Devil's Army

Seeing the Japanese army retreat, the commander of the Third Regiment did not lower his guard or retreat. Instead, he ordered his troops to advance quietly and retake the positions on the banks of the Yalu River.

A moment later, the sharp whistling of artillery shells rang out again.

The Japanese artillery barrage spread across the entire area, completely decimating the rear positions along the Yalu River that had just been holding off the Japanese cavalry and infantry.

The Japanese division commander, peering through binoculars at the 3rd Regiment's position, which was ravaged by artillery fire, nodded with satisfaction and ordered his infantry to attack again.

He believed that the devilish troops in the position must have suffered heavy casualties under the intense artillery bombardment just now.

To his utter surprise, his infantry had barely crossed the Yalu River and were not yet ready to charge when they were met with fierce gunfire and artillery fire from the devilish troops on the Yalu River.

The Japanese soldiers, unaware that the cunning devilish troops had ambushed them on the very positions they had just occupied, were caught off guard and had no choice but to retreat in frustration.

The enraged Japanese division commander observed the front lines through his binoculars and quickly noticed something amiss:

The devilish troops that had just attacked them on the banks of the Yalu River have all left their positions on the Yalu River and retreated to their rear positions.

He urgently ordered the artillery to open fire, covering the open space between the positions on the Yalu River and the rear positions.

Knowing the ferocity of the Japanese artillery fire, the 3rd Regiment Commander worried that the Japanese would shell the positions along the Yalu River, so he ordered the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions stationed at the positions to quickly and quietly retreat to the rear positions.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese artillery suddenly opened fire during their retreat.

The soldiers of the First and Second Battalions, exposed in the open field, were suddenly shelled by the Japanese army. They were left with no cover and suffered heavy casualties.

Before the artillery had ceased its bombardment, the Japanese infantry launched a new offensive and even brought in several tanks from the rear as reinforcements.

The remaining Japanese cavalry, brandishing their sabers, charged toward the Third Regiment's position as soon as the shelling ceased.

The soldiers of the First Battalion, who had retreated to their rear positions, were quickly intercepted by the soldiers of the Second Battalion.

The Japanese cavalry advanced very quickly, soon overtaking the infantry and rushing to the rear positions, brandishing their sabers and slashing at the soldiers of the Third Regiment who were firing.

The artillery of the Third Regiment fired fiercely at the Japanese cavalry, but was quickly suppressed by Japanese artillery and tank artillery.

The machine gun positions of the Third Battalion were also constantly bombarded by Japanese tanks and artillery.

Japanese infantry followed the cavalry and charged up to the rear of the 3rd Regiment, engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 3rd Regiment.

Faced with the swarming Japanese troops, the soldiers of the First and Second Battalions could no longer hold out and retreated to the rear.

Japanese cavalrymen, like ghosts, relentlessly pursued and killed the retreating soldiers of the First and Second Battalions.

To evade the fast-moving Japanese cavalry, the first and second battalion commanders led their troops into the dense forest, then detoured back to the Yaolingzi position defended by the third battalion. However, the Japanese cavalry continued their relentless pursuit.

Fortunately, two fighter planes from the First Army, which were engaged in battle with the Japanese army, noticed the anomaly, swooped down at low altitude, and strafed the pursuing Japanese cavalry.

The machine guns of the 1st Army Air Force also destroyed two pursuing Japanese tanks, halting the sharp advance of the Japanese cavalry and tanks.

The remaining soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 3rd Regiment managed to escape the pursuit of Japanese cavalry and tanks and retreated to the Yaolingzi position. However, by this time, the soldiers of the two battalions had suffered heavy casualties, and less than half of the officers and soldiers remained in each battalion.