On July 18, in the battle at Qiaotou near to Xichuan, he served as orderly, and during the battle he was injured in buttocks and legs by shrapnel, and sent back to Japan.
7月18日細川沿橋頭の戦闘では伝令を務めたが、この時榴霰弾の破裂によって臀部及び脚部を負傷、内地後送される。