Devil's Army

Chapter 1924 Battle of Chaoyang River 2

Although the Japanese troops who had already crossed the river were surrounded by the Fourth Regiment and had no cover on the riverbank, they still put up a stubborn resistance, hoping to wait for the main force on the north bank of the Chaoyang River to cross and reinforce them.

Due to insufficient manpower in the Fourth Regiment, some Japanese troops began to break through the encirclement of the Fourth Regiment and flee into the depths of the south bank of the Chaoyang River.

If these Japanese soldiers were allowed to escape their encirclement, the south bank of the Chaoyang River would never have peace. The soldiers of the Fourth Regiment were in hot pursuit.

At that moment, intense gunfire erupted again in front of the two fleeing Japanese troops.

The 3rd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade, which had come from Jiujiang County to reinforce the troops, arrived and, upon hearing the gunfire behind them, immediately split into two groups to block the two Japanese troops who were fleeing deep into the south bank of the Chaoyang River.

Under the combined encirclement of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade and the 3rd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade, all the Japanese troops who had crossed the river were annihilated.

After eliminating the Japanese troops who had already crossed the river, the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade returned to the front line on the riverbank. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese troops on the north bank of the Chaoyang River were busy dealing with their air force, they quickly rebuilt the fortifications that had been bombed and collapsed by the Japanese.

The Japanese infantry on the north bank of the Chaoyang River attempted to regroup and launch another attack on the Devil Force's positions on the south bank of the Chaoyang River while the Devil Force's air force was returning to base.

The Japanese artillerymen who survived the bombing attempted to use the few cannons they managed to salvage to resume bombing the Devil Force positions on the south bank of the Chaoyang River.

To their dismay, less than half an hour after the Devil Force's air force returned, before they had even finished assembling, another Devil Force air force flew over.

The river surface was completely visible from here, and there were no buildings on the riverbank to hinder the Japanese advance. It was ideal for a large-scale Japanese attack.

The second brigade commander then organized multiple waves of air force reinforcements, disrupting the Japanese army's deployment.

That night, taking advantage of the absence of the Devil Unit's air force, the Japanese army immediately organized engineers to build a wooden bridge, attempting to launch a strong attack on the south bank of the Chaoyang River.

The patrol squad of the Fourth Regiment, which was on high alert, quickly discovered the Japanese soldiers secretly building a wooden bridge under the cover of darkness. They immediately reported the situation to their commander.

Based on the coordinates provided by the patrol team, the artillery of the Fourth Regiment immediately began bombarding the wooden bridge that the Japanese army was building.

The Japanese troops also guessed that the "Devil's Unit" would know they were building a wooden bridge. Machine gunners stood ready alongside the engineers to prevent the Devil's Unit soldiers from attacking.

To their surprise, the devil's soldiers didn't come; instead, they were met with the devil's artillery shells.

One after another, the whistling shells destroyed the wooden bridge that was one-third complete.

The Japanese infantry on the riverbank were also subjected to fierce bombardment by the devilish artillery.

The Japanese artillery quickly deduced the approximate location of the Devil Unit's artillery positions from the trajectories of the shells and launched a counterattack.

Artillery shells flew back and forth across the Chaoyang River, bombarding each other.

Japanese infantry took the opportunity to assist engineers in continuing to build the wooden bridge.

Just as the Japanese infantry and engineers were working hard to build the wooden bridge, the main force of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade arrived, led by a patrol squad.

The main force of the Fourth Regiment, which rushed over, quickly found cover on the spot and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops who were building a wooden bridge.

Rocket troops also continuously bombarded the Japanese machine gun positions that were being covered.

The Japanese troops attempting to build a wooden bridge at the bend of the Chaoyang River were forced to abandon their plan due to the resistance from the artillery of the Fourth Regiment and the main force.