Devil's Army

The Japanese artillery had no way to bombard the positions of the devil troops on both sides of Hangu Pass, so they had to arrange machine gunners to cover the grenade throwers to bombard the positions on both sides of Hangu Pass.

Soldiers from the First and Second Battalions of the Second Regiment followed the Japanese infantry and began to attack, firing fiercely from their high ground. Mortar artillery also launched a fierce bombardment on the Japanese follow-up troops.

The Japanese army attacked for a day and launched eight attacks of varying sizes, but were all repelled.

The Japanese army captured a guide and attempted to bypass Hangu Pass and enter Sanmenxia.

At that time, Hangu Pass was a crevice in the Chousang Plain, surrounded by high, steep cliffs. Furthermore, its northern side, which reached directly to the Yellow River, was also steep. Climbing it would have been extremely difficult even for a person without supplies, let alone one laden with supplies.

The Japanese army killed the guide in frustration, and then launched a sneak attack on Hangu Pass at 10 o'clock in the evening.

Before the Japanese army reached the Hangu Pass position, they were discovered by vigilant frontline sentries.

The sentry immediately fired a warning shot.

For a moment, there was a burst of gunfire from the positions on both sides of Hangu Pass Town.

This was the closest the Japanese army had ever come to the Hangu Pass position. Unwilling to retreat, the accompanying mortar artillery fiercely bombarded the positions on both sides of Hangu Pass.

The machine gunners also lay on the ground, fiercely suppressing the firepower of the devil troops. However, the soldiers of the first and second battalions responded with even more fierce firepower.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour, and the Japanese army, suffering heavy casualties, had to retreat again.

The Japanese army attacked Hangu Pass for three consecutive days but failed to break through the defense line of the Second Regiment. Instead, they suffered heavy casualties.

The Japanese army attacking Hangu Pass left two squadrons to contain the devil troops in Hangu Pass, and the main force turned to attack the northern part of Nanyang.

At that time, the Japanese army attacking Xixiakou had been making no progress and turned north to attack the northern part of Nanyang.

At that time in the northern part of Henan Province, there were only two regiments of the Second Brigade, and there was no way to resist the pincer attack from the two Japanese forces.

The second regiment commander had a sudden inspiration and decided to drag the Nanjing government troops stationed in Nanyang into the water.

At that time, the 143rd Division of the 68th Army of the Nanjing government army was stationed in Fangcheng County.

At around 8 o'clock in the evening, a unit of the Second Regiment of the Second Brigade, wearing Japanese military uniforms, launched a surprise attack on an outer position outside Fangcheng County.

Because the superiors had asked them to avoid direct conflict with the Japanese army as much as possible, the soldiers of the 143rd Division outside Fangcheng County did not pay attention and were disarmed by the approaching Japanese army.

The Japanese also bombarded Fangcheng County, but fortunately the artillery was "not accurate enough" and no casualties were caused.

Commander Huang of the 143rd Division reported to his superiors that the Japanese army had launched a surprise attack on the outskirts of Fangcheng County and captured nearly a company of our soldiers, and requested to send troops to participate in the battle.

However, the Nanjing leaders believed that this was a good opportunity to weaken the strength of the First Anti-Japanese Army and did not agree to the 143rd Division's participation in the war.

Seeing that the Nanjing government troops still did not join the battle, the second regiment commander came up with another plan.

He and a large group of troops led by a regiment commander moved to the vicinity of Fangcheng County, and then divided the troops into three groups to attack the Japanese army, giving the Japanese the illusion that their headquarters was in Fangcheng County.

The Japanese army was fooled and surrounded Fangcheng County from three sides.

In the evening, the two regiments of the Second Brigade suddenly launched a fierce attack on the outflanking Japanese troops, then took turns to provide cover and quickly retreated.

The Japanese army chased the devil troops to the outside of Fangcheng County, but there was no trace of them, so they began to attack Fangcheng County.

The Japanese army had begun to attack the city, and the 143rd Division was ordered to stop them.

The battle between the Japanese army and the Nanjing government army was finally ignited by the second regiment commander.