Devil's Army

Chapter 1585: Fierce Battle in Suihua City 2

After breaking through the Japanese Hekou Hydropower Station, the soldiers of the Second Battalion did not rest but immediately marched westward to attack the Japanese positions on the Suilan Highway Bridge.

The Japanese army's position on the Suilan Highway Bridge quickly collapsed under the pincer attack from the soldiers of the First and Second Battalions of the Second Regiment.

Japanese soldiers retreated westward and northward.

The commander of the Second Regiment also divided his troops into two groups, pursuing the retreating Japanese troops to the west and north.

When the soldiers of the first battalion were chasing westward to a culvert at the Suilan Highway Bridge, the Japanese army fired fiercely at them from inside the culvert and on the hillside.

At this time, it was already dark and it was inconvenient for the Xinjing Air Force to take action.

Soldiers from the first battalion built fortifications on the east side of the Sui-Lan Highway culvert and confronted the Japanese army.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Japanese defenders at the east gate of Suihua City were no longer able to launch a counterattack against a regiment of soldiers.

The two sides were less than 1 kilometer apart, confronting each other and keeping vigilant.

In the battle at the south gate of Suihua City, a regiment of soldiers and paratroopers compressed the Japanese army into the Jinjialou Commercial Street, which was less than 100 meters away.

Jinjialou Commercial Street has many narrow alleys and corners, and is home to numerous shops and houses. An attack at night would be highly susceptible to an ambush.

Soldiers from both sides stopped attacking at the same time and faced each other across their existing positions.

The next morning, just after dawn, the Japanese troops in Jinjialou Commercial Street became nervous.

There has been no way for the reinforcements outside to come, and they have no supplies, so it is unknown how long they can hold out.

The regimental commander obviously also saw this problem. If they fought street battles like this, the casualties among the soldiers would be too great.

The Japanese troops in Jinjialou Commercial Street were short of supplies. As long as they could withstand the attack of the Japanese reinforcements, their defense line would naturally be broken without a fight.

Therefore, the commander of the first regiment dispatched the second battalion to bypass the north side of Jinjialou Commercial Street and work with the first and second teams of the paratrooper unit to block the attack of the Japanese reinforcements.

The attack of the Japanese reinforcements seemed fierce, but in fact it was weak.

Having lost air superiority, their artillery could not support the infantry attack as they wished.

The attacking infantry were repeatedly bombed and strafed by the Devil Forces' aviation, making it difficult to organize a sustained and fierce attack.

The Japanese troops on Jinjialou Commercial Street found it difficult to adapt to the cold treatment of the Devil Army. They once took the initiative to attack the paratroopers to the north, but were repelled with heavy casualties. They had to hold on and wait for the reinforcements that never arrived.

Major Kojima personally supervised the battle, allowing the Japanese reinforcements to break through the defense line of the Devil Force paratroopers and support the Japanese troops in Jinjialou Commercial Street.

However, he almost died on the front line in the fierce bombing and strafing by the Xinjing Air Force and had to flee back to the command center in disgrace.

The Second Regiment's progress was relatively smooth. The Xinjing Air Force bombed and strafed the Japanese positions on the hillside.

All the Japanese mortar positions and fortifications on the hillside were destroyed.

The first and second companies of the first battalion immediately launched an attack on the Japanese troops on the hillside from both sides.

The third company ignored the Japanese troops on the hillside who were busy with their own affairs and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops in the culvert.

Under the repeated strafing and bombing of three companies' machine guns and rockets, the Japanese troops in the culvert gradually abandoned their positions and retreated to the southwest.

The Japanese troops on the hillside saw that the culvert position had been lost and the road had been opened by the devil troops. They thought it was meaningless to hold on to the hillside, so they also retreated.

At around 3: p.m., soldiers from the st Battalion of the nd Regiment joined the soldiers of the st Regiment and the paratrooper unit in the north of Jinjialou and participated in the battle to block the Japanese reinforcements.

The chances of the Japanese troops in Jinjialou Commercial Street retreating safely were even slimmer.