Devil's Army

The commander of the first brigade came to the headquarters of the third brigade. Brigade Commander Li Guozhu and the political commissar were both in the brigade headquarters.

"What do you think? The terrain here is relatively flat. Can it stop the Japanese attack?" a brigade commander asked Li Guozhu.

"It shouldn't be a problem to stop them, but this group of devils is quite fierce, and the casualties of our troops are not small."

"It will be dark soon. If we stop this wave of attacks from the Japanese, today's battle will probably end here."

Li Guozhu nodded and handed a glass of water to the brigade commander.

As the sky gradually darkened, the Japanese did not launch any new attacks. They each confronted each other on their existing defense lines.

The first brigade commander had nothing to do, so he took the third brigade commander to the front line to check the movements of the Japanese.

I saw that the Japanese were hiding in a valley, with patrol soldiers constantly patrolling back and forth around them.

A brigade commander suddenly had an idea and pointed at the Japanese soldiers in the valley and asked, "The Japanese are hiding in the valley to avoid the wind. What should we do now?"

"Encircle and annihilate them from high above!" Li Guozhu responded happily, using a telescope to observe the situation from high above.

Soon Li Guozhu was no longer happy. Because the Japanese had deployed troops to defend the three high grounds. Once the surprise attack troops of their third brigade engaged the Japanese on the high ground, the Japanese in the hollow could immediately climb up to stop them.

The Japanese captain was not stupid either, and was always on guard against their sneak attacks.

A brigade commander shook his head and whispered something in Li Guozhu's ear.

After hearing this, Li Guozhu asked the brigade commander in surprise: "Can the army commander agree?"

"Why would I disagree? It can reduce the casualties of our soldiers and will not harm innocent civilians."

Every commander wants to reduce the casualties of his soldiers. Li Guozhu asked a brigade commander without confidence:

"Why don't you apply to the commander?"

The brigade commander nodded. Li Guozhu immediately sent a telegram to Leng Feng.

Soon, Leng Feng replied: Agree to the action. And inform Li Guozhu that the special shells have been sent to you.

Leng Feng also specifically emphasized that this large group of Japanese devils must be completely wiped out to avoid negative impacts.

Li Guozhu was very happy when he learned that Commander Leng agreed to the action, and he immediately made arrangements.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, two trucks of First Army soldiers arrived at the Third Brigade camp, escorting several special artillery shells.

At 11:30 in the evening, a company from the Third Brigade escorted several artillerymen and quietly approached the Japanese camp.

The troops came to a place upwind and lay in ambush.

A company commander hid in the bushes and observed the patrol of the Japanese patrol team.

At the same time, the commander of the second regiment arranged the second battalion to bypass the group of devils from both sides and block the Seto Battalion's retreat to Fengtian.

The third battalion quietly moved towards the Japanese camp, preparing to eliminate the Japanese who were on patrol at high altitude.

More than an hour passed, and a company commander discovered that the Japanese patrol passed by approximately every fifteen minutes.

The requirements for this shelling were not very high. Fifteen minutes was enough for the artillery to complete the mission and retreat.

At one o'clock in the morning, just as the Japanese patrol disappeared from the sight of the first company of soldiers, ten artillerymen from the first army immediately rushed to the open space and set up five mortars.

Immediately afterwards, five dull "bang bang..." sounds were heard, and five special shells whizzed towards the Japanese military camp.

The whistling mountain wind covered up the dull sound of the mortars being fired and the whistling sound of the flying shells.

After firing five shells, the ten artillerymen immediately retreated to the company commander and waited for the next order.

Five mortar shells hit the ground one after another, with yellow-green smoke hissing out from the tails of the shells.

A mortar shell happened to land not far from the Japanese headquarters.

Two Japanese sentries at the entrance of the command department heard a strange noise, looked at each other, and only heard the sound of wind whistling on the top of the mountain, and no other sound.

The sentry was worried, so the soldier on the right loaded his gun, held the gun tightly, and walked towards the place where the strange noise came from.

Suddenly, the sentry grabbed his throat with his right hand, fell to the ground with a plop, struggled desperately with his feet, and foamed at the mouth.

Another sentry heard the unusual noise and shouted nervously, "Ozawa-kun, Ozawa-kun, Xiao..." The sentry suddenly felt very uncomfortable and had difficulty breathing. He also fell to the ground, struggled with his legs, and died with foam at the mouth.

Half an hour later, the third battalion began to attack the patrol team on the hillside of the Japanese army camp.

The Japanese patrol immediately sought cover and fought back against the First Army's attack.

What surprised the Japanese patrol was that the Japanese soldiers in the barracks in the valley should have come to reinforce them in about 15 minutes after hearing the gunshots. However, they had been holding on for nearly half an hour, and no one from the barracks came to reinforce them.

More than half an hour later, the Japanese patrols on the hillside were wiped out one after another. A small number of Japanese who tried to escape back to Fengtian were also wiped out by the soldiers of the Second Battalion who were quietly ambushing.

After the battle, the soldiers of the 3rd Brigade were told that they were not allowed to go to the depression to clean up the battlefield.

The soldiers of the Third Brigade had no choice but to clean up the weapons and clothes of the Japanese patrol with doubts and return to the camp.

The Third Brigade deployed soldiers to guard all the intersections leading up the mountain and did not allow ordinary people to go up the mountain.

After a night's rest, the commander of the first regiment arrived at the front line, ready to face the enemy's attack the next day. However, he was told by the commander of the third brigade that the troops should rest and wait for orders.