Devil's Army

As night began to fall, Major Sato convened a meeting of officers to discuss how to prevent the devil's troops from launching night attacks.

Some officers believe that the most effective way to prevent night attacks by the devil's troops is to increase the number of patrols and enhance the density of patrols.

Major Matsushita thought that instead of passively patrolling to prevent the night attack of the devil's army, it would be better to set up an ambush and wait for the enemy to come. Then he told Major Sato about his plan.

After hearing this, Major Sato praised it repeatedly and asked Major Matsushita to be in charge of this matter.

On the other side of the Sixth Brigade, Liu Yaohua and Deputy Brigade Commander Liu were also discussing arrangements for tonight.

Liu Yaohua felt that it would be the same as the previous two days, with each battalion acting as a unit and flexibly arranging the attack missions within its own area.

Deputy Brigade Commander Liu said to Liu Yaohua with some concern: "We have attacked the Japanese twice in a row at night. Will the Japanese ambush us and launch a counterattack?"

"It's entirely possible. Two days ago, we attacked the Japanese on the road, and the Japanese were in a hurry to get on the road, so they didn't have time to arrange a counterattack. Now that they are in the base, they have plenty of time and energy to arrange a counterattack."

"My former unit was surrounded and attacked by the Japanese, and the number of troops was reduced from more than 2000 to more than 800."

At this time, the deputy commander of the first regiment, who had just listened to the report of his subordinate battalion commander, came over to Liu Yaohua. He said that when he was the company commander of the second brigade, the commander of the second brigade had adopted similar harassment tactics.

"What arrangements did the Second Brigade Commander make?" Liu Yaohua asked the First Regiment's deputy.

"The Second Brigade Commander first set up several predetermined attack locations, and then arranged scouts to ambush there in advance. When the troops go to attack, they first send a signal to the scouts. If the scouts respond, they will attack the Japanese normally. If the scouts do not respond, it means there are Japanese ambushes below, and they will retreat."

"This is a good method. It not only attacks the Japanese, but also ensures that our troops will not be counterattacked." Deputy Brigade Commander Liu immediately nodded in agreement.

Liu Yaohua also agreed with this method. After all, it was the experience summed up by the brother troops in battle.

Liu Yaohua was about to order the nearby battalions of the Japanese troops to follow this method. The deputy commander of the first regiment said to Liu Yaohua:

"The Second Brigade Commander attacked the Japanese every hour after twelve o'clock, which made it impossible for them to sleep. When they attacked us during the day, their spirits were much weaker."

"Okay, let's do it this way." Liu Yaohua assigned the harassment mission to the three battalions of the regiment near the Japanese. He ordered each battalion to find four or five attack locations and start harassing the Japanese from twelve o'clock. Stop harassing after six o'clock.

At twelve o'clock in the morning, company- and platoon-level battles broke out everywhere between the Japanese at the front line and the Japanese in the follow-up troops.

The battle lasted until five in the morning.

What the Japs couldn't understand was that they had set up five ambushes, but none of them ambushed the devil's troops.

Major Sato once thought that the news had leaked out, but even the Imperial Army did not participate in this battle. The location of the ambush was only known to a few of their captains and squadron leaders.

He began to feel that this devil army was very evil.

The battle continued the next day. The Japanese, who had not slept all night, began to yawn and continued to attack the fortifications in Tieling County.

Major Matsushita's troops had suffered casualties of nearly a battalion of soldiers.

The soldiers in the Tieling County fortifications were also replaced in two waves.

However, Commander Ling Qilong’s first goal was very clear, which was to occupy Tieling County.

Leng Feng’s bottom line was very clear: he had to keep the Japanese out of the base no matter what the cost.

Otherwise, Commander Muto would not have attacked Tiaobinshan County and Tieling County twice last time, and Leng Feng would not have used all his military strength to stop them.

Tieling County's fortifications were turned into a bloody meat grinder. The Japanese kept sending more troops to attack, and they kept falling, and the soldiers of the First Army kept changing their guards.

The battle continued in this tug-of-war until night fell.

The harassment war that gave the Japs a headache started again at twelve o'clock.

Major Sato also thought of some ways to solve the problem: increasing the Japanese army's ambush forces, increasing patrol forces and patrol density.

But those devil troops seemed to have received intelligence in advance and would always bypass their ambush circle to attack them.

The next day, the Japanese soldiers, who had suffered another sleepless night, were even more depressed. Some of them even kicked a stone during the charge and fell to the ground and fell asleep.

The Japanese corpses on the battlefield began to stink. There were more Japanese corpses in front of the fortifications, so the stench was stronger there. So much so that the soldiers of the First Army who were fighting next had their noses and mouths wrapped with a piece of cloth.

The attacking Japanese saw this strange phenomenon and thought for a moment that the First Army was going to launch a bacterial bomb or a chemical weapons bomb.

"Battalion Commander, if the Japanese corpses on the battlefield are not dealt with, infectious diseases will easily spread." The third company commander said to the second battalion commander.

"The Japanese are also afraid of infectious diseases. Besides, most of these corpses belong to the Japanese. Let them raise this issue."

Major Sato also discovered this problem. He asked his soldiers to apply for a two-hour ceasefire from the opposing devil troops to deal with the bodies on the position.

The army agreed, and a rare peace came over the battlefield.

Two hours later the fighting resumed, and new bodies began to appear on the battlefield where the bodies had just been cleared.

The battle was in a stalemate. The Japanese army had no way to break through the defense line of the First Army and attack Tieling County. Similarly, the First Army had no way to drive the Japanese army out of Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County.

The balance must be broken before there can be a breakthrough.

A soldier who had served in Ono's special forces proposed his plan to the commander. The plan was reported to Major Matsuto's office, who immediately ordered the plan to be implemented.