Devil's Army

In the end, this group of devils escaped the pursuit of the Anti-Japanese Army soldiers by virtue of their familiar terrain.

Just when the soldiers from the first and second companies returned disappointed to meet up with the grain transport team, the veterans made a gain.

When he was sniping the Japanese artillerymen, he saw them packing up their mortars and shells. He knew they were going to retreat, so he followed them like a ghost.

The old soldier took advantage of the Japanese artillerymen's inattention and shot down a gunner who was carrying a mortar. The mortar also fell into the grass.

Another artilleryman came over and tried to take the mortar, but was shot down by the veteran.

The mortar that fell in the grass became a hot potato, and no artilleryman dared to approach it.

They hid behind the bushes, vigilantly searching for the veteran.

The old soldier was not found, but the footsteps of the soldiers from the first and second companies were getting closer and closer.

The Japanese artillery had no choice but to abandon the mortar and evacuate quickly.

When the old soldier saw the Japanese had gone far away, he came out from behind a big rock, picked up the mortar and walked back to the main force.

The old soldier came back. When the second company commander saw the old soldier carrying a mortar, he punched the old soldier on the shoulder with his right hand and said with a smile:

"You are really the treasure of our company. We made the right decision by picking you!"

The old soldier laughed, “Hehehe.”

The first and second companies brought the grain transport team back to the camp of the first brigade. Their battalion commander was not in the camp, having gone to the brigade headquarters for a meeting.

Leng Feng's reply came, he agreed to the combat request of the commanders of the first and third brigades, and wiped out the Japanese troops near the east gate of Jinzhou and the west gate of Fengtian.

After investigation, a brigade commander discovered that there were more than ten towns near the east gate of Jinzhou.

A brigade commander decided: the first regiment continued to besiege the Japanese in the Liangjiashan Fortress; the third regiment defended the Japanese at the east gate of Jinzhou; and the second regiment was responsible for wiping out the Japanese in the towns around the east gate of Jinzhou.

At this time, the scouts sent by the first and second companies to investigate Niangniang Palace Town also returned. The brigade commander kept the regimental and battalion-level cadres of the second regiment at a meeting and asked the scouts to report to everyone at the meeting.

According to the reconnaissance of the scouts, Niangniang Palace Town is relatively close to Jinzhou and has an important location. There is a squadron of Japanese soldiers and a company of puppet troops stationed there.

The scouts also brought an important piece of news: the day before yesterday morning, a breakfast shop owner saw a large number of Japanese devils and puppet troops from Niangniangong Town going out.

Small-scale operations often take place in Niangniangong Town, but large-scale operations like this one are rare, so the boss remembers it more clearly.

There is no doubt that the ones who attacked their grain transport team were the devils from Niangniang Palace Town.

The commander of the first brigade ordered the commander of the second regiment to launch a battle to recapture Niangniang Palace Town tomorrow morning, and at the same time arrange scouts to conduct reconnaissance in the surrounding towns and villages.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the First Brigade's operation to clear out the Japanese invaders in the towns and villages had not yet begun, but the Japanese invaders' action had already begun.

Five G3M96s came from the direction of Jinzhou and attacked the devil troops at the east gate of Jinzhou and Liangjiashan Fortress.

A series of huge explosions sounded in succession at the positions of the Third and First Regiments.

The brigade commander did not expect that the division commander Sakamoto in Jinzhou, who had suffered repeated defeats in air battles with the Anti-Japanese Army, would now dare to take the risk of sending out bombers. He was caught off guard and was in a passive position.

Along with the five G3M96 bombers was a Type transport plane.

It flew over the Liangjiashan Fortress while the bombers were bombing the positions of the 1st and 3rd Regiments and delivered supplies to them.

Chen Dongbei, who was at the brigade headquarters, happened to see this and immediately reported it to the brigade commander. He also suggested to the brigade commander:

"The enemy's supplies at Liangjiashan Fortress are running low. We will send anti-aircraft artillery to block the enemy's air transport line. Then it will be just a matter of time before we capture Liangjiashan Fortress."

"There should be some anti-aircraft artillery factories, but there are no anti-aircraft artillery. Our artillery talents cannot keep up." A brigade commander said with a wry smile.

"Besides, the supplies of the ghosts in Liangjiashan Fortress may not be running out soon. They may be preparing in advance."

"In this case, we have to ask the army commander for anti-aircraft artillery to come over. Otherwise, the Japanese bombers will drop a few eggs on your head from time to time, and this battle will be difficult to fight." Chen Dongbei insisted.

"Didn't you also have anti-aircraft guns when you fought the Japanese before? That's how we won the war."

"We didn't have anti-aircraft guns when we fought the Japanese before, but our casualties under the bombing of the Japanese planes were much greater than theirs. You think we can win with such small casualties now? That's a dream."

一旅长没有反驳陈东北，因为陈东北说的是实情，在那个时候中国军队与鬼子的伤亡比高达3:1，淞沪会战甚至达到了7:1。有些地方还达到10:1。

The Japanese bombers flew away, and the 1st and 3rd Regiments of the 1st Brigade began to clean up the battlefield.

There were wounded soldiers lying everywhere on the battlefield, and the medical soldiers began to get busy.

A brigade commander began to blame himself, saying that due to his negligence, the troops did not pay attention to air defense, which gave the Japanese bombers an opportunity to take advantage and caused such heavy casualties to the troops.

He listened to Chen Dongbei's advice and called Leng Feng, asking him to arrange for anti-aircraft artillery troops to come over.

It would be difficult for new recruits alone to quickly form combat effectiveness, so a brigade commander suggested to Leng Feng: transfer some veterans from the anti-aircraft artillery companies in Tieling County and Tiaobinshan County to form a new anti-aircraft artillery unit with the new recruits from the artillery school.