Devil's Army

Chapter 1835 Sneak Attack on the Japanese Fleet in Wuhu

Old Huang and his men led the main force of the Japanese army and ran towards the left side of the company commander and his men.

While leading a large Japanese force on a patrol, two scouts were shot and killed one after the other.

Old Huang, through his wit, managed to shake off the main force of the Japanese army and detour to reunite with the company commander and his men.

Upon hearing the gunfire, the company commander knew that the Japanese had laid an ambush in the woods. He therefore cancelled the subsequent ambush mission.

As dawn approached, the Japanese troops who had been preparing to ambush the company commander and his men in the woods of Flaming Mountain finally withdrew.

After the company commander waited for Lao Huang and the three assault team members hiding in the tree to arrive and rendezvous, he returned to the Flaming Mountain position.

The battalion commander knew that the Japanese army, having suffered two surprise attacks in one night, would definitely retaliate. He ordered his soldiers to be on high alert.

Sure enough, at daybreak, the Japanese infantry began to assemble, preparing to launch a large-scale attack.

However, to the battalion commander's surprise, the Japanese troops that were assembling suddenly withdrew.

The battalion commander reported the situation to the regimental commander.

The regimental commander told him that their brother unit had launched a surprise attack on Dangtu County.

It turned out that while the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuhu were advancing toward the old bridge over the Jiebei River, the First Naval Squadron of the First Army, with 15 gunboats and warships carrying the First, Second, and Third Battalions of the Fourth Regiment of the Fifth Brigade, launched a surprise attack on the Wuhu Japanese fleet at Caishifan Wharf in Dangtu County via the Yuxi River.

At that time, all the warships and gunboats of the First Squadron of the First Army Navy were flying the Japanese Rising Sun Flag.

The Japanese garrison troops left behind in Wuhu assumed it was reinforcements arriving and paid no attention.

When the gunboats and warships of the First Squadron of the First Army Navy greeted the Japanese fleet at Wuhu, their cannons were already aimed at the Japanese fleet at Wuhu without attracting attention.

Once within effective firing range, the guns of the First Squadron of the First Army Navy suddenly opened fire fiercely on the Japanese fleet at Wuhu.

The Japanese fleet in Wuhu was caught off guard by the bombing.

The Japanese fleet at Wuhu consisted of 28 ships, nearly half as many gunboats and warships as the First Naval Squadron of the First Army.

This time, they intended to launch a surprise attack on the Demon Force in Chao County via Dangtu County. However, things didn't go smoothly, and the fleet was instead ambushed by the Demon Force's navy.

The lieutenant received a telegram from the fleet requesting reinforcements and wanted to rush back to provide assistance. However, Division Commander Kumagai urged them to reinforce the Japanese forces in Chaoxian County as soon as possible.

The major quickened his pace, hoping to end the battle in Chaoxian as soon as possible and return to provide reinforcements.

On the other hand, he requested that Commander Kumagai order the garrison of Dangtu County to reinforce his fleet.

After the fleet was attacked, the Japanese naval captain who remained behind quickly ordered all warships and gunboats to form a battle formation to meet the devilish naval force that had ambushed them.

However, the warships and gunboats were constantly bombarded by the devil forces' naval guns and were fighting independently, unable to organize into a battle formation to confront the devil forces' navy.

Meanwhile, the army corps soldiers traveling with the warships operated the Golden Eagle 3 and 4 drones, launching fierce bombing and strafing attacks from the air against the Japanese army's gunboats and warships using air-to-ground missiles and Type 97 heavy machine guns.

This further confused the Japanese fleet.

By the time the Japanese troops from Dangtu County rushed to reinforce them, the battle was already drawing to a close.

The Japanese fleet at Wuhu was already struggling to cope.

Japanese artillery in Dangtu County immediately opened fire on the fleet of the "Devil Force".

The Golden Eagle drone swiftly swooped down on the Japanese artillery positions in Dangtu County, bombing and strafing them.

The Japanese artillery in Dangtu County had to use their cannons as anti-aircraft guns to bombard the Golden Eagle drones.