Devil's Army

At eight o'clock the next morning, the 109nd Battalion of the 118th Regiment of the 119th Brigade of the th Division of the Japanese Army rushed towards Tongzhou City with murderous intent.

Wu Lang had arranged soldiers to assist the city residents in evacuating at five o'clock in the morning. In the huge city of Tongzhou, except for the residents who volunteered to stay and serve as logistics, the rest were soldiers.

The captain of the second battalion of the Japanese army did not learn the lessons of the first battalion, nor did he listen to the advice of the captain of the first battalion.

As soon as they arrived at Tongzhou County, they immediately ordered the heavy artillery units to bomb Tongzhou.

At this time, Tongzhou was no longer the Tongzhou that fought with the First Battalion. Wulang brought back as many as 150 12mm howitzers.

The captain of the second battalion of the Japanese army was destined to pay the price for his arrogance.

The heavy artillery of the Second Battalion of the Japanese Army began to bombard Tongzhou City. The heavy artillery of the First Army in Tongzhou City had already locked onto their heavy artillery positions through the Golden Eagle II.

Suddenly, the whistling sounds of 150mm grenades were heard in Tongzhou City, and in the blink of an eye, explosions continued from the heavy artillery positions of the Japanese Second Battalion.

The five 150mm howitzers on the Japanese heavy artillery position disintegrated one after another.

After suppressing and destroying the heavy artillery of the Japanese Second Battalion, the heavy artillery of the First Army adjusted its muzzles and bombarded the Japanese troops assembled in front of Tongzhou.

The battalion commander, who had not yet recovered from the shock of the attack on his heavy artillery position, immediately saw his second battalion of infantry being bombed.

The second battalion captain did not order the attack to continue, but instead ordered the infantry to retreat immediately.

At noon, the commander of the 119th Regiment called to inquire about the progress of the battle. The commander of the second battalion did not look for the cause from himself, but instead put all the blame on the commander of the first battalion, saying that the commander of the first battalion did not tell him that the Chinese army had a large number of 150mm howitzers, which led to heavy casualties in his heavy artillery positions and infantry.

The commander of the 119th Regiment immediately sent a telegram to severely scold the commander of the First Brigade.

The captain stood straight and kept responding, "Hi! Hi!" But in fact, he was feeling very sad.

He had mentioned at the meeting that the Chinese army had a large number of reinforcements and heavy artillery. They could not resist a large group of troops and had to retreat. However, no one at the meeting paid attention to what he said, and they all thought he was making excuses for his incompetence.

After scolding the captain of the first squadron, the commander ordered the captain of the second squadron to take Tongzhou City as soon as possible. He has already requested air force support.

After a while, the roar of Japanese planes was heard in the sky.

The captain immediately ordered the soldiers to approach Tongzhou City under the cover of five tanks.

Japanese planes flew over Tongzhou City and began dropping bombs.

Two bombers flew to the city wall, preparing to bomb the Chinese defenders in Tongzhou.

Suddenly, tongues of fire rushed out from the ground and pounced on the two bombers.

The two Japanese bombers were immediately enveloped in flames, and the bomber on the right was quickly hit and exploded in mid-air.

The bomber on the left rushed left and right, trying to break out of the encirclement of the Chinese anti-aircraft artillery troops, and continuously dropped bombs on the Chinese anti-aircraft artillery positions on the ground.

The sound of Japanese aircraft bombs exploding continued to be heard around the positions of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company.

A bomb landed right next to several soldiers defending the city, and the soldiers were thrown off the city wall by the shock wave of the bomb's explosion.

The bomber ultimately failed to escape the fire net of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company, and crashed into the ground with thick black smoke emitting from its tail.

The Japanese bombers in the air also discovered the Chinese army's anti-aircraft artillery positions and rushed towards the positions of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company.

The 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company desperately strafed the incoming Japanese bombers. Although some of the Japanese bombers were hit one after another, they were outnumbered.

Aerial bombs continued to fall on the positions of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company.

Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company began to be hit and destroyed.

Unable to allow the entire 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company to be wiped out, Wu Lang ordered it to retreat.

At this time, the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company had been entangled by the Japanese bombers. If they held their ground, they might be annihilated, but they could still effectively destroy the Japanese bombers. If they retreated, they would definitely encounter desperate bombing by Japanese bombers during the retreat. It was better to hold their ground than to die.

As more and more anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were destroyed by the Japanese bombers, the air defense capability of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company became increasingly weak, and more and more anti-aircraft artillery soldiers were killed in the bombing of Japanese aircraft.

The 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company was bombed by Japanese bombers, leaving only one anti-aircraft gun and two anti-aircraft machine guns. He ordered the deputy company commander to take the rest of the anti-aircraft artillery soldiers and retreat immediately.

The deputy company commander and his men were unwilling to retreat. This was the first air battle since the establishment of their 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company, and they wanted to live and die together with the anti-aircraft artillery position.

The anti-aircraft artillery company commander said anxiously to the deputy company commander:

"I'm not discussing this with you. This is an order. Retreat quickly. If we lose our anti-aircraft guns, we can make new ones. But if we lose our men, how long will it take to train a qualified artilleryman?"

The deputy company commander had no choice but to quickly evacuate the position with 28 soldiers from the th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company.

Soon, the position of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company encountered another large-scale bombing by the Japanese.

The anti-aircraft gun and two anti-aircraft machine guns of the anti-aircraft artillery company commander were all destroyed in the Japanese bombing. The commander of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company also died a heroic death.

The first air battle since the establishment of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company ended in a tragic ending.