Devil's Army

Due to the lack of transportation capacity of the First Anti-Japanese Army at the time, it took the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army more than a week to travel from Jiangsu to Jilin. Moreover, artillery and other supplies and weapons had not yet arrived.

In this vicinity, apart from the Second Border Defense Brigade, only the Training Brigade is active; other small guerrilla groups are not a threat at all.

Therefore, although the Japanese army set up sentry posts around the area, they were ineffective. They paid no attention to them and focused all their attention on attacking Tonghua City.

The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 728th Regiment quietly approached the outskirts of Tonghua County and launched a surprise attack on the Japanese troops who were entering the city.

The Japanese troops entering the city were met with a fierce attack from two battalions of the 728th Regiment and were thrown into chaos.

The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 728th Regiment quickly occupied the city gate positions of Tonghua County, cutting off the passage between the Japanese troops entering the city and those outside.

The battalion quickly used the bodies of Japanese soldiers to build fortifications in preparation for stopping the Japanese counterattack.

The Second Battalion stormed into the city and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army from behind, coordinating with the city's defenders to attack the Japanese troops entering the city from both sides.

Once they had regained their footing, the Japanese troops quickly recovered and launched a fierce artillery barrage against the First Battalion's position.

Japanese artillery fire destroyed the makeshift bunker that the battalion had built using the corpses of Japanese soldiers.

The First Battalion quickly withdrew into Tonghua County (the Second Battalion had already occupied the city gate positions of Tonghua County) and sought cover to prepare to block the Japanese army's attack on the city.

The Japanese artillery then extended its fire, launching a fierce bombardment of the Tonghua County city wall fortifications.

The Japanese infantry were also ready to charge.

However, things didn't go as planned. Before the Japanese infantry could launch an attack on Tonghua County, the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the 728th Regiment of the Sichuan Army launched a fierce attack on the Japanese artillery positions from both sides.

Soldiers from the Third and Fourth Battalions used heavy machine guns and rocket launchers to clear the way and fiercely attacked the Japanese artillery guards.

The Japanese artillery garrison hastily responded, but was unable to withstand the fierce attack of the Third and Fourth Battalions.

After the Third and Fourth Battalions broke through the Japanese artillery defenses, they advanced directly into the artillery positions.

After a fierce battle, the soldiers of the Third and Fourth Battalions destroyed the artillery positions and lowered their guns to bombard the retreating Japanese troops.

The Japanese troops were hit by their own artillery fire, making the situation even more chaotic.

Last month, the division commander heard that reinforcements from the Devil Force had arrived and ordered the battalion commander to intensify the offensive and take Tonghua County as soon as possible.

Once they capture Tonghua County, they can connect it with Ji'an County, giving them sufficient strategic depth.

The Japanese battalion commander quickly stabilized his troops and deployed artillery from the 19th Division to suppress the firepower of the artillery positions occupied by the devilish troops.

(The artillery positions occupied by the Sichuan Army were artillery positions belonging to the 6th Division of the Japanese Army in Korea.)

While their artillery suppressed the artillery fire of the "Devil Unit," various Japanese units flanked their lost artillery positions from all directions.

At this time, the main force of the Sichuan Army's 364th Brigade had arrived and was resisting the Japanese army's attack from all sides.

The Japanese army launched a fierce attack on the 728th and 727th Regiments and the New 728th Regiment of the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army in multiple directions.

(The Sichuan Army's New 727th Regiment, as a reserve force, has not yet arrived at the battlefield.)

The Sichuan Army's 728th Regiment, the New 728th Regiment, and the 727th Regiment searched for natural positions such as forests and gullies, and tenaciously resisted the Japanese counterattack. The two sides engaged in fierce fighting outside Tonghua County.

Meanwhile, the 1st Battalion of the 728th Regiment of the Sichuan Army, which was stationed outside Tonghua County, entered the county to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese troops who had entered the city.