Devil's Army

Chapter 1879 Jishui Guerrilla Team Seeks Help

The soldiers and Dr. Song got out of the car together, and then formed an arc-shaped circle around Dr. Song.

Dr. Song began examining the wounded soldiers' injuries.

"Sir, you guys are quite cautious."

"When we returned to the field headquarters hospital a few days ago, we were ambushed by a group of Japanese soldiers, so we still need to remain vigilant. I can't bear the responsibility if anything happens to Dr. Song. Please forgive me."

"It's nothing."

"I heard that Jishui County has relatively good public security, so how come I encountered remnants of the Japanese army here?"

"Our base was in Jishui County, but we fought the Japanese in Xingan County."

"Oh, when we were returning to the headquarters field hospital, we were ambushed by the Japanese in Zhangshu County, which is just before Xingan County."

Dr. Song examined the injuries of two seriously wounded soldiers; shrapnel remained lodged in their bodies. However, she lacked the necessary equipment to perform surgery on them.

With the consent of their detachment commander, the squad leader took them back to the brigade's hospital for surgery.

Dr. Song also treated the wounds of other casualties and left them with medication.

Afterwards, the guerrillas gave the soldiers of the First Army a somewhat imperfect salute and watched them leave.

Dr. Song and his team returned to Jiujiang County, and Nanchang City was also recaptured by the Second Brigade.

Everyone was busy clearing out the remaining enemies in the surrounding area and cleaning up the battlefield.

Next, in order to occupy the important city of Nanchang, the Japanese army mobilized troops from the surrounding areas and fought repeated battles with the Southern Independent Division of the First Army.

Meanwhile, the Japanese troops in Zhejiang and Hubei were unable to reinforce Nanchang due to the all-out resistance of the First Army Air Force and the New Fourth Army.

After the battles of Jiujiang and Nanchang, the casualties of all units were relatively high.

Instead of launching further battles, Division Commander Zhang rested on the spot, recruited soldiers, and replenished the troops.

The development of the Fourth Company in Nanyi Town surprised even the Second Regiment Commander.

After nearly a month of development, the Fourth Company stationed in Nanyi Town has reached the strength of one and a half battalions, but it lacks military training and its military level needs to be improved.

While the Southern Independent Division was resting in Nanchang and surrounding counties and towns, Commander Hata Shunroku gathered air force units from Jiangxi, Hubei, Zhejiang and other places, attempting to compete with the First Army Air Force for air superiority.

As a result, fierce air battles broke out over Hubei and Zhejiang.

Lacking the fire support of the First Army Air Force, the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army in Hubei and the Eastern Zhejiang Guerrilla Column of the New Fourth Army in Zhejiang faced increased pressure. However, they continued to send reinforcements and fought tenaciously against the Japanese offensive.

The Henan and Shandong air forces of the First Army saw that the Japanese air force was concentrating its forces to compete with them for air superiority.

While engaging in combat with the Japanese air force, they also reported the matter to Deputy Commander Xu.

Deputy Chief Xu took this intelligence very seriously.

At this point, the airspace over Henan and Shandong was basically safe. He ordered all the Henan and Shandong air forces to take off and engage the enemy, and also ordered the air forces stationed in Shanxi to rush to their aid.

As reinforcements from the First Army Air Force arrived one after another, the Japanese air force, which had temporarily gained a numerical advantage, was quickly suppressed.

The roar of airplanes and the whistling of artillery shells echoed continuously over Zhejiang and Hubei.

After nearly an hour of intense air combat, the Japanese air force could not withstand the onslaught and began to retreat.

The First Army Air Force continued to pursue Japanese air forces in Zhejiang, Hubei, and Jiangxi, laying the foundation for the subsequent recapture of Zhejiang and Hubei provinces.