Devil's Army

The third regiment commander rushed to the headquarters, and soon the signalman connected the call to the commander-in-chief.

I answered the phone tonight and said:

"Commander-in-chief?"

"It's me. What's the matter?" Wu Lang asked.

"Can you send me some gas masks?"

"Did the Japs fire poison gas bombs at you?"

"Not yet, but the Japanese have successfully occupied two of our outer fortifications and have stopped advancing. The wind is blowing in our direction now. I suspect they are going to launch poison gas bombs at us."

"We have very few gas masks in Ji County. You will withdraw the main force of the army and leave an observation post. I will have them deliver the gas masks right away."

After a while, two soldiers from the First Army rode horses and delivered 18 sets of chemical protective suits to the Huangyaguan Great Wall Command.

The Third Regiment Commander had learned about the Japanese army's poison gas bombs during his training at the base, and knew that the bombs could wipe out an entire regiment silently.

As soon as the soldiers delivered the chemical protective suits, the third regiment commander immediately led the soldiers to deliver the chemical protective suits to the front of the Huangyaguan Great Wall pass.

He ordered the third company commander to leave 18 soldiers behind to wear chemical protection suits to observe the movements of the Japanese, and all other soldiers to retreat. He also told the first battalion commander to change the post every two hours.

That night, the battalion commander and the deputy battalion commander took turns patrolling, but they did not find any Japanese action until dawn.

The battalion commander yawned and told the third company commander on duty to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese while he went to the back to catch up on his sleep.

At around seven o'clock in the morning, a Japanese fighter squadron escorted a bomber squadron and flew towards the Huangyaguan Great Wall position.

The Japanese pilots saw that there were not many soldiers of the Devil's Army in the position, but the order they received was to bomb the Huangyaguan Great Wall position.

So the Japanese bombers threw all the bombs they brought at the Huangyaguan Great Wall position without thinking twice.

There were explosions and flames on the Huangyaguan Great Wall, and many of the fortifications on the position were destroyed by Japanese bombs.

The artillery positions on both sides of the Huangyaguan Great Wall were relatively far away from the main positions and were concealed, so they were not bombed by Japanese aircraft.

The Japanese army dispatched two aviation squadrons to launch a fierce bombing on the Huangyaguan Great Wall position, but only three observing soldiers of the First Army were injured.

After the Japanese planes returned, the 1st Squadron of the 6th Battalion of the Japanese Army began to attack the Huangyaguan Great Wall position.

Three Japanese tanks and Japanese mountain artillery units continued to bombard the Huangyaguan Great Wall positions.

The commander of the Third Regiment ordered the First Battalion to immediately arrange for its troops to prepare to enter the position, and ordered the artillery of the First Artillery Position to prepare to bomb the Japanese artillery position.

The Japanese army's four small mountain cannons were still bombarding the Huangyaguan Great Wall position. The artillery of the First Artillery Position of the First Army had accurately locked onto his position through the Golden Eagle.

As the small red flag in the hands of the company commander of the First Artillery Position was waved, two 150mm howitzers and two 70mm mountain cannons of the First Artillery Position of the First Army roared and bombarded the Japanese artillery positions.

There were sudden explosions in the Japanese artillery positions, and Japanese artillerymen were constantly blown away by shells.

When the commander of the 6th Battalion of the Japanese Army heard the whistling sound of the artillery shells, he remembered that Commander-in-Chief Terauchi Juichi had asked him to be careful to prevent the artillery of the devil troops, and immediately ordered the artillery to move their positions.

The artillery of the 150th Battalion of the Japanese Army immediately moved the small mountain guns under the fierce artillery fire of the First Army. However, two small mountain guns were blown up by the mm howitzers of the First Army.

The First Artillery of the First Army bombarded the Japanese artillery position for more than 20 minutes, but when they saw that the Japanese artillery had no response, they stopped bombing and immediately hid the artillery.

The mortar soldiers of the First Army took over the bombing baton and began to bombard the Japanese First Squadron which was heading towards the Huangyaguan Great Wall position.

A Japanese squadron dodged in all directions during the First Army's artillery fire, with limbs and arms flying everywhere.

The captain of a Japanese squadron was pinned down by two guards in a small pit. He looked at the constant explosions of mortar shells around him and couldn't help but wail: Is this still the Chinese army he knew?

The three Japanese tanks continued to drive towards the Huangyaguan Great Wall position despite the explosion of the mortar shells of the First Army, and bombarded the mortar positions of the Devil Army while driving.

A Golden Eagle III that was patrolling in the air saw this and locked onto a tank that was rumbling forward.

As air-to-ground missiles with flames on their tails flew out from the belly of the golden eagle one after another, three Japanese tanks were destroyed one after another on the way to the charge.

Seeing that the three tanks providing cover were all destroyed, the captain of a Japanese squadron had to retreat with the remaining soldiers.

The Japanese army's first major attack that morning ended in failure.

The captain of the Sixth Battalion of the Japanese Army looked at the devastated position in front of him. His artillery positions and tanks were destroyed. How could he take the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass now?

He ordered the troops to suspend the attack and asked the signalman to send a telegram back to the headquarters, requesting air force support.

Now we can only rely on the Air Force to blow up the artillery positions of the devil troops, and then the infantry can launch a new round of charge.