Devil's Army

Chapter 1956 Repelling the Japanese Army in Zhejiang

At Huangmaoling and Xianxialing, the Japanese troops were almost completely wiped out in a fire attack by the First Army. But this raised a new problem:

Because of the persistent westerly winds, the ever-growing wildfire spread towards the positions of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Brigade.

If left unchecked, the surrounding villages will also be affected.

Fortunately, the brigade commander had made preparations when formulating the plan to burn the Japanese army, and he immediately ordered another air force unit to take off.

After another air force unit was dispatched, it immediately began to disperse silver iodide particles over Huangmaoling and Xianxialing.

A group of soldiers braved the heat to quickly cut grass and fell trees to build a firewall.

Less than half an hour after the air force dispersed silver iodide particles, the sky, which had been filled with white clouds, was suddenly covered with dark clouds.

After a while, raindrops the size of soybeans began to fall from the sky.

The wildfire, which was nearly out of control, gradually shrunk in the heavy rain until it was extinguished.

As dawn broke, a regiment of soldiers and the New Fourth Army advanced into the 18th Regiment, and the soldiers went to clear the battlefield at Huangmaoling and Xianxialing.

At this time, the originally desolate late autumn scenery of Huangmaoling and Xianxialing has turned into a lifeless, pitch-black landscape.

The Third Regiment, which had rushed over, only then discovered that the battles at Huangmaoling and Xianxia Ridge had ended. However, the battle in the Yanrui direction of Guangfeng County was still raging.

The Third Regiment Commander immediately led his soldiers to Guangfeng County to cooperate with the Fourth Regiment in attacking the Japanese troops in Zhejiang.

At this time, the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade and the Yangtze River Detachment of the 7th Division of the New Fourth Army were struggling to resist the frenzied attack of the Japanese army in Zhejiang.

Before the arrival and return of the First Army's air force, Japanese artillery bombarded the Yanrui position relentlessly, causing considerable trouble for the Second Regiment and the New Fourth Army.

The New Fourth Army's Pengze Jingqiao Guerrilla Force, familiar with the local situation, was also dispatched to the front lines, frequently harassing Japanese transport convoys and small units, causing trouble for the Japanese army. However, under the encirclement and suppression of the superior Japanese forces, they suffered considerable casualties.

If it weren't for the strong support from the Air Force, they would have had a hard time holding on until now.

At this time, the arrival of the Third Regiment of the Fourth Regiment of the Third Brigade gave the Second Regiment a strong boost.

The soldiers of the Third Brigade began to take the initiative and counterattack the attacking Japanese troops.

The air force of the First Army launched a fire attack on the Japanese troops in Zhejiang at Huangmaoling and Xianxialing, killing six or seven hundred Japanese soldiers without losing a single one. Having tasted success, they then carried out limited fire attacks on the Japanese troops in the Yanrui direction.

The First Army Air Force dropped incendiary bombs on the densely packed Japanese troops in the direction of Iwazumi.

Although the commander of Xiacun in Zhejiang strictly blocked the news of the complete annihilation of the Japanese army at Huangmaoling and Xianxialing, nothing stays hidden forever.

The Japanese commanders in the Iwazui area received some information about this. This made them even more apprehensive when facing the incendiary bombing attack by the First Army Air Force.

At this moment, their scouts also came to report: a large number of reinforcements of the Devil Forces had appeared in the direction of Yanrui, and there were signs that they were about to encircle them.

Commander Shimomura was also worried that the Japanese troops in the Yanrui direction would suffer the same fate as the Japanese troops in Huangmaoling and Xianxialing.

In this way, the forces he used to defend the Jiangxi Devil Army's defensive line will be even more depleted.

The Japanese troops' proactive withdrawal from the Yanrui direction caused the 3rd and 4th Regiments, which attempted to encircle them, to miss their target. However, the Yanrui position was successfully held.

While the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Regiment, and 4th Regiment were returning to reinforce Yushan County and Guangfeng County, the Southern Independent Division and the First Army's southward advance of the First Area Army did not cease their attacks on the Japanese troops in the surrounding counties of Wuhan.