The Sato squadron, which attacked at night, did not bring sufficient heavy firepower in order to facilitate the march, as the heavy firepower of the infantry squadron, that is, mortars and heavy machine guns.

The heavy machine gun weighs hundreds of pounds, which is obviously not suitable for running around at night, and the mortars are too, not to mention at night, they can't be hit accurately, so most of the light machine guns brought by the Sato squadron are crooked swing light machine guns as support firepower.

And it is simply impossible for such a crooked light machine gun to run rampant and domineering in the infantry battalion or even the infantry regiment of the Chinese army.

The heavy machine guns of the machine gun company of the 3rd Battalion and the machine gun company of the regiment also began to move forward towards the main force of the Japanese army around Liucun, and the infantry platoon of the 8th Company also came out of the stronghold to encircle the rear of the Japanese army.

As soon as the squad machine gun of the eighth infantry platoon sounded behind Sato's squadron, Sato discovered the true intentions of the Chinese army, and a cold sweat broke out on his body.

It turned out that the Chinese army wanted to surround his squadron and fight, no wonder he was cowering in the stronghold before and couldn't come out, but this was also his own fault, he was too radical.

It is impossible to fight like this in normal combat, and fighting without a rear is very dangerous in itself, and with the fact that it is deep into the opponent's position, this is a place of four battles.

That's why he is so adventurous, but now it's hard to ride a tiger, and it's difficult to go back, but it's even more difficult to move forward.

Now that Sato has tasted the danger of taking the plunge, he has to think about the direction of his next step, and finally, after weighing it, the radical Sato has to bow to reality - and then retreat.

Sato's choice is very correct, if he withdraws now, he must pass through the blockade line composed of eight companies, compared to the defense line composed of the three battalions and the 152nd regiment machine gun company on the Liucun side, the blockade line of the eight companies is obviously much weaker.

After all, it was only the firepower of an infantry company, at most it was only a light machine gun and a grenadier canister, as well as two mortars from the artillery platoon, but since not all mortarsmen were as powerful as bamboo poles, these two light mortars were not used at night.

Now after the Sato squadron retreated and stormed the newly formed blockade line of the Eighth Company, the Eighth Company immediately felt strong pressure, and what was even more uncomfortable was that the reinforcements sent by the Japanese 102nd Brigade Sakamoto were now also attacking the frontal position of the Eighth Company.

Sakamoto is also fighting now, and the third infantry squadron sent out, leaving only the first infantry squadron and the 102nd brigade headquarters to deal with the night attack of the third battalion and nine companies.

However, judging from the firepower of the nine night attacks, it is obvious that there are only a few dozen people who are attacking and harassing, and they do not pose much threat to the Japanese position.

It's just that the Japanese army focused on defense and did not increase their efforts to pursue the Ninth Company, so that the Ninth Company could withdraw relatively safely after no result.

Now the Japanese forces are focused on Wugongling, and nearly two infantry squadrons are fiercely attacking the position of the Eighth Company, which is now under attack from the enemy on its back, and its position is precarious.

In addition, the position of the Eighth Company was very awkward, and it was at the very edge of the left flank, and the Seventh Company did not dare to divide its troops to rescue the Eighth Company because it wanted to defend the position of Headless Ridge.

The Ninth Company was far away in Shaguling, with a Seventh Company in between, and two platoons of men attacking and harassing the headquarters of the Japanese Brigade at night, so there was no reinforcement left.

Now that the problem has been thrown to the three battalions, the three dogs can only hit the immediate one first in the face of such an urgent and responsible scene, which is the Sato squadron.

At the same time, the 8th Company was required to retreat to Wugongling, defend all strongholds, and the battalion machine gun company and guard platoon, plus the heavy machine gun platoon supported by the regiment, intensify the pursuit of the retreating Sato squadron.

It is said that the pursuit is intensified, but the heavy machine gun platoon is not a mobile infantry platoon, and there is no problem in holding a few positions, but the requirement is to pursue the enemy army, it is difficult to do so, unless they are asked to give up the heavy machine gun.

However, the mule and horse team of the Seventh Company joined in at this time, loaded crane guns, and rushed to the position of the Eighth Company, and from the junction of the Seventh Company and the Eighth Company, entered the Wugongling of the Eighth Company to reinforce the Eighth Company.

At this time, the Eighth Company was already overstretched, and the Eighth Company Commander could only continue to shrink his forces and withdraw most of the people to Wugongling.

At the same time, various observers were sent to hide around the core position of Wugongling, and as long as there were devils there, they would send out a secret signal, and the mobile platoon on the top of the mountain would reinforce that position.

At this time, as soon as the heavy machine guns of the machine gun platoon were transported, the doglegs were ecstatic, and immediately organized men and horses to build a core guard position with heavy machine gun fire as the support point.

After this action, the Eighth Company finally held the core position of Wugongling, and even divided its firepower to block the retreat route of Sato's squadron.

The Sato squadron stole chickens and rice, and wandered around the area all night, and was forced to retreat due to the current situation, but when they saw the third squadron coming to reinforce, they had to stay and attack Wugongling together.

But the 102nd Brigade Sakamoto disagreed, and the two squadrons couldn't attack the Wugongling position at once, and if they continued to consume like this, they would soon be surrounded by the Chinese army by gathering superior forces.

So Sakamoto gave the order for a general retreat, and the armies on both sides didn't want to continue to be busy here, and they had no intention of fighting, and as soon as they saw the retreat, they all forgot it.

The two platoons of the Ninth Company disturbed for half a night, but they did not have any effect, that is, the Japanese army was the main defender, otherwise, it would be easy to be bitten back by others and could not get out.

And the guard platoon and machine gun platoon on Liu Village's side are not regular troops that are good at pursuing the enemy, and Sangou is also afraid that these troops will be hit by the return rifle of Sato's squadron, so they slowly retreated.

On this night, there was thunder and rain on both sides, and the planning was very thoughtful, but in practice, it was very unsatisfactory, which was normal, and everything did not go smoothly in war and life.

But if you really want to calculate it more seriously, the Japanese army still lost, and the Japanese 102nd Brigade used nearly two-thirds of its troops, but it only reached Liu Village, the hinterland of the third battalion, and withdrew in less than a day.

In front of the well-prepared Chinese army, the Japanese army suffered from the wounds of their lives, did not gain at all, and retreated in disgrace, losing at least half a squad of men and horses in the middle.

The night attack of the Ninth Company on the side of the 3rd Battalion did not have the arduous task of the two Japanese squadrons to conquer the opponent's position, but only harassed and contained, and most of the people were able to get out, with only a few casualties.

In terms of mission completion and casualty ratio, the Japanese army was obviously slightly inferior, but the third battalion only did what it should have done and held its position.

After the first battle, the 102nd Brigade of the Japanese Army seems to have lost confidence in this front, and it can't be defeated no matter how it fights, so it is really better to cross the Jinjiang River directly at Gray Port and join the 34th Division on the middle road.

But the fate of the 20th Brigade was good for the Japanese army to be mixed independently, although their combat effectiveness was very average.

This time, the 51st Division received another order from the Luo headquarters, and the entire position retreated in an orderly manner, withdrawing to the line of Xiangcheng and New Territories Port, and the first line was on the line from Lazhuling to Jigongling and Louling.

The second line withdrew to the line of Daling Mountain, Liyudong, and Changshiling, and the third line and division withdrew to the line from Huayang to Xiangcheng, and the enemy was not allowed to reach the New Territories Port.