Devil's Army

Leng Feng then sent a telegram to inquire about the situation of the Grey Wolf Second Front Army.

Gray Wolf told Leng Feng that the battle in Rehe Province where part of the 5th Brigade and the 12th Brigade were fighting the most smoothly was the one that took place.

Since Rehe Province is vast and sparsely populated, the Japanese Kwantung Army did not deploy too many troops here.

Part of the 5th Brigade and the 12th Brigade swept through the Japanese strongholds in various counties of Rehe Province from the direction of Chengde City and Chifeng City.

Seeing that Rehe Province was about to be completely recaptured by the devil's troops, Commander Hata Shunroku dispatched reinforcements from Peking and Tianjin to reinforce Rehe Province.

Gray Wolf received intelligence from the intelligence stations in Peking and Tianjin, and ordered the 11th Brigade, which had already recaptured Peking and the counties and towns outside Tianjin, to launch an attack on Peking and Tianjin.

Commander Hata Shunroku was always on guard against the devil's troops attacking Peking and Tianjin.

He deployed the most powerful Japanese anti-aircraft artillery units at the Nanyuan Airport in Beijing and the Dongjuzi Airport in Tianjin, and there were more than 52 Type Zero fighters in the two airports.

However, the fighter force of the First Army is currently more powerful, so he does not dare to launch an attack on the First Army Air Force easily.

He received news from the garrisons in Peking and Tianjin that the devil troops were attacking Peking and Tianjin, and immediately ordered the Japanese troops reinforcing Rehe Province to return to defend Peking and Tianjin.

Under the fierce attack of part of the 12th Brigade and the th Brigade of the Second Front Army of the First Army, the isolated Japanese troops in Rehe Province withdrew from Rehe Province and fled to Xing'an Province and Inner Mongolia in the north.

至此，1933年3月就沦陷的热河省2市16县4旗被抗日第一军第二方面军全部收复。

At this time, the Southern Front Army and the Guangxi-Yunnan Front Army also drove all the Japanese troops out of Guangdong Province.

The recovery of the two provinces in the south and north of China greatly inspired the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people across the country. More and more compatriots joined the First Anti-Japanese Army.

The situation of the national war of resistance is developing in an increasingly better direction.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Rehe was located in the connecting area between Northeast China and North China. Controlling it could further open up a channel for invading North China, facilitating the Japanese military deployment and material transportation. The strategic value of its geographical location combined with its resources became an important part of the Japanese invasion plan.

Moreover, Rehe Province has resources such as coal mines, iron mines, and gold mines.

Moreover, the land in the area is relatively fertile, and supplies such as food and cotton can solve the temporary shortage of strategic materials for the Japanese army and also control the local economy.

The Japanese army's plunder of Rehe's resources was a reflection of its strategy of "fighting to support the war," which aimed to maintain its war of aggression by controlling the resources of the occupied areas while weakening China's foundation for the war of resistance.

Therefore, the Japanese army would not give up Rehe Province, which it had occupied since 33.

The remnants of the Japanese army that retreated to Xing'an Province joined forces with the local garrison and puppet troops to launch an attack on the area north of the Xilamulun River basin in the former Zhaowuda League connecting Rehe Province and Xing'an Province, including Jingpeng County, Linxi County, Lindong, Tianshan, and Lubei.

The battle in Jingpeng County was the most intense.

At that time, the third company of the first battalion of the first regiment of the fifth brigade was defending Jingpeng County.

The third company commander organized three platoons to block the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops from three sides, while at the same time asking for help from his superiors.

The Japanese army dispatched a total of more than 1100 people, including puppet troops, and launched a fierce attack from three sides of Jingpeng County.

At this time, Linxi County, adjacent to Jingpeng County, was also attacked by more than 800 Japanese and puppet troops.

The commander of the 1st Regiment of the 5th Brigade received a call for help from the commander of the 3rd Company and the commander of the 2nd Company of Lindong County, and immediately ordered the 2nd Battalion stationed in Weichang County to send reinforcements.