Devil's Army

In the panic, the Japanese scouts still discovered that the large force of the Second Regiment was encircling them.

Although the 36th Division of the Japanese Army was a Type B Division, the Japanese battalion commander still equated the First Anti-Japanese Army with the Nanjing Government Army, believing that one of their battalions could withstand the attack of a division of the First Anti-Japanese Army.

When the scouts reported that there was a regiment of troops attacking them outside, he immediately calmly arranged his troops to block the attack of the second regiment.

However, the captain soon paid the price for his ignorance.

After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the captain soon discovered that the opponents they were fighting against had high military qualities, strong fighting will, and excellent weapons.

He immediately ordered his troops to retreat towards Cangzhou, but the best time to retreat had passed as soldiers from the Second Regiment had surrounded them from all sides.

After the guards' desperate attack, the captain finally broke the encirclement of the Second Regiment, which had not yet been completely closed, and fled back to Cangzhou with more than 400 soldiers.

The second regiment commander did not pursue the enemy, but ordered his troops to continue building fortifications to prepare to block the next attack by the Japanese army in Cangzhou.

Then one battalion was left to guard the small hill position, and the other troops withdrew to Huanghua City.

Meanwhile, the commander of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army in Cangzhou, Wu Dennan, has been receiving bad news in the past two days. Just now, news came that Huanghua City had fallen and the reinforcements had fled to Xiaotupo. Then there was news that Cang County and Qing County had fallen.

It turned out that when the Fifth Brigade attacked Huanghua City, Commander Gao of the Jidong Independent Brigade also divided his troops into three routes. The first regiment blocked the Japanese troops in Cangzhou, while the second and third regiments attacked Cangxian and Qingxian respectively.

This battle was won by Brigade Commander Gao and was the first anti-Japanese battle since the establishment of the Yidong Independent Brigade.

When the Second Regiment arrived near Cang County, the commander of the Second Regiment arranged five soldiers with better marksmanship to ambush opposite the gate of Cang County to support five soldiers who were disguised as ordinary people and were preparing to enter the city.

Five soldiers were dispersing among the common people and preparing to enter the city.

As the soldiers approached the city gate, two puppet soldiers were preparing to search them.

Two gunshots were heard, and two puppet soldiers who were about to search fell to the ground.

Then three more gunshots rang out, and three Japanese soldiers at the city gate fell to the ground.

The common people who were preparing to enter the city rushed towards Cangzhou City with their heads held high.

Five soldiers mixed in with the civilians also took the opportunity to squeeze into the city.

Some Japanese soldiers on the city wall shot towards the place where the gunshots came from, while some Japanese soldiers were so unscrupulous that they shot at the civilians under the city wall.

The mortar soldiers of the second regiment began to fire to suppress the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall. The large force began to rush towards the gate of Cangzhou.

Several Japanese soldiers ran to the city gate and tried to close it.

Five soldiers who had mixed in with the civilians in advance hid in the dark and suddenly attacked, knocking down these Japanese soldiers at the city gate.

The remaining two squads of Japanese troops from the Japanese command headquarters in Cangzhou County hurried to the city wall to provide support.

The second regiment commander only left the regiment's direct company to protect the regiment headquarters, and the other three battalions attacked Cangzhou County from three directions.

The Japanese and puppet troops on the Cangzhou city wall, who numbered less than 100, were unable to suppress the Second Regiment's all-out attack. The few machine gun fire points were constantly suppressed by the Second Regiment's machine gunners.

The first company of the second battalion of the second regiment was the first to rush into the city gate which had not yet been closed.

At this time, the five soldiers who had sneaked into the city were using the obstacles at the city gate to block the attack of the Japanese reinforcements.

The company commander immediately sent a row of soldiers to reinforce the five soldiers, while the other soldiers continued to attack the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall.

As the soldiers of the Second Regiment rushed into the city one after another, the gunfire from the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall became less and less frequent. The reinforcements of the Japanese army began to retreat deep into the city.

The second regiment commander led a large force to start clearing out the Japanese and puppet troops in Cangzhou City.

Shortly after the second regiment commander ended the battle, the third regiment commander also sent a telegram to Brigade Commander Gao, saying that their third regiment had defeated more than one hundred Japanese and puppet troops in Qing County and successfully recaptured Qing County.

The first battle against the Japanese army since its establishment by the Jidong Independent Brigade successfully recaptured Cang County and Qing County.

Gray Wolf did not let Brigade Commander Gao continue to recapture other counties. Their Jidong Independent Brigade had nearly 100 people and attacked Cangxian and Qingxian, which were defended by only more than 36 Japanese and puppet troops. There was no suspense about recapture. The next test for them was how to deal with the counterattack of the th Division of the Japanese Army.

Gray Wolf knew that the 36th Brigade of the Japanese Army was a Type B Corps with special packhorses and manpower. At present, part of the main force was stationed in Cangzhou, a small number of troops were stationed in the surrounding counties, and two main forces went to Taihang Mountain to encircle and suppress the Taihang Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.

He was not sure whether the commander of the division, Wu Dannan, would call back the main force of the 36th Division that was encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army's Taihang Military Region to attack the 36th Brigade and the Jidong Independent Brigade. Therefore, on the one hand, he asked the th Brigade and the Jidong Independent Brigade to defend the newly recovered county town. On the other hand, he sent the Golden Eagle to investigate the movements of the Japanese th Division.

He also arranged for Li Guozhu's 36th Brigade to hand over the defense line to the th Brigade. The entire th Brigade moved forward to Sanhe County and was ready to reinforce the th Brigade and the Jidong Independent Brigade at any time. Prepare to resist the counterattack of the Japanese th Division with the strength of three brigades.