Devil's Army

The security team and special forces squad that rushed into the Japanese Concession finally wiped out all the Japanese garrisons in the Japanese Concession, and all the armed Japanese expatriates were also wiped out.

At this time, in order to unify the command, the Japanese set up the Tianjin Provisional Defense Command with Major General Yoshito Takagi as the commander. He led the Peking Yoshito Takagi Detachment, the Kwantung Army Tibujiagui Detachment, the Second Brigade, and the former Tianjin garrison to attack the 38th Division. They also built a floating bridge on the Haihe River between the Japanese Concession and the Italian Concession, and continuously sent reinforcements to Tianjin.

General Song sent a telegram to Minister He of the Nanjing Military and Political Department, telling him about the progress of the battle and repeatedly requesting the central government to send troops to reinforce Tianjin. But all his telegrams fell on deaf ears and no one responded.

As more and more Japanese reinforcements arrived, the anti-Japanese troops in Tianjin were surrounded by enemies and were in danger of being wiped out.

In order to preserve the anti-Japanese forces, the troops had to withdraw from Tianjin and retreat to Chaomi Dian.

The Second Squadron of the Special Operations Force and the Security Team retreated to Jinghai and waged an indomitable guerrilla war against the Japanese in the Machang area.

While the Tianjin counterattack was in full swing, the Battle of Peking, which had been stopped in history, was still going on fiercely due to the participation of the First Anti-Japanese Army.

The First Regiment of the Japanese China Garrison Army attacked Wanping City and Lugou Bridge at the same time.

Captain Kiyonao Ikki led the 219rd Battalion of the st Regiment to continue the attack on the rd Battalion of the th Regiment at Lugou Bridge and the nd Regiment of the nd Brigade of the st Anti-Japanese Army.

Captain Kiyonao Ikki suffered a setback in his attack on Marco Polo Bridge on July 7, and lost all of his tanks. Now, after replenishment, he rushed towards Marco Polo Bridge again with great momentum.

At this time, the Second Regiment of the First Anti-Japanese Army was no longer the Second Regiment when it first arrived in Beijing. There were only two 40mm rockets left, and not many 150mm grenades.

The tanks that were added to the Ichiki Kiyonao Battalion were not Type 6.6 tanks with 57mm caliber machine guns, but mm tank guns. One shot from them blew away all the fortifications that had been built.

The rocket soldiers lay quietly beside the sacrificed soldiers of the Third Battalion, waiting for the Japanese tanks to rumble onto the iron bridge.

The soldiers of the Second Regiment of the First Anti-Japanese Army and the Third Battalion of the 219th Regiment dispersed as much as possible and hid in foxholes to avoid being bombed by Japanese tanks and artillery.

The Japanese tanks were very arrogant, and the two tanks on the front line were less than three meters apart.

The Japanese tanks were getting closer and closer. The iron bridge could feel the trembling.

When the rocket soldiers were about 120 meters away from the tank, they fired at the same time.

The two tanks in the front exploded almost at the same time.

The Japanese infantrymen next to the two Japanese tanks were affected by the tank explosion. When the chaos began, the second regiment commander led his soldiers in launching a fierce counterattack.

The soldiers of the third battalion followed and shouted: "Kill the Japs, kill the Japs..."

The three tanks following behind made an emergency U-turn and fled from the Marco Polo Bridge. The Japanese who had already rushed onto the iron bridge were chased off the Marco Polo Bridge.

Captain Kiyonao Imaki was like a bloodthirsty wolf. He personally supervised the battle, not allowing the soldiers to rest and ordered them to continue charging.

At this time, the Japanese still had air supremacy. The Second Regiment's artillery could not bombard the Japanese at will. They fired a few shots from hiding and then moved their positions. The 150mm howitzer's intermittent bombardment also caused great damage to the Japanese, providing strong support to the Chinese defenders.

A squadron of twelve Japanese planes came to support the troops of Captain Kiyonao Ikki, and they fired wildly and bombed the Chinese defenders at Marco Polo Bridge. The Marco Polo Bridge was filled with thick smoke and flames.

The lives of the defenders of Lugou Bridge, who lacked anti-aircraft weapons, were like a small boat in the ocean, and their life and death were entirely determined by God.

When the Japanese planes were bombing the Chinese defenders at Lugou Bridge, they rushed over again. At this time, the heavy firepower points of the Second Regiment of the First Anti-Japanese Army and the Third Battalion of the 219th Regiment were all neglected by the Japanese, and they suffered heavy losses and were unable to stop the Japanese's swift charge.

The 150mm howitzer can stop the enemy's surging attack, but firing under the noses of enemy aircraft without anti-aircraft weapons is tantamount to suicide.

The second captain was extremely anxious, but powerless to change the situation.

At this time, the roar of another wave of planes came from the distance.

The soldiers were already immune to the roar of the planes. The Japanese planes bombed them, and they fought their own. Soldiers who were not favored by the Japanese planes' bullets and shells continued to fight the Japanese.

The Second Regiment Commander discovered that this was a plane from the First Army that they had called in for reinforcement.

The Japanese pilots apparently also learned from the pilots who escaped last time about the powerful combat capability and amazing speed of this strangely shaped aircraft.

The Japanese bombers fled immediately, and the twelve Type 95 fighters immediately entangled the six Hua Xia II fighters of the First Army.

Without the air threat, the Second Regiment of the First Anti-Japanese Army and the Third Battalion of the 219th Regiment immediately launched a massive counterattack.

The Second Regiment's five 150mm howitzers also continued to bombard the enemy's rear areas.

The Japanese in the Ikki Kiyonao Battalion were also die-hard militarists, and they fought to the death even when they were at a disadvantage in terms of manpower and firepower.

But the defenders of Lugou Bridge were even more fearless because they were defending their own country.

Among the Japanese soldiers who finally rushed onto the iron frame bridge of Lugou Bridge, all were wiped out except for a few who escaped.