Devil's Army

Another student of Instructor Yin, Chen Shuhao, also shot down a Type 95 fighter plane of the Japanese.

Only one of the six Japanese Type 95 fighter planes that had engaged in an air battle with the First Anti-Japanese Army remained, and it fled the battlefield together with the six planes that were chasing the First Army's bombers.

The five H-1 bombers that bombed the enemy outside the Marco Polo Bridge circled back when Instructor Yin and his team were fighting the enemy's planes, dropping the remaining bombs on the enemy's tanks, artillery positions and infantry. Then they returned under the escort of Instructor Yin and Chen Shuhao.

When another wave of planes from the First Anti-Japanese Army arrived outside Wanping City, the Japanese planes had just finished bombing the Chinese defenders in Wanping City and had left less than half an hour ago.

The entire Wanping City was littered with broken bricks and tiles, broken limbs and arms, and there was hardly a single intact building to be found.

When the First Army's planes came over, many parts of Wanping City collapsed due to bombing by the Japanese planes, and many machine gun fire points were destroyed by the Japanese planes. The Japanese also rushed to the city of Wanping. Captain Hu of the First Regiment of the Second Brigade and Captain Ji of the 219th Regiment led their soldiers to block the Japanese attack.

While Commander Ji told the soldiers to pay attention to air defense, he ordered the artillery to bomb the enemy's reinforcements with the mortars left by the enemy's planes. The soldiers on the city wall desperately threw grenades down the wall.

The soldiers of Captain Hu's regiment were better at shooting than those of the 219th Regiment, so they used their guns to block the Japanese soldiers who were a little further away.

When the plane flew over, Captain Hu looked up and soon shouted to Captain Ji in delight:

"Captain Ji, there's no need for air defense, those are our planes."

Commander Ji had not participated in the Nanyuan battle and had never seen the First Army's planes. When he heard what Commander Hu said, he looked up at the planes flying over.

I saw a fighter plane flying over, spitting out three tongues of fire at the charging Japanese soldiers. Then a series of explosions were heard from the group of Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese were hiding in the explosions and had no way to attack Wanping City.

Two more planes flew over the enemy artillery positions and began dropping bombs. The enemy artillery that was bombing Wanping City was blown to pieces. The artillery was also blown to pieces, and they kept wailing.

As soon as the two bombers finished dropping their bombs, another bomber flew over and dropped its bombs.

The Japanese didn't expect to be attacked by air, so they didn't deploy anti-aircraft weapons. The scene of their planes bombing the defenders in Wanping City half an hour ago was played out among the Japanese.

Many Chinese soldiers in Wanping City stopped shooting at the same time and watched with relish the bombing of the Japanese by the First Army Air Force.

Mutaguchi Ren'ya, the commander of the air corps, urgently requested air force support from the air force, but their air force never came.

The bombers of the First Army dropped all their bombs on the heads of the Japanese, and then returned to the Oroqen tribe under the escort of three fighter jets.

After this wave of heavy bombing by the First Army Air Force, the Japanese outside Wanping City and under the Lugou Bridge were no longer able to organize a large-scale attack.

Commander Kiyoshi Kozuki had no choice but to order Mutaguchi Ren'ya's 1st Regiment to retreat and rest, and sent Commander Kayajima Takashi of the 2nd Regiment of the Japanese China Garrison Army to continue the attack.

At this time, Xuandao Gao was clearing out the soldiers of the 38th Division in Tianjin. After receiving the order, he left the first battalion to continue clearing out the remaining soldiers of the 38th Division in Tianjin, the second battalion was responsible for attacking Wanping City, and the third battalion was responsible for attacking Lugou Bridge.

The 219st Regiment of the nd Brigade and the th Regiment of Wanping City repelled the attack of Mutaguchi Renya's st Regiment yesterday with the support of the st Army's aircraft. After a short rest, they are full of energy today to welcome the attack of the nd Battalion of the nd Regiment of the Japanese Garrison Army in China.

At six o'clock in the morning, Xuandao Gao commanded the artillery to begin a fierce bombardment of Wanping City, which had been completely changed beyond recognition.

Regimental Commanders Ji and Hu in Wanping City had already noticed the movement of the Japanese troops. The whistling sound of the dense Japanese artillery shells this morning confirmed their guess. They immediately ordered to leave an observation post behind, and the others quickly retreated along the fortifications or obstacles to avoid the artillery.

After the Japanese artillery bombardment, the Japanese infantry began to attack.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Second Regiment of the Japanese attacked fiercely, without any regard for casualties. This put great pressure on the First Regiment of the Second Brigade and the 219th Regiment of Wanping City.

The Japanese invaders rushed into Wanping City twice through the gap destroyed by plane bombing, but were chopped down by the soldiers of the 219th Regiment with swords each time.

The battle lasted until the evening, and Wanping City changed hands several times. But it was finally captured by the soldiers of the 219th Regiment and the 219st Regiment. Wanping City was still controlled by the Chinese defenders. However, the th Regiment and the st Regiment of the nd Brigade of the st Army suffered heavy casualties.

At night, Kayado Takashima did not launch another attack. Regimental Commanders Ji and Hu took time to visit the Marco Polo Bridge position. They found that although the Marco Polo Bridge was still controlled by the Chinese defenders, the casualties of his Third Battalion and the Second Brigade's Second Regiment were also not optimistic.

Taking into account that they had no reinforcements and insufficient ammunition, Commander Ji discussed with the commanders of the first and second regiments of the second brigade and decided to retreat to Baoding to join the main force.

At this point, the defense of Peiping fell solely on the 37th Independent Brigade of the 27th Division and the st Squadron of the Special Operations Team left behind by Wu Lang.