Devil's Army

While Captain Zhang's independent battalion was still struggling to hold on and resist the Japanese army's attacks from both sides, an anti-Japanese armed force outside the airport launched a fierce attack on the Japanese reinforcements.

Battalion Commander Zhang took the opportunity to lead the soldiers of the independent battalion, concentrated their forces and firepower, and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops in the airport.

After the Japanese reinforcements resisted the attack of the Qiongya guerrillas, the artillery began to bombard the independent battalion troops in the Sanya airport.

After the bombardment, the Japanese defenders at Sanya Airport began to seize the positions occupied by the independent battalion.

The two sides fought each other around that position, and the position changed hands repeatedly.

At this time, the Japanese troops on Hainan Island knew that all the planes of the Devil Force had returned, so they ordered a group of fighters and bombers to take off from Lingshui Airport in the southeast to reinforce Sanya Airport.

(The planes that reinforced the Gao Maru fleet took off from Lingshui Airport. However, due to the relatively small scale of this airport, it did not participate in the bombing of Kunming, so it never entered Leng Feng's sight.)

When Captain Zhang saw the Japanese planes coming to reinforce, he immediately ordered his troops to launch an attack, engaging in a melee with the Japanese garrison at Sanya Airport.

The Qiongya guerrillas who were responsible for fighting the reinforcements on the periphery suffered heavy casualties in the strafing and bombing by Japanese fighter planes and bombers.

Battalion Commander Zhang asked the signalman to send a telegram to the Kunming headquarters, saying that the Japanese army had taken off more than a dozen fighter planes and bombers from Lingshui Airport and bombarded them indiscriminately.

The planes, which had returned to Yanglin Airport and the No. 1 Training Ground Airport to restock ammunition and fuel, immediately flew to Sanya, Hainan Island.

When Captain Yin led 60 fighters and bombers to the sky above Sanya Airport on Hainan Island, the Japanese planes at Lingshui Airport had already returned.

Captain Yin left behind a mixed squadron of fighters and bombers to carry out indiscriminate bombing of the Japanese garrison at Sanya Airport and the reinforcements outside.

He himself took the remaining fighters and bombers and flew to Lingshui Airport in the southeast.

At that time, the Japanese troops at Lingshui Airport had already learned that the Devil Force's sharp fighters had arrived on Hainan Island again, and immediately took off fighters and bombers to avoid the attack of the Devil Force's sharp bombers.

When Captain Yin and his men rushed to the sky above Lingshui Airport, some Japanese planes had already taken off and fled.

Captain Yin led the pilots to carry out fierce strafing and bombing on the Japanese fighters and bombers that were taking off and on the apron.

The Japanese Fifth Garrison Battalion at Lingshui Airport was also subjected to heavy bombing and strafing by Captain Yin.

The Japanese reinforcements outside Sanya Airport suffered heavy casualties in the fierce strafing and bombing by the First Army Air Force and began to retreat.

The Qiongya guerrillas also reversed the situation of being passively beaten and took the initiative to attack the retreating Japanese troops.

The Japanese troops at Sanya Airport retreated while resisting the attack of the independent battalion. However, without reinforcements, the resistance of the Sanya Airport garrison was in vain.

As soon as the Japanese garrison organized effective resistance, the First Army's air force rushed over to bomb and strafe.

In the end, the Japanese garrison at Sanya Airport resisted step by step, and except for 12 soldiers who were captured, all other soldiers were wiped out by the Hainan Island Independent Battalion.

Battalion Commander Zhang saw Captain Xu of the Qiongya Guerrillas coming over and asked:

"Are you going to leave a platoon from our independent battalion to guard the Sanya port terminal?"

"The other two squadrons of our Qiongya guerrillas heard that we were fighting the Japanese at the Sanya Port and rushed over. I asked them to garrison the Sanya Port together with this platoon of the independent battalion."

"Okay, that's fine. Let the soldiers help clear the runway. Our plane will land at Sanya Airport today."

"Yes!"

After the Japanese army's renovations over the past period of time, Sanya Airport has two runways that can take off and land aircraft. However, they are afraid of being attacked by Japanese pointed bombers and dare not park aircraft.

What puzzled Captain Zhang was that the troops searched Sanya Airport but found no fuel depot or ammunition depot.

"Don't the planes at the Japanese airport need to refuel and restock their ammunition?"

At this time, the soldier reported to Battalion Commander Zhang: The runway has been cleared and our plane can land.

“Okay, let’s light a few bonfires next to the runway to guide our planes down.

After receiving the signal from the airport, the mixed fighter-bomber squadron of the First Army patrolling in the air landed one after another at Sanya Airport on Hainan Island.

This was the first air force of the army to enter Hainan Island.

In order to strengthen the air force of the First Army's Hainan Island Air Force, after Captain Yin bombed Lingshui Airport, he left a squadron of three Chinese fighter planes to land at Sanya Airport, and the other planes returned one after another.

However, the pilots of the First Army were worried that there was no way to replenish fuel and ammunition at Sanya Airport on Hainan Island.

Who knew that the Japanese army solved this problem for them.