Devil's Army

Chapter 1927 Gaoshanpu Canyon Ambush 1

The fact that the 39th Regiment of the New Fourth Army retreated while simultaneously blocking their advance further enhanced the authenticity of their rout.

The main force of the Japanese army in Xishui County and the surrounding Japanese troops arrived shortly after and caught up with them.

To vent their anger at being frequently ambushed during this period, the Japanese troops also pursued them into the Gaoshanpu Valley.

The Japanese battalion commander suddenly ordered his troops to halt their advance into the canyon.

He surveyed the terrain, which was extremely treacherous, with steep mountain peaks on both sides and a narrow path running through the middle.

If the Devil Forces and the New Fourth Army ambushed them on both sides, they would have nowhere to hide.

However, the vanguard pursued the enemy into the Gaoshanpu Valley for quite some time without being ambushed by the New Fourth Army or the "Devil's Force." On the contrary, the fleeing 39th Regiment of the New Fourth Army put up an even more tenacious resistance.

Ultimately, anger overcame his reason, and he ordered the main force to continue the pursuit.

When the main force of the Japanese army entered Gaoshanpu Valley in a long snake-like formation, the soldiers of the First Brigade and the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army, who were lying in ambush on both sides, fiercely threw grenades and fired at the foot of the mountain.

Soldiers from the First Brigade and the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army cut the Japanese troops who had entered the Gaoshanpu Valley into three sections and encircled and annihilated them.

The attack, both unexpected and yet logical, took the Japanese battalion commander by surprise.

He ordered his soldiers to repel attacks from both sides while simultaneously reinforcing their frontal breakout attempt, and requested reinforcements from the division commander.

At this point, the soldiers of the 39th Regiment, who were "running away", stopped their retreat and stubbornly resisted the Japanese troops who were launching an attack.

The artillery and Golden Eagle drones of the First Brigade bombarded and attacked the Japanese troops trying to break through the encirclement from time to time, making it difficult for the Japanese troops to form a joint force and break out of the encirclement of Gaoshanpu Valley.

Upon hearing that the 3rd Battalion was surrounded in the Gaoshanpu Valley, the commander of the Japanese 9th Division immediately ordered the Japanese troops in Wuxue County, Qichun County, Luotian County, and Yingshan County to send reinforcements.

Upon receiving orders from their division commander, the Japanese troops in these counties dared not delay and immediately dispatched troops to provide relief. However, they were met with fierce resistance from the First Brigade and the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army.

After two hours of fierce fighting, most of the Japanese troops in the Gaoshanpu Valley were annihilated.

Commander-in-Chief Li left a regiment of the New Fourth Army to continue the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese troops in the Gaoshanpu Valley.

The main force and the soldiers of the First Brigade withdrew from Gaoshanpu Valley and prepared to ambush the Japanese reinforcements from Xishui County, Luotian County and Yingshan County.

Upon receiving orders, the soldiers of the New Fourth Army and the First Brigade deliberately left a gap, allowing the Japanese troops from the three counties to enter the Gaoshanpu Gorge to reinforce them.

After a long and arduous attack, the Japanese troops finally managed to break through the gap and quickly crossed it to reinforce the Gaoshanpu Valley. They also intensified their attacks on both flanks to widen the breach.

The New Fourth Army and the First Brigade soldiers who were blocking the Japanese troops in these three counties took the opportunity to retreat and prepare to cut off the retreat route of the Japanese troops in these three counties.

The three Japanese army captains, surrounded in the Gaoshanpu Valley, had few soldiers left around them.

He led the remaining soldiers to hide in a hollow in the valley.

He had no doubt about the sudden reduction in the strength of the devilish troops and the firepower of the New Fourth Army, and continued to send telegrams to the division commander requesting reinforcements.

The first to arrive were the Japanese reinforcements from Luotian County, but they were ambushed by the New Fourth Army and the First Brigade outside the Gaoshanpu Valley.

Soon after, Japanese reinforcements in Qichun County and Yingshan County were also ambushed by soldiers from the First Brigade and the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army.

The Japanese reinforcements from these counties had no idea that the troops ambushing them were the same troops that had ambushed the Japanese troops in Gaoshanpu Gorge, Xishui County. They thought they had been intercepted by the "Devil's Force" and other units of the New Fourth Army. They all broke through the encirclement and prepared to enter Gaoshanpu Gorge to reinforce the troops.