Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Commander Chen of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government ordered the Jiang Defense Army to strengthen the 30th Army and switch from the current defensive posture to an all-out offensive to pursue the retreating troops of the Japanese 11th Army in front of them. He also ordered the Tenth Army to strengthen the 79th Army and pursue the retreating troops of the Japanese 11th Army along both sides of the Yuyang River. At the same time, the Tenth Army withdrew a part of its troops along the north bank of the Qingjiang River to pursue the retreating troops of the Japanese 11th Army in the direction of Zhijiang and Honghuatao.

Order the 74th Army of the Chinese government to expel the Japanese troops from Wangjiachang and Nuanshui Street, and then attack in the direction of Gong'an and Mopanzhou. Order the 26th Army and the 33rd Army to attack the Japanese troops in front of their respective fronts, and support the pursuit of the retreating troops of the Japanese 11th Army in the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The new 22nd Army was ordered to set out from Changde, eliminate the Japanese troops in Changde, and protect the flank safety of the 74th Army. Commander Chen of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government stipulated that all troops must start the pursuit immediately after receiving the telegram order and must not delay for any reason, otherwise they will be subject to military law.

After receiving the telegram order from Commander Chen of the Sixth War Zone, the various troops of the Chinese government's Sixth War Zone immediately followed the order in the telegram and launched a full-scale pursuit of the retreating troops of the Japanese 11th Army.

Therefore, almost at the same time when the attacking forces of the Japanese 11th Army began to retreat, the pursuing forces of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government and the attached Chinese Air Force began to pursue the retreating forces of the Japanese 11th Army.

The actions of the various troops of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese Government were also very swift, which made the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, feel that as long as his 11th Army's offensive troops fought on the front line for one more day, the troops of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese Government would seem to be able to surround his troops on the front line.

There was no way. The reaction of the Chinese government's Sixth War Zone troops was too quick. Moreover, judging from the reaction speed of the Chinese army, it seemed as if they had already prepared for the attack in advance.

Because, just six hours after the commander of the Japanese 11th Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, issued the order to retreat, the air force responsible for reconnaissance in the air and the intelligence personnel of the Japanese intelligence department passed on the news of the troop movements of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government to the front-line headquarters of the Japanese 11th Army.

Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, has learned from the intelligence he has gathered that the 194th Division of the Chinese government has arrived in the Zhicheng area, the 98th Division and the 118th Division have also arrived to the west of Yidu, the Chinese government's temporary 6th Division has arrived near Niejiahe, and the 51st Division has arrived in the area north of Liujiachang. Even part of the 51st Division has approached and begun to encircle the rear guard of the 13th Division.

Such a fast reaction and advancement speed, if the Chinese government's Sixth War Zone had not deployed it before, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, would not believe it. Now, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, no longer has the regret of not completing the strategic concept of the Battle of West Hubei that he had set in his mind, but is full of relief in his heart.

The rear guard unit of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army that was responsible for shelter and cover was the 2nd Battalion of the 104th Regiment. Now, the Japanese officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion were in a very uncomfortable situation, because they had been surrounded in Moshi by parts of the New 23rd Division, 55th Division, 98th Division and 121st Division of the fast-acting 10th Army of the Chinese government.

When the troops of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government saw that a Japanese battalion was successfully surrounded in Moshi, they launched a full-scale attack on the Second Battalion of the 104th Regiment of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army in Moshi without any waiting.

Faced with the Chinese army attacking from all directions, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 104th Regiment, Major Yoshimasa Minazuka, was sweating with anxiety. His 2nd Battalion had suffered heavy casualties in the previous continuous battles, and now there were only more than 700 officers and soldiers left in the entire battalion.

Now facing indiscriminate attacks from all directions by Chinese troops that were dozens of times their number, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 104th Regiment, Major Yoshimasa Minazuka, felt that his battalion was in danger this time. So, Major Yoshimasa Minazuka immediately sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Akashika Osamu, commander of the 13th Division, requesting that the division commander quickly lead his troops to the rescue.

After sending a telegram for help to Lieutenant General Akashika Osamu, commander of the 13th Division, the 2nd Battalion Commander, Major Yoshimasa Minazuka, led all the officers and soldiers to participate in the battle to block the Chinese army's attack. However, just two hours later, the 2nd Battalion Commander, Major Yoshimasa Minazuka, was blown to death by a mortar shell of the Chinese army.

After receiving the telegram that the 2nd Battalion of the 104th Regiment was surrounded, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, immediately decided to order the 13th Division of the Japanese Army to stop retreating and ordered the commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Akashi Osamu, to lead his troops to counterattack the pursuing Chinese army.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the Japanese 11th Army, ordered the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army to immediately set out from Gong'an to attack the Chinese army near Zhijiang to support the 13th Division's counterattack.

Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, also felt that his attacking troops were now in retreat. If they were constantly chased and beaten by the troops of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese Government, it would not be good for the morale of the retreating troops. Only by suppressing the counterattack momentum of the Sixth War Zone troops of the Chinese Government could he provide a safe retreat environment for the retreating troops of his 11th Army.

After receiving the counterattack order from Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Akashika Riki, he also issued a counterattack order to all the troops of the 13th Division, ordering all the troops of the 13th Division that had already crossed the Yangtze River to return to Yidu, and attack along the south side of the Yuyang River towards Moshi to rescue the 2nd Battalion of the 104th Regiment which was surrounded by the Chinese army.

However, the troops of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government that surrounded Moshi did not give the commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Akashika Riki, too much time. That night, the Chinese troops surrounding Moshi organized a night attack force, broke through the Japanese defensive positions, and split the Second Battalion into several pieces.

The first unit of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army to approach Moshi was the Kaifu Detachment. After a hard battle on the east side of Moshi, this Japanese unit approached Moshi in the early morning. However, after the Japanese officers and soldiers of the Kaifu Detachment entered Moshi, they found that all the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion had been stripped naked to meet Amaterasu.