Devil's Army

With Wu Lang's permission, Platoon Leader Song happily led his soldiers to follow the heavy artillery unit to the camp of the Third Regiment.

When they arrived at the Third Regiment's camp, Platoon Leader Song immediately asked the Third Regiment Commander to fight. The Third Regiment Commander smiled and said to him:

"I remember you were learning how to use the 40 rocket launcher in Ji County, right?"

"Yes."

"It's no use for you to go to the front line now."

"Captain, we have learned how to use the 40mm rocket launcher. We can fight the Japanese just like your soldiers."

"You misunderstood. I'm not saying your technology is bad, but the enemy's position is beyond the range of your Type 40 rockets. What effect can you have if you go there?"

Platoon Leader Song was speechless. He had tried every possible means to get to the front line, but who knew that he would still only be a spectator.

"Don't be discouraged. Now that you are at the front line, there will always be opportunities."

The third commander saw Platoon Leader Song's disappointment and patted him on the shoulder.

The 150mm howitzer came over, and this time two 75mm mountain guns also arrived.

Artillery Captain Luo asked the Third Regiment Commander:

"Captain, when will we attack?"

"No, I changed my mind. You hide the heavy artillery company and I will notify you when we need it."

"Commander, weren't you the one who asked the commander-in-chief for heavy artillery support?" asked the second battalion commander.

"The enemy situation has changed. Look at how many Japanese soldiers are in their positions. Wouldn't it be a waste to use 150mm grenades to attack them? The Japanese are using mortars to attack us, so we can just fire a few shots at them if we have nothing to do."

Platoon Leader Song left the Third Regiment Headquarters with the Second Battalion Commander with a disappointed look on his face.

The battalion commander patted Platoon Leader Song on the shoulder and said:

"It's okay, you will be able to join the battle soon."

"how do you know?"

“I will observe the celestial phenomena.”

Platoon Leader Song just laughed it off, thinking that the Second Battalion Commander was comforting him.

Who knew that the wind would blow that afternoon, and the whistling north wind would blow straight into people's necks.

By the second half of the night, a thin layer of ice had formed on the surface of the river.

In the early morning, the Japanese soldiers south of Bailonggang Bridge panicked when they saw the river was frozen, and they increased their patrols.

The second battalion commander came over again and asked for a fight:

"Captain, the river is frozen. Can I lead the soldiers to cross it?"

"The river is frozen, which makes it easier for us to cross. You can imagine this, and so can the Japanese. The Japanese are the defenders, and we are the attackers. Don't worry, just sneak past them. Let the soldiers fire a round of fierce fire at the other side of the river, and then withdraw. The mortars will also cooperate with you."

Soon, the soldiers of the Second Battalion fired fiercely at the Japanese positions. Soon afterwards, the mortars of the Third Regiment also fiercely bombarded the Japanese positions.

The Japanese troops in the position hurriedly reported to their superiors that the devil troops were going to attack the Bailonggang Bridge.

Teams of Japanese troops began to reinforce the positions south of Bailonggang Bridge. Japanese mortars also began to counterattack the devil troops on the north bank of Bailonggang Bridge.

When the soldiers of the First Army saw the Japanese reinforcements arriving on the other side of the river, they only left a few observation posts in the position and the other soldiers immediately retreated.

The Japanese army fired at the north bank of Bailonggang Bridge for a while, and the artillery also bombarded it, but the devil troops did not fight back.

"Commander, the Japanese reinforcements have begun to retreat." The second battalion commander hurriedly told the third commander.

"Pull another platoon up to fight the Japs, and withdraw once the Japs' reinforcements arrive. The artillery will also join in the fun."

Before the Japanese reinforcements had gone far, they received a telegram from the southern bank asking for help. They had no choice but to turn around and reinforce the southern bank of Bailonggang Bridge.

As soon as the second platoon leader of the second company saw the Japanese reinforcements arriving, he immediately retreated.

The Japanese artillery then blew up the positions on the north bank of the Bailonggang Bridge, causing sand and rocks to fly everywhere and the grass and trees to tremble in fear.

The second company commander harassed the Japanese army for three days in a row, and the Japanese army was annoyed. The speed at which reinforcements came was getting slower and slower.

At this time, the ice on the river surface was already very thick. The commander of the Third Regiment ordered: Tomorrow we will launch a full-scale attack on the Japanese positions on the south bank of Bailonggang Bridge.

In order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack when the large Japanese force attacked the north bank of Bailonggang Bridge, the commander of the Third Regiment did not use his heavy artillery unit this time, but ordered his two Type 2 tanks to cooperate with the infantry attack.

Platoon Leader Song finally got the chance to show off his skills. His three squads of rocket launchers followed the 2nd Company, 3rd Company and 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion respectively.

The next morning, with heavy snow still falling from the sky, the Second Company on the north bank of Bailonggang Bridge began shooting at the Japanese on the south bank again.

The Japanese soldiers in the positions on the south bank of Bailonggang Bridge fought back lazily. They didn't even send a telegram to the headquarters.

The Japanese commander in the position suddenly felt that the attack of the devil's troops this time was a little different. The gunfire was more intense and lasted longer. He also vaguely heard the roar of tanks.

He walked out of his position and looked across the river, vaguely seeing a tank rushing towards him in the snow.

The Japanese commander immediately reported to the headquarters and requested support, but it was too late.