From 4 p.m. to midnight, the Japanese army was divided and completely divided into separate battles. At noon on the second day, although there were still sporadic gunfire in the battlefield area, it was the soldiers clearing the small group of Japanese troops who were still resisting. A large number of Japanese prisoners appeared in view. The fact that the Japanese army was captured shows that the will of the Japanese soldiers to resist has changed dramatically, and that life may be more important than death. At present, the overall combat courage of the Japanese soldiers has been greatly variable. For the first time, the capture of such a large number of prisoners in a war against Japan is of immeasurable significance.

This time the military reporters were busy, including many US military reporters with high noses and blue eyes. In the face of the Japanese prisoners of war, the magnesium lights flickered from time to time, and the blank faces of the Japanese soldiers were recorded and became living witnesses. This was the scene on the battlefield, and the scene at the Japanese headquarters in Taipei was even more unbearable to witness. At this time, the atmosphere of defeat was enveloped, and the commander Yamashita was pale, his eyes were red, and he sat in his chair without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.

"General, according to the order of the commander of Gangcun, he ordered the 25th Division, the 101st Division, and the 47th Division to withdraw to the Central Mountains and build a new defensive line. The 45th Division built a defensive line in Zhudong on the spot. The 52nd Division is heading towards Hsinchu! The chief of staff of the Japanese army cautiously reported, and Yamashita Fumimi seemed indifferent. However, where did he think that greater blows came one after another, to the surprise of all expectations, the enemy actually played a combination of punches, and Song Renqiang of the 2nd Corps suddenly launched a landing operation in Hsinchu after Xiao Feng's headquarters surrounded and annihilated the Japanese 18th Division for 8 hours.

In order to meet the needs of the war, during the Taiwan Strait Campaign, the General Headquarters requisitioned about 200 ships of various kinds along the coast of Guangzhou, including many merchant ships and cargo ships. In the Fuzhou Joint Command, Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi said with a stern face: "Commander Ouyang, Song Renqiang's main army has reached the sea of Hsinchu. According to the operational arrangement, a landing assault team will land in Nanliao on the northwest side and quickly seize the Nanliao fishing port to ensure that Song Renqiang's main force will land in Nanliao. According to the report of the enemy, after the main force of the Japanese 45th Division was pulled to Zhudong, the strength of Hsinchu was empty, and it was estimated that there would be no more than one brigade of soldiers defending Nanliao. ”

Bai Chongxi continued: "According to the air force reconnaissance, the main force of a Japanese division was dispatched from Taoyuan to Hsinchu. Now we can confirm that this Japanese division is the 52nd Division stationed in Taoyuan, and at the same time confirm our judgment that after the Japanese 18th Division was encircled and annihilated, the new deployment of the Japanese army was: to form a new defensive line mainly in Hsinchu, Shimen and the Central Mountain Range. Before the formation of the new defense line of the Japanese army, the timing was just right to take advantage of the chaos of the Japanese army to quickly seize Hsinchu and crush the Japanese army. "Tell Song Renqiang that you must capture Nanliao Fishing Port at midnight. Xiao Feng was ordered to carry forward the spirit of continuous combat, dispatch a division out of Baoshan, and block the westward escape of the Japanese 45th Division. ”

Ouyang Jian chose to open the second landing point in Hsinchu, because he saw that the main force of the Japanese 45th Division had become a lone army, and Ouyang Jian decided to take the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Japanese 45th Division in the area of Zhudong and Baoshan. At 8 o'clock that night, Song Renqiang, commander of the 7th Army, issued an attack order at sea and launched an attack on Nanliao Fishing Port. As expected, only a brigade of the 45th Division and a 200-man coast guard force defended the Nanliao Fishing Port, but there were 12 Japanese batteries in the Nanliao Fishing Port. After the large force launched a feint attack at sea, an assault force took advantage of the darkness of night to enter the mouth of the Touqian River in a rubber boat.

Nanliao is located in the U-shaped harbor on the south side of the mouth of Touqian River, which is a shallow bay that is not suitable for large ships to dock, and is frankly a fishing port. The attack of a large force was nothing more than to create a momentum, attract the attention of the Japanese army, and cover the assault force to enter the Touqian River and seize the beach to land. Relying on the long-range strikes of coastal batteries, the Japanese army did not worry about the enemy launching a landing operation, so the Japanese army did not build fortifications along the estuary of the Touqian River. After the main force of the 45th Division of the Japanese Army advanced to Zhudong to rescue the 18th Division, the Hsinchu area was empty. It was when Yamashita saw that Hsinchu was empty that he ordered the Japanese 52nd Division to go to Hsinchu to strengthen the defense.

