The course of the campaign in western Hubei

The Japanese ministries involved in the first phase of the operation began to concentrate on April 16, and concentrated on the designated place on May 4 to complete the operational preparations. On May 3rd, 1 1 Army combat command post entered Shashi. On the main force of the army, various units launched an attack in the early morning of May 5 as scheduled.

1In March 943, 1 1 Japanese troops occupied the beachhead positions south of the Yangtze River, such as Huarong, Shishou and Mituo Temple. The counterattack in the sixth theater is invalid. Turn to defense. Since then, according to the order of the Military Commission, the deployment has been adjusted, starting from the Lin Wan estuary west of Dongting Lake in the east, going left along the south bank of the Yangtze River to the vicinity of Shipai Fort, and then reaching Jiangbei. Relying on Dongting Lake and Hanshui River on the left and right, relying on the steep terrain west of Dongting Lake, relying on the Yangtze River and Jingshan Mountain System on the front, taking Shipai Fortress as the vertex, and forming a V-shaped position in the west to the lower reaches of Hanshui River in the southeast. At this time, the sixth war zone * * * has the 29th, 10, 26th and 33rd Army, plus Jiang's upstream police force, * * * has the jurisdiction of 1 1 Army (30 divisions), three forward columns and two independent brigades. The 32nd Army directly under the CMC is also located in the war zone. The commander of the theater is located in Enshi, and Sun Lianzhong is the acting chief executive. The sixth war zone will be in the defense force west of Dongting Lake. Relying on many river banks and highlands, the above-mentioned defense forces built field fortifications of infantry and artillery in the water network and lake swing area on the south bank of the Yangtze River. In the mountainous area west of Songzi, in order to defend the eastern gateway of Chongqing, where the central government is located, a systematic defensive position was built, some of which were reinforced cement fortifications.

The troops defending the positions on the south bank of the Yangtze River are 29 army and 10 Army and Jiang Fangjun. Their defensive positions in sections are: 29 army defends the line from Lin Wan Hekou to Cao Mao Street, and 10 Army defends Cao Mao Street (excluding) through Baigongzui, Gongan, Songzi and Zhijiang to Yidu; Jiang Fangjun defended the tea shop from Huangjiaba to Shipai, west of Yidu. , 26, 33 army stationed in Jiangbei Nanjinguan to Weijiagang (excluding) and Weijiagang to Hanshui Zhuandou Bay. The main task of the sixth war zone is to shield eastern Sichuan and defend Chongqing. According to the face-to-face enemy situation, the operational policy formulated by the theater is: "In order to consolidate the capital, the theater should ensure Changde, Enshi, Badong, Xingshan, Ma Xie River (65 kilometers north of Xingshan), Nanzhang and other key points, and concentrate its troops on all parts south of the Yangtze River. According to the deep position, the first-line corps stubbornly resisted, consuming the enemy's combat power, and finally reached Zhengjiashi (about 1} km west of Taoyuan), Cili (upstream of Chengshui), Wufeng (west of Yuyang Pass), Zhaolaihe, Zhu Gui and Xingshan, east of Maliangping, Anjiaji (southeast of Nanzhang) and south of Yicheng, according to the second line.

1In the first ten days of May, 943, the Japanese army gradually increased in the beachhead position south of the Yangtze River, and it was frequently mobilized. Judging that the Japanese army will take action in the sixth theater, it is most likely that an army will cross the river from Shada or Songzi to the south, and the Japanese army will cooperate with the Yangtze River and Lake Triangle to attack Fengxian and Changde. At the meeting, the operational guidance plan was formulated and the following tasks were put forward to the subordinate army:

Chiang, should rate a, timely access to niejiahe (Yidu southwest), for mobile operations.

The 26th Army mainly attacked Longquanpu (about 7 kilometers northeast of Yichang) and Shuanglian Temple (about 6 kilometers southwest of Dangyang), and the 33rd Army attacked Dangyang with four divisions to cooperate with the main forces in the south of the Yangtze River. Note:1At dawn on May 5, 943, the Japanese army began to act as scheduled: the 3rd Division attacked the position of the new 23rd Division (10) of the 87th Army of Baigongzui Army from near Ouchikou; Independent Huncheng 17 Brigade attacked the position of 29 army 73rd Army 15 Division from Ouchikou to Cao Mao Street. Xiaochai detachment attacked the position of Tuanshan Temple 15 Division from Shishou; Hutian detachment attacked the temporary 5 th division position of Sanchahe 73 Army from near Huarong. The defenders immediately resisted tenaciously, and the two sides fought fiercely in Beiwan, Cao Mao Street, Xujiapu, Tuanshan Temple and Huangtaishan.

