After blocking the city gate, the troops of the 23rd Regiment entered the county one after another, Chen Chunyi let the disabled battalion enter the city, the second battalion was guarded at the head of the city, the third battalion was mobile outside the city, and Zhang Wei's people were responsible for guarding the city gate.

In the city gate hole, except for He Kun and Hao Zhong, who were on guard, the remaining two platoons were resting in the city gate hole. Zhang Wei was on the city tower, talking with Chen Chunyi, and the three battalion commanders had just left to lead their respective troops to garrison.

Zhang Wei got close, so he went up to the city tower to discuss combat matters with Chen Chunyi.

"The current battle situation is unclear, the official bridge behind our butt has been lost, Lincheng, it is estimated that it will be a matter of the past two days, the whole division has shrunk, and this is what I am afraid of." Chen Chunyi told Zhang Wei about the current battle situation. Zhang Wei was really shocked, in just two days, the situation had deteriorated to such a point, and the Japanese army was advancing so fast.

"Get ready, the division commander let my 23rd regiment come in to take care of it, other troops are outside the city, and it is even more difficult to fight in the field."

"Head Chen, as long as the brothers are together, there will be no big problems." Zhang Wei said.

"I hope so."

Zhang Wei rested on the city wall for a night, and the officers and soldiers of the independent company in the city gate cave were on duty in shifts to rest and recuperate, and gathered in the city gate cave to rest and settle, supplies and hot water were sent by people from the 23rd regiment headquarters, Chen Chunyi had given an order, and he must be polite to friendly troops.

Just when the 4th Division was resting in Yixian, the 295th Brigade of the 89th Division in Lincheng suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese attacked all night, tracer bullets and firelight turned the night into daytime, and Brigade Commander Lai Ruxiong sent a telegram to both the army commander and the division commander.

In the end, Wang Zhonglian, the commander of the 85th Army, had to give the order to abandon Lincheng and the key points of Jinpu Road, and it was lost. The Japanese also knew the movements of the 4th Division, and the 63rd Wing had been almost fully engaged in dealing with the 89th Division, leaving only a small number of diversion troops to confront the 4th Division in the mountains, and was heavily damaged by the 4th Division.

Now, it's time to deal with the 4th Division, not to mention, the two county towns of Yixian and Hanzhuang are equally important, and while it was dark at night, the two brigades of the 63rd Wing rushed directly to Yixian.

Early in the morning, Zhang Wei just woke up, went down to the city gate to inspect, the troops carried out the order well, and when Zhang Wei went up to the city tower again, Chen Chunyi was already looking at the map, everything was going on calmly, looking into the distance, outside the city, there were not only the third battalion of the 23rd regiment, but also other troops of the 4th division stationed everywhere on guard.

Suddenly, there was chaos in the distance, followed by a burst of gunshots, and the devil touched it! Before Zhang Wei could react, a few mountain shells hit the city, and when he woke up from the dizziness, he saw blood and stumps all over the ground, Chen Chunyi fell to the ground, his body was covered with blood, Zhang Wei crawled over, and the soldiers who were not killed also went over to help.

Walking closer, Zhang Wei found that Chen Chunyi was still alive, half of the blood on his body was the guards around him, Zhang Wei and a few soldiers bandaged him simply, Chen Chunyi took the still alive people down the city to command near the city gate, Chen Chunyi's fate changed slightly because of Zhang Wei's arrival, in the plane of the previous life, Chen Chunyi was killed on the spot.

Zhang Wei rushed to the city gate, gathered the officers and soldiers of the independent company, now what he wants is to observe the situation, after the shelling, the Japanese infantry did not rush over, but fought with other troops of the 4th Division farther away, but Zhang Wei has clearly felt the decline of the national army, it was attacked in the early morning, it was extremely chaotic, and now it will only be more difficult to fight with the Japanese army, and the third battalion not far from the city has been dispersed, and began to maneuver and defend on the spot.

"Company commander, what shall we do?" Qiu Wei asked

"Don't move, prepare to defend."

Zhang Wei can't act rashly, the city gate is very important, if he moves, once an accident happens, the consequences are unimaginable.

Turning to the outside of the city, the troops on the periphery of Yi County were part of the 12th Regiment and the 10th Brigade of the 24th Brigade, after the Japanese raid, the soldiers hurriedly resisted, and the Japanese army that attacked them had two brigades, and the battle line collapsed for a time, but fortunately, the soldiers resisted desperately, and finally stabilized the battle line, and at the same time bought time for the 23rd Regiment in Yi County.

The battle lasted from early morning to noon, and the two brigades, with the cooperation of reinforced artillery, attacked fiercely, and finally the 24th Regiment finally retreated due to heavy casualties.

Yi County, during this period, was isolated, and the Japanese left a brigade and part of the artillery to attack Yi County, while the remaining brigade and reinforced artillery pursued the 4th Division near Hanzhuang.

Zhang Wei and Chen Chunyi witnessed all this, the current situation, retreat is impossible, can only hold on, Chen Chunyi made a battle plan in the city gate cave on the spot, several battalion commanders are not all around, so it is recorded by the signal corps, and then conveyed.

"Order, the 1st Battalion and the troops directly under the regiment, with the exception of the mortar company, act as the reserve of the regiment and stand by in the city."

"The second battalion has one infantry company scattered on the city walls to disperse the resistance, and the rest of the men are prepared for street fighting, demolition of empty houses on the spot, construction of fortifications, and preparation of the city gates." During the war years, many ordinary people and residents in Yixian County fled, leaving behind a large number of empty houses.

"The 3rd Battalion is to resist on the outskirts of the city, and if necessary, to retreat inside the city."

"Friendly Zhang Wei, for the time being, is responsible for guarding the city gate, and the troops of my second battalion will come to help at any time, enter the battle, and assist in reaping the retreating third battalion."

The signal soldier ran away with the order, and Zhang Wei put forward his own opinion: "Sir, we have to desperately suffer the periphery, and the other is to prepare for street fighting, as long as the city gate resists a little, it's not that I, Zhang Wei, am afraid of losses, but that such a big place as the city gate can't be defended at all!" ”

Chen Chunyi knew that Zhang Wei was not preserving his strength, so he nodded: "Then retreat to the city after a fight and prepare for street fighting." ”

The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion and the General Reserve dismantled the houses and the rammed earth on the ground to make various fortifications and defensive equipment. Sandbags and deer shelters were constantly sent to the vicinity of the city gate where Zhang Wei was stationed, and Zhang Wei arranged three fortifications, each with a distance of 20 meters, and the deer barricades and shelters were put aside, and these things would be released only when the troops withdrew.

Zhang Wei also ordered He Kun to make a large number of cluster grenades, which must be used when defending, the first line of defense is garrisoned by two squads, the second line has a platoon, and the third line is Hao Zhong's platoon led by Zhang Wei himself, and the rest are temporarily hidden in the city, otherwise the troops will not be able to spread.

The 2nd Battalion and the Reserve Brigade in the city were also making urgent preparations for street fighting, the walls of the houses were broken down, sandbag fortifications and temporary fire points were set up in the streets, and small forts were built out of dismantled earth, stone and wood.

High-rise buildings were garrisoned by troops, and the mortar company was sent by Chen Chunyi to the vicinity of the city gate, and he hoped that these guns could fire around the city gate for a while, and try to support the three battalions on the periphery.