Devil's Army

The Yunnan Army soldiers did not want to avoid the Japanese air raid, but they had no way to avoid it. The Japanese troops under the city wall continued to attack them.

They have been numbed by the bombing of Japanese planes. Those who were killed by the bombing are facing upwards, and those who were not killed are still the guardians of the people of southern Yunnan. They are determined not to let the devils set foot on the land of southern Yunnan.

As soon as the Japanese bombers saw the First Army's pointed fighters, they immediately turned around and flew away.

The Japanese Zero fighter squadron immediately rushed towards the First Army's Hua Xia 3 fighter squadron.

They had to cover the retreat of the bomber groups.

In the First Army's Hua Xia Three Fighter Squadron, except for Captain Zhu who was an old pilot from the tribe, the rest were new pilots from the Kunming Aviation School and almost none of them had participated in air combat.

The Japanese squadron leader and two wingmen rushed towards Captain He and his men. The two 7.7mm machine guns on the nose and the two 20mm machine guns on the wings kept firing at Captain He's plane.

While Captain He was trying to get rid of the attacks of the Japanese main engine, the three 20mm machine guns on the plane kept firing fiercely at the Japanese main engine.

At this time, the Japanese wingman on the right suddenly turned left, trying to avoid the attack of Chen Guohao (the wingman on the left of Captain He) and attack Captain He together.

The Japanese main engine suddenly descended in almost free fall, avoiding the attack of Captain He.

When Captain He was about to lower the joystick to chase after them, the Japanese wingman on the right had already swooped down.

Captain He immediately turned left and attacked the Japanese wingman from both sides with Chen Guohao's plane.

The Japanese wingman was attacked from both sides by Captain He and Chen Guohao. The plane was hit by several shells in succession. Black smoke was coming out of the tail. It swayed for a while and then plunged to the ground.

Captain He looked around and saw that several of his students were engaging with Japanese fighter planes and engaging in aerial combat.

The Japanese lead plane was fleeing eastward with another plane.

Captain He stepped on the accelerator and chased after it. When he was about to catch up with the Japanese main engine, the Japanese main engine suddenly rolled over and slowed down.

Captain He's plane "swooshed" in front of the Japanese main engine.

The Japanese main engine did not take the opportunity to attack Captain He's plane, but turned quickly to the right at a small angle and fled to the south.

At this time, the First Army's bombers no longer had an aerial threat and began to bombard the attacking Japanese infantry.

In order to protect the bomber, Captain He and his men turned back and fired fiercely at the Japanese infantry.

The soldiers of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army were not yet accustomed to air defense. Their formation was in chaos and they fled in all directions during the bombing and strafing by the First Army's bombers and fighters.

The Japanese infantry were blown back and retreated to the woods on both sides.

The Japanese artillery did not dare to fire.

The First Army's air force lost its targets for bombing and strafing, but they did not return. Instead, they patrolled over Nanxi and announced to the Japanese army: The sky over Nanxi is the sky of China.

After the Japanese infantry were blown back by the planes, the Yunnan Army on the Nanxi city wall realized that the planes coming this time were different from the ones that bombed them before.

At noon, the First Army's planes returned one after another.

The Japanese army quickly assembled and the artillery continued to bombard the Nanxi city wall.

The Yunnan Army soldiers who had just stood out of the trench to catch their breath quickly jumped down again.

The Japanese artillery continued to bombard the top of the Nanxi city wall for more than half an hour before the infantry began the attack.

The commander of the third company of the second battalion of the Yunnan Army on the top of the city shook the dirt off his head and shouted:

"The Japanese army has started to attack again. Is there anyone still breathing? Those who are breathing, get out and prepare to fight."

Under the broken bricks and stones, heads covered in mud popped out one after another, staring intently at the attacking Japanese infantry in front of them.

The Japanese army was bombed by the First Army's planes, and suffered heavy casualties. The commander of the regiment was quite annoyed.

The troops were immediately divided into three groups and launched fierce attacks on the front and both wings of Nanxi Town.

The mortar troops also moved forward and cooperated with the grenade launchers to fiercely bombard the Yunnan Army soldiers in Nanxi Town.

In order to preserve strength, the commander of the 182st Regiment of the nd Division of the Yunnan Army obtained the consent of Division Commander An and led the remaining soldiers to retreat to the next line of defense.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the 182th Regiment of the 1077nd Division of the Yunnan Army completely withdrew from Nanxi Town.

Half an hour later, the 18th Brigade of the 55th Division of the Japanese Army occupied Nanxi Town and continued to march towards Kunming without rest.

Because the division commander received an order from the headquarters: the Special High Section has successfully intercepted the two convoys of minerals from the Nanjing government. The Nanjing government army and the Yunnan Army are searching for the whereabouts of these minerals, so they should occupy Kunming as soon as possible to support the Special High Section.