Devil's Army

After this air battle, the Japanese army temporarily lost air superiority near the Huangyaguan Great Wall.

The First Army was in a commanding position, enjoying the advantage of terrain. The Japanese army's heavy firepower was also much inferior to that of the First Army. There was no way to fight this battle. However, the Sixth Battalion Captain could not escape back to Peking in disgrace. He had no choice but to hold a combat meeting and let his subordinates offer suggestions on how to capture the Huangyaguan Great Wall position.

The captain of the first squadron was personally supervising the battle at the front line, and was shot and killed in the artillery fire from behind the devil's troops. The captain of the second squadron stood up and said to the captain:

"The Devil's troops have gained air superiority. It will be difficult for us to capture the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass without the cover of heavy weapons. Should we request aviation support again?"

"Commander-in-Chief Terauchi's offensive focus is to advance along the Ping-Sui Line, the Jinpu Railway, and the Ping-Han Railway. We will destroy the main Chinese forces in that area. All air forces will fly to support the battlefields there. This is not the main battlefield, and the air forces that can be mobilized are quite limited. Otherwise, Commander Tokugawa would not have sent only one air squadron to support us after suffering such a great loss last time."

"Then will we have no air force support in the future?" the second squadron leader continued to ask.

"It is estimated that small-scale sneak attack support may still be possible, but large-scale air combat support may be difficult."

The second squadron leader sat down silently. This time, under the heavy artillery bombardment of the devil troops, not many soldiers of their squadron retreated back, and they were unable to support another large-scale attack independently.

"Are all the warriors of our Great Japanese Empire cowards? We can't fight without air force?" Seeing that no one said anything, the captain asked angrily.

"Captain, we can attack them at night. At this time, the Devil Forces' planes cannot be dispatched, and their heavy artillery cannot bomb us." The third squadron leader stood up and said.

"A sneak attack at night? Yo, great!"

The captain of the Sixth Battalion, who was at his wit's end, accepted the suggestion of the captain of the Third Squadron and ordered the troops to rest and take action at 10 o'clock in the evening.

After repelling the Japanese charge, the third regiment commander saw that the Japanese had not taken any action, so he arranged for a golden eagle to fly over and scout the Japanese movement.

"Captain, have the Japanese retreated?" the commander of the first battalion asked the commander of the third regiment. The Japanese had not launched an attack for a long time, and he was also upset.

"According to the intelligence sent back by the Golden Eagle, the Japs have not withdrawn yet. I don't know what they are up to!"

In the evening, the commander of the Third Regiment ordered the commander of the First Battalion to withdraw the main force according to the method of yesterday, leaving 18 soldiers to patrol and guard to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall and launching poison gas bombs.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the Japanese Army's Third Infantry Company, led by its captain, quietly approached the Huangyaguan Great Wall position like a ghost.

The Sixth Battalion Captain followed with a large force. As long as his Third Squadron took the Huangya Pass Great Wall Pass, they would immediately come forward to support.

At this time, the third squadron quietly moved towards the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass. The closer they got to the pass, the slower they moved.

When they reached the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass, the Japanese Sixth Battalion stopped advancing and sent out a reconnaissance team to investigate the defense situation of the Devil Forces.

The Japanese reconnaissance team stopped every three steps and slowly approached the Huangyaguan Great Wall Pass.

A Japanese scout tripped over a branch and fell to his knees. The branch shook, and two crows flew up.

A soldier from the First Army who was in charge of scouting in this direction was immediately attracted and walked to the Great Wall with his gun raised.

The Japanese reconnaissance team leader stared fiercely at the fallen scout. The scout lowered his head and dared not say a word.

A soldier watched the Great Wall for a while, but there was no movement. He picked up a stone from the ground and threw it towards the grove.

The small stone fell in front of the grove, making a "bang" sound, and then there was no sound.

The soldier stared for a while, but there was still no movement. He became worried and fired a shot at the grove.

A pheasant was frightened and flew out, flapping its wings.

The sound of gunfire could be heard far away in the dark night, and the Japanese reconnaissance team was so frightened that they stayed where they were, not daring to breathe.

The third commander of the command center heard the gunshots and hurriedly walked out of the command center and looked in the direction where the gunshots came from.

The battalion commander ran towards the soldiers in a hurry and asked:

“What happened to Xiao Zhang?”

"Reporting to the battalion commander, there seemed to be movement in the woods in front of me just now, so I fired a shot."

“So what did you find?”

"A pheasant flew out."

"Pay attention and report any movement immediately."

After the battalion commander left, the soldiers watched for a while, but still didn't notice any movement, so they turned around and patrolled other places.

There were eighteen of them patrolling and guarding the entire position, and each person was responsible for a large area.

The Japanese reconnaissance team leader discovered that the soldier from the devil unit on the Great Wall had left, but he still did not order the soldiers to move forward. He was afraid that the soldier from the devil unit would suddenly attack back.

The Japanese reconnaissance team stayed there for a while, but the devil soldier still did not appear. The team leader then ordered the troops to continue moving forward.