Devil's Army

At seven o'clock the next morning, the mortars of the third company of the first battalion outside Fuxin County fiercely bombarded the north gate wall tower and the main gate, and machine guns and rifles also continuously fired at the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall.

At the same time, a company at the east gate outside Fuxin County also bombarded the east gate wall, but the attack was far less intense than that at the north gate.

The Japanese squadron leader in Fuxin City immediately reported to Jinzhou: Fuxin County was attacked by the devil's troops with less than a battalion of troops.

The highest commander in Jinzhou was still the division commander Sakamoto. He was surprised to hear that the devil troops had only sent less than a battalion of troops to attack Fuxin.

He had fought with the devil troops several times, and each time the devil troops concentrated their superior forces to attack one of their troops or a county. It was quite suspicious that they only concentrated troops of the same strength as the Japanese puppet troops defending Fuxin County to attack Fuxin this time.

On the one hand, he ordered the garrison troops in Fuxin to hold Fuxin and delay the battalion of the Devil Troops. On the other hand, he risked being shot down and sent a reconnaissance plane to investigate whether there were any ambushes of the Devil Troops outside Fuxin City.

As expected, the reconnaissance plane discovered a forest and grass area more than ten miles northwest of Fuxin City that was suspected to be hiding troops. Judging from the scope of the suspicious forest and grass area, the number of devil troops hiding there would not be less than a brigade.

Division Commander Sakamoto ordered Colonel Inoue to lead two battalions to Fuxin one after the other.

The 335th Battalion was responsible for blocking the reinforcements of the Devil Forces in the northwest of Fuxin City. The 336th Battalion was responsible for cooperating with the garrison in Fuxin County to annihilate the Devil Forces battalion in one fell swoop.

A chief of staff of the Sakamoto Division raised an objection:

"The Devil's army has a brigade of reinforcements waiting more than ten miles away. Why did they only send a battalion with the same strength as our Fuxin City garrison to attack Fuxin City? Is there a trick here?"

"The Devil's troops fought against us in several large-scale battles, and they won more than they lost. The quality of their troops is not lower than ours. So they think that a comparable force can capture our county, so why send more troops?"

Division Commander Sakamoto still insisted on his own opinion. The 335th and 336th Battalions then set out for Fuxin County.

What puzzled the captain of Fuxin County was that although the artillery fire of the North Gate Devil Forces was fierce, the soldiers did not launch a large-scale attack.

He also suspected that the devil troops were cheating, but he didn't know where they were cheating, so he had to increase the number of troops to defend the north gate.

The Japanese 335 and 336 troops were spotted by Feilong not far from Jinzhou. Wulang fired a green flare into the sky.

Seeing the signal flare, the first and second companies at the east gate of Fuxin City concentrated their mortars and fiercely bombarded the east gate wall and the east gate. Soldiers also slowly approached the east gate of Fuxin following the sound of artillery fire.

The defenders at the East Gate braved the bombardment and reported to the squadron leader that the East Gate was under fierce attack by two companies of the Devil's Army.

However, misfortunes never come singly. Gray Wolf then commanded two special forces squads, one fiercely attacked the enemy on the wall of the East Gate of Fuxin City, and the other attacked the enemy inside the East Gate while charging. Soon they rushed to the East Gate and opened the East Gate of Fuxin County.

The first and second companies of the second brigade outside the east gate rushed into Fuxin City shouting.

Some soldiers cooperated with the special forces to chase and shoot at the Japanese on the city wall, while some soldiers penetrated deep into Fuxin.

The soldiers who were interspersed met the Japanese and puppet troops who were reinforcing the East Gate of Fuxin City halfway, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

Division Commander Sakamoto received a telegram requesting assistance from Fuxin County and urgently ordered the 335th and 336th Battalions to advance at full speed.

More and more soldiers from the first and second companies joined the attack on the Japanese and puppet troops who were reinforcing the East Gate.

The reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops were always at a disadvantage, gradually losing to the enemy and retreating to the west gate of Fuxin. The command headquarters in Fuxin also began to retreat to the west side of Fuxin, and finally stabilized its position on the west side.

The squadron leader immediately arranged simple fortifications in an attempt to stop the attack of the devil troops and wait for reinforcements from Jinzhou. They still thought that the devil troops attacking them were only one battalion.

Who knew that as soon as the reinforcements from Jinzhou set out, Wang Zhuangfei's joint forces also approached Fuxin County.

The Jinzhou reinforcements, which were rushing at all times, entered the ambush circle of the five battalions of the Second Brigade.

Since the 335th and 336th Battalions from Jinzhou came one after another, there was a distance of two or three miles between them. If we attacked the 335th Battalion, the 336th Battalion had not yet entered the ambush circle and would definitely flee. If we attacked the 336th Battalion, the 335th Battalion would have already left the ambush circle.

Wu Lang simply kept his troops on hold and let the 335th Battalion go.

At this time, the Japanese in Fuxin City were already struggling to survive. If they had not waited for the reinforcements from Jinzhou, they would have already fled to Fuxin.

The Japanese 335th Battalion escaped from the encirclement of the Second Brigade and immediately set up a defensive formation in the northwest direction of Fuxin County.

Soon, Wang Zhuangfei's 335th Brigade nd Regiment took the lead in contacting the Japanese th Battalion, and a fierce battle ensued between the two sides.

Everything seemed to be going according to Division Commander Sakamoto's plan.

Division Commander Sakamoto ordered the Fuxin garrison to resist the attack of the Devil's Battalion with all his strength. His reinforcements have arrived at the city of Fuxin. The 335th Battalion is blocking the reinforcements from the northwest of the Devil's Battalion as planned, and the 336th Battalion is about to arrive at the city of Fuxin.

Will everything go as Division Commander Sakamoto wishes?