Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Faced with the current situation, Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, had no good solution. He could only urgently organize troops to attack the blocking positions of the Chinese Army opposite. At the same time, he sent a telegram for help to Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, has reacted from the previous attack and realized that his brigade is definitely facing the elite troops of the Chinese government. Relying solely on these troops, he cannot break through the blocking positions of the Chinese army and rescue the two battalions in the encirclement. A certain scale of reinforcements must be sent to resolve the current crisis of his brigade.

Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, was a little angry after receiving a telegram for help from Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army. The 13th Division was still counterattacking the pursuing Chinese army, but the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was supposed to be responsible for the security of the flank, had problems again. As the counterattack deepened, the flank of the 13th Division would have a very large loophole. In that case, it would be easy for the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government to seize the loophole, causing heavy losses to the 13th Division.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, first sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Akashika Ryo, commander of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army, requesting the 13th Division of the Japanese Army to stop the pursuit and for the troops to withdraw to their original positions under mutual cover to avoid going further and being ambushed by the Chinese army.

Then, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, told Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, that he would send troops near Gong'an to reinforce him, but these troops would take about a day to reach the vicinity of Mopanzhou. He asked Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, to continue to attack the blocking positions of the Chinese Army and try to break through the blocking of the Chinese Army as soon as possible.

Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, looked at the reply telegram from Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, and smiled bitterly in his heart. If his own troops could break through the defensive positions of the Chinese army opposite, why would he send a telegram for help?

Besides, it would take another day for the reinforcements to reach them, and by that time, the two battalions of officers and soldiers in the encirclement would probably be almost all killed. However, Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, had no choice but to accept such a result.

Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, now hopes that the troops in the encirclement can hold on. It is getting dark today, and his reinforcements will arrive tomorrow night. By then, they will be able to break through the Chinese army's blockade and rescue the officers and soldiers in the encirclement. As long as they are not wiped out as a whole by the Chinese army, they can restore the troops to their full strength.

However, although the idea of ​​Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, was good, the reality was cruel. That night, the 51st and 58th Divisions of the 74th Army organized a comprehensive night attack, using close combat and the cover of night to successfully break into the Japanese defense circle in the encirclement.

Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, who was more than ten kilometers away from the battlefield, also did not sleep all night. He looked in the direction of the encirclement and prayed silently in his heart.

When it got light, Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, received the worst telegram news. Major Yoshitaro Asanuma, commander of the 87th Independent Infantry Battalion, was killed by the Chinese army in the early morning attack.

Now, the captains of the two battalions in the encirclement were all killed, which made the commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Gao Pinbiao, crazy. You know, the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army had only five battalions in total. This time, the captains of two battalions were lost. This was an extremely huge loss for the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, knew that the troops in his encirclement were in great danger. Without the command of senior commanders, the destruction of the remaining officers and soldiers was only a matter of time. It was difficult for them to organize an effective defense to stop the attack of the Chinese army.

The shocking losses of the Japanese Army's 17th Independent Mixed Brigade also brought out the cautious character of Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the Japanese Army's 11th Army. He ordered the Air Force to quickly send out reconnaissance planes to see whether there were any Japanese troops still surrounded by the Chinese army. At the same time, he asked the intelligence department to quickly find out how many Chinese troops the Japanese Army's 17th Independent Mixed Brigade was facing.

While the Japanese reconnaissance planes were circling over the battlefield in the encirclement, the attacking forces of the 100th Army on the ground had basically wiped out the two battalions of officers and soldiers of the th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army and were quickly cleaning up the battlefield. At the same time, Commander Wang of the th Army also set his sights on the Japanese troops in front of the blocking position of the new th Division. Commander Wang was considering whether he could take advantage of the situation to defeat this group of Japanese troops as well.

The reconnaissance planes in the air reported the situation on the battlefield by telegram to Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army. At the same time, the Japanese intelligence department analyzed various intelligence and found out that the unit that was fighting with the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army was the 74th Army, a direct lineage of the Chinese government. At the same time, it was very likely that another direct lineage of the Chinese government, the New 22nd Army, was also fighting together.

This intelligence really shocked the commander of the Japanese 11th Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama. Was the Chinese government's Sixth War Zone concentrating two elite direct-line troops to completely encircle and destroy his independent mixed 17th Brigade?

After thinking of the possibility of this situation, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, immediately ordered Major General Gao Pinbiao, commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, to evacuate the battlefield with his troops as soon as possible to avoid being surrounded and eliminated by the two direct troops of the Chinese government.

Just when the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, sent a telegram ordering the retreat to the commander of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Gao Pinbiao, a communications staff officer delivered a telegram with a look of grief and indignation. It turned out that Colonel Hananosuke Arai, commander of the 11th Regiment of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army, was killed by a plane of the Chinese Air Force when the troops retreated to Yidu and were preparing to cross the Yangtze River.

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