Devil's Army

The soldiers of the Second Brigade, who were exposed in the wilderness, suffered heavy casualties in the bombing by Japanese aircraft and heavy artillery, and had to rush forward and engage in a melee with the First Battalion of the 104th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

The 104nd and 65rd Battalions of the th Regiment, with the support of the air force and heavy artillery of the th Regiment, began to quickly seize the Dace Valley.

The soldiers of the 104th Brigade on the hillsides on both sides of the Dace River Valley were bombed by Japanese planes and heavy artillery and could not raise their heads. They had no way to stop the passage of the two battalions of the th Regiment.

After his 2nd and 3rd Infantry Battalions passed through the Osaka River Valley, Colonel Mototoshi Tashiro ordered the 1st Infantry Battalion, which was blocking the Devil's Force, to retreat through the Osaka River Valley as well.

Seeing that the Japanese blocking troops were also about to retreat, the commander of the Fifth Brigade quickly ordered the soldiers from the First and Second Regiments to move forward and block the remaining Japanese troops' retreat.

At this time, the soldiers of the Japanese First Battalion were already engaged in a melee with the soldiers of the Second Brigade, and most of them had no way to retreat.

Soldiers from the first and second regiments braved the bombardment of Japanese planes and heavy artillery and rushed down the mountain while firing fiercely at the retreating soldiers of the First Infantry Battalion of the Japanese Army.

The retreat route of the Japanese First Infantry Battalion was completely blocked by soldiers from the First and Second Regiments of the Fifth Brigade.

Seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, the captain of the Japanese 65st Battalion hurriedly asked the commander of the regiment for help. However, the two sides were already in a melee, and the heavy artillery of the Japanese th Regiment had no way to provide support.

The Japanese planes flew over and circled over the heads of both sides for several circles before returning helplessly.

The 104st Battalion of the th Regiment of the Japanese Army, without any artillery support, was finally wiped out at the entrance of the Dace River Valley by the nd Brigade and the th Brigade.

It was only at this time that Major General Yamada Shinji of the 103rd Brigade of the Japanese Army re-examined this weak Chinese army.

He applied to Commander Kōzuki Seiji to encircle and annihilate this devilish army, and for this he also lost the battle to attack Baoding. Who knew that in the more than half a month of fighting with the devilish army, he lost two and a half infantry battalions. Is this still the Chinese army he knows?

However, the Fifth Brigade had suffered more than two-thirds of its casualties in the battles to annihilate the Japanese 103rd Brigade, and the remaining force was less than a reorganized regiment. There was no way it could support the Battle of Baoding.

At this time, the battle of Baoding was also coming to an end. The Japanese 6th Division, 14th Division and 20th Division launched a fierce attack from three sides of Baoding.

During the bombing by Japanese planes and heavy artillery, many parts of Baoding's city walls collapsed.

10月4日（历史是9月24日），日军第六师团第11旅团率先从倒塌的保定西北角豁口攻入保定城。

At this time, only Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army and Feng Qinzhai's 17th Division were left in Baoding City, fighting hard. The other troops had already evacuated Baoding City.

Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army until the evening of the 4th, and was ordered to withdraw south from Baoding City for rest.

Feng Qinzhai's 17th Division was also ordered to withdraw from Baoding City and then incorporated into the 20th Army Group, responsible for defending the east side of the Pinghan Line and the south bank of the Hutuo River.

Wu Lang arranged for Mei Lang to take the remaining officers and soldiers of the Fifth Brigade back to rest. He led the Second Brigade to the outskirts of Baoding City.

At this time, the Japanese army had already begun to enter the city one after another, and the 52nd Army and the 17th Division of the National Army were also withdrawing from Baoding City in an orderly manner.

At this time, there was no point in helping to defend Baoding City.

Wu Lang left the Third Squadron of the Special Operations Team, and left several aviation soldiers and two Golden Eagle IIs to Captain Li, and also secretly gave Captain Li a task.

Although Captain Li accepted the order and made the arrangements, he was still very curious about how the Second Brigade Commander knew about the Japanese military operations tomorrow?

On the afternoon of October 10, the 5th Division Commander Tani Hisao, who was the first to enter Baoding City, was supposed to preside over the entry ceremony. However, due to Tani Hisao's emergency, the ceremony was presided over by one of his squadron leaders, Keizuka Hisato.

At 2:25 p.m., commanders of the Japanese army on the Pinghan Line arrived in Baoding City from Zhuozhou one after another.

The common people in Baoding were asked to hold up plaster flags and stand on both sides of the Baoding city gate to welcome the Japanese army into the city.

At 2:40 p.m., the Japanese troops, led by their commanders, entered Baoding City in high spirits.

At this time, outside Baoding City, Captain Li was watching the every move of the Japanese troops who were holding the entry ceremony through the Golden Eagle No. 2.

Originally, the best opportunity to attack them was when the Japanese army marched into the gate of Baoding in an orderly manner. However, the two sides of Baoding City were full of civilians, and it was easy to hurt innocent people. Captain Li finally canceled this decision.

At 3:40 p.m., Japanese commanders arrived at the reviewing stand in Baoding City one after another.

Keizuka Hisahito gave a bullshit speech on behalf of the Japanese army, which won applause from the Japanese army.

Although Captain Li was surprised that such an important entrance ceremony was presided over by a lieutenant, he still ordered the aviation soldiers to aim at the podium.

While Keizuka Hisahito was still giving his passionate speech, an air-to-ground missile with flames trailing from its tail flew towards the podium.

The Japanese soldiers in the audience were still clapping enthusiastically when they suddenly saw a long object similar to a cannonball flying towards them.

Before anyone could react, the air-to-ground missile had already hit the podium and exploded.

Keizuka Hisahito and five Japanese commanders on the podium died on the spot.

At this time, another air-to-ground missile that hit the Japanese soldiers below the podium also exploded, causing casualties among the Japanese soldiers below the podium.