Devil's Army

From Hanshan County to Chaoxian County, no matter how the Japanese army detoured, they had to cross the old bridge over the Jiebei River.

The problem was that all the troops in their regiment were assigned to Sanbing Town and Liulong Village, leaving only their regiment's directly subordinate company and some other directly subordinate units to protect the old bridge.

The battalion commander immediately reported this intelligence to the regimental commander.

The regimental commander then ordered the Third Battalion, which had just arrived to reinforce Liulong Village, to immediately head to the old bridge over the boundary river.

In order to buy time for the Third Battalion to reinforce, the detachment commander ordered the New Fourth Army troops to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army and slow down the advance of the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu.

However, the main force of the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army in Liulong Village could not outrun the Japanese and puppet troops from Wuhu who were traveling by vehicle.

Fortunately, a part of the Huangshan guerrilla force that received the order was nearby.

The captain immediately ordered his troops to dig up the road and launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army did not engage them in battle.

After repelling the Huangshan guerrillas, they quickly repaired the road and continued their journey to Chaoxian County.

On his way to Chaoxian, the major received a telegram that enraged him, but he was helpless.

His current mission is to rush to Chaoxian County and participate in the battle to attack Chaoxian.

After nearly two hours of bumpy travel, the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu arrived at the boundary marker river.

The major vented his anger on the devilish troops on the other side of the boundary river.

He ordered the artillery to bombard the positions of the devil troops on the opposite bank of the Boundary Marker River.

The bridgehead position at the old bridgehead on the opposite bank of the boundary river was destroyed in the first round of artillery fire by the Japanese army.

A regiment's directly subordinate company hid in the constructed anti-artillery fortifications, covering their ears as they listened to the whistling of shells and the sounds of explosions.

The whistling of Japanese artillery shells had not yet stopped when the observer told Company Commander Wu that the Japanese infantry had begun their attack.

The soldiers of the directly subordinate company quickly crawled out of the artillery shelter and ran towards the two circular fortifications that had been bombed and collapsed.

The machine gunners opened fire fiercely on the Japanese troops who had already climbed onto the old bridge.

Japanese mortars across the river continued to bombard the ring fortifications and other positions of the direct-command company at the bridgehead.

The rocket troops of the directly subordinate company continuously bombarded the Japanese army's mortar positions and machine gun strongpoints.

The rocket troops, who posed the greatest threat to the Japanese army, became the primary targets for Japanese snipers.

Japanese mortars and snipers prioritized eliminating rocket soldiers in their directly subordinate companies.

The only two mortars in the directly subordinate company were also destroyed by Japanese artillery.

With its firepower greatly reduced, the directly subordinate company is now relying solely on its tenacious will to resist the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu.

The fierce battle lasted for over an hour, resulting in heavy casualties for the first platoon of the directly subordinate company. Only the second squad leader remained, leading four wounded soldiers to retreat from the battlefield.

The second platoon quickly moved up to continue blocking the Japanese and puppet troops' attack.

Due to a lack of transportation, the Second Battalion had to march on foot to reach the old bridge, and it was impossible to arrive in a short time.

Fortunately, the regimental commander promptly dispatched two Golden Eagle 4 drones to provide reinforcements.

A Golden Eagle drone, flying over the Jiebei River, unleashed a barrage of Type 97 heavy machine gun fire on Japanese mortars and machine gunners.

Another Golden Eagle drone fiercely strafed the Japanese and puppet troops who had already crossed the bridge, blocking the old bridge leading to the direct subordinate company's position.

Lacking anti-aircraft weapons, the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu hated the Golden Eagle drone to the core, but were helpless against it.

With the strong intervention of two Golden Eagle drones, the sharp offensive of the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu was contained.

However, the golden eagles continued their fierce barrage, and soon their ammunition was running low.

The army aviators who had not yet arrived were unable to replenish its ammunition.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu, which had already regrouped, launched an even fiercer attack on the directly subordinate company on the other side of the boundary river.