Devil's Army

At around nine o'clock in the morning, the sound of horse hooves could be heard on the path.

What kind of troops could be behind the dense sound of horse hooves on the path? It must be the cavalry of the Isogai Division.

The soldiers all stared at the path nervously. After a while, more than 200 cavalrymen from the Isogai Division galloped past the path.

Wu Lang was glad that his instincts saved everyone's lives. Infantrymen were lambs to be slaughtered in front of cavalrymen.

Around ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese cavalry slowly returned through the path in front of them.

After the Japanese cavalry went away, Wu Lang ordered his troops to set off.

Wulang's large force arrived at the outskirts of Tongzhou at about 11 o'clock the next morning. At this time, dense gunfire was heard from the front.

After a while, the commander of the reconnaissance company who was leading the vanguard came to report that about 1000 Japanese troops were attacking Tongzhou County.

"Tongzhou's strategic location is quite important. It is an important passage for our logistical supply line, so I left the 3rd Regiment of the 11th Brigade here to garrison. It will be difficult for the Japanese to take Tongzhou in a short time."

"Brigade Commander, let our regiment defeat this group of Japs?" a regimental commander volunteered.

"Okay, the first regiment will be responsible for the left wing, the second regiment will be responsible for the right wing. The first regiment of the fifth brigade will be responsible for the center. In 20 minutes, the 150mm howitzers will begin to fire. After the shelling stops, each regiment will immediately launch an attack on the Japanese outside Tongzhou City."

The three regiment commanders immediately went back to make arrangements, and the heavy artillery quickly aimed at the Japanese outside the city.

20 minutes later, the whistling sound of the 150mm howitzer, which made the Japanese terrified, came from far away. The shells fell among them and exploded continuously, sweeping up Japanese soldiers and flying around.

The commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 11th Brigade originally thought that it was a bit of a waste of talent to let him garrison a small county town with a regiment. However, the Japanese army fought him fiercely for two consecutive days, and even dispatched planes and tanks.

Many parts of Tongzhou's city wall were blown down by Japanese planes. Fortunately, the Third Regiment Commander had sufficient troops, and Wu Lang also left two 150mm howitzers for him, so he was able to hold out until Wu Lang and his large force arrived.

Wulang's 150mm howitzer fired three waves in a row, then stopped. The infantry began to attack.

When the commander of the Third Regiment of the Eleventh Brigade heard the deafening shouts of killing outside Tongzhou City, he knew that he had finally lived up to the commander-in-chief's trust.

The Japanese army had been attacking Tongzhou for two days but failed to capture it. The Japanese army's morale had long been low. Now they were attacked by the powerful Wulang army and could no longer resist, so they retreated towards Beiping.

Wu Lang led a large army into the city to rest and help the Third Brigade Commander repair the collapsed city walls and houses.

The large-scale battle that took place in Tongzhou this time shows that the Japanese have set their sights on this place, and there will definitely be continuous fighting in the future.

This place is more than 300 miles away from his Tangxia Village, so it is not easy to expose his logistics supply base. The counties along the way are currently in his hands, so it is relatively safe and unobstructed.

Wu Lang decided to establish an anti-Japanese base in Tongzhou to attract passionate young people and defeated soldiers from all over the country to join the army!

Since the Tangxia Village logistics supply base has not been exposed yet, it is relatively safe.

Wu Lang decided to transfer the anti-aircraft artillery company stationed in Tangxia Village to Tongzhou to strengthen air defense.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Meilang, who was resting in Tangxia Village, received a call from Wulang and immediately arranged for the anti-aircraft artillery company stationed at the ammunition depot to set off for Tongzhou.

A single anti-aircraft artillery company would certainly not be able to withstand the Japanese invaders' rampant air attacks, and their air force could only provide limited assistance due to its long distance and limited time in the air. Wu Lang decided to implement his plan to pick fruits as soon as possible.

The Japanese captain took the remaining soldiers and fled back to his base in Peiping.

The commander-in-chief of the First Front Army, Terauchi Juichi, soon learned that his battalion had been blocked in its attack on Tongzhou. From the description of the battalion commander, he could tell that the troops stationed in Tongzhou were the devil troops entrenched in Tieling County.

The importance of Tongzhou did not allow a Chinese army to be stationed here, so he decided to send a large force to retake Tongzhou.

Commander-in-Chief Hisaichi Sutouchi ordered the commander of the 109th Division, Masato Yamaoka, to take charge of the occupation of Tongzhou.

Masato Yamaoka received an order to arrange the 31st Brigade to occupy Tongzhou.

The commander of the 31st Brigade of the Japanese Army, Tani Tengying, did not attach importance to Tongzhou. He believed that using more than 6000 people from his brigade to attack a small county town was simply using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken.

Regarding the failure of a battalion of his 107th Regiment yesterday, he attributed it to his incompetence and the ambush by the Chinese army.

The commander of the 107th Regiment and several of his subordinates, except for the commander of the 107st Battalion who participated in the battle yesterday, generally had the same idea as the division commander Gu Teng. The st Battalion became the shame of their th Regiment.

The 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company of the First Anti-Japanese Army set out immediately upon receiving an order from the deputy commander-in-chief and arrived at Tongzhou County at around eight o'clock that evening.

The anti-aircraft artillery company commander did not rest, and immediately set up the anti-aircraft artillery position in the place that Wulang had surveyed in advance.

In order to support Tongzhou when necessary, Wu Lang deployed the first and second regiments of the second brigade on the outskirts of Tongzhou.

A large force of the First Army was already in full preparation for war in Tongzhou to prevent the Japanese attack.