Devil's Army

The explosion woke up the soldiers of the third regiment on the city wall. They reacted quickly and lay on the ground in hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers of the first squadron of the Japanese army who rushed into the city gate.

Some soldiers from the Third Regiment on the city wall quickly lay on the wall and fired at the Japanese troops who were trying to cross the moat.

The sound of fierce gunfire and grenade explosions filled the sky.

The Japanese soldiers of the First Squadron were still fighting fiercely with the soldiers of the Third Regiment on the city wall. Upon hearing the news, the commander of the Third Regiment transferred all the reserve troops to the Weiyuan City Gate.

As the reserve troops of the Third Regiment arrived, the fierce attack of the Japanese army was stopped.

The soldiers of the Third Regiment began to drive the Japanese troops out of the Weiyuan Gate of Shanhaiguan step by step.

The sneak attack carefully planned by the deputy battalion commander was repelled by the soldiers of the Third Regiment. This was also the battle closest to Shanhaiguan in the encirclement and suppression campaign of the Eighth Brigade Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

After dawn, the reserve troops of the Third Regiment, together with the troops on the city walls of the Third Regiment, launched a fierce counterattack against the remaining Japanese troops.

The soldiers of the Third Regiment wiped out most of the Japanese troops who crossed the moat on the south bank of the moat.

The few soldiers who escaped back to the north bank of the moat joined the Japanese troops who had not yet crossed the river and fled into the Yanshan Mountains.

The Japanese attack on Shanhaiguan came to an end.

Division Commander Maeda learned that his 1st Infantry Battalion had suffered a setback in its attack on Shanhaiguan and had been almost wiped out.

So, with the support of the air force, he commanded the Eighth Division to launch a fierce attack on Qinhuangdao.

The two sides fought each other across the Qinhuangdao city wall. Later, the First Army's Air Force arrived and launched a fierce air battle with the Japanese Air Force in the sky over Qinhuangdao.

The First Army's Air Force successfully repelled the Japanese Air Force and then launched a fierce attack on the Japanese Eighth Division.

Under the attack of the First Army in the air, Division Commander Maeda began to be unable to hold out and gradually retreated towards Rehe.

After the defense of Qinhuangdao and Shanhaiguan ended, Leng Feng returned to Jinzhou.

There were no major battles in Jinzhou, but there were occasional small-scale battles.

Leng Feng's gaze turned to Kaiyuan, which was closest to the tribe.

When Commander Umezu Yoshijiro launched a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign against the First Army's old base, the Japanese Kwantung Army's Seventh Division was stationed in Harbin and Xinjing.

The commander of the 7th Division of the Kwantung Army, Kunisaki Noboru, suffered a severe defeat during the first encirclement and suppression of the Tangshan base and was demoted.

Later, after the Japanese 7th Division had replenished its troops, Kunisaki Noboru was reinstated and transferred to guard Xinjing and Harbin.

After receiving an order from Commander Umezu Michijiro, Kunisaki Noboru immediately split his troops into two groups and rushed towards Kaiyuan.

Soon after the 7th Brigade Commander Liu Zhongjun (Red Wolf) took over Kaiyuan, he continued to recover the surrounding towns and villages. The defense line has been pushed forward to Changtu County and Xifeng County.

Commander Kunisaki Tokugawa led a group of troops from Harbin, Xinjing, Gongzhuling, Siping and Changtu County to Kaiyuan.

Another group of troops marched towards Kaiyuan from Harbin, Xinjing, Yitong and Xifeng.

As the 7th Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army was coming with great force, the commander of the 7th Brigade decided to resist step by step, consume the strength of the Japanese army step by step, and defeat the Japanese army's spirit.

There is a good ambush location in the direction of Siping, in Bamiancheng between Changtu County and Siping City.

The terrain around Bamiancheng is relatively complex, with many hills and gullies, which is convenient for ambushing a large number of troops and setting up various ambush tactics.

At the same time, Bamiancheng is an important transportation hub, and Japanese transport vehicles and troop marches often pass through here.

By controlling the roads near Bamiancheng, the Japanese army's supply lines can be effectively cut off, causing a severe blow to them.

However, Bamiancheng is in the Japanese-occupied area. If the army wants to ambush the Japanese army in Bamiancheng, it must enter the territory of Changhe County. The troops are vulnerable to being attacked from both sides by the Japanese army in Siping City and Changhe County. In addition, it is not convenient to replenish supplies, so a quick battle must be fought.

After much deliberation, the commander of the Seventh Brigade decided to send the First Battalion, the most powerful direct regiment, to Bamiancheng to carry out the ambush mission. The Second Battalion was on standby in Jinjiatun Town near Changtu County, ready to support the First Battalion at any time.

In order to support the ambush of the first battalion, the commander of the seventh brigade sent a regiment to feint an attack on Changtu County before the first battalion ambushed the Japanese army, in order to tie down the Japanese troops in Changtu County.

The intelligence officer had just reported to the commander of the Seventh Brigade that the Seventh Division of the Japanese Army had left Siping City and was heading towards Changtu County. The commander of the Seventh Brigade immediately ordered the commander of the First Regiment to attack Changtu County.

A regiment commander arranged a battalion commander to divide his troops into two groups, and two companies took the lead in launching an attack on the Japanese defenders in Changtu County.

The Japanese troops and puppet police at the south gate of Changtu County were knocked down in the first wave of raids.

The Japanese army immediately closed the city gates, and the Japanese soldiers on the city walls quickly fired at the place where the gunshots were heard. The commander of Changtu County also quickly asked for help from the division commander Kunisaki To.

After receiving a telegram from Changtu County for help, Division Commander Kunisaki Tokugawa immediately ordered his troops to speed up their march to Changtu County. However, although there were intense gunshots outside the south gate of Changtu County, no soldiers from the Devil's Army launched a charge.