Devil's Army

The four 150mm howitzers that Wulang had assigned to the independent brigade had arrived at the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass in the evening. The artillery immediately deployed new artillery positions.

When the Japanese suicide squad attacked the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass, the artillery company commander requested artillery support for the pass position. But the second regiment commander refused. With only a few Japanese suicide squad members, and they climbed up the wall in a scattered manner, using 150mm howitzers was just like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Now that the Japanese army's large force has arrived, it's time for their artillery to show its power.

Following the order from the artillery company commander, four 150mm howitzers fired at the same time.

The devastating destructive power of the 150mm howitzer made the Japanese army suffer terribly.

The independent brigade's artillery fired three consecutive waves of salvos, turning the hundreds of square meters below the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass into a no-man's land.

The Japanese battalion commander who commanded this operation wanted to take down the pass position of the devil troops by surprise attack, and personally supervised the battle from behind. Unexpectedly, he was bombed back to the Yasukuni Shrine by the artillery of the independent brigade.

This wave of night attacks by the Japanese army was repelled. Brigade Commander Changgang believed that in order to capture the strategic Huangyaguan Great Wall pass, the artillery of the devil troops must be suppressed.

He asked Commander Tada Shun for more air force support.

The next morning, Japanese bombers, escorted by fighter planes, swooped down on the Huangyaguan Great Wall like a dark cloud, with bombs falling densely on the Great Wall like raindrops.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion who were hiding in the fortifications suffered heavy casualties under the intensive bombing of Japanese bombers. They still did not withdraw from their positions, but stared with their scarlet eyes at the Japanese infantry who were attacking the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass.

The Japanese bombers were bombing non-stop, and the independent brigade's artillery was afraid of exposing their positions and did not dare to open fire.

The Second Regiment Commander was heartbroken as he watched the Japanese planes bombing out the fortifications and soldiers on the city walls. He anxiously said to Brigade Commander Xie:

"Brigade Commander, can you call our air force to come over for reinforcement?"

Brigade Commander Xie looked at the dark Japanese planes in the sky and said nothing. He also felt sorry for those soldiers, many of whom were veterans he brought with him from Meihua Town.

At this time, the Japanese infantry also rushed to the front of the Great Wall pass and were climbing up the city wall.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion on the city wall braved the bombing of Japanese planes and artillery and fought hard to resist the attack of the Japanese army. Unfortunately, the Second Battalion was weak and could not resist the attack of the Japanese army.

Two soldiers from the second battalion were blown off the city wall by Japanese planes. They pulled the grenades on their bodies the moment they fell off the city wall.

The fragments produced by the grenade exploding in the air blew the Japanese soldiers who were climbing up the city wall.

At this time, sending the third battalion forward to reinforce would be cannon fodder. If the third battalion was not sent forward to reinforce, the position would be lost. The second regiment commander was caught in a dilemma.

The Huangyaguan Great Wall pass is fifty or sixty miles away from the north gate of Jixian County. If the Japanese army breaks through here, they can march straight in and directly attack the north gate of Jixian County.

The Second Regiment Commander looked up at Brigade Commander Xie for help. Brigade Commander Xie whispered an order:

"Tell the third battalion to get ready."

Gray Wolf turned his head and ordered the signalman:

"Send a message to Captain Yin, asking him to fully support the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass position."

After a while, the roar of airplanes was heard from the northwest of the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass.

Captain Yin mobilized the full strength of the First Army's Second Front Air Force to support the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass position.

As soon as the nine Japanese fighter squadrons saw the main force of the devil's force's sharp fighters, they immediately pounced on them like wolves smelling blood.

The three fighter squadrons and one bomber squadron of the First Army immediately split into three groups and spread out in three directions.

Upon seeing this, the Japanese fighter planes split into three groups and pursued the first army's planes.

After dispersing the Japanese fighter force, Captain Yin in the center led his troops to attack the Japanese infantry positions at the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass.

The group of Japanese fighter planes that had been targeting the First Army's planes in the middle immediately followed.

Who knew that Captain Yin would feint a shot, then immediately turn around and rush towards the Japanese artillery position that was firing, then fire fiercely and drop bombs.

The Japanese artillery positions were blown to pieces, with artillery parts scattered all over the ground.

When the Japanese fighter planes caught up with them, Captain Yin and his men quickly fled from the Japanese artillery positions.

The absolute disadvantage in speed made it impossible for the Japanese fighter planes to catch up with the First Army's aircraft and encircle and annihilate them.

Captain Yin and his men flew southwards away from the Japanese artillery positions. The Japanese fighter planes were chasing them from behind, but the distance between the two sides was getting larger and larger.

Captain Yin and his men suddenly fired a feint, then turned around and attacked the Japanese infantry who were attacking the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass.

The commander of the Second Regiment took advantage of the fact that the Japanese planes were busy fighting with the First Army's planes and had no time to take care of other things, and ordered the Third Battalion to provide immediate reinforcements.

The soldiers of the third battalion rushed to the position and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese troops who had already captured the pass of the Great Wall.

The Japanese army concentrated so many planes today to attack the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass. They ignored casualties and fought to the death.

The Second Regiment withdrew from the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass, and the northern gate of Jixian County was wide open. Jixian County, their command center, would be ravaged by Japanese artillery fire.

The two armies fought to a stalemate at the Huangya Pass Great Wall Pass, with one army holding its ground and the other attacking without retreating.