Craig Watson
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first heard May 2026
last heard 17 Aug
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His men ran hard, crossed the Milo River, and finally did catch their rearguard.
Yet the Japanese intent only on getting away adopted what Chinese accounts described as low-key methods of not retaliating and not becoming decisively engaged.
After crossing Gaoqiao, they withdrew into their previous defensive area.
The Qia could not do much more than stop, rest, and continue to watch them.
The 58th Army intercepted more than 2,000 Japanese troops near Guan Wang Bridge.
For a moment, it seemed a major clash might erupt at any moment.
Instead, the Japanese fled, leaving behind large quantities of supplies.
The Chinese followed them as far as Taoyuan, and then they halted when it became clear that the enemy had regained strong ground.
These episodes were quite frustrating, but they were not meaningless.
They showed that many Chinese formations had been too badly mauled in the earlier phases of the campaign to sustain relentless offensive pressure.
They also showed that the Japanese, though in retreat, were still disciplined enough to avoid disastrous entanglements.
The Chinese units that had struck hardest during this phase were not those most damaged at the beginning of the battle, but fresher formations such as Xia Zhuzhong's 79th Army and Fu Zhongfang's 99th Army.
Xia's men ambushed the Hayabuchi detachment and nearly destroyed it, killing two of its three battalion commanders.
Fu's 99th Army fought a series of clashes with the Japanese 3rd and 6th Divisions and with the Hirano and Araki detachments.
The Japanese, eager to keep moving, absorbed losses rather than pause for extended battle.
The 99th Army captured so much material that transporting it became quite a problem in itself.
On October 4, a squad leader of the 197th Division even shot down an aircraft with a machine gun.
Yet even here, success had limits.
On October 9, the entire Japanese force in northern Hunan had crossed the Xinjiang River and reoccupied its original positions.
Chinese attacks achieved nothing decisive.
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