Devil's Army

The commander learned from various channels that the Japanese 23rd Army currently stationed in Guangzhou includes the 5th, 18th, and 104th Divisions. However, the Japanese 23rd Army is scattered in various areas of Guangzhou. To maintain their rule and to encircle and suppress their anti-Japanese armed forces, it is difficult to count their exact strength.

He only knew that last year and the year before, the Japanese army assembled 4 and 7 troops from Guangzhou to attack northern Guangdong. So the total number of Japanese troops in Guangzhou should not be less than 4.

The number of puppet troops in Guangzhou reached more than 6.

This is no longer something that the more than 1 people of the Southern Front Army and the First Division of the Guizhou-Yunnan Front Army can handle.

Following Leng Feng's instructions, Commander Zhang stopped at the outskirts of Guangzhou, confronting the Japanese army while developing his troops.

The commander of the 23rd Army of the Japanese Army, Takashi Sakai, did not allow a strong anti-Japanese force to appear next to Guangzhou. He mobilized the 104th Division from Panyu County, west of Guangzhou, and launched a fierce encirclement and suppression of the devil troops stationed in Nanhai County.

The Japanese army also dispatched armored units to act as the vanguard and launched a fierce attack on Nanhai County from both wings.

The First Battalion of the Third Regiment stationed in Nanhai County hid under the city wall, put up a tenacious resistance against the Japanese army, and called for air force reinforcements.

The First Army Air Force on Weizhou Island dispatched two squadrons of fighters and bombers to launch fierce strafing and bombing on the attacking Japanese troops.

The Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were all destroyed in the bombing by the Devil Force's 40 rockets and aircraft.

The infantry of the Japanese 104th Division exposed in Nanhai County was also bombed by aircraft. They had nowhere to hide and suffered heavy losses.

The commander of the 104th Division of the Japanese Army took advantage of the return of the First Army's planes to launch another fierce attack on Nanhai County, but was met with fierce bombardment from the Third Regiment's artillery.

The Japanese 104th Division sent out artillery to fiercely bomb Nanhai County, but was bombed by the Devil Force bombers that rejoined the battle, resulting in heavy casualties.

The bombers of the Devil's Force rejoined the battle and dropped bombs on all the Japanese artillery and infantry.

After the bombing, the Japanese 104th Division had not yet recovered and assembled its troops. The third commander arranged his troops to launch a fierce counterattack against the Japanese from both sides.

The two regiments of the 104th Division of the Japanese Army retreated step by step under the fierce attack and artillery bombardment of the rd Regiment and withdrew back to Guangzhou again.

In this battle, since the Japanese 23rd Army had never fought against the Devil Forces before, it underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Devil Forces' air force and army, resulting in heavy casualties in the two regiments of the 104th Division, and for a time it was unable to independently organize an attack on Nanhai County.

Commander Takashi Sakai transferred the 104th Division back to Guangzhou for rest and recuperation, and arranged for the 18th Division to come from other parts of Guangzhou to reinforce.

What gave Commander Sakai Takashi a headache was that when he was concentrating a large force to encircle and suppress the devil troops, the guerrillas in Sanyuanli, Tangxia Huadu Chi Ni and other places in Guangzhou City took the opportunity to intensify their sneak attacks on them.

The guerrillas active in various places in Guangzhou constantly attacked the strongholds, stations, docks, checkpoints, etc. of the Japanese and puppet troops, which greatly tied down the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Guangzhou, making it difficult for them to organize a larger force to encircle and suppress the three regiments of Nanhai County.

The Japanese army once surrounded the main force of an anti-Japanese guerrilla force in Sanyuanli, but the head of the Third Regiment of Nanhai County heard the news and sent out a battalion of troops to fiercely attack the Japanese army from the flank.

The First Army also dispatched two bombers and two fighter planes to launch fierce strafing and bombing against the Japanese troops who were encircling the guerrillas.

With the support of the soldiers of the Third Regiment and the Air Force, the Sanyuanli guerrillas quickly escaped the encirclement of the Japanese army.

This made Commander Sakai Takashi extremely angry, but he could do nothing about it.

The anti-Japanese armed forces in Guangzhou were as slippery as loaches and difficult to encircle and suppress, while the devilish troops in Nanhai County were like a hard bone to chew.

He attributed all this to the fact that he did not have a strong air force, so he asked the War Department for air force support.

However, Guangzhou Tianhe Airport and Sanzao Island Airport have been destroyed by the devil's troops, and Shantou Airport has also been threatened by the devil's troops.

It is difficult for planes rushing in from the periphery to provide air support for a long time.

The main reason was that during this period, their Southern Air Force had fought many battles with the Devil Force Air Force and suffered heavy losses. There was no way for the country to produce more Zero 52 fighters to support them.

Commander Takashi Sakai prepared for the future and arranged for people to forcibly seize farmers' land in Gaoqi, Xiamen, and build a military airport.