Devil's Army

Chapter 1863 Defeat the Japanese Army in Nanchang

The Second Regiment had far more troops than the Japanese and puppet troops in Nanyi Town.

If the Japanese and puppet troops hadn't occupied advantageous terrain, the Second Regiment would have already defeated them.

Now the soldiers of the Second Regiment rushed to the position, brandishing their gleaming bayonets, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese and puppet troops.

The puppet troops were so frightened that they turned and ran away.

One Japanese soldier on the position was surrounded by two or three soldiers from the 2nd Regiment and was quickly killed.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the major hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat.

The soldiers of the Second Regiment didn't have time to clean up the battlefield and continued their relentless pursuit, but they were still a step too late.

The Japanese troops who crossed the Longkai River blew up a small bridge across the river.

Soldiers of the Second Regiment faced off against the Japanese troops across the Longkai River.

A regiment of soldiers was waiting outside the west gate of Jiujiang County for them to encircle the county.

The second regimental commander, not wanting to wait any longer, decided to force a crossing of the Longkai River.

The deputy commander of the second regiment stopped the forced crossing of the Longkai River. He said to the second regimental commander:

"Commander, the First Regiment has already reached the west gate of Jiujiang County. Even if we force our way across the Longkai River, we will still be a hindrance."

Moreover, a forced crossing of the Longkai River would result in heavy casualties among our soldiers, which would be extremely detrimental to our subsequent attack on Jiujiang County.

"What good plan do you have? The only bridge here has also been destroyed by the Japanese."

"Isn't the Da'naoshan Bridge controlled by the First Regiment? We detoured through the Da'naoshan Bridge to cross the Longkai River. Although the journey was longer, no soldiers were injured, and our regiment's combat effectiveness was maintained."

"What are your opinions?" the second regimental commander asked the other battalion commanders.

All three battalion commanders agreed with the deputy regimental commander's opinion.

(A battalion commander was injured and hospitalized.)

So the second regimental commander left a company of soldiers to stand in confrontation with the Japanese army on the banks of the Longkai River, in order to confuse the Japanese army.

The main force quietly turned towards Danaoshan and marched rapidly.

At noon, the main force of the Second Regiment arrived at the Longkaihe Bridge on Danaoshan Mountain.

After crossing the bridge, the second regimental commander, without even saying goodbye to the first regimental commander, immediately led his troops toward Nanyi Town.

The Japanese troops in Nanyi Town were on full alert against the devilish troops on the other side of the Longkai River when suddenly a main force of the devilish troops attacked from their flank.

The Japanese troops hastily organized a resistance, but were unable to withstand the fierce attack of the Second Regiment. They were driven back in defeat and retreated into Jiujiang County.

The soldiers of the Second Regiment pursued relentlessly, chasing them all the way to the north gate of Jiujiang County.

The second regimental commander ordered the main force to be stationed outside the north gate of Jiujiang County, while the company on the north bank of the Longkai River was responsible for guarding Nanyi Town.

Together with the Jiangnan Anti-Japanese Advance Detachment of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army around Ruichang County, they cleared out the surrounding Japanese and puppet army strongholds. They also coordinated with the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army in Huanggang County, preparing for the subsequent recapture of Hubei Province.

The company commander of the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment stationed in Nanyi Town was a squad leader in the New Fourth Army guerrilla force before joining the First Anti-Japanese Army.

During the battle with the Japanese army in Guangdong, they were surrounded by superior Japanese forces.

Later, after overcoming numerous hardships, he led a portion of the guerrilla force to break through the Japanese encirclement.

Later, following instructions from his superiors, he joined the Southern Independent Division of the First Anti-Japanese Army, which was attacking Guangzhou.

When the company commander heard that the battalion commander had ordered him to garrison Nanyi Town in preparation for the recapture of Hubei, he immediately employed the tactics he had learned in the New Fourth Army guerrilla training program, vigorously developing his troops.

After the Second Regiment arrived in Jiujiang, the First Regiment Commander rested for half a day and launched the campaign to recapture Jiujiang the next morning.

Jiujiang, located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, is an important transportation hub connecting Central and East China. Controlling Jiujiang could cut off the Nanjing government's military's transportation links along the Yangtze River and create a strategic deterrent to the surrounding areas.

At that time, Jiujiang was an important military base and supply depot for the Japanese army, which was of great significance for the Japanese army to maintain its rule and operations in Central China.