Devil's Army

At 8:30 in the evening, the battle to raid the Japanese artillery positions began.

The third battalion was responsible for attacking the Japanese troops on the front, while the first and second battalions were responsible for expanding the gap to the two wings.

The guarding troops of the Japanese artillery position were attacked and hurriedly organized to block the attack.

The rocket soldiers of the third battalion bombed the machine gun fire points of the Japanese guards one after another. The machine gunners also fired at the Japanese desperately.

The Japanese troops were knocked down one after another, and the soldiers of the first and second battalions quickly expanded the gaps on both wings. The soldiers of the third battalion quickly rushed to the Japanese artillery positions.

Japanese soldiers kept running out of the tents, but they were all knocked down by the soldiers of the regiment.

The soldiers of the third battalion were busy clearing out the Japanese artillery in the artillery position, while the soldiers of the first and second battalions had surrounded the artillery position and were fighting with the Japanese artillery guard units on the periphery.

After clearing out the Japanese artillery in the artillery position, the soldiers of the third battalion quickly loaded the artillery shells into a truck.

The artillery battalion commander originally wanted to pull away all the artillery from the Japanese artillery position, but this would make too much noise, so he had to let the three trucks that were pulling the shells take away the three Japanese Type 105 mm cannons. All the other trucks and artillery were blown up.

At this time, the intelligence transmitted from the Golden Eagle had already shown that the Japanese troops around the artillery position were surrounding the artillery position from all sides.

The second battalion commander led the soldiers of the second battalion to continue fighting with the guards of the Japanese artillery position to attract the attention of the Japanese army.

The regiment commander picked up the officer's certificate of the artillery squadron leader and changed into his clothes. He also asked the soldiers to change into Japanese military uniforms, and then, under the guidance of the golden eagle, he quickly retreated towards Hukou through the gaps between the Japanese troops, pulling three trucks of artillery shells and three artillery pieces.

The artillery position attacked by the regiment was the artillery position of a battalion of the Japanese 6th Division. Surrounding it were not only troops of the Japanese 6th Division, but also the Japanese Hata Detachment.

It was difficult to hide such a large array of three trucks of ammunition and three Type 105 mm cannons from the Japanese. So they could only use the trick of hiding the sea of ​​​​sky. If they were discovered, they could only break through by force.

The regiment commander chose a route with fewer Japanese troops to retreat based on the intelligence obtained by the Golden Eagle reconnaissance.

After walking for less than half an hour, we encountered a unit of the 1st Regiment of the Hata Detachment of the Japanese Army.

"Quick, quick, go and reinforce. Our artillery position has been attacked by the devil's troops."

A regiment commander stepped forward and asked for help from the Japanese Hata Detachment.

The captain of the first division of the Japanese army Hata detachment looked at the commander of the first division, and waved his hand hurriedly, telling the soldiers to speed up the advance, as fierce gunfire continued to be heard not far away.

The regiment commander and his men also quickly retreated towards Hukou.

Far away from the Japanese Army's Hata Detachment, the Third Battalion Commander gave a thumbs up to the First Regiment Commander and said:

"Captain, you speak Japanese language very fluently."

"I learned this from Minister Chen when I was in the tribe. You can learn it when you have time. It can save your life in the critical moment."

More than half an hour later, the second battalion commander and his soldiers began to retreat.

The guarding force of the Japanese artillery position had been defeated by the First Regiment and had no ability to organize a pursuit.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion took advantage of the cover of night, sometimes moving quickly, sometimes lying in wait, and shuttling through the gaps between the various Japanese troops.

Although there were many Japanese troops around the artillery position, they lacked unified dispatch and fought on their own, searching for the devil troops attacking their artillery position. This provided great convenience for the escape of the Second Battalion.

At around 12 o'clock in the morning, the Second Battalion moved around and finally escaped the encirclement of various Japanese troops and arrived at the Xiaogushan camp.

Captain Fu of the Special Agent Company had been waiting here with the Special Agent Company for a long time. Seeing the Second Battalion Commander and his men coming back, he quickly said to the Second Battalion Commander:

"Second Battalion Commander, the regiment commander ordered us to take our own artillery and retreat immediately towards the lake mouth."

"It seems that the leader has no intention of coming back. Let's retreat."

By the time the Japanese 6th Division and the Japanese Hata Detachment arrived at the artillery position, the battle had already ended.

The position was in a mess, with artillery and truck parts scattered all over the ground.

Soldiers from the artillery position guard unit are assisting medical soldiers in rescuing injured soldiers.

"Where are the soldiers from the Devil's Army?" Major General Shigekazu Hata asked a lieutenant.

"They suddenly attacked us about half an hour ago and then all of a sudden they all retreated."

"Didn't you catch up with them?"

"I'm sorry, General. There are simply too many of them. We are unable to pursue them."

"How many of them are there?"

“There should be a regiment.”

"So many people? During the attack on Anqing Airport, the soldiers who witnessed the attack said there was only one battalion. Did they also increase the number of troops?"

The Japanese army did not rest and kept searching for the devil troops.

After daybreak, the Japanese army sent out reconnaissance planes to search, but found no trace of the devil troops.

This morning was the most comfortable half day for the defenders of the core position of the Madang Fortress. The Japanese army did not organize a large-scale attack because they had been searching for the devil troops all night.

The artillery positions of the 1st Battalion of the 6th Division that attacked the Madang Fortress were devastated by the devil troops, so they had to dispatch additional artillery.