Devil's Army

After the Japanese agents escaped from behind the mountain, they knew that going southeast to Vietnam was definitely the direction that the Chinese army would strictly monitor and guard against, so they went the other way and retreated to Xiangyun County, hiding in Yunling.

The soldiers of the Fifth Army then searched Tianshengqiao Mountain thoroughly, but did not find any trace of these Japanese agents.

As another part of the main force of the 54th Division of the 198th Army rushed back to Xichou County, the Nanjing government forces launched a counterattack against the Japanese troops that invaded Yunnan.

Leng Feng arranged a mixed formation of fighters and bombers to support the counterattack of the 198th Division in Xichou County.

As soon as the artillery of the Japanese Guards Mixed Brigade began to bombard the soldiers of the 198th Division, they were immediately attacked by the bombers of the First Army.

During the counterattack of the 198th Division soldiers, the Japanese Vietnamese Air Force did not come to reinforce.

The soldiers of the 198th Division defeated the Japanese troops on the outskirts of Xichou County and continued to attack the Japanese troops in Malipo County.

The Japanese troops that attacked Xichou County also retreated into Malipo County at this time, relying on the city walls to put up a stubborn resistance.

The artillery of the 198th Division that arrived later launched a fierce bombardment on the city wall of Malipo County.

The bombers of the First Army also participated in the bombing of Japanese troops in Malipo County.

After a tenacious fight, the soldiers of the 198th Division of the Nanjing government army finally captured Malipo County.

The Japanese soldiers retreated into the county and attempted to engage in street fighting with the soldiers of the 198th Division.

At the beginning, the Japanese army was in a dominant position in the building and constantly launched sneak attacks on the soldiers of the 198th Division.

The 198th Division suffered heavy casualties. Every step forward came at great cost.

Afterwards, the fighter planes of the First Army continuously fired at the Japanese machine gun fire points that kept popping up, suppressing the Japanese firepower.

The soldiers of the 198th Division, with the cooperation of the fighter planes of the st Army, advanced steadily forward.

After a bloody battle for most of the day, the soldiers of the 198th Division of the Nanjing government army finally drove all the Japanese troops that invaded Yunnan out of the Yunnan border at around 4 pm.

The direction of Hekou County was the focus of the Japanese attack this time.

Lieutenant General Nakamura, the commander of the Japanese Army in Vietnam, attributed the failure to seize the mineral resources of the Nanjing government army to the lack of support from the army.

If their 18th Division opened up the passage from Hekou County to Gejiu City in advance, then the tin mines in Gejiu City would be in their pocket.

If Kunming can be captured successfully, the threat of the sharp fighter jets of the Kunming Aviation School's Devil Unit will no longer exist.

Their Vietnamese air force can also sweep across Yunnan.

The Japanese army also spent a lot of money to complete the task of capturing Kunming.

A batch of the latest fighter jets added by Japan: 52 Type 50 Zero fighter jets were allocated to Sanya Airport on Hainan Island.

The Japanese army assembled 82 Zero fighters at the Hainan Island Airport, together with 36 Zero fighters at the Guangzhou Tianhe Airport and 68 Zero fighters from Vietnam, a total of 186 fighters and 36 bombers, and suddenly attacked the Kunming Aviation School without any warning.

At this time, except for those under maintenance, there were less than 70 fighter jets of the Kunming First Army that could take off and fight.

At this time, the ratio of Chinese and Japanese fighter jets reached nearly 3 to 1.

What's even more terrible is that this batch of Japanese Zero fighters and upgraded Zero fighters are equipped with 20mm machine guns, and their firepower is much stronger than the original Type 95 fighters.

It was too late for Leng Feng to avoid the enemy's attack at this time, so he had to take off immediately to fight.

The largest air battle since the establishment of Kunming Aviation School took place over Kunming.

In order to preserve the strength of the First Army's Second and Third Air Force Squadrons to the maximum extent, Captain Yin and Captain Yang led the pilots of the Second and Third Air Force Squadrons and did not engage in a firefight with the Japanese fighter groups.

Instead, they took advantage of the speed of the Hua Xia II and Hua Xia III fighters to continuously attack the Japanese fighter groups and break out of the encirclement of the Japanese fighter groups.

In the process of rushing into and breaking out of the Japanese fighter group, they continued to attack the Japanese fighters.

The fighter planes in the Japanese fighter group were constantly hit and crashed, but they could do nothing because they really could not catch up with the sharp fighter planes of the devil troops.

They had no choice but to vent their anger on the Kunming Aviation School, the Kunming First Army Aircraft Manufacturing Plant and the city streets of Kunming.

Kunming Aviation School and the city of Kunming were once again engulfed in flames.

Because the Kunming First Army Aircraft Manufacturing Factory was located in a valley surrounded by trees, the Japanese bombing did not cause much substantial damage.

Yanglin Airport was not spared in this bombing by the Japanese army.

In order to ensure the safe landing of the First Army's aircraft, the ground crew of Yanglin Airport replenished fuel and ammunition and continued to repair the damaged runway despite the bombing of Japanese aircraft.