I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"We're going to Shanghai, Ah Wen..."

"What Awen? Call me Fufu! I have a Japanese name!"

"Okay, Wen Fu, are we really going to fight the mainlanders? They are ours..."

"Compatriots? What are you kidding! We are Japanese! The captain has already said that as long as we truly fulfill our duties as an imperial soldier, His Majesty the Emperor will really recognize us as Japanese! When Taiwan is part of China, What the hell are we living? Ignorance, backwardness, barbarism! His Majesty the Emperor saved Taiwan! He brought us real civilization!"

三墩镇的前线总指挥部内，萧爻神色焦躁地把一份文件递给蒋纬国：“营座！这是怎么回事？我不是让你再三请校长在南京保留一部分部队吗？为什么川军的第23集团军、滇军的第60军都在向上海开拔？第5集团军本来在南京一带的，怎么也到上海了？第2集团军不是在河南省境内驻守平汉路的吗？居然也在向上海开进？还有桂军第11集团军也来了！”

"What? Why didn't I know?" Jiang Weiguo was more surprised than Xiao Yao.

参加淞沪会战的国军共有6个集团军，分别是第8、9、10、15、19、21集团军（原本第5集团军在上海参战，第19集团军在平津参战，平津会战结束后，第19集团军前往上海，取代第5集团军参战，第5集团军撤回南京一带。

The commander of the 5th Army is Gu Zhutong, the deputy commander of the theater, so the army assumes the responsibility of the general reserve force of the theater and the protection of the rear of the theater). Some are on the front line, some are on the road, and some are still gathering in the rear. Hundreds of thousands of troops are participating in the battle in batches. In addition, many troops that do not belong to the six armies are rushing to participate in the battle day and night, such as The 23rd Army of the Sichuan Army led by Chairman Liu Xiang of Sichuan Province (the Sichuan Army that came out of Sichuan to participate in the War of Resistance is currently organized into the 22nd and 23rd Army by Chiang Kai-shek, the 22nd Army went to the North China Front, and the 23rd Army went to the East China Front).

At this time, the number of national army troops participating in the Battle of Songhu increased again, adding 4 group armies and 1 army at once, or even more.

Jiang Weiguo thought about it carefully, and immediately came to his senses, this must be Chiang Kai-shek's "ghost".

In the original history, the national army did not fight very well during the Battle of Songhu. Although it also caused some serious damage to the Japanese army, there were no major breakthroughs and results. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to throw all his money into it. However, at present, the national army is fighting very well, and the army, navy and air force have gained a lot. Naturally, Chiang Kai-shek has greatly increased his confidence and appetite, so he put all his eggs in one basket and continued to transfer to Shanghai. The generals dispatched by the army, especially the national army, had bitten the fat of the 101st Brigade of the Japanese Army in their mouths but could not swallow it for a long time, which made Chiang Kai-shek very anxious. .

Not only that, Chiang Kai-shek's war thinking at this time also changed. At first, he wanted to "do his best to injure the Japanese army before Shanghai fell", but now, he vaguely wanted to "defend Shanghai directly and block the Japanese army on the beach", so Continuing to increase the number of troops on a large scale is what he will inevitably do. After all, the calls for a "decisive battle in Shanghai" among the top government officials are getting louder and louder.

"Isn't this nonsense?" Jiang Weiguo immediately became furious. He found that Chiang Kai-shek's blind command was more serious than he thought. It was Chiang Kai-shek's blind command on tactics, so now "from sticking to Shanghai to sticking to Shanghai" is Chiang Kai-shek's blind command on strategic policy.

Although he was anxious, Jiang Weiguo did not dare to call Chiang Kai-shek to "speak out of righteousness and speak out against his face". Not long ago, he almost had a quarrel with Chiang Kai-shek over whether the Hudong War should continue.

Jiang Weiguo knew that he wanted to realize his lofty aspirations in this time and space. "Having the absolute trust and full support of Chiang Kai-shek" was the first premise. If Chiang Kai-shek stopped trusting and supporting him because he angered him, he would be unable to do anything.

Therefore, Jiang Weiguo knew that Chiang Kai-shek was doing stupid things, but he couldn't stop him.

"Damn!" Jiang Weiguo couldn't help but burn all five inside, and Jiang Weiguo had to be extremely anxious.

