Devil's Army

Three days later, Mr. He's medicine shop finally opened for business, and County Magistrate Wu came to congratulate him and announced that the county government would waive rent for Mr. He's medicine shop for three months.

Mr. He promised on the spot that the county government's preferential treatment for me was also preferential treatment for the people, and my pharmacy would waive the consultation fee for all the villagers who came to see the doctor for three months.

People from Tiaobinshan County all came to Mr. He's pharmacy to see a doctor. Mr. He's pharmacy was so popular for a while that he had to adopt an appointment system.

The pharmacy on Mr. He's side was in a rage, and Leng Feng's temper was also hot and he wanted to get angry. Because the sentry just reported: Yesterday afternoon, the fortifications on both sides of the hill in Rehe were attacked by the Japanese heavy artillery, and the troops suffered 22 casualties.

When the gray wolf came over, Leng Feng was looking at the sand table with a grim face.

"what's wrong?"

"Yesterday afternoon, our fortifications on the hill were attacked by the Japanese heavy artillery, and we suffered 22 casualties."

"Is it the devils from Zhangwu County who did this again?"

"Guess so."

"The devils in Zhangwu County are just itching for trouble and deserve a beating."

Leng Feng picked up the phone and called the Second Brigade, ordering the First Regiment, which was recuperating, to immediately launch an attack on Zhangwu County and recapture it.

A regiment received the order and took immediate action, quietly surrounding the east gate of Zhangwu County at noon that day.

In order to cooperate with this operation, the 150st Regiment also deliberately blew up a passage in the anti-tank cone group in front of the first line of fortification and pulled the three mm howitzers of the nd Brigade over.

At the command, the regiment's three 150mm howitzers, two small mountain guns, and four mortars fiercely bombarded the Zhangwu County tower.

The whistling of artillery shells, the sound of explosions, the howling of the devils, and the groans of pain were heard incessantly.

The devils in Zhangwu County attacked the devil troops on the hilltop yesterday. Their two 100mm howitzers and two small hill guns were still parked under the city wall and were all destroyed. They did not expect the devil troops' revenge to come so soon.

Moreover, the Japanese troops in Zhangwu County had never been attacked by such heavy artillery fire from any armed force. Neither the Northeast Army nor the Nanjing government had such heavy artillery fire.

The Japanese soldiers on the tower were in a panic, running around everywhere. The sounds of running, shouting, howling, and groaning continued.

After a regiment had continued bombing for half an hour, the infantry began to attack Zhangwu County, and the artillery fire continued to extend.

Some of the Japanese soldiers on the city wall began to wake up and started shooting at the charging soldiers.

A regiment of mortars targeted and eliminated the Japanese's heavy firepower points on the city walls.

Since the attack was a surprise, the Japanese were not fully prepared, and the artillery fire was quite fierce, the soldiers of the regiment quickly rushed into the east gate of Zhangwu County.

The Japanese soldiers on the city wall retreated into Zhangwu County and engaged in street fighting with a regiment of soldiers.

What the regiment commander did not expect was that they launched a surprise attack. The people in Zhangwu County did not have time to retreat, and the unscrupulous devils took the people who did not have time to retreat as hostages.

Since there were civilians around, heavy artillery could not be used. A group of soldiers without heavy artillery support engaged in street fighting with the Japanese and suffered heavy casualties.

In order to reduce casualties, the regiment commander ordered to temporarily stop the street fighting and confront the devils across the street.

Thus, the most bizarre scene since the war between the First Army and the Japanese appeared in Zhangwu County. The west of Zhangwu County was controlled by the Japanese, and the east of Zhangwu County was controlled by the First Army. Neither side could do anything to the other side.

Since Zhangwu County was the eastern gate to Rehe, once Zhangwu County was lost, the eastern gate of Rehe would be opened. Therefore, as soon as the Japanese troops in Rehe received the telegram for help from the Japanese troops in Zhangwu County, they immediately sent reinforcements.

The commander of the first regiment had already anticipated that the Japanese in Rehe would reinforce, so he had sent his scouts to carry radios and conduct reconnaissance 20 to 30 kilometers in the direction of Rehe.

The information that more than 100 Japanese soldiers in Rehe were carrying three mm howitzers and five tanks was transmitted back to the regiment headquarters by the scouts of the regiment.

The commander of the regiment decided to surround the enemy and attack the reinforcements. He ordered the first battalion to defend the east of Zhangwu County, and the second and third battalions to set up an ambush on the way the enemy came. He also asked for help from the brigade headquarters.

Leng Feng received Wu Lang's telegram and agreed with the regiment commander's tactic of surrounding the enemy and attacking the reinforcements. He was ready to eat up the more than 3,000 reinforcements.

He ordered the mobile squadron to send out two companies and the 4th Brigade to send out two regiments, led by the 4th Brigade Commander Wang Zhuangfei, to immediately reinforce the 1st Regiment. He also sent Feilong to scout the artillery positions of the Japanese reinforcements.

The Sakamoto Division, which had been fighting the First Anti-Japanese Army, had already retreated to Jinzhou. The Yoshino Regiment from Rehe came to reinforce the Japanese in Zhangwu County. They had never fought the First Anti-Japanese Army and were very arrogant.

The Japanese reinforcement regiment was blocked by the first company of the second battalion during the reinforcement process.

The Japanese Yoshino Regiment Commander sneered and said, "A mantis trying to stop a chariot," and ordered the mortars to bombard the first company's position immediately, and the infantry followed up with a charge.

A Japanese tank also followed and rushed towards the position of the first company. The first company fought hard for a while, but finally could not resist and retreated alternately.

When the Yoshino regiment commander saw the retreating company, he praised: "This unit is good. They can cover each other during the retreat." However, he did not call the regiment that was pursuing at full speed to stop the pursuit. He did not know that a big trap was waiting for him to fall into.