Devil's Army

When the commander of the first brigade arrived at the temporary brigade headquarters of the commander of the third brigade, Li Guozhu was holding a glass of water, staring at a tree that was losing its leaves.

"The Third Brigade Commander is so leisurely and elegant."

"It's not that I have leisure time, but that I have nothing to do." The Third Brigade Commander took a sip of water and smiled bitterly.

"Didn't your Third Brigade just fight a battle with the Japanese in Fengtian?"

"We have been recuperating in Chaoyang County for more than half a year. We thought the commander had asked us to come here to stretch our muscles and give the Japanese a good beating, but who knew we would end up beating a bunch of idiots."

"Stupid?" a brigade commander asked in confusion.

"A bunch of idiots who speak in stilted Japanese and do things that are not human."

"Hahaha, it turns out the Japs sent a group to attack the dog."

"You have nothing to do now, I'll find something for you to do."

At this time, Deputy Brigade Commander He brought a glass of water to Brigade Commander I and asked:

"I heard that your battle at the Liangjiashan Fortress was not going well?"

"The Japanese became dirtier and dug many bunkers and fortifications underground. We suffered heavy casualties. I told them to stop attacking and turn to encirclement, hoping to trap them to death."

"You just told our brigade commander to find something for us to do. What is it?"

"Oh, I forgot about that when you started talking. This is what happened. The Japanese attacked our grain transport team, and I plan to wipe out the surrounding Japanese."

"The Japanese attacked our grain transport team? Are there any casualties?"

"There were definitely casualties, and two truckloads of food were lost."

"It seems that our defense of this section of road is still too lax." Deputy Brigade Commander He sighed.

"Do you want us to be responsible for clearing out the Japanese in the towns and villages west of Fengtian, and you will be responsible for clearing out the Japanese in the towns and villages east of Jinzhou?" asked the Third Brigade Commander.

"It's easier to talk to smart people." said a brigade commander with a smile.

"When are you going to take action?" Li Guozhu asked.

"Give way to General Leng. If he has no objection, tell me and we'll act. I'll send someone to escort the retreating grain transport team back first, otherwise we'll all be left in vain."

After the commander of the first brigade returned from the headquarters of the third brigade, he immediately ordered the second regiment to arrange two companies to search along Niangniang Palace Town towards the tribe, and escort the grain transport team back after finding them.

At the same time, several scouts were arranged to conduct reconnaissance in Niangniang Palace Town in preparation for the recapture of Niangniang Palace Town.

There were not many Japanese soldiers in the towns around Jinzhou. And according to the soldiers who brought back the grain transport team, the Japanese soldiers who attacked their grain transport team only had a squadron of soldiers.

There were three regiments guarding the east gate of Jinzhou. The first and second companies of the first battalion of the second regiment advanced side by side, searching all the way back to the tribe.

When the search team passed by Niangniang Palace Town where the Japanese were stationed, the Japanese in the town did not make any movement.

Niangniangong Town is less than 30 miles away from Jinzhou. In the past, the Japanese invaders here were very fierce in sweeping the anti-Japanese armed forces. If there was any danger in the town, the Japanese invaders from Jinzhou could arrive in less than an hour.

The guerrillas and bandits that were originally active near the town were either wiped out by the Japanese or moved to other places.

Now the Japanese in Jinzhou are blocked in the city by the First Anti-Japanese Army, and the Japanese in Niangniang Palace Town dare not jump around.

The first and second company commanders each arranged two scouts to conduct reconnaissance in Niangniang Palace Town, while the main force continued to move forward to search for the grain transport team.

When the large force searched near Shishan Town, they heard bursts of gunfire from the front. The gunfire was not very dense.

The sound of gunfire was an order. The first and second company commanders ordered their troops to move to the left and right of the gunfire.

After a while, the company commander saw four grain trucks of the First Army hiding in the bushes on the left side of the path.

Forty or fifty grain transport soldiers of the First Anti-Japanese Army were hiding in the ditches and behind the trees on the side of the road, fighting with more than a hundred Japanese soldiers and puppet troops.

The Japs used two mortars and light and heavy machine guns to continuously fire at the First Army's grain transport team.

The grain transport team of the First Army was obviously short of ammunition, and the return fire was sporadic. They were always on the defensive.

As the first and second companies joined the battle, the battlefield situation immediately reversed and the Japanese began to passively defend.

There was an old soldier in the second company who had been a hunter before he joined the army. In his hand, a Type 38 rifle made the sound of a sniper rifle.

The second company commander simply let him act as a sniper, specializing in sniping the Japanese machine gunners and artillerymen.

After the veteran sniped and killed several Japanese machine gunners, he slipped to the outskirts of the Japanese artillery position.

It was autumn now, and the weather had turned cold, but the Japanese artillerymen were shirtless, groaning as they moved the shells.

The old soldier fired one or two shots and moved to another position. The Japanese artillerymen fell to the ground one after another, but they could do nothing to the old soldier.

The old soldiers were as slippery as loaches, crawling, jumping, and rolling... They would always shoot the artillerymen where they least expected them.

The Japanese artillery that suppressed the grain transport team was quickly pinned down by the veterans.

The first and second companies seized the opportunity, accelerated their charge, and kept shooting at the enemy.

The more than one hundred Japanese devils and puppet troops were finally unable to withstand the fierce offensive of the First Army and began to retreat.

The soldiers of the first and second companies were chasing closely behind them. The battle of Liangjia Mountain taught them that if they let the Japanese escape back to the well-fortified city, they would have to pay a greater price to destroy them.