In the face of the menacing Japanese encirclement and suppression troops assembled with heavy troops, the garrison of the Xinghua Army stationed in Davao was also ready for battle. Regarding the Japanese army's mobilization to encircle and suppress the Xinghua Army, many generals on the Allied side were quite concerned.

Perhaps the Allied generals who retreated to Australia did not expect that the Japanese army would attach so much importance to the Xinghua Army. However, judging from the current achievements of the Xinghua Army, they feel that it is actually normal for the Japanese army to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress.

If it is said that the chaos created by the Xinghua Army in Nanyang and Dongjing, it only caused a lot of trouble for the Japanese army. Then the destruction of the Dutch Indian oil fields occupied by the Japanese army really shook the foundation of the Japanese army. The slightest carelessness will drag down the overall deployment of the Japanese army.

After all, today's Japanese bowl is an ally in the world, except for Germany and Italy, which are far away. The other countries that joined the Allied camp regarded the Japanese bowl as a hostile country, and even if the Japanese bowl could come up with money, it could not buy strategic materials.

Once there is a problem with the supply of fuel to the Japanese army, it will directly threaten the naval and air force units of the Japanese army, which are currently the most combat-effective units. In order to prevent similar things from happening again, it seems reasonable for the Japanese army to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the Xinghua army.

Under the attention of intelligence agencies of various parties, a new aircraft carrier group drawn from the mainland by the Japanese army first appeared in the sea of Davao Harbor. A large number of carrier-based aircraft began to take off from the aircraft carrier to bomb the ruins and tidal flats of Davao City.

Even though the Japanese reconnaissance planes conducted several reconnaissance and found that the ruins of those positions showed signs of being repaired. But from beginning to end, I didn't find that there were too many troops of the Xinghua Army stationed in the tidal flat position and Davao City, which had become a ruin.

But for the Japanese army, they planned to inflict a thunderous blow on the Xinghua army this time. Any presence that could pose a threat to the landing force will be completely destroyed by them. For this reason, the naval aviation of the Japanese army naturally wanted to show its existence.

The defenders hiding in the tunnel, feeling the huge vibration coming from the tunnel, couldn't help but bared their teeth and said, "Is the little devil crazy?" NND, this position is in ruins, they are still bombing like this, and they don't need money for bombs! ”

"Who called the little devil rich? It's okay, let him throw it, see how much he can throw, he can't blow us up anyway. The worse you blow up this place, the more difficult it will be for the little devils to repair it in the future! ”

Just when the officers and soldiers guarding the tidal flat positions were hiding in the tunnels and having fun. The signal soldier who stayed in the underground passage also said in a timely manner: "Company commander, the battalion commander called, let us withdraw now." I don't want this side of the tidal flat position! ”

"What! If you don't fight, do you give up? ”

When a platoon commander heard this order, he was somewhat unhappy. But the commander of the garrison company thought for a while and said, "Don't talk nonsense! Thinking about it, the battalion commander is also worried about our safety, this time the little devils are attacking with heavy troops, and it is estimated that we will not be able to stop it for too long.

Instead of fighting with the little devils here, it is better to return to the city and play slowly with the little devils! During the day, the little devils have planes to help fight, and we can't fight them. But at night, that's our world! Let's go, go back to town! ”

The commander of the garrison company who soon ordered the retreat, except for a few observation posts still in the tidal flat position to observe the movements of the Japanese army, all the rest of the troops withdrew to the city. As for these underground passages, it is not very likely that the little devils want to enter from the outside.

Even if the Japanese army can finally carry out the blasting and open the gap into the underground passage. But they also want to sneak attack the troops in the city through the underground passage, but they are afraid that it is unlikely. After all, there are still many traps in this underground passage.

Unless there are officers and soldiers within the Xinghua Army to lead the way, it is very likely that the Japanese troops who are not difficult to enter this underground passage will fall into it and will not be able to come out. For this reason, the garrison company guarding the tidal flat position still carried out the retreat order very simply.

To the surprise of the defenders in the city, the first Japanese aircraft carrier group to arrive, the first day of combat mission seemed to be bombardment. Start at the tidal flat position and extend the bomb all the way to the ruins of the city.

The main road leading to the city was also bombed by the Japanese army. Looking at the mines detonated by the little devil bombs, the Xinghua Army soldiers who stayed in the ruined city also felt a little surprised, but fortunately, there were not too many mines planted earlier.

In fact, for the attacking Japanese army, through the first two defeats, they already knew the defensive routine of the Xinghua army. In order to allow the next landing force to attack the city in the shortest possible time, the air force directly blew up the passage for the follow-up troops.

Compared with the annoyance of ordinary soldiers, Li Pao, who stayed in the underground passage in the city, said with a smile: "It's okay! The money for a little devil to build a bomb is worth more than the mine we build. What's more, weren't some mines undetonated?

I dare to say that the road that the little devils have blown up now, not to mention the little devils who will attack next, even if we want to clear mines, we probably have to be cautious. If they really think that the mines are gone, it will definitely make a big joke.

According to the operational instructions from the wolf's hair, in order to defeat Davo City, the little devils this time transferred nearly 30,000 landing troops, including more than 100 tanks alone. Such a big battle, Lao Tzu has really never encountered it.

