Quartermasters can also fight the devils

The Jiang Defense Army of the Chinese Government's Sixth War Zone, under the command of Commander Wu, fought a fierce battle with the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army. Among them, the 139th Division, 67th Division, 5th Division and 18th Division of the Jiang Defense Army of the Chinese Government, which were responsible for the front of the defense line, fought the most fiercely.

The offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army invested a large number of combat manpower in the frontal attack, but under the stubborn defense of the Jiang Defense Army, the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army suffered heavy casualties.

The attacking forces of the 11th Japanese Army launched a fierce attack for a whole day under the fearless defense of the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Government's Jiang Defense Army. However, the greatest result achieved by the attacking forces of the 11th Japanese Army was to push back some defensive positions of the Chinese Government's Jiang Defense Army by only a few dozen meters.

When the first day's battle reports were gathered at the Japanese 11th Army's front-line headquarters, the commander of the Japanese 11th Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, looked at today's attack reports with his brows deeply furrowed.

Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, did not expect that his previous "feint to the east and attack in the west" tactics had progressed so smoothly. However, in the end, the Chinese army fought so tenaciously. According to today's advancement speed, how long will it take for his 11th Army to successfully open the passage to the mountain city?

Time is one thing, and my own supplies and ammunition cannot withstand such a long period of consumption. This time, I started the battle under the name of seizing ships and dredging the Yangtze River waterway. If I continue to tangle with the Chinese government's army to the west of Yichang, the headquarters and the expeditionary force will definitely understand my true intention.

Now the consumption of supplies and ammunition in the Pacific and Southeast Asian battlefields is also very alarming. The headquarters and the expeditionary forces have no way to provide themselves with more supplies and ammunition to support themselves in fighting a long-term war of attrition with the Chinese government's army.

Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, knew that if he could not quickly break through the defense line of the Chinese government's Jiang Defense Army in the initial attack, the ultimate goal of his third phase combat plan would be basically difficult to achieve.

As its own troops launched their attack, the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government must now understand its true combat intentions. The Chinese government can continuously dispatch troops to reinforce the front line to consume the offensive forces of its own 11th Army.

However, his 11th Army was unable to dispatch even a single soldier to reinforce the attacking forces in front. If this consumption continued, all of his 11th Army's attacking forces would be consumed on the battlefield west of Yichang, which was very unprofitable for the 11th Army.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, decided that it would be better to pocket the benefits that had already been obtained, so he ordered the Japanese troops in Yichang to gather the 53 ships they had seized, set out from the vicinity of Yichang, and sail to Wuhan via Shashi and Jianli. In this way, the headquarters and the expeditionary force would be able to see that the Battle of Western Hubei launched by their 11th Army had achieved great results, and it was also an explanation from Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, to the headquarters and the expeditionary force.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, ordered the various offensive forces of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army to increase the intensity of their attacks on the defensive positions of the Chinese government's Jiang Defense Army in tomorrow's offensive operations, hoping to achieve some breakthroughs.

The attacking force of the 11th Japanese Army also carried out the order of Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Japanese Army, very thoroughly in the attack on the second day. The attacking force of the 11th Japanese Army used all its artillery in the frontal attack. At the same time, the Japanese bombers in the air also cooperated with the ground attacking force's attack operations and carried out rounds of bombing on the defensive positions of the Chinese government's Jiang Defense Army.

Under the repeated bombing by the artillery fire of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army and aircraft, the defensive positions of the Chinese Government's Jiang Defense Army were severely destroyed, and the casualties among officers and soldiers of various units were also very heavy. However, the defensive positions of the Chinese Government's Jiang Defense Army were still firmly defended by the Chinese officers and soldiers with their blood and lives.

It was not until the evening of the third day that Commander Chen of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government saw that the casualties of the Jiang Defense Army were too great. At the same time, the troops that the Chinese government had transferred from various places to reinforce the Sixth War Zone were almost arriving at the front battlefield. In addition, most of the defensive positions on the front line had been destroyed by Japanese artillery and aircraft. Therefore, Commander Chen of the Sixth War Zone ordered Commander Wu of the Jiang Defense Army to lead his troops to retreat to the Sanchahe, Muqiaoxi, Caojiafan and Shipai line, where they could continue to block the attack of the Japanese 11th Army and buy time for the arrival of reinforcements.

After receiving the telegram from Commander Chen of the Sixth War Zone, Commander Wu of the Jiang Defense Army of the Huaxia Government organized his troops to retreat quietly overnight to prevent the attacking Japanese troops from being discovered. This would buy the troops more rest time.

Sure enough, the attacking forces of the Japanese 11th Army were also very tired after continuous fighting. The Japanese did not realize that the Chinese government's Jiang Defense Army troops had withdrawn from their positions overnight. It was not until the next morning, when the various attacking forces of the Japanese 11th Army began a new day of attack, when the officers and soldiers of the Japanese attacking forces rushed to the Jiang Defense Army's defensive positions that had long been empty, they discovered that they had wasted so many artillery shells in the morning, only to occupy an empty position.

Although the Chinese troops on the defensive position had already fled, the occupation of the defensive position still made the officers and soldiers of the various offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army very happy. You know, it took three days of fierce attack to capture this position. How many Japanese officers and soldiers were killed and wounded for this empty position.

When the telegram about the successful occupation of the defensive positions of the Chinese government's Jiang Defense Army was sent to the front-line headquarters of the Japanese 11th Army, the commander of the Japanese 11th Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, frowned even deeper. As a senior command officer, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama knew very well that this was the Chinese army's active and orderly retreat, rather than being defeated by its own offensive forces.

This means that the Chinese government's Jiang Defense Army must have retreated to another line of defense, where they are waiting for the arrival of the 11th Army's offensive force.

However, his plan was to completely wipe out the Jiang Defense Army of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese Government, or at least to defeat the Jiang Defense Army of the Chinese Government. However, the situation is now very clear and his combat idea cannot be realized.