Devil's Army

Japanese Lieutenant Colonel Chi Zhongzhiwu arranged the 5th Battalion to attack Jixian via Panshan, and the 6th Battalion to attack Jixian via Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass.

Panshan has a complex terrain with numerous mountains and valleys and a dangerous terrain. The numerous peaks, valleys and dense forests provided a natural hiding place for the Second Regiment of the Third Brigade to ambush the Japanese army.

At the beginning of the war, the commander of the Third Brigade took five of the nine Type 150 mm howitzers captured from the Japanese by the Fifth Brigade and hid them in the jungle.

The 5th Battalion of the Japanese Army arrived at Panshan Pass. Looking at the dense forest, Lieutenant Colonel Chi Zhongzhiwu ordered artillery fire reconnaissance.

Shells exploded one after another in the forest. The first company of the second regiment, led by Captain Hu, lay quietly in the forest. Those who were unfortunately hit by the shells could only blame their bad luck.

After the artillery reconnaissance, a Japanese reconnaissance team entered the forest to search.

Suddenly, a round of gunfire rang out, and a row of Japanese soldiers searching in front fell to the ground one after another.

The Japanese soldiers behind quickly hid behind the trees and fired back at the place where the gunshots came from.

A Japanese infantry company heard the exchange of fire ahead and rushed forward to provide reinforcements.

When Captain Hu saw the Japanese reinforcements coming, he did not fight with them and continued to walk deeper into the Panshan Mountain.

Upon seeing that the ambush of the Devil Forces had been repelled, Lieutenant Colonel Ikezaki immediately led the fifth battalion of Japanese troops to follow and prepared to enter Panshan.

At this time, the whistling sound of 150mm grenades came from Panshan. Under the guidance of the golden eagle, one 150mm grenade after another fell accurately into the Japanese camp at the Panshan Pass.

The huge shock wave from the 150mm grenade explosion scattered Japanese soldiers everywhere, and Lieutenant Colonel Ikemoto was pinned to the ground by the guards to avoid having to board the homemade plane.

After several rounds of bombing, the Japanese Fifth Battalion had suffered heavy casualties and was wailing in dismay.

Lieutenant Colonel Chi Zhong cursed the Devil Forces for being insidious. He had carefully sent out a small reconnaissance force to investigate the Devil Forces' ambush force, but who knew that they were still ambushed by their heavy artillery.

The commander of a battalion took advantage of the fact that the main Japanese force was under attack from their heavy artillery and was unable to take care of themselves, and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese infantry squadron that had broken into the Panshan forest.

The Japanese reconnaissance team and infantry squadron that broke into the Panshan forest were constantly attacked by the devil troops behind the trees and fell to the ground one after another.

They also kept shooting at the devil soldiers behind the tree. But they had no idea how many people there were in the devil army, because there would always be a burst of fierce gunfire and grenades thrown from behind the tree.

The Japanese infantry squadron leader, along with the remaining infantry and the almost completely destroyed reconnaissance team, withdrew from the Panshan forest and joined the main force.

At this time, the main force of their Fifth Battalion had been completely defeated by the Devil Forces' 150mm howitzers.

Lieutenant Colonel Chi Zhong urgently ordered the troops to retreat several miles to prevent another bombardment from the Devil's heavy artillery.

Lieutenant Colonel Chi Zhong looked at the wailing wounded soldiers and couldn't help but lament his bad luck in encountering such a strong army. If he knew that the four captains who had attended the meeting with him were now separated from him, he would not have lamented so much.

He asked the commander for air force fire support. Without destroying the devil troops' heavy artillery, they would not dare to advance any further.

Soon, the Japanese planes roared over Panshan. However, facing the dense forest, they had no idea where the artillery of the devil army was. As soon as the wild animals in the forest made a noise, they immediately dropped bombs.

In this way, the animals in the Panshan forest were bombarded by another group of animals in the sky, while the artillery of the Third Brigade stayed quietly by the side, safe and sound.

The Japanese air force carried out a few quick bombings, took some photos and returned to report.

After receiving the order from the garrison commander to continue the attack, Lieutenant Colonel Ikezaki and his soldiers cautiously continued to advance towards Panshan.

Lieutenant Colonel Ikezhong was worried that the devil troops had set an ambush in the forest, so he sent another team to search.

Soon after this reconnaissance team entered the Panshan forest, fierce gunfire was heard in the forest.

"They are engaged in a battle with the devil's troops, forward!" Lieutenant Colonel Chi Zhong waved his command knife and the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion rushed towards Panshan.

Before they could rush into Panshan, the whistling sound of the 150mm grenade that frightened Lieutenant Colonel Chi Zhong came towards them again.

While dodging the artillery fire, Lieutenant Colonel Chi Zhong cursed the air force for reporting false military intelligence.

As soon as the heavy artillery of the Third Brigade stopped bombing, the commander of the Second Regiment left his direct company and the Third Battalion as reserves, and the First and Second Battalions pressed forward on all fronts.

The Japanese Fifth Battalion, which had not yet recovered from the bombing of the Devil Force's 150mm grenades, was immediately attacked fiercely by the First and Second Battalions.

Lieutenant Colonel Ikezhong left the 2nd Infantry Company to block the enemy, while the other remaining troops of the 5th Battalion quickly retreated.

The Japanese Army's Second Infantry Company fought hard to resist the attack of the devil's troops and finally contained the fierce attack of the First and Second Battalions.

Lieutenant Colonel Ike and his remaining soldiers finally managed to escape the pursuit of the Devil's Army, but his Second Squadron was almost wiped out.

After wiping out most of the Japanese Second Squadron, the Second Regiment Commander did not ask the soldiers to continue the pursuit, but instead asked them to quickly clean up the battlefield, not even sparing the Japanese uniforms and shoes.

The cold winter was approaching, and they were beginning to run short of cold-proof clothing in the North China War Zone.