Devil's Army

The 11st Battalion of the th Regiment of the Japanese Army was bombed by the First Army's aircraft and immediately attacked fiercely by the First Regiment of Soldiers. Unable to resist at first, they retreated towards Tangshan under the leadership of the captain of the First Battalion.

The regiment commander did not continue the pursuit with his soldiers, but entered Fengrun City to assist Captain Wu in strengthening the position.

Fengrun City's victory again made Wulang truly feel the importance of gaining air superiority.

He turned his attention to Xiaoguanzhuang Airport again. He knew that the Japanese would definitely not give up Xiaoguanzhuang Airport. He decided to keep Xiaoguanzhuang Airport even if he had to send the remaining soldiers of the Second Brigade and the Fifth Brigade.

The fully equipped Third Brigade is currently his last trump card, shouldering the important task of defending Jixian County and the base (Tangxia Village Logistics Base). Under normal circumstances, he would not use it.

Wu Lang also considered that the number of wounded soldiers had increased sharply after continuous fighting, and the medical team was seriously unable to keep up. He applied to Leng Feng to arrange a medical team to come and help treat the wounded.

Leng Feng quickly agreed to Wu Lang's request, considering that they had a heavy combat mission and many wounded soldiers, and told him that the medical team would arrive with the warship when they transported supplies next time.

As the tanks transferred by the North China Front Army to Division Commander Itagaki arrived at the Japanese 5th Division, Division Commander Itagaki began to plan to occupy the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

30 Japanese Type light tanks rumbled towards the Fifth Division's headquarters and were immediately spotted by the Golden Eagle No. , which had been on alert in the air.

On the one hand, Wu Lang asked the Air Force to take off at any time to support the battle, and on the other hand, he transferred the ten Type 2 tanks from Tangxia Village to Xiaoguanzhuang Airport to test the combat performance of this batch of imitation German Type 2 tanks.

The next day, thirty Japanese tanks were divided into three groups to cover the infantry's attack on Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

The commander of the Second Regiment deployed the 40 rocket soldiers in the regiment mainly in the low-lying areas in the west and the woods in the east. In the north, he only deployed two 40 rocket soldiers to cooperate with ten Type tanks to block the Japanese attack.

The 10 tanks of the First Army, led by Captain Hu of the Mobile Battalion, were divided into two groups. One group of five tanks blocked the Japanese attack head-on, while the other group of five tanks hid on the right side and prepared to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese tanks.

Ten Japanese tanks were rumbling towards the Second Regiment's position from the north.

The Japanese tank regiment commander, Major Tayama Fengji, did not understand why his entire tank regiment was used to attack a small Guanzhuang airport, and thought it was a waste of talent. Any tank squadron he had could drive the Chinese army everywhere. But this was an order from his superior, so he had to follow it.

When the tanks approached the position of the Second Regiment, he found that five strangely shaped tanks were rumbling past on the opposite side.

The captain of the second tank squadron responsible for attacking the Chinese army's position in the north was stunned for a moment. He had swept across the battlefields of North China and had never encountered a Chinese tank. Now he found five at once.

He immediately ordered the tanks to besiege the five tanks of the Chinese army on the opposite side.

The five Type 2 tanks of the First Army, which had been prepared in advance, opened fire first.

In the first round of shelling, the five Type 2 tanks of the First Army fired armor-piercing shells. The two turrets of the three Japanese Type 97 light tanks in the front were penetrated by armor-piercing shells and caught fire, which then caused the shells in the tanks to explode.

The fragments of the two violently exploding tanks blew away the infantry nearby.

The third Japanese Type 97 light tank had its tracks blown off and lay there unable to move, but its turret was still turning, ready to attack the Type 2 tank of the First Army.

Another Type 2 tank of the First Army responded in time, and an armor-piercing shell blew away the turret of the Japanese tank.

The first army, which had taken the lead, had five tanks and destroyed three Type 97 light tanks of the Japanese army in the first battle.

The tanks behind the Japanese army began to counterattack the five Type 2 tanks of the First Army in front.

The Japanese Type 37 light tank was equipped with a 20mm main gun, which had greater firepower than the First Army's mm machine gun.

However, the captain of the second squadron of the Japanese tank soon discovered that the shells of their tanks hit the tanks of the Devil Forces and then jumped away before exploding. He then noticed that the front and both sides of the tanks of the Devil Forces were equipped with a 45-degree angled iron plate.

In fact, although the firepower of the Type 30 tank of the First Army was not as strong as that of the Japanese Type 17 light tank, its armor thickness was mm. The armor of the Japanese Type tank was only mm thick. Even without the iron plate, the armor thickness of the Type tank of the First Army was nearly twice that of the Japanese Type light tank.

The captain of the second squadron of the Japanese tanks knew that if they did not fire armor-piercing shells, they would not be able to destroy the tanks of the Devil's Army, but they only brought artillery shells with them this time and did not carry armor-piercing shells at all. As a last resort, he could only order the tanks to retreat.

At this time, he despairingly discovered that five more tanks of the Devil's Army were rumbling towards him from the side.

The 1st Army's 10 tanks chased the 10 Japanese tanks at full speed and fired at them.

Although the Japanese Type 97 light tank was more maneuverable than the First Army's Type 2 tank, it could not outrun the artillery shells.

Ten tanks of the Japanese Army's Second Tank Squadron were destroyed one after another on the way of retreat.

The First Army's ten Type 2 tanks won the first battle.