In the western suburbs of Lin'an County, there is a small village called Longkengwu.

At this moment, more than 800 officers and men of the Hankou battalion were resting outside the ancestral hall outside the small village.

Li Weizhou grabbed a handful of fried noodles from the dry food bag and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then poured a large mouthful of cold water into his mouth, and swallowed all the big handfuls of fried noodles in his stomach.

With a handful of fried noodles in his stomach, Li Weizhou felt that his physical strength had recovered.

Carrying the bag of dry food, Li Weizhou finally did not eat the second handful.

Because the road is too far, the officers and men of the 10th Group Army have already eaten the cornmeal sent by Yinjiang, but the officers and men of the 41st Group Army will not be able to eat it for at least half a month.

For more than half a month, they can only rely on themselves to support themselves.

Fortunately, when they came from Wuyuan, they brought a lot of fried noodles.

At this time, a big hand suddenly appeared in front of Li Weizhou, grabbing a handful of fried noodles.

Li Weizhou looked up, but it was the deputy battalion commander Tie Guanqun, and said, "What are you doing, Lao Tie?" ”

"Here you go, don't be polite to me." Tie Guanqun smiled, "You are big and consume a lot. ”

"Get out, Lao Tzu doesn't eat the food that comes from me." Li Wei pushed away Tie Guanqun's big hand on Monday, and said, "By the way, have all the villagers in the village been transferred?" ”

"Mostly transferred." Tie Guanqun nodded, "But some old people refuse to leave. ”

Li Weizhou breathed a sigh of relief, there is only this thing they can do, as for the rest of the old people, whether they will be poisoned by the little devils, it is all up to the will of heaven.

After all, it is impossible for their Hankou battalion to fight the devils to the end here.

At this time, a signal soldier ran over panting and reported loudly: "Camp, the devil cavalry is catching up again!" ”

"Damn, these little devils are really kraft candy, chasing so hard!" Before Li Weizhou could speak, Tie Guanqun had already shouted loudly, "Yingzuo, you take the main force of the battalion and withdraw first, leave me a platoon, Lao Tzu has to teach these devil cavalry how to behave today!" ”

"No way!" Li Weizhou flatly refused, and shouted, "It's all there, take the path to Tianmu Mountain!" ”

As soon as Li Wei gave the order, the more than 800 officers and men of the Hankou battalion immediately turned into the small road and marched at full speed towards Tianmu Mountain, which was fifty miles away.

Not long after the Hankou battalion left, dozens of devil cavalry rushed to Longkengwu.

At this time, the figure of the Hankou camp could still be seen on the mountain road, but it was obviously impossible to catch up.

The devil officer who led the team put down the binoculars and turned his gaze to the village, the expression on his face gradually became distorted and hideous, and then he said with a cruel smile: "Kill everyone, and then burn the village!" ”

Hearing this, the dozens of cavalry behind the devil officer immediately shouted loudly.

Immediately afterwards, the devil cavalry lit torches and rushed into the village with torches.

After a while, smoke billowed from the village, vaguely mixed with a few screams.

……

In Yinjiang, Zhejiang-Fujian met the enemy's staff before the battle.

The communications staff officers reported the movements of the various units participating in the war like a stream, while He Wenxi led the operational staff officers of the staff headquarters to reflect the movements of the various units participating in the war on the map and the sand table.

On the sand table, Zhang Liangji's 16th Division and Hu Da's 192nd Division had already rounded back to the two flanks of Ciwu Town, faintly forming an encirclement posture against the 54th Wing of the Japanese Army opposite Ciwu Town.

"Sitting." He Wenxi said, "You can try a general attack." ”

Zhong Yi hummed lightly and nodded: "Order the 16th Division and the 192nd Division to immediately attack from the flank, and telegraph to Division Commander Zhang and Division Commander Hu that they must play the prestige of the Hunan army!" ”

He Wenxi waved his hand, and a communications staff officer turned around and left.

……

North of Ciwu Town, near Meichi Ridge.

The main forces of the 16th Division were rushing forward along the field paths.

Zhang Liangji, commander of the 16th Division, and He Ping, deputy commander of the 16th Division, were standing on the top of the Meichi Ridge, holding binoculars and looking at the exchange of fire in the direction of Ciwu Town.

Suddenly, the roar of an airplane's engine sounded overhead.

Looking up, I saw two planes with plaster patterns under the wings piercing through the clouds.

However, after seeing the styles of the two planes clearly, Zhang Liangji and He Ping immediately breathed a sigh of relief, it was a reconnaissance plane, not an attack plane with bombs.

Reconnaissance aircraft, although also diving and strafing, were much less threatening.

Zhang Liangji and He Ping's attention turned back to Ciwu Town.

He Ping said: "Master, do you think Zhong Yi's idea is reliable?" ”

Zhang Liangji said: "If there is really only one wing opposite Ciwu Town, and the main force of the three divisions is concentrated, there is still a certain chance to eat the other side, the problem is that there can never be only one wing on the opposite side!" ”

He Ping shook his head: "So this is destined to be in vain, and it will be a trip in vain." ”

"You can't say that." Zhang Liangji said, "At least I can remind the devil that in the battle of Zhejiang and Fujian, our Tenth Army has not given up our efforts, and we are still fighting!" ”

"Report ......" a signal soldier rushed up the hill with a long tail note.

At the top of the mountain, the signal soldier gasped and said: "Division, the former enemy's staff is in an emergency!" ”

Zhang Liangji put down the binoculars, but did not look back, and asked coldly, "What do you say?" ”

The signal soldier said: "The former enemy staff ordered our division to immediately launch a strong attack on the Japanese army in Ciwu Town, and Chief of Staff Zhong also specially told the division seat that this battle must play the prestige of the Hunan army!" ”

In this battle, we must play the prestige of the Hunan army? This is obviously Zhong Yi's agitation method.

But Zhang Liangji ate this set, and said immediately: "Deputy Division Commander He, you stay at the division headquarters, and I will lead the 96th Regiment to launch a strong attack on the right flank of Ciwu Town!" ”

He Ping said: "Master, let's go." ”

"No need." Zhang Liangji waved his hand and said, "Since Zhong Yi ordered my Zhang Liangji's general, we can't be underestimated, this battle must play the prestige of our old Hunan army!" ”

He Ping said: "That humble post is here to wish the division a victory!" ”

"I have a heart!" Zhang Liangji patted He Ping on the shoulder, turned around and walked away.

……

Moments later, fierce gunfire rang out from the right flank of the town.

Immediately afterwards, gunfire also rang out in the direction of the left flank of Ciwu Town, but it was the 192nd Division, which arrived at the same time, that also launched an attack from another direction.

At this time, the 62nd Division, which was stubbornly defending Ciwu Town, also took the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive.

As a result, the 54th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, which had previously stormed Ciwu Town, was attacked from three directions, and immediately switched from attack to defense, and while holding on, it asked for help from the division headquarters of the 10th Division.

After receiving a telegram asking for help, the commander of the 17th Division, Taiyoshi Hirono, reported to the headquarters and urgently ordered the other two infantry wings of the 17th Division to spread out on both flanks and prepare for counter-encirclement.