Devil's Army

The captain and deputy captain of the Yingkou warship were called to a meeting.

"Your Yingkou Second Fleet is stronger than the Huludao Navy Fleet of the Devil Force, so why did you suffer such a crushing defeat?"

Commander Kurita asked Captain Itagaki, the temporary commander of the Yingkou Second Fleet, with a stern face.

"Commander Kurita, our fleet was not defeated by the Devil Force's warships, but by those shells with flaming tails that can automatically turn and track targets." Captain Itagaki stood up, wiped the sweat off his face, and responded in a low voice.

"A shell that automatically turns and tracks the target?" Commander Kurita asked doubtfully.

Captain Itagaki then gave everyone a detailed introduction to this type of artillery shell that can automatically turn and track the target.

All the Japanese officers present were stunned.

After a while, Commander Kurita asked:

“What are your countermeasures?”

"Before his death, Captain Yamada Ryo discovered that it was possible to use anti-aircraft weapons to shoot down the Devil Force's automatic tracking shells. However, it was more difficult than shooting down an aircraft."

Cruise missiles are much smaller than airplanes, so it is definitely more difficult to shoot them down.

"If all our air defense weapons are used to deal with this kind of shells, what will happen if the Devil Force's planes come to attack us?"

Captain Itagaki was speechless in response.

Now that the Devil Forces' aviation has gained air superiority, air strikes on their fleets will become the norm.

Seeing that no one had any countermeasures, Commander Kurita had no choice but to order each ship to increase its anti-aircraft ammunition reserves.

This operation was the first battle after the establishment of the Army Aviation Corps. Afterwards, the captain of the first platoon gave a summary.

He believed that cruise missiles were slow and could easily be shot down by Japanese air defense fire.

Moreover, each Golden Eagle can have up to eight missiles in reserve, but now the average number of missiles in reserve for each Golden Eagle No. 5 drone is only two.

This battle consumed nearly half of their cruise missile fleet. If they attacked a large-scale naval fleet like the Japanese army in Dalian, the cruise missiles would definitely not be enough.

However, the production process of cruise missiles is relatively complicated, the requirements are relatively strict, and the cost is relatively high.

Given the current situation of the First Anti-Japanese Army, large-scale production is difficult.

Japanese Commander Kurita acted decisively. After the meeting, he immediately ordered the warships on the sea off Dalian to return to the island in batches to replenish anti-aircraft ammunition.

At the same time, the navy of Andong City was ordered to return to the port in batches to replenish ammunition, and to inform them of the new weapons and defense methods that had appeared in the Devil Force.

Unfortunately, the Third Brigade acted quickly.

After the First Brigade took over Yingkou City, they immediately marched eastward to attack Andong City (now Dandong City).

The soldiers of the Third Brigade advanced eastward from Yingkou City via Anshan City to Andong City, passing through many mountains, river valleys and transportation nodes along the way.

The troops soon reached the eastern section of the Qianshan Mountains (from Anshan to the eastern part of Liaoyang)

The Qianshan Mountains are the core mountain range of the Liaodong Peninsula. The eastern section (such as Gongchangling and the Xiada River area east of Liaoyang) is densely packed with peaks and crisscrossed with ravines. This makes it difficult for an army's tanks to deploy, and infantry marches must follow narrow mountain paths.

The Japanese army, which had been prepared in advance, built concealed fortifications based on the commanding heights of Motianling and Dahai Mountain.

When the vanguard of the 3rd Brigade arrived, the Japanese army took advantage of the mountain difference to shoot down from a high position. At the same time, they destroyed the mountain paths and set up roadblocks to block the advance of the 1st Army's tanks.

The Fengtian Air Force rushed to reinforce, but because the Japanese positions were located in the woods, it was difficult for the Air Force to detect them from the air, and the bombing effect was greatly reduced.