Devil's Army

After the air raid by the Nanxiong Air Force, the commander of the Third Regiment discovered that the Japanese command system was in disarray, and the various units were fighting independently.

He intended to determine that the air raid targeted the Japanese command post in Wuxiu County.

He immediately ordered the artillery to increase its bombardment to cover the infantry's two-pronged attack on Wuxiu County.

Although the Japanese command post in Wuxiu County was destroyed, various Japanese troops, hearing that the fighting there was intense, spontaneously rushed to reinforce it.

The continuous arrival of Japanese reinforcements halted the fierce attack of the Third Regiment.

The fierce battle continued until noon the next day, when the Second Battalion of the Third Regiment broke through the defense line at the east gate of Wuxiu County.

The Japanese army began to retreat into Wuxiu County, where they put up a stubborn resistance.

The Second Battalion and the Third Battalion, which subsequently broke through the defense line, pressed forward step by step, preventing the Japanese army from building a new defense line within the county.

After a fierce street battle, the Third Regiment successfully recaptured Wuxiu County.

Meanwhile, the battle for the recapture of Anyi County by the Fourth Regiment of the Second Route Army was also coming to an end.

Due to the important geographical location of Jiujiang County, there were more than 3 Japanese troops, including the 68th Division and puppet troops, in Jiujiang County and the surrounding towns and counties.

The Southern Army's First and Second Route Armies numbered only a little over 10,000 men.

Based on intelligence provided by the Golden Eagle drone, they concentrated their superior forces and flexibly and proactively encircled and annihilated various Japanese forces, effectively eliminating the Japanese manpower in Jiujiang County and surrounding towns.

Gradually, the Japanese division commander also realized that something was wrong. He ordered the Japanese troops in each county to advance in unison, strengthen communication between the troops, and provide mutual reinforcement at any time.

Meanwhile, the Japanese and puppet troops in Jiujiang County were also ready to leave the city at any time to ambush and surround the devilish troops that were reinforcing the county.

The division commander's strategy worked.

While the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 3rd Regiment were encircling and annihilating the Japanese reinforcements in Anyi County, the Japanese troops in Anyi County, Xingzi County, and Jiujiang County secretly flanked them.

The Golden Eagle drone, which was on alert in the air, promptly detected the situation and immediately notified the commander of the Third Regiment.

The regimental commander urgently ordered the first and second battalions to withdraw from the battle.

When the Japanese soldiers saw that the Third Regiment was about to retreat, they pursued them relentlessly.

The third regimental commander left a company behind to cover the rear, while the main force quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

The Japanese troops missed their target and quickly moved to encircle De'an County.

Originally, the First Regiment of the First Route Army was blocking the Japanese reinforcements coming from De'an at Wanjialing.

Fearing a repeat of the 106th Division's fate, the Japanese troops in De'an withdrew from Wanjialing shortly after the battle began.

Soldiers from the First and Second Battalions of the First Regiment pursued and chased the retreating Japanese troops.

Soldiers from the Third and Fourth Battalions took a shortcut, attempting to block the Japanese troops in De'an from retreating.

However, the Japanese retreated too quickly, and the soldiers of the Third and Fourth Battalions were unable to stop the retreating Japanese troops. They only managed to stop a rearguard infantry company.

After a fierce battle, a regiment of soldiers wiped out the surrounded rearguard Japanese troops. They then continued their advance and surrounded De'an County.

Subsequently, the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment launched an attack on De'an County from the west gate.

The Second Battalion bypassed the main force and launched an attack on the north gate of De'an County.

With the strong support of the Nanxiong Air Force, most of the Japanese fortifications in De'an County were destroyed.

The Japanese commander in De'an County immediately requested reinforcements from the division commander.

The division commander then ordered the troops surrounding the Devil Force in Anyi County to turn around and encircle the Devil Force outside De'an County.

At this point, the battle in De'an County had reached a critical juncture.

The first regimental commander immediately sent a telegram to the second regimental commander, requesting him to send troops to delay the Japanese troops stationed in Chituo De'an County.

Meanwhile, the commander of the Second Regiment was also planning to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops in Xingzi County, and had a way to divide his forces. The only option was to send the First Battalion and the Second Battalion of the Third Regiment, which were nearby and had just fought against Japanese reinforcements, to intercept the Japanese reinforcements.