Devil's Army

The large Japanese army in Xinyin Town heard the gunshots and rushed over to reinforce, attacking the blocking troops of the Third Regiment with all their might.

In order to reduce casualties, the third regiment commander ordered a retreat.

The surrounded Japanese infantry company finally escaped the fate of being annihilated.

The Third Regiment Commander led the remaining less than 1000 soldiers and retreated to the rear of the position of the battalion of the th Brigade, preparing to assist with the battalion in defending the last barrier to the east of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

After the artillery shells were delivered, the Japanese army attacking Linnancang Town also carried out a fierce bombardment on the few remaining houses and fortifications at the north gate of Linnancang Town.

Seeing the fierce artillery fire from the Japanese army, the commander of the Second Regiment of the Second Brigade knew that their ammunition had arrived. In order to avoid greater casualties, he decisively ordered to abandon Linnancang Town and retreat to the fortifications south of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

The Japanese army discovered that the soldiers of the Devil Unit were retreating, so they immediately stopped the shelling and followed suit, occupying the entire Linnancang town.

After occupying Linnancang Town, the Japanese army did not rest, but continued to follow the soldiers of the Second Regiment, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

The second captain decided to teach this annoying tail dog a lesson.

At that time, there were still more than 1400 soldiers in the Second Regiment. He asked the commanders of the Third and Second Battalions to lead the soldiers of their battalions and the regiment's special service battalion to ambush on both sides of the path. The commander of the First Battalion led the remaining 200-plus soldiers holding branches in front to create a momentum of retreat.

The following Japanese troops entered the encirclement and were immediately hit head-on by the Second Regiment. They abandoned their weapons and fled back to Linnancang Town.

The second regiment commander and his soldiers successfully retreated to the position behind the south of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

The Japanese 11th Regiment launched the most fierce attack on the north of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, because if they broke through this line of defense, they could occupy Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

The 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade stationed on this line of defense had no room to retreat. If they retreated further, the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport would be occupied by the Japanese army.

In order to increase the speed of the advance, the Japanese army dispatched four tanks to attack the position of the first regiment in two batches.

At that time, the 150 Japanese tanks seized by the Fourth Squadron of the Special Operations Team in Luan County were deployed in the east, south and north positions of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport. Six mm howitzers served as the powerful weapons on the three sides of the defense of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, defending the last line of defense of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

When the four Japanese tanks were charging towards the regiment commander with their infantry, the 150mm howitzer behind the regiment suddenly opened fire.

The four Japanese tanks in dense formation were immediately destroyed by the First Army's two 150mm howitzers.

The Japanese infantry suffered heavy casualties when they were bombarded by the First Army's 150mm howitzers and small mountain guns.

The Japanese army commander Nagano Yuichiro asked the deputy commander beside him in confusion:

"The Devil's troops have deployed 150mm howitzers here?"

"The Devil's troops have always had 150mm howitzers. They are firing now probably because they are afraid of being discovered and blown up by our air force." The deputy captain replied.

"Call for aviation support."

Soon, two Japanese bombers nearby launched a barrage of bombs at the position of the regiment commander, but the 150mm howitzers of the First Army had been moved to an unknown place.

During this period, the First Army's air force had been looking for opportunities to shoot down Japanese fighter planes. And there were achievements every day. However, Commander Tokugawa of the Japanese temporary air corps fought with the First Army's air force and continuously replenished fighter planes to the Xiaoguanzhuang battlefield. Captain Xu's idea of ​​regaining air superiority has never been realized.

However, their bombers were not as rampant as they were at the beginning, and they had to be escorted by a fighter squadron every time they went out to carry out a bombing mission. This also greatly reduced the Japanese air force's ability to support the army.

After the Japanese army bombed the 89st regiment's position, Regiment Commander Yuichiro Nagano immediately ordered the infantry to follow two Type medium tanks and rush towards the st regiment's position.

What the Japanese tanks were most worried about was the shoulder-fired artillery of the Devil Forces, so they arranged soldiers to provide cover in the front.

As long as they don't have the Devil Force's shoulder-fired artillery, they can quickly occupy the Devil Force's position with the penetration capability of their tanks.

Just when Captain Nagano Yu thought that they could occupy the last fortification north of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport today, the sound of "boom..." of motors was heard from the Devil Forces' position.

Four Japanese Type 89 medium tanks rushed towards the regiment's position.

The four Type 89 medium tanks of the First Army were divided into groups of two, each of which was engaged in a Type 89 medium tank of the Japanese Army.

The Japanese tank drivers were also stunned for a moment, not knowing why their tanks would rush past the Devil Army's position.

The tanks of the First Army charged forward while bombarding the Japanese tanks one after another. The Japanese tanks retreated while firing back. However, two fists could not defeat four hands, and they were eventually destroyed by the four tanks of the First Army on the way of retreat.

Then the soldiers of the first regiment followed closely behind the four tanks of the first army and fired fiercely at the Japanese infantry until all the Japanese troops were driven back to the second fortification.

On this day, after the regiment commander Nagano Yu retreated to the second line of fortifications, he did not launch another attack on the first regiment's position. After fighting for so many days, he really did not have the ability to organize a large-scale attack.