Devil's Army

After the Second Battalion repelled this wave of Japanese attacks, Division Commander Masaharu Homma, relying on his strong military force, continued to launch wave-like attacks on the Second Battalion's positions.

The Japanese air force also flew over to bomb the second battalion's position.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion suffered heavy casualties under the continuous attacks of the Japanese 27th Division, the continuous bombing by aircraft and artillery.

In order to avoid the enemy's vigor and preserve strength, the Second Regiment Commander decided to abandon the Moshan position and withdraw to Dehua County.

In the direction of Xingzi County, part of the 723rd Regiment hid in the northern foothills of Mount Lushan and used the terrain to successively block the Japanese 101st Division on the roads and mountain roads.

When the Japanese army came in pursuit, the soldiers of the 723rd Regiment hid in the dense woods of Mount Lushan and played hide-and-seek with the Japanese army, making the 101st Division of the Japanese army feel like they were punching cotton and had no place to exert force.

Colonel Mitsuo Sono, Chief of Staff of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army (the commander of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army, Masayoshi Ito, was wounded during the battle with the Chinese army) commanded his troops to enter Lushan to pursue the soldiers of the 723rd Regiment who ambushed them.

The soldiers of the 723rd Regiment relied on their familiarity with the terrain to escape the Japanese pursuit.

The three warriors of the garden had no choice but to give up pursuing the soldiers of the 723rd Regiment and march directly towards Dehua County.

The Japanese troops on three sides of Dehua County successively broke through the outer blocking positions of the 723st, 723nd and rd Regiments and encircled Dehua County. However, their way forward was not smooth, and the soldiers of the st, nd and rd Regiments constantly used the terrain to block or ambush the Japanese troops, slowing down the speed of their advance.

Three days later, the first to arrive at Dehua County was the Japanese 106th Division.

In order to make merit and atone for his sins, the chief of staff of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army did not take a rest and directly ordered the infantry to launch an attack on Dehua County.

A regiment of soldiers fought fiercely with the Japanese 106th Division across the city wall.

The artillery of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army launched a fierce bombardment on the city wall of Dehua County, and planes flew over from time to time to strafe and drop bombs at low altitude.

A regiment commander ordered the soldiers to disperse and block the Japanese army, and not to gather in groups, so as to reduce the casualties caused by Japanese artillery and aircraft bombing. Although this was only a temporary solution, it did not address the root cause.

However, the regiment now has no air superiority and lacks artillery, so this is only a temporary measure.

Captain Liu of the Sixth Squadron of the First Army Special Operations Team applied to the commander of the First Regiment to leave the city and look for an opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the 106th Division of the Japanese Army.

At night, the attacks of both sides stopped temporarily. Captain Liu took advantage of the cover of night and led the members of the Sixth Squadron to sneak out of Dehua City and head towards the Japanese 106th Division barracks.

On the way, the Sixth Squadron encountered a Japanese patrol team.

The patrolling Japanese captain did not recognize Captain Liu and his men, and approached them to question them.

Captain Liu handed him the officer's certificate of lieutenant of the Hata Detachment, which he had obtained from somewhere.

The Hata Detachment was stationed in Pengze County, adjacent to Dehua County. During the Battle of Wuhan, it was common for Japanese troops to support each other.

The Japanese second lieutenant had no doubts and saluted Captain Liu before letting him go.

Captain Liu and his men reached the vicinity of the Japanese 106th Division barracks.

At that time, the commander of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army, Junrokuro Matsuura, was dismissed after the battle of Wanjialing, and the command of the troops was temporarily handed over to the chief of staff.

The Chief of Staff is more cautious and not as arrogant as Junrokuro Matsuura.

There are many guards outside the command center and the defense is tight. There is no way for non-direct troops to get in.

Captain Liu observed for a long time but still could not find a chance to sneak into the Japanese 106th Division Headquarters.

He had no choice but to let the troops continue to lurk near the headquarters, because he knew that the fighter plane was captured.

The next morning, the chief of staff arranged for troops to launch an attack on Dehua County.

The attack began, and the first of the three axes, the artillery, led the way. Unfortunately, the axes were not effective this time.

Captain Liu quickly locked onto the approximate location of the Japanese artillery position from the direction of the Japanese artillery shells, and led the Special Operations Team's Sixth Squadron to search in that direction.

As the Sixth Squadron got closer and closer to the Japanese artillery positions, the roar of the shells became louder and louder.

A path appeared in front of Captain Liu, leading directly to a valley where the roar of artillery shells continued to echo.

Soon, the scouts of the Sixth Squadron reported to Captain Liu the intelligence they had discovered: the artillery position of the Japanese 106th Division was in the valley ahead, and there was only one squadron of infantry guarding it.

Captain Liu knew that the Japanese artillery position was located in the center of the Japanese 106th Division. Although there was only one squadron of Japanese infantry guarding it, once the battle started, the soldiers of the Japanese 106th Division would come to reinforce from all directions.

Captain Liu formulated a "sudden and fast" raid plan to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese artillery positions.

Captain Liu did not leave any reserve troops, and the three teams acted together.

When Captain Liu and his men reached the outskirts of the Japanese artillery position, the sentry guarding the Japanese artillery position spotted Captain Liu and his men, raised his gun and shouted at Captain Liu:

"Stop, who is it?"

"Captain, we've been discovered by the Japanese. Should we fight them?" asked a small captain.

"Don't talk!" Captain Liu responded to the captain in a low voice while walking calmly towards the Japanese sentry.