Devil's Army

At 6 o'clock the next morning, the 1st and 3rd Regiments of the Jidong Independent Brigade, which had been prepared, launched an attack on the Japanese troops in Jiaozuo and Kaifeng as planned.

The Japanese troops in Jiaozuo and Kaifeng, who had been on guard against sneak attacks by the Jidong Independent Brigade, launched a counterattack against the Jidong Independent Brigade at the same time.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour. The 1st and 3rd Regiments of the Jidong Independent Brigade were defeated and began to retreat alternately.

The Japanese troops in Jiaozuo and Kaifeng were chasing closely behind.

While pursuing the 1st Regiment, the Japanese troops in Jiaozuo came to a hilly area and were ambushed by the 2nd Regiment of the Jidong Independent Brigade.

The Japanese army in Jiaozuo immediately organized artillery and fiercely bombarded the hilly area in front.

However, the soldiers of the Second Regiment were vulnerable and retreated immediately as the Japanese artillery began bombing.

The Japanese army then pursued into the canyons and gullies of Lin County.

The soldiers of the Second Regiment, who were fleeing in front, stopped from time to time to block the Japanese troops in Jiaozuo, which made the Japanese commander furious.

He ordered his troops to speed up the pursuit and to completely wipe out this devilish force in front of them.

At this time, dense gunfire was heard from the slopes, ditches, and canyon heights on both sides of the path that stretched for more than two kilometers.

The Japanese commander thought that he was ambushed by the entire devil force outside Anyang, and quickly asked for help from Lieutenant Colonel Gangdise in Kaifeng.

Lieutenant Colonel Gangdise told him that he was fighting with the main force of the devil's army in Fudao Town, Tangyin and Qihe River, and it was difficult to get away.

"Where are all those Devil Force main forces coming from?" The commander thought Lieutenant Colonel Gangdise was planning to abandon them. But then he thought, that wasn't right. Hadn't they already fought against the Devil Forces under Anyang City many times?

Now he could only defend himself, so he ordered his troops to launch an all-out attack on the Second Regiment in front. However, the opposing devil troops were not as vulnerable as before, and not only did they withstand the bombardment of his artillery, but their artillery also counterattacked his attacking troops.

The commander was now fully aware that the demonic troops were deliberately showing weakness to lure them into an ambush. However, he had no choice but to continue his attack.

At this time, the First Army's air force also flew over to support and launched a massive bombing on the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

The soldiers of the Second Regiment used various shelters to stubbornly resist the Japanese attack.

The commander lamented that there was no way to break through the interception of the opposing devil troops, so he had to order the troops to retreat.

When the Japanese troops in Jiaozuo began to retreat, they were suddenly intercepted by a group of troops who had ambushed there at some unknown time.

In order to open up this lifeline for retreat, the Japanese troops outside the encirclement launched a fierce attack on the First Regiment, with mortar shells and small artillery shells raining down on the First Regiment.

The regiment suffered heavy casualties, but it still remained firmly entrenched in the interception position like a stabilizing force.

Afterwards, the First Army Air Force, which was bombing the Japanese troops in the encirclement, rushed over and bombed the Japanese troops in Jiaozuo and his artillery positions outside the encirclement.

The Japanese troops in Jiaozuo outside the encirclement suffered heavy casualties in the low-altitude strafing and bombing by the First Army Air Force.

At this time, the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 1st Brigade launched the final battle against the Japanese invaders in the encirclement on the slopes, ditches, and canyon heights.

After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the gunfire in the encirclement gradually subsided.

The commander of a regiment left a company behind to clean up the battlefield, while the other large forces moved closer to the 1st Regiment of the Ji-Zhong Independent Brigade.

The Japanese commander was still desperately attacking the position of the 1st Regiment, trying to open a retreat route for the Japanese troops in the encirclement.