Devil's Army

The fire from the incendiary bombs gradually died down, and the Japanese Army's 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, which had been attacked by incendiary bombs, suffered heavy casualties and lost the ability to organize a large-scale offensive.

On that day, the commander of the Japanese Army's 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, Hirabayashi Masato, and his remaining troops retreated to Luan County and did not launch another attack on the positions north of Xiaoguanzhuang.

Commander Pinglin didn't know that the direct battalion stationed in the northern position of Xiaoguanzhuang had been crippled by them, and now they were blocked by the soldiers of the Third Regiment who retreated from Luan County. If they worked harder and continued to attack, they might be able to break through the defense line of the Third Regiment and attack the Xiaoguanzhuang airport.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, as the 1st Regiment of the 6th Brigade arrived at the position north of Xiaoguanzhuang, it became difficult for Division Commander Hirabayashi to break through the position north of Xiaoguanzhuang.

The troops of the 2nd Regiment of the 11th Brigade are stationed in Fengnan County, south of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

The Japanese Army's 9th Independent Mixed Brigade also divided its troops into two groups and attacked Fengnan County.

Under the fierce artillery fire and aircraft bombing of the Japanese army, the Second Regiment resisted the superior Japanese army for most of the day, and at 24 o'clock in the afternoon of the th, it lost the outer positions of the north gate and the east gate of Fengnan County one after another. All the soldiers in the outer positions also retreated to Fengnan County.

The next morning, the commander of the Japanese Army's 9th Independent Mixed Brigade, Iwanaga Wang, gathered all the heavy artillery of the division and fiercely bombarded the north gate wall of Fengnan County.

Several places on the city wall at the north gate of Fengnan County collapsed due to heavy artillery bombardment by the Japanese army. At noon, with the support of aircraft, the Japanese army rushed into Fengnan County from the collapsed area.

Soldiers from the First Battalion of the Second Regiment retreated into the city and engaged in street fighting with the Japanese army.

The Japanese troops were divided into two routes, one continued to attack deep into Fengnan County, and the other took a detour to the east gate of Fengnan County.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Second Regiment stationed at the east gate of Fengnan County were forced to retreat into the city and engage in fierce street fighting with the Japanese troops under the double-sided attack from both inside and outside the city.

The two Japanese armies continued to advance deep into Fengnan County, but were attacked fiercely by the rocket troops of the Second Regiment. Both sides had gains and losses, and fought each other across the houses.

As the Japanese follow-up troops continued to enter Fengnan City, the Second Regiment was driven step by step to the south gate of Fengnan County, and the strategic space was gradually compressed.

By nightfall, the Second Regiment had lost two-thirds of Fengnan County.

The second commander knew that in this kind of tug-of-war of attrition, it would be difficult for them to survive until tomorrow.

Brigade Commander Du told him that the Sixth Brigade had sent the Second Regiment for reinforcement and ordered him to hold out until tomorrow noon.

The Second Regiment Commander ordered that, except for the frontline guards, all other troops should rest and there would be action tonight. He wanted to take advantage of the First Army's expertise in night attacks to recapture some positions.

The entire Fengnan County fell into a rare silence.

At one o'clock in the morning, the soldiers of the Second Regiment's direct battalion divided into two groups and attacked the north gate and east gate of Fengnan County respectively.

The entire Fengnan County was shrouded in the sounds of gunfire and grenade explosions.

After several hours of bloody fighting, the Second Regiment's direct battalion recaptured nearly one-third of Fengnan County and sent troops to garrison there.

At about six o'clock the next morning, the Japanese army began to attack the Second Regiment from the north and east gates of Fengnan County. Brutal street fighting began again.

The Second Regiment retreated step by step to the South Gate under the attack of the superior Japanese forces. The area that they had captured in the surprise attack last night was lost bit by bit.

At around ten o'clock, the Second Regiment of the Sixth Brigade arrived in Fengnan County.

The mortar soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the 6th Brigade continued to bombard the attacking Japanese troops, curbing their offensive momentum. The rocket soldiers also continued to attack the Japanese machine gun fire points.

The soldiers of the First Army finally secured less than one-third of the territory of Fengnan County.

At noon, the two commanders of the 6th Brigade and the 11th Brigade were having lunch while discussing how to drive the Japanese army out of Fengnan County.

They thought it was unrealistic to use their two regiments of 6000 people to drive out the Japanese army's th Independent Mixed Brigade of nearly people. They could only rely on the air force to reduce the Japanese army's military advantage. However, the First Army's air force has not yet completely occupied air superiority. They can only set up defenses step by step on the way to retreat to the southern defense line of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport to consume the Japanese army's manpower.

Just as the two regiment commanders were thinking about it, two bombers from the Air Force supporting the First Army flew over.

The two regiment commanders didn't know that the two bombers had just completed an air raid on the Japanese troops north of Xiaoguanzhuang, and they were carrying incendiary bombs.

The two bombers dropped three incendiary bombs each on the Japanese troops at the north gate and east gate of Fengnan County, and then flew away.

After a while, the tragic scene of the Japanese Army's 7th Independent Mixed Division was replayed on the Japanese Army's 9th Independent Mixed Division.

Even in Fengnan City, the strong smell of burnt meat could be smelled.

The Japanese reinforcements outside Fengnan City suffered heavy damage from incendiary bombs, and the Japanese troops inside the city lacked reinforcements, and the momentum of the offensive began to weaken.

The commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 6th Brigade keenly felt that the Japanese offensive momentum had weakened. Although he did not know what had happened, he and the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 11th Brigade divided their troops into two groups and launched a fierce counterattack against the Japanese.

The Japanese army was losing ground, and the soldiers of the First Army pressed on. The closer they got to the north and east gates of Fengnan County, the stronger the smell of burning meat became.

The soldiers of the Sixth and Eleventh Brigades fought hard and finally drove the Japanese troops who had entered Fengnan County out of Fengnan County. However, what they saw was a tragic scene that they had not expected.