The sound of gunfire was an order, and the commander of the first battalion, Jiang Dingwen, immediately ordered the first company to seize the small high ground behind the flank, and personally led the third company forward to reinforce the second company. After the second battalion on the right flank heard the gunshots, the deputy battalion commander Yang Bicheng immediately led the sixth company to immediately seize the high ground in the left front (for the convenience of the reader's understanding, I will replace it with letters and call it C high ground), and the battalion commander Chen Jiji ordered the fourth company to seize the high ground in the right front (called E high ground). He led five companies and machine guns to establish positions in the rear in the middle of the two companies.

After the first battalion had been attacked by the enemy in front of it, it quickly reorganized, and then about seven or eight hundred men rushed towards the second and third companies; Jiang Dingwen commanded the troops to desperately release their guns but failed to suppress the Lin army, and the second and third companies suffered more than a dozen casualties in an instant, at this time the enemy suddenly split into a detour to the left flank of the first battalion, Jiang Dingwen noticed that the enemy had made a mistake, he led the second and third companies to launch a counter-charge to the frontal enemy, and repelled the attack of the frontal enemy with fierce platoon guns and grenades.

Almost at the same time as the gunshots rang out, He Yingqin received a report from Jiang Dingwen, and he immediately responded by ordering the artillery company to establish a position on the high ground on the right rear side of Zengtang Village (known as Heights D), and the regimental headquarters was located in Zengtang Village; The left flank of the cadet company (i.e., the enlisted cadets, which had advanced about three kilometers northeast of Zengtang Village) was ordered to immediately move closer to Zengtang Village.

Chiang Kai-shek set up his headquarters on Heights D with the artillery company, where Chiang Kai-shek could observe most of the battlefield.

After He Yingqin issued the order, he immediately received a report that the second battalion was attacked by the enemy, and he calculated it and felt that it was wrong, the number of the enemy did not seem to be three or four thousand, and the enemy in front of the first-line troops already had fifteen or six hundred people, and the enemy invested nearly half of his strength in the first attack? He Yingqin's scalp was a little numb when he thought of this, and he immediately sent someone to report the situation to Chiang Kai-shek, and said his judgment -- the intelligence was wrong, and the enemy was far more than three or four thousand. However, no matter how many enemies there are, now that the mass is intertwined with the enemy, it is impossible to retreat. He Ying calmed down and rushed to the entrance of the village to observe the enemy's situation.

The high ground occupied by the first company well covered the flank of the second and third companies, the enemy's detour was stopped, and the enemy in front retreated.

At this moment, the pressure on the second battalion was relatively small, and He Yingqin immediately ordered the second battalion to attack the enemy, break the enemy in front of him, and then attack Heshun.

Jiang Xianyun led the fourth company to rush down the E heights, quickly captured the small hill in front of the high ground, and then was attacked by four or five hundred enemies, the sixth company was also attacked by the superior enemy in the process of advancing forward, the second battalion commander Chen Jiji arrived, and immediately ordered the five companies and three platoons to cover the machine guns to rush to the E heights, and the rest of the troops reinforced to the sixth company, and the counteroffensive of the second battalion was suppressed.

After Chiang Kai-shek received He Yingqin's report, he was shocked and angry, but at this moment he had no way to retreat, and could only hope for the bravery of the troops. Chiang Kai-shek ordered the reaffirmation of the law of joint sitting of revolutionary soldiers, and those who made meritorious service were rewarded and those who retreated were killed. He then went out of the headquarters to observe the enemy situation on the high ground, and found that there were about seven or eight hundred enemies on the right side of the opposite high ground who were preparing to attack the positions of the three battalions and seven companies, and he immediately ordered the artillery to fire at this group of enemies.

The 2nd Battalion was blocked by the superior enemy and was bogged down in a bitter battle, while the 1st Battalion was already in danger.

Soon after the frontal enemy was repulsed, he organized about a regiment to attack the first battalion, and after paying a large number of casualties, the first battalion and the second and third companies were separated, and the second and third companies were surrounded, and the two sides entered a fierce white-knuckle fight. The first battalion asked for help, and He Yingqin found Liu Zhi, the commander of the third battalion, and ordered him to lead the last reserve of the third battalion and seven companies to reinforce the first battalion. It has not been more than two hours since the start of the battle, and the reserves are gone.

