Chinese troops appeared in Pubei County, and the commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General and Division Moriokaji, knew without thinking about it that this must be Sun Weiguo's troops.

And Morioka Ji, who knows Pubei County very well, knows better that after the loss of Pubei County, there was a defensive hole on the flank of the Japanese 16th Division in Lingshan County, and Sun Weiguo's troops could attack from the flank of their own troops, or they could detour from the flank and directly attack the army headquarters in Qinzhou.

"Immediately contact the search wing, let them immediately assemble in Wenli Town, the flank of Lingshan County, pay close attention to the situation of the Zhina troops, and report to the division headquarters immediately if they find that the Zhina troops have plans to pass through Wenli Town." After Morioka Ji got the news, he had a serious expression on his face and immediately gave an order.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander." Chief of Staff Osa immediately began to salute, and he quickly went to carry out the battle order of Moriokaji.

As the troops of the Honorable Fourth Regiment began to capture Pubei County, the troops of the Honorable Third Division, the Honorable Fourth Division, and the First Howitzer Regiment quickly began to assemble in Pubei County, while the troops of the Security Division continued to launch a diversionary attack on Hengxian and Lingshan County, and the troops of the First Ranger Brigade were preparing to begin to pass through Pubei County and directly enter behind enemy lines to fight.

At 11 o'clock at noon on December 17, 1939, the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade passed through Pubei County and began to advance to the depth of the Japanese army.

By half past twelve, the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade and the Japanese 16th Division Search Wing were engaged in Wenli Town, but at present the 1st Ranger Brigade had three cavalry battalions, three mechanized infantry battalions, one cavalry artillery battalion, one machine gun battalion, one armored battalion, and one armored artillery battalion, a total of ten battalions of troops.

On the other hand, the Japanese search wing only had one cavalry squadron and two mechanized infantry squadrons under its jurisdiction, and the 1st Ranger Brigade had a great advantage in comparison.

After the two sides started a fierce battle in Pubei County, the Japanese search wing could not parry, and they were ready to abandon Pubei County, but Huang Yongsheng, the commander of the 1st Ranger Brigade, seized the fighter in time, and he concentrated all the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade and began to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese search wing.

THREE CAVALRY BATTALIONS BLOCKED THE RETREAT OF THE JAPANESE ARMY, A MOUNTED ARTILLERY BATTALION WITH 10 75MM HOWITZERS, AN ARMORED ARTILLERY BATTALION WITH 105MM HOWITZERS CONTINUED TO SHELL THE JAPANESE ARMY, AND THE ARMORED BATTALION'S 30 TANK NO. 4 LED THREE ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALIONS TO ATTACK, AND IN A SHORT TIME, MORE THAN 100 JAPANESE CAVALRY SQUADRONS WERE COMPLETELY ANNIHILATED.

After the Japanese cavalry squadron was completely annihilated, the 1st Ranger Brigade began to attack the two Japanese mechanized infantry battalions.

The two sides fought fiercely until 1:50 p.m., and as Japanese bombers began to appear, the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade began to withdraw from the battle.

However, less than 100 people from the search wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese army survived, and these devil soldiers were all auxiliary troops, and the captain of the search wing of the Japanese army was also killed.

After settling the Japanese search wing at Moonli, the 1st Ranger Brigade began to advance through Moonli towards Nachen and Baekje, where they would be fighting behind enemy lines.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the regimental headquarters of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army.

Morioka was worried that whatever would come, and when he heard that the search wing had been hit hard, his face turned gloomy.

"Your Excellency the division commander, this Chinese army is lone and deep, as long as we send troops to counterattack now, we will definitely be able to capture and encircle them."

"Now that they have only passed through the town of Wenli, I suggest that our troops be dispatched, and it will certainly not be a problem to completely annihilate them."

"This branch of the army dares to enter behind us alone, as long as we concentrate our forces, we will naturally be able to eat them, Your Excellency the division commander, quickly give a combat order, the search wing has been hit hard, we must give an explanation to the headquarters."

When the staff officers of the 16th Division heard that part of the Chinese troops had begun to move behind them, they immediately made a suggestion.

These staff officers hoped that Morioka would immediately dispatch the troops of the 16th Division to pursue and annihilate the Chinese troops.

But Morioka didn't have such thoughts at all now, he stared at the map, and he realized that he had made a mistake.

This mistake was that he should not have deployed the search wing alone in Wenli Town, which was completely to give the Chinese troops a chance to completely annihilate the search wing.

At present, all the troops of the 16th Division are deployed in Lingshan County as the center, and the search wing is deployed in Wenli Town, so naturally it will not be rescued by the main force of the division.

After summing up this problem, now Morioka Ji does not dare to disperse the troops, and he feels that if the troops are dispersed and dispatched, there will definitely be problems again.

After thinking about it carefully, Morioka Ji directly began to send a telegram to the headquarters of the 22nd Army in Qinzhou, and he reported the situation here to the commander of the 22nd Army, Hashimoto Group.

How to deal with this force, which was detouring from the flanks, Morioka Ji handed over this difficult problem to the commander of the 22nd Army, Lieutenant General Hashimoto Group.

Yulin, inside the front-line command post.

Sun Weiguo had already received a telegram from Huang Yongsheng of the 1st Ranger Brigade, and he knew that Huang Yongsheng led the 1st Ranger Brigade to annihilate a cavalry squadron and two mechanized infantry squadrons of the Japanese army in Wenli Town, but as the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade began to move deep behind enemy lines, Sun Weiguo also began to become worried.

Looking at the map, the Japanese army had assembled two divisions in Lingshan County and Hengxian County, but Sun Weiguo knew that behind these two divisions, there must be other Japanese troops, so when he called back to the First Ranger Brigade, Sun Weiguo warned them to advance carefully.

"After Wenli Town, you will be able to reach Qinzhou, the location here is very important, and the Japanese army will definitely deploy heavy troops here. It would be dangerous to let the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade temporarily disperse their operations, if they gather together to act, they will inevitably be attacked by the Japanese. ”

Sun Weiguo looked at the map, and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." The staff officer on the side immediately saluted and said.

"Commander-in-Chief, now that the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade have begun to penetrate deep behind enemy lines, are we starting to take action?"

Luo Hongyi, who had just served as a senior counselor, came to Sun Weiguo, he looked at Sun Weiguo, and said with a solemn expression on his face.

Sun Weiguo looked at the map, he pointed to Fengtang Town, which was located in Hengxian County and Lingshan County, and immediately issued an order: "Send a telegram to Ge Haifeng, let him concentrate the main force of the Security Division to fight Fengtang Town, and at the same time contact the Honorary Third Division, the Honorary Fourth Division, and the First Howitzer Regiment, and let them immediately attack the Japanese troops on the flank of Lingshan County." ”

Luo Hongyi quickly agreed, the radio station began to get busy, and messages began to be sent to the front-line headquarters.

The units that received the order began to operate, and the first to do so was the Security Division troops.