Devil's Army

Chapter 1882 The Siege of Fuzhou

Tengqiao was the only way from Nancheng County to Fuzhou. Controlling Tengqiao would cut off the Japanese army's logistics supply line.

Tengqiao borders the mountainous region of eastern Jiangxi to the southwest, which is mainly hilly. The complex terrain makes it difficult for troops to spread out and advance rapidly.

The Japanese troops in Fuzhou constructed trenches and firing positions along the undulating hills, mountains, and valleys.

The first company of the first battalion was ambushed by the Japanese army when it cautiously entered Tengqiao Valley.

The soldiers immediately rushed to the bottom of the valley on both sides to avoid Japanese fire. They also requested air support.

The First Army's Nanxiong Air Force, which had been supporting the First Regiment's operations nearby, immediately dispatched two fighter jets and two bombers to Tengqiao to provide support.

The dense bombs plowed through the Japanese positions on both sides of the Tengqiao Valley.

After the air bombing ceased, the First Company immediately launched an attack on the Japanese positions on both sides of Tengqiao Valley.

However, the narrow mountain road limited the deployment of the battalion's forces, and they could only advance uphill one company at a time.

The Japanese soldiers who survived the bombing hid in the ruined fortifications and fired fiercely at the First Company, halting its advance.

They launched two consecutive attacks, but both were driven back by the Japanese army.

Because of the importance of Tengqiao, the regimental commander arranged for the reserve 4th Battalion to also participate in the battle. However, it was of little use, because the troops simply could not be deployed.

Later, the regimental commander took a risky move, ordering his troops to launch a sustained attack while the First Army's air force was still bombing the Japanese positions in Tengqiao Valley.

The Japanese troops inside the fortifications had to brave the bombing raids of the Devil Force's air force and fire fiercely at the attacking Devil Force.

But this time, the devil's attack was different from the past. Their troops formed a long snake formation and kept charging upwards.

As soon as the devil soldiers in front fell after being shot, the devil soldiers behind them followed one after another.

The narrow mountain roads and valleys limited both the deployment of the army and the deployment of Japanese troops for defense.

The Japanese troops stationed on both sides of the valley had suffered more than half casualties from bombing by the Devil Force air force, and their firepower was severely insufficient.

Soldiers from the Second and Fourth Battalions successively stormed the Japanese army's valley positions and engaged in fierce close combat with the Japanese army.

After withdrawing from the Tengqiao position, the Japanese troops retreated to the vicinity of Youjiabian to block the enemy.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion pursued closely behind and engaged in fierce fighting with the Japanese troops from Zhejiang at Youjiabian.

The soldiers of the Fourth Battalion bypassed Youjiabian and passed by the Yuejin and Qianjin reservoirs on their way to Fuzhou.

Using these small and medium-sized reservoirs as natural barriers, the Japanese army blocked the advance of the Fourth Battalion layer by layer.

The machine gunners of the 4th Battalion continuously fired at the Japanese troops in the fortifications, providing cover for the rocket troops to approach.

The approaching rocket troops continuously blasted the Japanese soldiers in the fortifications away.

The soldiers of the Fourth Battalion covered and cooperated with each other to destroy the Japanese strongholds and fortifications one by one.

After two days of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the First Battalion successively broke through the Japanese army's southern gate in Fuzhou—Tengqiao and Youjia Border Defense Line, and reached the southern gate of Fuzhou.

The Fourth Battalion also passed through Japanese strongholds such as Yuejin and Qianjin Reservoir and arrived at the South Gate of Fuzhou.

The first battalion to engage the Japanese troops in Fuzhou advanced along the banks of the Fu River and reached the east gate of Fuzhou.

Meanwhile, the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment fought fiercely with the Japanese army for three days at Luchangling. Finally, with strong support from the air force, they broke through the Japanese army's defense line and reached the north gate of Fuzhou via Yunshan.

At this time, the four battalions of the First Regiment and its directly subordinate units had arrived outside Fuzhou County, but the regimental commander did not immediately launch a campaign to recapture Fuzhou.