Devil's Army

Chapter 1944 Battle of Jianli County 2

At noon, as the valley winds began to blow towards the mountaintops, smoke grenades were used extensively on the Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan positions.

The entire Bailuo Mountain and Yanglin Mountain were shrouded in a mist.

The Japanese army knew that the devilish soldiers and New Fourth Army soldiers would take advantage of the smoke to approach their bunkers, destroy them, and then fire wildly outside.

A regiment of soldiers then fired powerful tear gas grenades at Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan.

Intense gunfire erupted from Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan, accompanied by the coughing sounds of Japanese and Huang Weijun soldiers.

After the first wave of smoke grenades and tear gas attacks, the soldiers launched a second wave of attacks.

When the soldiers of the First Regiment launched a second wave of smoke bombs and powerful tear gas attacks on the Japanese positions at Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan, the gunfire from the Japanese had become much less frequent, but the sounds of coughing and runny noses continued incessantly.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, a regiment of soldiers provided cover for the rocket troops to sneak towards the various Japanese bunkers.

As the smoke gradually dissipated, the Japanese bunkers came into view of the rocket troops.

The rocket troops immediately launched a preemptive strike, bombing the Japanese bunkers.

The Japanese bunkers were destroyed one after another amidst a series of explosions.

Soldiers from the First Regiment and the Jiangling Independent Battalion quickly launched an assault on the Japanese positions at Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan.

The surviving Japanese soldiers fiercely resisted the soldiers of the 1st Regiment and the Jiangling Independent Battalion from behind the ruined fortifications.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle at the Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan positions.

After a bloody battle fought by soldiers of the First Regiment and the Jiangling Independent Battalion, they finally captured the first line of defense of the Japanese army's Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan positions.

The soldiers did not rest, but continued their attack on the Japanese army's second line of defense.

The cunning Japanese troops laid an electric fence in the grass between the two lines of defense.

Soldiers from the leading regiment and the independent battalion were hit by the electric fence.

Subsequent soldiers covered the exposed electric fence with branches and weeds and continued their assault on the Japanese second line of defenses.

The Japanese army's second line of fortifications consisted of interconnected trenches and bunkers. Several key positions were fortified with firing positions, making them extremely difficult to capture.

However, with the time for the First Parachute Battalion's attack drawing ever closer, they had to overcome any difficulties and move forward.

The time for the First Parachute Battalion to attack had come. The battalion commander spotted the First Army and New Fourth Army soldiers suppressed by Japanese fire at the second line of defense on Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan.

He immediately changed the deployment, mobilizing the 1st Parachute Company to land with him behind the Japanese second line of defense.

Other troops continued to land on the eastern side of the valley in Linxiang County.

The Japanese troops at Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan, who were on the second line of defense, suddenly noticed that parachutes were fluttering in the air.

The major was shocked to hear that the Devil Force's paratroopers had landed behind the second line of defense, and he immediately organized his soldiers to fire into the air.

The first paratrooper battalion was equipped with Type 95 automatic rifles, which had fierce firepower.

The soldiers of the 1st Parachute Company, positioned on higher ground, unleashed a fierce barrage of fire on the Japanese troops in the position, suppressing them and preventing them from raising their heads.

The soldiers of the First Regiment and the Independent Battalion, who were attacking uphill, also discovered that the First Parachute Battalion had arrived, and launched an even fiercer attack on the Japanese troops on the second line of defense.

With the support of the 1st Parachute Company from behind, the soldiers of the 1st Regiment finally broke through the Japanese army's two lines of defense at Bailuoshan and Yanglinshan, and advanced towards the core Japanese positions and Bailuo Airport.

Lieutenant Nishioka of the Japanese Army at Bailuo Airport quickly organized artillery to intercept the advance of the First Regiment.