Devil's Army

Commander Qin was very happy about the visit of the regiment commander and his entourage.

In this Changsha battle, the commander of the first regiment and his men fought the Japanese without hesitation and resolutely carried out the tasks assigned by the division commander Tan.

"Captain He, what brings you here today?"

"Commander Qin, are you blaming me for not reporting to you for so long? We have been recruiting new soldiers recently, so we are really busy."

"No, I've been quite busy lately." Commander Qin said with a smile.

"Master Qin, I came to see you this time because of something."

Commander Qin smiled, and he guessed that a regiment commander would not come to him to chat for no reason.

"Captain He, please let me know if you have anything to say."

"Our army has recruited a lot of new soldiers recently, and we are a bit short of weapons and ammunition..."

"I have no way to solve this problem. We don't even have enough weapons and ammunition."

"Commander Qin, you misunderstood. I didn't ask you to help me solve the problem of weapons and ammunition. I sent a telegram to the tribe's commander Leng. He agreed to support us with a batch of weapons and ammunition, but we need an airport to take off and land the planes."

"Oh, this shouldn't be a problem. I'll call Commander Guan and ask him to coordinate with the troops in Changsha. If that doesn't work, let Commander Xue come forward to coordinate."

"Another problem is that there are only a limited number of people in Dayun Mountain. We have been recruiting soldiers here for several months, but it is not easy. Can we recruit soldiers on the south bank of Miluo River?"

"That won't work. The south bank of the Miluo River is under the jurisdiction of Commander Chen of the 37th Army. How can they not object to you going to someone else's jurisdiction to recruit soldiers? You can recruit soldiers in the areas of Yanglin Street, Jinlong Mountain, Doupeng Mountain, Biga Mountain, and Caoxieling of our 195th Division."

"Does Commander Qin have any objection?" asked the regiment commander with a smile.

"Commander Xue said that the Japanese invaders will not give up and will invade Changsha again. You are helping our division train troops, so why should I object?"

"Okay, Commander Qin, you're busy too, so we'll go back first. Tell me which airport you're landing at after you've contacted it, so I can report to Commander Leng."

"Okay, I'll call you right away."

At around nine o'clock the next morning, Commander Tan called the regiment commander:

"Captain He, our Commander Guan has informed the garrison at Changsha Xiecaoping Airport through Commander Xue. Planes from the First Anti-Japanese Army will land at their airport in the next two days, but your planes must be painted with the blue sky and white sun flag to avoid accidental injuries."

"We were originally part of the Nanjing government army, so it was normal for us to spray paint the blue sky, white sun flag."

After hanging up the phone, the regiment commander immediately sent a message to General Leng, informing him that the plane could dock at the Xiecaoping Airport.

Afterwards, the commander of the first regiment borrowed all the trucks of the 195th Division, preparing to go to Changshalaleng Army Commander to deliver weapons and ammunition to them.

In the afternoon, the commander of a regiment received a reply from Commander Leng: two planes will arrive at Changsha Xiecaoping Airport at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

At six o'clock the next morning, a regiment commander personally led a group of soldiers and drove a truck to Changsha Xiecaoping Airport.

At half past eight, a regiment commander led a convoy of vehicles to Changsha Xiecaoping Airport.

At this time, the First Army's plane had not arrived yet, but Commander Xue heard that the First Army's plane was about to arrive and was already waiting nearby.

"Hello, General Xue! This matter has alarmed you!"

"You didn't alarm me. I heard that your First Army's aircraft are much more advanced than the Japanese, so I came here to see more of them."

At nearly nine o'clock, the roar of planes was heard over the Xiecaoping Airport. A Huaxia II fighter with a large blue sky and white sun flag painted on its belly and a Hong-1 bomber with the same large blue sky and white sun flag painted on its belly appeared in everyone's sight.

The plane landed smoothly at Xiecaoping Airport, and the regiment commander and his men came forward to greet it.

The pilot got off the plane and saluted the regiment commander:

"Hello, Captain!"

"Hello, thank you for your hard work. Let me introduce you, this is General Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone."

"Hello, General Xue!"

"Hello, the shape of your aircraft is quite unique. What are the advantages of it compared with the Japanese aircraft?"

"Our aircraft can reach a speed of 1300 kilometers per hour, while the maximum speed of the Japanese Type 450 aircraft is only kilometers per hour."

"Oh, that Japanese plane is hard to catch up with even at full speed."

Everyone laughed after hearing this.

"We have a 20mm cannon on the nose and two wings, while the Japanese Type 12.7 aircraft has two mm machine guns."

"Yes, our firepower is stronger than theirs."

"Otherwise, the Japanese Army's North China Provisional Air Corps dispatched more than 200 aircraft, but failed to occupy our Xiaoguanzhuang Airport and was defeated by us."

Xue Yue knew that the Japanese army had heavily surrounded the Tangshan Xiaoguanzhuang Airport and Jixian area in central China. At that time, the Nanjing government army was preparing for the Battle of Xuzhou.

"You should discuss with your superiors and ask them to support us with a batch of such advanced aircraft. This way, we won't be afraid of the Japanese planes coming to lay eggs." General Xue said to the commander of a regiment.

"Due to our lack of technical personnel, we can only produce a few aircraft each month. We are still unable to fully control the air supremacy in North China and Northeast China."

"We have people in the Nanjing government, and you have the technology. We can consider cooperation."

The captain laughed. These were issues that the top leaders had to consider and they were not something that he, as a captain, could solve.