Devil's Army

"The 103rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese was also called the Yamada Detachment. They were from Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Since they entered the Chinese battlefield, they have been burning, killing, looting, raping women, and committing all kinds of evil. They have committed countless crimes against the Chinese nation. The Chinese military and civilians all hate them, while Japanese newspapers have been promoting them, saying that they are brave warriors of the empire."

When the commander of the first regiment heard this, he was furious. No wonder the commander of the fifth brigade was so angry when he heard about the 103rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese.

At this time, the scouts came to report: the small Chinese unit that was sniping at the Japanese in the field was bombarded by the Japanese and showed signs of retreating.

"Captain Huang, arrange a company to hold back these devils."

The first and second regiments had not yet arrived, so Meilang had to send a small force to hold back this beastly army.

The Chinese troops in the field were less than a platoon, and they kept changing positions to shoot the Japanese with the cooperation of three snipers. But the Japanese artillery began to set up mortars to bombard them. They had to start retreating.

The commander of a company of a regiment who was ordered to delay the Japanese heard the gunfire from the other side blocking the Japanese and could not help but admire his commander. Just these 20 or 30 people dared to launch a surprise attack on a brigade of the Japanese.

As soon as the first company approached the small group of Japanese troops that were besieging the Chinese troops in the field, they immediately launched a fierce attack.

The thirty-three Chinese soldiers who were retreating stopped retreating immediately when they saw reinforcements and turned around to attack the small group of Japanese soldiers.

Major General Yamada Shinji, who was advancing towards Baoding, suddenly heard the gunfire behind him becoming more intense. After listening for a while, he ordered the Yamashita Squadron of the 1st Regiment to go for support, and the other troops continued to advance.

Before the Yamashita squadron arrived at the battlefield, it was bombarded fiercely by a company commander's mortar artillery, and the squadron was also blown apart.

"Captain Yamada, the sound of the artillery sounds like it's the main force of the Chinese army." said a captain of the Yamada detachment.

"From the sound of the artillery, there are at least five mortars. According to the Chinese army's deployment, there are at least a regiment of soldiers. You take your brigade to destroy this Chinese army, and we will continue to rush to Baoding City.

The Japanese captain led this large group of Japanese soldiers back to reinforce his squadron at the foot of the mountain.

The third platoon of the first company commander was relying on the terrain to block the attack of the Japanese squadron at the foot of the mountain. The first and second platoons cooperated with the Chinese soldiers in the field to encircle and annihilate this small group of Japanese.

This small unit of the 103rd Brigade was quickly wiped out after being attacked from three sides by two platoons of a company and the retreating and returning Chinese soldiers.

After annihilating this Japanese squad, the first and second platoons turned back and cooperated with the third platoon to attack the Japanese squadron at the foot of the mountain from both sides.

Captain Yamashita had to divide his troops to stop the three-sided siege of the company.

After the first and second platoons engaged in a battle with the squadron at the foot of the mountain, they did not attack, but instead passively defended and delayed the Japanese.

Soon, a large group of Japanese soldiers arrived. The first company struggled to hold on under the attack of the Japanese army's artillery fire.

The Second Regiment arrived at the designated position five minutes ahead of schedule.

In addition to arranging the first battalion to stay behind to block the return of the main force of the Japanese 103rd Brigade, Captain Huang of the 103st Regiment had the other two regiments and the regiment's special forces company all deployed to encircle and suppress the First Battalion of the Japanese rd Brigade.

Following the order from the Fifth Brigade Commander, the First and Second Regiments attacked the Japanese First Battalion from all directions.

The fierce attack of the two regiments of the Fifth Brigade caused the Japanese First Battalion to fall into chaos for a time. However, the captain of the Japanese First Battalion quickly stabilized the troops and began to counterattack the attack of the Fifth Brigade.

Considering that the main force of the Japanese 103rd Brigade was less than half an hour away from here, the Fifth Brigade Commander did not leave any reserve troops except for the first battalion to fight the reinforcements at the beginning of the battle, and pushed forward on all fronts.

Under the unified command of the Fifth Brigade Commander, the mortar companies of the First and Second Regiments continuously bombarded the enemy's artillery and machine gun fire points.

Out of hatred for this beastly army, the regiment commander led his soldiers in a swift attack on the large group of Japs.

The commander of the second regiment thought that the first regiment wanted to seize the merit of the battle, so he also ordered his soldiers to attack the Japanese fiercely.

The Japanese 103rd Brigade, which was used to fighting the Chinese army with outdated weapons, encountered the fiercest attack since entering the Chinese battlefield and had to ask the brigade for help.

When Brigade Commander Sawada received a request for help from the First Battalion, he immediately sent the First Regiment and the First Heavy Artillery Company to provide support.

More than 20 minutes later, the 1st Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment engaged in a firefight in a field on the left side of the Pinghan Line.

The Japanese regiment commander was eager to break through the position of the 150st Battalion, and ordered the five 75mm howitzers and five mm mountain guns of the st Heavy Artillery Squadron to fiercely bombard the position of the st Battalion.

The position of the first battalion was a simple temporary fortification with poor anti-artillery effect. The fortification was almost razed to the ground in the fierce bombardment of the first squadron of the Japanese heavy artillery.

The casualties of the first company of soldiers stationed in the fortifications were heavy. After the first squadron of the Japanese heavy artillery stopped shelling, almost all the soldiers of the first company who survived in the fortifications were injured.

At this time, the commander of the first regiment ordered the three infantry companies directly under the second battalion to launch a wave-like and uninterrupted attack.

The first battalion’s position is in danger of being breached at any time!