On the morning of May 6th, the 77th Division of 1943 and 15 Division launched a counterattack, and fought fiercely with the Japanese in Mei Tian Lake, Zhimaping, Sanchahe, Huangshizui and Bart Line. After repeated struggles, the bloody battle was even more tragic. 15 Division, head of the 45th regiment Fan Heying, and battalion chief Li Ya 'an are fighting back. After two days of fierce fighting, the casualties of 15 division have reached three quarters, and the 77th division has also suffered more than half. The situation is grim, Anxiang and Nanxian are in danger of semi-siege. In order to defeat the enemy who tried to penetrate deeply from the mouth of the lotus pond first, Sun Lianzhong, the acting head of the Sixth Theater, has ordered the 29th Army and 10 Army to stick to and organize counterattacks as scheduled, and at the same time ordered the Army to draw out the 67th Division of the 86th Army and 18 Army to cooperate with 10 Army and the 29th Army to fight. However, at 2 1 on the 6th, he received an instruction from Chiang Kai-shek: "1. Check out the Three Gorges Fortress, which is the hub of national military operations. No matter how the war situation changes, we should do our best to firmly guard it. 2. Yidu in the lower reaches of the river shall not be used. 3. In Nanxian, Tianjin, Gongan, Songzi and other places, deal with the enemy with the existing forces and cover the rice-producing areas. 4. Special attention should be paid to keeping the center of gravity on the left wing and Yidu in order to gain the freedom of maneuver. " Sun Lianzhong had to report to Jiang Fangjun and withdraw the previous order: History of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Volume VI, p11.

Because the Japanese army concentrated on attacking the right wing of the sixth theater along the Yangtze River, the sixth theater could not deploy the left-wing forces along the Yangtze River to cooperate, and it could not stop the Japanese army's offensive in the case of heavy casualties. By the evening of the 7th, Anxiang, the main attack direction of the Japanese army, was first captured by the Japanese 17 Brigade and the 3rd Division. The 73rd Army lost contact with the group army and the war zone. In order to recover the decline, the Sixth Theater organized 29 army and 10 Army to focus on the counterattack on the 8th. However, many troops lost control because of poor communication. Before the adjustment and deployment were completed, the Japanese army concentrated on attacking Nanxian County. For the time being, the 5th Division has been fighting hard all day under the attack of the Japanese army, with heavy casualties. Break through that night, take refuge in Yuanjiang area, and the Japanese army occupied Nanxian on the 9th. At this point, the 29 army 73rd Army in the Sixth Theater has lost its fighting capacity and moved to Changde for refuge and rectification. The 44th Army is still defending Tianjin and Lixian.

On the first day of the battle of the Japanese Toda detachment, the captain of the second team, Yasunari An, was seriously injured by the mortar shells of the defenders and was sent to the rear. In the battle between Mei Tian Lake and the firewood detachment in Lianhua City, all the squadron leaders of the 3rd Brigade (Sakata Brigade) of the 234th Infantry Regiment were killed or injured. The Japanese army independently infiltrated into the 17 brigade, and Toshio Yoshizawa, the captain of the 90th infantry brigade, was shot in the head while attacking Huangshizui. Captain Sakamoto, the captain of the 9 th Squadron of the 3 rd Division, was also killed in the battle on the 7 th. When attacking Mianyang and Honghu, he was commended by 1 1 army for "heroic fighting". Note: China dispatcher of Showa in 17 and 18 (Volume II) P70~P72.

In the first stage of operations, as of May 30th 1943, the statistics of Japanese losses are as follows: 168 people were killed (13) and 638 people were injured (32). Note: China Dispatchers in Showa in 17th and 18th Years (Part II) P77. Yokoyama Yong/KOLOC-0//KOLOC-0/army attacked the north and south, and captured Anxiang and Nanxian with/KOLOC-0/7 infantry brigade, thus achieving its operational goal of/KOLOC-0/stage. As soon as the annihilation operation in Nanxian and Anxiang (the first stage of the operation) is over, 1 1 Army is going to continue to sweep the area with one force, feint the 44th Army in Tientsin and Lixian, and prevent 29 army from advancing northward. The 3rd Division, its main force, began to assemble in Donggang on May 8th. Meanwhile, Yegou detachment and13rd Division assembled in Zijinling (northeast of Yidu13km) opposite Zhijiang and Yangxi from Jingmen on 9th and 60th, and began to prepare for the second phase of operations, in an attempt to seize and surround the 65,438th Division between Zhijiang and Gongan.

