Devil's Army

The second battalion commander led his soldiers to set up obstacles on the truck's path, and the troops ambushed on both sides of the path.

The Japanese squad arrived at the roadblock and looked around vigilantly.

The second battalion commander immediately ordered his men to open fire without waiting for them to remove the roadblocks.

Bullets were fired at the Japanese troops on the path. In less than ten minutes, the escorting Japanese troops were sent back to the island country by the second battalion commander and his men.

A soldier from the Second Battalion used his bayonet to pry open the canvas at the back of the truck.

A wounded Japanese soldier in the carriage swung a piece of wood and swept it towards the soldiers of the second battalion.

The soldier was quick-witted and quickly squatted to avoid the Japanese wounded soldier's sweep, then thrust his bayonet into the Japanese soldier's chest.

Blood gushed out from the chest of the wounded Japanese soldier, blinding the eyes of this soldier from the Second Battalion.

The wounded Japanese soldiers in the car rushed over one after another, trying to fight with the soldiers of the Second Battalion, but they all became living targets for the soldiers of the Second Battalion to practice bayonet shooting.

There were only some seriously wounded Japanese soldiers left in the carriage, lying there groaning.

The second battalion commander ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield as quickly as possible, and then set fire to the two trucks carrying the wounded to help them relieve their suffering.

By the time the main Japanese army arrived, the battlefield had been cleared, and the small group of Japanese soldiers had been stripped down to their loincloths.

Judging from the combat methods, this must have been done by the devil's troops.

They searched radially around the spot where the truck was attacked, but there were many mountains and dense forests around, so they found no trace of the devil's army.

In fact, at this time, the regiment commander had already returned to Xiaogushan with a large army.

The commander of the first regiment divided the ammunition seized by the commander of the second battalion equally among the third battalion and the special forces company.

When dinner was about to start, the head of the regiment's logistics department, who was in charge of logistics, approached a regiment commander and said:

"Captain, we are running low on food?"

"Will there be enough food tonight?"

“Just fine.”

"Okay, I'll think of a solution after tonight."

The regiment commander thought for a moment and asked the guards to call Deputy Regiment Commander He over.

After a while, Deputy Captain He came to the side of the first captain.

"Deputy Regiment Commander He, take two people to Hukou to find Liu Yuqing, the commander of the 26th Division of the government army, to collect food. We are already running low on ammunition, and we can't let the soldiers fight the devils on an empty stomach."

"Captain, are you going to take action tonight?"

"The fall of Mazhan Fortress is inevitable. I want to get some shells when I retreat to the lake mouth. We don't have many shells left."

"Do the devils have shells for our 150mm howitzers?"

"No, their Type 150 75mm howitzer shells are not compatible with our shells. But their mm mountain artillery shells are the same as our mountain artillery shells."

"Can we ask the government army to support us with a batch of 150mm howitzer shells?"

"You think too much. The shells for the government army's 150mm howitzers are very valuable. Even an army group may not have 150mm howitzers."

“Is it so scarce?”

"The government army's 150mm howitzers are all Krupp howitzers imported from Germany, so they are of course scarce. We are able to imitate them ourselves thanks to Engineer Li at the arsenal, otherwise we would also be scarce."

When Gray Wolf was the brigade commander in the early days, the regiment commander followed him a lot, so he learned a lot of knowledge that others didn't know.

After dinner, when Deputy Regiment Commander He drove a truck with two soldiers to Hukou, the first regiment commander also led a large force to the Japanese artillery positions that had been scouted during the day.

An hour later, a large troop led by a regiment commander arrived at the outskirts of the Japanese artillery position.

At that time, the government army had no navy in the Yangtze River, and the number of aircraft and artillery was very small. Therefore, the Japanese artillery positions were not camouflaged and were placed on the artillery positions.

After scouting the situation of the Japanese artillery positions, the first regiment commander summoned the second and third battalion commanders and the political commissar to discuss the plan.

"There are more than one squadron of devils in this artillery position of the Japanese army. With our strength, it is no problem to deal with them. But there are devils on all sides of this artillery position. How can we retreat after we grab the artillery shells?" A regiment commander asked a very realistic question.

"Commander, our goal is to seize the enemy's artillery shells, not to completely wipe out the Japanese artillery." said the second battalion commander.

"You mean we should fight quickly and decisively, grab the Japanese artillery shells and run away?"

"Yes, the Third Battalion will grab the shells and run away, and our Second Battalion will stay behind to block the Japanese artillery. The surrounding Japs will definitely come over when they hear the gunfire. This way, the Third Battalion will have a chance to escape."

Another battalion had to be left behind as bait, and the regiment commander thought of the battalion commander for no reason.

He looked at the second battalion commander for a while, patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Don't fight too long. After we retreat, you should also retreat towards Hukou half an hour later. We will continue to fight the Japanese with you at Hukou."

The second battalion commander saluted the first regiment commander, then turned and left, with a bit of a "the wind is whistling and the Yishui River is cold" feeling.

In order to win a quick victory, the regiment commander sent out all three battalions except for the special forces company that was on guard.

Half an hour later, the Japanese artillery position launched a surprise attack.