Devil's Army

When the fifth group of new pilots caught up with the Japanese infantry battalion, they were already retreating towards Zunhua County.

The ten pilots flew over the Japanese infantry battalion without hesitation and began dropping bombs.

This Japanese infantry battalion went out without checking the almanac and had not fired a single shot, but more than half of them had been killed or wounded. The three 75mm mountain guns and the shells that had not yet been opened were also lost.

After all the pilots returned, Squadron Leader Ren hosted a seminar on the live-fire training for the new pilots.

The pilots had not yet recovered from the excitement of bombing the Japanese army and were still chattering about it.

Squadron Leader Ren asked each pilot to take turns to talk about their flying and bombing experiences.

After the new pilots expressed their experiences and feelings one after another, Captain Ren told everyone seriously:

A common shortcoming exposed in this live-fire training of air raids on the Japanese army is that everyone's bombing accuracy is still insufficient. The speed of the aircraft and the wind speed must be considered. In the future, everyone should conduct more bombing training.

The tragic defeat of the Japanese army in Zunhua County was like a dull hammer hitting the head of the commander of the Japanese Fifth Division, Itagaki Seishirō. He quickly stopped the Japanese troops in Luan County and Fengnan County who were preparing to take action. Because he knew clearly that without the support of the air force, it would be difficult for them to attack the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, which was heavily guarded by the devil troops.

When Captain Ren was conducting bomb-dropping training with the new pilots, Captain Yin received a call from the commander-in-chief: the 129nd Regiment of the 772th Division of the Eighth Route Army was threatened with counter-encirclement by the Japanese, and requested support.

At that time, Deputy Commander Xu of the 129th Division was arranging an ambush at Xiangtangpu. Due to the betrayal of a traitor, the 129nd Regiment of the 772th Division discovered that more than 200 enemies from Dongyang Pass had advanced to Majiayu, and that enemy cavalry were moving to the side and rear on the high ground southeast of Changning. The troops were once in danger of being surrounded by the enemy.

It was not realistic to send infantry reinforcements as the two places were more than 1000 miles apart. In the end, Wu Lang decided to arrange air force reinforcements.

Squadron Leader Ren led four Huaxia-2 ​​fighters and protected ten H-1 bombers as they flew towards Xiangtangpu.

In more than half an hour, the First Army's bomber formation arrived over Xiangtangpu and launched a fierce bombing on the Japanese cavalry on the southeast heights of Majiayu Changning.

The First Army's air force also launched a fierce bombing on the Japanese troops in Dongyang Pass.

The First Army Air Force's fierce bombing of the Japanese troops in these two places made it difficult for the Japanese troops to take care of themselves and complete the encirclement of the 129nd Regiment of the 772th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

The 129nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the 772th Division of the Eighth Route Army successfully annihilated more than 1500 enemy reinforcements from Lucheng, then escaped from the encirclement of the Japanese army and disappeared.

Afterwards, the First Army's bomber formation successfully completed the rescue mission and began to return.

Shortly after the victory of the Xiangtangpu Battle, Platoon Leader Song led his platoon back to the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

When Deputy Division Commander Xu heard that Platoon Leader Song had participated in the First Anti-Japanese Army's battle against the Japanese, he came over to inquire about the situation.

Platoon Leader Song spoke highly of the soldiers of the First Anti-Japanese Army, saying that they had excellent military qualities, a strong fighting will, and excellent weapons, and that they were a rare and powerful anti-Japanese force.

Deputy Division Commander Xu had fought jointly with the Air Force of the First Anti-Japanese Army twice, but had never fought jointly with the Army. He also hoped to fight jointly with the First Anti-Japanese Army against Japan.

When Deputy Division Commander Xu heard from Platoon Leader Song that the Japanese troops were approaching and could attack the Tangshan base of the First Anti-Japanese Army at any time, he immediately instructed the armed forces near Tangshan to harass and contain the Japanese troops.

The Eighth Route Army armed forces near Tangshan responded to the call of Deputy Division Commander Xu and attacked the Japanese transport teams and small units.

These attacks effectively slowed down the Japanese army's pre-war preparations for the Tangshan base of the First Anti-Japanese Army. Among them, the activities of the Five County Anti-Japanese Joint Guerrilla Corps were the most active.

At that time, the guerrilla corps leader Hu Xiangpu and Liu Xiangdao surrounded a Japanese grain transport team on a small road outside Pinggu County. There were two Japanese infantry squadrons escorting the grain.

Captain Hu's Five County Guerrilla Corps had more than 700 people, twice the strength of the Japanese army. But the firepower was much worse, with only one machine gun and not even a cannon. Moreover, among the more than 700 guerrillas, there were only more than 500 Hanyang and Mauser rifles. So they were always suppressed by the devils.

At that time, Captain Chen of the Second Squadron of the Special Operations Team was performing with Miao Nana in a nearby village.

Captain Chen vaguely heard gunshots coming from the north and immediately arranged for Golden Eagle No. 4 to go for reconnaissance.

Captain Chen quickly discovered from the intelligence transmitted by the Golden Eagle that a Japanese transport team was surrounded by a group of unidentified armed forces and a fierce battle was taking place between the two sides.

Although the unknown armed forces had the advantage in numbers, their firepower was much inferior and they were clearly being suppressed by the Japanese army.

The Japanese machine guns continued to fire at the unknown armed forces, and mortar shells continued to fall on the positions of the unknown armed forces.

Captain Chen judged that this group of Japanese transport teams should be transporting supplies for the Japanese troops in Baodi. He immediately stopped Miao Nana's performance, asked them to withdraw to Sanhe County, and requested reinforcements from Sanhe County to come to reinforce.

He took 26 special forces members to reinforce the unidentified armed force.