Devil's Army

The brigade commander also distributed the Golden Eagle No. 4 drones that had been replenished with ammunition to three units, suppressing the Japanese firepower from the east, west and north, and launched a fierce strafing of the Japanese troops in depth.

The Japanese army in Taiyanggou began to lose its defense line under the air-to-ground attacks of the Golden Eagle drones and mortars.

Just when a brigade of soldiers was about to break through the Japanese army's eastern position, a Japanese reinforcement rushed over to support them.

The machine gunners and rocket soldiers of the 1st Brigade quickly lay down and fired and bombed the Japanese reinforcements.

What surprised the Second Battalion Commander was that although the Japanese support troops were very fierce, their combat quality was really poor.

Their machine guns fired at them fiercely, but these Japanese soldiers did not lie down and fight back, but just rushed forward.

The soldiers of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment quickly occupied the positions east of Taiyanggou and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese reinforcements.

It was only then that the second battalion commander discovered that most of the Japanese reinforcements were wearing ordinary people's clothes.

It turned out that they were all Japanese residents of Taiyanggou, and were asked by the Japanese army to take up arms and defend Taiyanggou.

Upon receiving the intelligence, the commander of the First Regiment immediately determined that the Japanese army was under-strength and ordered the soldiers of the Second Battalion to advance across the entire line and pursue the Japanese reinforcements with even more ferocious firepower.

Shortly after the positions on the east side of Taiyanggou were breached, the positions on the west and north sides of Taiyanggou were also breached by the 3rd Brigade and the 18th Brigade respectively.

The remaining Japanese troops retreated to the narrow area around Port Arthur Normal School, the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and the Kwantung Shrine.

At this time, an army unit that landed from the sea in the south also surrounded them.

It’s time for the final battle to eliminate the Japanese troops in Port Arthur.

This is the central area where the Japanese troops are most concentrated in Lushun. Most of the residents are Japanese, and there are very few Chinese.

Moreover, after the battle of Lushun broke out, most of the residents in places like Taiyanggou fled for refuge.

The First Army's air force then launched limited bombing of the area.

After the air raid ended, soldiers from the 1st, 3rd, 15th and 18th Brigades launched a fierce attack on the central area of ​​Taiyanggou from all directions.

By the evening, the more than 2 remaining Japanese troops in Taiyanggou were all annihilated and captured.

The Battle of Port Arthur ended successfully.

At this point, the only Japanese troops left in Lushun were the troops in the Nantianling position and the positions on the north side of Nantianling.

The brigade commander arranged for one battalion of the 1st Brigade and one battalion of the 18th Brigade to rush to the Nantianling positions and the positions on the north side of Nantianling to strengthen defenses together with the defenders originally stationed there.

The Japanese troops in these two positions have been surrounded for nearly a week. Supplies are definitely in short supply and a breakout is possible at any time.

Things turned out just as the brigade commander had expected. When most of the Japanese troops in Lushun retreated to Taiyanggou, Captain Matsuda, who was in charge of the battles at the two positions in Nantianling, had already begun to think of ways to retreat.

They were surrounded for five days without any supplies being delivered, and many wounded soldiers' conditions worsened due to lack of medicine.

Soldiers fighting on the front lines were also restricted in their rations and ammunition.

If they don't consider breaking out, they will either die in battle or starve to death.

Soon, Captain Matsuda realized that their best opportunity to break out had passed.

The battle of Lushun was over, and the number of Devil Force soldiers outside Nantianling was several times greater than before. But breaking out was still their only option.

At night, the north wind was blowing hard.

An army set up a checkpoint and lit a bonfire on the way down the mountain.

The patrol moved back and forth around the checkpoint.

In the woods, several pairs of eyes hid behind the trees, staring at the checkpoint.