Devil's Army

The Panshan Campaign ended with the defeat of the Japanese 5th Battalion, but the battle at the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass was still in full swing.

The battle between the Japanese Sixth Battalion and the Third Brigade and the Third Regiment at the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass began more than two hours later than the Panshan Battle. But the battle was fierce from the beginning.

The Japanese army arrived at the first fortification outside the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass. Four tanks led the way, artillery bombarded fiercely, and infantry followed.

The first company of the Third Regiment in the fortifications was suppressed so hard that they could not even raise their heads. It was difficult for them to organize effective resistance.

Two 40th rocket soldiers of the company were hit by a small mountain artillery shell during the Japanese artillery attack and both died.

Under the cover of four tanks, the soldiers of the 1st Squadron of the 6th Battalion of the Japanese Army quickly advanced to the vicinity of the fortifications of the 1st Company.

The commander of the first company was under great pressure and had to lead the remaining soldiers to retreat to the second fortification, and together with the second company, they blocked the first infantry squadron of the Japanese army.

The Japanese Sixth Battalion had tasted the same old trick and repeated it, still using four tanks as the vanguard to launch a fierce attack on the second fortification of the Third Regiment.

The second company commander learned from the first company's lesson and ordered his soldiers to pin down two Type 40 rocket soldiers in the anti-artillery cave.

The Japanese tanks approached the range of the rockets, and the rocket soldiers began to aim at the two Japanese Type 89 medium tanks in the front.

The Japanese tanks continued to rumble forward with the arrogance of crushing everything.

Suddenly, two Type 40 rockets from both sides of the fortifications flew towards the two Japanese tanks in front.

Only two loud "boom, boom" were heard, and two Japanese tanks were destroyed at the same time.

The wreckage of two Japanese tanks blocked the road and also blocked the sight of the 40th Rocket Troops of the 2nd Company.

The two remaining tanks of the Japanese army continued to bombard the fortifications of the Second Company under the cover of the wreckage of the two tanks in front.

At the same time, the four small mountain guns of the Sixth Battalion of the Japanese Army continued to bombard the fortifications of the Second Company. The Second Company was under tremendous pressure.

Collapses occurred in many places, and two soldiers were buried in the mud of the fortifications. They were quickly dug out by the soldiers nearby.

The two soldiers who were dug out took a deep breath of fresh air and said:

"Ah, the air is so sweet!"

The two tanks behind the Japanese army pushed aside the wreckage of the tanks blocking the road in front of them, preparing to rush to the fortifications of the Second Company. However, just as they pushed aside the wreckage of the two tanks in front of them and revealed their figures, two Type 40 rocket soldiers of the Second Company fired two shells, directly blowing them up.

The path ahead was blocked by the wreckage of the tank again, and the two armored vehicles following the Japanese tank had to stop.

The Japanese artillery continued to bombard the second company's fortifications.

The casualties of the soldiers of the first and second companies in the fortifications continued to remain high under the bombardment of the Japanese army's small mountain artillery.

The company commander and the second company commander discussed it and decided to abandon the second line of fortifications and retreat to the main position at the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass.

The Japanese Sixth Battalion successfully occupied the second fortification of the Third Regiment. Soldiers stood on the fortifications, waving guns and military flags, and shouted loudly in a show of force.

The journalists of the Sixth Battalion quickly took photos of this scene and wanted to publicize the rumored devil troops to their troops. But it was just like this. They were equally vulnerable in front of the Japanese garrison in China.

Afterwards, the first squadron of the sixth battalion continued to move forward and approached the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass.

The commander of the Japanese Sixth Battalion also immediately ordered the artillery positions to move forward and prepare to bomb the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass.

At this time, the captain of the Sixth Battalion received a telegram from the headquarters, informing them that the Fifth Battalion, which was attacking Panshan, had suffered a Waterloo and one squadron was almost wiped out. They were told that the heavy artillery of the Devil's Army was fierce, and they were asked to be careful to prevent the surprise attack of the heavy artillery of the Devil's Army.

The captain of the Sixth Battalion immediately ordered the First Infantry Squadron to temporarily stop charging and rest until tomorrow morning, waiting for their aviation force to come and cooperate before launching the attack.

The commander of the third regiment also brought five 150mm howitzers from Jixian County and deployed them at two heavy artillery positions.

On the left side of the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass is the first heavy artillery position, with two 150mm howitzers and two small mountain cannons.

On the right side of the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass is the second heavy artillery position, which is equipped with three 150mm howitzers.

There is also a mortar position in the middle of the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass.

The heavy artillery firepower of the Third Regiment was stronger than that of an entire army of the National Army at that time.

The third regiment commander was preparing for battle, but to his surprise, the Japanese army stopped advancing and set up camp in front.

"Commander, the Japanese have successfully captured two of our outer fortifications. Why don't they continue to attack while they are victorious?" the deputy commander of the third regiment asked the commander of the third regiment.

"They're definitely not holding back on anything good."

The third regiment commander was staring at the Japs outside the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass through the telescope and thinking.

Suddenly, the third commander thought of something and immediately shouted to the signalman behind him:

"Signalman, connect me to the commander-in-chief."

After saying that, the third regiment commander hurried to the headquarters. The third regiment deputy was confused, not knowing what had happened, and followed the third regiment commander to the headquarters.