Guan Linzheng was covered in blood like a violent tiger rushing left and right on the defensive line, he had stabbed four enemies to death in a row, and he led the whole platoon to fight to the death on the defensive line; The waves of the enemy are shattered as if they had encountered a solid rock. In the position, Jiang Dingwen also personally raised his rifle to fight the enemy hand-to-hand, but the enemy still poured in from the gap on the right.

Liu Zhi's reinforcements came in time, and he did not immediately enter the battle group, but first shot at the follow-up enemy on the periphery to cut off the enemy's backup, and then led two platoons to fight into the battle group.

Lin Hu was very dissatisfied with the development of the battle situation, the morning attack had been fought for more than two hours, and the battle situation was still stalemate, he ordered a regiment from the reserve to reinforce Wang Dinghua, and at the same time ordered Wang Dinghua to attack the flank of Zengtang Village from the right flank. With the arrival of enemy reinforcements, the fighting raged again.

Wang Dinghua's actions were noticed by Liu Zhi at the front, and after reporting to the regiment headquarters, He Yingqin gritted his teeth and called Cao Shiquan, the commander of the cadet company, who pointed to the map and said to Cao Youwen: "You are moving along the rear of the position of the third battalion and the seventh company to the enemy's right flank and outflanking the enemy's right flank. ”

The Cadet Company is composed of outstanding students in the second and third phases of Whampoa, and it is only used to guard the headquarters in peacetime, but it is only used to chase the enemy when it is smooth, like the situation when the Second Regiment almost collapsed when the battle in the north of Tamsui City, Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant to put the Cadet Company into battle, but today He Yingqin had no choice, he had to put the Cadet Company into the last fight.

After Cao Shiquan accepted the order, he led the cadet company, which had just returned to the regimental headquarters, to attack the left flank again. He moved along the right side of the position of the 7th Company of the 3rd Battalion to the left flank of the enemy, encountering two groups of enemies in succession along the way, he left the first and second platoons to confront the enemy, and he led the 3rd platoon to continue the detour. The enemy did not expect that in this case, the colonel still dared to take a roundabout outflank, Cao Shiquan went around to the rear of the enemy to launch an attack, the two platoons in front took advantage of the situation to launch a white-edged attack, the enemy retreated in a panic, the cadet company took the opportunity to follow the enemy into Shangbeihu Village, the enemy could not resist, and the cadet company rushed to the west end of the village.

The counterattack of the Cadet Company failed Wang Dinghua's attack on the right flank, and he was also greatly annoyed, and he shot a retreating battalion commander, and then mobilized his troops to surround Shangbeihu Village from the left and right flanks. Cao Shiquan found out about the enemy's movements, immediately abandoned Shangbeihu Village, and retreated to the high ground outside the village to hold on, at this moment the Xuebing Company had suffered more than one-third of the casualties, and he had to ask He Yingqin for help.

At this moment, He Yingqin still has more than 20 soldiers of the special service company and a machine gun in his hands, and there are no other troops in addition. However, the spy company has already participated in several battles, and there are still five or six lightly wounded among the 20 or so people, and the commander of the spy company, Chen Zihou, is hesitating, he knows that there are no troops in the regiment headquarters except for himself, so he took the initiative to ask He Yingqin for battle, and He Yingqin had no choice but to agree.

Heshun Village, Lin Army Headquarters.

Lin Hu was about to run away, and the enemy in front of him had already been identified as a regiment of student troops, with only more than 1,000 people, and he had already invested more than 4,000 troops, nearly three times the number of the student army in front of him, but he was counterattacked by the student army and once occupied Shangbeihu Village. He scolded Wang Dinghua for being a fool in the headquarters, and in a fit of rage, he ordered all 4,000 people of Liu Zhilu's army transferred back from Lihu to join the battle, and Huang Renhuan strongly advised him to be cautious and it was best to leave enough reserves. He said violently: "Lao Tzu still has a reserve of 2,000 people in his hands, and he is not cautious!" 8,000 people attacked, and the pressure also crushed him. Then he grabbed the map and yelled at Liu Zhilu: "Don't worry about Wang Dinghua, he hits the right, you bypass from the left, you must go to the left, force the dog to stretch the battle line, you have 4,000 people, and the student army in front of you is no more than 500, if you can't get in, you don't want to come back." ”

When Huang Renhuan saw his deployment, he was relieved that the commander had not lost his mind.

With Liu Zhilu's entry into the war, the first regiment faced an unprecedented crisis.