Devil's Army

With the opening of Shengli Road, the Japanese army's original speculation that the devilish troops of Chahar Right Front Banner would send troops to reinforce the Eighth Route Army in Liangcheng County became certain.

However, the major's attack on Liangcheng County was already on the verge of being launched.

The major was waiting for the artillery to be in place and immediately launched a battle to occupy Liangcheng County.

Three days later, the courier from Zhuozi County sent intelligence to Captain Yao:

A lot of cannons came to Zhuozi County.

The battle of Liangcheng County, which the Japanese army had been preparing for a long time, was finally about to begin.

The commander of the first regiment left the fourth company of the third battalion to garrison the Chahar Right Front Banner, and transferred the third company of the third battalion to the camp of the second company of the second battalion at the entrance of the mountain road, ready to reinforce Liangcheng County at any time.

He also ordered the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion in Jining County and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Companies of the 1st Battalion in Xinghe County to serve as reserve forces and be ready to provide reinforcements at any time.

On this day, the Japanese army did not attack Liangcheng County. However, Captain Yao did not relax his vigilance. He placed his scouts 20 kilometers north of Liangcheng County.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the major assembled a battalion of Japanese infantry, a regiment of puppet troops and an artillery squadron, and quietly set off towards Liangcheng County.

When the Japanese army arrived about 20 kilometers away from Liangcheng County, they were still discovered by vigilant Eighth Route Army scouts.

The scouts of the Eighth Route Army split into two groups, one group rushed back to Liangcheng County to report to Captain Yao, and the other group rushed to the intersection of Shengli Road and reported to the Second Company of the First Army.

When a regiment commander heard that the Japanese army brought an artillery squadron to attack Liangcheng County, he decided to put an end to the Japanese army's arrogance first.

He reported to Brigade Commander Du of the 12th Brigade the intelligence that the Japanese army was attacking Liangcheng County with heavy forces, and requested the brigade commander to provide air force support.

At this time, there were no major battles in Suiyuan Province, Rehe Province, and Harbin. Deputy Commander Xu personally brought more than 40 fighters and bombers to support.

The Japanese army stopped more than two miles outside the north gate of Liangcheng County.

The Japanese artillery then launched a fierce bombardment on the city wall fortifications at the north gate of Liangcheng County.

A company of puppet troops was in the front, and a squadron of Japanese troops was behind, preparing to launch the first wave of attack on Liangcheng County after the shelling stopped.

Before the Japanese infantry launched the first wave of attack on Liangcheng County, they heard the roar of planes.

The Japanese artillery knew how powerful the Devil Force's pointed aircraft were, so they immediately stopped shelling and hid.

Deputy Captain Xu did not see the Japanese artillery positions, so he launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on the Japanese and puppet army infantry that were gathering.

The Japanese infantry and puppet troops had not even started their attack when they were bombed by the devil troops' pointed planes and had to hide everywhere, wailing continuously.

Deputy Captain Xu led the pilots to carry out several rounds of strafing and bombing on the assembled Japanese and puppet troops, and then extended the attack to launch fierce strafing and bombing on the Japanese follow-up troops in the rear.

Under the fierce strafing and bombing by the Devil Forces' fighters and bombers, the major had to temporarily cancel the attack on Liangcheng County and hide.

Captain Yao breathed a sigh of relief and immediately arranged for his soldiers to consolidate the city wall fortifications that had collapsed due to Japanese artillery fire.

The major looked at the sharp-nosed planes of the Devil's Force wreaking havoc on them in the air, and quickly sent a telegram to Commander Amakasu Shige requesting air force reinforcements.

In order to resolve the Liangcheng battle as quickly as possible, Commander Shigeki Amakasu immediately sent a telegram to Commander Michijiro Umezu, requesting air force support. However, he never received a reply from Commander Michijiro Umezu.

At this time, a regiment of artillery deployed in the woods on Shengli Road quietly aimed at the place where the Japanese infantry had just assembled.