Quartermasters can also fight the devils

First, when Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, led the troops of the 15th Division to take over the defense of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army and arrived in Guangfeng area, he discovered that the defensive positions of the 74th Army and the 49th Army of the Chinese government were on the east-west line of Qipan Mountain not far south of Guangfeng.

The appearance of these two Chinese armies has seriously threatened the security of the flank and rear of the Japanese 15th Division's defense zone. Therefore, on the day of completing the replacement of troops with the 22nd Division, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, commanded his troops to attack the Jianshan and Wufengshan positions near the junction of the 74th and 49th Army defense lines of the Chinese government.

According to the arrangement of the Third War Zone Command of the Chinese government, the 74th Army and the 49th Army were in Guangfeng, originally intended to be used in counterattacks. However, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, was a new officer and urgently needed military exploits to convince the officers and soldiers of the 15th Division. He was worried that there were no Chinese troops to help him win military exploits. When he saw two direct troops of the Chinese government not far away from him, he led his troops to attack regardless of anything.

Almost at the same time when the offensive force of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army launched the attack, the counterattack telegram from Commander Gu, commander of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government, also arrived at the headquarters of the 74th Army and the 49th Army, which made the two army commanders a little bit amused and helpless.

Now the offensive forces of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army are fiercely attacking their defensive positions. They have to hold off the fierce attack of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army first before they can think about counterattacking.

As a result, the 74th Army and the 49th Army of the Chinese government also rolled up their sleeves and started a fierce battle with the 15th Division of the Japanese Army. After two days of fierce fighting between the two sides, the defensive positions changed hands several times, and the 74th Army finally repelled the Japanese attack.

However, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, was very unwilling to accept the fact that the defensive positions that were about to be won were now taken back by the Chinese army. Therefore, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, urgently organized his troops to attack the defensive positions of the 74th Army of the Chinese government starting early the next morning.

However, the 74th Army of the Chinese government was its elite force. Facing repeated attacks from the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, it still held its defensive positions, causing heavy losses to the offensive forces of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army.

Moreover, at 4 p.m. that day, the 74th Army, in accordance with the counterattack order issued by Commander Gu of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government, launched the first attack within the specified time. The entire army switched from defense to offense and launched a full-scale counterattack against the 15th Division of the Japanese Army.

Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, and the officers and soldiers of the 15th Division had never expected that the 74th Army of the Chinese government would launch such a fierce counterattack. For a time, the troops of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army were beaten back step by step by the counterattack of the 74th Army of the Chinese government.

At 6 pm, the counterattack troops of the 74th Army of the Chinese government captured Xujiashan and Miaoshandi, while the troops of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army retreated to the Wangjiaban and Shanxi line.

Two hours after the 74th Army launched its counterattack, the 49th Army of the Chinese government also launched a full-scale counterattack. Subsequently, the 74th Army pursued the troops of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army and took advantage of the night to capture Wangjiaban and Shanxi one after another.

Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, and his troops were chased and attacked by the 74th Army and 49th Army of the Chinese government. It was not until the late night that Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, gathered the troops of the 15th Division.

While the commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, was gathering his troops, he was getting angrier and angrier the more he thought about today's battle. He was clearly leading the 15th Division to attack the Chinese army, and he was supposed to lead the 15th Division to occupy the Chinese army's defensive positions. But how come he ended up being chased and attacked by two armies of the Chinese government while fighting?

Not only have they failed to occupy the Chinese army's defensive positions, but several places have been occupied by the Chinese army in succession. This made the commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, feel suffocated and panicked. So, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, urgently contacted Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, and requested air support. He wanted to lead his troops to fight against the Chinese army to see who was stronger.

After receiving a telegram from Lieutenant General Yamauchi Masafumi, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika told the commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army that he could be assigned enough aircraft tomorrow to cooperate with the 15th Division in the counterattack against the Chinese army.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, reorganized the troops overnight and concentrated the forces of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army. On the morning of the next day, Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, commanded his troops to launch a counterattack under the direct support of the 1st Flying Regiment of the Japanese Army.

The 74th and 49th Armies of the Chinese government saw that the 15th Division of the Japanese Army was attacking again with the support of aircraft, and they directly met the attacking forces of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army. After two days of fierce fighting, both sides suffered heavy casualties.

The 15th Division of the Japanese Army finally repelled the troops of the 74th and 49th Armies of the Chinese Government with its superior firepower and the support of a large number of aircraft in the air. Under the powerful firepower attack of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, the 74th and 49th Armies had to retreat to their original positions and go on the defensive again.

While the 74th and 49th Armies were engaged in a fierce battle with the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, the 32nd Army of the Chinese Government also launched a counterattack under the order of Commander Gu, Commander of the Third War Zone of the Chinese Government. The 26th Army attacked northward and advanced to the south bank of the Xinjiang River. The 44th Division was sent to cross the Xinjiang River to attack the Japanese defensive forces and repel the Japanese troops at Sanjiang Bridge and Xiangbi Hill.

However, on the second day after the 32nd Army began its counterattack, the Japanese troops also launched a large-scale counterattack against the attacking Chinese army. When the 44th Division saw so many Japanese troops coming, it immediately withdrew to the south bank.

From this moment on, the Chinese army and the Japanese army in the Shangrao area basically formed a standoff, except for occasional small-scale battles.