Devil's Army

Wang Zhuangfei's troops were still struggling to stop the enemy reinforcements in Jinzhou, and the clearing operation of the Second Brigade and the Third Regiment was also coming to an end.

The second battalion left a platoon to guard Qingfengling Town and continued to advance. On the way to recapture Wafang Town, he learned that the more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops who escaped from Qingfengling Town yesterday had destroyed a village.

The Japanese killed more than a dozen villagers in the village, and five women were raped by them.

The second battalion commander regretted very much that he failed to catch up with this group of devils last night and give them a good beating, allowing these dogs to hurt the civilians.

In order to prevent similar tragedies from happening again, the second battalion commander ordered his troops to wipe out as many of the remaining Japanese invaders and puppet troops they encountered in the town as possible, and to pursue those who could not be wiped out.

The Second Battalion attacked and chased fiercely all the way, and successively recovered Wafang Town and Liujiazi Town. Finally, they were facing Hulugang. If necessary, if Hulugang was recovered, the First Army would have its own seaport.

The first battalion on the left and the third battalion on the right also successfully recaptured Shengli Town and Ershijiazi Town.

At this point, all the towns and villages south of Chaoyang County had been recaptured by the Third Regiment.

The Third Regiment also dispersed its forces and garrisoned in various towns and villages in the south of Chaoyang County.

The Second Battalion outside Chaoyang County continued to harass the Japs, but it was no longer easy to achieve results. The Japs and puppet troops kept their heads down all day while patrolling the city walls.

Since Chaoyang County is less than 200 miles away from Jinzhou, how could they allow others to sleep soundly under their bed? The Japanese reinforcements from Jinzhou divided a regiment and entered Chaoyang County from another road.

However, this regiment also did not dare to go out of the city to pursue the devil troops easily. Because he heard from the 335th and 336th battalions ambushed by the devil troops that the devil troops surrounding them had a strength of nearly two brigades. Therefore, he believed that the troops harassing them outside the city gate were just baits used by the devil troops to lure them out of their holes.

The Second Battalion, with a force of more than 700 soldiers, pinned down more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers in Chaoyang County. This greatly reduced the pressure on Wang Zhuangfei, who was in the reinforcements force.

Because the key to whether the victory of this battle can be maintained lies in whether Wang Zhuangfei and his less than 10,000 men can stop the reinforcements of the Jinzhou devils. Otherwise, the devil reinforcements will break through Wang Zhuangfei's position and attack the towns in the south of Chaoyang County. There is only one platoon of soldiers left in the towns in the south of Chaoyang County, and it is difficult to defend the towns that have just been recovered.

The Japanese soldiers in front of Wang Zhuangfei were transferred away, and a regiment was soon discovered by the Golden Eagle to reinforce Chaoyang County. There were less than 10,000 Japanese soldiers left in the front.

"The Second Battalion must firmly contain these more than 150 Japanese soldiers to reduce the pressure on Wang Zhuangfei." Thinking of this, Gray Wolf ordered Wang Zhuangfei's artillery unit to pull five mm howitzers to the outside of Chaoyang County.

In order to avoid harming innocent people, the artillery unit first fired mortar shells at the Chaoyang County city wall.

The explosion of the shells caused the civilians who were entering and leaving Chaoyang City Gate to flee in all directions. The Japanese were already accustomed to the cold guns and cold artillery of the devil's troops.

But what happened next was a little bit beyond their accustomed.

Seeing that the people had almost evacuated, the artillery company commander ordered five 150mm howitzers to start bombarding Chaoyang County.

The terrifying whistling sound of large-caliber artillery shells rushed towards Chaoyang County from outside Chaoyang County.

Two consecutive rounds of salvos, ten 150mm grenades swept across the Japanese and puppet troops near the Chaoyang County city tower.

The huge force of the explosion and the shock wave caused the rats in the tunnels under the city wall to bleed from all their orifices, dying as sacrifices for the Japanese.

After the explosion, the area near Chaoyang Gate was in ruins. The Japanese and puppet troops who were preparing for battle on the city wall had disappeared without a trace. The city wall was also blown down in two places.

After two consecutive rounds of shelling on the Chaoyang Tower, the artillery immediately pulled five 150mm howitzers back to their original positions to participate in the frontal bombardment of the Japanese.

The commander of Chaoyang County immediately reported to the division commander Sakamoto in Jinzhou that the Chaoyang County tower was bombarded by five 150mm howitzers. The devil troops could launch an attack on Chaoyang County at any time.

But after the heavy howitzer bombardment, everything returned to calm.

The commander of the Chaoyang County devils didn't know why the devil troops didn't attack them when the city wall collapsed. Only the commander of the devil troops knew this.

Division Commander Sakamoto was also surprised at the rapid development of the Devil's Army. Last time when they were besieging the city, the Devil's Army only had four 150mm howitzers, but now they have ten. He even thought about sending more troops to reinforce Chaoyang County. But the Japanese troops in Chaoyang had not asked him for help yet, so he gave up.

Because if necessary, the Japanese troops confronting the devil troops outside Chaoyang County to the west can quickly enter Chaoyang County to reinforce.

Gray Wolf looked at the positions that were bombarding each other and fell into deep thought: "If we follow the reason why Jinzhou retreated halfway during the attack on Tiaobingshan County last time, we can blow up their artillery units. But this place is close to Jinzhou. If we don't inflict heavy damage on the Japanese coming from Jinzhou, Jinzhou can continuously replenish ammunition and troops. If the Japanese wait for a while, their army can't afford to wait."

Gray Wolf has discovered through the Golden Eagle that the Japanese artillery has deployed two artillery positions. If their artillery position moves forward and attacks one of the Japanese artillery positions, then their artillery position is likely to be attacked by another artillery position of the Japanese.

Finally, Gray Wolf thought of a way to share the enemy's large army.