Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, is also very anxious now. Just now, the division chief of staff, Major General Takashi Murata, sent him a telegram telling him that the artillery unit of the 33rd Division has used up all the artillery shells they carried.

This means that if his bluffing tactic does not fool the commander of the Chinese army this time, the 33rd Division will not even have artillery support for its next attack. In that case, it will be even more impossible for the commander of the 107th Division of the Chinese government to believe that he has a large-scale offensive force.

Therefore, this attack was also the last attack attempt made by the 33rd Division to rescue the 34th Division in the encirclement. If this gamble failed, there would be nothing else we could do. At that time, we could only ask Lieutenant General Isamu Kinoshita, the Chief of Staff of the 11th Army stationed in Hongcheng, to quickly dispatch more troops.

Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, held a telescope and anxiously observed the progress of the attacking troops. At the same time, he moved the telescope forward from time to time to see if there were any signs of retreat of the Chinese troops in the defensive positions.

This temporary attack force of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army had been attacking for nearly forty minutes. Just when the commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, was about to give up, suddenly, the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, was surprised to find that the blocking firepower on the opposite side of the Chinese Government's 107th defensive position was obviously gradually weakening.

This discovery made the division commander, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, ecstatic. The firepower of the Chinese army's defensive positions gradually weakened, which obviously meant that the Chinese army was beginning to retreat in an orderly manner, and his combat plan was successful.

In order to cooperate with the retreat of the 107th Division of the Chinese government, the division commander, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, quickly ordered the attacking troops to advance forward and shoot more fiercely, so that the 107th Division of the Chinese government could retreat faster.

You know, every minute on the battlefield is precious. The 34th Division in the encirclement has to resist the attacks of the Chinese army on the one hand, and launch an attack on the defensive positions of the 107th Division of the Chinese government on the other. This is also a very arduous combat task for the 34th Division. It is hard to say when the 34th Division's blocking line will be broken by the Chinese army.

If the Chinese government's 107th Division could be scared into retreating one minute earlier, the 34th Division would have an extra guarantee of successfully breaking out. It can be said that the 33rd and 34th Divisions are now racing against time with the offensive forces of the Chinese government's 9th War Zone to see who can break through the opponent's defense line first.

As the temporary offensive force of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army increased its firepower output and the speed of its advance, the officers and soldiers of the 107th Division of the Chinese government on the defense line also retreated at a significantly faster speed. Ten minutes after the temporary offensive force of the 33rd Division increased its attack intensity, all the troops of the 107th Division on the rear defense line were withdrawn.

When Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, saw through the telescope that his temporary attack force had successfully rushed into the deserted Chinese army's defensive position, he was very happy and quickly ordered the signalman to send a telegram to Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 34th Division, to report the situation here.

In fact, there was no need for the commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, to send a telegram to the commander of the 34th Division, Lieutenant General Ogamo, to report the situation, because the retreat of the 107th Division of the Chinese government on the front line also began simultaneously.

Lieutenant General Ohgamo, commander of the 34th Division, was originally as anxious as the commander of the 33rd Division, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai. When he found that the firepower of the defensive positions of the 107th Division of the Chinese government was weakening, he excitedly guessed that the Chinese army had fallen into the bluffing strategy of Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, commander of the 33rd Division, and it seemed that his 34th Division was not destined to be destroyed this time.

Therefore, the commander of the 34th Division, Lieutenant General Ogamo, also ordered the attacking troops to increase the intensity of the attack, and Lieutenant General Ogamo also sent all the troops that could be sent out to participate in the attack. Lieutenant General Ogamo knew very well that now it was necessary to put pressure on the 107th Division of the Chinese government to make the 107th Division retreat faster.

Moreover, the commander of the 34th Division, Lieutenant General Ogamo, also learned from the breakthrough that was finally opened last time. However, due to the inadequate deployment of troops, the Chinese army blocked the breakthrough again and surrounded his troops again.

This time, Lieutenant General Ohgamo, commander of the 34th Division, also dispatched enough troops. After the breakthrough was opened, they carried out defensive tasks on both wings of the breakthrough to prevent the army from blocking the breakthrough again and ensure that the 34th Division could break out smoothly.

When Lieutenant General Ohgamo, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, saw his attack force break into the defensive position of the 107th Division of the Chinese government, he was finally relieved and his joy was beyond words.

While feeling excited and happy, Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, also quickly ordered the follow-up troops to catch up with the attacking troops in front. The troops in the back that were blocking the attack of the Chinese army also began to retreat towards the breakthrough point according to the previously formulated order.

After the breakthrough, the attacking forces needed to continue to attack forward quickly and meet up with the attacking forces of the 33rd Division as soon as possible. At the same time, the division commander, Lieutenant General Ogamo, specifically emphasized the need to carry out defense and alert tasks on both wings of the breakthrough to ensure the smooth flow of the breakthrough.

The morale of the defensive forces of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army immediately rose after learning that they had opened a breakthrough in the encirclement of the Chinese army. After repelling the attacks of the Chinese offensive forces, the various defensive forces began to quietly retreat quickly in the direction of the breakthrough.

After the attacking force opened a breakthrough, Lieutenant General Ogamo of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army quickly followed the footsteps of the attacking force with the personnel of the 34th Division and broke out of the opened breakthrough. After advancing for more than 30 minutes, they successfully joined up with the temporary attacking force organized by the 33rd Division.