Devil's Army

The Second Battalion of the First Regiment launched a fierce attack on the follow-up troops of the Japanese 5th Brigade at 55 a.m. However, the Japanese army had been on high alert, and the attack of the Second Battalion did not achieve the expected effect.

As the 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment of the Japanese Army was ready, the Second Battalion began to be bombarded by Japanese mountain artillery, and the number of casualties among the soldiers began to soar.

The regiment commander then stopped the attack of the second battalion and called for reinforcements from the air force.

As soon as day broke, the First Army's air force came to provide reinforcements.

The Japanese mountain artillery regiment immediately stopped firing and stopped bombing.

The First Army Air Force, having lost its target of the Japanese mountain artillery regiment, turned to strafing and bombing the Japanese infantry positions.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion advanced steadily with the support of the First Army's Air Force.

While the Second Battalion was fighting fiercely with the 55th Brigade of the Japanese Army, the Third Battalion took a detour to attack Nanxi Town which was occupied by the Japanese Army yesterday.

The Japanese defenders in Nanxi Town put up a desperate resistance while asking for help from the commander of the 55th Brigade.

The Japanese brigade commander was worried that his retreat route would be blocked, so he had to order his troops to retreat completely and return to support Nanxi Town.

The Second Battalion pressed forward step by step and recaptured the positions occupied by the Japanese follow-up troops. Then they also arrived at Nanxi Town.

The First Army's air force increased its strafing and bombing of Japanese positions and soldiers in Nanxi Town.

The commander of a battalion of the Yunnan Army saw Nanxi Town where they had fought bloody battles for half a day, and again asked the commander of a regiment to join the battle.

The regiment commander agreed that they and the first battalion of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army should form a right-wing army and launch an attack on the east gate of Nanxi Town of the Japanese army.

The Second Battalion of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army launched an attack on the south gate of Nanxi Town from the front.

The Third Battalion of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army launched an attack from the left wing towards the west gate of Nanxi Town.

The First Army's air force had not yet completely stopped its air strikes on the Japanese positions and defenders in Nanxi Town, and the commander of the First Regiment had already ordered their First Army and the Yunnan Army to launch a counterattack against Nanxi Town.

The 55th Brigade of the Japanese Army occupied Nanxi Town for only one day, and before it had time to build solid fortifications, it was attacked by the First Army Air Force.

All the Japanese fortifications in Nanxi Town were destroyed.

Under the threat of the First Army's Air Force, the Japanese 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment did not dare to open fire to support the infantry and could only continue to retreat.

After the Japanese infantry retreated from the mountain artillery regiment, their machine gun fire points were attacked continuously by the First Army Air Force. Unable to hold on alone, they also began to withdraw from Nanxi Town.

At noon, the First Army and the Yunnan Army successfully recaptured Nanxi Town and continued to consolidate their fortifications.

The fighter planes and bombers of the First Army also returned one after another.

During the time when the First Army's air force was returning, the Japanese air force from Hanoi Airport in Vietnam also showed up.

Two Zero fighters escorted two bombers and flew over Nanxi Town, and launched fierce bombing and strafing on the positions of the Yunnan Army and the First Army.

When the First Army's Air Force had completely occupied the air supremacy of Yunnan Province, it was still attacked by the Japanese Air Force. This made the commander of the First Regiment speechless.

A telegram was sent to a flight squadron leader stationed at the Kunming Aviation School by the commander of the first regiment, who ordered the students of the Kunming Aviation School to take off three Huaxia III fighters and three H-2 bombers to provide support.

The number of aircraft dispatched by the Japanese army this time was small, so the squadron leader asked the students of Kunming Aviation School to gain some experience.

Who knew that when the students from Kunming Aviation School arrived over Nanxi Town, all the Japanese planes had already returned.

The students of Kunming Aviation School, who originally wanted to practice air combat, had to practice strafing and bombing the Japanese infantry.

The commander of the first regiment did not bother to clean up the battlefield and consolidate the defense line. He led the soldiers of the first regiment and the first battalion of the Yunnan Army to launch a general attack on the 55th Brigade of the Japanese Army.