Devil's Army

After a while, explosions began to sound at the company's position and dust rose into the sky.

The battle of the regiment to block the Japanese reinforcements from Jinzhou officially began.

The Japanese reinforcements to Huludao this time were from the 114th Regiment, whose commander was Jiro Isoko, a believer in firepower above all else. His 100mm howitzers and small mountain guns continued to bombard for more than half an hour before the infantry began to charge.

The platoon leader saw that the enemy had already started charging, but there was no return fire from the fortifications, so he immediately ordered the second and third squads to quickly enter the fortifications.

After a while, the sound of returning fire came from the fortifications. But the sound was lonely, just one shot after another.

When the platoon leader and two squads of soldiers jumped off the fortifications, a soldier covered in blood saluted the platoon leader and said tremblingly: "Report to the platoon leader, I did not embarrass the Chinese soldiers! The position is still there, in our hands!"

This soldier was a new recruit who had been in the army for a few months. He was from Harbin. He could not stand the Japanese bullying our female compatriots, so he beat the Japanese to death. Then he ran to Tieling County and asked to join the army.

The oath he made when he joined the army was: to spend his entire life fighting the Japanese until they were driven out of Chinese territory!

A row of long rings swept the fortifications, and tears welled up in their eyes.

He pulled the soldier's right hand down and ordered a soldier to carry him down for treatment, while the others immediately stopped the Japs.

The firepower of Jiro Isokuro's regiment is obviously stronger than that of other regiments.

Their artillery fire stopped, and when they charged, they were strafed by the machine gun fire points of the devil troops. The grenade throwers accompanying the team immediately blew up the machine gun fire points. The first row had a hard time blocking the enemy.

A regiment of artillery began to bombard the Japanese reinforcements.

The Japanese vanguard, which had lost its support temporarily, was weak in rear support and its charge was blocked. However, unlike other Japanese vanguards, this Japanese vanguard did not retreat when its charge was blocked. Instead, it lay down or found cover on the spot to attack a row of soldiers.

The sound of gunfire in the fortifications became less and less frequent. The company commander made a prompt decision and immediately ordered the second platoon to enter the fortifications.

Before the second platoon ran into the fortifications, the gunfire inside had stopped.

The second platoon leader immediately ordered the first squad to continue charging into the fortifications, and the second and third squads lay down on the spot to block the Japanese who were also charging towards the fortifications.

The charging Japanese were knocked down one after another, but the group of soldiers rushing towards the fortifications also fell one after another.

The company commander personally led the third platoon on standby to quickly reinforce the fortifications.

The fortifications became the target of the two armies. There were many Japanese corpses lying on the fortifications. Many soldiers of the First Army also fell on the fortifications.

Isokoro Jiro was a ruthless man. Seeing that his troops were in a stalemate with the devil's troops, he ordered the artillery to immediately bombard the east side of the fortifications, regardless of the possibility of accidentally injuring his own people.

The company's temporary position was suddenly filled with artillery fire.

The company's temporary position had no fortifications, and the Japanese's indiscriminate artillery bombardment caused heavy casualties to the company.

"This Japanese commander is cruel enough. He ordered the first company to retreat back to the town." The regiment commander ordered the battalion commander.

The first company was ordered to withdraw to Xintaimen Town, and the fortifications outside the town were completely occupied by the Japanese.

The company commander also died in this blocking battle. Now the highest commander of the company is Instructor Feng.

Instructor Feng counted the remaining number of people in the company: except for the two soldiers who went to the hospital, the entire platoon of the first platoon was killed; the second platoon had four people left, including the wounded; the third platoon still had twelve people. The entire first company was reduced to a squad.

"Commander, when will our 150mm howitzers arrive?" A battalion commander was also anxious when he saw the heavy casualties suffered by his company.

"We have to wait until the main force captures Huludao and comes to reinforce us."

"So we still have to endure the bombardment of the Japanese large-caliber howitzers?"

"That's why I withdrew the troops into the town and relied on the town's walls to fight a blocking battle with the Japanese. Otherwise, if we had to fill the fortifications company by company, our regiment wouldn't have been able to hold out for long."

"What difference does it make whether the company withdraws or not?" muttered a battalion commander.

"What did you say?"

"I said to hold on firmly until a large force arrives to reinforce us."

"Go down and make arrangements. We can fight the devils in the streets if necessary."

Isokoro Jiro captured the fortifications outside the town and suffered heavy casualties. He did not continue the attack, but rested near the fortifications.

After lunch, Colonel Isokuro ordered his soldiers to begin the attack.

It was the same old routine. As soon as the Japanese army's 100mm howitzers appeared, they began to bombard the city wall. The infantry followed closely. When they were about meters away from the city wall, the infantry stopped and squatted there waiting for the artillery to stop bombing.

As soon as the Japanese artillery fire stopped, the Japanese infantry in front of the city wall immediately jumped up and launched a charge towards the west gate of Songlingmen Town.

A group of soldiers inside the city wall rushed towards the city wall when the Japanese artillery fire stopped, and fired fiercely at the charging Japanese.

Three Japanese soldiers rushed to the gate, took out grenades and prepared to blow up the door, but were blown down by grenades thrown by a group of soldiers on the city wall.

A regiment of lightly armed troops and special forces came to recapture Songlingmen Town. They did not bring any heavy artillery, and the only artillery of the entire regiment was mortars.

The artillery could only set up guns on the city walls and bomb the Japanese reinforcements.

The Japanese vanguard who lost their support was finally repelled by a fierce wave of grenades and bullets because no one could keep up with their reinforcements.

Although Colonel Fushigo was blocked in his first siege, he did not give up. Instead, he readjusted his deployment and prepared to launch another larger-scale attack.