Devil's Army

"Captain, the Japanese are only four miles away from us." The scout reported anxiously.

"Second Battalion Commander, set up an ambush one mile ahead. Once all the Japanese soldiers in this squadron enter the ambush circle, annihilate them all."

"Yes!" The second battalion commander immediately ran back to the troops to make arrangements.

"Third Battalion Commander, you are still responsible for protecting the artillery. Send another unit to guard two miles behind us to prevent the Japanese from sneaking up from behind."

"Yes!" The third battalion commander saluted and left.

A regiment commander sat under a tree, quietly waiting. He could do nothing but wait and see.

It would be a bad idea to engage in battle with this squadron of Japanese troops because it would attract all the surrounding Japanese troops.

"Captain, the enemy is less than three miles away from us."

The captain nodded without saying anything. Everything that needed to be arranged had already been arranged, and now all they could do was wait and see what would happen.

After a while, the scout came over and reported to him:

"Captain, the devils suddenly retreated."

"It should be the battalion commander who lured these devils to the main road. How far is he from us now?"

"It should be about three or four miles."

"Okay, pass the order down. When the enemy is five miles away from us, the troops will start to retreat."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as the danger of the large force being exposed was resolved. However, everyone began to worry about the safety of the first battalion.

The regiment commander's guess was correct. The Japanese soldiers in this squadron were indeed diverted away by the gunfire from the first battalion.

When the battalion commander left, the regiment commander specially gave them the Type 40 rockets and some grenades of the special forces company to increase their firepower.

A battalion commander led his troops on a quick march, from the small road to the main road.

Japanese troops passed by on the road from time to time, and without exception they were heading towards Anqing Airport.

A battalion commander seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack from behind on a passing Japanese troop.

After the Japanese troops reacted, the battalion commander quickly led his troops to retreat in the opposite direction.

The Japanese army pursued closely, and the battalion commander fought and retreated. The sound of gunfire attracted more Japanese troops to surround this direction.

When the battalion commander and his men retreated to the surrounding villages and towns, scouts reported that there were Japanese invaders on all sides.

Baojia Village is not far ahead. If we retreat into the village, we can rely on the houses and buildings to resist the Japanese army for a while, but the villagers will definitely suffer.

The battalion commander thought about it and gave up on entering Baojia Village.

Their battalion had been retreating and fighting all night, and the casualties in the battle had exceeded one-third.

Seeing that the Japanese encirclement was becoming tighter and tighter, if they waited until the Japanese surrounded them completely and then conducted a dragnet search, their battalion would have no way of breaking out of the encirclement.

The battalion commander had no choice but to make a bold move and ordered him and the company commander to break out to the west with most of the battalion's grenades. The deputy battalion commander led the main force to break out to the east, waiting for an opportunity to retreat to Hukou and join the main force.

The deputy battalion commander knew that this was a life-or-death mission, so he asked him to lead a company to break out to the east. The battalion commander led the main force to break out to the west.

The battalion commander said coldly to the deputy battalion commander:

"I am giving you orders now, not discussing with you. Please obey my orders!" Then he led the company westward without looking back.

After a while, fierce gunfire and grenade explosions were heard from the east of Baojia Village.

The sound of grenades exploding was so dense that it made people feel like they were making a single throw.

The Japanese army surrounded them one after another. The battalion commander who had once broken through the Japanese encirclement was once again blocked by the second encirclement of the Japanese army.

Seeing that they had no hope of breaking out, the battalion commander fired the Type 40 rockets at the Japanese machine gun fire points. He also threw grenades desperately at the densely populated areas of the Japanese. The fierce firepower made the Japanese army confirm that this was the direction of the devil's troops' breakout.

Most of the enemy's machine gun fire points were blown up by the 40 rockets of the first battalion. However, the enemy relied on their absolute superiority in manpower to tightly surround the first battalion commander and his men.

The only three grenades left in the first battalion were also used to blow up the Type 40 rocket launchers that had run out of shells.

The battalion commander and his men had been fighting from night till dawn and were very tired.

"How was it? Did you have fun fighting the Japanese today?" The battalion commander knew that there was no hope of breaking out, so he asked the remaining 40-odd officers and soldiers in a relaxed manner.

“It’s so enjoyable!”

"Next, shoot more accurately. We need to capture as many enemy soldiers as possible."

"Yes!"

Next, the battalion commander and his men used their limited bullets to continuously and accurately take the lives of the Japanese.

"Captain, I'm out of bullets."

"Captain, I'm out of bullets."

……

"Captain, I have five rounds left."

"Great, Xiaolong, you've put your careful planning to use here?" said the old squad leader, his face covered in blood, while touching Xiaolong's head.

"Although Xiaolong has more bullets left, he has killed just as many Japanese as you, the old squad leader." The deputy company commander kicked the old squad leader and said.

The battalion commander looked at the remaining 26 soldiers in the position, then glanced at the company commander who had just been shot and killed on his left and said:

"If we don't have bullets, we still have bayonets. If we don't have bayonets, we still have teeth. We're not at a loss today. If we kill one more devil, we'll earn one more devil."

The soldiers silently inserted their bayonets into the muzzles of their guns. They knew that their final moment had come.