Devil's Army

Later, at the request of Deputy Division Commander Xu, Huihen went with him to visit the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport in the Tangshan base. What he was most concerned about was the air force of the First Anti-Japanese Army.

On the way to Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, he stopped the car and randomly visited a village where the residents lived a peaceful life and could not feel the impact of the war on them.

"It seems that the people in the base area can live and work in peace under your protection."

"As soldiers, we have to protect the safety of the residents."

Deputy Commander Xu nodded. They also wanted to establish a large base to ensure the safety of the residents, but their current military strength was far behind that of the Japanese army, so they could only move around under the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army.

"How many troops do you have in the Tangshan base now?"

"Does it include the Jidong Independent Brigade?"

"They are under your organization and must be counted."

"Including the Jidong Independent Brigade, our Tangshan base has more than 100,000 troops. In the first half of next year, it will reach 100,000."

"Without the bloody battles of the more than 40,000 soldiers of the First Army in North China last year, and your support for the Eighth Route Army in containing the Japanese army, there would be no Tangshan base today."

The bloody and brutal anti-encirclement and suppression battle that took place when he first arrived at the Tangshan base appeared in Gray Wolf's eyes, and his eyes couldn't help but become moist again.

"Yes, every victory is won by countless soldiers fighting bloody battles and making sacrifices. We will remember them, and history will remember them too!"

When we arrived at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, there were already 24 Huaxia II fighters and 12 H- bombers.

The combat mission in North China is heavier than that in the old base area, so Leng Feng gave priority to allocating the aircraft produced by the aircraft manufacturing plant to Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

After Deputy Commander Xu left, Huilang telegraphed what Deputy Commander Xu had said to Leng Feng.

Leng Feng agreed with his approach, and afterwards, the Anti-Japanese United Army and other troops of the Eighth Route Army would come to the old base from time to time to replenish food and supplies.

Tada Shun continued to implement his "cage policy" as usual, targeting the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas whose combat effectiveness was weaker and whose weapons were poorly equipped.

After solving this worry, we will turn around and reorganize the First Anti-Japanese Army.

At this time, the Japanese troops in Chengde harassed Tangshan and Qinhuangdao from time to time. Under Leng Feng's arrangement, the troops did not launch a large-scale attack on the Japanese troops, but only defended Tangshan and Qinhuangdao.

The Japanese army's harassment in Chengde was fruitless, so they had to give up.

In order to deal with the elusive opponent, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese Army's Army Department sent a famous mountain warfare expert to lead the Japanese Army's Second Independent Mixed Brigade to clear the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Beiyue Mountain area of ​​the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Area.

The scouts of the 129th Division discovered the unusual movements of the Japanese Army's nd Independent Mixed Brigade through the Golden Eagle and immediately telegraphed the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Route Army Military Region.

晋察冀军区聂司令员收到情报，马上命令第1军分区第1、3、25团，第3军分区第2团，游击第3支队等参与了此次战斗。

During the battle, each regiment made full use of its advantages such as familiarity with the terrain, occupied advantageous high ground, and blocked, surrounded and attacked the Japanese army layer by layer.

1939年11月3日，日军独立混成第2旅团独立步兵第1大队主力被八路军歼灭于雁宿崖。

On the 4th, Abe Nobuhide personally led the 2nd and 4th Infantry Battalions, riding on more than 90 trucks, and advanced rapidly towards Yansuya and Yinfang, attempting to engage in a decisive battle with the troops of the st Military Sub-district of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

Nie Rongzhen, commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, instructed Yang Chengwu to unify the command of about six regiments to meet the enemy.

Yang Chengwu decided to adopt the tactic of "luring the enemy into a trap, ambushing in dangerous places, and pinning down reinforcements", using a small number of troops to fight back step by step and implement luring attacks to mobilize the enemy.

On the 6th, the Japanese army, under the decoy of a small force of the Eighth Route Army, reached Huangtuling at dusk. Yang Chengwu commanded the ambush troops to launch an operation at night and complete the encirclement and ambush deployment.

At around 7:15 on the 1th, all Japanese troops entered the Huangtuling ambush position. The 25st and 3th Regiments blocked the attack head-on, and the 2rd and nd Regiments surrounded the Japanese troops from the west, south and north respectively. The Japanese troops were in chaos and hurriedly seized the high ground to counterattack. The two sides launched a fierce battle for the mountains. During the battle, the Eighth Route Army artillery battalion blew up the Japanese radio station.

At around 16:1, the commander of the st Regiment discovered that there were several Japanese commanders near a small temple on the east side of Huangtuling. He immediately ordered the mortar company to bombard the area. Abe Nobuhide was hit and died soon after.

The Japanese army fell into serious chaos when the radio station was bombed and the commander was killed.

On the evening of the 7th, more than half of the Japanese troops were wiped out, and the remaining hundreds of people were compressed in the ravine near Shangzhuangzi. They were repelled after more than 10 attempts to break out.

The Eighth Route Army adopted the method of "consolidating positions and harassing in small groups" to prevent the enemy from escaping. At the same time, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Laiyuan, Weixian and other places were sending reinforcements to Huangtuling in multiple directions.

Nie Rongzhen ordered the guerrillas in various counties and districts to carry out harassment activities to tie down the Japanese reinforcements.

On the 8th, the besieged Japanese troops broke through with all their might under the cover of 5 aircrafts. The Eighth Route Army fought fiercely with the enemy and annihilated a large number of Japanese and puppet troops. As the Japanese army airdropped supplies and mobilized heavy troops for reinforcement, the commanders of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 120th Division judged that it was disadvantageous to continue fighting and decided to withdraw from the battle.