On October 18, when Kuroda Guanshou arrived at the outskirts of Horyu County with his division, he received the news that Miyoshi Motomitsu's entire army had been annihilated, and he began to tremble, how many new first armies are there in this island province, the main force is in Luguoling, Nanping Town, and Sandaowan in the north still has the strength to destroy two wings of Japanese troops, and there is no survivor.

Before he could figure out what was going on in Sandaowan, another news came that shocked him was the loss of Yanji County, where the garrison headquarters of the province was located. Luguoling, Sandaowan, and Yanji County suffered a crushing defeat of the Japanese army almost at the same time, could it be that the New First Army had other columns in addition to the three columns in Jiandao Province?

Kuroda had to report to Kasawara Yukio in detail about what was happening in Majima Province and ask for instructions on where the troops would go next.

Yukio Kasahara was shocked, in just a few days, two divisions in the island province were annihilated, and the Japanese army also lost control of the island province. Or is the combat strength of the New First Army, as Tojo Iwa said, no longer what it used to be, and it is strong enough to defeat the valiant Imperial Japanese Army?

If everything turned out to be his own expectations, then the Kuroda Division's stay in Majima Province was very likely to face the danger of destruction, Kasahara Yukio pondered, and ordered Kuroda Kanju to immediately move closer to Tegunan Prefecture from the northwest of Majima Province, while he had to advance slowly and wait for the Kuroda Division to converge.

After Kuroda Kanshou received the order, he immediately ordered his troops to advance to the northwest of Majima Province, as for regaining the control of Majima Province that he had just lost, he had no idea, and the most important thing was that his division could preserve its strength at the moment.

Qian Changjiu shook his head depressedly in Nanshiqi Village, the control of Majima Province was almost completely controlled by the Three Columns, and the latest information of the remaining Kuroda Division showed signs of being stationed in Horyu County to wait for reinforcements. This time, the most disappointing of the gossip confusion array in the province of Pseudo-Jian Island was he and the artillery regiment of the 105th Division, except for a battalion operating on the periphery after some gains, he and the artillery regiment have been blowing cold winds.

Looking at the battle reports everywhere in his hand, Qian Changjiu felt that as the political commissar of the Third Column, he had almost not achieved an inch, he smiled bitterly, and ordered the troops to prepare to advance south and participate in the final encirclement and suppression of Kuroda's Guanshou Division.

Less than ten minutes after the order was issued, he was greeted by the exciting news that Kuroda's Guanshou Division was heading northwest and showing signs of moving toward Huinan County. He immediately ordered the herald to put the artillery regiment on standby, while one of the battalions operating on the periphery went around to the west flank, and the opportunity that he had been waiting for could not be missed this time.

When the Kuroda Guanshou Division was less than 100 kilometers away from Nanshiqi Village, Qian Changjiu received an order from Xie Qin: to block the Kuroda Division with all his might, Qin Zheng and Bian Zhengnan were quickly surrounding with their troops.

Qian Jiujiu's clenched fists didn't dare to let go, he was worried that Kuroda Guanshou would find something abnormal and change the route of travel, until all the troops came around, and the Kuroda division was left with his own artillery to arrange this side to go, he relaxed, clenched his fists for a long time so that his hands could not be deployed, Qian Changjiu smiled at himself, there was no bitterness in his smile, he was full of excitement.

Kuroda Kanshou learned that a large number of soldiers of the three columns were chasing after him, and he constantly urged the troops to speed up the march, as long as they were bitten, the consequences would be unimaginable.

On the evening of October 19, Kuroda Kanju looked at the map, and there was still one day before the troops could reach the northwestern part of Majima Province, and there were still three days at most before they could get out of danger.

Kuroda Kanju, who was lying on the bed, suddenly thought of the route from Horyu County, which seemed to be set, almost a straight line, he opened his eyes suddenly, returned to the map, and ordered the reconnaissance unit to report the latest reconnaissance situation.

A large number of three columns of the New First Army were found on the left, right and behind, and I don't know whether they were tired from chasing all the way or waiting for a better opportunity, but the New First Army in the three directions did not even have the intention of launching a familiar night battle, but put on a defensive posture. Directly in front of him seemed to be the calmest, but Kuroda Kanju smelled the hidden danger from the calm, and he tried to think of a countermeasure.

After a long time, he ordered the reconnaissance troops to take advantage of the night to increase their reconnaissance efforts, and they must find out the specific number of troops of the New First Army in the three directions on the left and right and behind them, and prepare for the troops to choose the direction of the assault at dawn.

One hour has passed, two hours have passed, three hours have passed, and none of the reconnaissance troops sent out have returned, Kuroda Kanju comforted himself, it may be that the reconnaissance troops are far away and cannot rush back or pass back the news in time, when the day is slightly bright, there is no news, Kuroda Kanshou's heart seems to have fallen into an ice hole, and he can't help but tremble.

