Devil's Army

Before the battle began, the second regiment commander told the three company commanders under the first battalion commander to make sure their veterans led the new recruits well. If there was chaos in that company, he would hold that company commander responsible!

More than 300 Japanese soldiers from the Eto Detachment launched a surprise attack on the south bank of the Xinqiang River at 10 o'clock in assault boats.

The first company of the first battalion, which was responsible for frontal blocking, did not open fire, but abandoned its position and retreated.

The Japanese Eto Detachment successfully occupied the positions on the south bank of the Xinqiang River.

Before the Japanese troops could attack the Xinqiang River Regimental Headquarters of the 195th Division which they had scouted in advance, a violent explosion occurred at the position on the south bank of the Xinqiang River.

A company commander detonated the explosives that had been ambushed in the position in advance, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese Eto Detachment.

The soldiers of the Second and Third Companies, who were lying in ambush on both wings, took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the Eto Detachment in the ambush circle.

After a brief panic, the well-trained and well-equipped Jiang Teng Detachment immediately built fortifications on the spot to block the attack of the First Army soldiers and stabilized the position for a while.

As the 40th Rocket Troops of the First Army successively destroyed the machine gun fire points of the Japanese Eto Detachment, the Eto Detachment began to be unable to withstand the attack of the First Army and retreated to the Xinqiang River while fighting.

The battalion commander led his soldiers in launching the final attack on the Japanese Eto Detachment.

The soldiers of the Jiangtou Detachment climbed onto the assault boats and sailed back to the north bank of the Xinqiang River.

The Japanese soldiers who did not have time to board the assault boats were shot down into the Xinqiang River by soldiers of the First Army.

The First Battalion defeated the Japanese surprise attack, which served as a live advertisement for the First Army, and led to a greater enthusiasm among the Hunan people on the south bank of the Xinqiang River to join the First Army.

Later, Commander Tan met the head of a regiment and accused him with a smile:

"Your training is fake, but your conscription is real."

As the battlefield in central China stabilized, the substantial expansion of the First and Second Regiments of the First Army also attracted the attention of the leaders of the Nanjing government.

Although there is currently no evidence accusing this unit of having any contact with the Communist forces, he is afraid that this unit will get out of his control and become the second Communist unit.

He secretly asked General Guan Linzheng about the situation of this unit through Xue Yue.

Commander Guan told Commander Xue the truth that the First Army's First and Second Regiments had taken over the defense of Dayun Mountain's Xunkou on the south bank of the Xinqiang River, and his 195th Division had retreated to the second line of defense.

"Will the troops of the First Army still obey your deployment?"

"According to the report from Division Commander Tan, Regiment Commander He of the First Army is relatively obedient to Division Commander Tan's orders."

Commander Xue reported General Guan's words to the leader verbatim. However, the leader still had some reservations and sent a telegram to General Leng to transfer the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 1st Army to Yunnan to participate in the Southern Guangxi Campaign that could break out at any time.

In order to confuse the leaders and ensure the smooth development of the First Anti-Japanese Army in Northeast and North China, Leng Feng reorganized the First Brigade, First Regiment and Second Regiment of the First Anti-Japanese Army in the Xinqianghe area of ​​Changsha.

The First Army on the south bank of the Xinqiang River in Changsha was reorganized into the Central China Independent Division, with the original First Regiment expanded into the First Brigade and the original Second Regiment expanded into the Second Brigade.

The former commander of the 1st Regiment, He Qingliu, was appointed as the commander of the independent division, and the former commander of the 2nd Regiment was appointed as the deputy commander of the independent division. The next day after the reorganization, they rushed to Nanning.

The Central China Independent Division became the only division-based unit under the First Anti-Japanese Army.

At this time, the Japanese Fifth Division had already captured Sanya Bay on Hainan Island and was ready to launch an attack on Qinzhou Bay in Guangxi at any time.

In order to save time, the Nanjing leader asked Xue Yue to arrange two trains to transport the Central China Independent Brigade of the First Army to Guilin, and then march from Guilin to Nanning.

At this time, the Central China Independent Brigade had already developed to a surplus of troops. Although Leng Feng had transported weapons and ammunition from the tribe once, there was still a big gap in weapons.

In response, General Xue told Commander He of the Central China Independent Division that the leader had already telegraphed Director Bai Chongxi of the Southern Guangxi Campaign, and Director Bai promised them that after the Independent Division arrived in Nanning, he would ask the Logistics Department to replenish their weapons and ammunition.

At noon the next day, the Central China Independent Division rushed to Guilin by bus.

In fact, this time Leng Feng obeyed the orders of the Nanjing leaders and transferred the Central China Independent Division to Guangxi to participate in the Southern Guangxi Campaign for his own deeper considerations.

The Central China Independent Division developed its troops in the area under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing government army, but did not directly obey the Nanjing leaders. The Nanjing leaders could not help but worry that he had ulterior motives.

At present, the biggest enemy of the First Anti-Japanese Army is the Japanese invaders, so it cannot break off relations with the Nanjing government or even go to war with it.

Therefore, the best choice was to obey the leader's orders, send the Central China Independent Division to participate in the Battle of Southern Guangxi, and train and develop the troops in the anti-Japanese war.

His old base and Tangshan base can also seize the time to develop troops.

Since the Battle of Qinhuangdao and the Battle of Tangshan, Leng Feng has not launched any campaign to recapture the counties occupied by the Japanese army. His purpose is to develop the army.

The current weakest air force has made significant progress. Since the tribal airfield was converted into another aircraft manufacturing plant in early October, the monthly aircraft production of the First Army has doubled to eight aircraft per month.

The task of reaching a monthly production of ten aircraft next month will not be difficult to achieve. In addition, in order to seize air superiority, Leng Feng is now fully producing the supersonic Huaxia II fighter.