After Shi Qiang left, Liu Tianshu and Liu Siyuan ran towards the east end of the town, and as soon as they ran through the two main streets, they saw a group of people rushing out of the town with guns and running in the direction of Dongshan.

At this time, on the east mountain, the merchant treasure was full of gunsmoke, carrying a shell gun, and was hoarsely directing those self-defense members, lying in the improvised trench, shooting desperately at the bottom of the hillside.

The attack on the Higashiyama position was the Yoshino squadron of the Aoki Brigade of the 39th Brigade of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army. After the Aoki Brigade repelled the attack of the Second Regiment of the Jin Sui Army on the south of the Shuangfeng Mountains, it concentrated the strength of two squadrons and continued to press towards the Second Regiment of the Jin Sui Army, and the other two squadrons, one placed on the north side of the Shuangfeng Ridge, monitored the Jiang Jiawu Department of the Jin Sui Army, and the other squadron marched towards Qingyan Town along the road from Shuangfeng Ridge to Qingyan Town.

The reason why Aoki dared to boldly divide his troops was actually because after a fierce battle with the Jin Sui army, he had a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Jin Sui army. Last night, his troops stationed at the top of the mountain north of the road, although they were attacked by the Jin Sui army and had to abandon their positions, but then he used the artillery fire of the brigade to bombard the Jin Sui army in the north, so that the Jin Sui army coming out of Wuyang City had to take a defensive position. As for the Jin Sui army that went north from Huyangkou, although last night took advantage of the darkness to launch a fierce attack on their own position, but after dawn, with the support of imperial aircraft, it only took less than an hour to regain the position lost last night, and then a counterattack made this Jin Sui army suffer heavy losses and had to retreat south.

No, his two squadrons rushed and beat behind the butts of the Second Regiment of the Jin Sui Army, and by noon, they were gradually approaching Huyangkou.

At this time, the Komatsu Brigade had launched round after round of attacks on the Jin Sui army stationed at Huyangkou under Huyangkou, and the positions of the defenders of Huyangkou were broken through in many places.

After the two squadrons of the Aoki Brigade arrived at Huyangkou, the attacking Japanese army was even more powerful.

When Division Commander Chen saw that less than half of the strength of the two battalions of the Second Regiment had retreated to Huyangkou in embarrassment, he couldn't help but feel sad and couldn't help but cry. He originally thought that after the second regiment withdrew, it would increase the defensive strength of Huyangkou. Who would have thought that not only only a small part of the troops came back, but also a large number of Japanese troops followed, and for a while, he had a feeling of powerlessness.

"Division, military seat." The adjutant hurried in.

"Read." Master Chen waved his hand weakly.

"Brother Chen Yang, in view of the fact that Huyangkou can no longer be held, order your troops to quickly evacuate Huyangkou, move towards the area of Wangcun, and join the main force of the army. Your Jiang Jiawu regiment abandoned Wuyang County, and waited for an opportunity to retreat west to join the main force. Ever. The adjutant read in a heavy tone.

After the adjutant finished reading, Division Commander Chen raised his hand and said in a low voice: "Got it, call back to the military seat, and Chen Yang will carry out the order." ”

After the adjutant went out, Chen Yang took a long breath, turned around and said, "Pick me up." ”

"A regimental leader? I am Chen Yang, your unit must hold its position for an hour, cover the division headquarters and the second regiment to withdraw from Huyangkou, and an hour later, your regiment will alternately cover and evacuate Huyangkou, and go to the area of Wangcun to meet the division headquarters. Chen Yang said in a deep voice.

"Withdraw from Huyangkou?" The head of the regiment couldn't help but be stunned.

Although his position was broken through by the Japanese in several places, his regiment occupied favorable terrain after all, and for a while, the devils could not attack it. As long as the reinforcements can arrive on time, it is still possible to hold Huyangkou. At this time, how could Shizuo order a retreat.

"Yes, evacuate Huyangkou and carry out the order!" After speaking, Chen Yang hung up the phone with a snap, then took the military hat handed by the orderly and put it on, and hurriedly walked out of the command post.

When the Jin Sui army at Huyangkou was forced to withdraw from its position, the battle on the hill east of Qingyan Town also reached a fever pitch.

Although Shang Bao's anti-Japanese self-defense force fought bravely and fearless of death, it was only a temporarily organized team, and the fighting quality of the team members was poor, and the battle was all based on bravery, and the devil fought for less than an hour, and half of his self-defense force was killed or wounded.

Seeing that those team members were either directly blown away by the devil's shells, or were bloodied by the devil's heavy machine gun, Shang Bao's eyes were full of fire, and while shouting loudly, he held a shell gun and fired at the devils who kept rushing up.

It's a pity that the devils who attacked Qingyan Town were all elite Japanese troops, although Shang Bao's troops had a geographical advantage, but the fortifications he built on the east mountain were all destroyed by the devils' artillery fire in less than an hour.

Seeing the devil rush to less than a hundred meters from his position, the timid team member began to tremble on his feet.

At this time, his cousin merchant and pistol ran over in horror: "Big brother, the devil's firepower is too fierce, the brothers can't stand it, if we don't withdraw, we will be all finished." ”

"Shut up, you dare to talk nonsense again, disturb the morale of the army, and see if I don't kill you." Hearing the merchant's words, Shang Bao's eyes suddenly widened, and he suddenly pushed the merchant to the ground and shouted.

