Devil's Army

After all, the Japanese 7th Brigade attacking the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass had much more troops than the 2nd Regiment. As the stalemate continued, the 2nd Regiment began to be stretched to its limits.

Brigade Commander Xie ordered the brigade's 1st Battalion, which was serving as the reserve, to go forward to provide reinforcements.

The artillery of the independent brigade took advantage of the opportunity when the Japanese bombers were driven away by the fighter planes of the First Army to carry out fierce bombing on the Japanese follow-up troops.

At this time, Captain Yin and his men shook off the Japanese fighter planes and flew over to reinforce.

When Captain Yin's fighter group flew over the Great Wall pass, the three 20mm machine guns on the planes fiercely bombarded the Japanese troops who were climbing the Great Wall pass.

The bombers in the fleet launched fierce bombing on the Japanese troops that were continuing to reinforce.

The independent brigade's four 150mm howitzers blasted a fire isolation zone between the Japanese reinforcements and the front-line attack forces.

The Japanese front-line offensive forces, lacking reinforcements, saw their offensive momentum gradually weaken.

At this time, Captain Yin led a group of fighter planes and bombers to carry out fierce strafing and bombing on the Japanese attacking forces.

The troops of the independent brigade took the opportunity to launch a fierce counterattack, driving all the Japanese troops who had attacked the pass of the Great Wall back down from the city wall.

Brigade Commander Changgang looked at the retreating troops, and then at the densely packed bodies of imperial soldiers lying at the Great Wall pass. He really couldn't figure out how to quickly capture the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass position.

On this day, Brigade Commander Chang Gang did not launch a new attack on the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass position.

At 100 o'clock in the afternoon, Commander Tada Shun sent a telegram to inquire about the situation of the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass. He believed that the devil troops could not withstand the attack of their troops under the bombing of more than planes. However, the words of Brigade Commander Changgang disappointed him greatly. The Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass position had not been captured after a week of attack.

Brigade Commander Tsuneoka put the blame on the air force, saying that the air force fell into the trap of the devil forces, which led to their artillery positions, rear guard troops and offensive troops being bombed by the devil forces' planes, resulting in heavy casualties.

The Japanese air squadron leader pushed the Devil Force's air force. Their fighter group was attacked by the Devil Force's pointed aircraft group, and they could only attack in groups. They also lost three fighters and five bombers.

When Commander Shun Tada asked about the casualties of the Devil Force Air Force, the aviation group commander vaguely said that they had damaged several Devil Force planes.

It was already dark, and Commander Tsuneoka was on high alert against the Devil's Army's sneak attacks. Their troops were often attacked by the Devil's Army at night.

The battle had been going on for more than a week, and Commander Tada Shun had originally wanted to advance simultaneously and break through the base of the devil troops from multiple directions.

However, apart from Luan County which was occupied by them, no other troops were able to break through the devil troops' defense line.

Moreover, the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade stopped there after taking Luan County. After attacking for many days, it failed to break through the last line of defense of the devil troops to the north of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army was encircled and suppressed by the Japanese army's cage policy before the Japanese army launched the Tangshan base area encirclement and suppression. Although the First Anti-Japanese Army extended a helping hand to them, it was after all a drop in the bucket and could not solve the fundamental problem.

When the Japanese Central China Front Army concentrated all its efforts on encircling and suppressing the Tangshan base, he instructed his troops to support the First Anti-Japanese Army and actively attack the Japanese logistics troops. On the other hand, he prepared to plan a large military operation to break the Japanese cage policy.

At this point in the battle, Commander Tada Shun was also in a headache. The Japanese troops attacking the base of the Devil Army from multiple directions were blocked, and the logistics troops were constantly attacked by the Eighth Route Army and local armed forces.

The 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army also sent troops to attack the Japanese Army's Independent Mixed nd Brigade that attacked Shanghe County.

In order to reverse the passive situation, Commander Tada Shun ordered all troops to intensify the attack and capture the Tangshan base of the devil troops as soon as possible, and then concentrate troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army.

After a week of bloody fighting, the troops of the First Anti-Japanese Army in the Tangshan base were short of manpower in many places.

The Grey Wolves took a risky move and only left the expanded Second Brigade's direct regiment to garrison Tangxia Village. The other three main regiments of the Second Brigade acted as fire brigades and were transferred to Fengnan County, the position north of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport and Ji County.

Due to the tight situation at the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass and Panshan positions, the 3rd Regiment of the Independent Brigade, which was originally planned to be stationed at the east gate and south gate of Jixian County, was sent to reinforce the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass and Panshan positions.

The 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Brigade was dispatched to guard the East Gate and South Gate of Ji County, mainly to prevent the Japanese troops from attacking at Bailonggang Bridge and Sanchakou.

Moreover, after a week of high-intensity fighting on various battlefields in the Tangshan base area, the spoils of war captured on the battlefield were far from meeting the combat needs of the Second Front Army of the First Anti-Japanese Army.

Gray Wolf had no choice but to send a telegram to Leng Feng to transport a batch of ammunition and supplies to the Tangshan base.

At this time, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Michijiro, had been mobilizing troops to prepare for the encirclement and suppression of Leng Feng's old base, and many troops did not dare to move.

Leng Feng then arranged for the newly established 16th Brigade to transport ammunition and supplies to the Tangshan base via the newly opened land route to resolve the ammunition crisis in the Tangshan base.