Devil's Army

At about ten o'clock the next morning, a Japanese fleet of more than 20 ships headed towards the First Army's warships on the sea.

The sailors of the First Army ran to their respective posts nervously, ready to fight at any time.

The captain of the Chaoyang cruiser who led the team asked Captain Hu:

"Is the fleet in battle formation heading for the Japanese fleet?"

Captain Hu shook his head and asked, "Can our eight warships defeat the 23 Japanese warships?"

"No." The captain lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

"Order the navy soldiers to wear Japanese navy uniforms and line up on the deck to greet the Japanese fleet. The flag signal soldiers greeted them with flag signals. A group of soldiers all hid in the cabin."

After a while, the Japanese fleet passed by the First Army's fleet, and everyone blew their horns to greet each other.

After the Japanese fleet passed by, the captain of the cruiser Chaoyang smiled and said to Fox Wolf:

"Captain, these Japanese uniforms are quite useful. The flag signals they taught are also not bad."

"Of course. At sea, if you can't beat them, you act like a grandson. If you can beat them, you act like a boss."

"Hahaha……"

At around 2 o'clock on the third day, a military fleet approached the dock near Yingjiang Temple in Xiqing City, Anhui Province.

The commander of a regiment felt that the atmosphere of fighting was strong in Anqing City. Soldiers with live ammunition could be seen everywhere on the dock. There were sentries everywhere, checking people entering and leaving Anqing City from the dock.

Suddenly, the coastal defense artillery of Anqing City opened fire, and several large-caliber coastal defense shells fell beside the First Army Fleet.

The huge waves caused by the shells knocked a regiment of soldiers and an army of naval soldiers off their feet.

"The entire fleet retreats!" Fox Wolf ordered immediately.

"Battalion Commander, why are the government army's artillery firing at us?" the captain asked in confusion.

"Don't you want to see what flag our fleet is flying? Tell the soldiers to quickly remove the flag from the mast. At the same time, have the signalman get in touch with the Anqing garrison."

After the First Army's fleet removed the Japanese flag from the ship's mast, the Anqing defenders' coastal defense artillery immediately stopped firing.

The coastal artillery gunners were also surprised. They had never seen a Japanese fleet take down its flag without being defeated. Was this Japanese fleet taking the wrong medicine?

After a long while, a communications soldier from the First Army Navy came running over to report to Captain Hu that there was no way to get in touch with the defenders in Anqing.

This is not surprising. At that time, the Nanjing government army was short of supplies, and the defenders of a small city might not have a radio station.

However, if they did not get in touch with the Anqing defenders, they would likely be mistakenly bombed by the Anqing defenders' coastal defense reports.

As a last resort, Captain Hu took two soldiers on a small boat to the dock to contact the Anqing defenders.

After a while, Captain Hu and two soldiers were escorted by the Anqing garrison at the dock to the headquarters of the 21nd Regiment of the 146th Division of the 872st Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

Captain Hu told the commander of the 872nd Regiment that they were the navy of the First Anti-Japanese Army in the Northeast. They were sent here to support the Anqing Battle on the orders of the Nanjing leader. Please ask the commander to order the artillery to stop firing at their fleet.

"The reinforcements from the First Northeast Anti-Japanese Army are coming to reinforce?" The head of the 872nd Regiment had never heard of this matter, so he didn't want to ask Captain Tarihu and his men.

"Time is running out. Please ask your superiors for confirmation immediately. We need to land as soon as possible. The Japanese army will attack Anqing soon." Captain Hu urged.

The regiment commander slowly called the 146th Division Headquarters for confirmation.

The 146th Division Headquarters quickly replied to him: This is true, and ordered them to provide six trucks to the First Anti-Japanese Army.

The regiment commander quickly told the soldiers Captain Hu to untie them and apologized repeatedly.

Captain Hu did not mind and said to the regiment commander:

"With a powerful enemy in the face, caution is necessary."

The fleet of the First Army unloaded the soldiers of the First Brigade and the First Regiment, the Army Aviation Soldiers and the supplies from the dock and left quickly. They also had to rush back to the tribe to deliver supplies to the Tangshan base.

The commander of the first brigade, accompanied by the commander of the 872nd Regiment of the National Army, searched for their artillery positions in Anqing City.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army's spies were omnipresent. When the First Army's artillery was unloaded from the ship, it is possible that the Japanese army had already received news of this.

Their artillery positions must be safe enough to provide air defense and facilitate transfer, because they do not have air superiority.

Fox Wolf knew that in history, the Japanese Hata Detachment successfully landed under the fierce bombing of more than 40 ships and aircraft of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy China Front, breaking through the riverside defense line of the Nanjing government army.

They then occupied the entire city of Anqing, using it as a base, and advanced westward along the north bank of the Yangtze River toward Wuhan.

Therefore, the commander of a regiment chose the woods near Yingjiang Temple as his artillery position and arranged soldiers to build a simple road, so that when Japanese planes bombed, the artillery could move in the woods to improve the survivability of the artillery.

The commander of the first regiment also placed five Golden Eagle III drones and air-to-ground missiles brought by the Army Aviation Soldiers opposite the artillery position, making it easier for them to attack the Japanese fleet on the Yangtze River when the war started.

The only drawback is that Anqing City is thousands of kilometers away from Tangshan Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, and the First Army's Air Force has no way to provide them with air support.