Devil's Army

With the transfer of air supremacy between the Japanese Army and the First Anti-Japanese Army, what followed was the defeat of the Japanese Army in the battle against the First Anti-Japanese Army.

The day after the great air battle ended, Commander Zhang Shaojie and Deputy Commander Du Shaoqing launched a campaign to retake Guangzhou.

The Second Division of the First Anti-Japanese Army's Gui-Yunnan Front launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops in Guangzhou from Panyu County, Shunde County, and Sanshui County.

Most of the Second Division of the Southern Front Army of the First Anti-Japanese Army launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops in Guangzhou from the vicinity of Nanhai County and the occupied towns and villages outside Guangzhou.

The newly formed First Division of the Southern Front Army of the First Anti-Japanese Army launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops in Guangzhou from Huaxian County and the occupied Japanese positions outside Guangzhou.

The worries of Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai, commander of the Japanese 23rd Army in Guangzhou, finally came true.

On the one hand, he asked the 104th Division, the 51st Division, the 8th Division, and the Independent Mixed 23rd Brigade, which were confronting the Devil Forces, to resist the attack of the three divisions of the Devil Forces with all their strength.

He also ordered the 19th and 22nd Independent Mixed Brigades of the Japanese Army, which were responsible for defending the security of the Guangzhou area, to assemble urgently and reinforce the front line at any time.

As the Japanese combat divisions and brigades were transferred to the front line, large areas of Guangzhou were handed over to the management of the Japanese military police, security forces and a large number of puppet troops.

Many anti-Japanese armed forces that had been dormant in various places in Guangzhou began to take actions again.

They attacked Japanese sentries, patrol teams, and dug up the roads leading to the front lines, obstructing the Japanese troops from heading to the front lines.

At this time, most of the anti-Japanese armed forces in Guangzhou had received training from the First Army in Nanhai and other counties during their hibernation period, and had also received a large amount of ammunition and supplies. Their combat effectiveness was no longer comparable to that of before.

The Japanese military police and security forces in Guangzhou had no way to deal with the smoke of war, so they had to hand over the task of destroying the anti-Japanese armed forces to the puppet army.

The puppet army was really powerful. They fought and were defeated over and over again, but they kept fighting and continuously supplied weapons and ammunition to the anti-Japanese armed forces.

In order to enforce strict military discipline, Lieutenant General Sakai Takashi killed two puppet company commanders who were not doing well in combat, but it did not have much effect.

In the past, Guangzhou was firmly in the hands of the Japanese army, and the puppet troops would even try their best to wipe out the guerrillas.

Now that changes were imminent in Guangzhou, the puppet troops were all trying to find a way out for themselves and had no intention of wiping out the guerrillas.

Moreover, the guerrillas' combat effectiveness has been greatly improved compared to before.

The Japanese 104th Division, 51st Division, 8th Division and Independent Mixed 23rd Brigade on the front line were severely strafed and bombed by the First Army's fighters and bombers.

The firepower point that had just been re-established was destroyed again in an instant. The three divisions of the First Army had broken through the Japanese positions one after another and were attacking the deep positions.

The commanders of the 104th Division, 51st Division, 8th Division, and 23rd Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army successively requested air support from Lieutenant General Sakai Takashi. But this has become a luxury.

The Japanese Southern Air Force no longer had any fighter aviation capable of engaging in a decisive battle with the First Army's fighter aircraft.

Even the army heading to the front line was constantly obstructed by the guerrillas.

After a bloody battle, the newly formed 1st Division of the 1st Army's Southern Front broke through the Japanese defense line and attacked Niulangang in Sanyuanli.

They were ambushed and blocked by the Japanese army at Niulangang.

There are many alleys and houses in Niulangang. The Japanese army hid behind bushes, rivers, and small earthen slopes and suddenly ambushed the soldiers of the newly formed First Division.

After suffering a powerful counterattack from the soldiers of the First Regiment of the New First Division, they retreated to the civilian houses and alleys of Niulangang, constantly blocking the attack of the New First Division.