Devil's Army

Deputy Commander Xu asked Wu Lang at the right time:

"Why, a friend is visiting?"

"Our army commander is worried that we don't have enough troops here, so he arranged for the 12th Brigade to come and reinforce us. They have already arrived in Ji County."

"Oh, that's really good news. The defense of your base has become even stronger."

"Deputy Commander Xu, you may not know this person, but he definitely knows you." Wu Lang said to Deputy Commander Xu mysteriously.

"Oh?" Wu Lang's words also piqued the interest of Deputy Commander Xu.

After a while, a tall man from Northeast China rushed into the reception room:

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the commander of the 12th Brigade, Chen Dongbei, has been ordered to lead the 12th Brigade to report to you."

"Hello, Brigade Commander Chen, this is Deputy Commander Xu of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army." Wu Lang introduced to Chen Dongbei.

"Hello, Deputy Commander Xu!" Chen Dongbei could hardly hide his excitement.

"Do you know me?" Deputy Commander Xu asked the strange man in front of him.

"I haven't seen you, but I've heard your name before."

"Because you are all..." Wu Lang made a mischievous gesture towards Deputy Commander Xu and the other two.

Deputy Commander Xu immediately stopped talking, and Chen Dongbei scratched his head embarrassedly.

"What is the current situation of the tribal base?"

"The Japanese in Fengtian and Rehe have attacked our base, but we repelled them all. Those few Japanese can't pose any threat to us. But you are surrounded by powerful enemies in North China and need more troops, so Commander Leng sent our 12th Brigade here."

"You arrived just in time. Terauchi Juichi has been sending people to investigate our area these days. Two Japanese scouts were captured today. The war is expected to break out soon."

"Then Commander, when the battle breaks out, let us go?"

"You just arrived, so take a few days off and get familiar with the environment here. The Third Brigade has never participated in a battle, so let them go into this battle and you will be the reserve. I have to go out for something, so you two can chat first." After saying that, Wu Lang turned and left the reception room.

Wu Lang arrived at the operations room and asked the guards to call the Third Brigade Commander over.

After a while, the commander of the Third Brigade, Li Guozhu, ran into the operations room panting.

He didn't even bother to drink a sip of water and asked Wu Lang:

"Commander-in-chief, is there a combat mission?"

"The Japanese sent two scouts to scout our Sanhe County today. I estimate that there will be action in the next few days. Tomorrow you will arrange a regiment to go there, leaving a battalion and the first company of the 11th Brigade to defend Sanhe County together, and the other two battalions will look for a place with good terrain outside to ambush the Japanese and dampen their enthusiasm first."

"It's the commander-in-chief. When will we take action?"

"Let the reconnaissance team take Golden Eagle No. 4 to conduct reconnaissance first, and the main force will set out at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening.

Early the next morning, Wu Lang and Chen Dongbei saw Deputy Commander Xu and his guards off from Ji County.

At the same time, the scouts of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Brigade were also ordered to leave Ji County and go to Sanhe County for investigation.

The scouts came all the way to the outskirts of Tongzhou and found that there seemed to be a lot more Japanese troops on the Tongzhou city wall than in the previous few days.

More than half an hour later, the sound of "rumbling" engines came from the direction of Beijing. Then, two Japanese tank squadrons drove their tanks into Tongzhou City one after another. The accompanying infantry also entered Tongzhou City one after another.

Immediately afterwards, another Japanese heavy artillery squadron entered Tongzhou City under the protection of infantry.

After receiving the telegram from the scouts, the commander of the Third Brigade immediately ordered the First Regiment to take action in advance and go to Sanhe Town to deploy defenses.

Wu Lang, who was in the operations room, received a call from the commander of the Third Brigade and immediately ordered the First Army Air Force at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport to be ready to reinforce Sanhe County at any time.

The Japanese Chinese garrison in Peking sent troops to Tongzhou while continuing to stockpile supplies. Attacking the devil troops required a large amount of heavy artillery and tank support.

The Second and Fifth Brigades, which had suffered heavy casualties in the previous battles with the Japanese, were resting after replenishing their recruits. The burden of this battle fell on the shoulders of the Third Brigade.

Just as the Third Brigade was preparing for battle, that afternoon, a Japanese Type 95 reconnaissance plane flew to Sanhe County and Ji County for reconnaissance.

At that time, the First Army did not have any anti-aircraft artillery units in Sanhe County and Ji County, and using the First Army's fighter jets was obviously a waste of talent.

During this period, the Japanese army continuously sent scouts and reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance, apparently preparing to launch an attack.

Wu Lang ordered Captain Fan of the Army Aviation to shoot down the Japanese reconnaissance plane.

The Japanese Type 7.7 reconnaissance aircraft had enhanced self-defense capabilities and was equipped with two mm machine guns. However, the First Army's Golden Eagle IV had only one Type heavy machine gun on its belly, which put it at a disadvantage in terms of firepower.

After comprehensively considering the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy's and our own firepower, Captain Fan decided to use the Golden Eagle No. 4 to attract the attention of the Japanese reconnaissance plane, and then the Golden Eagle No. 3 would shoot it down with an air-to-ground missile.

After the combat plan was finalized, Jixian County's four existing Golden Eagle No. 129s (one was given to Deputy Commander Xu of the th Division of the Eighth Route Army) and five Golden Eagle No. s all took off and waited for the Japanese reconnaissance planes to return along their route.