"Big brother, wake up, look at how many people we have left, if we continue to fight, we will all be gone. Eldest brother. The merchant shouted with a cry.

"Go away, seed, go away." Shang Bao shouted, pushed the merchant who pounced on him to the side, and just stood up, a string of bullets swept through his chest, and Shang Bao's body shook twice, and he fell down with a bang.

"Big brother!" Before Shang He could stand firmly, he saw that his eldest brother was covered in blood by bullets, and his brain exploded, and he rushed up and hugged Shang Bao in grief and indignation.

Shang Bao looked at his cousin, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, his eyes were wide open, and he actually lost his breath directly.

Tears fell down on the merchant and holding the merchant, and after a while, he resolutely shouted: "Brothers, go, let's withdraw." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the merchant treasure and ran backwards quickly, and the self-defense team members who followed him immediately ran back with their guns, and a few of them who were a little slower were hit by bullets flying from behind, and fell to the ground screaming.

Through the telescope, Yoshino saw that the resistance on the hill was defeated by the first squad, and he couldn't help laughing wildly, and then ordered the first squad to continue the pursuit of the fleeing enemy, while the main force of the squadron followed the avenue and killed the town of Kiyoam.

Liu Tianshu and Liu Siyuan had already left the town at this time, and when they arrived in the woods on the other side of the river, he was standing under a big tree, his eyes were fixed on the battle in Dongshan, and when he saw a figure running back quickly from the top of the mountain, he sighed in his heart, knowing that Shang Bao's self-defense force had been defeated by devils.

Sure enough, as the sparse figure ran back, the gunfire on the Dongshan position gradually thinned out, and after another ten or so minutes, a figure dressed as a devil appeared on the mountain.

At this time, on the avenue at the foot of Dongshan, a neat contingent of Japanese soldiers began to appear.

Liu Tianshu stared at this group of devils, and after discovering that there were only about a hundred people, he immediately judged that the devils who attacked Qingyan Town should be the size of a squadron.

Then, according to the practice of devil warfare, it should be the strength of a small squad that attacks Dongshan.

While he was thinking nervously, there was a sound behind him, and then he heard Li Shu's voice.

"Captain, here we are."

"Li Shu, the devils who invaded Qingyan Town have about a squadron, Shang Bao's self-defense force has been defeated, and the rest of the people have withdrawn to that side, so let's bypass from this side, if they are bitten by the devils, we can also take it." Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said.

At this time, he realized that he had made a mistake, he should not have brought the troops to the woods north of the town, if he had brought the team to the mountains and forests south of the town, and had to take over Shang Bao's self-defense forces, it would have been much more convenient.

It's just that there is no regret medicine in this world, Liu Tianshu knew that time was pressing, and immediately led his troops to bypass from the west.

The merchant and the remaining forty or so self-defense team members, carrying the merchant treasure on his back and running westward, he knew that the devils under the mountain had entered the town along the avenue, so he naturally did not dare to retreat into the town with these people, the only way was to get rid of the devils who were chasing after him, and first hide in the merchant fort in the mountains west of the town.

It's a pity that the devils who are chasing behind him are determined to wipe out this group of people who dare to defy the Japanese Empire, and more than 30 devils are chasing after them, and the two sides launched a fierce chase in the mountains and forests south of the town.

After running in the mountains and forests for forty minutes with the remains of the merchant treasure on his back, there were only fifteen people left around him, and the rest of the team members were either killed by the devils or escaped into the mountains and forests halfway.

The merchant was so tired that his chest seemed to be full of fire, he couldn't hold on any longer, so he had to hand over the body of his eldest brother to the two merchant's children to carry, and after he took a breath, he ran behind with a pistol.

Seeing that there were still five miles to go, he arrived in front of the gate of the merchant fort, and the merchant heard the sound of the devil behind him, and at the same time the gunfire gradually approached.

At this time, he no longer had the strength to run, not only him, but even the more than ten brothers were as tired as dead dogs.

A dark-skinned young man heard the gunshots approaching, a trace of despair flashed in his eyes, and he looked at the merchant and said: "Second brother, the devil seems to be determined to destroy us, and the brothers are so tired that they can't run, otherwise, let's fight with the devil." ”

"Jiawei, until the last moment, we must not give up, as long as we enter the village, we will be safe." The merchant glanced at the brother who was so tired that he was sitting on the ground, and then at the merchant fort to the west, and said unwillingly.

"Second brother, we can't enter the stockade." Shang Wei raised his head and said suddenly.

"If we don't go into the village, where do we go if we don't go into the village?" The merchant asked puzzled.

"Second brother, if the devil knows that we are from the merchant fort, you say, will the devil be angry with the merchant fort, there are hundreds of people there, even if we die, we can't cause trouble for them." Shang Wei's eyes flashed with fierceness.

The rest of the brothers also stood up at this time, looked at the merchant and said: "Second brother, Jiawei is right, we can't enter the merchant fort, if the devil knows that we have entered the merchant fort, he will not let the merchant fort go." Let's fight the devils. ”