Xiao Yao looked at Jiang Weiguo, he knew Jiang Weiguo's predicament and difficulty without explaining it clearly, so he didn't ask Jiang Weiguo to call Chiang Kai-shek, after thinking about it, he found another way: "Ying Zuo, don't be too anxious, this matter is not serious. There is no wiggle room.

Isn't your 918th regiment still in Nanjing? "

"A group is useless!"

"Why is it useless? It's called a regiment, but you can expand it into an army! Anyway, you have money, weapons and equipment, so it's no problem to quietly expand the army. You don't need to ask the principal for money and equipment!" Xiao Yao said "You immediately withdraw 500 million yuan from your own personal account to Du Yuming for military expenses and military expansion funds, and then call Yu Dawei and ask him to transfer to Nanjing the ordnance and ammunition that can arm two divisions. The follow-up national army going to Shanghai via Nanjing!" He paused and said, "The principal will be very suspicious of other people's military expansion, but you are different.

Even if the principal finds out that you let Du Yuming wantonly expand the army in Nanjing, you can still say that you are preparing for Shanghai, and the principal will not have any doubts!"

Jiang Weiguo stared at Xiao Yao, if he hadn't considered being impolite, he really wanted to see if there was a long tail behind Xiao Yao's ass.

At 10 o'clock in the morning on October 6, Japanese reinforcements from three routes arrived at the Shanghai battlefield, and the location was not judged by the foreign army, and they landed in Hudong.

In the center of the Japanese fleet, four giant warships are like small steel islands floating on the sea. They are Fuso, Yamashiro, Ise, and Hyuga battleships. Each ship has a full-load displacement of 3.6 tons. With an overwhelming volley of 48mm main naval guns, Huijiao Port was razed to the ground in the collapse of the sky and the ground. An infantry battalion of the National Army who was patrolling the coast here almost died collectively without firing a single shot.

Under the cold moonlight, countless steel helmet bayonets shone brightly like stars on the ships and on the beach. The Japanese army officially launched the landing, and the ships roared, the waves churned, and people shouted and neighed.

On the battleship Fuso, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Rear Admiral Nomura Naokuni, said to Lieutenant General Hata Toshiroku, the commander-in-chief of the ground forces beside him, "Don't worry, Lieutenant General! You see, the Chinese army on land did not dare to fire back at all. As long as my fleet fires three salvos, your troops can go ashore like a military parade!"

Lieutenant General Hata Toshiro nodded peacefully: "In the Hudong battle, Sandun Town, the focal point of the enemy and us, is very close to the sea. Therefore, the army relies heavily on the support of the navy's powerful artillery fire. Nomura-kun, I will ask you a lot in the future!" Hata Junliu's surname is Hata and his name is Junliu. He was the commander of the Taiwan Army before he was ordered to lead troops to reinforce Hudong. Commanding the Japanese troops from Taiwan is naturally familiar with the road. On the other hand, Lieutenant General Hata Shun-liu is the backbone of the Japanese army's staunch "opposition to expansion of war faction". He strongly advocates not expanding the war against China. He believes that Japan can defeat China, but it is difficult to conquer China. He did not object to the attack on Nanjing. He believed that it would be best if China bowed its knees and surrendered after the attack on Nanjing. General Matsui Iwane is similar, but he is "gentle" than General Matsui. Not only that, Hata Shunroku has received "internal information" from the military department, and he will be promoted to general soon. At this time, the military department sent him to Shanghai , implicitly has the meaning of replacing General Matsui who "commanded mistakes and fought ineffectively".

Rear Admiral Nomura smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lieutenant General! My naval guns will make your troops return triumphantly without even participating in a real battle!" It exploded suddenly in the Japanese landing fleet, and a lightning-like flame burst out. The bow of a small transport ship was blown to pieces in an instant, and some of the more than 300 Japanese soldiers on board were flying with flesh and blood, and some were like dumplings. Gududu rolled into the sea, screams, cries for help, and moans sounded together.

"What's going on?" Major General Nomura asked angrily. He had just made a promise in front of Lieutenant General Hata Jun-liu, but the fleet immediately had a problem, which made him furious.

"It hit a mine!" A communications officer ran over sweating profusely. "Ship No. 27 hit a mine under the Chinese Army's headquarters and was blown to pieces. The ship is sinking. About 150 imperial troops were killed." Killed and wounded, many people fell into the water!"

