Devil's Army

The Linnan Campaign organized and launched by the Eighth Route Army achieved remarkable results, annihilating more than 7000 Japanese and puppet troops, including more than 800 Japanese soldiers and more than 2000 puppet troops killed or wounded, and capturing more than 5000 puppet troops.

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More than 80 strongholds were captured and recovered, liberating a vast area south of Lin County and north of Hui County with a population of over 40.

At that time, more than 1 Japanese troops in Shanxi were pursuing the Third Regiment of the Devil Force and were surrounded in Qigeng Village.

The Japanese commander urgently dispatched more than 1 people to reinforce.

With the support of tanks and armored vehicles, the Japanese reinforcements quickly rushed towards Qigeng Village.

The Japanese army had been ambushed three times by the Eighth Route Army in Qigeng Village, and they were very cautious along the way, fearing that the evil troops or the Eighth Route Army would set up a point to attack the reinforcements on the way to Qigeng Village.

Who knew that before reaching Qigeng Village, a series of fierce gunshots came from both sides of the path.

The Japanese vanguard troops were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

The tanks and armored vehicles behind drove forward and attempted to suppress the enemy with fire.

Suddenly, the rocket soldiers on both sides of the path opened fire, and rockets whizzed towards the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles on the path.

As a series of explosions rang out, the path was filled with the wreckage of Japanese tanks and armored vehicles.

Fierce gunfire was also heard on both sides of the path that stretched for several kilometers.

The firepower of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Army was far more formidable than that of the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese reinforcements hastily organized a resistance, but were still unable to withstand the attack of the 3rd Brigade.

In less than an hour, the Japanese reinforcements collapsed across the board and retreated quickly.

In Qigeng Village, the Japanese army, which had finally caught up with the Devil Forces, was also attacked by the Devil Forces' 1st Brigade and the Jidong Independent Brigade.

Their artillery bombarded the devil troops' positions fiercely, suppressing the devil troops' firepower.

As the Devil's firepower was suppressed, the Japanese quickly retreated in an attempt to rejoin their reinforcements.

But what they didn't expect was that a rocket unit of the Devil's Army suddenly approached their artillery positions and opened fire fiercely at their artillery positions.

The Japanese artillery fire was suppressed, and the soldiers of the 1st Brigade and the Ji-Zhong Independent Brigade launched a general attack on the Japanese army.

After a bloody hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese army left behind hundreds of corpses and broke back fiercely.

The pressure on the First Brigade suddenly increased, but the soldiers of the First Brigade gritted their teeth and tightened the encirclement.

The main purpose of their campaign was to completely wipe out the Japanese mopping-up forces and create favorable conditions for the later recovery of Shanxi Province.

However, these Japanese soldiers had become desperate men at this time. In order to escape, they launched wave after wave of attacks on the soldiers of the First Brigade, regardless of casualties.

After charging regardless of casualties and leaving behind countless corpses, the Japanese army finally broke through the defense line of the first brigade and rushed towards Yangquan City, Shanxi Province.

When the defeated Japanese soldiers passed the ambush position of the 3rd Brigade, their reinforcements had already retreated and they were attacked again by the soldiers of the 3rd Brigade.

At this time, soldiers from the 1st Brigade also chased from behind.

The Japanese army left behind two infantry units, which quickly occupied two high grounds on the path to Qigeng Village, stubbornly blocking the attack of the first brigade and covering the retreat of the main force.

In order to survive, the Japanese soldiers, unwilling to be captured, launched continuous and fierce attacks on the 3rd Brigade's defense line.

The Japanese reinforcements that had already retreated, upon receiving the order, turned back and launched a fierce attack on the soldiers of the Third Brigade from behind.