Devil's Army

The next morning, Commander Yang and his men arrived at Jianchang County.

Their car broke down on the road and it took some time to repair it.

They felt sad when they saw Jianchang County reduced to ruins by the bombing of the Japanese invaders, but they were relieved when they saw the soldiers of the First Army trying their best to save the lives and property of the people. They seemed to see the shadow of their own troops.

Commander Yang asked his soldiers to help rescue the property of the people in Jianchang County and sort out the ruins, and he took several medical soldiers to find Dean Yuan Wanting.

Commander Yang and his men found the temporary hospital without much difficulty. Commander Yang handed Commander Leng's letter of introduction to Yuan Wanting who was working there.

Yuan Wanting took the time to read the letter of introduction, and couldn't help but look up at the hero of the Chinese nation in front of her, feeling a little excited.

Yuan Wanting readily agreed to Commander Yang's suggestion to train their medical soldiers and immediately asked his nurse to help.

The war had just ended and the Japanese had just bombed Jianchang County. There were many wounded soldiers on hand. It would be more accurate to say that Commander Yang's medical soldiers came to help rather than to train them.

Commander Yang stayed in the temporary hospital for a while and asked to go to the brigade headquarters.

Yuan Wanting asked a guard to lead the way for Commander Yang and the others. They arrived at the Fifth Brigade Headquarters. The Fifth Brigade Commander was just about to go to the fake headquarters.

Commander Yang chatted with the commander of the Fifth Brigade. The commander of the Fifth Brigade knew that Commander Yang was not an outsider, so he told him that they were going to ambush the Japanese bombers and avenge the soldiers and civilians of Jianchang County.

After hearing this, Commander Yang proposed to go together. It had always been the Japanese planes that bombed them, and they had never shot down a Japanese plane.

After hearing this, the commander of the Fifth Brigade firmly refused. He knew the danger there and he couldn't bear to see Commander Yang get into trouble under his leadership.

But Commander Yang was very stubborn and insisted on going with them. He wanted to see with his own eyes the Japanese bomber's broken wings in the blue sky.

The commander of the Fifth Brigade had no choice but to go to the fake command post with Commander Yang and his men, but at the same time he arranged several guards to protect Commander Yang closely.

The Fifth Brigade Commander and his men arrived at the observation post on the hillside in front of the fake headquarters. There were observers from their anti-aircraft artillery unit, watching the Japanese planes coming from the direction of Lingyuan.

The soldiers of the fake military camp had quietly withdrawn from the camp last night. The sentry at the entrance of the camp was still standing there, keeping watch. The patrol team was also patrolling diligently.

Near noon, the observation post reported that an airplane was flying from the northwest of Jinhua Mountain.

The commander of the Fifth Brigade discovered through the telescope that this was the Japanese Type 98 reconnaissance aircraft and immediately ordered the anti-aircraft artillery unit to continue hiding.

The Japanese reconnaissance plane lowered its altitude and conducted low-altitude reconnaissance of the First Army’s barracks and headquarters.

A new recruit in the 8th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company excitedly pointed at the Japanese reconnaissance plane and shouted to the company commander: "Company commander, the Japanese plane, shoot it down."

"I'm not going to hit you! Our brigade commander wants to catch the big fish, not this reconnaissance plane in front of us." The company commander slapped the recruit on the head and said.

"Commander of the Fifth Brigade, the Japanese reconnaissance planes are patrolling so safely over our important military bases. Will he have any doubts?" asked Commander Yang.

The Fifth Brigade Commander thought it made sense and immediately ordered the stationed anti-aircraft artillery company to use machine guns to fire at the Japanese reconnaissance planes.

The Japanese reconnaissance plane was strafed by machine guns and immediately increased its flight altitude and continued its provocative reconnaissance.

The anti-aircraft artillery unit had no choice but to stop the machine gun fire.

After the Japanese reconnaissance plane had conducted sufficient reconnaissance, it turned its head and flew towards the northwest of Jinhua Mountain.

"The big fish is coming, be alert." The Fifth Brigade Commander ordered.

The artillerymen from the 5th and 8th Anti-aircraft Artillery Companies immediately took their positions and prepared for battle.

While having lunch at noon, an urgent alarm was heard from the observation post.

The commanders of the fifth and eighth anti-aircraft artillery companies heard the alarm and immediately ordered: "Five enemy bombers in the northwest direction, prepare for battle!"

The artillerymen whose turn it was to have lunch put down their half-eaten bowls and immediately ran to their posts.

The soldiers had already removed the camouflage branches on the 75mm and 35mm anti-aircraft guns. Everyone focused on aiming in the northwest direction.

After a while, the roar of five Japanese G3M96 bombers rushed towards the headquarters from the northwest.

The Japanese bomber had just arrived over the headquarters, and before the hatch on its belly opened and began to drop bombs, the commanders of the fifth and eighth anti-aircraft artillery companies ordered almost at the same time: "Fire!"

High-explosive bombs exploded like deadly flowers next to the Japanese bombers.

The 5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company was an old artillery company that had participated in the air battle at Wangjiadagou Gold Mine. It was the first to achieve victory, with two consecutive high-explosive bombs causing a Japanese bomber to explode in mid-air.

Commander Yang watched this exciting aerial fireworks display through the telescope.

Then the 5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company shot down a Japanese bomber, causing it to emit black smoke and stagger down the hill.

The remaining three Japanese bombers opened their cabins and dropped bombs at the positions of the 5th and 8th Anti-aircraft Artillery Companies.

The sound of bomb explosions began to be heard from the artillery positions of the 5th and 8th Companies.

The artillerymen from the 5th and 8th Companies ignored all this and kept adjusting their guns to chase and bomb the remaining Japanese bombers.

The artillery of the Eighth Company also hit a Japanese bomber, which disintegrated as it fell, emitting black smoke, and its parts were scattered in the mountains and forests.

The fifth company broke the tail of another Japanese bomber.

The Japanese bomber with a broken tail turned its nose together with the last bomber and fled quickly to the northwest.