Devil's Army

After a bloody hand-to-hand combat with bayonets, the soldiers of the First Army finally succeeded in occupying Shantou Airport.

At this time, the major battles in Shantou City were basically over, with only sporadic mopping-up battles remaining.

After the Third Division recaptured Shantou, it immediately repaired fortifications and prepared for battle.

Because Secretary Yu's intelligence personnel told them that the Japanese troops in the Chaozhou area were gathering and could counterattack Shantou at any time.

On the second day after the Third Battalion of the Second Division recaptured Xiamen, the Third Battalion Commander left the First Battalion of the Second Division to garrison. He led the soldiers of the Third Battalion to march back to Xiangshan County to garrison in order to prevent the Guangzhou Japanese army from attacking Nanhai County.

The day after the Second Independent Division of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army arrived in Fangcun, Huadi and Shiweitang, it launched a battle to recapture Panyu County, Shunde County and Sanshui County.

After a bloody battle by the three regiments of the Second Independent Division of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army, Panyu County, Shunde County and Sanshui County were recovered in less than a day.

At this time, the Japanese troops in Guangzhou were surrounded from the west, south and east by the Gui-Yunnan Front Army and the Southern Front Army.

Shaoguan, north of Guangzhou, has always been controlled by the Seventh War Zone troops of the Nanjing government army.

The Japanese army launched two relatively large-scale attacks, but both ended in failure.

The Japanese 21st Army in Guangzhou became an isolated force, but the strength of this isolated force should not be underestimated.

At this time, the only airport left for the Japanese Air Force in Guangzhou to use was Tianhe Airport.

In order to prevent the Japanese Air Force from using Tianhe Airport to compete with the First Army Air Force for air supremacy, Deputy Army Commander Du arranged a reconnaissance team with a Golden Eagle drone to sneak into Guangzhou with the help of the Guangzhou underground party and came to the vicinity of Tianhe Airport.

When the reconnaissance team arrived near Tianhe Airport, they found that the Japanese army had requisitioned a lot of land, expanding the martial law area by more than 200 acres.

Through the Golden Eagle's reconnaissance, the reconnaissance team discovered that the Japanese army was expanding the scale of Tianhe Airport.

Since the Weizhou Island flight base was occupied by the devil's troops, the Sanzao Island Airport, which could accommodate more than 100 aircraft, was occupied by the devil's troops, and then the Shantou Airport was also occupied by the devil's troops.

The only airport left for the Japanese army's southern coastal cities to use was Guangzhou Tianhe Airport, but the scale of Guangzhou Tianhe Airport was too small to meet the needs of the Japanese Army's Southern Expeditionary Force.

Commander-in-Chief Terauchi Hisaichi then ordered the expansion of Guangzhou Tianhe Airport.

Soon, the First Army Air Force on Weizhou Island received intelligence from the reconnaissance team and dispatched a fighter squadron and a bomber squadron to attack Guangzhou Tianhe Airport.

At that time, the civilian laborers were expanding the Guangzhou Tianhe Airport. The First Army's fighters and bombers could only carry out limited strafing and bombing at the runways that the Japanese had already repaired, military camps, and places where Japanese troops were assembled.

The civilian laborers who were building the airport saw that the Japanese army's attention was attracted by the First Army's planes, and they took the opportunity to flee in all directions.

After Tianhe Airport lost the civilian laborers who served as human shields, the fighter planes and bombers of the First Army began to strafe and bomb the Japanese troops indiscriminately.

The runway and apron that the Japanese army had just repaired were bombed and strafed by the First Army Air Force.

Before the Japanese Army's 3rd Flying Division, which participated in the Third Battle of Changsha, could come to reinforce, Leng Feng sent another big gift to the Southern Front Army.

Upon receiving the order, Commander Zhang immediately called on the garrison troops at Sanzao Island Airport and Shantou Airport to mobilize the surrounding civilians to repair the Sanzao Island Airport and Shantou Airport.

At this time, Zhang Shaojie selected some veterans from the three divisions of the Southern Front Army.

The 5000 Guangxi Wolf Soldiers who came with the Second Independent Division of the Guangxi-Yunnan Front Army and the more than 9000 new recruits who are being trained in Xuwen County will be added.

And the newly formed 1st Division of the Southern Front was established.

On the second day after the establishment of the newly formed First Division, it went to the outskirts of Sanshui County, Panyu County, and Shunde County.

This put considerable pressure on the Japanese troops in Guangzhou.

At this time, the Southern Front Army and the Gui-Yunnan Front Army of the First Army in the southern coastal cities and counties around Guangzhou had a strength of more than 60,000 troops, which exceeded the strength of the Japanese troops in Guangzhou.

Deputy Commander Du began to plan a preemptive strike to retake the Guangzhou area bordering them.

Commander-in-Chief Terauchi Hisaichi also noticed the abnormality of the Devil Force and mobilized troops from Guangzhou City to strengthen the defense of areas adjacent to the Devil Force.

Three days later, after hard work day and night by the military and civilians, the Sanzao Island Airport and Shantou Airport were finally repaired and completed, and could operate normally.

After hearing the report, Commander Zhang Shaojie immediately told Leng Feng.

At around nine o'clock the next morning, Commander Zhang Shaojie received a big gift from Leng Feng to the Southern Front Army.