Devil's Army

In order to stop the Japanese tanks from advancing rapidly, the regimental commander left behind the remaining five rocket soldiers of the 3rd Battalion and gave them all three rocket launchers and seven rockets.

They also selected a suicide squad, carrying the only two machine guns left in the Third Battalion, to provide cover for the rocket troops.

The Japanese commander discovered through his binoculars that the main force of the regiment was retreating, and immediately ordered his troops to advance rapidly and occupy the Laoling Mountain position.

When the Japanese tanks entered the range of the rocket launchers, they suddenly heard a series of rockets whistling through the air.

The rocket troops, under Captain Wu's command, suddenly opened fire.

At this time, the first Japanese tank was less than 100 meters away from the Laolingshan position.

The Japanese army thought they could capture Laoling Mountain soon, but the first tank suddenly exploded and caught fire with a loud rumble.

The rocket accurately ignited the shell inside the tank, causing a secondary explosion.

The second and third tanks that followed immediately also exploded.

The rocket troops destroyed three Japanese tanks in their first attack, then quickly targeted the following tanks. By this time, the Japanese soldiers had spotted them and opened fire.

The suicide squad members braved a hail of bullets and fired fiercely at the Japanese soldiers, providing cover for the rocket troops to destroy the Japanese tanks.

The Laolingshan position, which had been quiet for less than half an hour, was once again filled with intense gunfire and explosions.

At this time, the Japanese army was very close to the Laolingshan position, and grenade launcher soldiers and mortar soldiers bombarded the Laolingshan position fiercely.

The suicide squad's only two machine guns were destroyed by the Japanese army one after another.

Under the desperate cover of the suicide squad members, the rocket troops launched a second wave of attack on the Japanese tanks.

Three more Japanese tanks were destroyed.

The Japanese tanks behind them stopped and remained stationary, firing fiercely at the Laolingshan position.

The suicide squad members and rocket soldiers were successively killed by artillery shells and bullets.

After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the Japanese army successfully occupied the Laolingshan position. All the daredevil soldiers and rocket troops were killed, and none of them retreated.

After the Japanese army occupied the Laoling Mountain position, they dared not advance rashly because it was already dark. They had no choice but to consolidate their position on the spot and guard against a counterattack by the devil troops.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, the Japanese army advanced towards Tonghua County.

Along the way, the Japanese troops were constantly attacked and obstructed by small groups of troops from the regiment.

The Japanese tanks following closely behind kept firing at a group of soldiers hiding, causing considerable casualties to the soldiers of the raiding Japanese regiment.

Around 10 a.m., the Japanese army arrived at the outskirts of Tonghua County and launched a fierce artillery bombardment of the county.

The artillery of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Border Defense Brigade stationed in Tonghua County launched a fierce counterattack.

Soon after, the Changchun Air Force arrived to provide reinforcements and halted the rampant artillery bombardment by the Japanese army.

Despite bombing raids by the First Army Air Force, soldiers of the 6th Division of North Korea continued their fierce assault on Tonghua County.

Japanese mortars also intermittently bombarded the positions of the Fourth Regiment in Tonghua County.

Outnumbered and lacking heavy weapons (many of the 4th Regiment's artillery pieces were destroyed in the artillery exchanges with the Japanese), the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Border Defense Brigade was under considerable pressure. However, the soldiers of the 1st Regiment who had retreated and the soldiers of the 4th Regiment who were holding Tonghua County braved the Japanese artillery fire and held the gates of Tonghua City.

They cannot bear to see Tonghua County become another Ji'an County.

In order to defend Tonghua County, the Second Brigade Commander requested reinforcements from the Grey Wolf Army while simultaneously sending troops to reinforce the area. However, at this time, danger also appeared at the north gate of Tonghua County.