Devil's Army

While the soldiers in the second fortification were throwing grenades at the first fortification, a deputy battalion commander also ordered the light and heavy machine guns in the second fortification to fire fiercely at the Japanese who were about to jump into the first fortification.

The light machine guns at the second fortification continued to roar. A deputy battalion commander led the soldiers to rush towards the first fortification, jumped into the first fortification, and immediately raised their guns to shoot at the Japanese.

After the first line of fortification was recovered, the second regiment commander immediately ordered the second battalion commander to send people to garrison the second line of fortification.

At this time, fierce gunfire was heard on both wings of the Japanese.

It turned out that the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 6th Brigade also launched an attack on the Japanese.

The commander of the second regiment thought that this group of Japanese soldiers would be defeated soon, but the commander of the group of Japanese soldiers from Fushun was really difficult to deal with. He kept an eye on his two wings, and when the first and second regiments of the Sixth Brigade attacked him from his two wings, his troops stationed on the two wings immediately blocked them.

The Japanese in his middle were not affected at all and continued to charge towards the position of the Second Regiment.

The 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 6th Brigade failed to defeat the Japanese, and the Japanese failed to repel the 1st and 2nd Regiments. Everyone hid behind the trees and shot at each other, and there were casualties on both sides.

The deputy commander of the regiment ordered four mortars to prepare to attack the Japanese in the middle. A Japanese sniper aimed at the deputy commander.

After a gunshot, the deputy commander of a regiment fell to the ground and died before he could order the artillery to fire. He became the commander with the highest rank who died in this battle.

The deputy battalion commander learned from the lesson of the first battalion commander and stopped using dangerous bayonet tactics. He ordered his soldiers to open fire when the Japanese were still 200 meters away from the fortifications.

The Japs were unable to get as close to the first line of defense as they did in their first charge.

The Japanese commander was ruthless. He ordered the heavy artillery to bombard the fortifications continuously, and the infantry kept rushing up along the artillery's bombing points.

The Japanese had four tanks, two of which were bombing and strafing the two wings continuously, while the other two were charging forward in coordination with the infantry.

Soldiers of a deputy battalion commander in the first line of fortification kept falling down under the double bombardment of the Japanese tanks and heavy artillery, and the blocking firepower became weaker and weaker.

The second battalion commander immediately sent people to jump into the first line of fortification to increase the defensive force.

All of the battalion commander's machine gun fire points were bombed out by the Japanese heavy artillery and tanks. They could only use their rifles and their precise shooting skills to stop the Japanese.

A Japanese tank stopped about 150 meters away from the fortifications and continuously fired at a battalion of soldiers in the fortifications with machine guns.

The addition of soldiers from the second battalion increased the blocking power of the first line of fortification. The machine gunners of the second battalion, risking being bombed by Japanese tanks, desperately fired at the infantry on both sides of the first tank.

Seeing this, a soldier from the first battalion picked up a bag of explosives and rolled towards the first tank.

Finally, the soldier rolled to the side of the tank's tracks, stuffed the explosive pack into the belly of the Japanese tank, ignited the explosive pack, and then quickly rolled back to the fortifications.

After a loud bang, the first Japanese tank went silent.

The Japanese artillery scouts were still not found, and their artillery continued to accurately bombard the first fortification of the first battalion.

At this time, the two 75mm anti-aircraft guns, two 150mm howitzers, two small mountain guns and four mortars brought by the th Brigade suddenly opened fire.

Two 150mm howitzers and two small mountain guns accurately hit the enemy's artillery positions. Two 75mm anti-aircraft guns fired a salvo, blowing up another enemy tank. Four mortars launched two consecutive rounds of bombing at the charging enemy.

After two rounds of bombing, the artillery positions of the 4th Brigade were immediately relocated. There was no other way, as the artillery force was not as strong as that of the Japanese, so they could only fight guerrilla warfare.

Without the bombardment of the Japanese heavy artillery and tanks, the pressure on the soldiers in the first fortification was greatly reduced. They fiercely fired at the charging Japanese. The charging Japanese were caught off guard by two rounds of mortar bombardment and suffered heavy casualties, so they had to retreat.

The deputy battalion commander could no longer remember how many times he had repelled the Japanese attacks, but he did not have many soldiers left.

The second battalion commander ordered the first battalion to withdraw from the battle, and the deputy battalion commander led the few remaining people out of the first line of fortification and went to the rear to rest.

Not long after the artillery of the 4th Brigade withdrew from their positions, heavy artillery from another Japanese artillery position bombarded them in the same direction as they retreated.

"This Japanese commander is really a devil. He actually set up another artillery position." Wang Zhuangfei said to Huang Lei.

"The Japanese may not only have a second artillery position, there may be a third and fourth one. The Japanese commander who came from Fushun is not simple and not easy to deal with," Huang Lei responded.

The battle was in a stalemate. The soldiers of the Sixth Brigade could not break through the enemy's blocking troops on both wings, and the enemy's troops on both wings could not repel the soldiers of the Sixth Brigade. Everyone hid in the woods and shot at each other.

The infantry of the 4th Brigade continued to move in the direction of the Japanese troops' retreat.

At this time, the number of soldiers participating in the battle had reached more than 14,000, which had exceeded the nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers who came from Fushun.

The commander who came from Fushun heard the scout's report that three of his four tanks had been destroyed.

Although it was difficult for the Devil's Army to surround and annihilate them, it was also difficult for him to successfully break through the Devil's Army's defense line.

As a last resort, he had to order his troops to retreat first and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.