Devil's Army

Commander Leng telegraphed Wu Lang: The Battle of Xinkou and the Battle of Niangziguan have ended, and the Chinese army has retreated to Taiyuan. They are asked to prevent the Japanese army from attacking their current base.

The Tongzhou defenders called to say that Japanese reconnaissance planes had been conducting frequent reconnaissance missions in recent days and there might be a war.

Wu Lang immediately canceled the order he had just issued, and after discussing with the commanders of the Third Brigade, the Fifth Brigade and the Eleventh Brigade, they decided: the Eleventh Brigade would set out with the First Regiment, the Second Regiment and the Brigade's direct battalion at two o'clock tomorrow morning and resolve the battle at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport before twelve o'clock.

The Third Brigade Commander led the Third Brigade to Jixian County to prevent the Japanese from launching a large-scale attack.

The commander of the Fifth Brigade formed a new Fifth Brigade with the only remaining regiment of soldiers from the Fifth Brigade and three thousand new recruits brought by the tribe, and trained and defended Tangxia Village.

At this time, although the 5th Brigade was still called a brigade, its strength was only half of its original.

At two o'clock in the morning of the next day, Brigade Commander Du, led by Captain Li, started towards Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

Brigade Commander Li also led the Third Brigade to Jixian County.

The closer they got to Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, the denser the Japanese patrols became. Brigadier General Du's vanguard almost ran into the Japanese patrols twice.

At nearly ten o'clock, Brigade Commander Du finally passed the outskirts of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

Without time to rest, Brigade Commander Du immediately ordered the 1st Regiment to prepare to attack Xiaoguanzhuang Airport. The three battalions of the 2nd Regiment and the brigade's direct battalion were divided into four groups to prepare to block the Japanese troops who were reinforcing Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

After preparations were completed, the mortar troops of the 11th Brigade took the lead in launching an attack on Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

Some mortars of the First Army blew up the barbed wire and various obstacles to the west of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport. Other mortars, under the guidance of two Golden Eagle No. 4s, fiercely bombed the planes parked in Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

From time to time, Japanese fighters and bombers flew over the sky, but they had no way to bomb the Chinese troops attacking the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport because they had just completed their mission and returned to replenish fuel and ammunition.

They saw that Xiaoguanzhuang Airport was attacked by Chinese troops and had to turn their planes around and fly to other nearby airports.

A Japanese bomber roared towards the mortar troops of the 11th Brigade.

The artillery battalion commander quickly called on the artillerymen to stop bombing and take cover.

Who knew that this Japanese bomber would fly over the mortar position, then take off and fly away.

The battalion commander spat in the direction the devils were flying and cursed:

"Damn it, there's no bomb left, so you're using dirty tricks. Keep bombing!"

The mortars responsible for blasting open the passage stopped firing, and the soldiers of the Second Battalion of the First Regiment began to charge towards the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

The two Japanese lookout towers west of the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport were fortunately able to survive the bombardment by the 11th Brigade and began firing at the charging Chinese soldiers.

A Golden Eagle No. 4 that was on patrol flew over without hesitation, and the Type 92 heavy machine gun on its belly shot them down with a "tat tat tat..." sound.

Without the heavy fire suppression of the Japanese army, the soldiers of the Second Battalion of the First Regiment quickly rushed into the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

At this time, the mortar troops of the 11th Brigade also stopped bombing.

The Japanese garrison troops at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport also began to support the Japanese troops on the defense line and fought with the soldiers of the first battalion.

A Golden Eagle No. 4 was constantly patrolling the planes at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, and any Japanese pilot who tried to approach the plane would be shot dead immediately.

Another Golden Eagle No. 4 was guarding the oil depot, ammunition depot and other important material warehouses and control tower of the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport to prevent the Japanese from blowing up the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport in desperation.

The Japanese major guarding the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport initially thought it was just an attack by ordinary Chinese troops and did not take it seriously. He calmly organized the airport garrison to fight back while asking for help from the surrounding Japanese troops.

The soldiers of the first battalion had fierce firepower and attacked quickly, and the Japanese major began to feel strong pressure.

Then, fierce gunfire was heard from the east and south of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

The first and third battalions of the first regiment rushed to the destination and launched a fierce attack on Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

The Japanese major quickly deduced from the firepower, weapon configuration and combat effectiveness of the soldiers that the troops attacking Xiaoguanzhuang Airport were not ordinary Chinese troops, but devil troops. He quickly stepped up to ask for help from the surrounding Japanese troops.

The Japanese troops around Xiaoguanzhuang Airport heard that Xiaoguanzhuang Airport was attacked and sent troops to rescue it. But when they heard that it was the Devil Army, they came out in full force.

As the three battalions of the First Regiment attacked Xiaoguanzhuang Airport from three sides, the garrison troops at the airport had to split up to block the attack, and the pressure was increasing.

The Second Battalion took the lead in breaking through the Japanese army's first line of defense west of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport and continued to advance deeper.

Seeing that Xiaoguanzhuang Airport was very likely to be lost, the major organized two teams of soldiers and rushed towards the ammunition depot and mutton oil depot, preparing to die along with the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport if it was lost.

If the oil depot and ammunition depot at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport exploded, although the two squadrons of soldiers guarding the airport would be wiped out, the soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 11th Brigade besieging the airport would also be affected.

The Army Aviation Soldier operating the Golden Eagle immediately reported to Brigade Commander Du.