Devil's Army

Chapter 1825 Recapture of Feidong County

The Japanese troops were attacked from both sides by the 2nd Battalion, the Chaohu Detachment, and the 1st Battalion. After resisting for half an hour, they finally retreated to both sides.

To prevent the retreating Japanese troops from regrouping and returning to reinforce Feidong County, the deputy commander of the Second Regiment ordered his soldiers to relentlessly pursue the fleeing Japanese forces.

Just as the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 2nd Regiment and the Chaohu Detachment were chasing the fleeing Japanese troops all over the mountains and fields, the commander of the 2nd Regiment, along with the 3rd and 4th Battalions and the main force of the Chaohu Detachment, had already driven the Japanese troops out of Feidong County.

The second regimental commander left the Chaohu detachment to garrison Feidong County, while he personally led the third and fourth battalions to pursue the fleeing Japanese troops and clear out the strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops on the outskirts of Feidong County.

At this time, the Second Regiment's combat mission also changed from clearing out the fleeing Japanese troops to recapturing the Japanese and puppet troops' strongholds and bunkers in the surrounding towns and villages of Feidong County.

The fall of Feidong County disheartened the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops, who had lost the will to fight.

Some of the Japanese and puppet troops put up only slight resistance when attacked by the Second Regiment before retreating to Hefei County.

Some of the puppet troops in the strongholds abandoned their positions and retreated to Hefei County before the Second Regiment soldiers even arrived.

After two days of fighting, the Second Regiment successfully defeated all the Japanese and puppet troops occupying Feidong County and surrounding towns.

At this time, the Second Regiment Commander arranged for the First Battalion to be stationed in Cuozhen Town.

Cuozhen Town is located in the southern part of Feidong County, bordering Daxing Town of Yaohai District, Hefei City to the west.

The Second Battalion is stationed in Qiaotouji Town, in the central part of Feidong County, along the Huainan Railway.

The Third Battalion is stationed in Changlinhe Town, the southernmost part of Feidong County, which is separated from Hefei Binhu New Area by only a river to the west and borders Chaohu Lake to the south.

The Fourth Battalion is stationed in Liangtu Town, a strategic location in central Anhui Province, in the northern part of Feidong County.

After the Second Regiment completed its deployment, the Japanese forces in Hefei were adjacent to the First Anti-Japanese Army's territory to the east, south, east, southeast, and northeast.

The most distressed person is Major Higashida in Hefei, who is now in a dilemma.

During the attack on Chaoxian, he was blocked by the devil's army in Shuangshan for a day and a night.

When he arrived at the assembly point, the troops were already half a day late for their scheduled assembly time.

For this, he was severely reprimanded by Division Commander Kumagai.

The devilish troops are now approaching Hefei County, eyeing it covetously, and he dares not suggest returning to reinforce it.

Therefore, he could only urge his soldiers to intensify their offensive, end the battle as soon as possible, and return to reinforce Hefei County.

The 5th Brigade, which was to deal with the attack from the direction of Hefei, consisted of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 1st Regiment.

The regimental commander had received an order from the fifth brigade commander to hold off the Japanese troops in Hefei.

The regimental commander ordered the first and second battalions not to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese army, but to hold them off.

While the battalion commander was blocking the Japanese troops in Hefei, the second battalion commander attacked the vanguard of the Japanese troops attacking Hefei from the flank.

After the First and Second Battalions inflicted heavy losses on the vanguard of the Japanese army in Hefei, they quickly retreated when the main force of the Japanese army in Hefei arrived.

The first and second battalions took turns ambushing and attacking the main force of the Japanese army in Hefei, like walking dogs.

It took Major Kawada a whole day to advance the front line to the outskirts of Sanbing Town.

Sanbing Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides and a lake on the other. It is encircled by peaks on the east, south, and north sides, and borders Chaohu Lake on the west side, forming a natural town with "green mountains on three sides and a lake on one side".

After reaching Chaohu Lake, the Japanese army advanced towards Sanbing Town along the lake shoreline. However, the First and Second Battalions were ambushed on the mountain, launching a comprehensive attack on the Japanese army that entered Sanbing Town from a high vantage point, making it difficult for the Japanese army to outflank and encircle them.

Furthermore, the regiment deployed artillery positions on Yinping Mountain, the highest peak in Sanbing Town. From this high vantage point, they could bombard the attacking Japanese troops in Hefei from any angle.