Several reconnaissance units sent by the Sixth Division were busy outside all night, and they also encountered and exchanged fire with the reconnaissance detachments sent by the reconnaissance brigade of the 90th Army on many occasions, and it was not until dawn that the soldiers who survived after the two reconnaissance units had reconnoitred the intelligence came back to report the situation. The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Kanda Masasang, was wondering why the reconnaissance troops had not reported back for so long, and some of his subordinates came to report that the soldiers who had gone out to reconnoiter had returned.

Lieutenant General Kanda Masang was busy asking the reconnaissance soldiers to call in, and Lieutenant General Kanda Masa wanted to reprimand them for why they didn't come back until now to report, but as soon as they saw the embarrassed appearance of the soldiers who came in, they understood what they had encountered, so he swallowed back the words of reprimand. After the reports of these fighters, Lieutenant General Kanda Masasan said hard work to them and told them to retreat and rest.

In the temporary headquarters of the 6th Division, Lieutenant General Kanda Masasa was thinking about the operational map, when the chief of staff, Major General Kozaburo Ishikawa, walked in, and the two combined the information sent by the scouts and studied it together. After a while, Major General Ishikawa Kozaburo, chief of staff, said: "Your Excellency, division commander, if you want to rush to Changsha City as soon as possible, the position of the China Army in Nanzhu Mountain must be taken, so that our army can smoothly reach Changsha City through the road below the mountain. ”

Lieutenant General Kanda Masa looked at the map and nodded in agreement and said: "Ishikawa-kun, your judgment is right, from here to Changsha City, only this road can allow the division's artillery and the heavy artillery supporting us to pass, and other roads are too difficult to walk." To pass through this road, the Nanzhushan position must be in our hands. You immediately convey the order, let the 13th Wing and the Cavalry Wing set off quickly, we must arrive at the Nanzhushan position before noon, and prepare for the attack, and strive to take this Nanzhushan position today, so that tomorrow we can launch an attack on Changsha City. ”

Major General Kozaburo Ishikawa agreed, went out to convey the order, and after a while, the camp of the 6th Division became agitated. The first to leave the camp was the cavalry wing, which rushed in the direction of Changsha City. The Japanese wanted to go directly to the foot of Nanzhu Mountain and prepare for the attack, but a cavalry squadron with the cavalry wing as the vanguard was ambushed not long after entering the road under the ridge, and half of the 300 men and horses of a squadron fled back, and the other half was reimbursed on the road.

It turned out that the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 547th Regiment were stationed on this ridge near Nanzhu Mountain, and the battalion commander Tang Shi was also a veteran from the Battle of Songhu to the present. He found that the road to Changsha passed under their position, and the foot of the hill near the road was overgrown with trees, making it ideal for an ambush. So Tang Shi found a suitable position for the eight mortars of the heavy fire company and placed them, left the third company and the heavy fire company to guard the position, and sent the commander of the first company to take the first company and the second company to ambush in the bushes at the foot of the mountain, preparing to ambush the Japanese troops who came over.

The commander of the first company and the soldiers of the second company went down the mountain to ambush in the dark, and froze for half the night, and finally waited for the Japanese army. Seeing that it was a cavalry squadron of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army seemed to be defenseless, the company commander knew that the opportunity had come. On the ridge position, Tang Shi also hid in a bunker, observed the situation on the road with a telescope, and saw that a group of Japanese cavalry appeared in the field of vision first, so he asked the guards to notify the mortar position and prepare to open fire.

After a while, Tang Shi saw that the time had come, and ordered the mortars to open fire, and eight mortars fired three rapid fires from one cannon, and dozens of shells fell on the road one after another, and the cavalry squadron that the Japanese army was advancing in formation encountered a sudden artillery bombardment, and it was chaotic at once, and at this time the company commander also ordered to open fire, and dozens of light and heavy machine guns plus submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles fired at the same time, and suddenly a large number of Japanese soldiers and war horses neighed and fell.

Kawaguchi Ichiro Shaosa, the leader of the Japanese cavalry squadron who was walking in the rear position, was lucky not to be shot, and at this time he saw that the Shina army was ambushed, and the Shina army not only had artillery, but also had very fierce firepower, so he hurriedly ordered a retreat. After giving the order, he turned his horse's head and took the lead in fleeing the way he came. After escaping from the range of the Shina people's firepower, Kawaguchi Ichiro Shaosa looked at his squadron, and only half of the men and horses escaped, and the other half were all lost on that section of the road without asking.

Helplessly, Shimokawaguchi Ichiro Shaozo could only go back with the remnants of the defeated army to report the situation to the captain. At the ambush site, the commander of the first company saw that the Japanese army turned his horse and fled, and he was also helpless, the Japanese army on the horse fled too fast, and his subordinates could not even chase after him, so he could only order to clean up the battlefield. A long stretch of the road was red with blood, and many wounded soldiers were lying on the ground moaning.

The 90th Army has always had no habit of keeping prisoners, unless it voluntarily laid down its arms and surrendered, the rest were finished with one shot. The same was true of the first company commander, who led his men to replenish the wounded Japanese soldiers who had fallen. The living war horse is a good thing, so it is natural to stay, the injury is not serious, and the war horse that can be cured is also left, and the seriously injured are made up for a robbery and other dead horses are transported away by the baggage troops.

