Devil's Army

Chapter 1608 Recovering Hailin County

The captain led the paratroopers to defeat the Japanese army and quickly moved south to meet up with the squadron leader and his men. Then they moved towards the east gate.

The decapitation operation by the captain of the 2nd Parachute Battalion took out the Japanese division commander, chief of staff and some high-ranking officials of the general staff.

The command system of the Japanese Korean Division fell into chaos for a while.

The soldiers of the 17th and th Brigades increased the intensity of their attack, pushing the Japanese troops step by step towards the north gate.

As the paratroopers were retreating towards the east gate, they heard heavy gunfire coming from the street ahead.

The captain immediately took the paratroopers into the battle and dealt a fierce blow to the Japanese army from behind.

The Japanese troops, who had been retreating step by step, were attacked fiercely by the First Army's paratroopers. Unable to withstand the attack, they abandoned their defense line and retreated to the north gate.

The paratrooper unit and soldiers from the 7th Brigade immediately cleared out the remaining Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the house.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade arranged for one unit to follow the Second Paratrooper Battalion northward to attack the Japanese headquarters and convoy. Another unit besieged the Japanese troops at the South and West Gates, who were engaged in a fierce battle with the soldiers of the Seventeenth Brigade.

Under the command of a major, the Japanese command ended the chaos and prepared to evacuate Hailin County in an orderly manner.

After the soldiers of the 7th Brigade joined the paratroopers, they returned to attack the Japanese troops at the command post and were systematically blocked by the Japanese troops.

The Japanese troops retreating from the East Gate served as the rearguard troops, covering the retreat of the main force of the Korean division.

At the same time, they guarded the South Gate and West Gate, the only passages for the Japanese army to retreat.

After taking over the troops, the major ordered the Japanese troops at the South Gate and West Gate to retreat at the same time, because he knew that under the current situation of internal and external troubles, they were short of ammunition and had no way to resist the attack of the devil troops.

After receiving the order, the Japanese troops at the South Gate and West Gate quickly retreated to the North Gate.

After nearly a week of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the 7th and 17th Brigades inflicted heavy damage on the Korean Division of the Japanese Army and recaptured Hailin County.

An army also entered the territory of Mudanjiang City.

After the Japanese army evacuated Hailin County, they retreated to Linkou County.

The major arranged for the 103rd Regiment to deploy in the hilly and river valley areas along the coastal Lin County into Linkou County to prevent the devil troops from entering Linkou County.

However, contrary to the major's expectations, the devil troops did not take advantage of the victory to pursue into Linkou County, but instead marched eastward to attack the Beishan area (today's Aimin District) and the commercial streets of Mudanjiang City (today's Dong'an District).

Although the Japanese Korean Division suffered nearly half its casualties after a week of fierce fighting, it still had some troops left.

As long as they hold the hilly river valley area for one day, their logistics department can obtain ammunition replenishment from the Dongning Logistics Base through Muling County.

The area was densely wooded, and unless there was accurate intelligence and precise bombing of the Japanese transport convoy, the transport convoy, which appeared and disappeared in the woods, could easily evade the air raids of the First Army Air Force.

Therefore, the commander of the 7th Brigade chose to attack eastwards the Beishan area of ​​Mudanjiang City and the industrial and commercial clusters in the east of Mudanjiang City, where the military strength was much weaker.

The soldiers of the Seventh Brigade, carrying the momentum of the victory in the Hailin City battle, split into two groups and launched an attack on the Beishan area of ​​Mudanjiang City and the eastern industrial and commercial cluster.

The Japanese army built semi-permanent fortifications at Laoyeling, near the Beishan area, in an attempt to block the 7th Brigade's eastward advance.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade arranged a troop to go around the Japanese position behind Laoyeling and launch a two-pronged attack on the Japanese army with the front-line troops.

In less than half an hour, the Japanese troops at Laoyeling were repelled, and then the troops continued to advance eastward.

At this time, the 17th Brigade did not participate in the battle, but instead withdrew from the battlefield.