Devil's Army

There were continuous explosions on the company's position, and mud and the bodies of the Japanese soldiers flew in all directions.

The Japanese soldiers who were not hit by the bomb buried their heads tightly in the fortifications like ostriches, praying to God for love.

As soon as the mortar bombardment of the First Army stopped, the soldiers of the First Company of the 691st Regiment immediately launched a fierce attack on the first line of work.

The 691st Squadron of the nd Battalion of the Japanese Army, which had not yet gained a firm foothold, was quickly driven out of the first line of fortification by the soldiers of the st Regiment.

The second regiment commander ordered: the soldiers of the 691st Regiment used the broken guns and branches to prop up their hats on the fortifications to cover them up, and quickly retreated to the second line of fortifications.

Soon, the Japanese mountain artillery units fiercely fired shells at the Chinese army's first line of fortifications.

Hats and clothes in the fortifications were blown all over the sky.

The commander of the first company of the 691st Regiment said to the commander of the first battalion next to him with a sad face:

"Captain, my hat has been sacrificed for my country!"

"Don't worry, even if I can't give you new recruits, I can still give you some new hats! Let them continue to contribute to the anti-Japanese war!" The battalion commander threw a cigarette to the company commander and said with a smile.

The Japanese mountain artillery bombarded for nearly 20 minutes and then stopped. Another Japanese infantry squadron quickly rushed to the position of the first company.

This squadron of Japanese soldiers successfully occupied the first line of fortification without encountering any resistance.

The Japanese soldiers in this squadron did not revel like the previous squadron, but quickly built fortifications to prepare to resist the attack of the Chinese army.

However, the Chinese army did not give them time to rebuild their fortifications. The mortar soldiers of the Second Regiment, who had already moved their positions, quickly poured mortar shells at the first fortifications.

The Japanese troops in the first fortification suffered the same fate as the first Japanese squadron.

The shelling of the Second Regiment had just stopped when the battalion commander of the First Battalion of the 691st Regiment in the second line of fortification replaced the Second Company and quickly moved forward to capture the first line of fortification.

This Japanese infantry squadron, which had not yet gained a firm foothold, was driven out of the first line of fortification.

By a little after two o'clock in the afternoon, the first line of defense had changed hands three times.

When the Japanese mountain artillery attacked the first fortification for the fourth time, the company commander of the 691st Regiment said to the battalion commander with a wry smile:

"Battalion Commander, the hats of the soldiers in our three companies have all been sacrificed heroically. Who will go up next? What are you taking off?"

"You guys go ahead and take off your pants!"

"No, Captain. I still have my dignity to save."

"I can even sacrifice my life to fight the Japanese, so why should I care about my face?"

Who would have thought that when the commander of the 50th Regiment, Yuanshan Deng, heard the report from the squadron leader who had escaped back that there were no bodies of Chinese soldiers in the fortifications, he immediately became suspicious.

He arranged for two small mountain guns to continue bombarding the first position of the Chinese army, and the other three small mountain guns moved forward quietly. He also raised a hot air balloon.

The two Japanese mountain guns stopped firing, and before their infantry could reoccupy the first line of fortification, the three mountain guns that had moved forward suddenly launched a fierce bombardment on the second line of fortification of the Chinese army under the guidance of the artillery observation post on the hot air balloon.

The second position of the Chinese army was suddenly filled with flying sand and rocks, and explosions continued.

The company commander was unfortunately hit by a bullet in the first wave of attack by the Japanese army's small mountain artillery and died heroically.

While the Japanese mountain artillery was fiercely bombarding the second position of the Chinese defenders, a Japanese infantry company took the opportunity to occupy the first position, set up light and heavy machine guns, and prepared for battle.

The Japanese artillery observer was still on the hot air balloon, and the mortar soldiers of the Second Regiment did not dare to move. Otherwise, they would definitely be counterattacked by the Japanese mountain artillery.

The Japanese mountain artillery stopped bombing, and the second company of the second regiment asked the second regiment commander to enter the second fortification to stop the Japanese. But the second regiment commander refused because he heard the roar of the Japanese planes in the distance.

After a while, the Japanese planes flew over the second line of defense of the first company and dropped bombs.

The second line of fortification of the company was suddenly filled with flying sand and rocks, thick smoke and dust.

"Second Commander, the bombing by the Japanese planes is so intensive, the Second Company of the 691st Regiment..." The Second Company Commander of the Second Regiment could not continue.

After the Japanese planes stopped bombing, the Japanese infantry began to attack the second line of fortifications.

"Second Captain, I'll let the Golden Eagle take down the Japanese hot air balloon!" An aviation soldier begged the Second Captain.

"How many air-to-ground missiles does the Golden Eagle have left?"

"There's one left." The aviation soldier whispered. He knew that a Golden Eagle without an air-to-ground missile was like a tiger without teeth.

"Okay, go and destroy the Japanese hot air balloon."

The aviation soldier saluted the second regiment commander and turned to leave.

"Messenger, inform our mortar soldiers, once the Japanese hot air balloon explodes, bomb the Japanese who are attacking the second line of defense to death."

"Captain of the Second Company, you will immediately move into the second fortification and replace the 691st Company."

"Yes!" The second company commander saluted the second regiment commander and immediately gathered his troops to enter the second fortification. Because at this time, the remaining soldiers of the first company of the 691st Regiment in the second fortification were blocking the attack of the Japanese army.

The second company commander rushed to the second fortification and ordered the soldiers of the first company of the 691st Regiment to retreat and rest. However, none of the soldiers of the first company were willing to leave, as they wanted to avenge the first company commander.