Devil's Army

"According to the order of Commander Leng, the highest commander of our First Anti-Japanese Army, anyone who obstructs us from destroying the Japanese army will be regarded as an accomplice of the Japanese army and will be destroyed."

The French commander was panicked when he heard this. This bandit leader was capable of doing anything. However, their leader was in cahoots with the Japanese army and was now under the order of the Japanese army to protect their intelligence station on Japanese Street. If he retreated like this, he would have a hard time explaining himself.

"I'll give you five minutes. If you don't retreat, I'll regard you as accomplices of the Japanese army and will wipe you out."

After giving the order, the second regiment commander walked up to the French commander and said with a smile:

"After I wiped you out, I told the Nanjing government that you attacked us and we were forced to fight back. More than half of our two battalions were killed or wounded in the fierce battle, and now only one battalion of soldiers is left."

"You, you only have a battalion of soldiers here at most."

"I said two battalions means two battalions. It's my territory and I have the final say."

"You are a rogue!" The French commander's face turned red with anger.

"You can call me mean, but there are less than two minutes left."

The second regiment commander waved his right hand upwards, and the soldiers all raised their guns.

The mortar soldiers behind the truck also began to set up their artillery.

The second regiment commander winked at the artillery company commander.

A mortar shell whizzed into the open space on Japanese Street.

"Boom!" The loud sound of a cannonball startled the French soldiers.

"What the hell are you doing? Even if you have so many shells, don't waste them like this?" The second regiment commander cursed at the artillery company commander.

"Commander, the brothers were nervous and accidentally fired."

"You see, if you don't retreat, your brothers will fire again," the second regiment commander said to the French commander with a smile.

The French commander's face turned red with anger. He waved his right hand and shouted:

"Retreat! The French soldiers moved from the back row to the front row and quickly left the Japanese street.

Under the leadership of the South Route Guerrillas, a battalion of soldiers searched all the Japanese intelligence stations and contact points on the Japanese-style street thoroughly.

More than 30 suspects were arrested and all taken away in trucks.

What made the French commander even more worried was that after clearing out the Japanese intelligence station and contact point on the Japanese Street, this bandit force did not retreat, but instead sent troops to take over the Japanese intelligence station and contact point.

In the past, the Japanese army sent armed personnel and intelligence personnel to lurk secretly in Guangzhou Bay.

Now, the First Anti-Japanese Army has openly sent people to take over all the Japanese army's spheres of influence.

Moreover, the periphery of Guangzhou Bay was completely controlled by the First Anti-Japanese Army. Every move of the French troops in Guangzhou Bay was under the surveillance of the First Regiment of the First Independent Division of the First Army of the Gui-Yunnan Front.

The most profitable port transportation lines were all controlled by the First Anti-Japanese Army.

At this time, there were nearly 700 French defense forces, garrison forces, and police forces in Guangzhou Bay, which was equivalent to the number of the first battalion stationed in Guangzhou Bay, but their weapons and equipment were much inferior.

What was difficult for the French ambassador to Guangzhou Bay to accept was that the next morning, a battalion commander openly arranged for soldiers to patrol Guangzhou Bay with live ammunition.

In order to cheer up the French troops in Guangzhou Bay, the Governor-General of French Indochina dispatched three warships from India to Guangzhou Bay for a high-profile demonstration of force.

When Commander Zhang heard this, he sneered:

"These French guys are pretending to be elephants with onions stuck in their pig noses. Order: Hainan Island Fleet to drive the French warships out of Guangzhou Bay, and Weizhou Island Air Force to fully cooperate."

The Hainan Island Fleet received the order and rushed to Guangzhou Bay at full speed to drive away the three French warships in a combat posture.

The French warships were like a cooked duck, stubbornly holding on and refusing to leave.

At this time, more than 50 fighter planes and bombers of the First Army roared over the heads of the French warships.

The captain of the "Hainan Island" warship ordered the French warship to leave Guangzhou Bay immediately.

The bombers of the First Army began to drop bombs around the French warships.

Looking at the huge waves caused by the bombs, the French warships had to quickly and awkwardly evacuate Guangzhou Bay.

The French warships demonstrated at Guangzhou Bay, and although they escaped in a panic, they also angered Commander Zhang of the Southern Front of the First Army and Commander Guo of the Gui-Yunnan Front.

On the day when the French warships arrived at Guangzhou Bay for demonstration, Commander Guo ordered the commander of a battalion stationed in Guangzhou Bay to send troops to collect taxes at the gate of Guangzhou Bay.

Collecting taxes from merchants entering and leaving Guangzhou Bay is a source of income for the French army, and they certainly would not let it go easily.

Without thinking twice, the soldiers of the first battalion used force to drive away the French police who were collecting fees from merchants at the gate of Guangzhou Bay City.

Moreover, under the orders of their superiors, the soldiers of the first battalion collected fees from merchants entering Guangzhou Bay to do business, which was only half of what the French police charged.

This has been supported by the majority of merchants.