Devil's Army

When Captain Shen and his crew were running low on fuel and had to return, the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Corps had already suffered heavy damage.

In this Fengtian air battle, the Japanese army severely damaged the four anti-aircraft artillery companies of the First Army, but more than 120 of their planes were shot down or damaged.

Their air superiority in the Northeast is being lost bit by bit.

This time, the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Corps had a clear target for the air raid on the Fengtian Airport and used precise timing.

Apparently someone had leaked information about the progress of the airport's restoration to them, but it was quite difficult to find a few Japanese military agents among the tens of thousands of civilians who were helping with the construction.

So the commanders of the Eighth Brigade and the First Brigade politely declined the participation of the common people, saying that the airport was about to be completed and the rest of the work would be done by the troops.

Two days later, part of the runway repair was completed.

In order to avoid another air raid by the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Force, the remaining Hua Xia II fighters of the First Air Brigade stationed at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport were transferred to Fengtian Airport first.

Five days later, the repair work on the four airports in Fengtian was basically completed.

Gray Wolf left behind two Huaxia II fighter squadrons and one H-1 bomber squadron. All other fighters and bombers were transferred to Fengtian Airport.

At this point, the number of fighter planes stationed in the First Army's old base in Northeast China once again exceeded that of the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Corps.

Gray Wolf began to actively seek out the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Force for a decisive battle.

As long as the remaining main force of the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Corps' fighters were destroyed, the First Anti-Japanese Army Air Force would be able to control air supremacy in Northeast China and Central China.

Commander Michijiro Umezu has become much more cautious since the last attack on Fengtian, when more than 100 planes were shot down or damaged, and he no longer actively provokes the Devil Force's Air Force.

Gray Wolf had no way to find the Japanese Air Force for a decisive battle, so he could only seek help from the Eighth Route Army's intelligence network to find the hiding place of the Japanese fighter planes.

However, the Japanese airport was heavily guarded, and the Eighth Route Army's underground intelligence agents were unable to obtain much useful intelligence.

In order to attract Japanese fighter planes, Gray Wolf ordered Brigadier General Baron and Brigadier General Seven to launch a feint attack on Siping City.

The next day, Brigade Commander Baron led the 1st Regiment of the Independent Brigade to surround the south gate of Siping City.

In order to lure out the aircraft of the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Force, the Gray Wolf arranged two Huaxia II fighter squadrons and a bomber squadron to attack Siping City.

Gray Wolf's plan was to kill two birds with one stone. If he could lure out the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Force, he would concentrate the fighter jets of the First and Second Air Force Squadrons of the First Army to severely damage him.

If the Japanese Kwantung Army's air force does not appear, he will take the opportunity to recapture Siping City, a battleground for military strategists!

The Japanese artillery in Siping City continuously bombarded the attacking soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Independent Brigade of the Army.

Suddenly, the sound of planes was heard in the sky. The First Army Air Force continued to bombard and strafe the Japanese artillery inside the South Gate of Siping City.

After destroying the Japanese artillery in Siping City, the First Army's air force continued to bomb and strafe the Japanese defenders on the city wall.

According to Gray Wolf's order, Brigade Commander Baron did not intensify the attack on the south gate of Siping City, but he continued to attack.

The Japanese major in Siping City asked his superior for help: they were bombed and strafed by the devil's troops' pointed aircraft, and requested aircraft reinforcements.

At that time, Siping was located in the central part of the Northeast Plain and was a transportation hub connecting various parts of the Northeast.

The Pingqi Railway and Simei Railway intersect here, making it an important railway hub. The Japanese army can quickly transport troops and supplies by rail, while also effectively controlling the transportation lifelines of the surrounding areas and cutting off the connection and supply of anti-Japanese forces.

Moreover, Siping is located at the junction of Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia, and is the strategic throat of the Northeast. Controlling Siping can largely control the situation in the central part of the Northeast, form a strategic deterrent to the surrounding major cities such as Shenyang and Changchun, and thus affect the situation of the entire Northeast battlefield.

Moreover, the area around Siping is fertile, with abundant agricultural products and certain mineral resources. After occupying Siping, we can plunder local resources and provide material support for it.

So Siping City cannot be lost.

In order to quickly eliminate the two top fighters of the Devil Force over Siping City, Commander Michijiro Umezu mobilized all 124 Zero fighters of the Kwantung Army Air Corps that could be mobilized at that time to encircle and annihilate the top fighters of the Devil Force.

Soon, Japanese fighter planes and bombers hidden in Xinjing, Harbin, and Chengde City, Rehe Province, attacked Siping City in three directions.

The First Army planes that were bombing and strafing the Japanese defenders in Siping City saw the Japanese fighter planes surrounding them from three sides and quickly retreated towards Tieling County.

Japanese bombers once bombed Tieling County and were attacked by the anti-aircraft artillery units of the Devil Forces.

The Japanese captain thought that the fleeing devil force sharp-headed fighter planes wanted to lead them into the ambush circle of the devil force Tieling County anti-aircraft artillery unit. When he was about to order the plane to stop chasing, who knew that the devil force's sharp-headed planes bypassed Tieling County.