Devil's Army

After the Japanese army pursued the New Fourth Army into a small road, the New Fourth Army suddenly stopped retreating and entered the fortifications built by the first company of the first battalion to block the Japanese army.

The Japanese commander was surprised. Why did the firepower of the New Fourth Army suddenly become so much more fierce?

Without thinking too much, he ordered the artillery to quickly set up positions and prepare to cover the New Fourth Army's positions in front with artillery fire.

While his soldiers were attacking the New Fourth Army positions, the Japanese commander paid attention to both sides of the path. He was a little worried that the New Fourth Army had set up an ambush on the high ground slopes on both sides.

The Japanese artillery had not yet set up their cannons, and the Japanese commander's fears came true.

Fierce gunfire rang out from the heights and slopes on both sides of the path, and bullets and grenades swarmed towards the Japanese troops on the path like locusts.

The prepared Japanese army immediately lay down to resist the attack of the devil troops on both sides of the path.

The puppet army Liu Ziqing's troops, who arrived later, launched an attack on the Devil Army that was encircling the Japanese army from the rear under the pressure of the Japanese army in Sanbing Town. However, they were stubbornly blocked by the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Devil Army.

The third and fourth companies of the second battalion were blocking the Japanese army's retreat. The third company continued to block the Japanese army from Wenjiatuo who were trying to retreat, while the fourth company stopped the attacks of the puppet army and the Japanese army from Sanbingzhen.

Judging from the enemy's use of Japanese weapons and fierce firepower, the Japanese commander concluded that it was the demonic forces besieging them, not the New Fourth Army. He further concentrated his forces and launched an attack on the New Fourth Army's positions in front.

The Japanese artillery was destroyed, and the Japanese army lost a fang.

With the assistance of the first company of the first battalion, the New Fourth Army stubbornly resisted the Japanese attack.

Wenjiatao is located on the north bank of Chaohu Lake, along the Huainan Railway, and is of great importance in terms of military transportation.

After the Japanese army occupied Chao County in 1938, they built bunkers and trenches at Guishankou, about 10 miles away from Wenjiatuo. They also stationed troops in Wenjiatuo, which became a key area controlled by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army stationed a battalion and the puppet army Liu Ziqing's unit in Wenjiatao and surrounding strongholds such as Sanbing Town, Zhong'an Town, and Xia Ge Town.

When Japanese Major Sakata stationed in Wenjiatuo heard that the troops encircling the New Fourth Army were ambushed by the New Fourth Army and the Devil Army and could not break out, he quickly mobilized more than 800 Japanese and puppet troops with heavy weapons to provide support.

At that time, four bombers and two fighter planes of the First Army were bombing the Japanese and puppet troops of Sanbing Town who were attacking the Second Battalion.

A sharp-eyed pilot discovered a large force of Japanese and puppet troops rushing from Wenjiatao.

The First Army Air Force immediately changed its bombing target and launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on the large Japanese and puppet troops from Wenjiatao that were rushing towards it.

Trucks transporting soldiers and towing artillery were heavily bombed by the First Army Air Force.

Lacking anti-aircraft weapons, the Japanese troops in Wenjiatao had to flee everywhere to avoid air raids while shooting into the air.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour. The resistance of the besieged Japanese troops gradually weakened, and they were able to launch a large-scale counterattack.

The second battalion commander led a company to encircle the Japanese troops and the puppet army led by Liu Ziqing in Sanbing Town the next day.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Sanbing Town had just been bombed by the Japanese Air Force, suffering heavy casualties. Now, under the pincer attack of the 1st and 4th Companies of the 2nd Battalion, the Japanese were quickly wiped out.

The remaining puppet troops under Liu Ziqing quickly surrendered.

The second company commander ordered the soldiers of the first and fourth companies to change into the uniforms of the Japanese and puppet troops and launch a surprise attack on Sanbing Town.

Led by the puppet army company commander who was threatened with guns by the soldiers of the second battalion and several puppet soldiers, the first and fourth companies of the second battalion successfully rushed into the Sanbing Town.