Devil's Army

In Wuhu, the Japanese army continued to use puppet troops as shields, letting them charge ahead and block the bullets fired from above by the devilish troops.

Commander Huang of the puppet army was heartbroken to see that his troops had suffered nearly half casualties. However, he dared not disobey the orders of the Japanese army. So he began to have wicked thoughts.

He ordered the attacking puppet troops to shout loudly, creating the illusion that they were launching a fierce attack. However, the puppet troops' advance was quite slow.

Upon hearing the intense gunfire from the Fourth Battalion, they immediately sought cover and lay down.

Despite the Japanese soldiers' desperate shouts from behind, their advance remained at a snail's pace.

The major had no choice but to hand over the attack mission back to the Japanese army.

Just as the Japanese army and the Fourth Battalion were locked in a fierce battle at Huangtuling, the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army launched a surprise attack on the Japanese artillery positions from behind Liuxia Village.

The major hurriedly ordered troops to return to reinforce. By this time, the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army had already retreated.

Several cannons in their artillery positions were destroyed, and the Japanese troops guarding the artillery positions suffered considerable casualties. The puppet troops stationed on the perimeter were almost completely annihilated.

Thus, the Fourth and Third Battalions stubbornly resisted the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu at Huangtuling. Meanwhile, the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army constantly looked for opportunities to launch surprise attacks on the Japanese troops from the perimeter.

Sometimes they would raid the rearguard of the Japanese army, and sometimes they would raid the convoys of Japanese troops in Hanshan County that were transporting supplies to the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu.

This caused the major immense distress.

He once ordered the Japanese and puppet troops in Hanshan County to wipe out the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army, but with little success. The Japanese and puppet troops in Hanshan County, who were conducting a dragnet search, were instead continuously divided and eliminated.

Later, the Japanese and puppet troops in Hanshan County concentrated their forces to search for the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army. However, although they were no longer attacked by the New Fourth Army, they could not find any trace of the New Fourth Army.

Having resolved the New Fourth Army's rear concerns, the major continued to concentrate his forces to attack Huangtuling.

Because the slope of Huangtuling was steeper than that of the mountains around Liuxia Village, the Japanese and puppet troops climbed very slowly, becoming easy targets for the devilish artillery and soldiers during the ascent. The attack failed to achieve a breakthrough.

To the major's dismay, while their troops were locked in a fierce battle with the Huangtuling Devil Force, a Devil Force suddenly charged out from the direction of Chaoxian, catching them completely off guard.

Upon seeing their reinforcements arrive, the soldiers of the Third and Fourth Battalions immediately launched a fierce counterattack against the Japanese army.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu retreated in panic under the combined attack of the Third Battalion, the Fourth Battalion, and the reinforcements from the Second Battalion.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, soldiers from the Second and Third Battalions recaptured the hillside positions at Liulong Village.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu retreated to the hillside position outside Liulong Village and confronted the devil soldiers.

To the major's dismay, after fighting the devilish troops for six days, they returned to square one.

Commander Kumagai repeatedly urged him to rush to Chaoxian, where the fighting was fierce but the troops were severely insufficient.

The major had no choice but to evacuate Liuxia Village and detour through Xiaomiaoshang, Panjiawan, and Wangdun to enter Chaoxian County.

The area around Liulong Village in Xianzong Town, Hanshan County, was suitable for ambushing Japanese troops.

Liulong Village is also the birthplace of the Huangshan Guerrilla Force, and has a strong local following.

As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu withdrew from Liuxia Village, villagers reported to the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army.

From the villagers' descriptions, the detachment commander immediately guessed that the Japanese army's attack on Huangtuling was blocked and they wanted to detour. He immediately contacted the battalion commander of the second battalion at the mountain position in Liulong Village and told him this intelligence.

The Second Battalion Commander immediately took the Detachment Commander to meet the Third Battalion Commander, who was in charge of the battle of Liulong Village.