After Ge Haifeng, the commander of the security division, received the telegram sent by Sun Weiguo, he immediately began to transfer the second security regiment and the third security regiment, and with the support of the division's mountain artillery battalion, two infantry regiments, one mountain artillery battalion, and more than 6,000 troops began to attack Fengtang Town.

Fengtang Town is the junction of the 16th Division and the 57th Division of the Japanese Army, where an infantry brigade of the Ninth Wing of the 16th Division is stationed, after this infantry brigade was attacked by two infantry regiments, they obviously began to gradually lose their support, they quickly began to ask for help from the division headquarters, and the commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Moriokaji, immediately ordered the main force of the Ninth Wing to reinforce the past, and at the same time he began to contact the Ninth Brigade of Heavy Artillery, hoping that the Ninth Brigade could give artillery support.

THE UNITS OF THE 9TH BRIGADE OF HEAVY ARTILLERY IMMEDIATELY THREW IN AN ARTILLERY WING, AND THIRTY-SIX 105MM FIELD CANNONS BEGAN TO FIRE, AND GRENADES BEGAN TO BE FIRED AT THE TROOPS OF THE SECURITY REGIMENT TO SUPPORT THE TROOPS OF THE 16TH DIVISION.

Soon after the Japanese heavy artillery units began to enter the war, bombers began to arrive on the battlefield, and the Japanese air force also began to dispatch six bombers to support the operation.

The troops of the Security Division began to engage in a fierce battle with the 9th Wing in Fengtang Town, and at the same time, the troops of the 3rd Honorary Division, the 4th Honorary Division, and the 1st Howitzer Regiment began to attack the flank of Lingshan County, and the 20th Wing of the Japanese Army stationed on the position was attacked by more than 20,000 troops.

The Honorary Third Division and the Honorary Fourth Division are relatively elite troops, the two divisions are very strong in combat effectiveness, well-armed and equipped, and they now have the first howitzer regiment to support, with the start of the operation, the honorary fourth regiment as the main attack brought a lot of pressure to the Japanese 20th Wing, but the Japanese 16th Wing field artillery wing quickly put into the operation, which eased the attack of the Honorary Fourth Regiment.

The two sides fought fiercely until more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and the Japanese 16th Division was attacked by the Honorary Third Division, the Honorary Fourth Division, the main force of the Security Division and the First Howitzer Regiment, and they were under great pressure, and by half past four, the casualties of the 16th Division exceeded 1,000 people, which made Morioka have a heavy expression on his face, and he had to contact the commander of the 22nd Army, Hashimoto Group, again to ask for tactical guidance.

Qinzhou, in the headquarters of the 22nd Army, the Hashimoto group has received a telegram from the troops of the 16th Division, but now it is not difficult for the Hashimoto group to make a judgment quickly, but how to repel the attack of Sun Weiguo's troops this time made the Hashimoto group begin to be embarrassed.

He wanted to transfer the troops of the Guards Division, but he was worried that once the Guards Division left Qinzhou, there would be no troops in Qinzhou, and if the headquarters of the 22nd Army was defeated by Sun Weiguo's troops, the consequences would be unimaginable, so now the Hashimoto Group was very embarrassed, and he didn't know what to do at all.

"Your Excellency Commander, the commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Moriokaji, sent an urgent telegram again, they were attacked by the main force of the Chinese troops, at least more than 20,000 Chinese troops are currently attacking the troops of the 16th Division, although the troops of the 16th Division are holding their positions, but their casualties are very large, Morioka Ji requests tactical guidance."

When the Hashimoto group was extremely embarrassed, the chief of staff, Wakamatsu, came to him with a telegram at the beginning, and he handed the telegram to the Hashimoto group and reported directly.

Hearing that the main force of the Chinese army began to attack the troops of the 16th Division, Hashimoto Group had a solemn expression on his face.

In order to form the 16th Division, the base camp was very attentive, and they transferred many front-line officers, and also incorporated most of the wounded officers and soldiers into the 16th Division, and the Japanese base camp hoped that the new 16th Division could play a role.

But now that the troops of the 16th Division have just come into contact with the Chinese troops, their search wing has been hit hard, and the entire 16th Division may be severely damaged at any time, which makes Hashimoto not worry, he looked at the map, his brows furrowed tightly, and his eyes were full of sorrow.

"The 1st Brigade of Independent Tanks and the 2nd Brigade of Independent Tanks were assigned to the Guards Division, and the commander of the Guards Division, Shojiro Iida, was given unified command of these troops, and the troops of the Guards Division immediately attacked to assist the troops of the 16th Division, and at the same time ordered the troops of the 57th Division in Hengxian to also start attacking to attack the troops of China."

After staring at the map for a while, Hashimoto's group began to give orders, and he was to withdraw all the troops in his hands.

He planned to use the troops of the 16th Division to hold on to Lingshan County and attract Chinese troops, and then the Guards Division, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade, and the 57th Division would flank the Chinese troops from both sides.

Dealing with Sun Weiguo's troops, Hashimoto Group was very cautious, and when he was not completely sure, he did not dare to act rashly, but now that he was going to take action, then Hashimoto Group would dispatch all troops to form an absolute superiority in strength to fight against Sun Weiguo's troops.

"Contact the Ninth Brigade of Heavy Artillery, the First Air Force, and order the artillery and aviation units to fully support the operation in Lingshan County, and this time we must defeat the Zhina troops."

The Hashimoto group issued an order again, and in response to the attack of Sun Weiguo's troops, the Hashimoto group transferred all the main forces of his 22nd Army.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Wakamatsu Zhiichi immediately saluted and said.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of 17 December, the troops of the 57th Division of the Japanese Army began to attack, and they concentrated the 52nd Wing, 117th Wing, 132nd Wing, Search Wing, and Mountain Artillery Wing, and more than 10,000 troops of the 57th Division began to attack the security division from the flank, which made the security division troops of the 9th Wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army have no choice but to give up the attack and begin to enter a defensive state.

At 5:30 p.m., hundreds of tank units of the 1st Independent Tank Brigade and the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade of the Japanese Army, with the cooperation of the 1st Guards Brigade of the Guards Division, rushed towards Lingshan County, and the devil soldiers pounced directly on the troops of the Honor 3rd Division and the Honor 4th Division.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle in Wenli Town, and the troops of the New 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment of the 4th Division were forced to abandon Wenli Town after a fierce battle with the Japanese army for more than an hour.

As the Japanese army threw all the main forces of the 22nd Army into the front-line positions in Lingshan County, the attacking divisions were forced to abandon their operations, and they began to enter a defensive state.

Under the cover of aviation and heavy artillery, the 9th Wing, 20th Wing, 33rd Wing, 57th Division, 52nd Wing, 117th Wing, 132nd Wing, 1st Wing, 2nd Wing, 3rd Wing, 4th Wing of the Guards Division, a total of ten infantry wings, led by two independent tank brigades, began to launch a counteroffensive against the troops of the Honor 3rd Division, the Honor 4th Division, and the Security Division.