Devil's Army

The Japanese commander, like a fire captain, quickly dispatched troops to the right to reinforce.

The Japanese reinforcements that arrived in a hurry stopped the 1st Brigade's attack on the right, but the soldiers on the left of the 1st Brigade had already broken through the Japanese temporary defense line and launched an attack on the main position of Daheishan.

The Japanese commander had to transfer more troops to reinforce the left side.

While the Japanese army was exhausted, the first battalion of the first brigade responsible for the frontal attack increased its offensive intensity.

Machine gun bullets were fired densely at the Japanese troops on the position, and rockets were fired at the Japanese troops on the position one after another.

The infantry either jumped or crawled towards the main position of Daheishan.

Finally, the soldiers of the first battalion rushed to the Japanese army's Daheishan position and started a fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.

The Dahei Mountain position was filled with the shouts of soldiers from both armies and the metallic clashing of bayonets...

After a bloody battle, the soldiers of the First Brigade finally succeeded in occupying the Japanese army's Daheishan position and continued to advance deep into Dalian City.

As the First Brigade advanced deep into Dalian, they heard violent explosions coming from Heshang Island in the northeast.

The main force of the 1st Brigade then turned to the northeast.

At this time, the commander of the first regiment of the first brigade saw that the Dalian Bay artillery group was bombarding the soldiers of the first and second regiments of the 18th Brigade who had broken through the Japanese army in the Jinzhou direction.

In order to avoid air raids, the Heshang Island Fort, Xujiashan Fort and other forts in the Dalian Bay Fort Group were equipped with anti-aircraft artillery positions.

When the main force of the 1st Brigade arrived at the Dalian Bay artillery group, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery units were fighting fiercely with the Fengtian Air Force.

A brigade commander immediately ordered a regiment to attack the Monk Island Fort from behind.

After years of construction, the Japanese army's Heshang Island Fort consisted of three forts, namely the east, middle and west forts, forming a tight firepower network. Under the cover of anti-aircraft artillery units, they fiercely bombarded the soldiers of the 18th Brigade.

After the soldiers of the 18th Brigade broke through the Japanese Jinzhou defense line, their attack was temporarily blocked.

The Japanese troops at the Heshang Island Fort discovered that another devilish force was attacking from behind, and immediately divided their troops to block the attack of the brigade.

The pressure on the soldiers of the 18th Brigade was suddenly reduced, and they launched a fierce attack on the Monk Island Fort.

However, the First Army Air Force was engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery and was unable to withdraw to provide support.

The soldiers of the 18st and th Brigades were bombarded by Japanese artillery and strafed by infantry from high altitudes.

The troops launched two large-scale assaults in succession, but were unable to break through the defenses of the Heshang Island Fort. They had no choice but to call it a day and find another way.

After dinner, the brigade commander called a meeting of cadres at the regimental level to discuss ways to break through the Japanese artillery positions.

The commander of the first regiment of the 18th Brigade believed that after the air force eliminated the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions, supporting them in destroying the artillery on the Japanese artillery positions could effectively support their attack.

The commander of the Second Regiment of the Third Brigade believed that the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions were mainly equipped with Type 13 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, which were easy to move and hide. When the air force bombed their artillery positions, they would immediately move out of the gun holes and sneak up on the air force's fighter planes.

This resulted in the Air Force bombing their anti-aircraft artillery units for most of the day today, but still failing to completely destroy their anti-aircraft artillery positions.

The commander of the first brigade believed that we were outnumbered by the Japanese and were on the offensive. Even if we could capture these two artillery batteries, it would be a pyrrhic victory, which would not be conducive to our future efforts to eliminate the Japanese forces in Port Arthur, Lianzhou, and Dalian.

A brigade commander nodded. Since the battle to recapture Dalian City began, their three brigades have been on the offensive, and the casualties of the troops were relatively heavy.

The total number of troops is now less than 3, while the Japanese army and navy in Dalian are conservatively estimated to have more than 4 troops.