Devil's Army

Relying on his experience, the captain of the freighter avoided the times and sea areas where Japanese warships often sailed. After sailing on the sea for fifteen hours, he finally brought Li Hongmei and her companions safely to Huludao.

As soon as the families of the 29th Army generals set foot on Huludao, they immediately felt the vigorous vitality and peaceful living atmosphere.

As soon as Li Hongmei and the third company commander set foot on Huludao, they immediately had a strong feeling of being home.

Li Hongmei arranged for two soldiers to take General Song's concubine and Ren Shiqiong to Chaoyang County Hospital for examination and treatment. She and the captain of the third company and others rushed back to the tribe without even taking a rest.

After returning to the tribe, Li Hongmei and the third company commander reported to Leng Feng and Huilang on the situation on the front line in Peiping and the status of their First Anti-Japanese Army.

Although Wu Lang did not complain to the headquarters and ask for help, Leng Feng learned from the third company commander's words that after this period of fierce fighting with the Japanese invaders, the Second Brigade's biggest difficulty now is the lack of medical care and medicine.

Gray Wolf and Leng Feng agreed that they must strengthen the logistics support of the troops. The support method adopted was sea transportation and air transportation, and the logistics base was initially selected at the Tangshan village wharf where Li Hongmei and her team withdrew.

On August 8, the Japanese invaders entered Beiping, the largest ancient city in North China, supported the puppet Japanese regime, hunted down people engaged in anti-Japanese activities, and began to attack other cities in North China.

On August 8, the 18th Brigade of the First Northeast Anti-Japanese Army, led by Du Xiaotian, an old partner of Li Guozhu of the Third Brigade and a political cadre assisted by Secretary Li, began to board ships in Huludao, preparing to support the front line in Peiping.

Two cargo ships were also requisitioned for this operation to assist in transporting the urgently needed ammunition supplies for the soldiers of the 11th Brigade and the 2nd Brigade.

Li Hongmei and the Third Company of the First Battalion of the Second Brigade also requested to return to Beiping on the ship. Their troops were still fighting a bloody battle with the Japanese in Beiping.

In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the First Army Navy, Leng Feng also equipped the First Army Navy with ten Golden Eagle II drones and a batch of air-to-ground missiles.

At four o'clock in the afternoon on August 8, the reinforcement troops officially set sail for the anti-Japanese front in Peiping.

Instructor Yin of the First Army Air Force and several air force pilots followed the truck carrying the 11th Brigade to Chaoyang County to visit Ren Shiqiong.

Ren Shiqiong was very happy to see the teammates and instructors he had been with day and night, but at the same time he also felt deeply guilty for the crash of a Huaxia II fighter jet because of him.

Instructor Yin comforted him:

"It's better to be safe than sorry, and the tribe has built two new Huaxia II fighters. Get well soon, so you can fly new fighters when you return."

The pilots cherished their planes very much and jokingly called them their wives. One of the team members teased Ren Shiqiong:

"You can have a new wife again."

At around 8 o'clock in the morning on August 19, the escorting naval forces encountered two Japanese destroyers that were preparing to sail to Tianjin Port in the waters near Tangshan.

The commander of the Japanese destroyer had apparently discovered this fleet of nine warships and two cargo ships. Although the fleet was approaching them in a combat posture, he did not expect that this was the navy of the First Anti-Japanese Army. He also asked the flag signalman to use flag signals to inquire about the First Army Fleet.

The First Navy did not answer and continued to approach the two Japanese destroyers.

The captain of the destroyer ahead got angry and cursed:

"Fuck, which fleet is so arrogant? They don't even answer questions."

The Huludao, Chaoyang, Tiaobinshan and Fuxin, which had already prepared for battle against the two Japanese destroyers, successively launched artillery attacks on the two Japanese destroyers.

Four shells hit the two Japanese destroyers accurately. The Japanese in the destroyers panicked and quickly organized a counterattack.

The five Golden Eagle II drones that had already taken off also launched air-to-ground missiles at the Japanese destroyer below the waterline. Another drone fired an air-to-ground missile at the bridge of the Japanese destroyer that was turning to aim at the Chaoyang cruiser.

Two large holes were blown up simultaneously below the waterline on the left side of the two Japanese destroyers, and the turbulent sea water began to pour into the Japanese destroyers.

The Japanese navy, who had no time to fight back, were busy closing the flooded cabins and draining the water.

The other five warships of the First Army also fired at the two Japanese destroyers one after another.

The two Japanese destroyers began to fight back while fleeing towards Tianjin Port.

However, the counterattack of the two Japanese destroyers was quickly defeated by the bombing of the superior navy.

The Japanese commander had no choice but to ask for help from the Tianjin Naval Command while continuing to flee quickly towards Tianjin Port.

However, the influx of large amounts of seawater slowed down the speed of the two Japanese destroyers.

Two Golden Eagle IIs of the First Army flew to the starboard side of the two Japanese destroyers and continued to launch an air-to-ground missile each below the waterline of the two Japanese destroyers.

The two newly added large holes accelerated the sinking of the two Japanese destroyers.

More than half an hour later, the two Japanese destroyers sank to the bottom of the sea in two large whirlpools.

After the First Navy sank the two Japanese destroyers, it continued to head towards the Tangshan simple wharf.

Captain Hu expected that the Japanese navy would definitely retaliate, so he ordered the aviation soldiers on board to launch all ten Golden Eagle IIs into the air and be on alert, while at the same time ordering the fleet to pay attention to air defense. He also requested air force support from the headquarters.