Devil's Army

Chapter 1883 Attack on Fuzhou

Although the regimental commander managed to clear three roads leading to Fuzhou with the strength of his entire regiment, he did not immediately launch a campaign to recapture Fuzhou.

Because of Fuzhou's strategic importance, a considerable number of Japanese troops remained in the city.

A regimental commander could not take Fuzhou with the strength of his entire regiment.

He was waiting for the main force to arrive so that he could also wipe out the Japanese and puppet troops' strongholds in the surrounding counties and towns of Fuzhou, thus isolating Fuzhou.

Two days later, the First and Second Regiments of the Second Brigade also arrived outside Fuzhou City.

The Third and Fourth Regiments of the Second Brigade, along with the brigade headquarters' directly subordinate units, marched along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway through Jinxian, Yingtan, Guixi, and other places towards Zhejiang.

On the afternoon of the same day that the Second Brigade arrived outside Fuzhou City, the Nanxiong Air Force of the First Army launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on the Japanese city wall fortifications in Fuzhou.

The battle to recapture Fuzhou has officially begun.

No sooner had the bombing by the First Army Air Force ended than the soldiers of the First and Second Brigades launched a massive offensive.

The Japanese troops hurriedly rushed up the city wall from their hiding places to block the attack of the devilish troops.

Little did they know that the attack by the First and Second Brigades was a feint; their shouts were deafening, but their advance was quite slow.

They stopped more than 200 meters away from the city wall.

Japanese machine gunners opened fire fiercely on the devilish soldiers outside the city walls.

At that moment, the Devil Forces' position was filled with the whistling sound of dense artillery shells.

The artillery of the First and Second Regiments launched another fierce bombardment of the Japanese city wall fortifications in Fuzhou.

Unable to dodge, the Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties in the fierce shelling.

No sooner had the artillery of the Second Brigade ceased its bombardment than the smoke from the battle had barely cleared when soldiers from the First and Second Brigades launched a fierce attack on the north and south sides of Fuzhou.

Despite their fierce resistance, the Japanese troops were unable to withstand the fierce attack of the First and Second Brigades.

The soldiers successively placed ladders on the city wall, preparing to storm Fuzhou City.

The second deputy brigade commander originally thought that the sudden shelling had succeeded, the Japanese army had suffered heavy casualties and would be unable to withstand their attack, and the troops would soon be able to rush into Fuzhou City.

However, he underestimated the stubbornness of the Japanese army and the speed of their reinforcements.

When the artillery of the 2nd Brigade launched a fierce bombardment on the Japanese city wall fortifications, the Japanese major knew that their fortifications on the city wall would definitely suffer heavy damage and that the number of soldiers would be considerable. Therefore, he had already arranged for follow-up troops to prepare for reinforcement.

As the soldiers of the First and Second Brigades launched a fierce attack on the city wall of Fuzhou, Japanese reinforcements immediately came to their aid.

The fierce firepower of the Japanese reinforcements caught the attacking army off guard, forcing them to retreat. All the siege ladders were also overturned by the Japanese.

Unwilling to accept defeat, the soldiers of the First Army launched another large-scale attack on Fuzhou. However, they were repelled by the stubborn Japanese army.

The second deputy brigade commander then ordered the artillery to bombard the Japanese troops on the Fuzhou city wall again, with the focus on collapsing the wall to reduce the resistance to the troops' attack on Fuzhou.

Several breaches appeared in the city walls of Fuzhou's north and south gates under the intense bombardment of the Second Brigade's artillery.

The Japanese troops braved the shelling and rushed forward in an attempt to plug the gap, but were met with precise bombardment from the 2nd Brigade's artillery.

After the shelling, soldiers from the 2nd and 1st brigades launched another fierce attack on the north and south gates of Fuzhou.

Rocket troops from the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade, under the cover of machine guns, reached the vicinity of the south gate of Fuzhou and blasted it down. However, in the process of blasting down the gate, the rocket troops also exposed their position and were killed by Japanese soldiers on the city wall.

When the south gate of the 1st brigade collapsed, the 1st regiment launched a rapid assault on the city of Fuzhou.