Devil's Army

After raiding the Second Battalion Headquarters, the 109th Cavalry Battalion of the Japanese Army continued to march northward and reached the defense line outside the south gate of Ji County in less than two hours.

Wu Lang couldn't believe the report from the scouts. The defenders in the three directions of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport had resisted the Japanese attack for three days. The three brigades in the Baodi direction couldn't resist the Japanese for two hours?

He stood on the south gate wall of Ji County and looked out of the city, and saw the Japanese cavalry repeatedly charging the outer positions of Ji County. The ground of the outer positions had been stained red with the blood of the soldiers of the First Army.

Only then did he realize that it was not that the soldiers of the Third Brigade were too weak, but that the Japanese army had sent out cavalry. Infantry was like a group of lambs to cavalry.

Soon, the 109th Cavalry Battalion of the Japanese Army broke through the outer positions of Jixian County and rushed towards Jixian County.

The commander of the 12rd Regiment of the th Brigade stationed in Jixian County immediately ordered the artillery to open fire. The machine gunners on the city wall also kept firing at the Japanese cavalry rushing over.

Mortar shells exploded in the Japanese cavalry, knocking over the Japanese cavalrymen and their horses. However, many Japanese cavalrymen still rushed to the gate of Jixian City and began to throw grenades at the gate.

The city gate of Ji County kept shaking due to the explosion of Japanese grenades, and was in danger of collapsing at any time.

Wu Lang immediately ordered his soldiers to block the city gate with sandbags. If the Japanese cavalry rushed into the city, it would be an unequal massacre.

Gray Wolf asked the messenger to order the aviation soldiers to transfer all the Golden Eagle No. 4s in Ji County to shoot the Japanese cavalry.

The messenger immediately went to convey the order.

At this time, the follow-up troops of the 109th Cavalry Battalion of the Japanese Army arrived at the outskirts of Jixian County one after another, and the pressure on the rd Regiment of the th Brigade was increasing.

The rear squadron of the Japanese 109th Cavalry Battalion arrived at the Bailonggang Bridge, where the battle was already over.

In order to show off their military strength, the cavalry squadron at the rear rode their horses in unison across the frozen river.

The vibrations of the cavalry's orderly steps were very close to the natural frequency of the river ice, causing it to resonate. Cracks began to appear on the ice surface.

Suddenly, a series of "boom..." noises were heard, and the river ice broke. One by one, the Japanese cavalrymen fell into the icy river with their horses.

The Japanese cavalry on the south bank of the river reined in their horses urgently. They watched the cavalrymen continue to fall into the river and then sink under the ice, and they were helpless.

Several First Army soldiers hiding in the woods by the river saw this scene and opened their mouths in surprise.

The weather has been very cold these days, and the ice must be thick enough for people to pass through. Their trucks passed through the ice a few days ago. How come the ice breaks when the Japanese cavalry passes through?

In the end, they attributed all this to the fact that the devils had committed too many sins, and the river god became angry and opened his mouth to swallow them all.

At this time, the south gate of Jixian County finally collapsed outward under the continuous bombardment of Japanese cavalry.

The captain of the Japanese cavalry squadron was about to order his soldiers to charge into the city but was dumbfounded.

The south gate of Ji County had been blocked by soldiers from the First Army using earth bags, stones, wood and other miscellaneous items.

The soldiers on the city wall kept throwing grenades down the wall, making it impossible for them to stay under the wall.

At this time, the Army Aviation soldiers rushed over with the only four remaining Golden Eagle IV drones in Jixian County.

As soon as they arrived at the south gate wall of Jixian County, they immediately controlled the Golden Eagle No. 4 in the air and fired desperately at the Japanese cavalry under the wall.

Four Type 92 heavy machine guns fired at the Japanese cavalry in the air without any blind spots.

Outside the south city of Jixian County, there were bursts of horse neighing and the sound of Japanese cavalry being shot and falling to the ground.

Seeing this, the following Japanese cavalry reined in their horses and turned around to flee.

The four Golden Eagle No. 4 drones had used up all the bullets from the Type 92 heavy machine guns on their bellies and flew back to the south gate of Ji County.

The Army Aviation soldiers who were waiting nearby immediately restocked their ammunition and then took off to chase the Japanese cavalry.

The 109th Cavalry Battalion of the Japanese Army was all driven to the south bank of the Bailonggang Bridge, and the Army Aviation Soldiers were flying golden eagles on the north bank.

The commander of the Third Regiment of the Twelfth Brigade arranged for people to clear the south gate of Ji County and arranged for soldiers from the First Battalion to clean up the battlefield.

What made the third regiment commander happy was that in this battle, more than 40 Japanese horses were captured from the Japanese army.

There were still many dead or injured horses on the ground, so they had meat to eat during this period.

Afterwards, Wulang and Huilang, accompanied by the commander of the third regiment, led the second and third battalions to the north bank of Bailonggang Bridge.

What made them sad was that along the way, they saw many First Army soldiers being knocked down by Japanese sabers.

The commander of the Third Regiment ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield while collecting the bodies of the soldiers of the First Army.

Wu Lang and his men arrived at the Second Battalion Headquarters north of the Bailonggang Bridge. The Second Battalion Commander, the instructor and several soldiers were lying in the command room. The Second Deputy Battalion Commander and a squad of soldiers were all hacked to death outside the command room by the Japanese cavalry.

In this battle, one and a half battalions of the Third Regiment of the Third Brigade stationed at Bailonggang Bridge were almost wiped out. Except for a platoon leader of the Second Battalion of the Third Regiment of the Third Brigade who hid in the woods and escaped, all other grassroots officers were killed.

In this battle, the Third Brigade and the Third Regiment suffered more than a thousand casualties, which was the heaviest single-day casualties of the First Army since the Japanese army launched the encirclement and suppression of the First Army base in Tangshan.

Wu Lang and his men inspected the positions on the north bank of the Bailonggang Bridge that were being rebuilt and consolidated, left the Second Battalion of the 12th Brigade and the aviation soldiers to garrison there, and then returned to Jixian County.