Devil's Army

When the commander of the first regiment was about to order the artillery to bombard the Japanese positions on the northern slope of Zhaoxindian, the commander of the second brigade called off the attack.

The Second Brigade Commander informed the First Regiment Commander that General Okamura Yasuji, a man familiar with Chinese culture, had deployed artillery units within the Forbidden City. If the First Army stormed, it would likely result in a complete catastrophe, with the Japanese army annihilated and the ancient Chinese city destroyed.

At present, the best way to eliminate the Japanese troops in the center of Peiping is to trap them until they run out of ammunition and food and are forced to surrender.

At this time, the soldiers of the Jidong Independent Brigade had already broken through the Japanese defense line of Miyun County and were currently advancing towards Nanyuan Airport.

If the Nanyuan Airport in Beijing was occupied, Beijing's contact with the outside world would be completely cut off, and perhaps Commander Okamura Yasuji could be captured.

It was obviously the good wish of the soldiers of the Jidong Independent Brigade to capture Commander Okamura Yasuji.

When the soldiers of the Jidong Independent Brigade advanced towards Nanyuan Airport, three Japanese bombers took off quickly when the First Army's air force returned, then left Peiping and flew to Nanjing.

It turned out that the three bombers were carrying Commander Okamura Yasuji and some high-ranking officers of the Japanese China Expeditionary Army's North China Army.

On the way to Nanyuan Airport, the Yidong Independent Brigade encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese army when it reached the Panlong Mountain Great Wall.

Since Nanyuan Airport was the only channel for the Japanese army in Peiping to communicate with the outside world, the Japanese army's resistance was quite tenacious.

Although the Japanese positions were subjected to fierce bombing by the Devil Forces' air force, they still held a commanding position and tried their best to block the attack of the Jidong Independent Brigade.

At this time, a group of bombers suddenly deviated from the route of the bomber formation that was bombing the Japanese positions.

Immediately afterwards, soldiers from the 2nd Parachute Battalion parachuted near Nanyuan Airport.

The soldiers of the 2nd Parachute Battalion soon encountered the patrol troops of the Japanese Nanyuan Airport, and a fierce battle ensued between the two sides.

The Japanese patrol was no match for the 2nd Paratrooper Battalion and was quickly wiped out, but soldiers from the Japanese airfield protection unit continued to arrive to reinforce them.

The 2nd Parachute Battalion engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese airport guards outside Nanyuan Airport.

Gray Wolf sent an urgent telegram to the Jidong Independent Army at Panlong Mountain Great Wall near Nanyuan Airport to quickly break through the defense line and rush south to reinforce the airport.

Brigade Commander Gao, seeing the Japanese desperately trying to stop them, knew the defenses wouldn't be broken anytime soon. He ordered the First Regiment to continue the frontal push, aiming to tie down and confuse the main Japanese force. He also ordered the Second Regiment Commander to lead the main force, abandoning artillery, tanks, and other supplies, and travel via mountain trails via the Tonggu Railway to reinforce Nanyuan Airport.

The Second Regiment Commander kept encountering small groups of Japanese troops during the march.

The Second Regiment Commander did not stay. He ordered the First Battalion Commander to arrange his troops to block small groups of Japanese troops one by one. He personally led the large force and continued to stride towards Nanyuan Airport.

When the Second Regiment Commander arrived at the Tonggu Railway Line, he was stubbornly blocked by the Japanese railway guard forces and gendarmerie forces.

The Second Regiment Commander ordered the First Battalion Commander to lead his troops to contain and intercept the Japanese army. He led the remaining large forces to make a detour and head straight for Nanyuan Airport.

The Japanese military police discovered that the soldiers of the Second Regiment were trying to leave by taking a detour, and wanted to withdraw to stop them, but they were tightly entangled by the soldiers of the Second Company of the First Battalion.

Two fighter planes supporting the First Army nearby also rushed over and fiercely strafed the Japanese military police and railway guards, leaving them no time to pay attention to the other soldiers of the Second Regiment who had taken a detour.

The Japanese troops outside Nanyuan Airport wanted to force the paratroopers to retreat from Nanyuan Airport by relying on their superior forces.

The soldiers of the Second Paratrooper Battalion relied on their fierce firepower to withstand the fierce counterattack of the Japanese army. The two sides were in a stalemate for a while.