Devil's Army

The retreating Battalion Commander Feng had no choice but to ask the regiment commander for help and request aircraft support.

At this time, Captain Wang of the 1078th Regiment of the government army also arrived at the battalion headquarters of Captain Feng.

On the one hand, he expressed his gratitude to Captain Feng for the reinforcements, and on the other hand, he discussed the next battle with Captain Feng.

"Captain Feng, your attack was blocked just now. I decided that we will launch an attack on the Japanese position on Mount David next."

"Captain Wang, David Mountain is a dangerous place. The Japanese machine guns are shooting down from a high position. Our casualties will be great. We must not attack blindly."

"Didn't you just destroy the two heavy machine gun positions of the Japanese army? Can you destroy their light machine gun positions as well?"

“We’ve run out of air-to-ground missiles for our drones.”

Although Captain Wang didn't know what an air-to-ground missile was, he knew that it must mean that the artillery shells had been used up.

"Captain Wang, I have called our air force to come for reinforcement. After our bombers destroy the Japanese positions, we will launch the attack."

"Okay, I'll stay at your battalion headquarters and watch how your planes destroy the Japanese position on Mount David."

Captain Wang, who had suffered greatly from the destruction of Japanese aircraft, was very happy to hear that reinforcements were coming. He immediately decided not to return to the regiment headquarters.

There was no attack on the 1078th Regiment's position for the time being. The 1078th Regiment also had no ability to attack the Japanese David Mountain position. The two sides were in a temporary balance.

Captain Wang and Captain Feng chatted:

"Captain Feng, when did you join the army? Where are you from?"

"I joined the army during the July 7 Marco Polo Bridge Incident. I'm from near Tieling County in the Northeast. What about you, Captain Wang?"

“I’m from the Yunnan Military Academy Teaching Team.”

“Oh, fighting on our own doorstep.”

"We left Yunnan to fight against the Japanese in 37 and just returned last year."

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Until lunch time, the Japanese army did not launch an attack on the 182nd Division's position at the David Mountain Pass.

It was natural for Captain Wang to have lunch in the First Army Special Forces Camp.

After lunch, the Japanese still did not attack the pass of Mount David. The two sides stood facing each other across Mount David. The Special Service Battalion and the soldiers of the 182nd Division did not attack Mount David either.

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, the roar of airplanes was heard in the sky.

Captain Feng looked at the plane, handed a telescope to Captain Wang and said:

"Our planes are coming, and the devils will suffer for it."

Captain Wang took the binoculars and talked about the planes in the sky one by one.

After a while, the planes flew over Mount David and began dropping bombs on the Japanese positions.

The Japanese positions on David Mountain were suddenly filled with flying dirt and thick smoke. Many Japanese soldiers were blown out of their positions and rolled down David Mountain.

After the First Army's planes had launched a round of indiscriminate bombing of the Japanese army's David Mountain position, Battalion Commander Feng led the Special Service Battalion to attack the Japanese army's David Mountain position from the front, while Regiment Commander Wang led the soldiers of the 1078th Regiment to attack the Japanese army's David Mountain position from both wings.

The Japanese commander quickly adjusted his deployment and arranged for soldiers to fire heavily at the special forces battalion and the 1078th Regiment of the government army.

Seeing this, the First Army fighter planes that were still patrolling in the air swooped down and fired fiercely at the Japanese machine gun fire points on David Mountain.

As the Japanese machine gun fire points on David Mountain were destroyed by the First Army's fighter planes, the Japanese blocking firepower on the position became weaker and weaker.

The special forces battalion rushed to the front of the David Mountain position first and began throwing grenades into the trenches.

Rocket soldiers also bombarded the Japanese machine gun fire points and grenade throwers who were constantly moving to avoid aircraft bombing.

The special forces battalion finally rushed to the Japanese David Mountain position and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese troops in the position.

Under the fierce attack of the special forces battalion, the Japanese troops in the David Mountain position began to retreat.

Soon, soldiers from the 1078th Regiment of the government army also attacked the Japanese army's David Mountain position from both sides of David Mountain.

After occupying the Japanese position on David Mountain, the Special Service Battalion and the soldiers of the 1078th Regiment continued to advance and chase the Japanese until they drove them to Yaoshan Township.

At this time, the Japanese 18th Division had occupied Hekou County for more than a week, and had built fortifications in Nanxi Town, Nanxi River, Ailao Mountain Gorge and other places in Hekou County.

Battalion Commander Feng and Regiment Commander Wang temporarily stopped the attack with their soldiers.

Captain Feng’s special forces battalion was on the banks of the Nanxi River, and Captain Wang’s 1078th Regiment was confronting the Japanese army at the foot of the Ailao Mountains.

The next day was January 1941, 1. In the morning, Chairman Long sent a letter to the military and civilians of Yunnan: Drive the Japanese invaders out of Yunnan Province, and let everyone celebrate the Spring Festival happily!

The 60nd Division of the 182th Army of the Yunnan Army arranged the 1079th Regiment to assist the 1078th Regiment, and prepared to work with the Guizhou-Yunnan Front Army Special Service Battalion to drive the Japanese invaders out of the Yunnan border.