Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Chapter 562: Confident Lieutenant General Toyoshima Futaro

Inside the headquarters of the new 100th Division, Zhang Wenwu was also looking at the personal documents of Major Kato Heizo, the commander of the Japanese rd Battalion, translated by Hao Jian. He said to Ouyang Heng beside him, "Brother Ouyang, do you think that Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, the commander of the Japanese th Army, was kicked in the head by a donkey? He actually let the infantry attack Changsha alone, and the artillery unit was still on the north bank of the Miluo River. Who gave him such confidence?"

It was clearly written in the personal documents of Major Kato Heizo, commander of the Japanese Army's 3rd Battalion, that due to the continuous rain and snow, the roads were extremely muddy, which made the advance of the Japanese Army's 11th Army's attacking forces very slow, especially the heavy weapons units, which could not keep up with the attacking speed of the infantry units. In order to speed up the arrival of the troops in Changsha City, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the Japanese Army's 11th Army, actually ordered the infantry units to advance to Changsha City alone. Perhaps in the mind of Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, commander of the Japanese Army's 11th Army, he thought that Changsha City should not be defended by any troops of the 9th War Zone, and that Changsha City could be occupied by the attack of the infantry units alone.

"Hmph, the Japs are just crazy. They have no clear cognition no matter what the circumstances are. They are so arrogant. This time, the trap that Commander Xue has set for the Japanese attacking forces will make the commander of the 11th Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, enjoy it well." Ouyang Heng also looked at the map angrily, and without raising his head, he insulted the commander of the 11th Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika.

Zhang Wenwu looked at the sky outside the command center which was already slightly bright, and agreed with Ouyang Heng's words. According to the order of the Ninth War Zone Command, today's daytime battle will let the Japanese attacking forces know that Changsha City cannot be taken by just this small infantry force.

After all, Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusataro, commander of the Japanese Army's 3rd Division, failed to fulfill his troops' wish of spending New Year's Day in Changsha City. After receiving the telegram from Colonel Kensaburo Nono, commander of the 68th Regiment, about the failure of the attack, Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusataro fell silent, because not long ago, Colonel Nobuyuki Ishii, commander of the 18th Regiment, also sent news that the 18th Regiment's attack on Changsha City had failed.

Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusataro, commander of the Japanese 3rd Division, understood that the Chinese government's 9th War Zone seemed to have deployed elite troops in Changsha City and was determined to defend Changsha City to the death. However, Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusataro felt that although his two regiments in Changsha City did not have heavy firepower support, with the combat effectiveness of his 3rd Division troops, even if he only attacked with infantry, he could defeat the Chinese government's elite troops and then occupy Changsha City.

In the view of Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro, commander of the Japanese 3rd Division, the Chinese government's 9th War Zone's deployment of elite troops in Changsha City for defense was exactly what he wanted. As long as he could defeat the elite troops of the Chinese army and occupy Changsha City, the credit for this battle would definitely go to his own 3rd Division.

By then, with the combat achievements of his Third Division, no matter how much the commander, Lieutenant General Anami Korechika, argues, he will have to admit that his Third Division is stronger than the Sixth Division.

Thinking of the rich rewards of defeating the elite Chinese army's troops and occupying Changsha City, Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusitarou, commander of the Japanese Army's 3rd Division, ordered the 68th and 18th Regiments to continue their fierce attack on the elite Chinese army's troops in Changsha City, hoping to break through the defensive positions of the elite Chinese government troops and occupy Changsha City today.

Colonel Kensaburo Nono, commander of the 68th Regiment of the Japanese Army, and Colonel Nobuyuki Ishii, commander of the 18th Regiment, received the attack telegram from Lieutenant General Fusitarou Toyoshima, commander of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army almost at the same time. However, both commanders felt a little uncomfortable after seeing the attack order from the division commander.

Judging from the results of yesterday's attack, the Chinese army's defenders in Changsha City are definitely the elite among the elite, which shows the determination of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government to hold on to Changsha City. Originally, the two people sent a telegram to the division commander, Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro, hoping that the division commander could send some reinforcements and quickly transfer the artillery units to support their attack.

But what the two men did not expect was that the division commander, Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusataro, actually sent them a combat order to continue the attack. The telegram did not mention the issue of reinforcements and artillery at all. This made the two regiment commanders wonder if the content of their previous telegrams was too euphemistic, causing the division commander to fail to understand their original intention.

Now, no reinforcements are coming, and we have to continue attacking the Chinese army's defensive positions. It's really a shame that we have to keep fighting even though we have nothing to gain.

However, the commander of the 18th Regiment, Colonel Nobuyuki Ishii, was open-minded. In yesterday's attack, the losses of his 18th Regiment were not very heavy. Moreover, Colonel Nobuyuki Ishii believed that his 18th Regiment had not yet used all its strength to launch an attack. Therefore, he felt that the order from the division commander, Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro, to continue the attack was very normal.

Moreover, after learning that the attack of the 68th Regiment had also failed, Colonel Ishii Nobu, the commander of the 18th Regiment of the Japanese Army, had great hopes for his 18th Regiment's attack today. In the eyes of Colonel Ishii Nobu, this was the best opportunity God had given his 18th Regiment.

Therefore, the commander of the 18th Regiment, Colonel Ishii Nobuyuki, gathered his troops and prepared to launch an all-out attack on the defensive positions of the Chinese army on the opposite side. He personally went to the front line to command the troops in the attack. He was full of confidence in today's attack.

Compared to the confident optimism of Colonel Ishii Nobuyuki, commander of the 18th Regiment of the Japanese Army, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, commander of the 68th Regiment of the Japanese Army, is in a terrible mood now. Only half of the troops of his 68th Regiment can participate in offensive operations.

Moreover, from yesterday's attack and night raid, the regiment commander, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, has seen very clearly that it is completely impossible to break through the defensive positions of the Chinese army opposite by relying solely on the infantry attacks in his own regiment and the fire support of the pitiful few infantry guns. The regiment commander, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, really does not have the confidence to successfully complete the combat mission assigned by the division commander.

However, the order of the division commander still had to be executed. The commander of the 68th Regiment, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, could only arrange two squadrons of the 1st Battalion to carry out the attack operations during the day. In his heart, the commander of the 68th Regiment, Colonel Kensaburo Nono, had already given up the battle with the 18th Regiment for the merit of occupying Changsha City.

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