Quartermasters can also fight the devils

When the Japanese Army's Harada Mixed Brigade and Nara Detachment penetrated into the Songyang area, the 34th Provisional Division of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government also sent a part of its troops to infiltrate Suichang City in plain clothes. When the time came, the officers and soldiers of the 34th Provisional Division that had infiltrated the city began to create chaos in the city. At the same time, the main force outside Suichang City also launched an attack on Suichang.

Most of the officers and soldiers of a squadron of the Japanese Army's Harada Mixed Brigade who stayed in Suichang were wiped out in the chaos by the attacking forces of the Provisional 34th Division. The remaining Japanese troops withdrew from Suichang City in a panic, but were caught by the Provisional 34th Division who were waiting in ambush outside the city. The remaining Japanese troops who escaped from Suichang City were completely wiped out. At this point, the Provisional 34th Division of the Third War Zone of the Chinese Government retook Suichang City.

The Japanese Harada Mixed Brigade and Nara Detachment in Songyang, after occupying Songyang City, continued to attack Yuankou west of Songyang, preparing to drive all the troops of the Third War Zone of the Chinese Government out of the Songyang area.

However, the 35th Provisional Division of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government stationed in Yuankou faced attacks from the Harada Mixed Brigade and the Nara Detachment of the Japanese Army. The 35th Provisional Division used the defensive fortifications of Yuankou to block the Japanese offensive forces in front of the position and prevented them from advancing a single step.

When the Provisional 34th Division recaptured Suichang, the commander of the Harada Mixed Brigade, Major General Jiro Harada, did not know that his retreat, Suichang, had been reoccupied by the Chinese army. Until that evening, the transport troops that should have appeared in Songyang did not show up, which made the commander of the Harada Mixed Brigade, Major General Jiro Harada, feel that something was not right.

Therefore, Major General Jiro Harada, commander of the Harada Mixed Brigade, ordered the 88th Independent Infantry Battalion to set out from Songyang City and advance towards Suichang to search for what happened to their transport team. If the transport team was ambushed by the Chinese army, then rescue the transport team. You know, their troops now need a lot of supplies for their daily attacks. If something happens to the transport team, it will be very bad news for the attack of their troops.

After receiving the order from the brigade commander, Major General Jiro Harada, the commander of the 88th Independent Infantry Battalion, Major Haruno Okubo, set out with his troops overnight. In order to expand the search area, the battalion commander, Major Haruno Okubo, also arranged three squadrons of troops to conduct a carpet search in the direction of Suichang in a first-line manner. He himself led a squadron of officers and soldiers behind the three squadrons to see if there was anything missed.

However, after searching until the second half of the night, the officers and soldiers of the 88th Independent Battalion, led by Captain Major Okubo Haruno, did not find any trace of the transport team. Even the ground was unusually clean, with no signs of fighting at all.

This made the captain, Major Okubo Haruno, wonder, could it be that the transport team's car broke down on the way? That shouldn't be the case, the transport team has more than 20 cars, the possibility of them breaking down at the same time is almost zero.

However, the current situation is that if the cars in the convoy had not broken down on the road, the captain, Major Okubo Haruno, could not think of any other reason that could have caused the current situation.

If the transport team was ambushed and wiped out by the Chinese army, then our troops have not found any signs of fighting anywhere during their search so far, let alone craters from artillery shells, not even any signs of grenade explosions. This shows that the transport team was not ambushed by the Chinese army.

Could it be that Suichang was occupied by the Chinese army? If so, the transport team might have been wiped out by the Chinese army in Suichang City, so why can't I find it now?

When the idea that Suichang was occupied by the Chinese army popped up in the head of the battalion commander, Major Okubo Haruno, he was shocked. He felt that his idea was a bit crazy.

If the Chinese army reoccupies Suichang, then there is no point for the Harada Mixed Brigade and Nara Detachment in Songyang area to attack. The best thing to do is to run away as soon as possible. You know, the annihilation of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade is still fresh in our memory.

Now all Japanese troops, as long as they are at the brigade level or below, are very cautious when going on a mission, for fear of being surrounded by the Chinese army and then following the fate of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade.

The complete annihilation of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade also made all the Japanese troops understand one thing, that is, there are troops in the Third War Zone of the Chinese government that are capable of completely destroying a brigade-level force. If they are surrounded by the Chinese army, it means that their situation is extremely dangerous.

Although it is said that the new 22nd Army of the Chinese government is still deployed in Wenzhou, the information from the intelligence department is not necessarily accurate. The Xiaojunjiang Brigade was previously surrounded by the new 22nd Army of the Chinese government in Wenzhou. The intelligence department also said that there was only the headquarters of the 33rd Division of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government and a battalion of infantry in Wenzhou City.

Who knows whether the Chinese government's new 22nd Army has secretly moved to Songyang or Suichang areas? The more Captain Okubo Haruno thought about it, the greater the possibility became. Gradually, Captain Okubo Haruno suddenly felt that the area around his troops was so quiet that he didn't even notice the small harassment from the Chinese army. This was too unreasonable.

Therefore, the battalion commander, Major Haruno Okubo, ordered the troops that had been scattered in a horizontal line to search, to gather together quickly, and then slowly advance towards Suichang in a defensive march formation. Anyway, the brigade commander, Major General Jiro Harada, did not limit the time for his search operation, so he had better be cautious. After all, his life is his own, and he only has this one chance, so he should cherish it as much as possible.

In this way, the officers and soldiers of the 88th Independent Battalion, led by the battalion commander, Major Okubo Haruno, searched slowly along the way, careful of every tree and bush. Whenever the surrounding search teams found anything unusual, the battalion commander, Major Okubo Haruno, would order the troops to prepare for combat defense.

When it was daybreak, after a night of searching, the captain, Major Okubo Haruno, became even more certain of his guess that something was most likely wrong in Suichang.

At this point, the battalion commander, Major Haruno Okubo, felt that danger was approaching him step by step, so he ordered a squadron of officers and soldiers to advance quickly towards Suichang to see if they would encounter any blocking forces of the Chinese army. He then led the remaining three squadrons to continue their slow search forward at the previous speed.