Devil's Army

As soon as the two guards heard the Fifth Brigade Commander's order to shoot, they immediately surrounded the Fifth Brigade Commander and shot at the Japanese who had just approached. The soldiers next to them also shot at them at the same time.

The squadron leader only brought more than a dozen Japanese soldiers to the city gate to check the situation, but unexpectedly they were all wiped out by the Fifth Brigade Commander and his men.

After the Fifth Brigade Commander and his men dealt with the Japanese soldiers who had just arrived, they immediately shot at the Japanese soldiers on the city wall.

The first and second companies on both sides of Sanhe County rushed to the gate of Sanhe County one after another, rushed into the city, and together with the commander of the fifth brigade and his men, fired at the city walls and the approaching Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese on the Sanhe County city wall were defeated by the double-sided attack from both below and outside the city wall by the First Army, and gradually retreated from the city wall.

The first and second company commanders led their soldiers in pursuit. As long as they killed one more Japanese soldier now, there would be one less evil Japanese soldier on the land of China.

Finally, all the Japanese soldiers in Sanhe County were wiped out after the pursuit of the first and second companies.

The Fifth Brigade Commander left the First Battalion and First Company of the Second Regiment of the Eleventh Brigade to garrison Sanhe County, while the main force continued to march towards Tongzhou.

On the evening of July 7, the Tongzhou Security Team, under the leadership of Zhang Yuqing and others, launched an uprising, occupied and destroyed the Japanese military offices such as the Governor's Office, and captured the traitor Yin Rugeng alive. Later, the Japanese sent a large force to counterattack. The Security Team withdrew from Tongzhou and moved towards Beijing. So now Tongzhou is in the hands of the Japanese again.

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when the Fifth Brigade arrived at the outskirts of Tongzhou, and the troops were already exhausted. The troops did not continue to attack Tongzhou, but secretly camped outside the city.

At nine o'clock the next morning, the Fifth Brigade Commander ordered the Second and Third Companies of the Second Regiment of the Eleventh Brigade to quietly approach Tongzhou County. The Fifth Brigade Commander lay on his stomach and observed Tongzhou County.

The Fifth Brigade Commander found that Tongzhou County was very strange today. The county gate was open, and there was no Japanese sentry at the gate. There was no trace of the Japanese patrol on the city wall.

Just as the Fifth Brigade Commander suspected that the Japanese were plotting a false alarm, a small troop rushed out of Tongzhou City.

The Fifth Brigade Commander took a closer look, smiled, and quickly ran towards the gate of Tongzhou County with his guards.

It turned out that Wulang was running over with his guards.

The Fifth Brigade commanders Meilang and Wulang hugged each other tightly. They had fought in their respective bases and had not seen each other for a long time.

Wu Lang welcomed Mei Lang and the others into Tongzhou County and asked:

"Now that your Fifth Brigade has been transferred here, who will be in charge of garrisoning Jianchang County and Rehe?"

"The Japanese are now concentrating their efforts on North China and East China. Especially in the Songhu battlefield in East China, the Japanese have gathered more than 280,000 people. The Japanese can no longer take care of Jianchang County, so the Blood Wolf sent the 15th Brigade to relieve us."

“Have all of you from the Fifth Brigade come here?

"I only brought one regiment with me when I came here. The brigade's direct battalion and the 3rd regiment of the 11th Brigade came together. The rest of the troops should have arrived by now. How was it? Did you have a smooth journey from Baoding?"

"When we came, Dingxing, Laishui, Zhuozhou and Gu'an were still in our hands, so we passed through relatively smoothly. Daxing and Tongzhou were occupied by the Japanese, so we fought two battles with them. We only recaptured Tongzhou yesterday afternoon. In the evening, the scouts said that there were troops outside Tongzhou. We originally wanted to catch this unit off guard, but later we didn't take action because we didn't know the specific situation of this unit."

"Fortunately you didn't do anything. It was pitch dark and we were using Japanese weapons. No one knew who the other party was."

"If a fight really breaks out, the happiest ones will be the Japs." After saying that, Wu Lang also burst into laughter.

While Wulang and Meilang were talking, the logistics troops of the Fifth Brigade had already brought over the supplies for the Second Brigade.

Wu Lang asked Deputy Brigade Commander Dai Ansheng who had just come in to distribute the ammunition supplies.

Meilang asked Wulang: "What are your plans now? Do you want to go back to Tangxia Village to rest for a while?"

"How could the devil give us time to repair? The Nanjing government is now preparing for the first major Sino-Japanese battle in North China, the Battle of Baoding. Our Chinese army is poorly equipped, so we went there to do our best."

"I brought 10 150mm howitzers from headquarters this time. They are still in Tangxia Village because it is inconvenient to carry them when opening up the logistics supply line. Now that this logistics supply line has been opened, send someone to bring these over. They will definitely be needed for the Baoding Battle."

"Did you bring gasoline this time?"

"Then no, what's the matter?"

"The trucks carrying the 150mm howitzers are moving around, and the gasoline they brought is running out. We seized ten trucks from the Japanese on the way, and there is not much gasoline left."

"Then we can only send scouts to scout the area and snatch it from the devils."

On that day, the commander of the Fifth Brigade arranged for the troops to be stationed outside Tongzhou County. Wu Lang arranged for the First Battalion and First Company of the Third Regiment to bring the more than 37 people reorganized from the 657th Regiment of the 700th Division and the Air Force with five Golden Eagle IIs to return to Tangxia Village for training.

Wu Lang ordered the soldiers of the 657th Regiment to undergo intensive training in Tangxia Village for a period of time. The first company led the remaining troops of the 150th Brigade and reported to Tongzhou with ten mm howitzers.