Devil's Army

This small group of Japanese and puppet troops left Huangdianzhuang Town about five kilometers away. The grass on both sides of the path was suddenly lifted up. The soldiers of the Second Battalion, who were wearing grass on their heads, suddenly squatted down and fired fiercely at the Japanese and puppet troops who were fleeing at full speed on the path.

In less than ten minutes, the Japanese and puppet troops, numbering less than a hundred, were completely wiped out by the soldiers of the Second Battalion.

When the second regiment commander arrived with his soldiers, the soldiers of the second battalion were already cleaning the battlefield.

"Commander, it turns out the brigade commander has set an ambush here." The battalion commander originally thought that the Japanese had escaped.

"We are going to recapture Changli County next. Wouldn't it cause trouble for us if they escape to Changli County?"

After the Second Regiment Commander recaptured Huangdianzhuang Town, he left the First Company of the First Battalion to garrison there, while the main force continued to advance towards Changli County with the Seventh Brigade Commander.

At about 1:00 p.m., when the large force arrived at Yingxun Gate (South Gate) of Changli County, the Japanese army had already closed the city gate and was ready to attack the Seventh Brigade.

At this time, the old base was separated from the Tangshan base only by Changli County and Funing County, and Luan County had been recaptured by the Sixth Brigade.

In order to prevent the Japanese puppet troops in Changli County from fleeing to the northwest, the commander of the Seventh Brigade sent a telegram requesting the Sixth Brigade to send troops to occupy Wushan on the west bank of the Luan River to block the Japanese puppet troops' escape route to the northwest.

Brigade Commander Liu Yaohua received a telegram from the commander of the Seventh Brigade, Honglang, and immediately ordered the commander of the Second Regiment to arrange a battalion to go to Wushan.

After receiving the telegram from the Sixth Brigade Commander, the Seventh Brigade Commander immediately arranged for the Golden Eagle to scout the Japanese army's deployment in Changli County.

After half a day of reconnaissance by the Golden Eagle, it was found that there were about two squadrons of Japanese troops stationed in Changli County, as well as a military police force and a pseudo security team of more than 300 people. It can be seen that the Japanese army attached great importance to Changli County.

It was enough to deal with the second regiment of the Japanese puppet army in Changli County. The commander of the Seventh Brigade decided to launch an attack on Changli County and Funing County at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.

Upon receiving the order, the commander of the Third Regiment marched towards Funing County that day and arrived at the outskirts of Funing County before dinner in the evening.

At 8 o'clock the next morning, the three battalions of the Second Regiment attacked Xichun Gate (East Gate), Yingxun Gate (South Gate) and Gongchen Gate (North Gate) of Changli County at the same time, leaving only Baocheng Gate (West Gate) as a passage.

This gave the Japanese squadron leader stationed in Changli County a headache. The combat effectiveness of the puppet security team was worrying and they could not stand on their own.

After much deliberation, the squadron leader divided the remaining squadron into four teams, one team continued to stay at the command center, and the other three teams each took more than 100 puppet soldiers and rushed to the three city gates.

More than 2000 people from the Second Regiment attacked Changli County, which was defended by more than 600 Japanese and puppet troops. It was only a matter of time before they conquered it.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Changli County relied on the city walls to stubbornly resist the attack of the three battalions of the second regiment, but they suffered terribly from the mortar bombardment of the three battalions of the second regiment.

To the relief of the Japanese army, their air force arranged two fighters and two bombers to arrive at Xichun Gate, where the attack was most intense, and strafed and bombed the attacking First Battalion of the Second Regiment.

Japanese planes then bombed the soldiers of the second and third battalions who were attacking Yingxun Gate and Gongchen Gate.

The Japanese planes caused considerable confusion to the three battalions of the Second Regiment. The commander of the Seventh Brigade subsequently sent a telegram to Wu Lang, requesting him to send aircraft for support.

Wu Lang immediately called Xiaoguanzhuang Airport to arrange aircraft to support the battle in Changli County.

At this time, there were already eight Hua Xia II fighters at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, and the number of H-1 bombers had been restored to a bombing squadron of twelve.

Yin Fuqiang is no longer in good health and has resumed his post as the flight squadron leader. His colleague Xu Zhiguo has been transferred back to the tribe to lead the students.

Although Xu Zhiguo later went to Lanqiao Aviation School to recruit three colleagues to teach in the tribe, the tribe's teaching and training mission is still very important. Especially now that the war with the Japanese army has started, we can see that there is still a big gap between us and the Japanese air force.

After receiving the order from Commander-in-Chief He, Captain Yin immediately arranged for two Hua Xia II fighters to escort the two H-1 bombers to fly to Changli County.

When the First Army's planes arrived over Changli County, they found that the Japanese planes had already fled.

The fighter jets of the First Army failed to find the target and could only patrol the nearby airspace. Two H-1 bombers of the First Army began to carry out fierce bombing on the Guijie on the wall of Changli County.

The Japanese and puppet troops at Xichun Gate and Yingxun Gate in Changli County suffered a three-dimensional attack from the First Army's aircraft and artillery, and finally could not resist and retreated into the streets.

There were still civilians living in the county town of Changli County, and the planes of the First Army could not drop bombs as recklessly as the Japanese army did. The next battle could only be completed by the First and Second Battalions of Infantry rushing into Changli County.

The soldiers of the first battalion who rushed into Xichun Gate marched steadily, and the 40th rocket soldiers bombarded the Japanese machine gun fire points. The infantry machine gunners fired at the Japanese fire points to cover the infantry's advance into the depths.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion also put the Japanese army under great pressure, forcing them to retreat step by step deep into Changli County.

More than half an hour later, Gongchen Gate was also lost.

The Japanese squadron leader had to withdraw his troops and retreat to the Baocheng Gate where no fighting had taken place yet.

The Second Regiment Commander left the First Battalion to search for the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in Changli County. He personally led the Second and Third Battalions out of the Baocheng Gate to continue pursuing the fleeing Japanese and puppet troops.

The squadron leader led the Japanese and puppet troops out of the city to retreat at full speed to Lulong County in the northwest. He didn't know that he had just escaped from the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den.