Devil's Army

When the First Battalion of the Direct Regiment rushed out of the north gate of Qinhuangdao with the cooperation of tanks, the Japanese troops outside the city had been defeated under the fierce bombardment of the Fourth Brigade's artillery.

The tanks of the First Army were running at full speed, rumbling as they charged forward, firing their cannons. A cloud of dust rose up behind the tanks.

The soldiers of the first battalion of the direct regiment followed closely behind, firing fiercely at the chaotic Japanese troops.

The sounds of gunfire, shouting, and fighting filled the wilderness outside the Qinhuangdao city walls.

The Japanese army was defeated and the soldiers of the first battalion of the direct regiment pressed on step by step, like driving goats, and drove the Japanese army more than ten miles away in one breath. However, the soldiers of the first battalion did not stay here.

There was nothing here, no shelter. The Japanese artillery launched a fierce attack, and the first battalion suffered heavy casualties and had no way to defend.

After bombing the Japanese infantry outside the north gate of Qinhuangdao, the artillery of the 4th Brigade turned its guns and bombed the Japanese infantry outside the west gate of Qinhuangdao.

At this time, soldiers from the second battalion of the direct regiment also arrived at the west gate of Qinhuangdao.

The commander of the second regiment also ordered his soldiers to open the city gates, and the soldiers of the second battalion of the regiment rushed out of the west gate and fiercely fired at the defeated Japanese army. The chaotic Japanese army retreated in panic.

At this time, the division commander Maeda no longer had the ambition he had at the beginning. He led a large number of troops to besiege the north gate and west gate of Qinhuangdao for two days, but was beaten like a stray dog ​​by the devil's troops and retreated in a hurry.

Division Commander Maeda rested for more than a day more than 20 miles outside Qinhuangdao City.

On the fourth day, the tanks supporting the Kwantung Army Headquarters arrived, and Division Commander Maeda launched another attack on the north and west gates of Qinhuangdao.

The safety of Qinhuangdao and Shanhaiguan is related to the safety of the old base Huludao port.

Since the battle of Shanhaiguan in Qinhuangdao started, Leng Feng has been staying at the Qinhuangdao Command Center.

The tanks of the 8th Division of the Kwantung Army rumbled and split into two groups, rushing towards the north and west gates of Qinhuangdao. Dust covered the sky and the moon along the way.

The Golden Eagle UAV of the 4th Brigade quickly discovered the situation and informed Leng Feng.

Leng Feng judged that 150mm howitzers and aircraft bombs were the number one killers of tanks, and the Japanese army would definitely send air force reinforcements.

Sure enough, before the Japanese tank troops arrived at the north gate and west gate of Qinhuangdao, the Japanese air force had already pounced.

Leng Feng immediately called Captain Xu and asked him to arrange two fighter-bomber formations to come for reinforcement.

The First Army Air Force, which was based at the Xiaolingzi Airport in Jinzhou, quickly took off to provide reinforcements.

In the sky above Qinhuangdao, the First Army's Huaxia II fighters and the Japanese Army's Type 95 fighters were engaged in another battle.

From time to time, the sound of plane explosions was heard in the sky above Qinhuangdao, and plane parts were scattered all over the place.

At this time, the Japanese tank forces had broken through to the north gate and west exit of Qinhuangdao.

Wang Zhuangfei concentrated all the rocket forces of the 1st Regiment and its subordinate regiments to block the attack of the Japanese tanks.

A bloody scene appeared on the walls of Qinhuangdao’s North Gate and West Gate: soldiers from the Fourth Brigade were blown to pieces by Japanese tanks.

The ground on the walls of Qinhuangdao's west gate and north gate was stained brown-red by the soldiers' blood.

Under the city wall also lay the wreckage of Japanese tanks emitting black smoke.

Over Qinhuangdao, Captain Xu drove his Huaxia II fighter plane in and out three times, causing chaos in the Japanese fighter formation. He also took advantage of the chaos to shoot down two Japanese fighter planes. However, his fighter plane was also hit by several bullets. The right engine also shut down, so he had to withdraw from the battle early and return to the airport for repairs.

The remaining planes of the First Army, led by the captain of the First Squadron, continued to fight with Japanese fighter planes in the air.

After more than two hours of fierce air fighting, the First Army's Air Force once again repelled the Japanese Air Force.

Without the threat from the Japanese air, the 150mm howitzers of the th Brigade began to bombard the Japanese tanks and infantry outside the north and west gates of Qinhuangdao with impunity.

The rapid offensive momentum of the Japanese tanks was stopped. Outside the Qinhuangdao city wall, the Japanese tanks one after another were blown into pieces by the huge destructive power of the 150th Brigade's mm howitzers and scattered outside the Qinhuangdao city wall.

The mortar soldiers of the 4th Brigade who followed up continued to bombard the retreating Japanese troops on the city wall.

At this time, the division commander Maeda Toshinari was extremely depressed.

He once tricked Commander Umezu Yoshijiro into letting the history of 1932 repeat itself and take Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao in one day.

Now four days have passed, and not only has he failed to capture Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao, but he has been defeated by the devil's troops.

He turned his attention back to the battle of Shanhaiguan, but the battle of Shanhaiguan was not going well either.