Half an hour later, except for more than a hundred Japanese corpses piled together, nothing was left on the road, and the first company commander led the team back to the ridge position. As soon as they returned to the position, Tang Shi let them all hide, because Tang Shi knew that little Japan would definitely retaliate if it suffered a loss, and if it was not good to hide, the Japanese army would suffer losses if there was a burst of artillery fire, which was not what Tang Shi wanted to see.

Sure enough, when the commander of the Japanese cavalry wing, Taro Koshizawa, heard the report of his subordinates, his eyes were on fire with anger, and he called Ichiro Kawaguchi over and slapped him several times in one breath, scolding while slapping: "Yaga! You stupid pig, don't you know that a reconnaissance unit will be dispatched?" After scolding, he dismissed Ichiro Kawaguchi from his position as squadron leader and sent him to be a horseman.

Fighting, scolding, and scolding, and still have to get back after suffering losses, Taro Koshizawa ordered the soldiers who fled back to be the leader, and he led the whole team of thousands of men and horses, and rushed straight to the place where he was ambushed. At a distance of two kilometers from the ambush, Kawaguchi Ichiro ordered the cavalry artillery squadron to disarm the cavalry artillery and establish an artillery position, and then a large group dismounted and walked to the ambush to search for the Shina troops, and as soon as they found it, they immediately attacked.

As soon as a large group of Japanese soldiers approached the ambush, they saw a pile of corpses, and the Japanese captain cursed fiercely while directing his men to search and advance. When they came to the bottom of the ridge position, some Japanese soldiers spotted the position of the three battalions on the ridge. While the group leader sent someone to report to Wing Commander Taro Koshizawa, he directed his squadron to prepare to attack the ridge.

Upon receiving the report, Taro Koshizawa immediately ordered twelve 75-caliber cavalry field guns of the cavalry artillery squadron to open fire and bombard the positions of the Shina people to cover the attack of his men. In a few moments the shells fell on the positions of the three battalions on the ridge. However, the officers and men of the third battalion had already been concealed, and the damage caused by artillery fire to the officers and men of the third battalion was limited. After a while, Tang Shi saw that the Japanese army began to attack the position on its back, and ordered the troops to enter the position and prepare to block the Japanese army.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese cavalry after getting off the war horse is much worse than that of the infantry, and the cavalry is supposed to use the war horse to charge up, so that it will have lethality. The attacking Japanese troops lacked cooperation and cover with each other, and their marksmanship and firepower were inferior to those of the three battalions, which made the Japanese attack twice in a row, but they were easily repelled by the defenders.

By the time the 13th Wing caught up, the Japanese had nothing but more than 100 dead and wounded in the attack. The Wing Commander of the 13th Wing, Tomoshi Toshitoshi, saw Taro Koshizawa and asked him to withdraw his men and send an infantry brigade to attack. That's when Taro Koshizawa realized the mistake he had made. While thanking Tomoni Toshisa, he handed over the cavalry artillery squadron to Tomoshi Tomoshi under the command of Tomoshi Tomoshi.

Tosei Toshitoshi Osa asked the cavalry artillery squadron to continue bombing the defenders' positions, and then set up more than a dozen Type 92 infantry guns and a dozen mortars of his own regiment on the road at the foot of the mountain, and sent an infantry squadron to attack the ridge position while sending an infantry squadron into the attack. The Japanese army was replaced by an infantry squadron, and Tang Shi and they immediately felt the pressure.

The Japanese Type 92 infantry guns and mortars hit very accurately, effectively covering the attack of the infantry squadron, and the soldiers of the infantry squadron were no longer attacking in a swarm, but spreading out in formation, using all the bunkers to avoid the bullets fired from the position, and alternately covering the forward penetration. The Japanese had good marksmanship, supported by artillery and grenadiers, and the casualties of the officers and men of the three battalions on the position began to increase.

However, what made Tang Shi even more nervous was this offensive method of the Japanese army. However, Tang Shi is also worthy of having many years of experience, and after thinking about it, he has an idea. He ordered the mortars to be fired in groups of four, and each gun fired a few shells to move the position, in this way to attract Japanese fire. Once the forward positions are not supported by Japanese artillery, the pressure will be much less, and they will be able to better deal with the Japanese attacking infantry.

The attack of the Guobin mortar not only successfully attracted the Japanese artillery fire to counterattack, but also caused confusion in the attacking Japanese army by falling on the Japanese attacking ranks. The defenders on the front ground tended to lose the threat of artillery fire and the confusion of the Japanese army, and launched an all-out counterattack, and simply suppressed the attacking Japanese squadron in the middle of the mountain. After the two sides held each other for more than ten minutes, the Japanese could only retreat.

The three battalions held their positions until dark, and the Japanese troops from the division commander Lieutenant General Kanda Masa to the 13th Wing Tosei Toshi Osa, and then to the group leader below and even the squadron leader were all angry and anxious, but they had no choice but to take this position, and when Lieutenant General Kanda Masa wanted to transfer heavy artillery to help the battle, the officers and men of the third battalion had been ordered to withdraw from the position and turn to the main position of Nanzhushan.

When the Japanese army had confirmed that the Chinese army had retreated, they stopped the attack, and the whole division advanced to the foot of Nanzhu Mountain at night. By the time they rushed down Nanzhu Mountain, it was already eleven o'clock at night. The Japanese army has not been good at night battles, so Lieutenant General Kanda Masasan did not order an overnight attack, but set up camp three kilometers away from Nanzhushan, and all of them rested all night, preparing to attack the Nanzhushan position tomorrow.