Devil's Army

As night fell, a regimental commander led his soldiers quietly to the Japanese Anqing Airport.

Everyone was silent along the way. On the one hand, it was because of the army's request, but more because the fierce battle at the Madang Fortress during the day made them feel very depressed and no one was willing to speak.

In order to avoid Japanese troops, the artillerymen chose difficult paths.

The first and second battalions of the first regiment were the first to arrive at the Japanese Anqing Airport.

A regiment commander saw from the telescope that the defense around the airport was very tight, patrol teams were shuttling back and forth, and searchlights were constantly scanning in all directions.

The airport was quite busy, as Japanese ground crews were constantly restocking ammunition and fuel for the planes that had been busy all day.

In order to avoid heavy casualties, the commander of the first regiment gave up the infantry attack on Anqing Airport because his strategic goal was not to occupy the airport, but to destroy the airport and the Japanese aircraft in it.

More than two hours later, the Third Battalion escorted the artillerymen to the outskirts of the airport.

The artillerymen ignored the fatigue of the journey and set up their positions immediately.

The Army Aviation soldiers maneuvered the last remaining Golden Eagle to fly over the Japanese airfield and indicated the artillery coordinates for the artillery.

The regimental commander arranged the first and second battalions to spread out in all directions to prevent the Japanese army from raiding their artillery positions, while the third battalion protected their artillery positions nearby.

The Japanese airfield was still busy when they suddenly heard the whistling of artillery shells.

The first batch of four 75mm mountain guns of the regiment opened fire and hit several bombers that were replenishing ammunition on the apron.

Then the terrifying whistling sound of the 150mm grenade was heard.

There were explosions and flames at Anqing Airport, and the planes were blown into piles of scrap metal.

The Japanese ground crew at Anqing Airport fled in all directions with their heads in their hands. The Japanese pilots who had returned to rest quickly ran to their planes, took off under fire, and left Anqing Airport.

The security forces and outer patrol forces of Anqing Airport quickly searched towards the place where the artillery fire was heard.

Soon, the Third Battalion of the First Regiment, which was responsible for defending the artillery position, encountered the Japanese search force, and a fierce battle ensued between the two sides.

The Japanese army tried desperately to break through the defense line of the Third Battalion, attack the artillery positions of the Devil Forces, and block the bombing of their airfield by the artillery of the Devil Forces.

The Third Battalion stubbornly resisted the Japanese attack and protected their artillery positions.

The artillery regiment continued to bombard the airport for nearly half an hour, and the Japanese Anqing Airport was already in a sea of ​​fire. It was bombed into holes everywhere and could not be used again in a short time.

The Golden Eagle's reconnaissance results also showed that large Japanese forces were surrounding them from all sides.

A regimental commander ordered his troops to immediately retreat toward Hukou along a small path where no Japanese troops had been spotted yet.

After walking for a while, the troops stopped advancing and the vehicle pulling the artillery also stalled.

The scout ran over to report to the regiment commander: A large force of Japanese soldiers was spotted on the road ahead. In order to prevent the Japanese from discovering us, the battalion commander ordered the troops to stop advancing and the trucks to shut down.

"Okay, let the troops hide well."

After a while, the sound of a large Japanese army marching was heard from the road nearby, heading towards Anqing Airport.

After the main force of the Japanese army left, the commander of a regiment continued to lead the main force towards Hukou.

What was unexpected was that after the regiment commander's large force had been walking for a while, Golden Eagle discovered that about a squadron of Japanese troops were coming towards them, less than ten miles away from them.

It is not a problem to destroy this squadron of Japanese troops, but the problem is that it will attract large Japanese troops in the surrounding areas.

To hide, infantry can hide on both sides of the path under the cover of night, but 150mm howitzers, mountain guns and trucks have no way to hide.

The regiment commander was at a loss for a moment. He had learned a few words of Japanese from Wen Lang, and if they had enough Japanese military uniforms, they might be able to deceive the enemy. But right now, they didn't even have a single set of Japanese military uniforms.

"Commander, the Japanese are less than eight miles away from here. What should we do?" asked a battalion commander anxiously.

"We can only lure the tiger away from the mountain." said a regiment commander looking at a battalion commander.

"Captain, let's send our first battalion up. I'll go get this tiger."

The regiment commander hugged the battalion commander tightly. He was reluctant to let them take the risk.

The battalion commander hugged the regiment commander tightly for a while, then patted his shoulders, released his hands and said:

"Captain, don't worry. I've been fighting the Japanese with you for so many years. I'm lucky and I'll be fine."

"After completing the mission, take your brothers and retreat towards the lake mouth. I will wait for you there."

"Okay!" The battalion commander solemnly saluted the regiment commander, then led the brothers of the battalion to take a shortcut towards the main road.

After a while, the scout came running over to report:

"Captain, this squadron of Japanese soldiers is less than five miles away from us."

"Messenger, call the second and third battalion commanders over for me."

"Captain, what are the arrangements?" The Japs were coming towards them and they were in danger of being exposed at any time.

The second battalion commander asked anxiously as he walked up to the regiment commander.

The regiment commander seemed very calm. The Japanese were about to meet them head-on, and he didn't look anxious.