Devil's Army

Chapter 1925 Battle of Chaoyang River 3

The Japanese 9th Division, based in Puqi County, was attacked from Xiao'ao and the Mufu Mountain pass in Jiangxi Province, but encountered fierce resistance from the "Devil's Army".

Due to the terrain, troops could not be deployed there.

The terrain along the Chaoyang River is wide and suitable for the large-scale movement of the Japanese 106th Division in Yangxin County.

The division commander was not discouraged after his attack was thwarted, and sent scouts to find a suitable shallow spot to wade across the river.

Japanese scouts quickly discovered a wide, shallow section of the river downstream where they could wade across. However, patrols of the "Devil's Force" on the opposite bank passed by every half hour.

Half an hour was not enough for the main force of the Japanese army to wade across the river, but the division commander decided to break the troops into smaller groups and have them wade across the river in batches.

As for heavy weapons that cannot cross the river, they will wait until the troops that have crossed the river have occupied the beachhead on the south bank of the Chaoyang River before building a wooden bridge to cross.

The Japanese troops quickly crossed the river as soon as the patrol squad of the Fourth Regiment left.

When the patrol team of the Fourth Regiment was on its return patrol, the squad leader noticed something was wrong: there were many water stains on the ground.

Considering that the river was relatively shallow, the squad leader immediately guessed that Japanese soldiers were wading across the river here.

The squad leader immediately sent a soldier to run and report to the main force.

When the Japanese soldiers realized their movements had been discovered, they immediately opened fire.

The squad leader and the soldier who went to report the news were killed in the first round of shooting.

The deputy squad leader led the soldiers to quickly lie down and engage the Japanese troops.

Because the Japanese troops crossing the river had an overwhelming numerical advantage, the entire patrol squad of the Fourth Regiment was wiped out in less than half an hour.

Although the entire patrol squad of the Fourth Regiment was killed, their gunfire alerted the surrounding soldiers of the Fourth Regiment.

Soldiers from the Fourth Regiment successively moved to surround the area where the gunfire was heard.

Upon hearing the gunfire, the Japanese battalion commander knew that the devilish troops had been alerted, and immediately ordered his soldiers to hurry and cross the river.

The soldiers of the Fourth Regiment arrived quickly and immediately split into two groups.

One group of soldiers surrounded and annihilated the Japanese troops who had already crossed the river, while another group of soldiers fired fiercely at the Japanese troops who were crossing the river, cutting off their reinforcements.

Rocket troops and mortars fiercely bombarded the Japanese troops who were wading across the river.

On the riverbank, the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment were engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese troops crossing the river, and the Japanese artillery was unable to provide support.

After nearly an hour of fierce fighting, all the Japanese soldiers who had crossed the river were wiped out.

The Japanese division commander's attempt to cross the river and outflank the devilish troops failed.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, the Japanese army launched an attack on the Fourth Regiment's positions on the south bank of the Chaoyang River, before the arrival of the Devil Unit's air force.

Lacking the means to cross the river, the Japanese army decided to force their way across the Chaoyang River at the same spot where they had crossed the river the previous night.

However, the speed of the Devil Forces' air force response exceeded the division commander's expectations.

Less than half an hour after the Japanese army began its river crossing operation, the air force of the "Devil Unit" arrived.

They launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on the Japanese troops in the river.

Japanese soldiers exposed on the open river surface were bombed one after another and sank to the bottom of the river to feed the fish.

Under the threat of the First Army's air force, the Japanese artillery dared not fire.

Subsequently, the artillery of the 3rd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade also joined in the bombing of the Japanese troops on the other side of the river.

The Japanese division commander had no choice but to order his troops to retreat.

At this moment, the First Air Force discovered the command post of the Japanese 9th Division.

Multiple bombers then flew over and launched a fierce bombing raid on the headquarters of the Japanese 9th Division.

The commander of the Japanese 9th Division personally supervised the battle at the front and escaped the air battle, but most of the staff members of the 9th Division were killed in the bombing.