Devil's Army

Two days later, the well-prepared 2nd, 3rd and 4th Regiments of the 1st Brigade launched an attack on Jiyuan City in three directions.

The Japanese troops in Jiyuan City were deploying troops to resist the attack of one brigade and three regiments, while continuing to request reinforcements from their superiors.

But his superiors kept promising him good things, telling him to hold on and that reinforcements would arrive soon.

In fact, at this time, the Japanese troops in Luoyang, Zhengzhou, and Kaifeng had been looking for opportunities to cross the river, but they were all blocked by the First Army's Air Force and the Jidong Independent Brigade.

At this time, the Japanese army in Henan had few fighter planes available and was completely unable to defeat the First Army's air force.

After two days and one night of fierce fighting, the Japanese troops in Jiyuan City were exhausted.

They no longer trusted command to send them reinforcements.

The Japanese commander in Jiyuan did not know that in the woods east of Jiyuan City, a group of Japanese troops were watching the progress of the battlefield ahead.

On the third day, in order to resolve the battle as quickly as possible, the brigade commander dispatched all the mortar troops of the brigade to fiercely bombard the three gates of Jiyuan City.

The three city gates of Jiyuan City collapsed to varying degrees.

The commander, knowing their final moments were approaching, telegraphed a farewell to his superiors.

Commander Hata Shunroku severely reprimanded the commander of Zhengzhou, scolding them for failing to provide adequate reinforcements.

The Japanese commander in Zhengzhou looked at the surging Yellow River with mixed feelings.

They forced their way across during the day and sneaked across at night, but were repelled each time by the devil's troops.

The Devil's Army was more difficult to deal with than any other army he had encountered in China.

At this point, he could only order the reinforcements lurking in the woods to attack.

The commander knew better than anyone that it was a pipe dream for the Japanese army of these two squadrons to defeat the three regiments of the devil army. However, this could boost the morale of the Japanese army in Jiyuan City.

When the captain of the Shandao squadron received the order to attack, he sighed, knowing that his glorious moment had come.

While having lunch, he ordered his soldiers to attack the devil troops at the east gate to support the Japanese troops in Jiyuan City.

However, when these two squadrons of Japanese troops were approaching the east gate of Jiyuan City, they were discovered by the mobile sentries of the Fourth Regiment.

Upon receiving the intelligence, the commander of the Fourth Regiment immediately stopped the afternoon siege plan and arranged troops to surround the Japanese troops from all sides.

The unsuspecting captain of the Shandao squadron led his soldiers to launch a sudden attack on the devil troops in front.

However, the devil soldiers in front reacted very quickly, quickly got into shape and blocked their attack.

When Captain Shandao and his men were fighting with the devil troops in front, the scouts reported to him that traces of the devil troops were found on their two wings.

The sensitive captain of the Shandao squadron felt that the situation was a little bad. When he was about to order the troops to retreat, another scout reported to him that traces of the devil troops had appeared behind them.

At this point, even the dumbest person could guess that they were surrounded.

Captain Shandao then ordered his soldiers to attack the rear with all their might and fight their way out. As long as they could escape into the woods, they still had a chance of survival.

However, the commander of the Fourth Regiment also knew that if he allowed this group of Japanese troops to escape back into the woods, it would be like letting fish swim back into the sea, and it would be difficult to search for them again.

He arranged the 4th Battalion and the brigade's direct company to intercept this group of Japanese troops in the rear.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, Captain Shandao and his men were basically wiped out.

However, their mission was accomplished. The fierce gunfire in the woods to the east gave the Japanese troops at the east gate of Jiyuan City a boost of confidence: their reinforcements were coming!