1On May 9, 943, the Japanese army issued the second-stage operational orderNo. 1 1, which stipulated that the operation would begin in June of 12. Its deployment is: attack Xinhe city and public security in two ways with three divisions; 13 division cut off the retreat of China army on the west bank of Songzi River, and quickly entered the vicinity of the gate and passed through the big weir. From the north side to the Guanshanpo line, cooperate with the 3 rd Division to fight; The Yegou detachment marched in the direction of Xinhe City and cooperated with the 3 rd Division; Independent Huncheng 17 brigade stayed in Dazhong weir and Rudongpu to guard Tianjin, and the main force entered the public security field to cooperate with the 3 rd Division. The needle valley detachment advanced to the public security along the Taiping Canal; Hutian and Xiaochai detachments swept Sanxian Lake and Anxiang area; Matsumoto detachment (2nd Brigade of the 65th United Wing) marched to the public security from the vicinity of Mituo Temple.

After completing the 1 combat mission, the Japanese army immediately searched for the 10 army located in the public security and Songzi areas to make a decisive battle according to the second-stage operational plan, occupied the public security, Songzi and its hilly areas to the south, and prepared to enter the western mountainous areas. Its combat method, with 65,438+0 division and 65,438+0 brigade, crossed the river from Yidu Zhicheng area, then went south, captured Songmuping, Liu Jiachang, Wenshui Street and Zhakou, and reached the official hillside near Dayandang, forming a north-south dividing line to prevent the I} army troops east of the line from retreating to the western mountainous area, and cooperated with the troops attacking in the east to panic. Then, with 1 division and its subordinate troops, we pushed westward from Anxiang area and surrounded 10 army from east to west.

On the morning of 12, the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army first attacked Baiyangdian and Wangjiazui positions of the 87th Army of 10/Division from Donggang. On the evening of the same day, the Japanese 13 Division also crossed the Yangtze River under the cover of heavy artillery, and launched a fierce battle with the 55th Division of the 94th Army. At 20 o'clock that night, with the support of the plane, the 3 rd Division of the Japanese Army broke through the Baiyangdian position and advanced rapidly to the west. At the same time, the Japanese wild dog detachment crossed from the southwest of Dongshi to the south bank of the Yangtze River and captured Yangxi. The Japanese army advanced in three ways and the defenders were forced to retreat.

On the night of 13, the 3rd Division of the Japanese army captured Meng Xi Temple and Cunninghamia lanceolata, and the 87th Army on the right wing of 10 was badly hit, especially the1/8 Division suffered the most casualties. Xue, head of the 352nd regiment of the division, died in the battle. All the other divisions were evacuated to Xizhai and Dayan under the onslaught of the Japanese army. West side. On 15, the 3rd Division, 13 Division and Yegou detachment of the Japanese army fought a war of annihilation against the national army in the encirclement in Xizhai. According to the statistics of the Japanese army after the war, although only 3,426 national army remains were counted in the second phase of the war, which was much less than that in the first phase, 1 138 people were captured, which was the same as that in the first phase of the war, and most of them were the result of this war. At this time, the 94th Army on the left of the 10 Army has been losing ground under the onslaught of the Japanese 13 Division and Nogou Detachment, and the 55th Division has lost contact with this army and this army. 10 troops are in a dangerous situation of north-south intersection, and the situation is becoming increasingly urgent.

Because the 43rd Division abandoned the westward withdrawal of public security, the 3rd Division of Japanese Army occupied the public security on 14. Under the attack of Japanese troops from north to south, all the troops of 10 army retreated to the west of Nuanshui Street, Liu Jiachang and Chayuan Temple on the afternoon of 15. At this time, the 10 army still has five divisions, 1 regiment, but its actual strength is only one third stronger, and its combat effectiveness is extremely fragile. In the early morning, the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army issued the "3rd Division Lifetime OrderNo. 142", which ordered the main force to attack Songzi while destroying the remaining enemies on the west bank of Songzi River. 16, the troops began to move one after another. 17 night, the main forces of each division formed an encirclement of Songzi. /kloc-at dawn on 0/8, Miyazaki troops occupied Songzi and did not encounter a big national army.

