Devil's Army

When Minami Jiro took office as the commander of the Kwantung Army, the division commander Sakamoto of Jinzhou and the chief of staff Tsunan of Fengtian sent a telegram to congratulate Minami Jiro and requested additional reinforcements to encircle and suppress the devil troops.

Nanjiro was a political opportunist who followed the wind. After receiving telegrams from Jinzhou and Fengtian requesting reinforcements to encircle and suppress the Devil Unit, he studied the process of successive Kwantung Army commanders encircling and suppressing the Devil Unit.

Nanjiro discovered that when the Devil Force was first established, although Commander Nobuyoshi Mutō had successfully encircled and suppressed the Devil Force many times, that was only the occupation of the Devil Force's base, and the main leaders of the Devil Force did not suffer any casualties.

Next, Commander Honjo Shigeru encircled and suppressed the Devil Army. Although there were victories, those victories were worthless. They only occupied the so-called base of the Devil Army, and all the main leaders of the Devil Army escaped.

This led to the Devil Forces developing faster and faster and becoming stronger. Then Commander Ling Kulong failed repeatedly in the battle to encircle and suppress the Devil Forces.

If he were to wipe out the demon army with great fanfare right after taking office, the possibility of failure would be quite high. He didn't want to bear the blame.

He replied to Jinzhou and Fengtian: The activities of the Second Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in Xinjing are rampant, threatening the interests of Xinjing and Manchukuo, and the best strategy is to destroy them first. He refused to send troops to destroy the evil forces immediately.

When the commander of the Jinzhou Sakamoto division saw the reply, he was so angry that he crumpled up the telegram and threw it into a ball, cursing:

"Ten anti-Japanese allied forces are not as threatening as one devil army, let alone just one anti-Japanese allied forces' second army!"

But he was powerless. Commander Nanjiro wanted to wipe out the Second Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces first and then send troops to wipe out the devil's troops. He had no choice.

To make matters worse, at this moment the defenders of Liangjia Mountain sent him a telegram requesting supplies.

Division Commander Sakamoto was so angry that he wanted to curse, but the calm Chief of Staff Ono of the division headquarters advised him:

"The only land transportation line left in Jinzhou is Liangjiashan. If we don't protect the Liangjiashan Fortress and let the Devil's Army garrison the Liangjiashan Fortress, then our land route to Fengtian will also be cut off."

"Isn't the East Gate of Jinzhou currently surrounded by the Devil's Army?"

"The Devil's Army has surrounded the east gate of Jinzhou, but there are no fortresses to defend in that area. We can concentrate our superior forces and break through their defenses at any time. If the Liangjiashan Fortress falls into the hands of the Devil's Army, it will be difficult for us to break through."

Chief of Staff Ono's remarks were very pertinent, and Division Commander Sakamoto had to consider it.

Since the Devil's Army had deployed anti-aircraft artillery units on his route, he called the Chief of Staff of Jinnan in Fengtian and asked Fengtian to send planes to airdrop supplies to the troops stationed in Liangjiashan.

Fengtian and Jinzhou were already on the same page, so the Jinnan Chief of Staff in Fengtian agreed immediately without giving it much thought.

That afternoon, a Japanese transport plane loaded with supplies took off from Fengtian and flew towards the Liangjiashan Fortress.

Since the transport plane from Fengtian successfully replenished the Liangjiashan Fortress last time, the First Brigade has been paying close attention to the route between Liangjiashan and Fengtian. He deployed two platoons of anti-aircraft artillery under this route. Another platoon was also deployed on the route from Jinzhou to Liangjiashan.

The transport plane from Fengtian was dispatched and was soon detected by the anti-aircraft artillery of a brigade.

In the past, the anti-aircraft artillery had bombed the enemy's planes in companies. This time, due to insufficient manpower and artillery, they had to complete the task alone with two platoons. The artillerymen were a little excited, but also a little worried.

The transport plane was getting closer and closer, and the platoon leader quickly ordered the artillery to get ready.

For a moment, three 75mm anti-aircraft guns and two 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns looked up and aimed at the flight path.

The transport plane entered the ambush circle, and with an order from a platoon leader, the artillerymen fired fiercely at the transport plane in the aiming circle.

The Japanese transport plane knew it was ambushed and tried to break out of the encirclement, but it was surrounded by high-explosive bombs and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets.

The transport plane was hit by countless shells and crashed into the base of Liangjia Mountain with black smoke emitting from it.

At this time, the sharp-eyed artillery saw that when the transport plane crashed, a large mushroom umbrella was swaying and floating towards the ground.

"The Japanese pilot parachuted." The platoon leader immediately reported to the anti-aircraft artillery company commander.

The anti-aircraft artillery company commander immediately notified the commander of the regiment that was besieging the Liangjiashan Fortress.

The commander of the first regiment immediately asked the commander of the second company to take people to capture the Japanese pilot alive.

He once heard from a brigade commander that the anti-aircraft artillery company shot down a Japanese bomber at the Wangjiadagou gold mine last time, and two Japanese pilots also parachuted. But unfortunately, only the body of one Japanese pilot was found, and the other Japanese pilot was missing.

But he didn't know why the Japanese pilot commander had to be captured alive. He only knew that it was Commander Leng's intention.

After receiving the task, the second company commander immediately took the radio and led their company to search for the Japanese pilots.