Since the news finally received that there were a large number of troops on the left and right and behind them, it was impossible to force a breakthrough, and besides, the three directions were ready to defend on the spot, and it seemed that they were waiting to attack themselves, and once they were blocked, the other troops would surround them, and everything would be unpredictable.

What about the front? Is it an empty city plan? There is only one wall, and as long as the troops keep moving at full speed, there may be a chance to get out of the current predicament.

Kuroda reported his stated predicament to Yukio Kasahara, and asked the air force to provide support after dawn so that he could break out of the siege at full speed from the front.

A blush flashed in the sky, signaling that a new day was coming, but Kuroda didn't know whether it was hope or despair.

Qian Changjiu originally wanted to launch an encirclement and annihilation battle last night, considering that Qin Zheng and Bian Zhengnan's troops were already exhausted from the long-distance attack, plus they had just arrived, and the preparations were insufficient, if the 16,000 people of the Kuroda Division broke through in one direction, it was likely to waste this opportunity.

Xie Qin had already arrived in Yanji County and began to work on the next step of the clean-up plan of Jiandao Province, which must be defended as the first northeastern puppet province to be recovered. So he handed over the operational command of the encirclement and annihilation of the Kuroda Division to Qian Changjiu. Qian Chang looked at the blush and immediately gave an order: immediately launch an attack on the Kuroda Division!

Kuroda Guanshou was still waiting for the support of the air force after dawn, when he suddenly heard the sound of shells flying in front of him, and before he could make any reaction, the division and regiment were already under intensive artillery fire, and it turned out that the most dangerous thing was really the front where there had been no movement.

He immediately gave the order for the wings to disperse at once and make a tentative attack in all directions, trying to find weak points in order to organize a breakout after the artillery fire ceased.

Only after half an hour of continuous shelling by the artillery regiment did he order the bombardment to be stopped, and then according to the reaction of the Kuroda division, he planned further destruction operations with the troops involved in the encirclement and annihilation on three sides.

The fierce artillery fire finally stopped, Kuroda Kanju breathed a sigh of relief, the air force support still has to wait for an hour later, now the troops have been dispersed, if the new first army in four directions attacks at the same time, it will be extremely disadvantageous to his own troops, he thought about it for a while, and immediately made a bold decision to attack the front with all his might, in his opinion, the artillery fire in front of him is so fierce, there should be the strength of an artillery regiment, and there are so many new armies around, then the defense of the artillery regiment must be the weakest.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and often one wrong decision is very likely to bury the troops, and in a completely inferior situation, Kuroda Kantoshi made a bold decision, but his division fell into an icy hell, and the last Japanese army in Majima Province disappeared.

In the layout of the Bagua Confusion Array, heavy weapons such as artillery and rocket launchers were concentrated in the Qianli and Kun positions, which on the one hand increased the flexibility and mobility of the troops in the other six directions, and on the other hand, it was also for the artillery to deal a devastating blow to the concentrated Japanese troops at the appropriate time. Whether the artillery can play its intended purpose mainly depends on the lure and oppression of troops from other directions, but the Kuroda Kanju Division was completely sent to the door by itself, they wanted to get out of the predicament, but they did not expect that the god of fate pushed them to destruction.

Qian Chang looked at the large number of Japanese troops who were constantly gathering and rushing over, he did not have the slightest fear, but calmly ordered the troops in the other three directions to defend in place. Artillery without escorted troops? But so it is. But is artillery just artillery? Not necessarily.

When the Kuroda Division was still a kilometer away, Qian Changjiu gave an order, and the artillery turned into a bazooka launching unit, and hundreds of rocket launchers were aimed at the Japanese troops rushing over at the same time, ready to be launched at any time.

When the distance of the Kuroda Division was only 600 meters, Qian Changchang waved his hand, and the herald behind him waved the order flag in his hand, hundreds of bazookas were fired at the same time, and the shells instantly covered the Japanese troops who rushed up, and only one round of bazooka launches, 2,000 Japanese soldiers were killed.

Kuroda Guanshou was originally a little proud of his judgment, as the distance got closer and closer, he thought that he could easily break through the blockade of the artillery in front of him, but he did not expect that he encountered a more violent artillery bombardment, under the two rounds of artillery fire in front and back, the troops were killed by nearly 5,000 people, he wanted to immediately order the troops to retreat, but another round of shells flew over, and with the sound of explosions, the troops had lost control, and they were completely chaotic.

Kuroda Kanju regretted a little, if he had ordered the troops to stay put, he might have been able to hold out to the support of the air force, but now although there are still 10,000 people, they have already become frightened birds. While ordering all wings to gather and organize a counterattack, he asked the communications corps to urge air force support to arrive as soon as possible.

Two hours have passed, and the encirclement of the three columns of the new First Army has been reduced to less than 5,000 soldiers, and if the air force support does not come again, I am afraid that all my divisions and regiments will be annihilated, and the communications troops will die, and there is no way to understand why the air force has not been able to arrive for a long time.

Kuroda's despair spread, and the rate at which the number of soldiers was decreasing was accelerating. Where did Yukio Kasahara order the air force that rushed to reinforce go?