In the second stage of the battle, the statistics of the Japanese army were: 8 1 person killed (5 from the inner faction) and 279 injured (0/7 from the inner faction). 10 troops suffered heavy losses. After completing the second stage of operations, the Japanese army turned to the north, attempting to attack from the north and south again and capture the main force of Jiang Fangjun, the sixth theater between Shipai and Qingjiang. The third stage of Japanese operations is scheduled to start from the exhibition on May 2 1 day, in an attempt to defeat the main forces of 10 and Jiang Fangjun in Changyang on the other side of Yichang, and finally open the Yangtze River waterway leading to the lower reaches of Yichang, so that 53 motorboats captured by them and stranded in Yichang had to be marked as: Japanese invasion of China P 1885.

The Japanese army 1 1 Army issued an order to prepare for the third stage of operations: assemble the 3rd Division near Chayuan Temple; Command 13 division to enter the front near Quanfuchong and Yuyangguan; Lingyegou detachment assembled in the south of Zhijiang; Let the independent synthetic 17 brigade set out from the vicinity of the police and occupy the big weir? Pretend to attack Changde in the southwest highland, and at the same time act as a rear cover when the main force attacks the western part of Yichang. The third stage is to launch an attack. According to the above orders, the 3rd Division arrived at Chayuan Temple and its northwest area on 19. Other troops also assembled at the designated place on time. The 39th Division, which participated in the third phase of operations, assembled near Yun Chi in the southeast of Yichang on 20th. The field detachment assembled in Yichang. After the divisions were assembled, they quickly prepared for the battle. Note: China sent troops to Showa in the 17th and 18th years (Part II) P87.

Once the third stage of operations is ready, 1 1 Army is prepared to combine the attack launched by the 39th Regiment on the banks of the Yangtze River to annihilate the national troops around Changyang first, and then combine the field detachment to rush into the western area of Yichang to capture and annihilate the national army defenders in this area. Therefore, the 1 1 army was deployed on May 19. The 3rd Division launched an attack in the early morning of May 2 1 and entered the vicinity of Changyang to prepare for the northward advance. The first division coordinated the Yegou detachment to fight in the west of Yichang; 13 division entered Quanfuchong and Yuyangguan, and then continued to enter the vicinity of Duzhen Bay (Duzhen Bay) to prepare for going north; The Yegou detachment launched an attack in the early morning of May 22nd and entered the west side of Yidu. After crossing the river day and night on May 2 1, the 39th Division prepared to move northward. The field detachment rushed westward from the other side of Yichang, cutting off the retreat of the China army in the main force1/kloc-0.

Sun Lianzhong, the acting commander of the sixth war zone, judged that the Japanese army would continue to attack Jiang Fangjun according to his actions, so he issued an order at 22: 00 on 17, ordering 10 army to carry out a protracted war on the spot, focusing on the left wing and ensuring the first line of niejiahe, Renheping and Ziliangping; Chiang Kai-shek secured the Shipai fortress, while the right wing contacted the 10 army. At the same time, the 67th Division broke away from the command of 10 Army and returned to the original organizational system of the 86th Army of Jiang Fangjun.

Chen Cheng, commander of the Sixth Theater, returned to Enshi headquarters and began to direct operations. In response to the emergency in western Hubei, the Military Commission ordered the 79th Army and the 74th Army to help Changde. At this time, only the 6 th Division of the 79 th Army arrived in Changde ahead of schedule, and other ministries just entered Linli and Ningxiang.

In the early morning, the Japanese army 13 division and the independent mixed army 17 brigade first started to act. 13 Division attacked Pijiachong, Sanxikou Garrison 43rd Division and 12 1 Division from Nuanshui Street and Liu Jiachang in two ways, and quickly broke through the frontline position and entered Ziliangping and Renheping on 20th. 17 brigade set out from the public security, repelled the guard troops of the new 23rd division at Wangjiachang, and advanced to the western highlands. The 1st Brigade confronted the new 23rd Division of Fanjiadashan, and pretended to attack Changde, covering the deployment of its offensive troops and ensuring the safety of its south wing.

