Devil's Army

Chapter 2141 Fierce Battle Over Hunchun

The main force of the Japanese army was besieging Hunchun County, and the Japanese troops defending Tumen County were retreating step by step under the fierce attack of the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 15th Brigade.

In order to achieve his goal of quickly occupying Hunchun County, the Japanese division commander had no choice but to send troops to Tumen County to block the attack of the devilish troops' reinforcements.

However, the aircraft carrier Qingdao continued to bomb and straf them relentlessly, which gave the Japanese division commander a major headache.

In order to quickly capture Hunchun County, a tough nut to crack, and use it as a bridgehead for their advance into the heart of China, Commander Ban Huan had no choice but to order the air force to participate in the battle.

The Japanese air force, which was holed up in Korea, concentrated most of its fighter planes and swooped down on the skies over Hunchun.

Upon hearing that a large number of Japanese warplanes were approaching, the captain of the aircraft carrier Qingdao ordered all carrier-based aircraft to take off and engage them.

At the beginning, the Japanese had the advantage in numbers of warplanes, while the carrier-based aircraft of the First Army were at a disadvantage and had to abandon the airspace over Hunchun and instead conduct guerrilla warfare on the outskirts.

The Japanese air force consistently launched surprise attacks on First Army units at various battlefields along the border, causing headaches for the under-resourced First Army air force.

The Japanese air force is now concentrated over Hunchun, presenting an excellent opportunity to annihilate them.

As a result, the air forces of Jilin, Liaoning and surrounding areas rushed to the airspace above Hunchun to encircle and suppress the Japanese air force.

With the entry of the First Army Air Force into the war, the Japanese air force, which had already gained the upper hand, began to fall into a disadvantageous position and had to withdraw back to Korea.

The air force and carrier-based aircraft of the First Army beat the fleeing enemy to a pulp, chasing them beyond the border and shooting down more than 40 Japanese warplanes.

What Commander Ban Huan didn't expect was that this fierce battle over Hunchun would be the last large-scale air battle for his air force.

In order to completely destroy the harassment of their northeastern border by Japanese air force in Korea, Grey Wolf has sent a special forces team in to gather intelligence.

However, due to their unfamiliarity with the road conditions, the special forces team had not been able to gather much useful intelligence.

As the Japanese air force in Korea collapsed, the First Army Air Force and carrier-based aircraft began to launch fierce bombing and strafing attacks on various Japanese forces in Hunchun.

Having just caught their breath, the various Japanese forces that had intensified their attacks on the fortresses of Hunchun were forced to halt their offensive to avoid air raids by the First Army Air Force.

The Japanese forces' attacks on the various fortresses in Hunchun were intermittent due to the heavy bombing by the First Army Air Force.

This gave the regiments of the 7th Brigade and the 1st Parachute Battalion even more confidence to hold Hunchun.

The 15th Brigade, which was sent to reinforce Hunchun County, was led by its brigade commander. They encountered fierce resistance from the Japanese army in Tumen County.

The anxious brigade commander ordered the second regimental commander to lead his troops to detour under cover of night to reinforce Hunchun County.

He personally led a group to advance towards Hunchun County from the front.

Japanese reinforcements continued to arrive in Tumen County, blocking the 15th Brigade within the county.

Meanwhile, the Second Regiment had already quietly detoured and left Tumen County.

The following morning, the Ma'anshan Fortress Complex at the West Gate of Hunchun County, which had been the first to fall, was subjected to a fierce attack by the Japanese army in Longjing County.

In order to quickly enter Hunchun County, the second regimental commander ordered the soldiers of the first battalion to change into Japanese military uniforms captured on the way and infiltrate the city to act as inside agents.

At the west gate of Hunchun County, a battalion of soldiers was stopped by the Japanese army.

The regimental commander, who had learned Japanese from Wenlang, personally stepped forward and explained to the lieutenant that they were the 2nd Battalion of the 18th Division, who had come back from Tumen County to reinforce Hunchun County. However, the Japanese lieutenant did not allow them to pass.