Devil's Army

The first battalion of the 77th Regiment of the th Division of the Japanese invaders arrived at Jinghai County first. Then they surrounded Jinghai County in three directions and then launched a fierce artillery bombardment on Jinghai County.

After the artillery bombardment, the captain of the Japanese first battalion ordered the infantry to launch a charge.

The Japanese First Infantry Battalion did not encounter any resistance during the charge and occupied Jinghai County effortlessly.

After the Japanese 77th Regiment occupied Jinghai County, they carried out inhumane burning, killing and looting in the county.

Meilang, the commander of the Fifth Brigade who had just arrived in Tangxia Village, followed the original plan with Wulang and led the First Regiment of the Fifth Brigade and the Second Regiment of the Eleventh Brigade to the north. On the one hand, they expanded the security depth of the logistics base, and on the other hand, they opened up the logistics supply line from the logistics base to the Japanese war zone in North China.

At that time, Tangshan had not been occupied by the Japanese, but occasionally the Japanese troops came to patrol and provoke. The troops soon arrived at Fengnan County, Tangshan, which is closest to Tianjin.

At that time, a squadron from Tianjin occupied Fengnan County. One of his reinforced squadrons was wiped out by the 11th Brigade's special forces battalion when patrolling near Tangxia Village and disturbing the people. The anti-Japanese armed forces in the county continued to harass. The main expansion route of the Tianjin devil headquarters was south of the Jinpu Line and west of the Hepingsui Railway.

Among the civilian anti-Japanese armed forces in Fengnan County, the plainclothes team led by Su Linyan was the first anti-Japanese armed force in Fengnan County. It was a relatively influential and combat-effective force.

When the Japanese squadron withdrew to Tianjin, the actual control of Fengnan County was in the hands of the plainclothes team. However, with the strength of the plainclothes team at that time, it was difficult to resist the massive attack of the Japanese.

The Fifth Brigade Commander arranged for his troops to be stationed outside Fengnan County and wait for orders. He and four guards went into the city to negotiate with Captain Su and prepared to send a battalion to Fengnan County to block the passage for the Japanese to enter Tangxia Village from Tianjin.

The Fifth Brigade Commander introduced himself to Captain Su:

"We are from the Fifth Brigade of the First Northeast Anti-Japanese Army. We came here today to discuss with you the joint defense of Fengnan County by our two armies." The Fifth Brigade Commander was not in a position to explain to Captain Su the real reason why they wanted to garrison Fengnan County.

Captain Su looked at the Fifth Brigade Commander and the guards holding Japanese weapons. He didn't know if they were the Japanese special forces, so he politely refused:

"The First Northeast Anti-Japanese Army? I haven't heard of it. There are no large enemy troops passing through Fengnan County now. They are just some small spies. We can handle it. You don't have to worry about it."

The Fifth Brigade Commander knew that Captain Su was worried about their identities, so he continued to say to Captain Su:

"You can ask your superiors if they have heard of our troops."

"Everywhere is in chaos right now, and our superiors are constantly relocating. And the distance is not close, so we can't get in touch with them for a while."

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No matter what Captain Su said, he just didn't want the Fifth Brigade Commander and his men to enter Fengnan County. The guard captain on the side couldn't stand it anymore and responded;

"You think you can stop our Fifth Brigade with just a few guns and a few men? You are just dreaming! We are going to enter Fengnan County and you can't stop us even if you want to!"

"We have few people and guns, but we are determined to defend Fengnan County. If you want to seize Fengnan County, don't even think about living in peace." Captain Su replied coldly.

The guard captain wanted to say something, but was stopped by the fifth brigade commander. China now needs more tough guys like Captain Su.

The Fifth Brigade Commander and the guards left Fengnan County and went to the station outside the city. The Fifth Brigade Commander ordered: the first battalion of the first regiment to garrison outside Fengnan County and to find favorable terrain to build fortifications outside Fengnan County. The other troops followed him to continue northward.

After the Fifth Brigade Commander and his men left, Captain Su sent people to contact their superiors and to keep an eye on the movements of this unit.

Two days later, the communicator sent by Captain Su to contact his superiors returned.

He told Captain Su: The Northeast Anti-Japanese First Army is a Chinese army under the Nanjing government, and is determined to fight the devils. There are many of his own comrades in the army, who are politically inclined to them, and can be said to be their own army.

Captain Su, the deputy captain and several team members immediately went to the outskirts of Fengnan County to invite the commander of the first battalion to enter Fengnan County.

The battalion commander directly rejected Captain Su's invitation because he had received an order to stay outside Fengnan County. However, the battalion commander also said that if a war broke out with the Japanese, they would retreat to Fengnan County if necessary.

Captain Su and his men could only exchange pleasantries for a while before leaving in embarrassment.

The Fifth Brigade Commander's large force arrived at the outskirts of Fengrun County at around 7 o'clock that evening.

Since he didn't know the situation of the Japanese and puppet troops in Fengrun County, the commander of the Fifth Brigade arranged three waves of scouts to go to nearby villages to find out the situation.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, the scouts came back one after another. By integrating the intelligence brought back by the scouts, the Fifth Brigade Commander learned that there were less than a hundred Japanese in Fengrun County. That meant that only a small group of Japanese was stationed there. There were also reactionary armed forces led by the old rich man Tang Junshan.

The security team at Tangjunshan had about 180 people. There was also a fake police station at the east end of the county, with more than 40 fake policemen.

The commander of the Fifth Brigade assigned the task of retaking Fengrun County to the Second Battalion of the First Regiment, and the time was set at one o'clock in the morning.