On the morning of February1Sunday, the 3rd Division and 13 Division of the Japanese Army were divided into 35th Division,12 1 Division,18 Division, Wangjiafan Division, Zengjiaping Division, etc. By the evening of 22nd, the 3rd Division had crossed the Yuyang River and occupied niejiahe and Moshi. 13 division advanced to the south bank of Yuyang River and occupied Yuyang Pass. At the same time, the Yegou detachment stationed in Zhijiang cooperated with the 29th Division of the Wang Jingwei Puppet Army reorganized by the Japanese army after the surrender of the Kuomintang to capture Yidu. The troops of the 67th Division of the garrison retreated to the north of Moshi by a detour. The 39th Division crossed the Yangtze River near Yun Chi and entered the Wangjiapeng area without any stubborn resistance.

At dawn on the 23rd, except the Japanese wild dog detachment and the puppet troops occupying Yidu, the 39th, 3rd and13rd divisions of the Japanese army concentrated their forces and launched an all-out attack on 10 and Jiang Fangjun from the vicinity of Wangjiapeng, Moshi and Yuyangguan. The situation is fierce. The loss of defenders is great, and the combat effectiveness is seriously reduced. Although they tried to stop it, they were forced to move one after another because they were unable to do so. On 24th, the Japanese 39th Division arrived at Xiliuxi, the 3rd Division captured Changyang, and 13 Division captured Duzhen Bay. When the ministries reached the north and south banks of the Qingjiang River, the Japanese-controlled wild brigade in Yichang also attacked westward from the bridgehead area on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Yichang, in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the defenders from the north. At this time, the center of the battlefield has shifted to Qingjiang and Shipaijian areas, and Jiang Fangjun has become the focus of the whole battle. At this point, the 79th Army has arrived in Changde, the 74th Army has entered Taoyuan, and the vanguard of the 30th Army transferred from Xinye, Henan Province has arrived in Langshudian, and the main force is still going on.

On the day of the planned counterattack in the Sixth Theater (25th), the Japanese army 1 1 Army was deployed again: it was ready to pursue Jiang Fangjun on the front line of Shipai-Muqiaoxi and capture and annihilate him in the western mountainous area of Yichang. Let the third division pursue the paulownia tree near the west foot of Petunia Ridge; Command 13 division to annihilate the enemy behind Zhoujiakou and pursue in the direction of Muqiaoxi; The 39th Division was ordered to command the field detachment to pursue near Dazhujiaping. During the above period, ships near Yichang disembarked. Note: China sent troops in the 17th and 18th years of Showa (Part II), P99.

The Japanese army continued to storm. Jiang Fangjun's situation is very fierce, especially in the positions of 139, 67, 5 and 18 divisions. The Japanese army paid great casualties to advance tens of meters. Due to the indiscriminate bombing of Japanese artillery and repeated bombing by aviation, most of the garrison positions were destroyed and there were great casualties. On the night of 27th, Wu Qiwei, commander-in-chief of Jiangfangjun, ordered to retreat to Sanchahe, Muqiaoxi and Caojiafan.

On the 27th, 53 ships (16,000 tons) controlled by the Japanese army, under the command of Nishijin, set out from Yichang and sailed to Wuhan via Shashi and Jianli.

On the 28th and 29th, the defenders continued to engage with the Japanese army. According to Japanese statistics, the losses in the third stage of operations were: 286 people were killed (10) and149 people were injured (74). After 25 days of continuous fighting, the enemy 1 1 completed the scheduled combat mission and issued the order that the main forces retreat to their original headquarters.

The sixth war zone found that the Japanese army was retreating and issued a pursuit order on March1day: Jiang Fangjun (affiliated to the 30 th Army) pursued the Japanese army face to face according to the current situation; Command 10 Army (with 79th Army attached) to pursue along the banks of Yuyang River with the main force and in the direction of Zhijiang and Honghuatao with one force along the north bank of Qingjiang River; The 74th Army was ordered to expel the Japanese army from Wangjiachang and Wenshui Street and continue to advance to Gongan and Mopanzhou. At the same time, the 26 th and 33 rd armies were ordered to attack the Japanese army head-on to cooperate with the pursuit of the south of the Yangtze River. When the required pursuit began, all the troops in the sixth theater followed the order and launched a full-scale pursuit.

Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Central Military Commission, after receiving the battle reports from six war zones, thought that the national army had won an unprecedented victory in this war. In the telegram he sent that day, he said: "Minister Song: The enemy attacked the three most elite divisions of our fortress in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Since three days ago, it has been completely defeated by our army, and the rest are still being encircled. The battle will soon be a complete victory. Zhongzheng. " Note: The confidential file of the Presidential Palace-the letter from President Chiang Kai-shek to Foreign Minister Song Ziwen, which said that the enemy was going to fail.

When the Japanese army began to retreat, the troops in the Sixth Theater and their subordinate air forces pursued it. At this time, the enemy learned that the 194 division had arrived in Zhicheng area through special information and aerial reconnaissance by the 44th team. The 98th and118th divisions have arrived in the west of Yidu; The sixth renovation of the tentative schedule has arrived near niejiahe; The 5 1 Division has arrived in the north of Liu Jiachang, and one of the divisions has approached and started to surround the 13 Division's security forces.

104 United Front 2nd Brigade, which was sheltered and covered by 13 Division, was surrounded by 23rd Division, 55th Division, 98th Division and 12 1 Division of 10 Army. Wang Jiaben's 79th Army began to engage with it. On the same day, the captain of the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese 104 United Wing was killed in the encirclement. The Japanese 1 1 Army decided to stop the retreat of 13 Division, so as to fully counterattack the pursuing China Army, and at the same time, the independent Huncheng 17 Brigade immediately attacked the China Army near Zhijiang from the public security. 13 division issued an order at the western end of Yidu to transfer all the troops that had crossed the Yangtze River back to Yidu and attack along the south side of Yuyang River in the direction of Moshi to rescue 104 United Front Brigade 2. At dawn on the 5th, the reinforced Haifu detachment entered the south side of Moshi after slight fighting, established contact with the 2nd Brigade and took it under its command. After two days of fighting on 5th and 6th, the Japanese13rd Division rescued the besieged 2nd Brigade and captured niejiahe, Zhijiang, Yangxi and Ramuchong. Most of the south bank of the lower reaches of Yuyang River was occupied by Japanese troops.

The independent 17 brigade was originally prepared to retreat from Dayandang to cross the river in the public security area and return to its original station. However, due to the serious situation in Yidu, it was ordered by the 1 1 army to reinforce in Yidu to counter the rear-end troops in the sixth theater. The brigade marched into Zhicheng, passing the Peiliqiao (Peilu Bridge) about 1 km southwest of Mopan Island, and suddenly joined the 58th and 5th divisions of the 74th Army. In the fierce battle, Onodera Shi, the captain of the 88th Brigade of the Independent Infantry Regiment, and Kichitaro Asanuma, the captain of the 87th Brigade of the Independent Infantry Regiment, were killed on the 6th and 7th respectively. The brigade suffered the greatest loss in this battle, and five commanders were killed in three notes: "China sent troops in the 17th and 18th years of Showa (Part II)" P 103~p 104.

When the enemy detected that the 74th Army of Tiger King had arrived in Songzi area, the Japanese army decided to withdraw its troops from the battlefield as soon as possible. 13 Division 1 1 Division Commander Noshincang was seriously injured when he was preparing to cross the river during the retreat.

1 1 The army began to return to the north again in view of the fact that the goal of repelling the pursuit of the national army near Yidu had been achieved. At the same time, we are ready to take this opportunity to capture the 44 th Army of the National Army that entered the south of the public security. At dawn, Xiaochai detachment of 13 division and Yamazaki brigade of Hatta detachment (the first brigade, captain Yamazaki Yukio Shaozuo) marched toward the gate and began to attack the south and west of the area respectively. According to the Japanese report, the Xiaochai detachment near Ganjiachang wiped out the main force of the enemy 162 Division with the cooperation of direct cooperative combat aircraft, and entered the area before 9 o'clock. Then, the detachment began to surround and attack the enemy near Huangshan from that night. Yamazaki Brigade crossed Jiudu River near Jiangbodu, crossed numerous streams when there were few civilian boats, passed near Guandong, and entered Huangshan Mountain in the evening of the same day to attack the enemy there. By the next day (9th), the two armies had been attacking the enemy near the area and achieved great results.

Xiaochai detachment won the commendation of the commander-in-chief of the army because it made great contributions in this battle. Note: China sent troops in the 17th and 18th years of Showa (Part II) P 106.

All the troops returned to their original posts. The troops in the sixth theater recovered all the places once occupied by the Japanese army, and the two sides resumed the situation before the start of the battle, and the battle in western Hubei ended.