Devil's Army

Since the Japanese army's distant mountain troops did not pursue the Second and Third Battalions closely, the soldiers of the Second and Third Battalions successfully retreated to the main position outside the west gate of Meihua Town.

At this time, Captain Lu had already evacuated the residents of Meihua Town and was in the operations room with the Second Captain watching the situation of the Japanese on the front line transmitted by the Golden Eagle II.

"Commander, the Japanese still have two tanks on the front line, and our Golden Eagle II only has one air-to-ground missile left." The aviation soldier operating the Golden Eagle II reported to the second commander.

"Don't use this air-to-ground missile. Let the Japanese tanks be dealt with by their 150mm howitzers."

During the recapture of Meihua Town, Chinese soldiers seized two Type 150 mm howitzers from the Japanese, which the Second Regiment Commander could use to defeat the Japanese with his own strength.

The 50st Infantry Battalion of the th Regiment of the Japanese Army did not rush forward, but advanced steadily with the cooperation of two tanks. But all this was under the control of the second regiment commander.

"Bomb!" Following the order from the Second Regiment Commander, the two 150mm howitzers on the Second Regiment's artillery position immediately bombarded the Japanese army fiercely.

The artillery training of the First Anti-Japanese Army always emphasizes hitting the target with the first strike. The two Japanese tanks were destroyed in the first wave of artillery fire.

The subsequent continuous bombardment caused heavy casualties among the soldiers of the 50st Battalion of the th Regiment of the Japanese Army. The battlefield was filled with smoke and mud, and the broken limbs of the Japanese soldiers flew everywhere.

"How come the Chinese army has 150mm large-caliber howitzers?" Yuanshan Deng asked the chief of staff beside him.

"This seems to be our magic gun, the Type 150 mm howitzer. It should have been left to them by the Fifth Division."

"These idiots caused us such a huge loss, they should be court-martialed. Call the Air Force to destroy the Chinese artillery positions!"

The Japanese 50th Regiment did not have a heavy artillery squadron, but only a mountain artillery unit with five 75mm mountain guns. In front of the 150mm howitzer, its power was not worth mentioning, so they did not dare to fire.

Under the precise guidance of the Golden Eagle No. 2, the Second Artillery Regiment inflicted heavy casualties on the First Battalion of the Japanese Far Mountain Force.

The bombardment lasted for 20 minutes. The second regiment commander ordered the heavy artillery to withdraw first.

After the Chinese army stopped shelling, the positions of the First Battalion of the Yuanshan Force were littered with Japanese corpses and wailing wounded soldiers.

Yuanshan Deng ordered the Second Battalion to quickly replace the First Battalion and launch a fierce attack on the Chinese army. The First Battalion followed after cleaning up the mess. Heavy gunfire was heard to the west of Meihua Town.

The commander of the Second Regiment ordered the mortar troops to launch a fierce bombardment on the attacking Second Infantry Battalion of the Japanese Army.

The Yuanshan troops, with the momentum of the victory in taking Shimen, except for those who were blown down, the other soldiers ignored the artillery fire from the soldiers of the Second Regiment and charged fiercely towards the Chinese army's positions.

Yuanshan Deng ordered the regiment's mountain artillery unit to launch a counterattack against the Chinese army's mortars.

The mortar troops of the Second Regiment had to move under the fierce bombardment of the mountain artillery of the distant mountain troops.

The Japanese mountain artillery units then launched a fierce bombardment on the Chinese positions, and many of the simple fortifications built by the 691nd and st Regiments were blown down. The number of casualties among the soldiers also rose sharply.

At this time, the roar of Japanese planes was heard in the distance, and four G3M 96 bombers flew towards the Chinese army positions.

The infantry were like lambs to be slaughtered in front of the bombers. The commander of the second regiment ordered the first company to get close and engage in close combat with the Japanese army.

The cunning Toyama Deng was not a fanatical samurai, and did not fight with the soldiers of the first company with bayonets. He ordered the machine gunners to set up their machine guns and fire fiercely at the soldiers of the first company who were charging.

Many soldiers in the company fell on the way to the charge without even encountering the Japanese.

Upon seeing this, the second regiment commander immediately called a halt to the charge, retreated to the fortifications, and paid attention to air defense.

The few remaining soldiers in the company quickly jumped down from the empty room and hid.

At this time, bombs from Japanese planes were raining down around the positions, and one company of soldiers after another was blown away by bombs from Japanese planes.

After the Japanese planes flew away, the remaining soldiers in the company in the fortifications were no longer enough to defend the fortifications.

The mountain artillery unit in the distant mountains launched a fierce bombardment on the positions of the first company, and the infantry followed up.

The 691st Company of the st Regiment asked the nd Regiment Commander to enter the position. The nd Regiment Commander refused. He ordered the st Company in the position to quickly withdraw to the second fortification, and the mortar soldiers aimed at the st Company's first fortification.

The remaining 18 warriors of the first company retreated to the second fortification, and the second regiment commander ordered them to rest. The second fortification was handed over to the first company of the 691st regiment.

An infantry company of the Japanese 2nd Infantry Battalion leaped alternately and rushed to the position of the 1st Company under cover, only to find that there was no Chinese soldier left on the position.

The Japanese infantry squadron raised their rifles and shouted in the direction of their own brigade, cheering that they had successfully captured the Chinese army's position. But this joy did not last long.

A series of dense mortars roared towards the position of the first company. Seeing the devils revelling on the position of the first company, the mortar soldiers of the second regiment decisively launched artillery fire at the position of the first company.