Devil's Army

Chapter 2129 The Battle of Miantiangou

With the battalion commander personally overseeing the battle, the soldiers' attacks became even more ferocious.

Shells kept falling on the rocks, blasting rocks all around the cliff into flying pieces.

The bullets struck the rocks, sending up sparks.

The Japanese army was attacking, and the soldiers of the company had nowhere to hide. Braving the Japanese artillery shells and bullets, they stubbornly resisted.

Amidst the barrage of artillery shells bombarding the mountains and fields, one shell happened to land on the heavy machine gun position in a depression in the cliff to the left of the company.

The heavy machine gun, along with several soldiers in the position, was blown away.

The firepower that had been suppressing the Japanese army was immediately reduced by half.

Upon seeing this, the Japanese soldiers opened fire on the heavy machine gun on the right.

The machine gunners hiding behind the rocks were shot and killed one after another.

Seeing this, the assistant machine gunner quickly took over the machine gun and continued firing at the Japanese soldiers. However, he was soon killed by a headshot.

After suppressing their firepower for a year, the Japanese battalion commander ordered his soldiers to quickly pass through the Shixian Gorge trail.

The soldiers continued to fire at the Japanese troops, but their firepower had clearly diminished and they were powerless to stop the Japanese advance.

The company commander had no choice but to lead his soldiers to retreat to the mouth of the cotton field ditch.

Miantiangoukou is located at the northern entrance of the canyon, where the main canyon and the Miantian tributary gully converge, forming a three-way terrain; the tributary gully is narrow and steep.

The high ground at the mouth of the gully provides a view of the entire canyon. The company commander deployed the company's last heavy machine gun there to suppress the Japanese troops on the path.

The dense forest behind them facilitated the troops' alternating cover as they retreated towards Jiqingling.

Before the company commander could finish his deployment, the sound of Japanese footsteps could be heard from the front.

The newly deployed heavy machine guns opened fire immediately. A hail of bullets swept across the Japanese troops on the path.

The vanguard of the Japanese army fell to the ground one after another, like harvested rice stalks.

The soldiers behind them immediately threw themselves down at the bottom of the cliff and returned fire.

Japanese mortars arrived quickly and began suppressing the company's fire.

Before the artillery bombardment had ceased, the Japanese infantry launched an attack on the company's position.

A company of soldiers braved Japanese artillery fire and kept throwing grenades down the cliff.

The barrage of grenades caused the Japanese soldiers below the cliff to cry out in despair.

The Japanese division commander sent a telegram inquiring about the battle situation.

The Japanese battalion commander looked dejected. The "Devil's Army" was well-prepared, and they were pinned down in the valley, unable to advance or retreat.

Meanwhile, the Japanese troops in the Yanji direction were also ambushed by the Devil Force.

If the connection between Wangqing County and Hunchun County is not severed, the "devil troops" in Hunchun County can be continuously replenished through Wangqing County.

The division commander then dispatched an additional infantry battalion to reinforce the Japanese troops in the directions of Longjing County and Yanji County.

Under the strict orders of the division commander, the Japanese army continued to launch attacks on the company's position.

The artillery also continuously bombarded the machine gun positions of the company.

The battle continued until dusk, and the heavily damaged company was forced to retreat.

They retreated to the steep cliffs in the middle of the canyon, which were 2-3 kilometers long with a slope of 40°+ and almost no gentle slopes to climb. There were several natural caves on the slopes, which could be used to hide ammunition and wounded soldiers, or as flanking firing positions.

The Second Company has already constructed defensive fortifications here.

After retreating to this point, the first company immediately joined forces with the second company to block the advance of the Japanese army.

The steep slopes and narrow roads made it difficult for the Japanese troops to deploy, resulting in heavy casualties for their infantry during the uphill assault. The Japanese artillery also struggled to advance, relying solely on mortars to suppress the firepower of the first and second companies.

The fierce fighting continued into the night, but the Japanese troops were still unable to break through the defenses of the first and second companies.