Deprived of its officers and badly thinned out by intensive Chinese fire, a Japanese unit on Sunday morning captured a Chinese stronghold at Changchialusiachai, 800 metres east of Tazang, after a four-day siege.
At 5 O'clock on the morning of October 20, the Ishida and Niwa units received orders to attack the Chinese positions, The stronghold consisted of about 25 houses, each strongly reinforced and protected by machine-guns, barbed wire, and land mines. impregnable position, reported the A series of charges on this nearly
"Shanghai United News," a Japanese daily, brought the Japanese no nearer the Chinese stronghold and resulted in heavy losses.
Capt. Yoshiharu Kamiya's unit was then ordered to reinforce the two attacking detachments.' With Capt. Kamiya in a hospital with a wound, the unit was commanded by Sub-Lieut. Tatsuo Ishii.
In the attack launched on the morning of October 21, Sub-Lieut. Ishii was killed by a bullet, which pierced his head. He was replaced by Sub-Officer Harada.
On October 23, in another attack on the village, Harada was torn into shreds by a hand-grenade, which hit him on the chest.
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