Devil's Army

"How many troops did the Japanese army dispatch?" asked Deputy Regiment Commander Hu.

"About a squad."

"There are only a few dozen Japanese soldiers here. Why would you report this to Captain Zhang? Just ask the Second Battalion Commander to arrange for someone to kill them."

"The Second Battalion Commander has already sent someone over. He's afraid the Japanese army will take further action, so he asked me to come over and report to Commander Zhang."

"Okay, got it, shall we go back?"

"Yes!"

After a brief battle, the soldiers of the First Company of the Second Battalion repelled the group of devils, and both sides returned to their respective defense zones.

After lunch, just as Deputy Commander Hu had guessed, Commander Zhang did not agree with Team Leader He's opinion and handed over the six counties of the base area to the management of the Nanjing government.

However, Team Leader He and his colleagues still refused to give up and continued to persuade Team Leader Zhang.

Deputy Commander Hu saw Commander Zhang's impatience, so he reported to him the situation of the battle between the Japanese troops in Wanning County and their defenders at Niuling Mountain.

Captain Zhang, who didn't know the situation, asked anxiously:

“What’s the situation now?”

"The Japanese army is approaching in large numbers this time. Lingshui County may not be able to be defended."

Captain Zhang excused himself first, citing the urgent military situation, and asked Team Leader He and his men to arrange their own accommodation. He then hurriedly left with Deputy Captain Hu.

Captain Zhang rushed to the headquarters and suddenly saw that Deputy Captain Hu was not in a hurry. He looked at him in confusion.

"The regiment commander sent a small group of devils. The second battalion commander sent people to drive them away. There is no rush."

When Captain Zhang heard this, he immediately knew what was going on. He pointed at Deputy Captain Hu and said with a smile:

"You are such a devil!"

"You've already eaten, why are you still chatting with these people? Come back quickly to take care of the business." Deputy Captain Hu responded with a smile.

Captain Zhang and Deputy Captain Hu returned to the headquarters at a leisurely pace.

Captain Zhang analyzed that the Japanese army suddenly sent a small team here to gather information and prepare for a large-scale attack on the six southern counties of Hainan Island.

Deputy Regiment Commander Hu suggested that the 1300 recruits who had been training for more than a month be incorporated into the first and second reserve battalions so that they could be put into battle at any time.

The more than 800 recruits currently in training are stepping up their training in preparation for joining the Third Reserve Battalion.

Zhang believed that it was feasible to set up three reserve battalions. However, the reserve battalions were composed entirely of new recruits, and their combat effectiveness was too poor. He suggested that half of the new recruits be assigned to the three battalions of the independent regiment, and then half of the troops from the three battalions of the independent regiment be transferred to the reserve battalion.

At the same time, we applied to the Kunming headquarters for a Hainan Island reserve regiment number.

At this time, Commander Zhang had more than 4000 soldiers under his command, 27 times more than when they first arrived on Hainan Island.

The only shortcoming is that their troops are mostly lightly armed and lack artillery, especially large-caliber artillery, not a single one.

At this time, Commander Zhang analyzed the intelligence obtained from the underground intelligence network of Captain Xu and his team in various counties in the north of Hainan Island and found that the Japanese army was also continuously increasing its troops, and its strength had increased from more than 2000 to more than 6000.

This time, the Japanese army's attack on Niuling Mountain in Lingshui County by Wanning County was an exploratory attack.

Regimental Commander Zhang and Deputy Battalion Commander Hu were still at the regiment headquarters when the sentry came over to report:

The Japanese troops in Baisha County and Dan County had small-scale battles with their defenders in Ledong County and Changjiang County respectively.

"How's the fighting going?"

"The Japanese troops in Ledong County were engaged at the scale of a squadron, and the Japanese troops in Changhe County were engaged at the scale of a squadron. Currently, they are both blocked outside the county border by our independent battalion."

"Okay, signalman, send a message to the independent battalion commander, Xu, asking them to resolutely and quickly defeat the invading Japanese army."

"Yes!" The signalman saluted Captain Zhang and quickly rushed back to send the message.

Then Captain Zhang gave an order to the sentry.

Although the sentry was a little confused, he immediately turned around and carried out the order.

After a while, the three reserve battalions in the training camp lined up and hurriedly passed by the door of the hotel where Team Leader He and his team were staying, and then rushed towards Lingshui County, Ledong County and Changshui County.

Team Leader He saw the Independent Regiment mobilizing a large number of soldiers from the hotel window, and hurriedly brought County Magistrate Mao and others to the regiment headquarters.

Arriving at the regiment headquarters, Team Leader He asked anxiously:

"Captain Zhang, is there any major military action?"

"Yes, the Japanese launched a full-scale attack on us."

"Captain Zhang, what do you think of the proposal I told you?"

"It's a question whether we can hold on to the six counties in the south of Hainan Island. Isn't it too early to discuss this issue?"

Team Leader He and County Chief Mao looked at each other and said:

"Captain Zhang, you are busy with military affairs. We will go back first and visit you another day."

"Okay, have a nice trip. I won't see you off."