Devil's Army

After discussion, the commander of the first regiment thought that the captain of this Japanese brigade did not know that their regiment was coming. The first battalion could arrange a company to attack the Japanese army and lay ambushes on both sides to lure the Japanese army out of the barracks and annihilate them. He led a large force to encircle and suppress the headquarters of this brigade of Japanese troops.

At about 11 o'clock in the evening, the commander of the first company of the first battalion led their company to quietly approach the Japanese army camp. The commander of the first battalion led the second and third companies to ambush on both sides behind them.

The commander of the first regiment led the second and third battalions to move towards the Japanese military camp from both sides.

A company commander led their company and deliberately encountered a Japanese patrol team on a small road, and a fierce battle ensued between the two sides.

The Japanese patrol squad was completely wiped out by the first company, and then the company commander continued to attack the Japanese military camp.

The Japanese battalion commander was furious when he received the report from the soldiers. These devilish troops were too rampant. Did he think that the second battalion was full of sheep? More than 100 people dared to attack his large army.

The captain ordered his 2nd Infantry Company, together with the remaining soldiers of the 1st Infantry Company who were attacking the Devil Force fortifications today, to encircle and wipe out this Devil Force company.

What the captain didn't expect was that not long after his troops started chasing the Devil Force company, fierce gunfire rang out from all around the direction of the pursuit.

Apparently, his pursuit troops were ambushed by a large force of the devil's troops.

Before the captain could make any deployment, fierce gunfire broke out on both sides of his camp.

The chief of staff rushed into the barracks and told the captain:

"Captain, there are many soldiers from the Devil's Army coming to both sides of our camp."

"Isn't there just one company of Devil Troops in the fortifications ahead? Where do so many Devil Troops soldiers come from?"

"I'm not sure, but judging from the gunshots, there is definitely more than one company of the devil troops attacking this time."

"Have the Devil's reinforcements arrived?"

"They have troops to ambush our pursuit troops, and so many troops to attack our military camp. Reinforcements must have arrived. Captain, shall we retreat?"

The battalion commander followed the advice of the chief of staff, leaving the 3rd Infantry Squadron to resist the attack of the devil's troops, and retreated to the first line of fortification with other officers and soldiers of the battalion.

How could a Japanese infantry company stop the attack of his entire regiment?

A regimental commander arranged a company to hold back the Japanese infantry squadron responsible for blocking the enemy, while other large forces continued to pursue the main force of the Japanese army.

The captain began to retreat in an orderly manner, but after being attacked continuously by a regiment, he began to retreat and then fled.

The dark night was filled with the sounds of gunfire and grenade explosions, and the captain had no way of estimating how many people were in the attacking devil's army.

What was even more terrible was that their fleeing caused panic among the Japanese guards of the first line of fortification, and they inexplicably followed them in fleeing and settled in Dangyu Town.

A regiment commander successfully recaptured the first line of fortification outside Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

A regimental commander left behind a company from a battalion to guard the first line of fortification, while the rest of the large force retreated to the second line of fortification.

Kunisaki Noboru, the commander of the 9th Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army in Dangyu Town, heard that his second battalion commander was not only attacked by the devil's troops and retreated, but also lost the first fortification that his Kunisaki detachment had taken with great effort. He was so angry that he slapped him several times and kicked him to the ground, cursing:

"If you don't take back these two fortifications outside Xiaoguanzhuang Airport for me tomorrow, you will commit suicide by disembowelment."

At the temporary airport in Tangxia Village, the squadron leader Ren and his men were in a heavy mood. The Xiaoguanzhuang Airport was under attack from three sides and was in danger. However, they had too few planes and had no way to fight against the powerful Japanese air force.

In today's big air battle, they shot down five Hawk III fighters, seven Japanese Type 95 fighters, and one H-1 bomber. Even Captain Yin's Huaxia 1 fighter was shot down. Captain Yin's life or death is unknown.

Not counting Captain Yin, a total of 13 pilots died in the sky. This is more than the total number of pilots who died in the battles with the Japanese since the establishment of their First Army Air Force.

Of course, the Japanese suffered far greater losses than them. According to their estimates, more than 30 fighters and bombers were shot down. However, the Japanese had a strong foundation, and the number of pilots in the North China Provisional Air Corps alone exceeded 400.

Today, ground fighting on three sides of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport was fierce. The First Army's ground forces, lacking air support, suffered heavy casualties.

Captain Ren decided to fully support the army's operations tomorrow.

A pilot who successfully landed a damaged Huaxia II asked Ren Shiqiong:

"Captain, we are short of planes, right? It is hard to resist the attack of the large-scale Japanese aircraft."

"We only have six Huaxia II fighters left that can still fight. It's a little too few, so we can't fight the Japanese army's large-scale fleet head-on. But we can launch a sneak attack, and they can't catch up with us at all."

Then, Captain Ren looked at the bomber pilot and said:

"The bombers will take off in two echelons and bomb the Japanese ground forces whenever they have the chance to support our army. If the Japanese fighter planes chase you, run away immediately. They can't catch up with you."

"Yes," the bomber pilot responded immediately.

Afterwards, Squadron Leader Ren assigned combat missions to the nine H-1 bomber pilots.