The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, in that complex environment, it is not surprising that anything happened, during the War of Resistance, the senior generals of the Japanese army were killed by the Chinese army, but two of them died in a very strange way, it can be said that the point back to the extreme, and they were all killed in a battle, which is simply a veritable punch in the face. After their deaths, the two men were posthumously awarded the rank of major general, and the battlefield where they were killed was the Battle of Changde.
This battle can be said to be quite tragic, Yu Chengwan led the 74th Army 57th Division 8529 soldiers fought bravely, the casualties reached 95%, and finally less than 500 people were left, the same Japanese casualties were also very large, and finally ended in the defeat of the Japanese army, the Japanese army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, more than 10,000 Japanese troops were killed, and the most bizarre death was the Japanese 116th Division Regiment 109th Wing Commander Bu Shang Zhaoyi, after the battle began, he led the 109th Wing to advance rapidly, defeated the Nationalist 44th Army, and wounded the division commander Xu Guozhang. But when the attack hit the outskirts of Changde, he bumped into the 2nd Battalion of the 170th Regiment of the 57th Division of the 74th Army, he led the troops to charge seven times and failed, and the casualties of the Japanese army were getting bigger and bigger, one of his companies could not beat a battalion of the Nationalist army, in order to boost morale, he decided to personally supervise the battle, before setting off he rode on his horse to shout to the troops, just at this time a mortar on the Nationalist position flew over, coincidentally smashed in his face, and the others were blown to pieces along with the war horses, and only this shell flew over. It is really godly, and it can only be said that he deserves to be received one day.
The Nationalist army resisted bravely, the Japanese 116th Division regiment could not be attacked for a long time, and the commander of the 109th Company was blown up without a complete body, the news spread back to the headquarters of the 11th Army of the Kwantung Army, commander Yokoyama Felt that it was a great shame, and ordered the independent mixed fourth regiment on the outskirts of the battlefield and the first brigade of the third regiment of field artillery to attack Changde from the south, assisting the 116th Division, and the commander of this unit was the fourth regimental commander of the independent mixed brigade, Nakahata Daisuke.
After receiving the order, Nakahata did not dare to be sluggish, and immediately led his troops to break through the defensive positions of the Nationalist 67th Army and the 73rd Army, and soon arrived in Changde, but just after contact with the 57th Division of the 74th Army defending the city, he felt that something was wrong, he found that the 57th Division was not simple, the combat strength was too strong, in order to reduce casualties, he did not dare to launch an attack, so it was consumed until the next morning, and the commander Yokoyama Could not wait, and repeatedly called Nakahata to urge nakahata to attack Changde City. In order to make adequate preparations, Nakahata called a meeting of the brigade commanders, at which it was agreed to conduct battlefield reconnaissance first, and then he personally led the two brigade leaders and the combat staff of the joint team to secretly reconnoiter along the Yuanjiang River and choose the location of the river crossing.
What he did not expect was that their whereabouts were discovered by the officers and men of the 57th Division stationed in the city wall of Changde, and this officer and soldier was not ambiguous, and immediately used heavy machine guns to turn this group of Japanese officers against them was a strafing, Nakahata Knew that they had been exposed, in order to save their lives, they ran back with their men. Originally he hid in place may be fine, this run just crashed into a Chinese Air Force P-40 fighter flying in the air, the pilot saw a group of Japanese troops running wildly on the ground, without saying a word, he swooped down and shot down, and the result was a magical bullet that hit Nakahata's face impartially, the bullet shot in the face, down the neck into the chest cavity, from the torso position through, a cloud of blood mist Hata protected a whole person was split by the bullet on the spot, it was simply accurate.
Although the defense of Changde was extremely fierce, but in one battle killed two Japanese major generals, this is the first time in the Sino-Japanese operation, the Japanese command was also very shocked by the death of these two majors, and afterwards posthumously awarded the rank of major general, so later it was also said that the 74th Army killed two major generals of the Japanese army in one battle. But no matter which way it is said, it is always a big pleasure.