On the Ridge, the observation post.

Although it is more than ten miles away, standing on Zoumaling and looking down, you can still vaguely see the explosion red light rising from the city of Songyang County, which looks like fireworks.

But Zhong Yi knows very well that these fireworks will kill people!

Just as Zhong Yi was watching the battle, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.

When he looked back, he saw He Wenxi, the head of the staff, walking quickly.

"Sitting." He Wenxi saluted Zhong Yi and said, "I just received an urgent call from the Rong 1st Division, the little devil's attack is very fierce, and the county office has been lost. ”

Zhong Yi had no expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "What about the casualties? ”

He Wenxi said: "As of the time of the telegram, the Rong 1st Division has sacrificed more than 500 people and seriously injured more than 300!" There were no less than 3,000 lightly wounded officers and soldiers! ”

Zhong Yi's expression was stunned when he heard this.

Zhong Yi had already expected that the attack of the 116th Division would be very fierce, but he still did not expect that it would be so fierce that in less than half a night, the Rong 1st Division actually lost nearly a battalion.

This is the Rong 1st Division, and it is still a street battle, if it is to be replaced by other troops, it must be replaced by a field battle, and I am afraid that the entire division will have already fought out.

He Wenxi said in a deep voice: "Senzai, do you want to let the Rong 1st Division shrink the defense line slightly?" ”

He Wenxi's meaning was to let the 1st Rong Division hedgehog form a regiment and defend it by virtue of its superiority in troops.

The most fearful thing about this is enemy shelling or bombardment, but now there is no such fear.

Speaking of this, He Wenxi said again: "After all, it's night, and it's in western Zhejiang, the little devil's aviation can't fly here, and the Yamazaki Brigade has only one mountain artillery brigade, and the firepower is limited after all." ”

Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "If the Hedgehog of the Rong 1st Division is allowed to form a regiment, it will inevitably allow the Yamazaki Brigade to control most of the county seat, which will affect the next battle process!" ”

What Zhong Yi was most worried about was that the Yamazaki Brigade refused to withdraw from the city, but the entire brigade retreated into Songyang County, relying on the buildings in the city to fight street battles with them.

And most importantly, the entire Songyang county town will be reduced to ruins.

Zhong Yi still hopes to keep the ancient city of Songyang as much as possible.

He Wenxi said: "But in this way, the casualties of the Rong 1st Division will be too great." ”

Zhong Yi thought for a while and said, "In this way, let the other seven divisions start in advance." ”

He Wenxi said: "But Staff, it's night, and the devil is afraid that he can't judge the exact situation of our army." ”

Sometimes things are so paradoxical, many times, on the battlefield, they have to hide their own details, so as not to let the enemy commander have accurate information, but now, they are worried that the devils will not be able to get their details, and now they really need the devils to get their information.

"It's okay." Zhong Yi said indifferently, "You can make up for it in other ways." ”

After saying this, Zhong Yi continued: "Immediately call Commander-in-Chief Luo and ask him to call the General Headquarters in the name of the enemy's general headquarters before the Zhejiang-Zhong Campaign, saying that the eight main divisions of the 41st Group Army have surrounded the Yamazaki Brigade in Songyang and will launch a general attack before tomorrow evening to completely annihilate the Yamazaki Brigade." ”

"Good way!" He Wenxi's eyes lit up suddenly.

……

Three miles east of Songyang City, there is a Taoist temple called Dongyang Temple.

This temple has been used by Yamazaki Ukichi as his headquarters.

At this moment, Yamazaki Youyoshi was holding a telescope and was standing on the roof with his two wing captains watching the battle.

Since the city wall of Songyang County is only three meters high, from the top of the Taoist temple, you can see the battle situation in the county town very clearly.

Judging from the current situation, the 109th Infantry Wing, which is in charge of the main attack, is advancing step by step, and the area controlled by the Japanese army has reached a quarter of the entire county town.

But Yamazaki Ukyoshi is clearly not happy with this.

After watching for a few minutes, Yamazaki Youyoshi suddenly put down the binoculars, turned back to the commander of the 109th Infantry Wing, Takiji Saburo, and said, "Takiji-kun, the progress of your wing is really slow!" At this rate, you can't expel the Chinese army before dawn, speed up, you have to speed up! ”

"Hello!" Takiji Saburo was suddenly stunned, and when he was about to go to the front line to supervise the war in person, a sudden change occurred.

Without warning, gunfire rang out simultaneously in the north, east, and south directions of the Yamazaki brigade's station, and immediately after, clusters of red light burst out one after another.

"What's the situation?" Yamazaki Youyoshi was stunned all of a sudden.

Shima Harayoshi and Takiji Saburo are also a little confused.

After a long time, Shima Harayoshi finally reacted and shouted: "Brigade commander, the big thing is not good, it must be the main force of the 41st Group Army of the Zhina has arrived!" ”

"The main force of the 41st Group Army? Not quite like that. ”

Although the change was sudden, Yamazaki Youyoshi was not very flustered, because he still had an infantry wing in his hand and a mountain artillery wing to help in the battle, so there was no reason to be afraid of the counterattack of the Chinese army.

Shima Harayoshi hurriedly said: "Brigade commander, this is mostly just the forward force of the Zhina Army!" ”

"Strikers?" Takiji Saburo said, "Since it is a forward force, how can it rashly launch an attack?" ”

"Takiji-kun, isn't this obvious?" Shima Harayoshi was so anxious that he almost jumped to his feet, and said, "It must be because the Chinese army in Songyang City suffered too heavy casualties, and in order to reduce the pressure on the Chinese army in the city, the commander of the Chinese army ordered the forward troops who arrived first to attack immediately." ”

After saying this, Shima Harayoshi said to Yamazaki Youyoshi again: "Brigade commander, while the main force of the 41st Group Army of Shina has not yet arrived, hurry up and withdraw the 109th Infantry Wing from Songyang City, in this way, we can rush to build some simple fortifications before the main force of Shina arrives!" ”

After another pause, Shima Harayoshi said again: "If you hesitate any longer, wait until the main force of the 41st Group Army arrives, then we will be in a dilemma, let's go into the city to fight street battles, most of the county area is still under the control of the China Army, but if you go out of the city to fight a field battle, and there are no fortifications to rely on, then it will be a big trouble!" ”

Yamazaki Youyoshi's brows furrowed, and he was a little hesitant in his heart.

At this moment, a communications staff officer hurried up the ladder to the top of the temple.

"Brigade Commander!" The communications staff officer came to Yamazaki Youyoshi and said with a pause, "The headquarters sent an urgent telegram, saying that it was from a reliable source to obtain information that the other seven main divisions of the 41st Group Army of China were rushing towards our brigade, and ordered the troops in the city to immediately withdraw from the city and rush to repair the fortifications, in order to hold on for a long time!" ”