese blockade of the Shoushan Road so that tanks and artillery units could enter Anshan City.

As the 3rd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade broke through in the southeast direction of Anshan, the focus of the Japanese defenders and reinforcements in Anshan City shifted from supporting the Shoushan Fortress to preventing the devil troops from advancing deep into Anshan City.

If they were only trying to hold off the Devil's infantry, they could still hold out for a while, because the Devil's troops to the southeast and southwest of Anshan lacked heavy weapons.

The problem was that the Devil's Air Force would fly over from time to time and drop a few bombs on their heads, destroying their artillery positions and defense lines, which made them very distressed.

The Japanese had forgotten that they had used this tactic against the Chinese army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. The First Anti-Japanese Army was now using combined air-ground operations against the Japanese, and they were using it even more skillfully.

Shoushan Fortress's supply lines were cut off, and its fall was inevitable. However, the battle on the main front was not going well.

In order to prevent artillery and air force bombing from the devil troops, the Japanese army built a number of reinforced concrete fortifications along the hills on both sides of the road.