Devil's Army

In order to save its vanguard troops, the 27th Division of the Japanese Army risked its life and launched a wave-like attack on the positions of the nd Regiment.

The 27nd Regiment of the rd Brigade fought desperately to annihilate the vanguard of the th Division of the Japanese Army. They would rather die than retreat, and stayed firmly on the battlefield like a nail.

More than half an hour later, the gunfire from the encirclement and annihilation of the vanguard of the Japanese 27th Division gradually became sparse.

The soldiers of the 27st Regiment of the rd Brigade began to clean up the battlefield, and the th Division of the Japanese Army temporarily stopped the attack.

The 27nd Regiment of the rd Brigade took advantage of the temporary cessation of the attack by the th Division of the Japanese Army to quickly repair the damaged fortifications. They knew that the Japanese Army would not give up and would launch a more fierce attack.

The vanguard of the Japanese 27th Division was completely wiped out by the devil troops, which dealt a heavy blow to their morale.

His troops were attacked by Xue Yue's Second Corps at the Wanjialing battlefield of the Wuhan Campaign, and they had just completed their reinforcement. Yesterday, they transferred some troops to Wangdu Station and Xinle Station to encircle and suppress part of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. The vanguard was just wiped out by the devil's troops, and they needed to rest.

However, the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop, and Commander-in-Chief Sugiyama Moto urgently ordered him to reinforce Tangshan, which was in imminent danger.

The commander of the division, Masaharu Homma, ordered the 3rd Battalion to continue the attack. The captain of the 3rd Battalion ordered the artillery to bombard the position of the commander of the 2nd Battalion. The infantry prepared to attack.

The artillery of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army began to bombard the positions of the 27nd Regiment fiercely. But before their artillery stopped bombing, a bomber of the st Army got rid of the pursuit of Japanese fighters, flew over the artillery battlefield of the th Division of the Japanese Army, and began to fly low, bombing and strafing.

The soldiers of the First Battalion of the Second Regiment hid in the fortifications. More than half of their battalion had suffered casualties, and the remaining soldiers were waiting for the Japanese attack with the belief that they would die.

The Second Regiment Commander has ordered the Second Battalion to prepare to move forward, because they have to defend this position for two days, and today is only the first day.

When the Third Brigade Commander saw that the Japanese artillery positions were being bombed by his own air force, he immediately ordered his artillery to extend their fire and bomb the Third Battalion of the Japanese 27th Division which was preparing to attack.

The 27th Division of the Japanese Army was in a very bad state and was completely defeated under the double bombing of the air force and artillery of the devil's forces.

The Third Brigade Commander discovered from the intelligence transmitted by the Golden Eagle that the remaining strength of the Japanese 27th Division was less than that of a regiment, and he immediately ordered a full-scale counterattack.

The attack and defense suddenly changed. Of the more than 8000 people left in the 1000rd Brigade, only more than 7000 people from the brigade's direct battalion were left to guard the command post. More than 27 people rushed towards the Japanese th Division opposite from the front and both wings of Gubeikou, shouting.

Division Commander Masaharu Honma was shocked. He had only heard about how powerful the Devil Army was and how well-equipped their weapons were. This was the first time their 27th Division had fought against the Devil Army.

He had fought with the Chinese army many times, and the Chinese army had always been on the passive defensive. He did not expect that this time the devil army would suddenly launch a full-scale attack.

As a last resort, he had to lead his troops and fight while retreating back to the Gubeikou position.

The troops of the Third Brigade also stopped in front of the Gubeikou position, calmly cleaned up the battlefield, and then withdrew to their own positions.

The battle of the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army in the direction of Jiangjunshan and the battle in the direction of Gubeikou started almost at the same time.

Brigade Commander Wang had fought with the Japanese many times and knew the Japanese army's combat rules, which were that artillery, tanks and planes would go first, and then the infantry would charge. So at the beginning of the war, he only left a small number of observation posts in the trenches.

The artillery of the Japanese 110th Division, led by Division Commander Sangmu Chongming, launched a fierce bombardment on the positions of the Sichuan Army's 364th Brigade.

Many fortifications built overnight by the 364st Battalion of the th Brigade of the Sichuan Army were blown down.

As soon as the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped, the battalion commander immediately ordered the first company to enter the position. Their first battalion was ready to sacrifice the entire battalion today, because they received the order to defend the front position of Jiangjun Mountain for two days.

Sure enough, as soon as the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped, an infantry squadron, under the cover of five tanks, rushed towards the position of the first battalion with great momentum.

Facing the aggressive Japanese tanks, the battalion commander was not worried. Their 364th Brigade had already upgraded their weapons, and all the soldiers were using Japanese-style Type 40 rifles. The advanced Type rocket launchers of the First Army were also equipped to their company-level units. The number of machine guns was also allocated to their company headquarters according to the First Army's equipment. Although they could not fire freely, they did not have to count the bullets.

The Japanese tanks rumbled forward, firing artillery shells at the fortifications of the first company. However, the fortifications of the first company did not fight back. This gave the Japanese an illusion that the devil troops in the position had retreated.

The vanguard of the Japanese 110th Division, under the cover of tanks, was less than 200 meters away from the first company's fortifications. The rear guard began to advance, ready to rush forward to reinforce at any time.

When the vanguard of the Japanese 110th Division rushed to within a hundred meters of the fortifications, the artillery of the 364th Brigade opened fire fiercely at the Japanese rear guard.

The sound of the guns was the order to attack. Two heavy machine guns and a light machine gun set up on both sides of the fortifications crossed and fired at the Japanese troops charging in front.

The 40 rocket soldiers in the fortifications opened fire at the same time. One by one, the 40 rockets with flames on their halberds emitted a death roar and pounced on the Japanese tanks that were rumbling forward.