Devil's Army

Major Fujie was quite happy when he saw his second artillery position bombarding the artillery position of the 5th Brigade. He thought: It's time for you to have a taste of being suppressed by artillery.

He was going to notify the artillery to bombard the first company's fortifications with all their might to cover the infantry's attack on Tieling County.

At this time, the battlefield took a 180-degree turn, and fierce heavy machine gun fire came from his artillery position, followed by huge explosions, and then continuous explosions.

Major Fujie sat weakly in his chair. Could it be that this devilish army was his nemesis? Every time he fought with them, his artillery would be annihilated.

He immediately notified the tanks to attack the fortifications of the first company with all their might. He wanted to rush through the fortifications of the first company in one fell swoop while the artillery of the fifth brigade had no time to pay attention to his infantry.

The gunfire from the first company's fortifications was no longer as frequent, and the Japanese infantry had already rushed to the fortifications.

The Japanese tanks continued to bombard the collapsed fortifications.

Some of the Japanese soldiers jumped into the fortifications, drew their bayonets one after another, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese soldiers. The subsequent Japanese soldiers rushed into the fortifications one after another.

The fortifications were about to be lost, and at this critical moment, the second company arrived.

The machine gunners of the second company lay on the fortifications and fired fiercely at the Japanese soldiers who rushed towards the fortifications. The other soldiers of the second company jumped off the fortifications and engaged the Japanese soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.

The subsequent Japanese troops were beaten back. Without support, the Japanese troops in the fortifications were gradually wiped out by the first and second companies.

The Japanese lieutenant waved his sword and ordered the tanks to advance quickly and the infantry to charge quickly.

The first Japanese tank finally blasted a path through the anti-tank cones and rushed towards the fortifications. The Japanese infantry quickly followed.

The enemy's tanks stopped in front of the fortifications, and the machine guns on the tanks fired fiercely at the fortifications. Soldiers from the first and second companies in the fortifications were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

The second company's machine guns fiercely strafed the soldiers next to the tanks, but the second company's machine gun points were soon silenced by the tanks' machine guns.

Seeing that the Japanese were about to charge the fortifications again, the two mortars of the first battalion opened fire, and the shells hit the Japanese infantry reinforcements.

The infantry charge without support soon became exhausted and was pressed behind the tanks by the first and second companies.

At this time, a soldier jumped out of the fortification, holding several grenades and rushed towards the parked tank of the Japanese. Unfortunately, before he rushed to the side of the tank, a Japanese infantryman hit him. The grenades in his hand fell to the ground before they could be knocked off. They rolled to the side of the Japanese and the tank. The soldier also fell heavily to the ground.

The Japanese soldiers next to the grenades quickly lay down, but none of the grenades exploded.

Another soldier lit a pack of explosives and rushed towards the tank. The Japanese soldiers next to the tank quickly shot at him, and the soldier was hit twice and fell in front of the tank. As he fell, he pushed the pack of explosives forward and under the tank chassis.

There was a loud "boom". The tank jumped into the air, then fell down again and stopped firing.

Another Japanese tank also passed through the anti-tank cones, took the charge flag, and led the Japanese to charge towards the fortifications. Unfortunately, it was too late.

The two 150mm howitzers that flattened the Japanese artillery position fired two salvos at the second tank under Feilong's guidance.

One shell hit the front fender of the tank, blowing it off on the spot. Another shell hit the top cover of the tank, which was blown to pieces, killing all the drivers and passengers inside.

The tanks immediately lay down, blocking the anti-tank cones that had just been opened. The Japanese infantry dozens of meters around the tanks were swept away by the huge shock wave generated by the explosion of the howitzer shells.

Seeing this, Major Fujie knew that the golden time to break through the fortifications ahead had passed, so he ordered the troops to retreat.

The artillery of the Second Brigade would not let the Japanese retreat easily, and they chased the third and fourth tanks of the Japanese and bombed them.

The third and fourth tanks of the Japanese were blown up one after another. The other four tanks had already quickly fled to the corner of the road.

The howitzer fired two more rounds at the fleeing Japanese soldiers, who hid in the houses on both sides of the road.

The artillery of the Second Brigade stopped its shelling, and the first day of fighting came to an end.

In fact, due to Major Fujie's poor performance in the last reinforcement of Fengtian, this time Musashi Nobuyoshi had no hope that he could recapture Tieling County and support the large force from Jinzhou to attack Diaobingshan County. He would have completed his mission if he could contain the devilish troops in front and reduce the pressure on the large force from Jinzhou.

Of course, Major Fujie accomplished this diversionary mission. Due to his attack, the 5th Brigade was kept near Tieling County and could not reinforce the 2nd Brigade outside Tiaobingshan County.

Leng Feng actually had few soldiers available. The 3rd and 6th Brigades marched west to Chahar; most of the 5th Brigade was tied up in Tieling County, with a small part stationed at the tribal airport; Barun's army regiment guarded the safety of the entire tribe; the 1st Brigade was stationed at the simple wharf, the pass at the foot of the mountain, and the underground warehouse path in the woods, and at most one regiment of troops could be deployed. The 4th Brigade was stationed at Hejia'an Village, the pass on the mountainside, and the fortifications in the woods in front of Tieling County, and at most one regiment of troops could be deployed.

This means that the more than 30,000 Japanese troops coming from Jinzhou were mainly blocked by Wulang's Second Brigade and Second Regiment. Wulang was under great pressure. Fortunately, this road was too narrow, and the Japanese troops could not spread out, so they could only rush forward in part. Otherwise, this regiment of the Second Brigade would not be able to stop the full-scale charge of the Japanese.