Devil's Army

Chapter 237 Recapture of Fanhe Town and Yaobao Town

After cleaning up the battlefield, the second regiment commander reported the battle situation to Leng Feng through a temporary telephone line. Leng Feng immediately asked about the casualties of the first battalion.

The second regiment commander paused for a moment before saying, "The first battalion, together with the platoon that was involved in the land reform, only had 88 men left."

"How is the situation of Huang Dejiang, the leader of the land reform team?"

"He was injured, but not seriously. The bullet went through his left shoulder. We have already given him some preliminary treatment. I just asked him to go back to the tribe with the wounded from the first battalion. I left the second battalion behind to guard Deshengtai."

"Okay, leave your regimental radio station to the Second Battalion. The Second Battalion is adjacent to Fengtian. Tell them to contact the tribe immediately if anything happens. The tragedy of the First Battalion cannot happen again."

"Okay, Commander, shall we go back to the tribe?"

"You and the Third Regiment take advantage of the fact that the Japanese troops in Fanhe Town are weak and capture Fanhe Town for me, and then take over Yaobao Town as well."

"Yes." The second commander put down the phone and immediately discussed with the third commander how to capture Fanhe Town and Yaobao Town.

Since there were not many Japanese defenders in Fanhe Town, the commander of the Second Regiment decided that the Third Battalion of the Second Regiment would be responsible for attacking Fanhe Town, while the Third Regiment would be responsible for attacking Yaobao Town.

The operation began, and the mobile force sent a tank and thirty infantrymen to move with the third battalion.

Since the north of Fanhe Town is Tieling County, the west and north is Diaobingshan County, and the south is Deshengtai, which was just recovered. Only the east is still in the hands of the Japanese. So the third battalion commander arranged a company and tanks of the mobile force to ambush in the east of Fanhe Town.

When the battle started, the commander of the third battalion attacked from the south and west of Fanhe Town at the same time, leaving a platoon on guard in the north of Fanhe Town.

When the third battalion commander ordered his troops to attack Fanhe Town, the Japanese in Fanhe Town panicked because there were only more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops left in Fanhe Town. More than 300 Japanese and puppet troops had gone to attack Deshengtai and had not returned yet.

Breaking out from the north is the First Army's defense zone. Breaking out from there is like a dung beetle seeking death.

A second lieutenant of the Japanese army quickly asked Fengtian for help, but Fengtian did not reply.

What can the devils in Fengtian do? The road to Fanhe Town, Deshengtai, has been occupied by the devil troops.

The Japanese second lieutenant organized his troops to block the third battalion while continuing to ask for help from Fengtian.

More than ten minutes passed, and Fengtian still hadn't called back. The soldiers of the third battalion were already approaching the city gate. The Japanese lieutenant had no choice but to evacuate from the east with more than a hundred Japanese soldiers and puppet troops.

The Japanese second lieutenant had just evacuated Fanhe Town with his troops when shouts of killing rang out on both sides of the road to the east, and more than a hundred soldiers from the devil's army rushed towards them.

What made the second lieutenant even more upset was that the devil's army also had a tank, which fired at them while charging.

In less than half an hour, the Japanese in Fanhe Town were completely wiped out, and thirty-two puppet soldiers were captured.

The Second Regiment successfully recaptured Fanhe Town.

Compared with the battle in Fanhe Town, the battle in Yaobao Town was relatively more intense.

Before the battle began, the commander of the Third Regiment sent the first battalion to attack Li Qianhu Town to the east of Yaobao Town, and sent the second battalion to attack Xintaizi Town to the west of Yaobao Town.

There were only about 100 Japanese and puppet troops guarding Li Qianhu Town. When the first battalion launched an attack, they put up a little resistance and then retreated to Yaobao Town.

There were only more than one hundred Japanese soldiers and puppet troops in Xintai Town. After resisting for half an hour, they retreated to Yaobao Town.

The first battalion surrounded Yaobao Town from the east, the second battalion surrounded Yaobao Town from the west, and the third battalion went south from Fanhe Town and surrounded Yaobao Town.

At this point, Yaobao Town was surrounded on three sides by three groups.

The Japanese lieutenant stationed in Yaobao Town immediately asked Fengtian for help.

Since Yaobao Town was much more important than Fanhe Town, Fengtian sent more than 100 people, carrying two mm howitzers and two tanks to reinforce Yaobao Town immediately.

The three battalions of the third regiment, with the support of tanks, simultaneously launched an attack on Yaobao Town.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Yaobao Town, together with nearly a thousand defenders who retreated from Liqianhu Town and Xintai Town, bombed and blocked the tanks and infantry of the devil troops with all their might.

Since the Third Regiment did not carry any mountain artillery this time, and only had six mortars assigned to the regiment, it was unable to do anything to the Japanese in Yaobao Town who had the advantage of terrain.

Yaobao Town must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise the Japanese reinforcements from Fengtian will enter Yaobao Town from the south, making it even more difficult to capture Yaobao Town.

At this time, the mobile force that cooperated with the Second Regiment to attack Fanhe Town also came from the north.

The three regiment commanders decided to attack from three sides simultaneously, dispersing the enemy in the waist forts while focusing the main attack on the north.

The third regiment commander quietly concentrated the regiment's six mortars in the north.

Another round of new attacks began. The tanks from the west and east of the First Army bombarded the enemy's walls continuously. The enemy still blocked the First Army from three sides.

At this time, six mortars on the east side of Yaobao Town fired at the same time, bombarding the enemy's city wall. Three tanks also rushed to the east gate of Yaobao Town at full speed.

The Japanese had to dodge the bombing of six mortars from the First Army and three tanks, and they seemed a little flustered. They were unable to resist.

Finally, the tanks in the middle of the mobile unit rushed to the east gate and knocked it open. The soldiers of the third battalion rushed into Yaobao Town like a stream of water.

The Japanese lieutenant had no choice but to lead the remaining troops to retreat to Fengtian through the south gate.

Yaobao Town was finally recaptured by the First Army. When the Japanese reinforcements from Fengtian arrived, the Third Regiment of Yaobao Town was already ready for battle.

The 3rd Regiment had nearly 2,000 people, facing more than 2,000 reinforcements from Fengtian and nearly 700 retreating Japanese troops from Yaobao Town. They were not superior in terms of strength, and a war could break out at any time.