Devil's Army

The Japanese attack on the Shuangshan Devil Unit's position failed, and they were preparing to regroup and launch another attack. A communications soldier handed them a telegram.

When the Japanese commander received the telegram, he was utterly bewildered.

The telegram was sent by Lieutenant Nakata, who was stationed in Feidong County. The Devil Troops and the New Fourth Army had broken through the Feidong County defense line and were advancing deep into Feidong County.

If Feidong County falls, he will have no way to explain it to Major Kawada in Hefei.

His original intention was to bring a Japanese army unit from Feidong County to receive the supplies left by Major Kawada, and then quickly return to Feidong County to assist in blocking the attack of the Devil Troops and the New Fourth Army.

Who knew that a simple mission to receive supplies would turn into an ambush, and now a battle of attrition is being waged in Shuangshan.

At this point, Feidong County is far more important than these supplies.

He immediately ordered the rearguard to become the vanguard and withdraw to Feidong County.

The artillery of the Second Regiment on the mountaintop prepared to fire only after all the Japanese troops in Feidong County had entered the encirclement. However, the Japanese troops in Feidong County only attacked once before retreating in panic.

The soldiers of the First and Second Battalions on both sides of Shuangshan were on high alert, awaiting the second wave of attack from the Japanese army in Feidong County, when they suddenly discovered that the Japanese army was retreating.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

The soldiers of the First and Second Battalions, who had already rushed back to their positions, left behind the two companies that were originally stationed at the positions, while the other troops launched a counterattack against the Japanese army.

When the Japanese troops encountered counterattacks from the First and Second Battalions, they did not stay behind to fight them, but instead took turns covering their retreat.

The deputy commander of the Second Regiment, unaware of the situation, sent a telegram to the commander of the Second Regiment, only then learning that they had broken through the defenses of Feidong County and were advancing deeper into Feidong County.

The second regimental commander ordered the second regimental deputy to hold off the Japanese troops in Feidong County as they returned to reinforce.

Upon learning of the situation, the deputy commander of the Second Regiment left the First Battalion to fight the rearguard of the Japanese army. He personally led the Second Battalion and the Chaohu Detachment to detour and pursue the Japanese army that was rapidly retreating back to Feidong County.

Members of the Chaohu Detachment, along with the deputy commander of the Second Regiment, took a shortcut and blocked the Japanese troops in Feidong County.

Before the Second Regiment Deputy Commander and his men could finish building their fortifications, the Japanese troops from Feidong County arrived, and the two sides immediately engaged in fierce fighting.

The Japanese commander was blocked by the deputy commander of the 2nd Regiment. In order to save time, he directly sent two infantry companies to rush towards the deputy commander's position.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion and the members of the Chaohu Detachment used the existing terrain and trees to tenaciously resist the Japanese army's attack.

Moreover, most of the New Fourth Army's Chaohe Detachment was re-equipped with Japanese Type 38 rifles and machine guns captured during the battle, making their firepower no less than that of the Japanese troops in Feidong County.

The Japanese commander set up mortar positions behind the infantry and launched a fierce bombardment of the positions of the Second Battalion and the Chaohu Detachment.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion and the members of the Chaohu Detachment tried to disperse as much as possible, and still stubbornly resisted the Japanese army's attack by using trees, hillsides and ditches.

The Japanese army was going all out to reinforce Feidong County.

Before the infantry could retreat, the mortars immediately began to bombard the positions of the Second Battalion and the Chaohu Detachment.

However, the Japanese mortar bombardment did not last long before the position was hit by fierce gunfire and explosions.

The soldiers of the First Battalion broke through the Japanese rearguard's resistance and rushed over, launching a fierce attack on the Japanese artillery positions.

The pressure on the soldiers of the Second Battalion and the Chaohu Detachment was greatly reduced without the bombardment by the Japanese artillery.

Seeing the chaos in the Japanese rear, the deputy commander of the Second Regiment ordered his troops to launch a full-scale counterattack.

The soldiers shouted and charged out of the ditch, hillside and trees, launching a fierce counterattack against the Japanese troops in front.