Devil's Army

The Shangdu Airport of the First Regiment was not yet ready when the Japanese reconnaissance plane came to provoke.

Commander Amakasu Shige knew that the Devil Force had occupied the Four Princes Flag, so he arranged for a reconnaissance plane to come and investigate the situation.

Because the Four Princes Banner is vast and sparsely populated, it is inconvenient for infantry to patrol.

The second regiment commander handed over the task of inspecting the Siwangzi Banner to the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Detachment who volunteered.

When a squadron of the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Detachment was patrolling near Bailingmiao Town, a Japanese reconnaissance plane spotted them and dropped bombs on them. (Japanese reconnaissance planes could carry a small number of bombs.)

After hearing the report from the reconnaissance plane, the Japanese troops in Bailingmiao Town arranged a small team of Japanese troops to attack the Eighth Route Army cavalry squad under the cover of three tanks and two armored vehicles.

The Golden Eagle drone conducting high-altitude reconnaissance quickly discovered the Japanese troops dispatched from Bailingmiao Town, and immediately flew over, swaying left and right at low altitude in front of the cavalry squad.

After receiving the retreat message from the golden eagle, the cavalry captain immediately took the injured cavalry and evacuated the attacked area.

This time, the Eighth Route Army cavalry squad was attacked, two cavalrymen were killed and five were injured.

Upon receiving the news, the second regiment commander hurried to the regimental hospital to visit the injured Eighth Route Army cavalry.

Since their 12th Brigade entered Rehe Province, Chahar Province, and Suiyuan Province, the First Army's Air Force has always had air superiority, and they have rarely been attacked by the Japanese Air Force.

Unexpectedly, their friendly forces were attacked by Japanese reconnaissance planes.

The Second Regiment Commander immediately reported to Brigadier General Du that the Eighth Route Army patrol team had been bombed by Japanese planes, and asked whether the Shangdu Airport was completed.

Brigade Commander Du immediately sent a telegram urging the commander of the first regiment to speed up the preparation of Shangdu Airport so that the air force could move in.

A regimental commander divided the soldiers into three shifts and worked all day to tidy up the Shangdu Airport.

Finally, at around 2:00 a.m. the next day, Shangdu Airport was cleaned up.

Since Shangdu Airport is relatively small, the number of aircraft it can accommodate is limited.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Leng Feng arranged two fighter squadrons and one bomber squadron to transfer from Jinzhou Airport to Shangdu Airport.

The use of Shangdu Airport could, on the one hand, support Xinjing Airport in attacking the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Force, and on the other hand, threaten Baotou Airport.

In order to avenge the sacrifice of the Eighth Route Army patrol team, the Second Regiment Commander ordered the Eighth Route Army cavalry team to continue patrolling near Bailingmiao Town, and at the same time arranged the Golden Eagle UAV in the direction of Baotou to keep an eye on the Japanese Air Force in Baotou.

The Eighth Route Army cavalry squad discovered two Japanese scouts near Bailingmiao Station, but the Japanese planes did not appear again.

After capturing five Japanese scouts alive, the Eighth Route Army cavalry squad returned to the headquarters of the Second Regiment.

After interrogation, the second regiment commander learned that the Japanese army had stationed troops in Bailingmiao Town, Daqingshan area, and Hongya Terrace.

The most important thing is that the Japanese army formulated an "Eagle Plan" and a "Steel Plan" against them.

As for the details of these two plans, the Japanese scouts were of too low a level and none of them knew.

The second regiment commander asked Captain Yao whether their underground party could find out the details of the two plans of the Japanese army?

Captain Yao shook his head. They had no insiders among the high-ranking Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia, so it was difficult for them to detect the two top-secret plans of the Japanese army.

The Second Regiment Commander had no choice but to report the information to Brigade Commander Du.