Devil's Army

After the Japanese infantry withdrew to the anti-tank cone fortifications, the first Japanese tank was exposed to the sight of the artillery observers of the 5th Brigade.

The Japanese artillery continued to bombard the first company's fortifications, and the five brigade's two 150mm howitzers took the opportunity to aim at the first Japanese tank.

After two loud "boom, boom", two howitzer shells flew towards the first Japanese tank.

One grenade hit the tank's track, and another hit the tank's tower. The tank's track was immediately blown off, and the tower cover was also blown to pieces. The fragments killed all the drivers and passengers in the tank.

The shock wave of the explosion will blow away all the engineers who exploded in front of the tank and the infantry around the tank.

The artillery shells from several Japanese artillery positions immediately covered the approximate location of the 5th Brigade's howitzer positions.

After the 5th Brigade's two heavy howitzers fired a round, they were immediately attached to the trucks that had not been turned off and moved immediately.

The Japs were unable to determine whether their artillery coverage had destroyed the heavy howitzer positions of the Fifth Brigade, so the artillery had to continue bombarding the fortifications of the First Company.

The Japanese took great effort to pull away the stalled tank that was blocking the intersection.

The Japanese infantry, with the support of the artillery, reached a distance of 300 to 400 meters from the fortifications. The Japanese artillery stopped firing for fear of a mistaken explosion.

As soon as the Japanese artillery stopped bombarding, the Japanese infantry immediately accelerated and rushed towards the company's fortifications.

The captain of the first company immediately organized soldiers to block the attack. The bullets of the Japanese soldiers in front of the fortifications and the bullets of the first company soldiers were fiercely fired at each other. The Japanese soldiers in front fell down, and the Japanese soldiers behind immediately rushed forward.

"Use grenades against the Japanese who are close, and use guns against the Japanese who are far away," the company commander ordered.

At this moment, a bullet shot from somewhere hit the company commander's left forehead.

The company commander loosened his grip on the gun and the gun slipped into the fortification.

A deputy company commander took over the command and ordered the soldiers to continue to stop the Japanese.

The loss of grenades was too great, so the soldiers in charge of logistics carried a batch of grenades produced by their own arsenal into the fortifications and distributed them to every soldier.

Grenades exploded among the Japanese infantry one after another, and the 5th Brigade's mortars fired two rounds at the Japanese reinforcements at the right time.

The Japanese infantry, exhausted from attacking, began to retreat, and then retreated behind the anti-tank cones like the receding tide.

The second company was ordered to take over the defense of the first company in the fortifications. The deputy company commander was unwilling to retreat. He and the first company commander were soldiers at the same time, and the first company commander treated him like his own brother. They were promoted from team members to squad leaders, and then to squad leaders. After the army was reorganized, they served as company commanders and deputy company commanders together.

When the Sixth Brigade was first established, there was a severe shortage of cadres. They discussed transferring him to the Sixth Brigade as a company commander, but he refused without a second thought. He felt at ease being the company commander.

Now that the company commander has fallen in the fortifications, he has to continue fighting the Japanese here to avenge the company commander.

The second company commander had no choice but to report to the first battalion commander to see if their two companies could defend the fortifications together.

But the battalion commander refused, saying that the enemy's artillery was too powerful, the density of soldiers in the fortifications was too high, and the casualties were too high. He ordered the deputy company commander to lead the soldiers to retreat to the rear immediately.

The deputy company commander had no choice but to carry the company commander's body and retreat to the rear with his soldiers.

On the battlefield, when the firepower is equal, the attacking side always suffers more casualties than the defending side. The number of troops brought by Lieutenant Colonel Isoko this time is equal to that of the Fifth Brigade. He knows that without superior firepower, it will be difficult for him to successfully occupy Tieling County.

After two charges were thwarted, he did not continue to order the infantry to charge, but instead ordered the mortars to blow up the anti-tank cones with all their strength, hoping to use the tanks' flexibility and high speed to break through the fortifications in front.

The anti-tank cones were gradually destroyed by the mortar bombardment, and a passage was slowly blown out of the anti-tank cone group in the middle.

The soldiers of the second company stayed in the fortifications, watching the Japanese mortars bombarding the anti-tank cones but were powerless to do anything. Every explosion of the shells was like a hammer, hitting their hearts.

Finally, the anti-tank cones were blown out of a path. Lieutenant Colonel Isoko was indeed a ruthless man. He did not order the tanks to cover the infantry charge, but ordered a group of puppet soldiers to charge in front.

This not only blocked the bullets for them, but also blocked the artillery observer's line of sight and protected the tank.

The puppet soldiers were rushing forward reluctantly. Lieutenant Colonel Isoko ordered: The tanks should move forward directly, and the puppet soldiers who were running slowly should be crushed to death.

After two puppet soldiers were crushed to death by tanks, the puppet soldiers finally rushed forward quickly. Although they were afraid of the devil troops in front of them, they were more afraid of the iron guys behind them.

When the second company commander saw this situation, he estimated that the fortifications might be lost, so he asked the signalman to report back to the battalion headquarters immediately and evacuate the residents of Tieling County immediately.

When they rushed to the fortifications, the puppet troops had already suffered casualties. The Japanese didn't care about that and rushed to the fortifications under the cover of fire from two tanks and jumped into them.

Feeling that the situation was not good, the battalion commander immediately sent the third company to reinforce.

The Japanese soldiers in front of the fortifications lay down, and a heavy machine gun and two light machine guns fired at the third company. The Japanese tanks also rushed to the front of the fortifications and fired at the third company.

The third company, which had no fortifications, suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat.

Except for the messenger who ran to the battalion headquarters to report the news, all the soldiers of the second company who were defending the fortifications were killed! The fortifications were also occupied by the devils.

A sharp retreat horn sounded in Tieling County, and the residents of Tieling County evacuated the county in an orderly manner, carrying their luggage, just like the drill some time ago.