Devil's Army

Chapter 1599: Surrounding Hailin County from Three Sides

The next morning, the 17th Brigade and the th Brigade launched an attack on Hailin County at the same time.

Most of the 17st Regiment of the th Brigade and the rd Regiment attacked Shanshi Town together.

The 17nd and th Regiments of the th Brigade attacked the Korean Town of Xin'an.

The 1st Regiment of the 7th Brigade launched an attack on Chaihe Town, Hailin City.

At the same time as the infantry launched an attack on Hailin County, the Xinjing Air Force launched bombing attacks on Japanese and puppet army strongholds, barracks, command posts and other targets in Hailin County.

For a time, Hailin County was engulfed in flames and the explosions were deafening.

In the direction of Shanshi Town, the soldiers of the 17st and rd Regiments of the th Brigade split into two groups and attacked the west and south gates of Shanshi Town with a fierce offensive like tigers descending from the mountains.

The Japanese and puppet troops retreated to the fortifications on the city wall and put up a desperate resistance, blocking the attack of the 17th Brigade.

In Xin'an Korean Town, the 17nd Regiment of the th Brigade attacked from the front, while the th Regiment took advantage of the terrain and cleverly outflanked and cut off the Japanese and puppet troops' retreat.

The Japanese army was worried that their retreat would be cut off, so they arranged a troop to attack the Fourth Regiment, but were met with stubborn resistance from the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment.

The battle was extremely fierce and both sides were in a stalemate.

The 1st Regiment of the 7th Brigade encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese and puppet troops in Chaihe Town.

Relying on their strong fortifications, the Japanese and puppet troops fired crazily, causing certain casualties to the attacking forces.

At this moment, the bombers of the Xinjing Air Force roared in and accurately bombed the enemy's firepower points, clearing the obstacles for the infantry's advance.

The Japanese troops in Xin'an Korean Town were short of manpower due to the division of troops to open up the logistics supply line, and were the first to be breached by the Second Regiment through the city gate.

After the Second Regiment rushed into the city, it immediately split into several groups and advanced deep into the Xin'an Korean Town.

The puppet troops in the city fled first, prompting the Japanese army to retreat as well.

At noon, the Second Regiment completely recaptured Xin'an Korean Town.

The commander of the Second Regiment left behind a company of troops to garrison the Korean Town of Xin'an, while the rest of the troops and the Fourth Regiment marched towards Hailin City.

At 3:17 p.m., the troops of the th Regiment of the nd Regiment of the th Brigade were the first to arrive at the outskirts of the south gate of Hailin County.

The troops were a little tired after a long march, so Brigade Commander Guo did not order his troops to attack Hailin City immediately. Instead, he stationed outside the south gate of Hailin County and blocked the south gate of Hailin County.

The 7th Brigade dispatched tanks and launched an offensive immediately after the Xinjing Air Force bombed the Japanese fortifications in Chaihe Town. They recaptured Chaihe Town around 2:00 PM and reached the east gate of Hailin County by evening.

After the 17rd Regiment of the st Regiment of the th Brigade recaptured Shanshi Town, it was ambushed by the retreating Japanese army on Gaolingzi Mountain while advancing towards Hailin County.

Brigade Commander Guo knew that other troops had launched an attack on the south and east gates of Hailin County, and ordered the first and third regiments to speed up their efforts to break through the resistance of the fleeing Japanese troops.

The 6rd Regiment's mortar fire suppressed the Japanese firepower on both sides of the Gaolingzi Mountain Road. The infantry units of the st and rd Regiments accelerated through, reaching the west gate of Hailin County at : PM.

At this time, the Fourth Battalion of the Third Regiment was in combat readiness to prevent the Japanese troops in Gaolingzi Mountain from returning to Hailin County for support.

The 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment and the artillery also surrounded the Japanese troops on the Gaolingzi Mountain position in a combat posture from west to east.

At this time, two regiments of the 17th Brigade and four regiments of the th Brigade had surrounded the east gate, south gate and west gate of Hailin County.

The commander of the Korean division of the Japanese army was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, pacing around the command center.

He had originally planned to break through Hengdaohezi Town and Changting Town and attack Harbin and Dunhua City with the cooperation of the Japanese troops in Suihua City, Jiamusi City and Yichun City, but now he was surrounded in Hailin County.