Devil's Army

Seeing that progress at the Huangou Ridge Pass was slow, the Japanese division commander called twice a day to urge them on.

The Japanese battalion commander trembled upon hearing the division commander's phone call.

The path below the cliff was already densely covered with the corpses of their soldiers, but they just couldn't break through the devil's army's defenses.

If the Japanese army breaks through the Huanggouling Pass, there will be no natural defenses in front of Hunchun County, and the Japanese army can directly approach the city of Hunchun.

Therefore, the Japanese army attached great importance to the progress of the battle in this direction, and the regimental commander also attached great importance to the defense of this direction. He arranged two companies of the Third Battalion behind the Huanggou Ridge Pass to provide reinforcements at any time.

The Japanese army's attack on Huangou Ridge Pass was thwarted, and the fierce battle lasted for two days without any progress.

The Japanese battalion commander then split his troops into two groups, detouring around Shuiliufeng and advancing towards Hunchun County.

The third and fourth companies of the third battalion were responsible for defending Shuiliufeng.

While the Japanese battalion commander divided his forces to attack Shuiliufeng, he continued to launch a fierce attack on Huangguling Pass.

The battalion commander was therefore unaware that the Japanese army had already divided its forces to bypass and attack Hunchun County.

At this time, although the Japanese air force stationed in Korea was defeated by the air force of the First Army, it still retained some strength and occasionally launched air raids on the soldiers of the Third Regiment in Hunchun.

Due to insufficient manpower and the need to attend to battles in the Changbai and Tonghua counties, the First Air Force could not cover all aspects.

Shuiliufeng, the main peak of Jingxin Town, is 462 meters above sea level. The battalion commander of the third battalion arranged a team of observers here to observe the movements of the Japanese air force and keep an eye on the situation ahead.

There is a sentry post of the Third Battalion in front of the Shuiliufeng position.

In order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, the Japanese army arranged for a commando team to disguise themselves as a caravan and head towards the outpost.

There were eight soldiers from the Third Battalion at the sentry post. The squad leader leading the group walked over and greeted the mule caravan warmly:

"Fellow villagers, leave here quickly, the Japanese army could attack at any time."

Four soldiers walked over, preparing to conduct a routine check.

What struck the squad leader as odd was that, normally, when he greeted the locals, they would respond, but this caravan of horses did not.

The four soldiers behind the squad leader also found it strange and raised their guns at the "commoners" of the caravan.

Several villagers at the front of the caravan were so frightened that they raised their hands and squatted on the ground.

A local resident who appeared to be leading the group pointed to his throat and made some groaning noises.

It turned out he was mute. The squad leader waved his hand, telling the soldiers to put down their guns so as not to frighten the civilians.

Then, the squad leader realized something was amiss. The villager leading the group was mute; could it be that the villagers behind him were also mute and wouldn't respond?

Before the squad leader could make a judgment, two Japanese soldiers behind the caravan grabbed machine guns from the carts and opened fire on them with a "rat-a-tat-tat" sound.

The squad leader and four soldiers fell into a pool of blood without firing a single shot.

Upon seeing this, three other soldiers near the sentry post immediately raised their guns. But before they could fire, they were met with a hail of bullets from the Japanese army.

At this moment, Japanese soldiers disguised as mule caravan soldiers grabbed weapons from the wagons, quickly occupied the outpost, and launched an attack on the main position of Liushuifeng.

The observers of the Third Battalion on the main ridge of Jingxin Town discovered the anomaly and immediately fired three tracer rounds into the air to raise the alarm.

Upon hearing the intense gunfire and seeing the tracer rounds fired by the observers, the company commander immediately led the soldiers from the command post into the trenches to prepare for battle.

At this time, the Japanese assault team had already rushed to the front of the Sanlian Shuiliufeng position.