Devil's Army

Chapter 1926: The Plan to Inflict Heavy Damage on the Japanese 9th Division

After more than a week of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the Second and Third Brigades, despite suffering considerable casualties, managed to hold the line of defense that led into Jiangxi from Puqi County and Yangxin County.

During this period, with the intelligence support provided by the Golden Eagle UAV, the First Brigade was able to carry out guerrilla warfare against the Japanese army in Wuxue County, Qichun County and other places with ease.

The brigade commander would also occasionally concentrate his forces to annihilate the Japanese reconnaissance units. This infuriated the commander of the Japanese 9th Division, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

With the destruction of the Japanese command post by the First Army Air Force and the severe damage to the think tank members of the Japanese 9th Division Command, the Japanese encirclement and suppression of the 1st Brigade of soldiers and the New Fourth Army in various towns and villages temporarily ceased.

Although the Japanese 9th Division's overt encirclement and suppression of the 1st Brigade of the Southern Independent Division and the 5th Division of the New Fourth Army had ceased, its covert operations continued.

They gathered the traitors they had recruited when they occupied these counties, and they dispersed to various places to collect intelligence on the First Brigade and the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army.

Although these traitors were all locals, their unusual attention to the soldiers of the First Brigade and the intelligence of the New Fourth Army quickly attracted the attention of the scouts of the First Brigade and the New Fourth Army.

Commander-in-Chief Li and Division Commander Zhang judged that these were scouts sent by the Japanese army and decided to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese 9th Division.

They turned the tables on them, using these traitors to devise a grand plan to annihilate the Japanese army.

The 39th Regiment of the New Fourth Army deliberately made a big show of its activities around Tianjia Town in Guangji County.

Meanwhile, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 1st Brigade, the 44th Regiment and the 45th Regiment of the 14th Brigade of the New Fourth Army set up a long ambush position along the narrow valley of Gaoshanpu in Qichun County, preparing to teach the Japanese 9th Division a lesson.

The Gaoshanpu Gorge in Qichun County is located east of Qichun County, surrounded by seven mountain peaks, forming a long and narrow valley. It was also a necessary route for the Japanese army to reach Guangji County.

The Third Regiment of the First Brigade also deployed along the direction of Wuxue County to prevent Japanese reinforcements from Wuxue County.

The 13th and 15th Brigades of the New Fourth Army were deployed along the route of Xishui County, Luotian County, and Yingshan County to prevent Japanese reinforcements from these three counties.

With everything prepared, they waited for the Japanese to take the bait.

As expected, the Japanese commander in Xishui County received intelligence from a traitor and immediately concentrated the Japanese troops in Xishui County and the surrounding Japanese troops to encircle Tianjia Town in Guangji County.

As soon as the Japanese troops in Xishui County and the surrounding areas mobilized, they were immediately detected by the Golden Eagle drones in the air.

The 39th Regiment of the New Fourth Army deliberately moved towards the Gaoshanpu Gorge in Qichun County. There, they unexpectedly encountered a Japanese army unit. The two sides immediately engaged in battle.

The 39th Regiment of the New Fourth Army concentrated its main forces and severely damaged the vanguard of the Japanese army in Qichun County.

The Japanese division commander ordered the vanguard of the Japanese army in Qichun County to hold off the 39th Regiment of the New Fourth Army. His third battalion commander had already led more than 1000 Japanese soldiers to encircle them from all sides.

These actions by the Japanese army were all observed by the Golden Eagle drones in the air.

Soon, Huang, the commander of the 39th Regiment of the New Fourth Army, received a telegram from the brigade commander, informing him that more than 1000 Japanese troops had surrounded them from all sides. He immediately ordered his troops to retreat into the Gaoshanpu Valley.

The Japanese vanguard knew the New Fourth Army was trying to escape and pursued them relentlessly. However, the heavily damaged Japanese vanguard was simply unable to hold back the main force of the New Fourth Army's 39th Regiment.

The main force of the 39th Regiment of the New Fourth Army quickly withdrew into the Gaoshanpu Valley.

The 1st Battalion of the 39th Regiment of the New Fourth Army, which was tasked with covering the rear, also quickly withdrew into the Gaoshanpu Valley.

However, the Japanese army quickly caught up and pursued them into the Gaoshanpu Gorge.