Devil's Army

At about six o'clock the next morning, Wang Zhuangfei rushed to the Qinhuangdao regiment's medical room, but Huang Lei still hadn't woken up.

Wang Zhuangfei looked at Huang Lei for a while and returned to the command center dejectedly.

After a while, eight aviation soldiers reported to the headquarters.

"Go to the Second Regiment Headquarters. There are more than 100 Japanese soldiers hiding near Sandaguan. The four of you will each be responsible for searching for the whereabouts of the fleeing Japanese soldiers in a certain direction. If there is any situation, immediately notify the nearby troops to encircle and annihilate them."

"Yes."

"Wait a minute, you guys come with me, I also want to go to the Second Regiment Headquarters."

Today, the commander of the 15th Brigade arranged for a regiment to report to the headquarters of the nd Regiment. The Japanese robbed a village of food yesterday and are likely to continue committing crimes today. Wang Zhuang flew to the headquarters of the nd Regiment to wait for news.

At this time, the Second Company of the Fourth Brigade's direct battalion called to report that they had found the Japanese troops that had escaped near Liangjiagou. After a battle, 16 Japanese soldiers who were blocking them were killed. The Japanese army retreated into the mountains and forests, and no trace was found.

"The Japanese army has shown up again. Why haven't the 15th Brigade arrived yet?"

"Their Jianchang County is more than 300 miles away from us. They set out last night and should be almost there," Political Commissar Du replied.

It was a little after ten o'clock in the morning when the Third Regiment of the Fifteenth Brigade finally arrived at the headquarters of the Second Regiment of the Fourth Brigade.

"Commander Wang, the 15rd Regiment of the th Brigade has been ordered to report here. Please give us your instructions."

"An hour ago, soldiers from the Second Company of the Fourth Brigade's direct battalion found the Japanese troops that had escaped in Liangjiagou." Brigade Commander Wang pointed to the military map and said to the three battalion commanders and the company commander of the Third Regiment of the 15th Brigade:

"Your mission is to each bring two soldiers and a Golden Eagle drone to search an area in one direction. If you find the Japanese troops that have escaped, surround them and then eliminate them."

"Yes!"

"Anything you need to add?"

"no!"

"Okay, let's go now!"

"Yes!"

Just as the soldiers from the 15rd Regiment of the th Brigade and the Army Aviation Corps had left, news came from the st Regiment of the th Brigade.

"Commander, the Japanese 15th Independent Mixed Division at Sandaoguan has broken through to our side." A regiment commander shouted into the phone. There were also fierce gunshots and grenade explosions coming from the phone.

"How many Japanese soldiers are there? Can they stop them?"

"The Japanese army is the size of two squadrons. We can stop them."

"We must stop the Japanese attack and not let them escape."

The whereabouts of the Japanese troops who escaped from the Third Regiment are still unknown, and the Fourth Brigade Commander does not want these Japanese troops to escape from the First Regiment again.

"Zhuang Fei, it seems that the Japanese troops of the 15th Independent Mixed Brigade in Sandaoguan have become desperate. They were blocked from breaking out from the Third Brigade yesterday, and today they are trying to break out from the First Brigade."

"I'm worried that their main force will be blocked from breaking out, so they will split up into small groups and sneak out through the side roads. The three passes are so large, we can't defend against them!"

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, news came from the second team of the search team that they had found traces of escaped Japanese troops to the east of Sandaoguan Village.

"What troops are stationed near Sandaguan Village?" the Fourth Brigade Commander asked the Second Regiment Commander.

"A company from the third battalion of the third regiment is stationed there."

"Notify the commander of the third battalion to dispatch this company to search from east to west, and the second battalion of the search team to encircle from west to east."

After a while, the second search team reported that they had killed more than 30 Japanese soldiers, and the rest fled into the mountains.

"Can't the golden eagle detect their tracks?"

"They hid in the mountains and forests. The trees were too dense, and the golden eagle had no way of detecting their tracks from the air."

At this time, the Japanese captain who had hidden in the forest was also puzzled. How come they were discovered by the devil troops as soon as they got on the trail? Are all the devil troops born in the year of the dog?

He ordered the soldiers not to leave the forest. But there was a lack of food and drink in the forest. They could only pick some wild fruits to satisfy their hunger and thirst, and wait until night to find a solution.

The Japanese Army's 15th Independent Mixed Brigade attacked for an hour but failed to break through the position of the 200st Regiment of the th Brigade. More than soldiers were also inserted into the position.

The commander of the first battalion of the 15th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army sent a telegram to the commander of the 15th Brigade, Commander Shinichirō Nagumo, asking for the next direction of action.

At this time, the commander of the brigade, Nanyun, had already fled to Chengde. He heard that the captain of the first brigade was blocked from breaking out from both sides of Sandaoguan, so he instructed the captain of the first brigade:

"Blow up the artillery and shells and find a path through the mountains to retreat to Chengde. Tell the captain of the first battalion that the captain of the 9th Independent Mixed Division, Yiyun, has nearly a hundred men and is also near Sandaoguan. Contact them and retreat to Chengde together."

The captain of the first battalion then contacted the captain of Yiyun and agreed to retreat together from the mountain towards Chengde.

After a while, the Fourth Brigade Commander heard loud explosions coming from the three gates.

The sentry ran over to report that the explosion came from the Japanese artillery position at Sandaguan.

"Why would the Japanese artillery position explode for no reason?" Wang Zhuangfei felt strange.

Suddenly, Wang Zhuangfei slammed the table and shouted:

"Oh no! This group of Japanese soldiers are trying to escape. Second Regiment Commander, arrange for someone to search the mountain."

The second regiment commander left the first battalion to guard the position, while the second and third battalions all went up the mountain to search.