Quartermasters can also fight the devils

The top government officials were pleased to see that Chief He's words were so timely, and they nodded and said, "Well, since Jinzhi also thinks so, I think we should let the New 22nd Army fight a good battle in Wenzhou, put an end to the Japanese army's arrogance, and show other troops and international allies that the Japanese army is not so powerful that it is invincible."

With the approval of the highest level of the government, the new 22nd Army's combat plan to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 13th Army's Xiaojunjiang Brigade in Wenzhou was also approved. The Wenzhou battlefield where the new 22nd Army was located immediately attracted the attention of all the bigwigs of the Chinese government.

When Commander Gu, commander of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government, sent a telegram to the headquarters of the New 22nd Army with the approval of the combat plan from the highest level of the government, Commander Huang formally issued combat orders to various units. The various units of the New 22nd Army, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately began to act in accordance with the combat orders issued by Commander Huang.

The new 100th Division had already officially fought against the offensive forces of the Japanese Kojunjiang Brigade at the Baitadi and Guoxi defense lines. When they were meeting at the highest level of the government, the commander of the Kojunjiang Brigade, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, personally organized the troops to launch an attack.

Although the attack organized by Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, commander of the Kojunjiang Brigade, was repelled by the defensive forces of the new 100th Division, he got the information he wanted from the telescope and post-war statistics.

Just now, in order to find out the strength of the Chinese army defending Wenzhou, the commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, sent two squadrons of troops to attack the defense line of the new 100th Division. His requirement for the attacking troops was that the attacking troops should hold out as long as possible in front of the Chinese army's defense line to create some pressure on the opposing Chinese army. In that way, he would be able to observe the Chinese army's defense line more carefully for a longer period of time and make a reasonable and objective assessment of the Chinese army's combat effectiveness.

Before this, the attacking forces of his two squadrons were beaten by the Chinese army for a full thirty minutes. It was not until the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, thought that he had fully seen the strength of the Chinese army that he withdrew from the front line of the attack.

After waiting for the officers and soldiers of the two squadrons to withdraw, the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, counted the losses of the attacking forces. The casualties of the troops made the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, more certain of his judgment, that is, the Chinese army on the opposite side was definitely the main force of the Chinese government.

Because, in this attack, the casualties of his two squadrons reached nearly one hundred people, which was not a record that an ordinary Chinese army could achieve. Only the main force of the Chinese government had such combat strength. As for the more than one hundred people who were wiped out by the Chinese army at the beginning, the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, summarized the problem as that his vanguard troops were not prepared, so they suffered heavy losses under the sudden attack of the Chinese army.

The brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, also became serious about the losses of his troops in the attack. However, such losses were not enough to make him overly worried and uneasy.

The strength of the Chinese army is not weak, but in front of his own brigade, the strength of the Chinese army is still not enough. In the eyes of the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, the Chinese army defending Wenzhou can only be regarded as a slightly stronger ant at most. But no matter how strong this ant is, it is still an ant after all, and cannot compete with the elephant of his own brigade.

The brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, was more happy and excited. As long as he could destroy or defeat the main force of the Chinese government, it would be very important for the combat record of his brigade. He would also be able to accumulate these combat records and be promoted to the commander of a newly formed division in no time.

Therefore, the commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, let the officers and soldiers have a good rest, and then let them have a full lunch at noon, preparing to launch a full-scale attack on the Chinese army's defense line after lunch, striving to break through the Chinese army's defense line this afternoon and rush to the city of Wenzhou.

Of course, the commander of the Kojunjiang Brigade, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, still sent a telegram to the commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, to make a detailed report on the situation in Wenzhou, and stated in the telegram that his brigade would be able to arrive outside Wenzhou city at the latest tomorrow.

After receiving the telegram from the brigade commander, Major General Kojimune Kunio, the commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, also called the Chief of Staff of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, Major General Karakawa Yasuo. Although Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru is now blind, his brain and memory are still fine.

In the mind of Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, he clearly remembered that the previous feedback from the reconnaissance and intelligence departments clearly recorded that the unit number of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government responsible for the defense of Wenzhou was the Provisional 33rd Division.

Moreover, according to the feedback from the intelligence department's personnel in Wenzhou City, the 33rd Temporary Division of the Chinese government currently guarding Wenzhou City only has their division headquarters and a battalion of troops in Wenzhou City. However, the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, said in a telegram that they were blocked by the main force of the Chinese government. There seems to be some discrepancy here, and he must figure it out.

Three minutes later, the Chief of Staff of the 13th Japanese Army, Major General Yasuo Karakawa, hurried to the side of Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, the Commander of the 13th Japanese Army, and greeted him respectfully, "Commander, do you have any instructions for me?"

When Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, heard the voice of the Chief of Staff, Major General Yasuo Karakawa, he also smiled warmly. Although this Chief of Staff had just taken up the position not long ago, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada still liked this Chief of Staff very much, whom he had known for a long time.

Major General Yasuo Karakawa, Chief of Staff of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, also graduated from the artillery department of the 29th class of the Japanese Army Academy, and later entered the 39th class of the Japanese Army University. After graduating from the Army University, Major General Yasuo Karakawa served in the Army General Staff Headquarters for a long time.

It was not until June 1938 that Chief of Staff Major General Yasuo Karakawa succeeded Kagesa Tadaaki as Chief of the Strategy Section of the Second Intelligence Department, responsible for handling international situation assessment, propaganda and strategy work. The following year he was sent to Italy to serve as military attaché of the Japanese Embassy in Italy.