Devil's Army

Captain Xu wanted to buy two more days to wear down the Japanese fighter plane advantage and then regain air supremacy in this airspace.

Who knew that the next day, the Japanese army added two fighter squadrons, and the number of Japanese fighter planes over Xiaoguanzhuang Airport reached more than 60.

"Commander Tokugawa is really willing to spend a lot of money to eliminate us." Captain Ren said to Captain Xu.

"We have to find a way to shoot down more Japanese fighter planes and make them feel the pain. Then they will not continue to send more planes to the airspace of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport." Captain Xu said, looking at the sky.

At this time, the Japanese army, with the cooperation of bombers, began to attack Linnancang Town, Xinyin Town and the second line of fortification north of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

At this time, the west gate of Linnancang Town and the east gate of Xinyin Town could no longer be called city gates. They were just passages made of broken bricks and tiles.

The 41st Regiment of the Japanese th Division launched another attack on Linnancang Town and Xinyin Town.

Japanese bombers' bombs ploughed the broken bricks and tiles of the gates of the two towns again, and heavy artillery shells turned over the broken bricks and tiles of the city walls of the two towns.

The battalion commander of the Second Brigade of Xinyin Town was unwilling to give up the city gate that was captured bloodily last night, so he arranged a company to defend the city wall to stop the Japanese army from attacking the city. However, this company of the Second Brigade suffered heavy casualties under the bombing of Japanese bombers and artillery.

The battalion commander regretted that his wrong order had cost the lives of one company, and he wanted to personally lead another company to the city wall to fight the Japanese.

Instructor Hong stopped the battalion commander and said:

"You have the final say on military matters, and I have no objection. But this time you want to lead the company to fight the devils, and I don't agree. The bunkers on the city wall of Xinyin Town have been blown down by the devils, and now the Japanese army has air superiority. You will be sitting ducks if you lead them on the city wall."

"Are you asking me to give up the position I fought so hard for last night?"

"As long as there are people in the position, there will be people there. If they are not there, how can we defend the position? We should retreat to these houses and use them to block the enemy."

The battalion commander did not respond. Instructor Hong directly ordered the soldiers to carry the battalion commander and retreat to the house where they had confronted the Japanese yesterday, preparing to continue street fighting with the Japanese.

The Japanese army quickly rushed into Xinyin Town. After not finding any soldiers from the Devil Forces, they continued to advance deep into Xinyin Town and engaged in a fierce street battle with Instructor Hong and his men.

The battalion commander stationed in Linnancang Town heard the roar of Japanese planes and immediately ordered his soldiers to retreat.

Bombs from Japanese bombers exploded around the city wall behind the soldiers.

Soon after, the Japanese artillery began to bombard the walls of Linnancang Town.

The Japanese planes stopped bombing, the artillery stopped bombing, and the infantry began to attack Linnancang Town.

The soldiers of the First Army quickly ran to the broken bricks and tiles of the west gate of Linnancang Town and lay on them to block the Japanese troops outside the wall. However, because many parts of the wall had collapsed due to the Japanese bombing, the soldiers of the First Army blocked the second wave of the Japanese attack, but the Japanese army still entered Linnancang Town.

The battalion commander led his soldiers to retreat into the town and engaged in street fighting with the Japanese army again.

At the second fortification north of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, Commander Nagano Yuichiro of the 11th Regiment of the Japanese Army launched an attack on the second fortification of the Devil Forces with the support of tanks.

A company of the Second Brigade of the First Army's second fortification was heavily bombed by Japanese bombers and 150mm howitzers early in the morning. The fortifications collapsed everywhere, and the company's soldiers suffered heavy casualties, so they had to retreat back to the third fortification.

After a morning of fighting, the three positions that the First Army had captured in a surprise attack the night before were all recaptured by the Japanese army.

In this way, on the battlefield outside Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, the Japanese army attacked one squadron after another, and the army pushed forward one company after another.

This place is like a meat grinder, devouring the Japanese troops and the soldiers of the First Army.

When Japanese planes from three directions outside Xiaoguanzhuang Airport bombed the positions lost last night, the First Army Air Force wanted to go over to reinforce. However, there was a Japanese fighter squadron cruising in each of these three directions to protect their bombers.

There were also two Japanese fighter squadrons patrolling nearby. Once they discovered a battle in that airspace, they would immediately fly over to provide reinforcements.

The fighter planes of the First Army did not find any opportunity to shoot down the Japanese fighter planes, and the bombers of the First Army had no way to bomb the Japanese ground forces.

A pilot from the First Army saw the Japanese bombers bombing their brother troops wantonly and could not help but rush towards the Japanese bombers.

Soon, the Japanese fighter squadron responsible for protection surrounded the First Army's Hua Xia II fighter and continued to shoot at it.

The Huaxia II fighter plane of the First Army shot down a Japanese bomber that was bombing with its fast speed and agility. It also shot down a Japanese fighter plane flying in the opposite direction, then quickly climbed and fled the battlefield.

In the end, the three positions that the First Army had captured in a surprise attack last night were all captured again this morning.

The Hua Xia II fighter plane that took the risk and rushed into the Japanese fighter group was also hit by several bullets and had to fly back to the Tangxia Village temporary airport for repairs.