Devil's Army

What made Wu Lang happy in Leng Feng's telegram was that Leng Feng had ordered the Third Brigade to go from Shanhaiguan to Xiatang Village in Tangshan, and also ordered the navy to transport a batch of ammunition and supplies to Tangxia Village.

What worries Wu Lang is that the Japanese army has sent troops and transported a large amount of strategic materials to Fengtian in order to contain the First Anti-Japanese Army from sending reinforcements to North China. The war in the base area may rise again at any time.

Leng Feng asked them to expand the base based on the current four brigades.

Wu Lang decided to return to Tangxia Village after this battle to consider how to expand and consolidate the base.

On the hill, the Japanese reconnaissance squadron exchanged fire with the first battalion for a while and then withdrew without any fierce charge.

"Battalion Commander, these Japanese are too weak, aren't they? They are so weak in battle." The second company commander came up to the first battalion commander and said.

The battalion commander lit a cigarette and sat by the side, thinking: Are these little Japanese weak? Impossible, they have already reached Hebei in the past two months. Why are these Japanese so weak?

Thinking of this, a sense of danger suddenly emerged in the mind of the battalion commander. He suddenly threw away his cigarette butt and ordered anxiously:

"Everyone retreat 500 meters!"

Although the officers and soldiers of the first battalion felt very surprised by the battalion commander's order, they still carried it out immediately.

The soldiers of the first battalion had just finished their retreat and were lying down to rest when they heard the whistling sound of heavy artillery shells from the enemy in front of them.

The position where the first battalion had just been stationed was immediately covered by heavy artillery fire from the Japanese army.

The battalion commander gasped as he looked at the position that was completely destroyed by the Japanese heavy artillery. If their battalion had not withdrawn, who knows how many people would be left now.

The Japanese heavy artillery and 75mm mountain guns bombarded continuously for more than 20 minutes before stopping.

"Brothers, hurry up and get into the fortifications. The Japanese will be very hard to get through our positions." A battalion commander waved his hand, and the soldiers quickly ran back to the destroyed fortifications.

The soldiers could already see the Japanese soldiers charging before their eyes.

The machine gunners of the first battalion immediately set up their light machine guns and fired fiercely at the charging Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers thought that all the Chinese soldiers in the position had been killed by their fierce artillery fire, so they were caught off guard, knocked down one after another, and had to retreat.

When a battalion commander saw the Japanese retreating, he knew that this group of Japanese were cunning and immediately ordered his soldiers to move away in three directions.

The soldiers of the first battalion spread out in three directions, and before they could gain a firm foothold, the enemy's artillery shells had already whistled in. The position was once again plunged into a mess of flying rubble and filled with smoke.

The enemy's artillery fire had not yet stopped, but his infantry began to charge forward along the artillery points. Soldiers from the first battalion had to rush into the fortifications under the enemy's artillery fire to stop the enemy.

The Japanese artillery fire caused considerable casualties to the soldiers of the first battalion.

Looking at the Japanese troops still charging towards the hill in waves, a battalion commander ordered bombs to be dropped, and the machine gunners fired fiercely at the Japanese troops.

The Japanese soldiers charging in front fell one after another, but the Japanese soldiers behind continued to charge forward in waves. The grenade throwers kept throwing shells at the positions of the first battalion.

The grenade launcher shells landed accurately on the machine gun fire points of the first battalion. As the machine gun fire points of the first battalion were blown up one by one by the devils, the firepower of the first battalion was instantly weakened.

The battalion commander looked at the soldiers who kept falling and the damaged fortifications and ordered: The first company stayed behind to block the enemy and wait for an opportunity to retreat. The second and third companies began to retreat towards Zhengding County.

After throwing the last wave of grenades at the Japanese, the soldiers of the second and third companies began to retreat following the battalion commander.

The Japanese stopped their charge when the grenade exploded violently, and they lay down to fight back and called for mortar support.

The soldiers of the first company scattered in various positions of the first battalion were severely bombarded by Japanese mortars, resulting in heavy casualties. Soldiers were constantly blown out of their fortifications by mortar explosions.

The soldiers who were left in the fortifications were still stubbornly blocking the Japanese in front of the position.

A company commander suddenly heard fierce gunfire and grenade explosions from the Japanese soldiers in front of the right side of the position. The Japanese soldiers there also became riotous. He quickly adjusted his troops and fired fiercely at the right side of the position.

After a while, more than 20 ragged soldiers from the First Army ran over from the right front of the position.

The soldiers quickly jumped down from the fortifications, and the leader reported to the first company:

"Report to the company commander, the first platoon of the first company is returning to the team."

"You retreat towards Zhengding County first, and we will follow."

It turned out that a row of soldiers who were blocking the Japanese on the Pinghan Railway were led by a platoon leader. After getting rid of the Japanese in the Dace River Valley, they were chasing the main force and rushed over when they heard the gunshots.

"Captain, you retreat first, and our platoon will provide cover."

"The main force has crossed the Hutuo River and arrived in Zhengding County. The few people left in your platoon should retreat immediately. We will follow suit. Quick, follow the order!"

The platoon leader who had just jumped off the fortifications had to retreat towards Zhengding County with more than 20 of his soldiers.

The Japanese flank was suddenly attacked and a hole was torn open. They became angry and attacked the first company's position more fiercely.

The company commander led his soldiers to respond calmly, and when the opportunity arose, he threw all the remaining grenades at the heads of the Japanese soldiers, and then quickly retreated.