Devil's Army

On the one hand, Gray Wolf asked Li Guozhu to increase the intensity of the attack and open up a channel to the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains as soon as possible.

On the other hand, the 3rd Regiment of the 11th Brigade was arranged to march westward to track the Japanese Independent Mixed 9th Brigade that was preparing to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region.

The 3rd Regiment of the 12th Brigade was arranged to march northward to track the Japanese Army's 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, which was preparing to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region.

The 110rd Regiment of the th Brigade was arranged to march southwest to track the th Division of the Japanese Army that was preparing to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region.

The 27rd Regiment of the Jidong Independent Brigade was arranged to march northwest to track the th Division of the Japanese Army that was preparing to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Border Region.

This anti-encirclement and suppression campaign went unexpectedly smoothly and the Second Front Army suffered no losses.

Gray Wolf immediately sent four regiments out of the base to support the Eighth Route Army.

In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from advancing towards the Taihang Mountains, the Japanese army sent the 36th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Cangzhou to encircle Sanhe County and Huanghua City.

The battle entered a fierce stage as soon as it started. After replenishing its personnel, the 36st Battalion of the th Division of the Japanese Army bombarded the troops of the st Regiment of the th Brigade who were about to pass through their defense line.

The 1st Regiment of the 6th Brigade was forced to stop in front of the Japanese positions outside Sanhe County.

In order to break through the Japanese defense line, the Sixth Brigade also arranged its artillery to fiercely bombard the Japanese positions.

The two sides fired artillery of various calibers at each other, and the battle was extremely fierce. The two sides were in a stalemate, and neither could do anything to the other.

With the arrival of the First Army's Air Force, the situation on the battlefield quickly reversed.

Under the bombing of the First Army's bombers, the Japanese army's large-caliber artillery did not dare to fire, and only used mortars and several small mountain cannons to fiercely attack the soldiers of the Sixth Brigade who were preparing to break through the position.

Soon, the Japanese mortars and several small mountain cannons that were continuously firing were completely destroyed by the bombing of Japanese bombers.

The Japanese soldiers on the position had never suffered such a fierce air raid and began to riot.

Gray Wolf, who was at the front line, saw all this through the telescope and said to Li Guozhu with a sneer:

"For a long time, only the Japanese army bombed us. The Japanese army is not used to being bombed by planes, but now they have to get used to it. Once they get used to it, everything will be fine."

In the two bunkers on the Sanhe County trail, machine guns continued to fire, pinning the attacking Sixth Brigade soldiers in front of the trail, preventing them from moving. But they were soon bombed by First Army aircraft.

Heavy bombs exploded one after another around the bunker, blowing off the soil on top of it.

The Japanese soldiers in the bunker were either killed in the explosion or killed by the huge shock wave from the explosion of the bombs.

When the division commander Mudeno saw that his troops were suffering from heavy bombing by the First Army's aircraft, he had to ask for help from Commander Tada Shun and request aircraft reinforcements, otherwise the defense line would most likely be broken through by the devil's troops.

Commander Tada Shun heard that the Devil's Army had suddenly concentrated four fighter squadrons to attack and bomb their Sanhe County and Huanghua City's outer positions. He had to arrange ten fighter squadrons to be able to compete with them. Where could he get more than 100 fighter jets?

However, the Devil Army could not open this passage, so he had to order the commander of the Wudeno Division:

"Hold on, the air force will be here soon to reinforce you."

With the support of aircraft and artillery, the soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 6th Brigade quickly advanced to the front of the Japanese positions.

After the Devil Unit's shelling stopped, the remaining Japanese troops in the position lay in the collapsed fortifications and continued to block the attack of a regiment of soldiers.

Just as the 1st Regiment of the 6th Brigade was about to break through the Japanese army's defense line, the promise that Commander Tada Shun made to Division Commander Mudeno came true.

Three fighter squadrons drawn back from various places roared over to provide support.

At this time, the First Army Air Force, which had the advantage in numbers, immediately surrounded the Japanese fighter squadron and fought a decisive battle. However, the Japanese fighters used a suicidal combat mode, with three fighters in a combat group, and frantically attacked a Huaxia II fighter of the First Army.

The sky was torn apart by the screaming of the engines, like a shattered canvas. Above the clouds, the Chinese fighter planes of the First Army and the Japanese Type 95 fighter planes met on a narrow road, and the brave one won.

"Watch out for enemy aircraft!" Captain Yin gripped the joystick tightly, his voice echoing through the radio in the cabin. His eyes were as sharp as a hawk, and he quickly locked onto the three Type 95 fighter formations that sprang out of the clouds. The fuselage was shaking slightly, a tense prelude to the coming battle.

The three Japanese fighter planes attacked Captain Yin's Hua Xia II fighter plane from three directions, completely ignoring the attacks from Captain Yin's wingmen on both sides.

Facing the desperate suicidal attack of the Japanese fighter planes, Captain Yin's fighter plane was hit by several bullets, and suddenly raised its nose and flew over the Japanese fighter formation. Then it turned quickly, bit the main engine of the Japanese fighter formation from behind, and fired fiercely.