Devil's Army

The next morning, Wu Lang took the Second Brigade's direct battalion back to Tangxia Village, and the main force remained in Ji County.

He had already asked Dwarf Wolf to bring a special forces squadron over in advance, and Dwarf Wolf would be responsible for training the new recruits from now on.

Wu Lang returned to Tangxia Village with the Second Brigade Battalion. After two months of absence, the Tangxia Village Logistics Base gave him many unexpected surprises.

The first surprise was that Brigade Commander Li Guozhu led the reorganized Third Brigade from Shanhaiguan to Tangxia Village.

As soon as Wu Lang returned to the operations room, the commander of the 11th Brigade and the commander of Li Guozhu had already poured water and were sitting there waiting for him.

Wu Lang hadn't seen Li Guozhu for nearly a year. He walked over, hugged Li Guogui tightly, and asked:

"I didn't expect Commander Leng to send you here?"

"The Japanese invaders are now invading North China, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil. It's not just our Third Brigade. The commanders of every brigade have applied to Commander Leng to rush to the North China battlefield. It's just that I'm lucky and was chosen by Commander Leng."

"What will happen to Jinzhou after you leave? Should we let a brigade guard it?"

"Yes, the defense of Jinzhou is now fully handed over to the First Brigade. Before we left, the Japanese in Fengtian also attacked Jinzhou several times, but were blocked outside the Liangjiashan Fortress."

"The devils are attacking our base now?"

"You fought well here. The Japanese were afraid that our base's troops would continue to reinforce North China, so they sent reinforcements to Fengtian to let the Japanese in Fengtian contain us. Fights took place in Jinzhou, Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County, and Deshengtai. Among them, the battle near the gold mine in Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County was the most intense. The Sixth Brigade also retreated to rest, and now the defense of the Wangjiadagou gold mine has been handed over to the Eighth Brigade."

"Except for the 11th Brigade, I and the 5th Brigade have also fought against the 2nd and 5th Regiments."

"There are so many casualties?"

"The Japanese army now has 37 troops in North China. It's great that we can survive the Japanese siege. Some entire divisions of the Nationalist army have been wiped out."

"The pressure on the base is also great. We have too many places to defend. I heard that the Japanese troops in Rehe and Chahar are also gathering. But before I left, Commander Leng told me that he could arrange troops if we need them. I heard that the 12th Brigade is also on standby."

"The commander hopes that we can build a new base here, absorb and train some of the Kuomintang soldiers and anti-Japanese armed forces who have retreated from the front battlefield, and expand our own team."

"It would be best if we could develop our own base. This would not add pressure to our old base, but would also allow us to fight the Japanese effectively."

"Come and have a drink of water first. You two talk so much that I can't get a word in." Brigade Commander Du of the 11th Brigade pushed the water cup in front of Wu Lang and Li Guozhu and said.

Wu Lang and Li Guozhu looked at each other and asked Brigade Commander Du with a smile:

"What good stuff has arrived at the base now?"

"The base has sent us a lot of good stuff. Ten modified Golden Eagle IIIs and Golden Eagle IVs were sent here. They also sent us some powerful weapons for our army."

"The army's ultimate weapon? The 150mm howitzer?" Wu Lang asked.

"150mm howitzers are essential for us, and they will definitely be shipped here."

“Is that 40 rockets?”

"Commander-in-chief, the 40 rockets have been equipped to the platoon level, okay? Can you still call it a big killer?"

Wu Lang shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Brigade Commander Du smiled and said, "This is a Type 2 tank imported from Germany that was copied by our arsenal. This time the tribe brought ten of them."

"This is really a killer weapon for our army. However, the Japanese tanks in the North China battlefield are generally upgraded tanks. Now they are all Type 89 medium tanks. Their firepower is much stronger than that of the Douding tanks and our Type 2 tanks."

"Then the tanks we imported with so much difficulty can't beat the Japanese tanks?"

"The main weapon of the Japanese Type 57 light tank is a Type 20 mm main gun, while our Type tank is a mm machine gun."

"I thought we could chase the Japanese tanks around."

"If it was the Japanese's small tank, we could really chase it away. It only has a 7.7mm machine gun. But our Type 89 tank has better protection than the Japanese Type 30 light tank. The average thickness of our Type 89 tank's armor is 17mm, while the average thickness of the Japanese Type medium tank's armor is only mm."

"By the way, Commander Du, where is Captain Li of the Third Squadron?"

"Their squadron has been resting since returning to Tangxia Village with the truckload of supplies. Some time ago, you wanted to send someone to investigate the situation at the nearby Japanese airfield, and he led the third squadron out again."

After a pause, Brigadier General Du continued:

"But Captain Li and his men should be back soon. I heard they discovered the Japanese airport in Xiaoguanzhuang, Tangshan, a few days ago."

"Okay, contact Captain Li immediately and ask them to come back as soon as possible. I'll wait for them here."

"Commander-in-chief, do you want to attack the enemy's airport?"

"Although our planes have incomparable advantages over the Japanese planes, they have to fly too far and stay in the air for too short a time, so they can't provide much support. So I plan to seize a nearby Japanese airfield to use as our own."

It was only then that the commander of the 11th Brigade realized that the commander-in-chief not only had to command the battles, but also had to think about the development of the base.