Devil's Army

The second company commander immediately ordered the medical staff to rescue the wounded. He and other artillerymen buried their comrades with tears in their eyes.

Afterwards, the surviving anti-aircraft artillery company said that they shot down or damaged eight enemy planes in this battle. Four of their five anti-aircraft guns were destroyed, leaving only one that was barely usable.

If we only look at the casualty ratio, this battle can be said to be a great victory. Four anti-aircraft guns for eight Japanese bombers. But the second company commander was not happy at all.

In order to prevent the Japanese from attacking again, the second company commander moved his anti-aircraft artillery position forward to five miles in front of the original anti-aircraft artillery position.

It was a place where the Fengtian Japanese bombers often passed when flying to the Wangjiadagou gold mine.

The second company commander felt that it was not cost-effective to fight the Japanese bombers head-on and he could not afford the loss, so it would be better to launch a surprise attack.

The Japs had a strong base, many planes and pilots, but they had limited anti-aircraft guns and even less experienced anti-aircraft gunners.

It is impossible to train a skilled anti-aircraft artillery soldier without two or three months of practice.

A large-scale air raid by the Japanese caused one of their anti-aircraft artillery companies to lose its combat effectiveness.

Then, ten anti-aircraft guns that worked day and night arrived at Wangjiadagou Gold Mine one after another.

Unfortunately, the five anti-aircraft guns transferred from the military factory did not have enough artillerymen to operate them, so they could only be used as spare guns to replace the anti-aircraft guns that were destroyed by the Japanese.

The anti-aircraft artillery company No. 4, which was transferred from Tieling County, was stationed one mile to the left and in front of the anti-aircraft artillery company No. 2. He coordinated with the anti-aircraft artillery company No. 2 to prepare for a surprise attack on the Japanese bombers that dared to attack the Wangjiadagou gold mine.

Leng Feng soon learned that the anti-aircraft artillery unit had a shortage of officers and soldiers, and ordered the artillery school to train anti-aircraft artillery soldiers as soon as possible. He also sent an anti-aircraft artillery company that was about to graduate to the Wangjia Dagou Gold Mine Anti-aircraft Artillery Unit for internship.

The Golden Eagle also arrived at the Wangjiadagou Gold Mine soon, but unfortunately, after more than a year of fighting, it had few missiles left. If it weren't for the Golden Eagle's dimensionality reduction attack, the Japanese planes would not have been able to become rampant.

The large-scale bombing by the Japanese bombers also caused a small number of casualties to the garrison troops in the gold mine, and two places in the gold mine collapsed due to the explosion.

Fortunately, only a few miners were half-buried. Everyone helped each other and quickly dug out the half-buried miners.

The miners at Shujigou Copper Mine soon learned that the Japanese planes had bombed Wangjiadagou Gold Mine.

They wanted to maintain their current happy life and were afraid that the gold and copper mines would be occupied by the Japanese again, which would mean their lives would take a big step backwards.

The miners worked hard to dig copper ore because they also knew that copper was the raw material for producing ammunition.

They just wanted to do their best to help the First Army defeat the Japanese.

They don't ask for much, they just want to live like human beings.

Copper ore began to be shipped to the smelter in an endless stream.

Professor Li personally guided the workers in smelting copper ore.

Copper ore is usually mixed with iron, zinc and other substances. So when the temperature of the smelting furnace rises to nearly 420 degrees, a white liquid with a light blue color flows out of the furnace.

Professor Li told everyone that it was zinc. Wen Lang knew that zinc was the raw material for making optical sights, but it was limited by current technology and could not be made yet.

Wenlang asked the workers to collect the materials and transport them to the tribal warehouse.

When the fire reached 1083 degrees, the first stream of molten copper flowed out of the furnace.

The glasses and workers in charge of smelting all shed tears of joy.

From now on, the First Army will no longer rely on picking up used bullet and shell casings to make bullets and shells. The First Army can produce the raw materials needed for its own arsenal to produce ammunition.

When the furnace temperature rises to 1538 degrees, the copper in the copper mine has been smelted out, and now the molten iron is flowing out. Iron is also a necessary raw material for making weapons.

Copper and iron produced by the smelter began to be shipped to the tribal arsenal in an endless stream.

Li Gong knew that the First Army was now fighting the Japanese frequently and there was a big shortage of bullets and grenades. Previously, it was limited by the lack of raw materials, but now the raw materials are constantly being transported in. He personally urged the workers to work overtime to produce more bullets, grenades and other weapons and ammunition.

However, due to the limitation of the technology and equipment of the arsenal, the arsenal is currently unable to produce seamless gun barrels. Therefore, anti-aircraft guns and 150mm howitzers cannot be produced.

Helplessly, Engineer Li had to contact Boss Hu and asked him to go to Tieling County to discuss the transportation of two ships of raw materials for the arsenal.

Commander Ling Qilong of Fengtian received the intelligence from the bombers and was very happy to know that the anti-aircraft artillery of the Wangjia Dagou Gold Mine Devil Unit had been completely wiped out. Although their air force suffered heavy losses in this battle, at least the anti-aircraft artillery of the Devil Unit was completely wiped out, and the air power of the Imperial Japanese Army was demonstrated. He felt it was worth it.

Commander Ling Qilong continued to contact the Air Force, and he planned to bomb the anti-aircraft artillery unit of the Devil Force near the Wangjiadagou Gold Mine again.

As long as all the anti-aircraft artillery units of the Devil Forces were destroyed, his bombers could carry out devastating bombing on the tank units of the Devil Forces, so that his infantry could send troops to occupy the Wangjiadagou gold mine.