Devil's Army

Gray Wolf asked Brigade Commander Zhang to make a battle plan to recapture Su County within three days and to pick up the special forces he arranged to go to Su County to seize the Japanese army's supply warehouse.

At the same time, Gray Wolf asked Brigade Commander Zhang to arrange people to pay attention to the situation at Dangshan Airport. He would arrange for the air force to bomb the Japanese fortifications in Dangshan County, the Japanese military camps in Su County, the Japanese fortifications outside the city and the Japanese command headquarters at noon tomorrow.

Brigade Commander Zhang immediately arranged for scouts to lurk near Dangshan Airport.

At lunch the next day, two mixed squadrons of fighters and bombers flew towards Anhui in two directions.

A mixed squadron flew to Dangshan County and launched fierce strafing and bombing on the Japanese and puppet military fortifications and strongholds in Dangshan County.

Another mixed squadron flew to Suxian and launched a fierce bombing and strafing attack on Japanese fortifications, strongholds, Suxian barracks, and Suxian Japanese command headquarters outside Suxian.

The Japanese troops in Dangshan County and Su County were furious, but they could do nothing.

The scouts watching near Dangshan Airport hadn't spotted any Japanese fighter planes taking off to respond. (The Grey Wolf's purpose in deploying so few fighter planes this time was to test whether there were any Japanese fighter planes coming to respond at Dangshan Airport.)

The mixed squadron that bombed the Japanese fortifications in Dangshan County took a detour to observe the Dangshan Airport on its return flight and found that the airport was empty and there was not a single fighter plane.

While another mixed squadron bombing Suxian was bombing the Japanese barracks and headquarters, the Japanese air force from Guangde Airport rushed over to engage in battle.

The mixed squadron of the First Army that bombed Dangshan County immediately turned around to provide reinforcements.

The two sides fought for a long time in the sky over Suxian. The Japanese air force, which had a numerical advantage, did not gain any advantage, but disrupted the Devil Force Air Force's plan to bomb the Suxian Command, so they returned to Guangde Airport.

The First Army Air Force also returned afterwards.

After the independent brigade's combat plan was approved by Gray Wolf, it also split into two groups and attacked Dangshan County at 9 o'clock in the morning of the same day.

The 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Independent Brigade attacked Dangshan County along the Jinpu Railway and surrounding roads.

The Jinpu Railway is an important transportation artery. The Japanese army built bunkers, trenches and strongholds in some towns and villages along the line from Heze to Suxian.

These bunkers and strongholds along the Japanese railway and surrounding roads caused great trouble to the Eighth Route Army, which had backward weapons.

The 1st Regiment of the Independent Brigade, which was responsible for the vanguard, used mortars to clear the way and blew up the Japanese barbed wire.

Along the way, they used machine guns to suppress the firepower of the Japanese army's bunkers and strongholds. The rocket soldiers took the opportunity to get close and blew down the Japanese bunkers with one shot.

The group attacked quickly and soon reached West Second Shop.

The Japanese army built two bunkers at the foot of Qingjiao Hill in Xierpu. The machine guns in the two bunkers supported each other, covering and supporting each other, blocking the path tightly.

The vanguard of the 1st Regiment launched two attacks on Xierpu, but both were blocked.

The regiment called for support from the Japanese air force that was bombing Dangshan County. However, the dense forest helped the Japanese army, and the bombing was ineffective.

These two bunkers happened to be built in the blind spot of the artillery unit on the small road, and the artillery could do nothing to them.

The battalion commander was at his wit's end and could only use rocket soldiers, but the two bunkers were out of the range of the rockets.

The battalion commander ordered the machine gunners to fire fiercely at the Japanese soldiers in the bunker to draw their firepower. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to throw two smoke bombs in front of the bunker.

Amidst the smoke, the Japanese machine guns in the bunker continued to suppress the machine gun fire of the first battalion in a fixed direction.

The four rocket soldiers took the opportunity to move along the ravine from the flank and approach the Japanese bunker.

When the smoke cleared, the Japanese machine gunners in the bunker discovered the rocket soldiers approaching them.