"Idiot!" Major General Nomura yelled loudly, "Hurry up and save people! Let the sea-sweeping boats start mine-sweeping!" (Japanese call mine-sweeping boats sea-sweeping boats)

The Japanese Navy's attitude towards mines is like the Japanese Army's attitude towards mines. They both look down on them, neither attaching importance to their use nor to their countermeasures. During the period, the Japanese Navy had a total of 12 minesweepers, and there were no minesweepers, which shows that the Japanese Navy despised mines), because the Japanese Navy used fleet decisive battles in the Nissin War and the Russo-Japanese War to determine the world. , so the Japanese navy is full of the idea of ​​​​"Fleet Armageddon" (so it is still desperately building battleships, so it was beaten by the US aircraft carrier formation in the Pacific War), and naturally did not make any effort to study how to deal with mines, torpedo boats, and submarines Wait for the "gadgets".

At this time, facing the hundreds of mines laid by the Chinese Navy in the coastal waters of Hudong, the Japanese fleet, which was eager to send the army ashore, immediately fell into a panic.

Sea mines, like land mines, are defensive weapons and "weapons of poor countries." The cost of a sea mine ranges from tens of dollars to less than a dozen dollars. , The maintenance cost ranges from thousands of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.

From time to time, in the formation of Japanese transport ships busy sending personnel and supplies ashore and the formation of Japanese sea-sweeping boats busy with mine clearance, a ball of fire burst into the air from time to time, either blowing up a piece of Japanese and puppet troops to bloody flesh, or blowing up A pile of ordnance and supplies flew across the sky. A total of five transport ships, two destroyers, and a light cruiser hit mines successively, and one of the mine-sweeping sea-sweeping boats sank.

This sea-sweeping boat belonged to the "No. 560 and No. 70" of the Fuji Nagata Shipyard, with a displacement of only [-] tons. It was blown to pieces by a heavy mine of the Chinese army, and more than [-] sailors on board were killed and injured on the spot.

These mines of the Chinese army were naturally unable to stop the Japanese fleet, but they did cause certain losses to the Japanese army and delayed the Japanese army's landing operations, while also hitting the morale of the Japanese army.

What angered Admiral Nomura the most was that the destroyer Baiyun in the fleet frantically dodged after discovering a mine floating towards him, and accidentally bumped into the destroyer Amegiri beside him, which not only caused A large crater was sunken in the bow of his own ship during the impact, and a very serious crack was knocked out of the side of the Amagiri.

"The mighty Imperial Japanese Navy ranks first in Asia and third in the world after the United States and Britain! But it is so disgraced when dealing with the utterly weak China Navy! It's just unreasonable!" Major General Nomura burst into tears. stuffy.

"Alarm! Enemy attack!" An officer suddenly shouted loudly while running over.

"What are you panicking about?" Major General Nomura, who felt that he was repeatedly humiliated in front of Lieutenant General Hata Junliu and other army personnel, scolded angrily, "What enemy attack? How many troops? From what direction?"

The officer was sweating profusely and said: "The destroyer on guard found the formation of torpedo boats of the Chinese Navy! There are both north and south! There are over a hundred of them! They are rushing towards our fleet at a high speed of 40 knots! The distance is less than three nautical miles!"

"It's such a nasty bastard again!" Major General Nomura was full of annoyance and hatred, "Let the destroyer formation destroy them! Protect the battleships and cruisers!"

On the north and south sides of the Japanese fleet, more than 100 torpedo boats of the Chinese Navy slammed into the Japanese fleet, which was dozens of times their tonnage and hundreds of times their firepower, and then shredded the searchlight pillars of the night. , one after another, the bright lights rising to the sky, the awe-inspiring howling sea breeze, the boiling waves, the shocking explosions, and the flying fire meteors shining the night like clouds of fire, unfolded a heroic moth to the flame. fighting.

Undoubtedly, since the Japanese army has already suffered a great loss from the national army torpedo boats, they have strengthened their defenses and raised their vigilance. Therefore, these national army torpedo boats are not attacking the Japanese fleet at this time, but are attacking. The result is conceivable Yes, in fact, this attack was obviously irrational, but in order to attack the Japanese fleet and prevent it from being too reckless, the national army torpedo boat formation attacked without hesitation.

