Devil's Army

At 1:30 p.m., soldiers from the special forces battalion launched an attack on the Japanese troops on the banks of the Nanxi River.

Machine guns continued to fire at the Japanese troops on the other side of the river, and rocket soldiers blasted away the Japanese bridgehead position across the small bridge.

The soldiers of the special forces battalion then went onto the small wooden bridge and prepared to cross the Nanxi River.

The Japanese troops at the bridgehead lay in the remaining fortifications and tried their best to block the advance of the special forces battalion soldiers.

The soldiers of the special forces battalion crawled forward on the small wooden bridge, continuously shooting at the Japanese troops in front of them.

The soldiers from the special forces battalion in front were shot and stopped, and the soldiers from the special forces battalion behind immediately took over and continued shooting at the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese mortar troops began to bombard the small wooden bridge and the special forces battalion soldiers in the rear.

Lacking heavy weapons, Captain Feng was forced to stop the attack and call for the air force to rush over for reinforcements.

Soon, three fighter planes and two bombers took off from Yanglin Airport to provide support.

As soon as the First Army's planes arrived over the small wooden bridge over the Nanxi River, they immediately launched a bombing on the Japanese mortar positions that were bombing the special forces camp.

The First Army Air Force destroyed the Japanese mortar positions, and the special forces battalion soldiers continued to attack the other side of the small wooden bridge.

After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the special forces battalion finally repelled the Japanese troops on the other side of the Nanxi River.

The soldiers of the special forces battalion who crossed the Nanxi River pursued the Japanese army all the way, and the Japanese army retreated all the way into Hekou County.

Lacking heavy weapons, the special forces battalion found it difficult to break through the Japanese defenses in Hekou County, so they had to temporarily surround the west gate of Hekou County and wait for the 1078th Regiment to arrive.

Shortly after the Special Service Battalion launched an attack on the Japanese troops on the other side of the Nanxi River, the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army also launched a fierce attack on the Ailao Mountain Gorge.

The Japanese army was in a dominant position and continued to fire at the attacking soldiers of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army.

Captain Wang was extremely anxious as he watched the soldiers rolling down the hillside, but he could not retreat because their leader had already ordered that all Japanese troops must be driven out of Yunnan before the Spring Festival.

At this time, he thought of the planes from the Gui-Yunnan Front Army that came to support the attack on Mount David.

With an attitude of giving it a try, Regiment Commander Wang sent a message to the division commander, asking him to send a message to the Gui-Yunnan Front Army, requesting air support.

The division commander sent a telegram to his superior through Deputy Army Commander An, and soon, three Hua Xia III fighters of the First Army escorted three H-2 bombers and arrived over Ailao Mountain.

A fierce bombing was launched on the Japanese army's Ailao Mountain positions.

The exciting scene at the Japanese position on David Mountain was repeated at the Ailao Mountain position.

After the bombing by the First Army's bombers, the Japanese troops on Mount Ailao were in great mourning.

Soldiers of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army immediately launched a strong attack on the Ailao Mountain position.

The Japanese troops that survived the bombing by the First Army bombers quickly organized a counterattack, but were soon strafed by the First Army fighters.

In the evening, soldiers from the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army rushed to the Japanese positions on Ailao Mountain one after another.

The remaining Japanese soldiers on the Ailao Mountain position put down their bullets and prepared to fight with the soldiers of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army with bayonets.

The soldiers of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army were not willing to fight with these brutal Japanese troops with bayonets, so they fired at them fiercely.

After round after round of bullets, all the Japanese troops on the Ailao Mountain position went to see their emperor.

After the soldiers of the 1078th Regiment of the Yunnan Army captured the Ailao Mountain position, they left a troop to garrison, while the main force and the soldiers of the 1079th Regiment quickly assembled in Hekou County.

At around 7 o'clock in the evening, soldiers from the 1078th and 1079th Regiments of the Yunnan Army met with the Special Service Battalion at the west gate of Hekou County.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Captain Luo of the Second Detachment of the Southern Yunnan Anti-Japanese Guerrillas, who had previously infiltrated Hekou County, came to the regiment headquarters and introduced the situation of the Japanese troops in Hekou County to Captain Wang, Captain Wu of the 1079th Regiment, and Battalion Commander Feng.

The Japanese army had just occupied Hekou County, and many fortifications had not been built, so the defense was not very strong. He suggested that Captain Wang and Captain Wu split their troops into two groups and attack the west and east gates of Hekou County at the same time to weaken the Japanese defense forces in Hekou County.

After discussion, everyone decided that the Gui-Yunnan Front Army and the 1078th Regiment would be responsible for attacking the west gate of Hekou County.

The 1079th Regiment was responsible for attacking the east gate of Hekou County.

Captain Feng also planned to send people to climb over the city walls and sneak into Hekou County at night to support the large force in attacking the city tomorrow.

Captain Luo opposed this.

He believed that Hekou County had just been occupied by the Japanese army, which had imposed a curfew.

Anyone who has not returned home by 8 o'clock in the evening and is found staying in the county town will be arrested.

Moreover, during this period, there was a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps on the Japanese city wall. The patrols were very intensive, and climbing up the city wall would be easily discovered by the Japanese army.

After hearing this, Captain Feng gave up his plan to sneak into Hekou County.