Devil's Army

In order to protect Guangzhou's residential houses and old buildings as much as possible, the First Army's planes flew over Beijing Road and carried out limited strafing and bombing on the retreating Japanese command and government agencies.

Soldiers of the 2nd Independent Division of the Southern Front Army and the 2nd Independent Division of the Gui-Yunnan Front received news that the Japanese headquarters and government agencies were retreating, and intensified their attacks on the Japanese positions in the front.

If the Japanese headquarters can be destroyed, the Japanese army in Guangzhou will fall into chaos, and the battle to retake Guangzhou will end early.

While the two divisions of the First Army intensified their attack from both sides, the Japanese army also strengthened its defense.

The battle between the two sides went back and forth, and the positions changed hands repeatedly.

As soon as the position was occupied by the soldiers of the First Army, the Japanese army quickly arranged for suicide squads to tie explosive packs to their bodies and recapture the position.

After the bloody battles of the First Army soldiers, the Third Regiment of the Second Independent Division of the Southern Front Army was the first to break through the Japanese defense line on Beijing Road. However, at this time, the headquarters of the 104th Division of the Japanese Army on Beijing Road had already evacuated.

At this time, sporadic gunshots were still being heard from the houses on Beijing Road.

The Third Regiment Commander assigned the First Battalion to eliminate the remaining Japanese troops, and he led the Second and Third Battalions to continue searching for the Japanese Military Police Headquarters and other government agencies.

At this time, the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Independent Division of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army also broke through the Japanese army's defense line in the southwest and joined forces with the soldiers of the Southern Front Army on Beijing Road.

After a brief excitement, the 1st Regiment of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army turned to attack the Japanese troops on Shangxiajiu Road and Shifu Road. However, they encountered the same situation as the Southern Front Army, where the Japanese command and government agencies had all been evacuated.

The New First Division of the Southern Front Army recaptured the Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Military Police Headquarters in Yuexiu (the old site was the former police office during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and during the Republic of China, it was the location of the Guangdong Police Department and the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, located in the relevant area of ​​Yuexiu District)

They also captured the headquarters of the Japanese Army's 8604th Unit.

The Japanese Army's 8604th Unit was known externally as the "South China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department." The unit was a branch of the 731st Unit and was primarily responsible for conducting criminal activities such as bacteria and plague experiments.

The commander of the second regiment of the newly formed first division kept the relevant evidence of the Japanese army's "South China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Unit 2" and destroyed the equipment.

The troops continued to advance and met up with the troops of the 2nd Division of the Southern Front Army near Beijing Road.

The soldiers of the two divisions then continued to pursue the fleeing Japanese troops northward.

The Gui-Yunnan Front Army also pursued the fleeing Japanese troops northward along the Shangxiajiu Road and Shifu Road.

The Japanese command and government agencies on Beijing Road and Shifu Road were constantly strafed and bombed by the fighters and bombers of the First Army during their retreat to the north to join the 23rd Army. The casualties were not small and the situation was quite embarrassing.

When the three divisions of the First Army were searching and attacking northward, they were occasionally blocked by Japanese troops.

The more tenacious the Japanese blocking forces were, the closer the First Army was to their retreating command and government agencies.

Since the Japanese command and government agencies were retreating by car, and the Japanese troops in the rear were also very stubborn, the three divisions of the First Army fought fiercely with the Japanese troops in the rear, but failed to catch up with the Japanese command and government agencies.

In the evening, the Japanese 104th Division in Yuexiu and other command organizations and government agencies withdrew to the headquarters of the 23rd Army in Tianhe.

When the three divisions of the First Army chased to the villages and towns outside Tianhe, they were stubbornly blocked by the main force of the Japanese army.

The three divisions of the First Army stopped the pursuit one after another and built fortifications to prevent the Japanese from counterattacking.