Devil's Army

At that time, the scouts of the 723rd Regiment found out that part of a cavalry battalion and part of an infantry battalion of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army were stationed in Mahuiling.

The Japanese cavalry's raid was fast and posed a great threat to Dehua County. Regimental Commander Wang Qiming and the first regiment commander decided to strike first and deal with the Japanese cavalry.

Captain Wang left half of his troops to defend Dehua County, and the other half of his troops, together with the remaining 1000 troops of Captain Yi, quietly approached Mahuiling under the command of Captain Yi.

At night, the Japanese war horses all returned to their roosts, which was a good time to attack.

Japanese patrols passed by outside Machao from time to time, and the soldiers held their breath, waiting for the order to attack.

Led by the scouts of the 723rd Regiment, the regiment commander and his men arrived at the outskirts of the Japanese cavalry battalion.

The commander of the first regiment arranged for the soldiers of the 723rd regiment to attack from east to west, and the soldiers of the first regiment to attack from west to east, attacking the Japanese cavalry brigade from both sides. In addition, a platoon of soldiers from the first regiment were arranged to go to the roof, carrying homemade Molotov cocktails to prepare to attack the horses of the Japanese cavalry brigade from a high place.

When a Japanese sentry yawned, he looked up and saw a row of soldiers walking carefully on the roof.

The Japanese sentry thought he was seeing things, so he rubbed his eyes and looked again carefully, confirming that someone was moving. He immediately pulled the bolt of his gun and fired a shot to alert the police.

The battle began in such a dramatic way.

Due to the alarm raised by the Japanese sentry, the sneak attack turned into a violent assault.

Soldiers from the 723st and rd Regiments attacked the Japanese cavalry brigade from both sides. Soldiers on the rooftop row also threw incendiary bombs at the stables, which immediately caught fire.

The Japanese cavalry saw their beloved horses struggling in the fire and rushed over to put out the fire while releasing the horses from the stable. However, they were fiercely shot by a row of soldiers on the roof.

The Japanese cavalrymen who followed hurriedly raised their guns and shot at the row of soldiers on the roof. Other cavalrymen continued to rescue horses in the stables.

After rescuing the horses, the Japanese cavalry broke through the blockade of the 723st and rd Regiments and rushed towards Jiujiang City.

The Japanese 106th Division Infantry Battalion at Mahuiling also rushed to reinforce upon hearing the news.

The commander of a regiment did not want to fight any more and would withdraw as soon as he gained an advantage.

After returning to the Dehua County Regiment Command, Captain Wang looked excitedly at the supplies that Captain Yi and his men had seized, and he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Although the first commander felt that something was wrong outside the command center, Commander Wang also felt it.

As the two men and several guards walked out of the command center, several guns were pointed at them.

Captain Wang looked around and found that none of his guards were outside the headquarters. Instead, standing outside his headquarters was an unfamiliar troop of nearly a hundred people.

The First Regiment Commander and the Regiment Commander Wang were speechless. They had just attempted to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese cavalry battalion, but the Japanese turned around and launched a surprise attack on their headquarters.

Just as Captain Yi and Captain Wang were thinking about how to fight back, a familiar laugh came over:

"Captain He, your vigilance is too low."

"Captain Liu, why are you here?" The regiment commander shouted when he turned around and saw the tall and strong soldier.

Captain Wang looked at them in bewilderment, not knowing what had happened. But he was surprised to find that all the soldiers who had pointed their guns at them had put down their weapons.

"Captain Wang, let me introduce you. This is Captain Liu of the Sixth Squadron of the Special Operations Battalion of our First Anti-Japanese Army."

"Hello, Captain Wang! The brothers haven't had actual combat for a long time. I'm really sorry to have asked you to practice just now." Captain Liu saluted Captain Wang and said.

"We are all brothers, thank you for being polite, but I was really scared by you just now. Captain He and his men just ambushed the Japanese cavalry brigade, and I thought the Japanese revenge would come so soon. The fighting here is very brutal now, and you can practice whenever you want."

"Hey, come in and sit down. Why are you here?"

"General Leng knew that you were in Dehua County, so he sent our Sixth Squadron and the Second Regiment of the First Brigade here together."

"Captain Xu from the First Brigade is here too?"

"Come here, we're the vanguard, they're behind us, they should be here later."

After a while, Commander Xu of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade and his men arrived at the regimental headquarters under the guidance of the sentries of the 723rd Regiment.

Of course, the regiment commander was very happy to meet his comrade-in-arms who he had been with day and night for thousands of miles. He and regiment commander Xu hugged each other tightly.

"You guys are coming here too. Can the remaining 3rd Regiment and the brigade's direct battalion in Jinzhou defend us?"

"Don't worry, Commander Leng has already made arrangements. Before we arrived, he had arranged for the 14th Brigade to take over the defense of Jinzhou."

"How did you get here?"

"We came here on a warship flying the Japanese flag. By the way, how is your ammunition?"

"We have run out of 150mm howitzer shells, and the howitzers were blown up by the Japanese. We also have no 40 rockets left." said the regiment commander with some sadness.

"The 150mm howitzer is too heavy and inconvenient to move, so we didn't bring it this time. But we did bring a lot of 40mm rockets."

"Let's not talk about that for now. Tell me about the current situation of the tribe."

The leader had been away from the tribe for several months and now missed the tribe very much. The battle in Central China was so fierce, and I didn't know what the situation of the tribe was like.