Devil's Army

After the First Army's air force and artillery stopped bombing, the First Brigade Commander left the 715th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to garrison, and the Fourth Regiment of the First Brigade and the 716th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army launched a fierce counterattack against the Japanese army.

Unable to resist, the Japanese army retreated while fighting. Finally, around 3:00 p.m., they were driven back to the Sanmenxia area of ​​Henan by the 4th Regiment of the 1st Brigade and the 716th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, the First Army Air Force, responsible for the Yuncheng direction, bombed the Japanese troops in the direction of Xizheng Village and Wangyuan Village, effectively suppressing the offensive momentum and firepower of these two Japanese forces.

On the morning of the fourth day, the Japanese artillery in the direction of Xizheng Village and Wangyuan Village had just bombarded the positions of the First and Second Brigades when they were suppressed by the First Army Air Force.

Subsequently, the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Brigades launched a counterattack against the Japanese army, whose morale was already low.

The Japanese army retreated step by step and was finally driven back to Sanmenxia by the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Brigades.

In the direction of Jincheng City, a Japanese army unit from Jiaozuo invaded Jincheng from the north.

When the Japanese army marched to Chengdian, they were blocked by the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Brigade and part of the 3rd Military Sub-district of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

Chengdian is located in the middle reaches of the Luwei River, with mountains on both the north and south sides. The terrain is long and narrow, with a valley sandwiched between the two mountains. There is only a relatively narrow road running east-west between the two mountains.

The Eighth Route Army and the First Regiment of the Third Brigade each occupied the commanding heights of the valley and fired at the Japanese army from above.

Although the Japanese army anticipated that the demonic forces would set an ambush in this treacherous terrain, they were still caught off guard by the sudden attack. However, they soon recovered.

The artillery bombarded the heights on both sides of the path fiercely.

Before the Japanese artillery stopped bombing, the First Army Air Force had already roared in and bombarded the Japanese troops and artillery positions in front of the valley.

The Japanese artillery in Jiaozuo suffered heavy losses in its first encounter with the Devil Force Air Force, and most of its artillery was destroyed.

After the First Army Air Force stopped bombing, the Japanese infantry quickly assembled and launched an attack on the heights on both sides of the town.

The Japanese infantry, lacking artillery cover, suffered heavy casualties in the high-altitude strafing by the Eighth Route Army and the Third Brigade soldiers and had to retreat.

In the afternoon, the Japanese army took advantage of the return of the Devil Force's air force and fiercely bombarded the heights on both sides with the remaining two cannons.

Before the shelling stopped, the infantry launched an attack on the positions of the Eighth Route Army and the Third Brigade.

The Japanese mortar and grenade throwers followed closely among the infantry, fiercely suppressing the firepower of the Eighth Route Army and the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Brigade.

A regiment of mortar and rocket troops fiercely bombarded the attacking Japanese soldiers. Light and heavy machine guns opened fire, and bullets rained down on the attacking Japanese troops.

The fierce firepower of the Japanese army was suppressed by the regiment. However, because the firepower of the Eighth Route Army position was not fierce enough, the Japanese army once approached the position.

The commander of the first regiment urgently dispatched the fourth battalion with mortar and rocket troops to support the Eighth Route Army position opposite.

Just as the Eighth Route Army was struggling to hold on under the Japanese artillery fire, the Fourth Battalion arrived and launched a fierce bombardment on the attacking Japanese army.

After a bloody battle, the First Regiment and the Eighth Route Army finally repelled the Japanese attack. Until the evening, the Japanese army was unable to break through the Chengdian position.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Japanese army failed to break through the Machidian position.

The Japanese commander, who was not good at night fighting, was desperate and sent a Japanese army to launch a surprise attack on the Devil Unit and the Eighth Route Army positions.

But they were discovered by the vigilant soldiers of the First Army and the Eighth Route Army.

Fierce gunfire and explosions were heard again on the quiet hillside.