I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 683: The Japs Ask for the Onmyoji’s Help

The National Army wiped out an artillery battalion, an infantry battalion, and two squadrons of soldiers of the Japanese.

There is also some good news worth celebrating, that is, they killed a Japanese regiment commander and two battalion commanders.

No one in the Ninth War Zone was originally aware of this news.

However, the Japanese army's defeat on the banks of the Yougang River made them completely panic.

The various telegrams sent back and forth were found to have loopholes by Major Lin of the Eighth Office of the Temporary Capital.

In that telegram, the commander of the 40th Division actually complained to Anan.

He also specifically asked Anan for some Onmyoji from the Japanese island to go to Yougang River to help.

His reason was that the heavy losses were caused by something strange about the KMT positions on the other side of the Yougang River, and he suspected that the KMT army had used wizards.

By deciphering this telegram, the Japanese army's losses today were immediately exposed.

Twenty minutes later, this important information was delivered by Yang Liqing to Director Xiong of the First Section in the attendant's room.

The next morning, this good news spread throughout the country through the radio station in the attendant's room.

The name of Captain Takahashi was revealed in the Temporary Capital's Secretariat.

However, the Japanese news agencies tried their best to deny it, claiming that the three officers were on sick leave and therefore did not appear on the Xiangbei battlefield.

Until Brother Ren Jiu from Longshui, Gannan, sent a telegram.

"If they're not dead, just take them out and let them go for a walk."

At this point, the Japanese army did not respond at all and simply played dead.

However, the originally planned night crossing had to be temporarily cancelled.

By the next morning, the rain gradually stopped and a new round of offensive by the Japanese began.

The telephone in the headquarters of the commander of the Ninth War Zone rang urgently.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, I am the commander of the 20th Army, and the Japanese are launching a fierce offensive.

Within an hour, they launched three powerful attacks on our Yougang River position, but we fought them all off.

Commander-in-Chief, please thank Commander Song for us.

Without his support in guns and ammunition, we wouldn’t be able to fight so happily today.”

Commander: "Commander Zhao, you guys do your best in Yougang River.

Commander Song said, don't worry about the consumption of ammunition, he has plenty of bullets.

He will replenish as many as you kill, and try to deplete the enemy's manpower."

At this time, Song Wenwan came over and handed a piece of paper to the war zone commander.

After reading it, the commander of the Ninth War Zone said, "Brother Zhao, Commander Song said that if you repel the Japanese attack again, you can retreat to the rear defense line.

Let you put the little Japs ashore and establish a beachhead."

Commander Zhao: "What? We are not going to defend this position? Please rest assured, sir, our 20th Army can defend this position."

Song Wenwan took the call from the war zone commander and said, "Commander Zhao, I'm Song Wenwan.

This time, the commander of the war zone decided to play a big game in Xiangbei, centered around Changsha.

It is not as simple as simply keeping the Japanese at the banks of the Yougang River.

What the theater commander wanted was to completely annihilate the Japanese 6th and 40th Division.

Don't pay too much attention to the small fish and shrimp in front of you.

Just wait until you catch up with the war zone commander and have a feast with the devils!"

After the call was hung up, the commander of the Ninth War Zone laughed and said, "How did you know I was going to play a big game?"

Song Wenwan: "You marked it all on the map, how could I not know it!"

The war zone commander: "Commander Song, you asked Commander Zhang and his men to retreat. Is there any reason for this?"

Song Wenwan: "We just deciphered a Japanese telegram, and their logistics troops are complaining.

It was said that the roads in northern Hunan were slippery due to frequent rains, and it was difficult for them to transport their supplies.

Tell the Japanese troops in front to save their ammunition and not to let the Nationalist troops bomb their artillery positions without warning.

The commander of the Ninth War Zone laughed and said, "The war has only been going on for a few days, how come the Japanese troops are already fighting each other?"

Song Wenwan: "The rubber boats ahead suffered heavy losses, and the Japanese kept pushing us forward.

The baggage train at the back was not happy with this, so they used the artillery shells to attack the Yin-Yang devils, and they started to quarrel.”

War zone commander: "What's the reason for your withdrawal?"

Song Wenwan smiled and said, “Commander-in-chief, I don’t know if you have noticed.

The Japanese mentioned in the telegram that the road was muddy. "

The theater commander nodded.

Song Wenwan: "The problem lies in these four words. Although the Japanese have a high degree of mechanization, they also have high requirements for roads.

The muddy roads directly restricted the supply of supplies and ammunition to the Japanese army.

The deeper they go into northern Hunan, the slower their supplies will be in keeping up with the speed of the Japanese advance.

Let them in, stretch the Japanese front line, and then attack the Japanese logistical supply lines.

It will probably take less than ten days before we in the Ninth War Zone face the Japanese who are short of food and ammunition and have no choice but to fight."

Captain Taro Hashimoto launched another attack at around 4 p.m. that day.

Taking advantage of the fact that the rain had subsided a lot, they finally successfully established a beachhead on the other side of the Yougang River.

After a round of gunfire, the Japanese soldiers who crossed the river were once again attacked by artillery fire from the National Army.

Just when Taro Hashimoto finished rubbing his hands and sighed, the National Army had just fired two rounds of volleys and then stopped.

Then more than ten smoke bombs were fired from the Kuomintang’s position.

The thick smoke directly enveloped the Japanese beachhead.

Ten minutes later, when the smoke had cleared, Taro Hashimoto discovered that the Nationalist troops on the other side of the river had already run far away.

Taro Hashimoto was overjoyed. No wonder the artillery unit of the National Army only fired two rounds and then stopped.

They must have run out of artillery shells, so the Kuomintang infantry retreated in a hurry.

Takahashi immediately jumped onto a rubber boat and rowed across the river as quickly as possible.

By the time Gaoqiao reached the other side of the river, the remaining Japanese soldiers on the beachhead had already occupied the Kuomintang position.

There was no one in this position for a long time.

Only the bodies of the Nationalist soldiers, blown up by artillery shells, were left in the trenches.

A Japanese soldier ran over and reported: "Captain, please look, these are the guns left by the Kuomintang soldiers that our team found."

When Takahashi picked it up, he saw that the barrel of this Hanyang-made gun had exploded.

And it was not just this one rifle. Japanese soldiers found at least over a hundred discarded rifles in the trenches.

Takahashi: Does that mean that the gun barrels of these National Army soldiers have exploded?

He started searching the trenches himself, and found many open ammunition boxes inside.

Without exception, these boxes were already empty, without a single bullet left.

Captain Takahashi realized that the National Army had run out of ammunition.

Otherwise, they would not have fired only two rounds of artillery fire and then stopped.

Moreover, from this morning till now, the Kuomintang soldiers and the Japanese soldiers have engaged in a confrontation of considerable intensity.

In the fierce fire confrontation, the National Army kept shooting at the Japanese Army. Not only did they run out of bullets, but even their gun barrels were blown out.

In his estimation, this fleeing Kuomintang army unit no longer has any combat effectiveness.

Even if they were restocked with bullets, these old guns would probably be useless after firing less than two bullets.