Devil's Army

The next day, Major Matsushita, who had not slept well again the night before, took a large group of Japanese troops and, under the leadership of that soldier, quietly left the large Japanese army through a small path.

The Japanese army, led by Major Sato, continued to attack the fortifications in Tieling County.

Commander Ling Kulong believed that the unsuccessful battle against Tieling County was due to the fact that the forces of both sides were similar. He intended to transfer more than 10,000 Japanese troops from Kaiyuan to assist in the attack on the fortifications east of Tieling County.

But he was also afraid that the devil troops south of Xiaoliang River in Tieling County would suddenly launch a surprise attack from the north.

He asked Sister Juan to thoroughly investigate the movements of the evil forces in Tieling County.

Soon, Commander Ling Qilong's telegram arrived at Leng Feng's desk.

"We cannot allow these more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers to reinforce the Japanese soldiers east of Tieling County. Order the Fifth Brigade to immediately launch a heavy artillery attack on the north of Xiaoliang River."

So while the fighting in the fortifications east of Tieling County was still going on, fierce artillery bombardment also occurred on Xiaoliang River.

With the raw materials, the First Army had no shortage of shells for its 150mm howitzers. They could produce as many as they could get.

The five newly produced 150mm howitzers were also added to the First Army troops south of Xiaoliang River.

Nearly ten 150mm howitzers kept bombarding the Japanese troops north of Xiaoliang River, and they were about to rush across the north of Xiaoliang River.

"Lieutenant Colonel, the Devil's shelling this time is even more intense than last time. They may be about to launch an attack."

Lieutenant Colonel Yamakawa immediately reported the battle situation to Commander Ling Qilong.

Commander Ling Qilong gave up the idea of ​​transferring more than 10,000 Japanese troops from the north of Xiaoliang River to reinforce the fortifications in the east of Tieling County.

Under the leadership of the Japanese soldier, Major Matsushita came to the trail that Ono Jiro had taken to reach Tieling County last time after crossing Qingyuan. However, there were already soldiers from the Devil's Army guarding the trail.

However, there were not many soldiers guarding the place, only about a company's strength.

After careful consideration, Major Matsushita decided to launch a forceful attack.

The company defending the trail suffered losses from the sudden mortar shells exploding nearby and the bullets fired.

But the company quickly entered combat status and reported to the battalion headquarters.

The information that the company defending the trail was suddenly attacked by the Japanese with a strength of about a battalion was quickly uploaded to Liu Yaohua's desk.

Liu Yaohua was furious. We drink soup every day and are not full, but you actually deliver meat to our door. He ordered: "All the third regiments stationed nearby should attack and eat this group of devils."

The first company occupied the advantageous position of the trail and stubbornly blocked the enemy's attack. The Japanese troops of the large brigade, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, could not deploy their forces and could not do anything to the first company for a while.

"If we break through this line of defense, we can reach Tieling County. Otherwise, we have to return to the eastern position and fight the devil troops head-on."

"The Japanese in this brigade know how tragic the battle was in the eastern part of Tieling County. They don't want to go back. So they have no choice but to fight to the death here."

The Japanese began to rush forward regardless of casualties. The Japanese behind almost stepped on the corpses of the Japanese in front as they rushed forward.

Finally, the Japanese approached the fortifications on the trail. The company defending the trail was down to one or more rows of soldiers, and the firepower was greatly reduced.

Judging from the time, it will take at least an hour for the three groups to get here.

In a critical situation, the company commander used bundles of grenades to blow up the large rock protruding next to the trail.

Broken stones rolled around the path and towards the Japanese soldiers down the mountain.

The density of the Japanese soldiers charging down the trail was very high, and those who could not dodge in time were knocked down by the rocks and rolled down the trail.

The path up the mountain was blocked by gravel. Major Matsushita had no choice but to order the soldiers to clear the path first.

The remaining soldiers on the mountain continued to shoot at the Japanese soldiers below the mountain, preventing them from clearing the path smoothly.

The path was about to be cleared, and gunshots were heard all around this large group of Japanese devils.

More than 2,000 people from the third regiment arrived.

It was impossible to open up this trail. Major Matsushita ordered a retreat.

And retreat was not easy either, as the Third Regiment had surrounded more than a thousand of them.

Major Matsushita ordered the brigade's light and heavy machine guns to be concentrated in the direction they came from, and to fire at the same time, sweeping fiercely.

Major Matsushita tore a hole in the encirclement of the Third Regiment and escaped through the gap with half of the Japanese troops.

Major Matsushita fled back to the eastern position of Tieling County with half of the remaining troops. Major Sato then understood why Major Matsushita had always been cautious about the battle to occupy Tieling County.

Because this devilish army was the most difficult one he had encountered since arriving on the Chinese battlefield.

He applied to Commander Ling Kui Long for air support. Their Great Japanese Air Force was the nightmare of the Chinese.

However, Commander Ling Qilong rejected his application because Commander Muto had mentioned the special weapons of the Devil Forces many times. Their Great Japanese Empire Air Force was powerless in front of the special weapons of the Devil Forces.

Major Sato began to have the idea of ​​retreating, but he did not dare to bring it up because he was a hard-line advocate of war in the attack on Tieling County.

Helplessly, Major Sato came up with a vicious plan and reported it to Commander Ling Li Long. Unexpectedly, Commander Ling Li Long immediately approved it and asked him to start preparing.