Quartermasters can also fight the devils

It was not until this time that Major Onodera Minoru, commander of the 88th Independent Infantry Battalion, and Major Asanuma Yoshitaro, commander of the 87th Independent Infantry Battalion, realized from the intensive artillery explosions that their troops had unknowingly entered the ambush set up by the Chinese army.

The 51st and 58th Divisions of the 74th Army of the Chinese government also concentrated all their artillery and mortars to blow the Japanese army's originally neat and orderly marching formations into pieces. The attacking forces of the 51st and 58th Divisions did not wait for the artillery fire to completely stop, and took advantage of the chaos of the Japanese troops to launch a fierce charge.

Major Onodera Minoru, commander of the 88th Independent Infantry Battalion of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, was hit in the heart by a bullet during the first wave of attack by the 74th Army's offensive forces and died on the spot.

When the news that the 88th and 87th Independent Infantry Battalion were ambushed and surrounded by the Chinese army near Mopanzhou reached Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, he was completely stunned. He did not expect that the Chinese army would dare to attack their two infantry battalions that were marching together. This was too unexpected.

Although he knew that his two battalions had been surrounded by the Chinese army, Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, was not too worried. After all, he had arranged for the two battalions to march together to prevent such a situation.

Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, believed that his two battalions would be able to hold out in the encirclement of the Chinese army until he arrived with reinforcements. Unless the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government mobilized troops from two armies, it would be impossible for the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government to wipe out his two infantry battalions in a short period of time.

However, only an hour and a half later, a telegram sent by Major Yoshitaro Asanuma, commander of the 87th Independent Infantry Battalion, completely panicked Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, who was concentrating his troops. The telegram said that Major Minoru Onodera, commander of the 88th Independent Infantry Battalion, was killed in the attack of the Chinese army, and that the casualties of officers and soldiers in his two battalions were very serious, and he urgently needed to take his troops to seek help.

Now, the commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Gao Pinbiao, no longer had the composure he had before. He ordered his troops to set off immediately to rescue the officers and soldiers of the two surrounded battalions.

Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, knew that he might have really underestimated the Chinese troops that surrounded his two battalions this time. From the content of the telegram sent back earlier, it can be seen that this Chinese army is definitely not an ordinary Chinese army, otherwise it would be impossible to cause such heavy casualties and pressure to his two infantry battalions in such a short time.

However, when the commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Gao Pinbiao, personally led his troops after more than half a day of rapid march and arrived ten kilometers east of Mopanzhou, he was surprised to find that a blocking position of the Chinese army had appeared in front of them.

When this blocking position appeared, Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, felt that his two infantry battalions in the encirclement were in danger. It was obvious that the Chinese army had planned this in advance, and was determined to completely wipe out his two battalions.

However, Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, had no time to sigh. There was only one way before him, which was to break through the blocking positions of the Chinese army here as soon as possible, so that he could rescue his two battalions from the encirclement of the Chinese army.

However, what Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 100th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, did not know was that the Chinese army responsible for the defense of the blocking position was another direct force of the Chinese government, the new th Division of the new nd Army.

Originally, the mission of the New 22nd Army was to eliminate the Japanese troops near Changde. However, the Japanese troops near Changde had already fled away. So, Commander Huang of the New 22nd Army discussed with Commander Wang of the 74th Army and asked the New 22nd Army to send a part of its troops to assist the 74th Army in the pursuit operation. According to Commander Huang's original words, in this battle, at least their troops had to get a few shots.

Commander Wang of the 74th Army naturally agreed to Commander Huang's proposal. They were all the government's direct troops, and the combat effectiveness of the new 22nd Army was also very strong. If they cooperated with his own troops, it would only improve the combat capability of his own troops and would not hinder his own operations. As for the military exploits of the pursuit, Commander Wang didn't care. The government's direct troops did not live on military exploits.

In this way, the new 100th Division and the new 210th Division of the New nd Army were temporarily placed under the command of Commander Wang of the th Army and participated in the pursuit of the Japanese army. At this time, the power in the hands of Commander Wang of the th Army of the Chinese government was very strong. This is also the main reason why Commander Wang dared to surround two Japanese battalions and annihilate them. There is no other reason, the strength is there.

The commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Gao Pinbiao, was shaking in his hands as he held the telescope. Just now, his troops launched a fierce attack on the defensive positions of the Chinese army opposite. However, the actual result made Major General Gao Pinbiao feel like he was having a nightmare. It was too unreal.

In the recent attack, the commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Gao Pinbiao, directly dispatched a battalion of attacking forces in order to break through the defensive positions of the Chinese army as quickly as possible. In the view of the brigade commander, Major General Gao Pinbiao, even if his battalion of attacking forces failed to break through the blocking positions of the Chinese government this time, it could still cause considerable casualties to the Chinese army on the opposite blocking positions.

However, the result now is that this battalion of his offensive forces lost at least three hundred people in front of the Chinese army's blocking position, and are now still lying quietly in front of the Chinese army's blocking position.