Devil's Army

Finally, it was night and the Japanese stopped attacking.

The first and second regiments at the dock did not dare to relax their vigilance. On the one hand, they stepped up patrols, and on the other hand, they strengthened their fortifications. They would face an even more fierce counterattack from the Japanese tomorrow.

After Jackal settled the team members who robbed the arms truck, he led a small team of special forces to the vicinity of the south gate of Kaiyuan City.

Because a brigade outside the city was attacking, Japanese soldiers could be seen running around everywhere in the city, and no one paid attention to the Jackal's army of more than a dozen people.

Jackal and his men could move around the city easily, but it was difficult to get close to the headquarters, which was guarded by a special guard and had strict defense.

However, to the Jackal's surprise, the attack by the brigade outside the city was not fierce.

Jackal and his men returned to the village where the troops were hiding, and immediately contacted the First and Second Regiments which were defending the dock through the radio.

The commander of the first regiment replied to the Jackal that after a whole day of fighting, they still had control of the dock, but the casualties of the second regiment were quite heavy. The first battalion could only retreat to the dock to rest tomorrow. Although the second battalion could still defend its position, it had suffered heavy casualties.

Although the commander of the first regiment did not tell Jackal the specific casualty figures of their two regiments, from the words in the commander's reply, Jackal still judged that the casualties of their two regiments should be more than one battalion.

By this calculation, the first and second regiments could only hold the dock for less than a week at best.

We must speed up the pace of recovering Kaiyuan City.

However, it was impossible for the Jackal to directly urge the First Brigade to intensify the siege. He could only send a telegram to the commander of the First Brigade in a tactful manner, asking about the progress of the troops' combat.

Soon, the commander of a brigade replied, saying that the Japanese in Kaiyuan City had sufficient troops, high walls, and tenacious resistance. The troops launched two relatively large-scale charges, resulting in heavy casualties.

Considering that the First Army had captured two trains of Japanese ammunition, the Japanese in the city must not have enough ammunition. In order to reduce casualties, they mainly consumed the Japanese ammunition today. They did not launch another charge. They asked them if they needed help.

At this time, Jackal told the brigade commander the truth: the 2nd Regiment of the 4th Brigade stationed at the dock was attacked from three sides by the devils, and suffered heavy casualties. If they could enter the city as soon as possible, it would greatly reduce their pressure.

When the brigade commander heard that the first and second regiments were under great pressure, he immediately told the Jackal that tomorrow they would feint and attack the South Gate, which was the main attack today, and then set the main attack direction to the East Gate. He wanted their special forces to assist in the attack. The time for the attack on the East Gate was set at 9 o'clock in the morning.

At six o'clock the next morning, Jackal arranged for the guerrillas to guard the munitions in the village, and the first battalion that was to cooperate with them returned to the vicinity of the dock to wait for an opportunity to support the guards at the dock. He was going to take the special forces to the east gate to look for a fighter plane to support the troops attacking the city.

Although the troops inside Kaiyuan City were still in good order, they were frequently transferred and did not pay attention to the understaffed squadron of the Jackal.

In order to support the First Brigade's attack on the East Gate, the Jackal's special forces have been patrolling around the East Gate.

This unfamiliar squadron of Jackals finally attracted the attention of the East Gate defenders.

The garrison at the East Gate was a reinforced squadron of nearly two hundred men.

The squadron leader, who was also a captain, stepped forward and questioned the Jackal: "Where are you from? What unit?"

"We are the Honda Squadron that came from Changtu County to assist in the defense of Kaiyuan City. We had a fierce battle with the devil's troops when we crossed the Xiaoliang River. Only so many of us are left." Jackal's officer certificate also showed the rank of captain, and they were of the same rank, so Jackal spoke to the devil's squadron leader in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

"Didn't the railway bridge over Xiaoliang River get blown up by the Devil's Army?"

"We came here by boat."

"Oh, thank you for your hard work, Honda!" The Japanese squadron leader returned the officer's certificate to Jackal and left.

Jackal continued to patrol near the east gate with his special forces team.

At seven o'clock, the attack of the brigade outside Kaiyuan City had not yet begun, and the Japanese on both sides of the dock began to attack the dock.

Then the Japanese soldiers coming from Changtu County north of Xiaoliang River also began to shoot and bombard the Third Battalion across the Xiaoliang River.

The Japanese on the left side of the dock attacked fiercely from the beginning, with small mountain guns and mortars bombarding the positions of the first and second battalions in turn. The infantry followed the artillery pits and charged towards the positions of the first army.

The first regiment allocated three of its five 100mm howitzers to bomb the attacking Japanese.

But the leader of this brigade was very cunning. He rushed in as soon as the battle started. When three howitzers bombarded them, they were already relatively close to the position of the first battalion. The howitzers did not dare to bombard them too close. So they did not achieve any results.

On the contrary, the Japanese on the right side of the dock were not so lucky.

They had been frightened by the Second Battalion, so they moved forward cautiously at the beginning of the charge, constantly paying attention to whether there were any artillery shells coming, and being ready to evade the attack at any time.

Although their tactical actions were standard, the two 100mm howitzers of the regiment were also accurate.

The shock waves from the two grenades' explosions swept the unprotected Japanese soldiers all around.

The Japanese captain on the right side hurriedly ordered his soldiers to get close to the second battalion's position as quickly as possible.

At the same time, he ordered the mortars to intensify the bombardment of the second battalion's positions.

Just as the battle at the dock was in full swing, a brigade of troops south of Kaiyuan City began its feint to the east and attack in the west.