I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 687: War Zone 9 declares war on the 6th Division

The plan originally planned by Division Commander Mishima to continue the fierce attack on Changsha's outer positions at night was eventually forced to be cancelled.

Now he could only pray that the generals of the National Army defending the city would not notice that their ammunition was about to run out.

The night passed peacefully, and as the morning approached, unknown birds began to sing.

There is no sign at all that a major war between China and Japan is about to happen.

Compared with the curling smoke behind the National Army’s positions, the Japanese Army’s positions seemed somewhat lifeless.

If it weren't for the suppression of the rich commander, the National Army soldiers in the trenches would have thrown the rice porridge onto the trenches.

On the morning of January 4, 1942, the Japanese Sixth Division appeared.

They finally arrived at the outskirts of Changsha and joined up with Mishima's Third Division.

Division Commander Inaya had originally been thinking about immediately joining the battle with all his troops and joining forces with his Third Division to attack Changsha.

When he came, Anan told him everything.

Mishima's Third Division was making good progress. As long as the Sixth Division was put into battle, Changsha City would be within reach.

When he arrived, he found that the Third Division was still strolling outside the Changsha Nationalist Army's position. The soldiers of the Empire looked at them with joy on their faces.

What kind of fight is this? While secretly cursing Anan for being unreliable, Daogu distributed food and ammunition to the soldiers of the Third Division.

By noon, Mishima's Third Division had finally recovered a little.

Then the war broke out and the fierce fighting lasted all day, with the offensives of the 3rd and 6th Divisions rising and falling repeatedly.

At this time, worse news came that the two divisions were running out of ammunition.

Moreover, the supply lines of their two divisions had been completely cut off by the National Army.

The Nationalist troops of the two armies of the Ninth War Zone were inserted across the Japanese supply line.

In order to open up the supply line, the Japanese army in Hankou directly sent a tank battalion to the front to provide assistance.

Unexpectedly, the national army guarding the road was not afraid at all. They used an anti-tank weapon that looked like an iron cylinder.

Facing the approaching Japanese armored vehicles, dozens of rockets flew over.

"Boom boom boom..."

The Japanese armored vehicles were hit by one or two rockets and turned into flaming coffins.

Anan finally couldn't sit still anymore and sent a telegram to Mishima and Inaya, the division commanders, asking them to wait for an opportunity to retreat if things couldn't be done.

The two Japanese divisions received the last wave of airdropped supplies before dark and began digging trenches.

He also acted like he was going to fight to the end without leaving.

At night, the Japanese soldiers, who had already packed their luggage, began to move in in different groups.

Whether it is a turn or a retreat, it is a good idea.

What awaits them next should be an extremely brutal breakout battle.

Just yesterday, the Sixth Division arrived in Changsha, and the National Army immediately sent out two armies to cut off their supply lines.

Immediately, the Chinese army's encirclement corps began to shrink the encirclement and slowly approached the city of Changsha.

The Fourth Division of the Jiangnan Militia marched south from Yuelu Mountain overnight and chased after the Sixth Division from behind.

In front of the Japanese 6th Division, there were already four armies of the National Army, which were surrounding the Japanese army.

Jiangnan Militia First Division

It formed a big circle and blocked the Japanese 3rd and 40th Divisions on their way back to Hankou from northern Hunan.

"Bakayarro, why are all the Nationalist troops heading towards our Sixth Division?

Operations Officer, what is ahead?"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we have just passed Langli County. Once we are out of Linxiang Mountain, the Liuyang River is in front of us.

The 9th Independent Mixed Brigade is already there to meet us and has built a pontoon bridge.

And, and…”

"Baga, if you have anything else to say, please tell me quickly."

"Report to the division commander, we have just received a nationwide telegram from the Ninth War Zone of China.

They said that our Empire's Sixth Division was the culprit behind the persecution of China's anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians.

The Japanese troops attacking Changsha this time can be spared by all nine war zones.

Only our Empire's Sixth Division must not spare a single soldier and must return to Hankou."

Division Commander Inaya: "Bakayaro, this damn Ninth War Zone, they are declaring war on our Sixth Division.

Hmm, what's the situation here now?"

His chief of staff came over and said, "The 73rd Army in Changsha City has now been chased out.

Now they have engaged in a firefight with our rear guard.

The national army's offensive was fierce, and their infantrymen seemed to have endless bullets.

Fortunately, the captain of the rear guard regiment acted decisively and ordered the soldiers to hold the explosives and die together with the national army.

This stopped the Kuomintang soldiers, but they also suffered heavy losses.

The commander of the rear guard regiment asked the division commander to lead the troops across the river quickly.

He also said that he can't go back to Wa Island, and asked the division commander to help him take a look at the cherry blossoms in Kyoto!"

After hearing what the staff officer said, Commander Inaya's heart sank to the bottom.

He knew that as the captain of the rear guard of the entire army, he was prepared to fight to the death.

"So what about the 3rd and 40th Divisions? Have you contacted them?"

The chief of staff smiled bitterly and said, "Since the Ninth War Zone sent out the telegram, the Nationalist troops over there have loosened the encirclement.

The troops of the 3rd and 40th Divisions are moving very fast, and we can no longer contact them."

What this meant was that the two Japanese divisions had completely abandoned them for the safety of their own troops.

Division Commander Inaya murmured, "Damn it, this Mishima-kun is disloyal, he still owes me breakfast!"

The Sixth Division suffered heavy losses along the way. When approaching Changsha City, it lost two battalions of troops.

The original plan was to transport the wounded back to Hankou. If they were lucky, they could return to the team after recovery.

By this calculation, perhaps only half a battalion of soldiers was lost.

But from what Anan said just now, the retreat route has been blocked, so the wounded who were transported back before may never be able to return.

Adding to the losses at Changsha city yesterday, nearly another battalion was lost.

Now his rear guard regiment has no hope, because just now, there was intensive artillery fire from behind.

Now Division Commander Inaya understood why the 73rd Army behind him did not continue the attack.

It turned out that the 73rd Army was not stopping the attack, but was going back to mobilize artillery.

Daogu felt like his heart was bleeding. In just one fight, almost both regiments were wiped out.

The main force of his Sixth Division, including logistics and division headquarters, is only about 15,000 people.

In this way, most soldiers had less than twenty bullets in their hands.

In order to facilitate retreat, they had abandoned a lot of artillery.

For cannons that cannot be blown up, the gun scope or key parts can be removed.

In this way, even if the national army found the artillery, they would not be able to use it normally.

All Type 99 rifles were destroyed and the bullets were left for the infantry to use during the breakout.

The Type 92 heavy machine guns and Type 92 infantry guns were all buried.

They memorized the location and planned to dig it out and use it again when they came back.

They didn't even think about it and just buried it without taking care of it.

If we dig it out after a few months, it will be rusted.

Could it be the Japanese artillery just trying to find an excuse?

An excuse to abandon these heavy weapons without being punished by superiors.