Devil's Army

After the Second Company joined forces with the First Company to repel the enemy's attack, the Second Company exchanged positions with the First Company. The First Company withdrew from the battle with more than a platoon of people and retreated to the regiment headquarters for rest and recuperation.

The Japanese lieutenant colonel was furious at the loss of the fortifications he had just gained and ordered the artillery to continue the bombing.

When the second company commander heard the whistling of artillery shells, he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to run out of the fortifications and hide from the artillery shells near the fortifications.

The Japanese lieutenant commander ordered the infantry to launch the fourth wave of charge. At the same time, the Japanese on the small road also launched a charge towards the small hill.

When the Japanese infantry charging on both sides reached a distance of more than 300 meters from the fortifications, the artillery stopped bombing, but the infantry continued to charge upwards.

Seeing this, the Second Company and the First Company of the Second Battalion, which were hiding from artillery fire nearby, immediately ran back to their fortifications.

When the Japanese soldiers on both sides rushed to a distance of 180 to 200 meters from the fortifications, the second and first companies opened fire almost at the same time. But at that time, the Japanese soldiers on both sides lay down at the same time and stopped rushing.

At this time, artillery shells whizzed towards the fortifications. Soldiers from the second and first companies who were blocking the Japanese in the fortifications were frequently hit by artillery shells, resulting in heavy casualties.

The Japanese infantry were still lying on the ground, neither charging nor retreating.

The commanders of the first and second battalions felt that something was not going well, and hurriedly ordered the third company of the first battalion and the second company of the second battalion to go forward for reinforcement.

Sure enough, as soon as the Japanese artillery fire stopped, the Japanese infantrymen lying on the ground suddenly launched a charge. The fortifications were blasted to pieces by the Japanese, and the surviving soldiers in the fortifications immediately fought back.

Due to insufficient manpower, there were gaps in the defense of the fortifications. The soldiers blocked the enemy's front for a while, and then ran to the side to block the enemy's side.

Finally, the Japs rushed into the fortifications one after another and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers inside.

At this time, reinforcements from the third and second companies arrived, and the commanders of the third and second companies ordered the machine gunners to fire at the Japanese who were pouring into the fortifications to cut off the Japanese reinforcements. Other soldiers rushed into the fortifications and participated in hand-to-hand combat.

The Japanese were almost defeated, and the remaining soldiers of the Second Company of the First Battalion and the First Company of the Second Battalion supported each other and left the fortifications.

The commander of the first battalion asked the commander of the second regiment for help, but he had no soldiers to send.

The Second Regiment Commander sent the Third Battalion to the First Battalion Commander's camp to wait for orders. He squatted on the ground, chewing the grass passed to him by his right hand. "Without heavy artillery support and solid fortifications, there is no way to fight this blocking battle. In just half a day, one of his battalions was almost wiped out."

He brought two guards to the headquarters of the Third Regiment, whose situation was not much better than theirs.

The third regiment commander said with a heavy heart: "In the past, when we were fighting guerrilla warfare, we chose places with good terrain to fight. If we could win, we would fight, and if we couldn't win, we would run away. It's nothing like now. We have to bite the bullet and fill the place with people. It hurts to see our men die one after another."

"Why don't we retreat? The temporary fortifications here can't defend against artillery fire. The Japanese have bombarded us with several rounds of artillery fire, and half of our men have been killed before we even see them." The second regiment commander suggested.

"We have to hold off the Japanese for one day at least. It's unacceptable that our main brigade can't even hold off the Japanese for one day. Although the commander didn't order us to hold off the Japanese for a certain number of days."

The second regiment commander nodded and said sadly, "Another battalion is going to be lost."

After the Japanese's fourth charge was repelled, they buried the pot and cooked food and did not continue the attack.

In the afternoon, the soldiers of the Second and Third Regiments continued to wait in the fortifications. However, apart from firing artillery from time to time, the Japanese did not organize infantry to launch an attack.

"Could it be that the Japanese don't have enough troops? This is impossible. The tens of thousands of Japanese have only suffered two to three thousand casualties at most." The Third Regiment Commander also couldn't understand why the Japanese didn't attack in the afternoon.

At night, the commander of the Third Regiment wanted to make things difficult for the Japanese. He ordered a platoon from the Third Battalion to sneak up to the Japanese sentry post under the cover of darkness, suddenly attack the Japanese sentry post, blow it up, and then disappear into the night.

On the morning of the third day, the rumble of tanks came from the checkpoint.

The Japanese tanks cooperated with his artillery to continuously bombard the fortifications on both sides.

The Second and Third Regiments lacked weapons to fight tanks, so they could not stop them. If they ran, they could not outrun tanks.

As long as the Japanese tanks passed through the hill, the retreat route of the Second and Third Regiments would be blocked, and the thousands of people in the Second and Third Regiments would be trapped here.

The second and third regiment commanders immediately discussed and decided: organize two suicide squads to blow up the Japanese tanks on this small road in the mountains, block the Japanese tanks' follow-up, and buy time for the retreat of the main force.

The second regiment commander said to them: "Comrades, if we don't blow up the enemy's tanks and let them outflank us from behind and block our retreat, then our two regiments of several thousand people will be wiped out. I will leave the important task of blowing up the tanks to you. I can't guarantee that you can all retreat safely, but I can guarantee that you will definitely be recorded in the history of our First Army."

"Make sure to complete the mission," the ten suicide squad members shouted loudly together.

"Action," the second regiment commander said. The first death squad ambushed at the right pass, and the second death squad ambushed at the left pass. On both sides of the hillside, the second and third regiments each arranged a company to attack the devil's infantry.

The Japanese tanks and infantry finally broke through the blockade of the devil troops on the mountains on both sides and rushed towards the mountain pass.

As soon as the Japanese tanks broke through the blockade, the commanders of the second and third regiments immediately ordered the troops in the fortifications on the hill to retreat.

As soon as the Japanese tanks and infantry rushed to the mountain pass, the soldiers ambushed on the hillsides on both sides immediately attacked the infantry next to the tanks. Just as the infantry next to the tanks were trying their best to deal with the two companies of devilish troops, two death squads rushed towards the tanks with explosive packs or grenades in hand.

Finally, the two tanks near the mountain pass were blown up and the path was blocked. The Second and Third Regiments led their troops to retreat back to Yama County.