It is estimated that the offensive and defensive battle between us and the little devils here should not last long, and the final battle will still be fought in the mountains. Therefore, wait for the logistics team, move some of the war preparation materials back first, and leave the saved ones to the little devils when the time comes.

As for the underground passage where we are hiding, it is estimated that they will also dig it out after the little devils take over. When the time comes, we will also leave some surprises for the little devils. Let the little devils know that it's not so easy to get into our tunnels and get out. ”

On the first day of the aircraft carrier fleet, the menacing hostility of the Japanese army was demonstrated. However, the submarine detachment responsible for monitoring the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet saw the Japanese destroyers arriving in the nearby sea, and they were also searching for something.

The submarine formation, which had successfully attacked a small Japanese fleet in the previous attempt, soon realized that the aircraft carrier formation had arrived first, not only to bomb Davao City, but also to search for submarine forces lurking under the nearby sea.

It's just that Zhao Tiehu attaches great importance to the submarine formation under the command of the Xinghua Army. Before each sortie, the safety of the submarine formation is first ensured. Therefore, this kind of useless search by the Japanese army will naturally not lead to anything.

Plus the underwater sonar system of this era is not too sensitive in itself. As long as the submarine remains stationary underwater, it is not so easy to believe in the Japanese destroyers on the surface and want to discover the hidden reconnaissance submarine.

The most important thing is that the submarine formation has a very thorough grasp of the water situation in the waters around Davao City. There are ditches there, there are suitable hiding places there, and the submarine formations know about it, but the Japanese army does not know it very well.

If it were to change the battlefield, it would be difficult for the submarine formation to deal with such a large-scale search by the Japanese army. But at home, the submarine formation was still confident that it would deal with the Japanese army. It's just that in many cases, you can only hide but not fight.

The first day of the offensive looked like a completely one-sided battle, or rather a military show by the Japanese army. After a day of bombing, in addition to the road leading to Davao City, there are some suspicious places that have been blown up, and it seems that nothing has been caught.

On the other hand, the Japanese reconnaissance plane that entered the jungle near Davao to reconnoiter also felt a great headache in the face of the dense jungle below. Staying in the air, they can't see what kind of enemy is underneath.

In the few jungles that were bombed before, in addition to seeing a lot of burned jungles, there was no sign of human activity. In fact, as long as you stay in the jungle, it is really difficult to find a target from the air.

The most surprising thing for the Japanese troops was that they had conducted a day of reconnaissance and found no signs of smoke rising from the jungle. The entire jungle of Mindanao seems to be very quiet.

They had also bombed the place where they had found smoke earlier. However, judging from the remains of the bombing site, it seems that it is not a place where the Chinese live, but a bit like a place where the indigenous tribes of Medan live.

In fact, this guess is also correct. Earlier, the Japanese army confirmed through cooking smoke that the Xinghua Army might be hiding, but most of the places that were eventually bombed were tribes inhabited by indigenous people, so that these indigenous tribes carried the black pot for the Xinghua Army.

Originally, I thought that the little devils were coming, and these Chinese who robbed their homes would be unlucky, but these natives who retreated to the mountains suddenly found that the place where the Chinese lived was fine, but their tribal gathering place was bombed enough.

After being bombed, these natives instantly changed from supporters of the Japanese army to haters of the Japanese army. And after being bombed by the indigenous tribes, watching the Xinghua Army send medical soldiers to treat them regardless of their previous suspicions, they are naturally grateful to the Xinghua Army.

After the persuasion of the special personnel sent by the Xinghua Army, these natives who lived in the deep mountains finally understood why the Chinese of the Xinghua Army would not be bombed. The reason is that the Chinese villages of the Xinghua Army do not make fires at all during the day, and many times only turn on fires for cooking at night.

I don't make a fire to cook during the day, because I am afraid of revealing the location of the village. Open the fire and cook at night, the reconnaissance of the little devils will not be useful at all. It can be said that since moving into the jungle, Zhao Tiehu has made careful arrangements for this.

In this way, the Japanese army felt that it was undoubtedly wishful thinking to carry out non-stop reconnaissance and try to discover the gathering place of the Xinghua Army hidden in the jungle. During the day, the target could not be found, and the only way left was to encircle and suppress through the infantry.

It's just that for the Japanese army, they also know very well that it is very difficult to go into the mountains to encircle and suppress. For this reason, the Japanese commander, who was ordered to attack Davao City, decided to take Davao City first, establish a forward position, and then slowly plan it.

In fact, the Japanese army, which had failed in the previous two attacks on Davao City and was mainly focused on capturing Luzon, wanted to cut off the supply line to Mindanao through siege. In their opinion, those people will not live long without supplies.

To the devastation of the Japanese, they found that the naval blockade they had imposed in recent months did not seem to have had much effect at all. Finally, through the interrogation of the prisoners, it was learned that the Xinghua Army had stored a large amount of supplies in Davao City earlier.

In this case, it is unlikely that the Xinghua Army living on Mindanao will be trapped to death. Then the only choice left, except for going into the mountains to clear up, it seems that there are not many choices!