Devil's Army

The 4th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade, responsible for the frontal assault, fought bloody battles and eliminated the Japanese bunkers and hidden fortifications on the hills on both sides of the main road. However, many hidden fortifications remained along the main road, making it extremely difficult to enter Anshan City within two days.

Li Guozhu promptly adjusted his strategy, directing his main attack to the southwest and southeast of Anshan City. He ordered the air force to intensify its bombing efforts to compensate for the lack of heavy weaponry in the army.

The Japanese army stubbornly resisted the attack of the Second Regiment in the fortifications built in the Sanglinzi area. However, the Fengtian Air Force intensified the air strikes, and the surface positions in Sanglinzi were bombed to pieces.

At this time, the Japanese army was able to barely resist the attack of the Second Regiment by relying on a steady supply of fuel.

To the southeast of Anshan City, the main defensive force is the Yingkou Marine Corps.

The southeastern part of Anshan City is mostly mountainous, an extension of the Qianshan Mountains, with dangerous terrain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Qianshan is the key point leading to Liaoyang from Xiuyan and Haicheng, and serves as a barrier to the southeast of Liaoyang. Hanjialing in the south of the valley is also an important pass guarding the Qianshan Mountains.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Qing army set up defenses here and repelled several attacks by the Japanese army.

This time, the Japanese army followed suit and built stronger fortifications here in an attempt to resist the attack of the devil's troops.

The attack of the Third Brigade and the Third Regiment was indeed blocked here and stopped.

Afterwards, the Fengtian Air Force carried out intermittent bombing of the Japanese positions at the Hanjialing Pass, preventing the Japanese Marines from organizing an effective defense line.

The fighting spirit of these black dogs is stronger than that of the army, and they resist stubbornly even when they are at a disadvantage.

The machine gunners of the 3rd Regiment covered the rocket soldiers and kept approaching the Japanese position at Hanjialing. They unexpectedly fired two cannons, blowing away their roaring machine guns.

The Japanese black dogs escaped the air raid of the Fengtian Air Force, but could not escape the surprise attack of the rocket soldiers.

The infantry then rushed the line, their bayonets flashing.

The black dogs quickly removed their bullets and prepared to fight with bayonets.

Who knew that the soldiers of the third regiment took out grenades and threw them at them one after another.

The "boom..." sound of the explosion had not stopped yet, but the guns in the soldiers' hands roared.

The black dogs defending the Hanjialing Pass were knocked down one after another with reluctance.

The soldiers of the Third Regiment crossed Hanjialing and continued to advance towards Guanmenshan area of ​​Xiuyan County.

Guanmen Mountain is located in the northern part of Xiuyan County and has a dangerous terrain. The Japanese army also built fortifications here.

The Japanese army continued to shoot at the soldiers of the Third Regiment from a high position.

The soldiers of the three regiments launched two attacks in succession, but both failed.

It was already evening and the air force could not support them for too long.

The third regiment commander decided to attack Guanmen Mountain at night.

After dinner, Brigade Commander Li selected two soldiers who were familiar with the situation as guides and led a company to sneak into Guanmen Mountain.

The soldiers stepped on the snow on the ground of Guanmen Mountain, making a "crunching..." sound.

The howling north wind kept blowing through the woods, covering up the sound of the soldiers' footsteps.

As they approached the Japanese position, the company commander stopped the main force's movement and ordered a reconnaissance team to crawl forward slowly to observe the situation of the Japanese position.

The Japanese sentries were in groups of two. They walked, breathing out air to keep warm, and looking down the mountain.

From time to time, fully armed patrols passed by the sentries.

It seems that the Japanese army is very vigilant, and a surprise attack is not easy. Can we just retreat like this? The company commander was unwilling to do so.