Devil's Army

The first air battle of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company ended in a tragic way, with five Japanese planes shot down, four damaged, and all of its five anti-aircraft guns and five anti-aircraft machine guns destroyed.

After bombing the positions of the 12th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company, the Japanese bombers turned to bomb the Chinese defenders in Tongzhou.

Thick smoke suddenly billowed inside the Tongzhou city wall and explosions continued.

The commander of the second battalion of the Japanese army took advantage of the fact that the Chinese defenders were suppressed by their bombers and ordered the tanks to cover the infantry's quick charge.

The 40 rocket soldiers of the First Army on the Tongzhou city wall braved the bombing of Japanese bombers and continuously attacked the Japanese tanks outside Tongzhou city.

Outside Tongzhou, Japanese tanks also caught fire and exploded one after another. But at this time, the second battalion of Japanese troops also rushed outside the city wall.

The Japanese bombers also returned at this time, and the soldiers on the city wall fired desperately at the Japs under the wall.

With a loud "boom", the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the city gate blew it open. The Japanese soldiers began to rush into Tongzhou City one after another.

The soldiers of the First Army in Tongzhou City immediately lay down and fired at the Japanese troops who rushed into the city.

The machine gunners of the army on both sides of the city gate also turned their guns and fired desperately at the Japanese who had just rushed into the city gate.

At this time, the heavy artillery units in Tongzhou City no longer had to hide from the devil's planes and began to bombard the Japanese Second Infantry outside the city indiscriminately.

The Japanese Second Infantry outside Tongzhou City was attacking Tongzhou City. They had no anti-artillery fortifications and suffered heavy casualties under the fierce bombardment of the 150mm howitzers of the First Army in Tongzhou City.

The soldiers on the city wall took the opportunity to throw grenades at the Japanese soldiers under the city wall. The mortar soldiers also cooperated with the infantry to bombard the Japanese soldiers outside the city wall.

This most ferocious attack by the Japanese Second Battalion, supported by aircraft, was finally repelled by the soldiers of the First Army.

After suffering a heavy blow, the Japanese Second Battalion was unable to organize a large-scale attack and only launched several small-scale attacks, but they were all repelled by the soldiers of the First Army.

In the evening, in order to save face, the second captain personally supervised the battle and organized a large-scale attack.

Wu Lang looked at these Japanese soldiers who were at the end of their strength and did not waste any more heavy artillery shells. Instead, he ordered the mortar troops to bombard them fiercely.

Mortar shells blew the Japs away one after another, and the uninjured ones continued to charge forward.

The few Japanese soldiers who rushed to the outside of Tongzhou city wall were blown over by the rifles and grenades of the First Army soldiers on the wall.

Wu Lang saw it clearly through the telescope and ordered his soldiers to open the city gates and launch a counterattack.

Seeing this, the Japanese Second Battalion retreated, but it was too late.

The soldiers of the First Army who rushed out of Tongzhou City rushed and fired at the second battalion of Japanese troops as quickly and fiercely as a tiger descending from the mountain.

The Japanese soldiers of the Second Battalion fled, leaving behind corpses along the way.

The captain of the Jicidao squadron asked the second battalion commander to retreat quickly, as the Chinese army would soon attack. However, the second battalion commander, like a gambler who had lost all his money, demanded to live and die with the soldiers.

Captain Yoshijima had no choice but to let the guards carry the second captain to retreat, while he led his troops to resist the attack of the Chinese army.

Under the desperate protection of Captain Yoshijima, the second battalion commander of the Japanese army fled Tongzhou with a few soldiers. Captain Yoshijima and his soldiers were also annihilated by the soldiers of the first army who surrounded them.

This battle directly crippled the Second Battalion of the 119th Regiment of the Japanese Army, forcing them to retreat back to Beiping and wait for new recruits. The Second Battalion Commander also lost all his fighting spirit.

Although the commander of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army, Shigetoshi Yamaoka, was very angry about the failure of the nd Battalion to capture Tongzhou, he was still sober.

He analyzed: If the first battalion commander was incompetent, then the second battalion commander was also incompetent? If they were both incompetent, why did they repeatedly achieve military success in battles with other Chinese troops?

After analysis, Division Commander Yamaoka believed that the reason why the two battalions of his 119th Regiment were defeated was that the Chinese troops stationed in Tongzhou were well-armed and had strong combat effectiveness.

In order to suppress the Chinese army with heavy weapons, the number of 150mm howitzers must be increased. And this problem cannot be solved in a short time. Then the aviation force can only assist.

Division Commander Yamaoka decided to have the Air Force cooperate with his 118th Brigade 136th Regiment to attack Tongzhou tomorrow. Who knew that a telegram in the evening completely disrupted his deployment.

Wu Lang defeated the second battalion of the Japanese army and asked the commander of the first regiment to arrange soldiers to repair the collapsed city wall and strengthen the fortifications. No one knew whether the Japanese would attack Tongzhou again tomorrow.

The second regiment commander arranged soldiers to clean up the streets and repair the collapsed houses.

Wu Lang looked at the ruined positions of the 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Company and understood the importance of occupying air superiority. He was also more eager to solve the problem of their First Army Air Force staying in the air for too short a time. But the Japanese were now eyeing Tongzhou, and he didn't know if the Japanese would attack Tongzhou again tomorrow, so he had no way to leave now.