Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, now understood that the 9th War Zone of the Chinese government had long planned to completely destroy his 34th Division, and had secretly moved so many troops around his division, leaving him unable to react.

Moreover, considering that the 34th Division's supply lines and retreat routes have been cut off, it will be difficult for the 34th Division to hold its ground or break out of the fierce attack from the nine divisions of the Chinese Army. Commander Sonobe, Lieutenant General Ichiro must send reinforcements to support the 34th Division. Otherwise, the 34th Division will be trapped in the Shanggao area.

If Commander Sonobe and Lieutenant General Ichiro did not send reinforcements quickly, the Chinese army would not have to attack. As long as they surrounded the 34th Division for a week, the officers and soldiers of the 34th Division would even starve to death here.

If that happened, he might become the first Japanese division commander to be starved to death on the front line since the war between China and Japan, and his 34th Division would be the first division to disappear due to hunger. In that case, he and the 34th Division would be nailed to the pillar of shame, and would never be able to turn over.

Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, was stunned when he received an urgent telegram for help from Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 34th Division. He remembered that Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 34th Division, had sent a telegram yesterday saying that they were attacking the defensive positions of the 74th Army of the Chinese government with all their might, and hoped to break through the defensive positions of the Chinese army within two days and occupy Shanggao.

How come the wind direction has completely changed after I woke up from a sleep? The 34th Division was completely surrounded by the troops of the 9th War Zone of the Chinese Government. Even its supply lines and retreat routes were cut off by the troops of the 9th War Zone of the Chinese Government. Is Lieutenant General Ogamo, the commander of the 34th Division, kidding me?

After seeing the telegram from Lieutenant General Ohgamo, commander of the 34th Division, that the Chinese government's 9th War Zone had dispatched at least nine divisions to encircle the 34th Division, Lieutenant General Sonobe Kazuichiro, commander of the 11th Army, was also shocked.

The Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government actually dispatched so many troops to deal with the 34th Division. This shows that Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government really wants to completely destroy the 34th Division this time. Moreover, judging from the current situation of the 34th Division, Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government has a great possibility of success this time.

Reinforcements must be sent quickly. If the 34th Division is destroyed by the troops of the 9th War Zone of the Chinese government, the military force in the Hongcheng area will be very empty. In addition, the 33rd Division will be transferred to the North China battlefield soon. Hongcheng will definitely not be able to be defended with only the 20th Independent Mixed Brigade.

Therefore, as soon as the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, received the telegram for help, he sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Sakurai Shozo, the commander of the 33rd Division, who had fled back to Hongcheng for rest, ordering the commander of the 33rd Division, Lieutenant General Sakurai Shozo, to quickly lead his troops to rescue the 34th Division from the encirclement of the Chinese government's 9th War Zone troops.

Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, was shocked after receiving the telegram from the commander, Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe. He did not expect that the 34th Division would be surrounded by the troops of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, and the cause of all this seemed to be somewhat related to his own 33rd Division. If something unexpected happened to the 34th Division and their division commander, Lieutenant General Ogamo, he would be affected to some extent after the war.

For the sake of his own bright future, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, quickly assembled Hao's troops and set out from Hongcheng in a mighty force to rescue the 34th Division that was surrounded in the Shanggao area. Of course, the information that the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army had rushed out of Hongcheng was also immediately transmitted to the Ninth War Zone Command.

Faced with the expected Japanese reinforcements, Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone had already made preparations. He ordered the troops of the Ninth War Zone that formed the encirclement to be careful of the attack of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army and to make sure to block the Japanese reinforcements outside the encirclement.

At the same time, Commander Xue also ordered the various troops that made up the encirclement to begin attacking the 34th Division in the encirclement according to the attack plan formulated before the war, in an effort to eliminate this Japanese force as soon as possible.

After a careful study of the Chinese troops encircled by the 34th Division, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, finally decided to direct the attack of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army at the defense line of the 9th Reserve Division of the 70th Army of the Chinese government.

The reason why Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, chose the defense line in charge of the 9th Reserve Division of the 70th Army was because the two sides had already fought at the beginning of the battle, and officers and soldiers at all levels of the 33rd Division were already familiar with the 9th Reserve Division of the 70th Army of the Chinese government.

In addition, the 9th Reserve Division of the 70th Army of the Chinese Government had suffered certain losses in the attack of the 33rd Division at the beginning of the battle. The combat strength of the unit can be said to be the weakest among these Chinese troops, and the possibility of being broken through by the 33rd Division is also the greatest.

When the 33rd Division set out from Hongcheng to reinforce the 34th Division, Major General Naozo Ikeda, commander of the 20th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army on the southern front, also received an order from Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, to move towards the Shanggao area where the 34th Division was located with all his strength, using attacks to distract the attention of the Chinese army and allow the Chinese government's 9th War Zone to withdraw troops to deal with the attack of the 20th Independent Mixed Brigade.

After receiving the order from Commander Lieutenant General Sonobe Kazuichiro, the commander of the 20th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Ikeda Naozo, crossed the Jinjiang River and launched an attack on the 51st Division of the 74th Army of the Chinese government from the direction of Lujiawei.

In order to quickly break through the defensive positions of the 51st Division of the Chinese Government, the commander of the 20th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Naozo Ikeda, not only launched a frontal attack, but also sent two troops. One troop bypassed the frontal defense line of the 51st Division of the Chinese Government and attacked Lazhu Mountain, and the other troop made a roundabout attack from Shitou Street to attack the flank of the 51st Division of the Chinese Government.