Quartermasters can also fight the devils

On the morning of the next day, Colonel Ryuichi Nakamura, commander of the 24th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, led his troops to break through the blockade of the Chinese army and finally reunited with the 6th Division Headquarters. This made the commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda, who had been worried, feel a little safer and no longer had to worry about losing his life here.

However, compared with the luck of Lieutenant General Kanda Masatane, commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, Colonel Tomochikame Toshio, commander of the 13th Regiment of the 6th Division, was not so lucky. The situation of the 13th Regiment was now extremely bad, because Colonel Tomochikame Toshio's 13th Regiment was surrounded by the Chinese army.

Because the Chinese army failed to completely destroy the headquarters of the Japanese 6th Division during the night attack, and the 24th Regiment of the Japanese Army was also desperately attacking the headquarters of the 6th Division for reinforcements, the commander of the Chinese army decided to focus the attack on the 13th Regiment of the Japanese 6th Division as the vanguard force. After all, this Japanese unit was the easiest to encircle and destroy compared to the size of the other Japanese units.

The original task of Colonel Tomochikame Toshio, commander of the 13th Regiment of the Japanese Army, was to attack and advance, and clear the obstacles on the retreat road for the 6th Division. But now, not only has the Chinese army's blocking line on the retreat road not been broken, but his own troops have been surrounded by heavy troops of the Chinese Army. How can he take on the task of clearing the retreat road for the 6th Division? The most important thing is to think about how to save the 13th Regiment from being destroyed by the Chinese Army.

After discovering that his 13th Regiment was surrounded by the Chinese army, Colonel Tomochikame Toshio, commander of the 13th Regiment of the Japanese Army, quickly sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda, commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, requesting tactical guidance. To put it bluntly, Colonel Tomochikame Toshio was asking for help from the division commander Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda.

Lieutenant General Kanda Masatane, commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, had just relaxed a little because of the arrival of the 24th Regiment, but with the arrival of the urgent telegram for help from Colonel Tomonari Toshi, commander of the 13th Regiment, his mood sank to the bottom again.

Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda, commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, was looking at the battle map covered with dust and dirt on the table in the division headquarters. The 13th Regiment was now a bit far away from the division headquarters. If he led the division headquarters and the troops here to attack in the direction of the 13th Regiment, it would be difficult to guarantee that the 13th Regiment could be rescued successfully.

In fact, what Lieutenant General Kanda Masatane, commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, was really worried about was that if he took the division headquarters and the troops around him to rescue the 13th Regiment, the Chinese army would very likely let his troops into the encirclement of the 13th Regiment, and all his current troops would then be surrounded by the Chinese army. If that happened, he would be in big trouble.

In addition, the commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Kanda Masatane, had just luckily escaped with his life, and he was still afraid. How could he put himself in possible danger again?

Therefore, Lieutenant General Kanda Masatane, commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, sent a telegram to tell the commander of the 13th Regiment, Colonel Tomoyuki Toshi, that all units of the 6th Division were engaged in fierce fighting with the Chinese army and there were no extra troops to support the 13th Regiment. At the same time, he ordered the commander of the 13th Regiment, Colonel Tomoyuki Toshi, to cancel his duty as the vanguard attack force of the 6th Division and break out in the direction of Fulinpu on his own.

After seeing the telegram sent by the division commander, Lieutenant General Kanda Masatane, Colonel Tomonari Toshi, commander of the 13th Regiment of the Japanese Army, felt a great sense of danger in his heart. Now the entire 6th Division is actually in the encirclement of the Chinese army, and is divided and surrounded into several isolated groups. This is a very dangerous signal.

Colonel Tomochikame Toshio, commander of the 13th Regiment of the Japanese Army, saw that the danger was approaching, but the current situation of his 13th Regiment was not very optimistic. During the attack on Changsha City, one of his battalions was ambushed by the Chinese troops defending Changsha City. Now, after so many days of hard fighting, his 13th Regiment only had half of its full strength.

It would be a desperate mission to break out of the encirclement of the Chinese army with the exhausted forces of the 13th Regiment. However, this is the only desperate path left for Colonel Tomochikame Toshio, commander of the 13th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

Colonel Tomochikame Toshio, commander of the 13th Regiment of the Japanese Army, sorted out his messy mood, organized his troops to do a good job of defense, and at the same time organized his troops to attack the defensive positions of the Chinese army's encirclement leading to Fulinpu.

However, the breakout battle process of the Japanese 13th Regiment was full of hardships and difficulties, just as the commander of the Japanese 13th Regiment, Colonel Tomochikame Toshi, had expected.

As soon as the commander of the Japanese 6th Division, Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda, was surrounded by the troops of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, he sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the Japanese 11th Army, to report the bad news.

As the Sixth Division Headquarters was attacked by the Chinese Army for a whole night, the Sixth Division Commander Lieutenant General Kanda Masatane was almost killed by the Chinese Army. Therefore, in the second telegram that followed, the Sixth Division Commander Lieutenant General Kanda Masatane directly called for rescue from the Japanese 11th Army Commander Lieutenant General Anami Korechika.

Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, was also greatly panicked after receiving this miserable telegram for help from Lieutenant General Kanda Masatane, commander of the 6th Division. The 6th Division was the ace main division of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army. If it was surrounded and destroyed by the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, then his responsibility would be too great. The headquarters and the expeditionary force would definitely dismiss him and send him back to the homeland.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, hurriedly ordered the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army to send troops to seek help from the surrounded 6th Division. When Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro, commander of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, received the telegram from Commander Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, he thought for a while that the telecommunications staff had translated the telegram incorrectly, or that Commander Lieutenant General Anami Korechika had sent the telegram to the wrong person.

This was because the commander of the 11th Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, had previously ordered the 6th Division to rescue the 3rd Division, which was surrounded first. Now that the 3rd Division had broken out of the encirclement, why were they suddenly turning around to rescue the 6th Division?