Devil's Army

The Japanese anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns at Sanya Airport were destroyed one after another by the fighters and bombers of the First Army. The bombers of the First Army began to indiscriminately drop bombs on the Japanese fighters, bombers and reconnaissance planes parked on the tarmac.

The fighter planes of the First Army also continued to fire at them.

The Japanese fighter planes, bombers and reconnaissance planes that were unable to take off on the apron of Sanya Airport were all blown into piles of scrap metal by the fighter planes and bombers of the First Army.

Most of the Japanese fighter planes and bombers that rushed to take off were surrounded and shot down by the First Army's fighter planes.

After destroying the Japanese planes on the apron, the First Army's fighters and bombers began to fiercely strafe and bomb the Japanese airport guarding forces.

The Japanese Navy's 16th Guard Unit at Sanya Airport suffered heavy casualties and was unable to continue its mission of encircling and suppressing the anti-Japanese guerrillas.

To this end, the Japanese army transferred the naval Hainan Island base team near Sanya to strengthen the defense near the Sanya Airport on Hainan Island and carry out the task of searching for guerrillas.

The situation that Captain Zhang had anticipated, that the Japanese Navy's 16th Guard Unit would be in chaos due to the bombing and be able to take advantage of the chaos to withdraw from Hainan Island, did not occur.

On the contrary, inspections at ports leaving Hainan Island became more stringent, and the Japanese army's attacks on residents on the island became more frequent.

At this time, the correspondent who was reporting the air raid on Sanya Airport to the headquarters of the Third Air Force Squadron in Kunming also received a telegram from Commander Leng:

Lurking in Hainan Island, waiting for an opportunity to develop strength, and waiting for the troops to retake Hainan Island.

Zhang Zijie was appointed as the commander of the Hainan Island Independent Battalion. The appointment of other cadres remained the same as that of the Independent Third Division. The appointment of cadres after the expansion of the troops was reported to the Kunming Headquarters for approval.

What this means is that there is currently only one company in the Hainan Island Independent Battalion.

Battalion Commander Zhang took the telegram to find Secretary Yu.

Secretary Yu was very happy after reading the telegram, and decided on the spot to incorporate the Ya County District Guerrillas into the Hainan Independent Battalion led by Battalion Commander Zhang.

At that time, the Ya County District guerrillas nominally had more than 80 people, but only a dozen guns.

Excluding the 16 soldiers who died in the attack on the two radar stations, Captain Zhang's company had less than 130 soldiers left, including the wounded.

Together with the members of the Ya County District guerrillas, they can barely be organized into two companies that are less than half full.

In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Hainan Island Independent Battalion, Battalion Commander Zhang took the first step of replacing the weapons captured from the Japanese army for the Yaxian District guerrillas.

At the same time, the Ya County District guerrillas temporarily suspended military operations and carried out intensive military training.

Chen, the former captain of the Yaxian District Guerrilla Team, was very happy that the entire team was equipped with Japanese weapons.

The lack of weapons and ammunition was a hurdle that troubled them after they separated from the original Sanya Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps. (The Sanya Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps was deceived by the Sanya government on Hainan Island, disarmed and disbanded.)

Now the guerrillas in their area finally have their own weapons, but they do not agree to stop their military operations.

Now the Japanese army is persecuting villagers in various villages in Sanya, Hainan Island, and they want to save the villagers from the dire straits.

Secretary Yu supported Captain Zhang's decision. On the one hand, he believed that troops without intensive training would be in disarray and would find it difficult to win a battle.

On the other hand, he believed that since the Ya County District guerrillas had been incorporated into the Hainan Island Independent Battalion and were under the command of Battalion Commander Zhang, it would be inconvenient for him to interfere in military operations.

Battalion Commander Zhang comforted Captain Chen:

"You will do two things for me now. The first is to strengthen training during the day, and the second is to mobilize the villagers to join the Hainan Island Independent Battalion at night to expand our forces as soon as possible. As for the task of eliminating the Japanese troops that are harming the villagers, leave it to us."

"The members of our Yaxian District guerrillas are basically villagers near Sanya. It is not difficult to mobilize villagers to join the independent camp. The difficulty lies in weapons and equipment."

"We will be responsible for the weapons and equipment, don't worry about it." Battalion Commander Zhang had already figured out how to solve the problem of weapons and equipment.

After arranging these things, Captain Zhang did not rest.

He appointed the soldiers who stayed in the camp to recuperate as instructors to guide the training of the Ya County guerrillas. He took the soldiers out to look for opportunities to eliminate the Japanese troops who were harming the villagers.

Soon the golden eagle sent back information that a small Japanese army team was wreaking havoc in Tianya Village more than 20 kilometers southeast of the camp.

When Captain Chen of the Yuanya County guerrillas heard this, he immediately asked to join the battle because he was from Tianya Village. The Japanese were harming the villagers of their village, so how could he not be anxious?

But Captain Zhang flatly refused and said:

"If you train well, I'll let you lead a troop. If you can't keep up with the training, you'll be a soldier."