Devil's Army

The soldiers of the third company resisted wave after wave of attacks from the Japanese army with their tenacious will.

Japanese bombers flew over again and bombarded the third company's position indiscriminately.

The soldiers of the third company did not retreat because they knew that the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport was behind them.

The Japanese Kunisaki Detachment finally succeeded in occupying the position of the Third Company at the cost of one and a half squadrons.

The soldiers of the third company fought to the last man, and finally all died heroically.

After this battle, the Japanese Army's Kunizaki Detachment was no longer able to organize a large-scale attack.

Major General Kunisaki Noboru arranged another battalion to continue the attack on the second line of fortification.

The Japanese army successfully attacked the second fortification without a single soldier from the third company retreating. The second company commander certainly knew what this meant, but there was no time for them to grieve. This time, the Japanese army launched an attack on their fortifications under the cover of two tanks.

The second company commander allowed his soldiers to take up their positions only after the Japanese artillery bombardment.

The two rocket soldiers in the fortifications kept their eyes on the two tanks rumbling towards them. The second company commander did not give the order to open fire, he was waiting for the rocket soldiers to open fire first.

The two Japanese tanks rumbled forward and fired their artillery.

Wu Lang received a telegram from Brigade Commander Du of the 11th Brigade requesting reinforcements, and urgently ordered the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade on standby in Ji County to rush to the north of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport to provide reinforcements.

At the second company's position, two rocket soldiers fired two shots, and the two Japanese tanks were destroyed. The second company commander also ordered to open fire.

With the fierce gunfire from the Second Company, this wave of Japanese attack was repelled.

When the Japanese bombers saw that their attack was repelled, they flew over to bomb the second company's position.

The soldiers of the Second Company had nowhere to hide and could only survive in the gaps between the explosions of the Japanese bombers' bombs.

The Japanese bombers bombed the Second Company's position to pieces, then flew away to bomb other places.

Just as the second company commander was about to order the soldiers to repair the fortifications, the Japanese artillery fire attacked again.

The Japanese captain looked at the soldiers of the Devil's Army who were blown away by their artillery fire, and prepared to stop the shelling in ten minutes and continue the infantry attack.

Before the Japanese battalion commander could order his infantry to attack, a H-1 bomber took advantage of the gap where there were no Japanese fighter planes guarding it, flew over the Japanese artillery position, and began dropping bombs.

The artillery shells that were bombarding the Second Company's position stopped abruptly, and the Japanese artillerymen fled in all directions with their heads in their hands.

After bombing the Japanese artillery positions, the bomber of the First Army turned around and bombed the Japanese infantry positions where they were gathering.

The attack the captain was preparing had to be stopped. When the Japanese fighter planes came over, the H-1 bomber of the First Army flew away again.

The Japanese fighter planes could do nothing but strafe the Second Company's position as they watched the First Army's bombers fly away.

As it got dark, the Japanese captain did not launch another attack and could only arrange to garrison and set up camp on the spot.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, the first battalion of the first regiment of the second brigade, the vanguard of the second company, arrived at the position of the second company.

The second company commander had already consolidated the position with the soldiers and was sitting in the fortification thinking about how to spend the next day.

The Second Company now has no extra manpower, so the sacrificed soldiers are neatly placed next to the fortifications.

The sentry of the second company noticed something was wrong and shouted in the direction of the first battalion:

"who?"

The soldiers in the fortifications held their guns nervously and looked in the direction the sentry was shouting.

"It's us, the first battalion of the first regiment of the second brigade." The battalion commander responded loudly.

"Hello, First Battalion Commander!" the sentry saluted and said to the First Battalion Commander.

"Where is your company commander?"

"Our company commander is in the fortifications."

"Hello, Captain Zhang!" The second company commander heard the sentry's voice and trotted over to salute.

"How is the situation in your company?"

The second captain slowly lowered his right hand in salute, lowered his head and whispered:

"We lost more than 60% of our personnel."

"There are so many casualties?"

"The enemy's artillery and aircraft were too powerful. We only fought them for half a day. If they had fought for a whole day, I probably wouldn't be able to stand here and speak."

"Hey! If you don't have air superiority, you'll suffer. So we can't lose Xiaoguanzhuang Airport."

"Battalion Commander, the Japanese heavy artillery and aircraft are useless at night. Let's attack them by surprise and kill them all."

"How many troops does the devil in front of you have?"

"There is a large detachment of troops."

"You arrange a guide for me, and the rest of you can rest."

"Captain, can we let the Second Company go?"

"How many people are left in your Second Company? Dozens of people going to fight a large group of Japanese?"

"Then you guys...?"

"Don't worry, our first battalion is just the vanguard. This time the commander-in-chief sent us a regiment. Not only do we want to launch a surprise attack on this large group of Japanese soldiers, but we also want to take back the first line of defense!"

Upon hearing this, the second company commander quickly arranged two soldiers to serve as guides for the first battalion commander.

A battalion commander was waiting for a regimental commander to arrive beside the fortifications.

After a while, a regiment commander arrived with a large army.

The battalion commander reported his night attack plan to the regiment commander, who agreed immediately without giving it much thought.

After their regiment came back from Baoding, they had been resting in the rear and expanding their forces. It had been a long time since they had fought against the Japanese. It was time to teach the Japanese a lesson.