The 69th Wing of the Japanese Army captured Fugu County after evacuating Liulin County, while the 11th Wing of the Japanese Army in Baode County captured Qilan County and Wuzhai County.

At this point, seven county towns in the northwest of Shanxi Province, including Ningwu County, Shenchi County, and Wuzhai County, fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and at this time, the main force of the 120th Division began to return to Lan County and the areas west of Lan County and Loufan County.

The troops of the 1st Pre-Regiment are still stationed in Loufan County, and they are protecting the flank of the 120th Division.

According to the plan of the commander of the 120th Division, the two brigades of the 120th Division fought alone to break through the Japanese army's first line troops.

However, the safe evacuation of the 69th Wing obviously shows that although the troops of the Eighth Route Army have an advantage in numbers, it is still somewhat difficult to annihilate the Japanese army all the way.

On March 6, 1938, Chairman Mao of Yan'an sent a telegram to the 120th Division, in response to the deployment of the Japanese army, Chairman Mao asked the two brigades of the 120th Division to fight alone and not to break the Japanese troops on the first road, so they could concentrate the troops of the two brigades to break the Japanese troops on the first line.

At the same time, the 714th Regiment of the 358th Brigade and the 718th Main Force and the 719th Regiment of the 359th Brigade went deep into the enemy to fight and cooperate with the main force.

The 120th Reserve Regiment directly under the Division was deployed in the area from Loufan County to Lan County to protect the flank and rear of the main force.

At the same time as Division Commander He began to deploy, the Japanese troops stationed in Gujiao County began to move, and the main force of the 119th Wing of the Japanese Army began to march towards Loufan County.

At one o'clock in the afternoon of the 6th, the first infantry squadron of the 119th Wing, with the cooperation of 12 tanks, captured the guard position of the first battalion.

With the capture of the guard position of the first battalion by the Japanese army, the battle between the 1st Reserve Regiment and the 119th Wing of the Japanese Army officially kicked off.

At half past one, the Japanese army dispatched five planes and began to bomb Loufan County, and after the bombardment was over, the Japanese artillery units began to take position.

Four infantry guns, four anti-tank guns began to shell the positions of the first battalion, and the Japanese artillery shelled for half an hour, and the Japanese tank units began to sortie.

Two Type 89 tanks, ten Type 95 tanks divided into four groups and advanced in a triangular formation.

Behind the tanks were two squadrons of Japanese infantry.

In addition to the frontal attack, on the left side of the county seat of Loufan County, the Japanese army concentrated an infantry brigade with the cooperation of 24 armored vehicles and began to attack the north gate of the county seat, and the first round of the Japanese attack put into a tank squadron, two armored car squadrons, an infantry brigade and two infantry squadrons.

The garrison of the North City Gate was Fu Tao's second battalion, and it was here at the North City Gate that took the lead in the battle.

The Japanese relied on the light and heavy machine guns of armored vehicles to strafe the defenders of the city wall, while the devil soldiers quickly attacked the north city gate.

Loufan County is smaller than Yangquan and other county seats, and when the Japanese planes bombed, the north city gate had been blown up, and there were many gaps in the city wall.

Under the cover of armored vehicles, the devil soldiers began to quickly surging towards the gap, and they wanted to enter the county through the gap.

Fu Tao commanded the 5th Company, the 6th Company, and the 8th Company to hold their positions, two infantry companies, and a machine gun company, constantly firing at the Japanese troops.

Gunfire began to ring, battles were fought on both sides, bullets and shells were constantly fired.

The sound of explosions, screams of pain mixed together, the smell of blood and gunsmoke softened together.

"Wing Commander, it must be Sun Weiguo's first reserve regiment stationed in Loufan County, Sun Weiguo is very cunning, but we will definitely be able to annihilate them all in Loufan County this time."

The first captain of the Japanese army stood beside Ishida Kanzo, holding a telescope to check the battle situation in front of him, and a confident smile appeared on his face.

"Mixi, this time we must not let them flee again, order your troops, quickly speed up the attack, and attack Lou Fan County before dark."

With an excited expression on his face, Ishida Kinzo gave the order again.

The Japanese units received an order from Ishida Kanzo to speed up the pace of the two infantry squadrons that were hiding behind the tank units.

But when they came to a place two hundred meters away from the position of the first battalion and looked at the four-meter-long anti-tank trench in front of them, the devil soldiers couldn't help but widen their eyes.

The twelve tank units began to move in a roundabout way to the sides, but as soon as a Type 89 tank with a head moved, it moved into a trap on the side.

When two Type 95 tanks fell into the trap again, the Japanese tanks stopped moving temporarily.

"Hit!" Yin Jin saw that the devil soldiers were standing in front of the anti-tank trenches and hesitated, and he quickly gave the order.

A volley of guns rang out, and light machine guns began to fire, and the bullets rained down on the Japanese soldiers.

The devil soldiers paid more than 40 people killed, they retreated one after another, and the tanks began to use tank guns to fire shells to cover the retreat of the infantry.

When Ishida Kanzo learned that there were anti-tank trenches ahead, he immediately ordered his troops to look for ladders.

In the county seat, in the pre-regimental headquarters, Sun Weiguo stood in front of the map, he looked towards the map, and his face showed a contemplative expression.

"If we abandon Loufan County, will the Japanese troops divide their forces to pursue us?" Sun Weiguo turned his head and looked at Shen Wei and the others, and he said softly.

Hearing that Sun Weiguo actually said the words of giving up Lou Fu County, Shen Wei and the others couldn't help but widen their eyes.

You must know that the task given by Division Commander He to the reserve first regiment is to hold Loufan County and Lan County to prevent the Japanese army from appearing behind the flank of the main force.

If Sun Weiguo gave up Loufan County, Division Commander He would definitely engage in military law.

"Regiment commander, Lan County is our last line of defense, if we give up Lou Fu County too early, I'm afraid we may not be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese army, the sky is about to get dark, we can give the Japanese troops a surprise attack at night."

Zhao Lerong looked at Sun Weiguo, and he said with a solemn expression.

He knew Sun Weiguo's plans, Sun Weiguo wanted to reduce the casualties of the troops, but giving up Loufu County, no matter what Sun Weiguo wanted to do, was too risky.

"Regiment commander, the commander of the 120th Division He has called, the troops of the 359th Brigade will besiege Lan County, and the commander of the He Division requires our regiment to hold Loufan County and Lan County no matter what, and protect the safety of the 359th Brigade's flanks and rear, if Loufan County and Lan County are lost, the commander and political commissar of the first regiment of the reserve regiment will be engaged in military law."

At this time, Luo Hongyi, the platoon commander of the communications platoon, came to Sun Weiguo, he looked at Sun Weiguo, and reported softly.

Sun Weiguo took the telegram and looked at it, his face showed a somewhat helpless expression, and his eyes continued to look at the map.

The fierce battle outside is still continuing, but Sun Weiguo and others in the regiment headquarters have different plans.

Lou Fan County, the north city gate, a gap in the city wall.

An infantry platoon stationed here had already paid two squads of casualties, and there were more than seventy Japanese corpses in front of them.

But the Japanese continued to throw troops here, an infantry gun was also drawn, and an infantry squadron of Japanese troops was regrouped.

It is clear that the Japanese intended to break through from here.