Devil's Army

After many days of fighting, the tank battalion that Leng Feng transferred from the tribe had lost a company. Captain Huang of the first tank company also died.

After discussion, the commanders of the first and second regiments decided to reduce the tank battalion into two tank companies to cooperate with the second regiment in combat.

At eight o'clock the next morning, the First and Second Battalions of the Second Regiment launched an attack on Chahar Right Middle Banner and Chahar Right Rear Banner without any warning.

The First Battalion of the Second Regiment launched a fierce attack on the Chahar Right Middle Banner from the beginning, with mortars leading the way, tanks taking the lead, and infantry following up.

Although the Japanese army was well prepared, they still found it difficult to withstand the fierce attack of the first battalion.

The First Army's Xinjing Air Force also arranged a mixed squadron of fighters and bombers to provide support.

Less than an hour into the battle, the defense line of the Japanese and puppet troops in the Chahar Right Middle Banner was breached by a battalion.

The remaining Japanese and puppet troops fled to the Siwangzi Banner in the north.

The first battalion pursued all the way and stopped at the flag of the Fourth Prince.

When the Second Battalion attacked Chahar Right Wing Rear Banner, there were relatively more Japanese troops in Chahar Right Wing Rear Banner. However, with the support of the First Army's aviation and tanks, they broke through the Japanese defense line and recaptured Chahar Right Wing Rear Banner more than an hour later.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion pursued the Japanese and puppet troops of the Chahar Right Wing Rear Banner and stopped in the territory of the Siwangzi Banner. The troops retreated to the Huanghuagou Pass.

The reason why the Second Regiment Commander stopped the attack of the First and Second Battalions was that the Siwangzi Banner was vast and sparsely populated, and the tanks' fuel would not be enough to pursue the Japanese army in such a vast area.

Secondly, Siwangzi Banner was adjacent to Baotou, where two Japanese cavalry battalions had been severely damaged by the First Regiment in Jining County and Huade County. The Second Regiment Commander was worried that without the cover of tanks, the infantry would suffer heavy casualties if attacked by the Japanese cavalry group in Baotou.

Sure enough, when the First Battalion stopped at the Fourth Prince Flag, the Golden Eagle scout discovered flying mud ahead.

Combining the intelligence obtained, the battalion commander immediately analyzed that a large Japanese cavalry force was approaching.

After the battalion commander ordered the tank company to provide cover, the troops quickly withdrew into Kulun Sumu.

Kulun Sumu: Located in the northern part of Chahar Right Middle Banner, it is backed by the Qiceng Mountain in the north and spans the Dingji River in the south. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The north is a hilly and mountainous area and the south is a grassland area. It is an important node connecting Chahar Right Middle Banner and Siziwang Banner.

There is only one main transportation route connecting the territory, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

A battalion commander arranged two tanks to block the main traffic arteries, and other machine gunners went up to the city wall, ready to stop the Japanese cavalry units.

After a while, more than 1000 Japanese cavalrymen rushed over with sabers drawn, looking very aggressive.

The two tanks then fired fiercely at the Japanese cavalry that were trying to enter the main traffic route.

The Japanese cavalry who had escaped the artillery fire were again subjected to heavy fire from the tanks' heavy machine guns and from the machine gunners of the First Army on the city wall.

Under the city wall of Kulun Sumu Town, the war horses wailed, blood splattered everywhere, and the casualties were heavy.

Seeing that it was difficult to capture the main transportation route, the Japanese cavalry commander had to retreat in panic, abandoning his horses and the bodies of his soldiers.

After the large Japanese cavalry force walked away, a battalion commander asked the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

This was the first battle with the large Japanese cavalry force at Siwangzi Banner. Due to the timely retreat, the First Battalion suffered few casualties and also captured nearly 100 war horses from the Japanese.

But if the Second Regiment Commander had not had the foresight to stop them not far from the outskirts of Kulun Sumu Town, their First Battalion would have been hunted down by a large Japanese cavalry force in Siwangzi Banner, and it is estimated that the entire battalion would have died for their country.