Devil's Army

Chapter 1812: Raid on Guanshan Pass

The commander of the Second Regiment left the First Battalion, which had suffered heavy casualties, to guard the Hongshankou intersection to prevent the Japanese army from escaping.

The large army detoured to Hongshankou overnight and advanced towards Chuzhou City.

The Second Battalion, which also suffered heavy casualties, and the Third Battalion took a detour from the mountain road on the right side of Hongshankou to Chuzhou City.

The Fourth Battalion, the Second Regiment's direct troops, and the main force of the Artillery Battalion headed towards Chuzhou City from the main road via the Qingliu Pass Ancient Road.

The fourth battalion arrived at the Guanshan Pass of the Qingliu Pass Ancient Road. This is an important transportation line that runs across the Yangtze River and Huai River and vertically from north to south. It is impossible for the Japanese army not to set up defenses here.

There was still an hour before dawn. The commander of the second regiment ordered the artillery to be ready, and the soldiers of the fourth battalion were divided into two groups to encircle Guanshan Pass from both sides.

When we arrived at Guanshan Pass, we found that the Japanese army had set up a checkpoint.

There was also a patrol team that passed by the checkpoint in a listless manner.

After the Japanese patrol left, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion quietly wiped out the Japanese checkpoint.

The fourth battalion commander arranged a troop to ambush next to the checkpoint. Five soldiers changed into the clothes of the Japanese soldiers at the checkpoint and dozed off at the checkpoint.

The large force quickly passed through the checkpoint and crossed the Guanshan Pass checkpoint.

The soldiers of the Fourth Battalion successfully reached the Japanese positions on both sides of Guanshan Pass.

Before the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion could take action, the Japanese patrol had already returned.

The Japanese second lieutenant in charge was furious when he saw the sentries dozing off at the checkpoint. He rushed over and tried to kick them awake.

At this time, the five sentries who were pretending to be asleep suddenly turned around and shot at the lieutenant and his men.

Before the Japanese patrol could react, gunfire rang out from the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion lying in ambush on both sides of the checkpoint.

At this time, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion who were ambushed at the Guanshan Pass position suddenly threw grenades into the Japanese fortifications.

The Japanese army, which was caught off guard, reacted quickly and immediately fired at the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion below their position.

The machine gunners of the Fourth Battalion fired fiercely at the Japanese positions, suppressing their firepower.

The soldiers of the Fourth Battalion quickly launched a charge towards the Japanese positions.

Although the Japanese army fought hard, they were still unable to withstand the fierce attack of the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion.

After defeating the Japanese troops at Guanshan Pass, the Second Regiment quickly crossed Guanshan Pass.

After passing through Guanshan Pass, the commander of the second regiment arranged a company to block the retreat route of the Japanese army at Hongshan Pass, and the main force continued to march towards Chuzhou.

The 1st Company of the 4th Battalion received the order and quickly rushed to Hongshankou. They built fortifications on the hillside leading to Chuzhou City from Hongshankou and intercepted the Japanese transport team from Chuzhou to Hongshankou.

At the same time, the retreat route of the Japanese army at Hongshankou was blocked.

It was a little after 9 o'clock the next morning when the Second and Third Battalions came out of the small path and arrived at the Hongshankou intersection.

They were worried that the company did not have enough manpower to stop the Japanese troops from Hongshankou from retreating to Chuzhou.

After the second and third battalion commanders discussed it, they left the first company of the third battalion in the woods awaiting orders.

The other soldiers continued on to Chuzhou City.

At around noon, the Chuzhou Japanese Army Transport Team delivered supplies to the Japanese Army in Hongshankou.

Since there were not many Japanese troops escorting the transport team, Captain Chen of the 1st Company of the 4th Battalion did not send Captain He of the 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion to attack. Instead, he asked them to stay in the woods and use them as a surprise force.

When the transport team entered the Hongshan Pass trail, Company Commander Chen ordered the soldiers on both sides to open fire.

A barrage of bullets and grenades rained down on the path.

The Japanese transport team and escort team were caught off guard and lost their way.

Afterwards, the Japanese guards launched an attack on Captain Chen's positions on both sides of the hillside, but were suppressed by Captain Chen's troops.