Devil's Army

The Japanese army, lacking machine gun support, could not withstand the fierce attack of the First Army soldiers and began to retreat into the city.

The soldiers of the first company continued to attack Luan County. The Japanese army fought and retreated, retreating into residential houses in the city and engaged in street fighting with the soldiers of the first company.

The Japanese army's follow-up troops arrived one after another and joined in blocking the first company of soldiers.

The commander of the First Regiment was not in a hurry to capture Luan County because the order given to him by Brigade Commander Zhang was to attack Luan County and cooperate with the special forces to seize the Japanese army's fuel.

Given the current battle situation, even if the 12th Brigade captured Luan County, they would not be able to hold it, because the remaining troops of the Japanese Fifth Division were heading north.

Moreover, the focus of the First Army's North China Theater is on Xiaoguanzhuang Airport. If Xiaoguanzhuang Airport is lost, the First Army's casualties will increase exponentially under the three-dimensional attack of the Japanese.

Shortly after the 364st Regiment of the th Brigade engaged in battle with the Japanese in Luan County, the th Brigade of the Sichuan Army also engaged in battle with the follow-up troops of the th Division of the Japanese Army.

The soldiers of the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army were full of fighting spirit at this time. They were no longer the 364th Brigade of last month. The soldiers of the entire brigade no longer used the Hanyang rifles that had been worn out without rifling, but replaced them with all Japanese weapons.

The reinforcements were from a battalion of the 21st Regiment of the th Division of the Japanese Army. When the commander of the regiment, Katano Sadami, heard that the weapons blocking them were all Japanese, he knew that they had encountered the most difficult enemy, the Devil's Army. He asked the commander of the Itagaki Division to arrange for the th Regiment of the Logistics Corps to bomb the Devil's Army in front.

Itagaki Seishirō immediately ordered the baggage troops to bombard the Devil's Army with heavy artillery. The tanks of the mobile squadron and the infantry moved closer to the Devil's Army's position.

The 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army faced the fierce artillery attack without fear and responded calmly. They wanted to avenge their brothers who died in Donghui Village.

Brigade Commander Wang of the 364th Brigade also went to the front to supervise the battle. The guards next to him advised him to go to the headquarters, but he refused.

Shortly after the 364th Brigade was subjected to heavy bombardment by Japanese artillery fire, the two 364mm howitzers assigned to the 150th Brigade by the First Army also began to roar.

Under the guidance of the golden eagle, 150mm grenades whizzed towards the Japanese heavy artillery positions.

The heavy artillery position of the Fifth Regiment of the Japanese Army's Supply Corps was immediately blown over, and several small mountain guns and a heavy artillery were blown over. The pressure on the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army was immediately reduced a lot. But soon, the Japanese army began to counterattack again.

Using the trajectory of the First Army's 150mm howitzers, they calculated the approximate location of the First Army's heavy artillery positions and began to suppress the First Army's heavy artillery.

The truck, which had not been turned off, quickly pulled two 150mm howitzers and moved quickly through the Japanese artillery fire.

As soon as the 150-meter-millimeter howitzers of the First Army were suppressed by the Japanese heavy artillery, the captain of the First Battalion of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army immediately launched an attack.

The Japanese army attacked the positions of the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army fiercely and skillfully.

Brigade Commander Wang cursed at the Japs rushing forward.

"These small Japanese countries think that our Sichuan Army is easy to bully? Order the mortar soldiers to bomb their follow-up troops. The troops are ready to counterattack."

The five mortars that Wu Lang allocated to the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army fiercely bombarded the Japanese follow-up troops. The commander of the first battalion of the 364th Regiment of the 728th Brigade took the lead and led the soldiers of the first battalion to launch a counterattack against the devils.

The Japanese troops that could not keep up with the follow-up troops were repelled by the soldiers of the first battalion. The soldiers of the first battalion did not continue to pursue and quickly retreated to the fortifications. They wanted to prevent the enemy's artillery bombardment.

Two Japanese tanks were destroyed in succession by the inexperienced 40th rocket soldiers of the Sichuan Army, and the rest followed the infantry and retreated.

Sure enough, as soon as the Japanese infantry retreated, their heavy artillery immediately began to bombard the positions of the 364th Brigade. If the retreat had been later, these soldiers would have been killed.

The intensive artillery fire from the Japanese army plowed the positions of the 364th Brigade again, and soldiers in the 364th Brigade's positions were blown out from time to time.

The 364th Brigade had fewer heavy artillery pieces than the Japanese, and was unable to suppress the Japanese. If the battle continued like this, even if the 364th Brigade could hold its position, it would suffer heavy casualties.

Brigade Commander Wang of the 364th Brigade tried to call the headquarters and request air force support.

After the Japanese artillery bombardment, the infantry began to attack again.

Brigade Commander Wang of the 364th Brigade, who was pushed to the command post by the guards, saw that the return fire from the position was not very intense, so he ordered the soldiers of the 728nd Battalion of the th Regiment to reinforce immediately.

Brigade Commander Wang felt very sad. After two rounds of bombardment by the Japanese, many of his comrades in the battalion were buried on this land. But he would never retreat. They had traveled thousands of miles out of Sichuan just to fight the Japanese.

At first, many war zones didn't want them, and those who reluctantly wanted them only used them as cannon fodder. Now it's rare that a unit really wants them, replenishes them with ammunition and food, and lets them fight the Japanese. He will never let down the Sichuan folks.

At this time, the sound of airplanes was heard in the sky, and Brigade Commander Wang subconsciously ordered the soldiers to pay attention to air defense.

However, a scene that surprised and excited him appeared.