After hearing the news, Major General Kinoshita Isamu, chief of staff of the Japanese 11th Army, said that the 2nd Army temporarily came to Dam Chau to reinforce War Zone 9, and returning to the organizational system was normal. , but the mobilization of the 4th Army The army was likely to be reinforced. Therefore, on December 12, the 4th Theater Command asked the 23rd Army Command whether the 11th Army would carry out a diversionary attack or not.