Amid the dense rain of gunfire, all the naval guns, machine guns, and machine guns on the Japanese destroyer were frantically spraying flames like welding arcs, and the searchlight beams locked on to the national army on the sea. The torpedo boat was then submerged in the raging firepower net, and the sea surface was beaten like a pond in a rainstorm. Countless shells and bullets soared into waves like boiling water, and among the deafening fireballs of explosions, one ship after another The torpedo boats of the national army were smashed to pieces and wiped out. The rest of the torpedo boats rushed forward on the sea full of corpses, debris, and pools of blood.

"Torpedo boat sailors often have only one chance to fight!" Ouyang Sihai once said.

The meaning of this sentence is very clear and full of tragic meaning.

Because the torpedo boat is too fragile, it is extremely dangerous and has a high damage rate after participating in the war. It is almost a "disposable product", both the torpedo boat itself and the sailors on board.

A damaged torpedo boat can be rebuilt, but a dead person cannot be revived.

The torpedo boat attack is actually to a large extent an out-and-out suicide attack.

Admiral Dönitz, the commander of the German Navy's submarine force, later said: "...the 'wolf pack tactics' of the German Navy's submarine force and the 'bee swarm tactics' of the Chinese Navy's torpedo boat force both created the miracle of 'small boats fighting big ships', but I must say that the torpedo boat sailors of the Chinese Navy are greater than the submarine sailors of the German Navy. They have a great spirit of self-sacrifice.

In fact, among the various arms of the navy, the death rate of submarine soldiers is as high as 55%, but it is only ranked second, and the death rate of torpedo boat soldiers ranks first, as high as 75%!" During World War II in the original history, the German Navy submarine The damage rate is 66%, which is basically equal to the death rate of the German Navy submariners, because after the submarine is sunk, it is extremely difficult for the submariners on it to escape and survive. The mortality rate (the death rate of German Navy submariners) is much lower than in the original history, but at the same time, the death rate of Chinese Navy torpedo boats has greatly increased due to the "butterfly effect" compared to the original history (in the original history In fact, the Chinese Navy only has [-] to [-] torpedo boats, which play a very limited role, and have not conducted special torpedo boat attack warfare, so the casualty rate of torpedo boat soldiers is not high, and the number of casualties is not large).

According to Ouyang Ge's statistics, four months after the start of the war, a total of 263 torpedo boat formations of the national army participated in the battle, and a total of 216 were damaged, with a damage rate of 82%. More than 985% of the torpedo boats were destroyed in the first battle.

When he saw Ouyang Ge's statistical report, Jiang Weiguo thought in his heart: "The Japanese used kamikaze squadrons when they were dying. The world was shocked by the Japanese's desperate spirit, but what's so great about it?" ? The spirit of Chinese soldiers’ recklessness is not inferior to that of the Japanese! What’s more, many kamikaze members are forced to sacrifice their lives, but Chinese soldiers voluntarily sacrificed for the country!”

There is no suspense in the outcome of this naval battle in Hudong. The torpedo boat formation of the national army successfully sank a Japanese destroyer (Mikazuki) and two medium-sized transport ships, damaged many ships, and suffered heavy losses. Of the 106 torpedo boats that attacked, only 42 returned safely.

The reason why they didn't fight off all of them was because they had to keep a certain amount of torpedo boats, and they would continue to harass the Japanese fleet in the future, causing blows and pressure to the Japanese army.

When the Japanese fleet and the National Army torpedo boat formation fought together, a burst of thunder and anger fell on the heads of the Japanese landing troops in a gust of wind and rain, blowing up the Japanese and puppet troops dizzy, and many of them were unloaded from the ships. The materials hoarded by the soldiers on the beach were also caused by the explosion.

"What's going on here?" Lieutenant General Hata Junliu was very surprised, "Where did the artillery fire come from?"

"Immediately locate the artillery of the Chinese Army on land! Blow them into ashes with naval guns!" Major General Nomura yelled furiously. G.

The Japanese army quickly figured out what was going on. The Chinese army on land was bombarding them with cannons. The national army spread out the cannons deliberately. Each cannon was towed by tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks, playing with the Japanese army in the dark. "Cannon Guerrilla Warfare", open a cannon to change a place.

