When the telegraph bearing the disastrous news of the destruction of the 10th Infantry Regiment's artillery position reached the headquarters of the Japanese 10th Division, Lieutenant General Isogai Rensuke flew into a rage. His face turned as dark and ugly as a pig's liver, and the veins on his forehead throbbed violently. His uncontrollable roar seemed fit to blow the roof off the command post: "Baka! Why has this hard nut to crack, Teng County, still not been chewed through? This is simply a humiliation to the Imperial Japanese Army, and it has severely disrupted our meticulously planned operational progress and strategic deployment!"
In his fury, Isogai Rensuke unhesitatingly issued an emergency sortie order to the Independent Artillery Regiment attached to the division. Colonel Sato, commander of the artillery regiment, wore a solemn expression upon receiving the order. He immediately gathered his subordinates, his voice resolute and decisive, ringing through the camp like a bronze bell: "Assemble! Target Teng County, move out immediately!" Acting instantly at the command, the soldiers moved with uniform precision. Twelve 105mm howitzers and twenty Type 97 light 90mm mortars, dragged by towing vehicles and accompanied by three and a half basic loads of artillery shells, rumbled swiftly toward Teng County.
Colonel Sato sat upright in his command vehicle, his posture straight and his gaze cold and sharp, looking straight ahead. He knew well that this mission was of vital…
Chapter 91