Devil's Army

Chapter 1900 Blocking the Japanese Army in Changshan County 3

Under the cover of thatch, the Japanese army continued to launch attacks on Company Commander Wang and his men.

The Japanese troops hid in the tall grass, making them impossible for the pilots of the First Army to observe and thus impossible to bomb.

Company Commander Wang and his troops were far outnumbered by the Japanese army, and under the continuous attacks of the Japanese army, the pressure on Company Commander Wang and his troops was increasing.

In order to minimize troop losses, Company Commander Wang ordered his soldiers to abandon the hilly positions and retreat into Huangmaoling.

The Japanese army subsequently occupied the hilly positions, but the hilly positions were on higher ground. The First Army Air Force quickly spotted the Japanese troops on the hilly positions and immediately swooped down to straf and bombard them fiercely.

Japanese troops on the hilly positions were repeatedly bombed and destroyed.

Seeing that the soldiers occupying the hill position had suffered heavy casualties, the Japanese major immediately ordered the company commander to order them to withdraw and advance covertly along the foot of the hill.

Under the threat of the First Army Air Force, the Japanese troops advanced intermittently and finally reached the foot of Xianxia Ridge at dusk.

Instead of ordering the exhausted Japanese troops to continue their attack on the Xianxia Ridge position, the major sent scouts to investigate the situation.

As darkness fell and the forest grew dense, the Japanese scouts did not detect anything amiss.

On his counterattack, the major was constantly attacked by the devilish air force and ambushes, which made him more cautious and he dared not cross Xianxia Ridge rashly.

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, the major ordered an infantry company to cross the Xianxia Ridge.

The company commander ordered the soldiers to spread out and carefully search and advance.

This Japanese infantry company successfully traversed the Xianxia Ridge trail without being attacked by the devilish troops.

The cautious Japanese major still couldn't believe that the devilish troops wouldn't have laid an ambush on such treacherous terrain. He still dared not let the entire main force enter Xianxia Ridge.

He came up with a plan to have the soldiers enter Xianxia Ridge in squadrons, each 200 meters apart.

Seeing this, the commander of the third regiment knew that it was no longer possible to annihilate the Japanese reinforcements in Changshan County, so he had no choice but to order an attack.

Gunfire and explosions erupted from Xianxia Ridge, echoing through the sky.

Upon seeing this, the major immediately ordered the artillery, which was already prepared, to bombard the positions of the "Devil Force" at Xianxia Ridge.

To the major's dismay, the thick smoke from their artillery fire attracted the attention of the air force, the "air devils."

The air force of the First Army successively lowered its flight altitude and bombed the smoke-filled bushes.

Lacking artillery support, the Japanese army was unable to break through the Third Regiment's defenses and could only watch helplessly as the soldiers in Xianxia Ridge were surrounded and annihilated by the devilish troops.

As the battle continued into the afternoon, the Japanese army still failed to break through the defenses of Xianxia Ridge.

The major then abandoned the route from Xianxia Ridge to Yushan County and instead advanced towards Yushan County via the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway.

At this time, the Third Regiment Commander had already set up multiple blocking positions along the low mountain and hilly area from Changshan County to Yushan County on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, including river valleys and station passes.

As soon as the Japanese troops entered the Yushan County section of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway from the Changshan County section, they encountered fierce resistance from the "Devil's Army," and the railway tracks were also torn up by the "Devil's Army."

The Japanese troops had no choice but to enter Yushan County on foot.

The third regimental commander did not engage in positional warfare with the Japanese army, but instead established defenses in multiple locations, launching surprise attacks and blockades layer by layer.

The major was constantly ambushed during his advance, suffering greatly.

When the Japanese troops arrived at Iwazumi, they encountered the first wave of fierce resistance from the soldiers of the 3rd Regiment.

Furthermore, the First Army Air Force also launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on the Japanese forces.