Devil's Army

The regimental commander wanted to know the situation of the Japanese troops attacking them, so he ordered the second battalion commander to arrange interrogations overnight.

The Japanese soldiers, poisoned by Japanese militarist ideology, were quite stubborn and would rather die than reveal the information their regimental commander wanted.

The regimental commander had no choice but to have them dealt with.

After several days of fierce resistance, the soldiers of the Second Battalion delayed the Japanese advance towards Helong County. However, they also suffered considerable casualties.

After repelling a Japanese attack, the 2nd Battalion soldiers, under orders from the 1st Regiment, led their less than 200 men in a retreat.

Japanese soldiers, like ghosts, relentlessly pursued them.

As the retreating soldiers of the Second Battalion continued to be shot and killed, they fell to the ground.

Upon hearing that the Second Battalion's Guchengli Port Gorge was dangerous, the regimental commander dispatched the Second Company directly under his command to provide reinforcements.

During the reinforcement process, the Second Company was intercepted and bombed by Japanese artillery, which slowed down our progress and led to the Japanese occupation of the Zhenguchengli Port Canyon position.

The remaining 100-plus soldiers of the Second Battalion ambushed the Japanese army again in the "One Line Sky" section of the canyon at the ancient city's border crossing.

"The narrow passage at the 'One Line Sky' section is only 5-8 meters wide in many places, with steep rock walls on both sides."

The soldiers of the Second Battalion blocked the Japanese advance in sections and retreated in stages, slowing down the Japanese troops' march.

The 2nd Battalion of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, consisting of more than 1000 men, which was responsible for attacking the Guchengli Port Gorge, was held back for half a day by a company of devilish soldiers, which greatly angered the Japanese battalion commander. He then ordered the artillery to cover the positions on both sides of the "One Line Sky".

Shrapnel and gravel flew wildly from both sides of the "One Line Sky" position, and many of the remaining soldiers of the Second Battalion were hit by shrapnel and gravel.

Left with no other option, the second company commander had to lead his soldiers to continue their retreat.

Company Commander Liu, who had come to reinforce, met up with Company Commander Er at the Honey River.

The route from the ancient city to Helong inevitably passes through the Honey River Valley. The valley narrows at the Honey Gully Pass, with dense forests covering both sides, and the road runs close to the river.

The directly subordinate company and the 2nd battalion withdrew to the high ground on the north bank to set up an ambush, preparing to attack the flank of the Japanese marching column.

The Japanese battalion commander knew that the retreating 2nd Company commander's forces were few in number and exhausted, so he ordered his troops to intensify their pursuit. However, they were soon met with a fierce attack from the 2nd Company directly under his command.

After a fierce battle, Shili Ping and Dongnan Cha in front of Xiaofengmi were successively occupied by the Japanese army, and the soldiers of the Second Joint Battalion directly under the command retreated to the main position of Xiaofengmi Gully.

These places were all strategic passes, and the Japanese army was subjected to a ring-shaped ambush by the devilish troops.

Although the Japanese army eventually managed to capture these passes, the 2nd Battalion also suffered heavy casualties. Unable to launch a fierce attack on the devilish troops on its own, it had no choice but to set up camp and wait for dawn to make further plans.

The second company commander had been fighting the Japanese army for many days and knew that the Japanese army would definitely attack them with heavy artillery fire the next day, and then the infantry would attack.

So they had the soldiers take off their hats, make dummies out of rocks and branches, and have them lie down inside the fortifications.

The troops moved forward 200 meters and rebuilt their fortifications, preparing to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army.

Sure enough, early the next morning, the Japanese army launched a fierce artillery barrage on the positions of the directly subordinate company.

Soldiers' hats and tree branches were blown into the air.

After the Japanese artillery fire covered the original positions of the direct subordinates, the infantry began to launch an attack.

However, before the Japanese troops could reach the original position of the direct subordinate company, they were suddenly met with fierce fire from the soldiers of the direct subordinate company and the second battalion.

Japanese soldiers on the Linjiang Mountain Road were hit by bullets and rolled into the Honeybee River.