Before the Japanese army landed, the fleet first covered the landing site with artillery fire, so the national army knew the exact location of the Japanese army very well, and with the reconnaissance reports of the scouts, the twenty or thirty heavy artillery pieces that launched the "guerrilla warfare" were fired "steadily and accurately" ruthless", even though the Japanese naval guns fought back angrily, they fired hundreds of rounds of the main naval gun shells and destroyed the three "guerrilla heavy artillery" of the national army like a blind cat encountering a dead mouse. These "heavy guerrilla artillery" bombarded more than 1000 Japanese and puppet troops (the beach was densely populated), destroyed and burned thousands of tons of supplies, and made a huge profit without losing money.

Huang Guoshu, who commanded the artillery raid, was very calm. Although his twenty or thirty heavy artillery pieces were very scattered and difficult to communicate with each other, he forcibly stipulated that each artillery group must fire at the same time when launching the first wave of shelling, thus giving the Japanese army a lot of trouble. The most powerful blow, so after seeing the roar of the No. [-] heavy artillery commanded by Huang Guoshu himself, the rest of the cannons launched a "dispersed salvo" from various places and directions on the Japanese landing field. The fight was embarrassing and the loss was huge.

Although the national army's mines, torpedo boats, and mobile heavy artillery caused very serious blows and losses to the Japanese army, they certainly could not completely stop the Japanese army on the sea.

At dawn, more than 2.9 Japanese and puppet troops under the command of Lieutenant General Hata Junliu (almost 2000 people were killed or injured due to the harassment of the Chinese army when they landed) came ashore one after another, and quickly participated in the Hudong War.

"Damn! What the hell is this Huang Jie doing?" Inside the former enemy headquarters in Sandun Town, Jiang Weiguo was restless because of the landing of Japanese reinforcements. The second bad news came at the same time. The 101nd Brigade of the 102st Division of the Japanese Army The two reinforced brigades of the 103rd Wing of the regiment broke through the 2nd Division's defense line in the southwest of Sandun Town, entered Sandun Town, and joined the remnants of the 101st Brigade in the town.

Although the two strengthened brigades suffered heavy losses during the days of fighting, they still had more than 2500 troops at this time. The 101st Brigade received a blood transfusion of 2500 troops. negative impact.

In fact, up to this point in the war, "whether the national army wiped out the 101st Brigade" has the same meaning as "whether the national army captured Sandun Town".

"We can't blame Huang Jie!" Huang Wei played his good-natured character, "Because the Japanese reinforcements landed in Hudong, Li Yutang's 3rd Division was transferred to the east of Sandun Town to defend, and Huang Jie's 2nd Division not only had to bear The defense area of ​​this division has to be additionally responsible for the defense area of ​​the 3rd division, it is indeed insufficient troops!"

Jiang Weiguo was extremely depressed. On the one hand, the national army increased its troops in Shanghai. On the other hand, when the Japanese army attacked, the national army was short of troops. In the final analysis, it was caused by the gap in national strength between the two countries. Walking, of course, the speed cannot be compared.

"Don't worry!" Huang Wei comforted, "The chairman has already ordered the 8nd Reserve Division of Chen Mingren's Department, the 2st Division of Wang Yaowu's Department, and the 51th Division of Yu Jishi's Department to reinforce Hudong and give them support. Traffic priority, these three divisions have a total strength of more than 58 troops and are well equipped. It is estimated that they will arrive at noon tomorrow.

At that time, our encirclement and blocking circles will no longer be broken by the Japanese army!"

Jiang Weiguo was still depressed and anxious. He felt that the battle in Hudong was getting worse and worse. There were several opportunities to accept it as soon as it was good, but they were all in vain. As a result, the national army seemed to be still suppressing The Japanese army fought, but in fact they have fallen into a very passive situation.

Chapter 208 Passive Hard Fight (2)

Jiang Weiguo was in a depressed mood, and Chiang Kai-shek was also in a very bad mood, because the League of Nations Conference that closed on October 10 did not produce the results he hoped for.

Although the representatives of the Soviet Union strongly advocated sanctioning Japan and preventing Japan from further aggression against China at the conference, the attitudes of Britain and France were noncommittal and ambiguous. Disagreement, resolve conflicts, stop the war, and restore peace in the Far East at an early date" and other nonsense official-style nonsense, there are no practical and effective measures at all.

