Devil's Army

Wu Lang also led the 89st and nd Regiments and the st Regiment of the th Brigade to retreat to Weixian with the th Division of the th Army of Tang Enbo.

The 89th Army resting in Wei County had only about one regiment left. And Wulang's 68st Army had less than two regiments. (The st Regiment of the th Brigade was sent to reinforce Liu Ruming's th Army in Zhangjiakou.)

At this time, the Japanese cabinet decided to fight a quick war and end the fighting in China within three months. The country also switched to a wartime system and fully supported the army's external expansion.

While sending a large number of troops to North China, the Japanese army also dispatched marines to attack Shanghai, attempting to advance from the north and south on both the central and northern China battlefields.

At this time, the Japanese had assembled more than 200,000 troops from the 5th, 6th, 10th and 20th divisions in the North China battlefield. Wu Lang felt that his troops were insufficient.

Moreover, in this battle, Wulang lost only one 150mm howitzer from the first and second regiments, and they were running out of ammunition. Wulang wanted to strengthen its logistical supply capabilities.

Wu Lang sent a telegram to Commander Du of the 11th Brigade, and learned that the tribe had shipped another batch of ammunition by sea. His 3rd Regiment and the 2nd and 3rd Companies of the Special Service Battalion had also arrived.

What made Wu Lang even happier was that the Fifth Brigade Commander Li Junnan (Meilang) also arrived in Tangxia Village with the First Regiment of the Fifth Brigade and two thousand new recruits.

At this time, the Battle of Songhu between China and Japan had already broken out and was in full swing. The Japanese deployed 22 troops in the Songhu battlefield, and China also deployed more than 70 troops.

Wu Lang decided to go east and Mei Lang to go west, in order to open up a logistics supply line for the First Army, delay the Japs in North China, and support the Battle of Shanghai.

Wu Lang bid farewell to Commander Wang of the 89th Division and led his troops to Baoding.

At the same time, Wu Lang's 37rd Regiment, which had traveled to Jinghai County, was fighting the Japanese to defend Jinghai County together with the 657th Regiment of the th Division.

The third regiment commander asked Wulang for 150mm grenades and 40 rockets.

Wu Lang ordered the air force to use the Golden Eagle II to transport the remaining 150mm grenades and some 40 rockets of the entire brigade to the Third Regiment in Jinghai County. The main force also turned to Jinghai County and marched.

The large army was very likely to encounter the Japanese on the road, so Wu Lang arranged for the first battalion of the first regiment to explore the way ahead, while the others continued to march quickly towards Jinghai County. Who knew that the commander of the first battalion had not yet discovered the enemy situation, but Wu Lang had discovered it.

When Wu Lang and his troops were marching quickly, they heard the roar of a truck from behind. He immediately ordered his soldiers to hide to both sides.

The road was littered with luggage and belongings left behind by people fleeing in a hurry, as well as a carriage without a horse.

Wu Lang ordered the soldiers to pile the carriage frame and suitcases on the path to block the road.

At this time, the roar of the trucks behind the path was very close, and Wu Lang could also see the Japanese driver in the first truck.

Wu Lang asked the signalman to pass on the order, trying not to blow up the trucks. What they lacked most here was trucks.

The Japanese truck was blocked by an obstacle on the road and stopped suddenly. The Japanese defenders immediately formed two teams and lined up on both sides of the truck, looking around vigilantly.

Wu Lang shot down the Japanese driver of the first truck with one shot. When the other soldiers heard Wu Lang's gunshot, they all shot at the Japanese in front of them.

The Japanese had just occupied this place, so it was normal to have resistance troops nearby, but they were surprised to suddenly encounter a regimental-level organized force.

In more than half an hour, all the Japanese soldiers from the two squadrons were wiped out.

This was a small transport unit of the Japanese. Soldiers from the First Army went forward to check and found a total of ten trucks loaded with food and ammunition.

Wu Lang ordered the first company of the first battalion to change into the Japanese uniforms and rush to Jinghai County with the air force and the Golden Eagle II. He continued to march quickly to Jinghai County with the large force.

Jinghai County was a small county with unimportant status at that time. The Japanese did not take it seriously and only sent a squadron to wipe out the anti-Japanese armed forces there.

As soon as this squadron of Japanese soldiers entered the outskirts of Jinghai County, they were targeted by a battalion conducting guerrilla warfare outside the county.

The 37th Regiment of the 678th Division was initially stationed in Jinghai County, and its commander was the famous military general Lü Zhengcao.

He deployed the 678st Battalion of the th Regiment to fight guerrilla warfare on the outskirts of Jinghai County, the nd Battalion at the railway station, and the rd Battalion and the rd Regiment of the nd Brigade of the st Anti-Japanese Army remained in Jinghai County.

The Japanese knew that the remnants of the 37th Division were stationed in Jinghai County, so they moved forward cautiously as soon as they arrived in Jinghai County. Unexpectedly, they were surrounded by the 678st Battalion of the th Regiment just as they arrived at the outskirts of Jinghai County and before they even got close to Jinghai County.

After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the First Battalion wiped out this squadron of Japanese devils, quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and disappeared to the outskirts of Jinghai County.

The Japanese subsequently launched several attacks on Jinghai County. Although the First Battalion failed to encircle and annihilate the Japanese again, it frequently attacked the Japanese transportation and logistics supply lines, effectively supporting the resistance in Jinghai County. The Japanese attacks all ended in failure.

At the end of August, the 8th Regiment and the 678th Regiment exchanged positions, and the Japanese reinforcements arrived, so they launched a large-scale attack on Jinghai County.

The weapons and ammunition of the Third Regiment left by Wu Lang were beginning to be insufficient, so the commander of the Third Regiment sent a radio message to Wu Lang asking for help.