Devil's Army

The Japanese commander, enraged, ordered his artillery to cover the positions of the devil troops in front of him. But the artillery commander timidly said to him:

"We're running low on ammunition."

"Are you a pig? Why don't you ask the logistics team to deliver the shells when there are not enough?" The commander vented his anger on the artillery commander.

"We've called, but we were attacked by the Eighth Route Army on the way. The two sides are still fighting."

It's really a leak in the house that happened to rain in the night.

The commander roared at the artillery commander to get out, then called the commander of the 33rd Infantry Regiment over and asked him to arrange a large brigade to support the transport team.

The Eighth Route Army, which was blocking the Japanese transport team in Jiaozuo, received the intelligence and immediately retreated and left the battlefield.

Japanese reinforcements soon arrived to meet their transport convoy, but by then the battle was over and there was no sign of a single Eighth Route Army soldier around.

At noon, the Japanese transport team arrived at the front line in the northern mountains.

The Japanese commander immediately ordered the artillery to launch a covering bombing on the positions of the devil troops on both sides.

The soldiers of the first and second battalions of the fourth regiment took advantage of the half day when the Japanese army did not attack and dug a second line of fortifications above the original position, connected by a trench in the middle.

The Japanese army bombarded their original position, and the soldiers on the position immediately retreated through the trench to the second fortification above.

The Japanese infantry, unaware of the situation, immediately launched an attack on the positions of the first and second battalions after the shelling stopped.

Without much effort, the Japanese army successfully occupied the original positions of the first and second battalions.

Just as the Japanese commander was wondering why the battle was going so smoothly today, the soldiers from the first and second battalions in the second line of fortifications threw grenades fiercely at the fortifications below.

The mortar troops of the 4th Regiment also fiercely bombarded the subsequent Japanese troops.

The Japanese troops occupying the fortifications were like rats in a bellows. They were bombarded by mortars when they retreated, and by grenades when they stayed in the fortifications.

The Japanese resistance in the fortifications gradually weakened, and the commanders of the first and second battalions immediately launched a counterattack against the Japanese.

After a fierce battle, all the Japanese troops occupying the fortifications were wiped out except for a small number who escaped at the risk of artillery fire.

The Japanese commander was completely speechless at this time.

He had more than 1 men fighting against a devilish army of two to three thousand men, but was dragged into this mountainous area for three days.

However, the Japanese army in Kaifeng's attempt to cross the Yellow River to attack Xinxiang's devilish troops made even worse progress.

The Japanese troops in Kaifeng were divided into four groups and landed at Liuyuankou Ferry, Yicun Ferry, Zhongmu Ferry and Dongbaitou Ferry.

Liuyuankou Ferry is located in the northern suburbs of Kaifeng City, connecting Fengqiu County, Xinxiang City.

More than 4000 Japanese troops were at the Yellow River pontoon bridge at Liuyuankou, preparing to land on the beach and attack Xinxiang tomorrow.

The second Japanese army crossed the Yellow River from Yicun Ferry, located northeast of Shamen Village, Tapu Street, Yanjin County, Xinxiang City.

Yicun Ferry is a major waterway and land transportation route from Kaifeng to Weihui Prefecture in the north. During the Northern Song Dynasty, it was an important ferry crossing on the south bank of the Yellow River.

The third Japanese army crossed the Yellow River from the Zhongmu Ferry near Wuligang Village in Zhongmu County.

In 1938, the Japanese army forced a crossing of the Yellow River at Zhongmu Ferry and defeated the 22nd Division of the Nanjing government army.

Now they want to repeat the same trick and have gathered a group of rubber boats and assault boats, preparing to force a crossing of the Yellow River and attack Xinxiang.

The Japanese army was preparing to cross the Yellow River with great fanfare, which alarmed the scouts of the First Army.

They reported the three ferry crossings where the Japanese army was about to cross the river to the brigade commander.

A brigade commander immediately notified the Taiyuan Air Force and requested support.