Quartermasters can also fight the devils

The most regrettable thing about this incident of the left column of the Kojunjiang Brigade of the Japanese Army was actually the Third War Zone of the Chinese government. At that time, when the officers and soldiers of the left column of the Kojunjiang Brigade of the Japanese Army were poisoned, there were no troops of the Third War Zone around. If there was a company or a platoon of Chinese troops around, these officers and soldiers of the left column of the Kojunjiang Brigade of the Japanese Army would definitely have been wiped out.

The main forces of the Chinese government's Third War Zone Commander Gu Changguan and others jumped to the outer line of the Japanese 13th Army's attacking force in order to cover the passage from Zhejiang to Fujian and control the middle section of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway to prevent the Japanese army from opening up the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line.

In the direction of the main offensive force of the Japanese 13th Army, after the Japanese 32nd Division occupied Jiangshan, it continued to attack towards Shaxi without stopping. However, since the various troops of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government had not yet been adjusted, the 19th Division, which was originally planned to defend Shaxi, had not yet arrived in Shaxi to deploy defenses. This allowed the offensive force of the Japanese 32nd Division to quickly occupy Shaxi.

The 15th Division of the Japanese Army, under the command of the new division commander, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, also advanced to the Tanshi City area west of Jiangshan to assemble and wait, while the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army attacked and advanced to the area north of Guangfeng.

Afterwards, the 22nd and 32nd Divisions of the Japanese Army continued to attack westward. When the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army arrived at Guangfeng City, the Provisional 13th Division of the Third War Zone of the Chinese Government, which was originally scheduled to defend Guangfeng, had only one regiment of troops.

Not long after the officers and soldiers of this regiment of the Provisional 13th Division arrived in Guangfeng, the offensive forces of the Japanese 22nd Division had already attacked. As time was too tight, the officers and soldiers of this regiment of the Provisional 13th Division had not even had time to build defensive positions. Facing the attack of the offensive forces of the Japanese 22nd Division, the Chinese officers and soldiers of this regiment could only fight and retreat, and retreated directly to the south bank of the Xinjiang River. Then, the offensive forces of the Japanese 22nd Division occupied Guangfeng without encountering any strong resistance.

After occupying Guangfeng, the offensive forces of the 13th Japanese Army accelerated the pace of their attack. Taking advantage of the situation, they continued to attack westward, and occupied Shangrao, the former headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone, without encountering any resistance.

On the same day, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, led the 13th Army battlefield command and the 1st Flying Regiment combat command post into Quzhou City. In addition, the Quzhou airport had been repaired by the engineering corps of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army and could be used for takeoff and landing of Japanese Air Force combat aircraft.

After the attacking force of the Japanese 13th Army occupied Shangrao, the commander of the Japanese 13th Army, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, decided to let the troops of each division temporarily take a defensive position and consolidate the public security in the occupied areas in order to ensure control of the occupied areas.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, ordered each unit to defend its respective area and take charge of the security of the transportation lines. Among them, the Kono Brigade was responsible for the area near Jiangshan, the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army was responsible for the area near Yushan, the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army was responsible for the area near Guangxin, and the 15th Division of the Japanese Army was responsible for the area near Guangfeng.

In addition, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the 116th Japanese Army, ordered the th Division of the Japanese Army to arrange a part of its forces to hold the vicinity of Longyou and perform the task of guarding the traffic lines, and also to arrange for the main force to assemble near Quzhou. The Xiaojunjiang Brigade was to continue to stay in Lishui to reorganize the troops and avoid repeating the previous farce of collective poisoning of the troops.

On the western front of the battlefield, before the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, Lieutenant General Hata Shunroku, commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Army, ordered Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the Japanese 11th Army, to lead the troops of the Japanese 11th Army to support the operations of the Japanese 13th Army in Zhejiang Province.

Therefore, starting from May, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, ordered the participating troops to begin to concentrate near Hongcheng. At the same time, he ordered the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, which had already been supplemented with some troops, to actively launch a feint attack in Yueyang, in order to tie down the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government. At the same time, it could also provide cover for the concentration of other troops.

Since the end of the Third Battle of Changsha, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, has been strongly questioned by the Japanese Imperial Headquarters. In addition, the successor of Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, has been determined within the Imperial Headquarters. That is Lieutenant General Tsukada Isao, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Southern Army, who has just made great contributions in the Pacific battlefield.

Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, knew that this battle would be his last time to command the 11th Army. In order to prove his ability before leaving office, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika ordered part of the 3rd Division, 34th Division, 40th Division, 68th Division and 6th Division of the Japanese Army to deploy in the area south of Hongcheng and completed the preparations for the offensive on the last day of May.

After all the troops assembled and arrived at the designated location, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, personally led the 11th Army of the Japanese Army's front-line combat command to Hongcheng, ready to command nearby.

After seeing that the various units of the 11th Army were fully prepared for the attack, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the Japanese 11th Army, issued an order to start the attack on the evening of the day they arrived in Hongcheng.

The battle plan formulated by the Japanese 11th Army was to divide the attacking forces into three routes and launch an attack on the troops of the Third War Zone of the Chinese Government in Jinxian and Linchuan areas, fighting from west to east until they joined up with the troops of the Japanese 13th Army.

After receiving the order from Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, the attacking force of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army began the operation on time at 10 o'clock in the evening.

The 223th Division of the Japanese Army secretly crossed the Fuhe River on an engineering boat near Xiebu and attacked eastward along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway. The rd Regiment of the th Division of the th Army of the Chinese government, which was responsible for the defense, was defeated at the first blow of the attack force of the th Division of the Japanese Army. The th Division of the Japanese Army took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce attack in the direction of Jinxian, and occupied Jinxian City at dawn on the third day.

The attacking force of the Japanese 3rd Division crossed the Shabutan River near Shabutan, moved southward between the Fuhe River and the Shabuhe River, and advanced to the vicinity of Sanjiangkou at dawn the next day. Then it crossed the Fuhe River again and advanced southward along the east bank of the Fuhe River. It arrived at Yunshan, north of Linchuan, on the same day that the 34th Division occupied Jinxian City.

The Imai Detachment and Ide Detachment, which were temporarily formed by the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, advanced southward at the vicinity of Wanshe Street. After repelling the 1st and 9th Security Regiments in front of them, they arrived at Jixian Peak and Sanjiangkou respectively. On the afternoon of the same day when the 34th Division occupied Jinxian City, they arrived at the high ground north of Zhanping west of Linchuan.