Devil's Army

Most of the infantry battalion of the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in China were killed by poison gas bombs in front of the Panshan Pass position and in the military camp outside the Panshan Forest. The few soldiers who escaped were also admitted to the hospital.

Gray Wolf and Brigade Commander Xie, who had been worried about the Panshan position, also arrived at the 7st Regiment Command Post of the Panshan position at around o'clock.

Gray Wolf heard the report from the regiment leader, nodded and asked:

"Poison gas bombs and chemical weapons are against the world convention. The Japanese never dared to use poison gas bombs when fighting against the Soviet Union, but they used them against us recklessly. Do you know why?"

"Because we don't!" replied Brigade Commander Xie.

"Yes, not only do we not have them, but we also don't have the ability to produce them. So the Japanese disregarded international conventions and used poison gas bombs and chemical weapons against us."

"Let them have a taste of the power of poison gas bombs today."

"I heard from a regiment commander that one of their battalions was killed by their own poison gas today. This is just the tip of the iceberg. The Japanese used poison gas bombs and biological and chemical weapons to kill far more than 1000 of our soldiers and civilians."

The next morning, the Japanese Army's 11th Independent Mixed Brigade in China did not launch a new attack on the Panshan position.

Gray Wolf and Brigade Commander Xie then rushed to the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass position to inspect.

When Gray Wolf and his men arrived at the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass position, the Japanese artillery fire was fiercely bombarding the Great Wall pass position.

The Second Regiment Commander stopped Gray Wolf and Brigade Commander Wang from moving forward because the front line was too dangerous.

After a while, the Japanese stopped shelling and the infantry launched another charge.

The mortar soldiers of the Second Regiment kept bombarding the Japanese infantry in the distance. The soldiers also climbed out of the fortifications, ready to stop the Japanese.

"I remember there are 150mm howitzers and 75mm mountain guns here, why aren't they firing?" Gray Wolf asked the second regiment commander.

"Our howitzers and small mountain guns were destroyed by Japanese bombers yesterday." The second regiment commander lowered his head and whispered.

"I telegraphed the deputy commander yesterday and he also redeployed howitzers and artillery from Jixian County for me."

"Okay, although weapons are not what determine the outcome of a war, they are a very important factor. We should use the best weapons we have and not let the soldiers sacrifice their lives for them."

"Yes!"

"Which unit is guarding the position now?"

"It's the Second Battalion of our regiment. The First Battalion has been resisting the Japanese attacks for days, but has suffered too many casualties and is no longer able to resist." The Second Regiment Commander still responded in a low voice.

"Call Captain Yin and ask him to send air force reinforcements."

"Captain Yin has been sending bombers to reinforce us these days, otherwise our casualties would be even greater."

"After defeating the Japanese in this major encirclement and suppression campaign, it's our turn to fight back against them." Gray Wolf put down the telescope and muttered to himself while looking at the Japanese at the pass of the Great Wall.

The Huangyaguan Great Wall pass is in dangerous terrain and it was difficult for the Japanese army to climb.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Second Regiment were in a dominant position and desperately fired at the climbing Japanese troops.

Under the personal supervision of the battalion commander, the Japanese soldiers in front kept falling down, while those behind kept rushing forward.

"The howitzers have arrived, attack their reinforcements at the rear. Their support is weak, so their attack will naturally be repelled." Gray Wolf said, pointing at the Japanese rear guard troops that were rushing forward continuously.

As soon as Gray Wolf finished speaking, a bomber from the First Army roared towards the attacking Japanese troops, then flew low to drop bombs and strafed them.

The Japanese attacking force was suddenly attacked by the devil force air force and its formation was disrupted, but it still maintained its offensive posture.

Seeing that the Japanese troops did not retreat, the bombers of the First Army turned around and continued to bomb their reinforcement troops.

The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties after being severely bombed by the First Army's bombers, and they immediately called for air force reinforcements.

After a while, two Japanese Type 95 fighter planes roared towards the First Army's bombers.

When the bombers of the First Army saw the Japanese fighter planes coming towards them, they patted their butts and flew away.

The Japanese fighter planes achieved no results and could only vent their anger on the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion at the Great Wall Pass.

Many soldiers of the Second Battalion on the front line were hit by machine gun bullets from Japanese fighter planes and fell on the battlefield, but the following soldiers immediately filled the gap.

The two Japanese fighters were doomed. Two patrolling Chinese fighters from the First Army caught the Japanese fighters that had left the main force without permission and rushed towards them.

When the pilots of the two Japanese fighter planes saw the sharp-nosed fighter planes of the First Army, they were terrified and quickly stepped on the accelerator to escape.

Unfortunately, all this is in vain due to the absolute speed advantage.

Soon, the two Huaxia II fighters of the First Army caught up with the two Type 95 fighters of the Japanese Army. After a barrage of artillery fire, they were shot down from the sky.

After two Huaxia II fighter planes of the First Army shot down a Japanese fighter plane, they scattered the remaining shells on the Japanese troops who were attacking the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass.

This wave of Japanese attack was defeated by the fierce air-to-ground attack of the First Army.