Devil's Army

Battle of Tingsi Bridge, Chapter 1959

Upon receiving Commander Zhang's request, the Nanchang Air Force arranged for three bombers to loiter behind Tingsi Bridge.

Once a Japanese transport convoy is spotted, immediately dive and bomb it to prevent them from resupplying the Japanese troops at Tingsi Bridge.

One regiment continued to maintain distance from the front, feigning an attack on Tingsi Bridge to deplete the Japanese ammunition in the bunker.

However, this created another problem: when visibility was poor at night and the First Army Air Force returned to base, the Japanese troops in the bunkers could use this time to replenish their supplies.

To solve this problem, Commander Zhang specially arranged for a reconnaissance team to take a detour around to the rear of Tingsi Bridge, carrying a radio.

He also ordered the artillery to prepare.

Sure enough, as evening fell, the Japanese troops in the bunker, having exhausted their ammunition, once again requested reinforcements from the Japanese troops in Xianning.

Seeing that the Devil Unit air force had returned, the Japanese troops in Xianning arranged for a transport team to deliver ammunition and supplies to the Japanese troops in the bunker during their dinner.

The scouts, hidden in the shadows, quickly discovered this intelligence and immediately reported the location of the Japanese transport convoy to the artillery via radio.

Soon after, a barrage of shells, like locusts, rained down on the Japanese transport convoy on Tingsi Bridge Road.

The Japanese transport convoy was bombed, and the crew and vehicles were overturned.

Even more critically, a truck transporting ammunition was hit by a shell, causing a secondary explosion.

The violent explosion also affected nearby trucks and soldiers.

The flames from the explosion illuminated the path behind Tingsi Bridge.

The regimental commander immediately realized that the Japanese troops in the bunker were running out of ammunition, so he immediately arranged for his troops to launch fierce feint attacks on the T-bridge in shifts to deplete the Japanese ammunition.

The Japanese troops in the bunker, whose hopes of replenishing supplies under the cover of night were dashed, had no choice but to continue their fierce resistance against the regiment's attack.

The battle at Tingsi Bridge saw the dawn of its second day amidst a series of skirmishes.

At night, the Japanese transport team secretly delivered ammunition supplies to the Japanese troops in the bunker twice, but both times they were intercepted by the artillery of the 1st Regiment.

At this point, the Japanese firepower inside the bunker was like that of a frail old man, no longer fierce.

The regimental commander launched another fierce attack on Tingsi Bridge.

In an effort to defend the southern gateway to Xianning, a Japanese major ordered his soldiers to carry double and triple the amount of ammunition to reinforce the area. However, they were still met with precise interception by a regiment of artillery.

Ignoring the artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers continued to charge forward, hoping to reach the bunker and receive ammunition supplies.

Just then, a combined squadron of fighters and bombers from the army arrived.

The mixed squadron immediately dove at low altitude and fiercely strafed and bombed the Japanese troops who had broken through the defense line.

With the combined efforts of artillery and air force, very few Japanese troops managed to break through the defenses.

The Japanese troops in the bunker received only limited ammunition supplies.

Under the fierce cover of machine gun fire, the rocket troops finally reached the vicinity of the bunkers and, with a series of rockets, destroyed the Japanese bunkers one by one.

The regiment of soldiers finally broke through the Japanese defenses at Tingsi Bridge and advanced towards Xianning.

Meanwhile, with strong air support, the battle at Guabang Mountain was also advancing.

The soldiers of the 2nd Regiment captured the Japanese positions in the hills surrounding Guabang Mountain and advanced to the core positions of Guabang Mountain.

As night fell, the Second Regiment Commander attempted a night raid on the core Japanese positions on Guabang Mountain. However, the Japanese, having been frightened by the First Army's surprise attack, increased their number of mobile and covert sentries.

The 2nd Regiment soldiers who attempted a sneak attack were discovered by Japanese sentries, and the night raid plan failed.