Devil's Army

When the Japanese and puppet troops from Wuhu arrived at Liulong Village in Hanshan County, they were suddenly attacked.

Liulong Village is located at the junction of Hancheng, Chaoyang and Quanzhou counties, surrounded by mountains and crisscrossed by ravines, with a complex terrain.

Its northern Huangshanling Mountains are high and steep, with dense vegetation, making them easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The grassland road through the village is winding and twisting, making it an ideal ambush location for Japanese troops who would easily disperse their formations when marching through it.

Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 5th Brigade of Chaoxian County infiltrated Hanshan County from Suwan Town, Chaoxian County, and lay in ambush along the gullies in the southern mountainous area of ​​Liuxia Village.

Soldiers of the Fourth Battalion built fortifications on the steep slopes of Huangshanling, preparing to block the Japanese army from entering Chaoxian County.

When the Japanese troops entered the mountain road of Liulong Village, they were met with fierce resistance from the Third Battalion, which was positioned on higher ground.

Although the Japanese army was always on guard against the New Fourth Army's sneak attacks, the firepower of the Third Battalion was far more ferocious than that of the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army.

As soon as they engaged in battle, the vanguard of the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu was routed.

The major quickly deduced from the enemy's firepower that they were fighting the Devil Forces, not the New Fourth Army.

He immediately adjusted his troop deployment, arranging for artillery to bombard the positions of the "Devil Forces" on both sides of the hillside.

The Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for nearly half an hour. As soon as the bombardment stopped, the major immediately dispatched elite troops to attack the Devil's Unit's position.

Because the regiment received advance notice that the Japanese army would send troops from Wuhu to attack Chaoxian, they had already constructed trenches here and dug anti-artillery holes on the reverse slope of the trenches.

The Japanese artillery bombardment appeared quite intense, but in reality, the casualties among the soldiers of the Third Battalion were not significant.

After the Japanese artillery fire ceased, the infantry began their assault.

Soldiers from the Third Battalion emerged from their bunkers to repel the Japanese attack.

When the Japanese infantry advance was thwarted, the artillery responded with even more intense bombardment.

After the bombing, the Japanese army, with its superior numbers, launched a continuous offensive against the Third Battalion's positions.

The fierce battle lasted all day. Although the Japanese army failed to break through the mountain positions in Liuxia Village, the first and second companies of the third battalion suffered heavy casualties and were withdrawn as reserves.

The regimental commander knew that the battle at Liuxia Village was quite fierce, but he did not report it to the fifth brigade commander because the Japanese army attacking Chaoxian this time numbered more than 4, plus 10 puppet troops.

All of their five brigades were engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese army in various locations, leaving them with no troops to spare.

Because Japanese troops from various regions were unable to arrive at the Chaohu area on time to assemble, Division Commander Kumagai sent a telegram reprimanding the Japanese major in Wuhu and ordering him to reach the assembly point as soon as possible.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu then launched a continuous and frenzied artillery bombardment and attack on the Third Battalion's position.

The Third Battalion held off the Japanese army's frenzied attack for three days in the mountainous terrain of Xiaolong Village, suffering more than half of its troops as casualties.

The regimental commander then ordered the Third Battalion to withdraw from the mountain positions at Liuxia Village and rush to the Huangshanling positions to join the Fourth Battalion.

At the same time, a telegram was sent to the commander of the Fifth Brigade: the mountain position at Liulong Village has been lost, and the Third Battalion has retreated to Huangtuling.

Due to its strategic location, the Japanese army in Hefei was unable to break through the Sanbingzhen position.

With the arrival of the 22nd Regiment of the New Fourth Army to provide support, the regimental commander then dispatched the 2nd Battalion to reinforce Liulong Village.

It took the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu a tremendous amount of effort to capture the mountain positions in Liulong Village. The troops immediately marched to Chaoxian County.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu soon reached Huangtuling, a place with even more treacherous terrain, where they encountered even more tenacious resistance from the Fourth and Third Battalions.

With no other choice, the major launched a fierce attack on Huangtuling.

The puppet troops, who were used as cannon fodder, suffered nearly half their casualties in the battle of Liuxia Village, and are now launching an attack on Huangtuling. The Japanese army is following closely behind.