Devil's Army

"What's the matter?" asked Captain Yin.

Captain Zhang handed the note to Captain Yin without saying anything.

After reading the note, Captain Yin said calmly:

"Hainan Island is an important supply station for the Japanese army to control our South China region, small countries in Southeast Asia, and receive domestic supplies. They will definitely not sit idly by and watch us retake it."

"No wonder Commander Leng asked us to temporarily stop advancing northwards towards Hainan Island and focus on developing our troops and consolidating our positions first."

Captain Zhang then went to a remote valley with Captain Yin.

Captain Yin was wondering why Captain Zhang had arranged a company in such a remote place when the Hainan Island Independent Regiment was currently short of manpower.

Moreover, the weapons of this company were relatively sophisticated, so it was no problem for them to resist the attack of the Japanese army for several hours.

“This is a guard company formed by me with soldiers drawn from several battalions, with the purpose of guarding these good things at the back.

Soon, Captain Zhang took Captain Yin to two caves that were heavily guarded.

When the cave door was opened by the soldiers, Captain Yin finally understood why Commander Zhang wanted to leave an elite company in this valley.

Because the cave was filled with barrels of fuel, which was essential but in short supply for their air force.

Then Captain Yin went to another cave not far away, which was filled with bombs used by their bombers and 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun bullets and 20mm machine gun shells used by fighter planes.

The only drawback is that these machine gun bullets and machine gun shells are not compatible with their fighter weapons.

"It seems that we need to transport a batch of weapons and ammunition for fighter jets from the Kunming Arsenal." Captain Yin said after looking at the ammunition cave.

"This is also one of the main reasons why I brought you here today. Ask Commander Leng for a batch of weapons and ammunition for the fighter jets. This way, our Fourth Air Brigade won't have to ask the headquarters for ammunition resupply for a while."

Captain Yin nodded, and then asked:

"The Japanese are collecting ammunition and gathering troops. What are your plans?"

"We are not afraid of the Japanese light weapons, but we lack artillery, and the casualties will be greater when attacking."

"I'm afraid this won't be resolved in a short period of time because the journey is too long. I'll go back and report to Commander Leng to see what arrangements he has."

After a whole day of repairs, Sanya Airport and Lingshui Airport were able to take off and land aircraft normally.

Captain Du asked Captain Yin:

Mr. Yin, when will we strike the Japanese airfield? "

"From the last time we reinforced you, the Japanese have been sending people to monitor the movements of our Kunming Air Force. The Japanese will definitely get intelligence when we come this time. Let's leave them alone for a few days, and then attack their airport when they relax."

The next day, the sun was shining brightly, and many people thought that Captain Yin was going to launch an air raid on the Japanese airport. But Captain Yi did not.

With nothing to do, Captain Yin and Commander Zhang visited several counties in the base area.

In order to cope with the impending attack by the Japanese army, Captain Zhang launched a massive conscription campaign in the six counties that had been recovered.

The person mainly responsible for this conscription work was Captain Xu of the former Qiongya Guerrillas.

Battalion Commander Xu selected several conscription teams composed of local people from the independent battalion to be responsible for the conscription work in Gratitude County, Changhe County, and Ledong County.

Several conscription teams were formed from soldiers of the third battalion of the independent regiment reorganized from the original Yaxian guerrillas who were familiar with the local conditions. They were responsible for the conscription work in Yaxian, Baoting and Lingshui counties.

Since the Qiongya Guerrillas and the Ya County District Team already had a good mass base, the people in these counties were very enthusiastic about joining the army.

In two days, six recruiting teams collected more than 1000 new soldiers.

At this time, when the Hainan Independent Battalion was first established, the new and old training camps set up in the woods near Ya County came into play.

The recruits were divided into two teams and received intensive training in these two training camps.

On this day, the signalman brought a telegram from the Kunming headquarters to Commander Zhang.

Zhang found out that Commander Leng had arranged a troop to open up a land route to Hainan Island and transport a batch of artillery ammunition for them. He also arranged artillery for the Hainan Island Independent Regiment.

Captain Yin was also very happy that the Hainan Island Independent Regiment had added large-caliber artillery, and even without their air force support, they could deal with the Japanese troops on the island.

However, before Captain Zhang's joy had worn off, the sentry brought him another piece of bad news.