Devil's Army

Chapter 1597: The Japanese Army Launches a Massive Attack on Yanbian

"Although this plan is feasible, your 7th and 17th Brigades must intensify their offensive and be ready to attack Hailin County to support them at any time. Otherwise, they will become an isolated force, and the consequences will be worrying."

"Brigade Commander Guo and I will go back and make arrangements. Whoever breaks through the Japanese defense line in Hailin County first will go to support them," the Seventh Brigade Commander immediately responded.

"No, the support mission will be assigned to the 34th Brigade. The th Brigade currently has to prevent attacks from Jiamusi and the Korean divisions, and the pressure is quite high. The Japanese troops in Yanbian are currently only in the stage of tentative attacks and have not yet launched a full-scale attack. The th Brigade only needs to withstand the attack of the Korean division and send another unit to join the nd Regiment, which has already crossed the Dahailang River, to attack Hailin County."

"Yes."

At the meeting, Leng Feng decided to intensify the air strike.

He sent a telegram to Wenlang, asking him to transfer a batch of Golden Eagle drones produced by the tribal arsenal recently.

(Most of the Golden Eagle drones previously produced were transferred to support the navy.)

To Leng Feng's surprise, when they were formulating the battle plan, because the Korean division's battle progress was not smooth, Commander Umezu Yoshijiro ordered the Japanese troops in Yanbian to fully support the Korean division in launching an attack on the 17th Brigade.

The pressure on Commander Guo of the 17th Brigade suddenly increased, but the battle plan had already been formulated, so he could only suggest to Leng Feng that the decapitation operation in Hailin County be delayed. He should first concentrate his forces to defeat the attack of the Japanese army in Yanbian.

Leng Feng quickly approved the decision to postpone the decapitation operation for two days.

At six o'clock in the morning of the next day after receiving the order, the Japanese army in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture suddenly launched a fierce attack from Yanji County to Antu County and Wangqing County.

The vanguard troops of the 17st and nd Battalions of the th Brigade stationed in Antu County and Wangqing County immediately blocked the attack.

The forest coverage rate in Yanji County is close to 70%, and this time the Japanese troops in Yanbian came well prepared, specifically choosing paths with dense woods to advance on to avoid air raids by the Xinjing Air Force.

Under the fierce bombardment of Japanese tanks and artillery, the vanguard troops of the 17st and nd Battalions of the th Brigade successively lost the Wangyugou and Majia Datun positions.

The Yanbian Japanese army then approached the cities of Antu County and Wangqing County.

Brigade Commander Guo immediately dispatched the 3rd and 4th Regiments from Antu County and Wangqing County to block the Japanese troops in Yanbian.

After a brief rest, the Yanbian Japanese army soon launched an attack on Antu County and Wangqing County.

Some soldiers from the second battalion of the first battalion of the second regiment fought bloody battles based on the city wall fortifications and stubbornly resisted the Japanese attack.

The Xinjing Air Force also launched bombing attacks on Japanese infantry exposed outside the city walls from time to time to slow down the Japanese offensive.

The battle was fierce from the beginning.

Japanese artillery hiding in the woods continued to bombard the city wall fortifications of Antu County and Wangqing County.

The walls of Antu and Wangqing counties collapsed in several places due to Japanese artillery fire. However, before the Japanese infantry could rush over, soldiers from the first and second battalions had already blocked the collapsed walls with sandbags.

The soldiers of the first and second battalions used a combination of long-range, medium-range and short-range firepower, using mortars, rifles, machine guns and grenades to continuously block the frenzied attacks of the Japanese army.

After attacking for half a day without any progress, the Yanbian Japanese troops retreated to rest and prepare to launch another fierce attack after lunch.

However, the soldiers of the 17th Brigade did not give the Japanese army a chance to rest.

The vanguard troops of the 3rd and 4th Regiments, which arrived after a forced march, immediately launched a fierce attack on the artillery positions of the Japanese army in the woods of Yanbian.

The Japanese commander had learned from scouts that a large number of devil troops were rushing from Antu County and Wangqing County to Yanji County, and immediately organized troops to intercept them.