Quartermasters can also fight the devils

What Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro, commander of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, was not convinced about was that, in the eyes of the Japanese military high-ranking officials, only the Kumamoto area could produce good soldiers, but the Nagoya area could not?

Ever since the thin and skinny Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro, commander of the Japanese Army's 3rd Division, took office, he was very determined and determined that the situation in which the Japanese Army's 3rd Division had long been inferior to the 5th and 6th Divisions must be fundamentally changed during his term of office.

During the Second Battle of Changsha, the section of Xinqiang River that the Japanese 3rd Division was responsible for breaking through was defended by the 60th Division of the 9th War Zone. However, before that, due to the Battle of Dayun Mountain on the outer line, the 60th Division was ordered to reinforce the north of the Xinqiang River. By the time the commander of the 9th War Zone, Commander Xue, learned that he had fallen into the trap of Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the Japanese 11th Army, and urgently dispatched the 60th Division to reinforce the defense line, it was too late. In other words, the Japanese 3rd Division did not have to put in much effort to break through the Xinqiang River defense line.

Compared with the hard battles of the Japanese 6th Division and the 102nd Division of the 9th War Zone, the 3rd Division was able to get an advantage. But for Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro, commander of the Japanese 3rd Division, this was the best reflection that his division was stronger than the 6th Division.

Moreover, the successful fighting of the Second Changsha Battle also gave the commander of the Japanese 3rd Division, Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro, great confidence. He continued to carry out ideological education for officers at all levels in the Japanese 3rd Division, determined to achieve more military exploits in subsequent operations and snatch the ranking of the 6th Division first.

Therefore, after the start of the Third Battle of Changsha, under the constant encouragement of Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusitaro, commander of the Japanese Third Division, the commanders of various units of the Third Division had already prepared for the attack on Changsha, and were all eager to grab the greatest credit for the Third Division.

Therefore, as soon as they received the order from Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, to attack Changsha City, they rushed towards Changsha City.

Among them, the 18th Regiment on the left wing of the Japanese 3rd Division set out urgently late at night on the day they received the order to attack Changsha City, and they moved forward as if they were in an empty space.

The 3rd Cavalry Regiment on the right was surrounded by the 92nd Division of the 9th War Zone near the Wu Family Mansion on the afternoon of the 30th and failed to reach the designated attack position near Changsha City in time.

The central force was the 68th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army. After arriving at Xinkaitang, they found that there were four or five hundred Chinese officers and soldiers defending on the high ground on the south side of Xinkaitang. In order to quickly reach Changsha City, the commander of the 68th Regiment, Colonel Kensaburo No, ordered the Second Battalion to attack the Chinese army's defensive positions on the high ground on the south side of Xinkaitang with all its strength. However, what the commander of the 68th Regiment, Colonel Kensaburo No, did not expect was that the defense of this Chinese defender was very tenacious, and the attack of his Second Battalion failed to break through the defense of the Chinese army, which made the commander of the 68th Regiment, Colonel Kensaburo No, anxious.

Because, just when the 68th Regiment Commander Colonel Kensaburo Nono's troops were attacking, the division commander Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro sent him a telegram telling him that the 18th Regiment's troops had passed through Shinkai City and headed south.

At this moment, the attention of Colonel Kensaburo Nono, commander of the 68th Regiment, was all shifted to the rapid advance of the 18th Regiment. He was now very worried that the credit for capturing Changsha City would be taken by the 18th Regiment. So after thinking about it, he decided that the second battalion would attack the high ground on the south side of Xinkaitang, while the main force of the 68th Regiment would take a detour to Changsha City and enter the city before the 18th Regiment.

After the various units of the Japanese 3rd Division arrived outside Changsha City one after another, in order to win the credit for entering Changsha City, the 18th and 68th Regiments of the Japanese Army almost simultaneously launched an attack on Changsha City. In the subconscious of the Japanese army, there should not be many Chinese troops defending Changsha City this time, and Changsha City was almost a credit within their grasp.

The 210th Regiment of the 100rd Division of the Japanese Army attacked the southeast of Changsha City, where the new th Division was responsible for defense. The th Regiment, as the main attacking force, attacked the northeast of Changsha City, where the new th Division was responsible for defense.

During this period of time, the New 22nd Army has been continuously building fortifications in Changsha City, turning every street into mutually supported defensive positions. Regarding the Japanese attack, Commander Huang of the New 22nd Army expressed great confidence that the New 22nd Army could hold Changsha City for at least 20 days under the attack of the Japanese army, thus buying the maximum time for the encirclement of the external troops.

The commander of the 68th Regiment, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, was a little confused now. The attack launched by the 1st Company of his 1st Battalion had just failed, and it was an extremely tragic failure. Since all the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion that launched the attack were left on the road of attack by the defending Chinese troops, if he had not seen it with his own eyes through a telescope, the commander of the 68th Regiment, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, would definitely think he was dreaming.

Such losses in the attack simply opened the eyes of Colonel Kensaburo No, the commander of the 68th Regiment. Is this still the Chinese army that was chased and attacked by his own troops before? Since the Third Battle of Changsha, there has never been such a frightening loss of war. How many troops did the Chinese government send to defend Changsha City?

However, what made the commander of the 68th Regiment, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, feel good was that the 18th Regiment that attacked Changsha City from the southeast was also repelled by the Chinese army in Changsha City, and suffered heavy losses. This allowed the commander of the 68th Regiment, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, to calm down and think carefully about how to break through the Chinese army's defense in Changsha City.

After careful consideration, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, commander of the 68th Regiment, decided to launch a night attack on the defensive positions of the Chinese army in Changsha City. This time, Colonel Kensaburo Nono sent the entire 3rd Battalion to carry out the attack.

"Mr. Kato, wait a moment and you will take all the people from the Third Battalion and use the cover of rain and snow to quietly approach the Chinese army's defensive positions in Changsha City. I guess that the Chinese army should have concentrated all its forces in the defensive positions outside the city, and there are no troops left in the city to defend. As long as you can break through the Chinese army's defensive positions, Changsha City will belong to our 68th Regiment." The regiment commander, Colonel Kensaburo No, instructed the commander of the Third Battalion, Major Kato Heizo, about the night attack mission.