In this regard, Chiang Kai-shek was very disappointed and disappointed, but Jiang Weiguo felt nothing, because he never expected at all that this so-called League of Nations was not as capable as the United Nations in later generations.

Jiang Weiguo even laughed at Chiang Kai-shek's "daydreams": How could the League of Nations stop the Japanese?The League of Nations is actually dominated by Britain, France and the Soviet Union (the United States never joined the League of Nations, Germany withdrew from the League of Nations after Hitler came to power, Japan withdrew after the September [-]th Incident, and Italy will also withdraw at the end of this year), the strategic vision of the Soviet authorities is still relatively long-term However, Britain and France were both lazy, passive and lax at this time, and adopted ostrich countermeasures against Japan, Germany, and Italy, which were showing their fangs or had already shown their fangs (so they were later beaten by Germany and Japan in Europe and Southeast Asia respectively. Looking for teeth), is even more short-sighted in international strategy, does not know the truth of "a fire at the gate of the city will harm the fish in the pond", dare not tear up with Japan for China, coupled with the huge gap in ideology, so Britain and France are not in line with the Soviet Union Work together to contain Japan and aid China.

"Father, this is actually not unexpected!" Jiang Weiguo called Chiang Kai-shek to comfort him, "Although external assistance is an important factor for us to win this war, the most important and main factor is our own. Fight with blood! Although we are poor and weak, we must have backbone! We don’t need to bow down to international powers, we can defeat the Japanese on our own!”

"Well...you're right..." Chiang Kai-shek's voice was obviously a little low, "The next thing to see is whether the Nine-Nation Pact Conference at the beginning of next month will produce a result that is beneficial to our country!"

"Damn!" Jiang Weiguo was speechless in his heart, "I'm talking for nothing! Why do you still pin your hopes on those foreign devils?" But he definitely didn't dare to say this directly, but continued to speak loudly He comforted Chiang Kai-shek angrily, and advised him to take care of his health. He didn't dare to ask some "sensitive questions", for fear of making Chiang Kai-shek, who was already in a bad mood, even more unhappy.

"By the way, Wei'er, how is the battle in East Shanghai? How long will it take to wipe out the 101st Brigade?" Chiang Kai-shek immediately turned his attention back to the current Songhu battlefield from the international arena.

"This...it's really hard to say..." Jiang Weiguo hesitated, "After all, the Japanese reinforcements have arrived..."

"The reinforcements from the Japanese army have arrived, and I have sent reinforcements to you too!" Chiang Kai-shek was a little unhappy, "This matter cannot be delayed any longer! A brigade has been fighting for so long and has not been cleaned up! The outsiders are already getting impatient! How about this, before the National Day (October 10th), let me completely capture Sandun Town and wipe out the 10st Brigade!"

"Ah? National Day? Just four days?" Jiang Weiguo was taken aback, "Time is too tight..."

"Not enough?" Chiang Kai-shek's tone was a little harsh, "Give it to me at all costs!"

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Weiguo sighed for a long time. He now understands what Xue Yue did during the Changsha Battle in the original history: As the commander-in-chief of the national army in the Changsha Battle, Xue Yue often "disappeared on the battlefield" and hid with his phone in his arms. When he went to remote places, he only communicated with the troops by phone, without a radio, and did not receive telegrams from Chiang Kai-shek. People asked him why he did this?He said indignantly: "If I do this, the old man will not be able to find me, and will not give me those ridiculous orders!"

The core of operations in Sandun Town is no longer in Sandun Town itself. At this time, the battle situation in Sandun Town is like this: Nearly all the officers and soldiers of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms fought in the town with the Japanese 101st Brigade (including two soldiers reinforced by the 102nd Brigade). Strengthening Brigade) launched canine-tooth street fighting; on the west, northwest, and southwest sides of the town, the 101st Division (mainly the 102nd Brigade, and many affiliated troops) was desperately attacking the national army's blocking line and encirclement circle, intending to enter Sandun Town Rescue the 101st Brigade (The 101st Brigade actually no longer exists. On the one hand, the Japanese army wanted to capture Sandun Town and prove to the outside world that the 101st Brigade had not been completely wiped out; on the other hand, it was to eradicate Sandun Town. On the east, northeast, and southeast sides of the town, the three reinforcements of the Japanese army who had already boarded also attacked the national army's blocking line and encirclement circle, intending to rescue the entire 101st Division.