Devil's Army

The commander of the Fourth Regiment launched a fatal attack on the puppet troops at Baguan Bridge, continuously bombarding the puppet army's strongholds with mortar shells and rockets.

The four battalions continued to attack and advance towards the puppet army headquarters at Bagong Bridge.

When the battle began, the puppet army's resistance seemed decent.

As the First Army Air Force bombed the center of Bagong Bridge, the puppet army began to be unable to withstand the fierce firepower of the Fourth Regiment soldiers.

At noon, Sun Liangcheng, under the cover of a team of trusted guards, escaped from the encirclement of the Fourth Regiment and fled into Puyang City.

After Sun Liangcheng escaped, the puppet troops of the Second Front Army could no longer withstand the attack of the Fourth Regiment and surrendered one after another.

In order to prevent these surrendered puppet troops from causing chaos, the fourth regiment commander disarmed them and had them escorted back to Changzhi, Shanxi by the guerrillas.

After the battle of Bagong Bridge ended, the fighting in Puyang City continued.

The commander of the Fourth Regiment was ordered to rush over to provide reinforcements.

The Second District Commander of the Eighth Route Army complained to the Fourth Regiment Commander:

"There weren't many casualties in this battle, but the ammunition was depleted and we don't have much ammunition left."

"Aren't I bringing you ammunition?" The Fourth Regiment Commander smiled and asked the soldiers to give all the ammunition that had just been seized from the Second Front Army of the Puppet Army to the soldiers of the Second Division of the Eighth Route Army.

The Second District Chief was not polite at all and accepted all the orders. They were really short of weapons and ammunition.

At this time, the Japanese troops from Jiaozuo and Kaifeng were rushing to provide reinforcements.

There are transportation nodes such as Bobi Town and Nancun Town in the north of Huixian City, and there are canyon sections such as "Bobi-Shangbali" - there are low mountains and steep slopes on both sides, and the road in the middle is narrow, only allowing vehicles and horses to pass. It is a typical "pass ambush" terrain.

Brigade Commander Gao arranged the first and second regiments to set up an ambush along the high ground on both sides of the canyon.

After the Japanese troops returned to Jiaozuo and entered the canyon, a group of demolition experts blew up the intersections at both ends of the canyon and blocked the entrance and exit of the canyon.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the first and second regiments who were ambushed on both sides of the canyon opened fire fiercely, shooting at the Japanese troops on the path in the middle of the canyon.

More than 500 Japanese soldiers on the small road suffered heavy casualties in the fierce fire from the two regiments of the Jidong Independent Brigade.

The large Japanese army outside the path was blocked by collapsed mud and had no way to enter the canyon path to provide reinforcements.

Afterwards, the Japanese captain arranged for engineers to carry out blasting, preparing to blast out a passage so that the Japanese troops in the canyon path could withdraw smoothly.

At this time, the First Army Air Force, which had been patrolling not far away, rushed over and launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on the large Japanese force outside the canyon.

Another fighter and a bomber launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on the Japanese troops on the canyon path.

After nearly half an hour of slaughter, the First and Second Regiments launched a final battle against the Japanese troops on the canyon trail.

The first and second regiments wiped out all the Japanese troops on the canyon path and then quickly retreated.

The 3rd and 4th Regiments of the Jidong Independent Brigade and the Hui Muslim Detachment of the Eighth Route Army were ambushed in the plain village clusters in the west of Qingfeng County and Nanle County, preparing to ambush the Japanese troops coming from Kaifeng.

Although the Qingfeng and Nanle areas are mainly plains, they are densely populated with villages, crisscrossing ditches (such as the irrigation canals of the Wei River tributaries), and have a large number of adobe walls and trees.

The Third and Fourth Regiments planned to use the "village ambush" tactics to lure and kill the Japanese army, destroy a large number of Japanese troops, and create conditions for the future recovery of Henan Province.

Soon, scouts in Anyang reported that the Japanese troops in Kaifeng had reached Anyang.

At that time, Anyang had been recaptured by an army, but there were not many troops left.

The Ji Zhong Independent Brigade was worried that the Japanese army would split its forces to attack Anyang, so they kept a close eye on it and were ready to provide support at any time.