Devil's Army

Chapter 1307: The Southern Front Army is Established

The First Army Air Force defeated the harassment of Japanese aircraft, and the military and civilians of Xuwen Port quickly unloaded the cargo on the ship.

At around 2:00 p.m., the cargoes on the two freighters were loaded and unloaded one after another. Captain Du began to arrange for the soldiers to load all the trucks, heavy artillery and other supplies that accompanied the army onto the freighters, and then sailed to the Sanya port terminal.

The cargo ship sailed for nearly twenty hours and arrived at Sanya Port Terminal at around ten o'clock the next morning.

The soldiers on duty at the dock quickly reported the arrival of Captain Du and his team to Captain Zhang.

Captain Zhang and Deputy Captain Hu quickly came with a troop to greet them and arranged for soldiers to help unload the goods.

During the soldiers' free time when unloading the goods, Captain Zhang and Captain Du started chatting. He had not been back to Kunming Headquarters for nearly half a year and didn't know what the current situation of Kunming Headquarters was like.

Captain Du told Captain Zhang:

"Kunming, Guangxi's Gui-Yunnan Front Army has developed rapidly. Its current strength has exceeded the size of three divisions, reaching nearly 140 people. In particular, our air force already has more than 34 fighters and bombers. The air supremacy in Yunnan is firmly in our hands."

"The Arsenal had not been built when I left. What is the situation now?"

"Our arsenal and smelter have already been put into production. Look, all the artillery I brought this time was produced by our own arsenal."

"What's Commander Leng's next plan?"

"Commander Leng will most likely merge our First Regiment with your Independent Regiment to form a new military region responsible for the battles on Hainan Island and in the south."

"Then we will definitely have a lot of battles next."

"I estimate that after dealing with the Japanese troops on Hainan Island, we will definitely deal with the Japanese troops in Xuwen Port, Leizhou Peninsula, Guangzhou Bay, Guangzhou, and Shantou."

"We don't have enough troops for such a large area!"

"We'll do it step by step. From what I've heard from the Kunming headquarters, it's possible that the First Independent Division of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army stationed in Guangxi will be transferred here."

"So Guangxi doesn't need to defend anymore?"

"I heard from Commander Hu that the strategic focus of the Japanese army has shifted to the countries in Southeast Asia. Currently, most of the Japanese troops occupying Guangxi have withdrawn, leaving only some areas in southern Guangxi occupied by the Japanese army. It is not difficult to expel this small number of Japanese troops."

"With the support of the Independent First Division on this side of the strait, our chances of winning are even greater."

Captain Zhang had a bright future in his mind of recovering Hainan Island, Guangzhou, Shantou and other places and driving the Japanese army into the sea.

At around eight o'clock the next morning, Captain Du's guess came true.

Leng Feng's order was passed to the Hainan Independent Regiment Headquarters:

The Southern Front Army was established with the Hainan Independent Regiment, the Hainan Reserve Regiment and the 1st Regiment of the 1st Independent Division of the Guangxi-Yunnan Front Army as the backbone.

Zhang Shaojie was appointed commander of the Southern Front Army, and Du Shaoqing, commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Independent Division, was appointed deputy commander of the Southern Front Army.

The three regiments of the front army were upgraded to three divisions: the Hainan Independent Regiment was upgraded to the Hainan Independent First Division, the Hainan Reserve Regiment was upgraded to the Hainan Independent Second Division, and the First Regiment of the First Independent Division of the Guangxi-Yunnan Front Army was upgraded to the Hainan Independent Third Division.

The Southern Front Army was actively preparing for war and ready to retake Hainan Island.

After reading the telegram, Zhang Shaojie smiled bitterly and said to Du Shaoqing: "The Kunming headquarters is bluffing. They said our three regiments are three divisions."

"At our current rate of development, the expansion of the three regiments into three divisions is just around the corner."

Afterwards, Commander Zhang and Deputy Commander Du reported the names of officers at all levels of the Southern Front Army to the Kunming headquarters for approval.

The next day, Leng Feng approved the names of officers at the battalion level and above in the Southern Front Army to Zhang Shaojie, and instructed that officers below the battalion level should be decided by them through discussion, without reporting to the Kunming headquarters for approval.

Subsequently, the Southern Front Army entered into an intensive training state after reorganization, preparing to retake Hainan Island.

Commander Yoshino of the Hainan Garrison of the Japanese Army in Haikou also received information that a regiment-sized force of the Devil Force had entered Hainan Island.

What worried her even more was that this regiment carried a large number of artillery, including 120mm howitzers.

He also applied to the Japanese Navy for artillery and manpower assistance.

Because the Japanese Navy was worried about being attacked by the Devil Force Air Force, it used warships to transport supplies and manpower to Haikou on a small scale.

While Commander Zhang and his men were training intensively and preparing for war, Commander of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army, Commander Hata Shunroku, ordered Commander of the Japanese 11th Army, Commander Anami Korechika, to assemble more than 12 troops and launch the Second Battle of Changsha.

The attention of the people across the country was once again attracted to General Xue's great battle.

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