The Japanese coastal artillery fire was extremely fierce, and the attacking troops on the sea seemed to be overwhelmed and forced to retreat. At this time, a large number of rubber boats appeared on the river surface of the mouth of Touqian Creek. The assault force was about a regiment in strength, and soon they were spotted by Japanese patrols. The Japanese patrol unit reported to the upper peak while blocking the attack. In the darkness, the soldiers quickly landed ashore, and the Japanese patrol was outnumbered and overwhelmed. When the Japanese captain heard that an enemy assault force had secretly landed at the mouth of Touqian Creek, he immediately ordered the defending troops to go out to destroy the enemy's sneak attack troops.

A scuffle was inevitable, and the soldiers who came ashore were fighting against the Japanese batteries on the one hand, and the Japanese soldiers on the other. Fierce gunfire and explosions erupted from the shore, indicating that the sneak attack force had successfully landed and that the attacking force at sea had taken the opportunity to attack again. Accompanied by the silent fire of the Japanese batteries, the ships of the landing force approached the shore. Nanliao is a U-shaped harbor with many suitable places to go ashore. The soldiers freely chose the landing site on wooden boats, and the soldiers who came ashore quickly charged the Japanese army, and the battle was chaotic, but the Japanese army still stubbornly defended and fought desperately.

Takashima Aritake, commander of the 45th Division of the Japanese Army in Zhudong, was in a hurry when he learned of the enemy's attack on the sea, and immediately ordered the main force of the division to return to Hsinchu. Zhudong is about 50 kilometers away from Hsinchu, and the engineer wing is stationed in Hsinchu. Takashima Aritake ordered the Engineer Wing to quickly dispatch reinforcements to Nanliao Fishing Port. Just after the Japanese engineer wing arrived at Nanliao Fishing Port, it found that the enemy had landed and immediately went into battle. At this time, the fighting in the fishing port became more and more fierce and chaotic. On the sea, Song Renqiang's command ship stood out from the crowd, and on the deck, Song Renqiang looked into the fishing port.

"Commander, the 20th Brigade of the 60th Division has gone ashore, and the troop establishment is completely disrupted. The brigade command called, and the Japanese sent reinforcements, the strength of which is unknown. "Report from the Chief of Staff." I don't want to hear this, make sure to take Nanliao Fishing Port before midnight. Ordered the commander of the 20th Division, if he can't take the Nanliao fishing port before midnight, let him come to me with his head up. Song Renqiao knew in his heart that the main force of the 45th Division of the Japanese Army was rushing to Nanliao, which was the desired result. If the Japanese 45th Division came to its senses and quickly retreated to the north or to the Baoshan line, the attempt to encircle and annihilate the division would have been aborted.

"Ordered the 22nd Division to enter the Touqian River and quickly go ashore, and I asked that before dawn, the 22nd Division should appear on the front line of Touqian Village and cut off the 45th Division's northward escape. At about 23 o'clock, most of the Nanliao fishing port was captured. At this time, Takashima Yutakeshi led the division headquarters and the main force to Hsinchu. In the dark night, the sound of guns and cannons in Nanliao in the northwest direction was still like thunder. "The report, the Taipei Command called, the 52nd Division in Taoyuan is rushing to Hsinchu, and the 52nd Division is expected to arrive at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. Yamashita ordered our troops to recapture the Nanliao fishing port and drive the enemy army out into the sea. A combat staff officer reported.

Takashima ordered the artillery wing to rush to Nanliao, and at the same time ordered the 142nd wing to assist the engineer wing in continuing the attack. The fierce battle continued until 5 o'clock in the morning, when Takashima Youwu received a report from the commander of the 52nd Division that his vanguard had approached the north bank of the Qianxi in Nanliao and would soon launch an attack and form a flanking attack on Nanliao. At this time, the two divisions of the 7th Army under the command of Song Renqiao had already gone ashore. The 1st Division of the 22nd Division has reached Qiantou Village for fortification. Song Ren ordered the commander of the 20th Division to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army, with the aim of making room for the troops that came ashore later.

"Report to the general, the enemy army has launched a large-scale counterattack!" Suddenly, Takashima was forced to switch from the attacking side to the defensive. The east exposed the white of the fish's belly, and the vanguard of the Japanese 52nd Division reached the north bank of Touqian Creek, and a brigade of the 22nd Division of the Eighth Route Army could be put into the blocking operation. Half an hour after the battle began, a large number of US bombardment planes rushed to the battlefield and first bombed the vanguard of the Japanese 52nd Division indiscriminately, and the fierce air strikes caused the offensive of the vanguard of the 52nd Division to quickly collapse. The Taipei Command, Yamashita Fengwen, received a call from Commander Okamura: Judging that the landing force of the enemy army in the Hsinchu direction has at least one corps, the 52nd Division is blocked, and the 45th Division is in danger.

Shanxi Fengwen received a telegram from Okamura, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out. If you look closely, sure enough, except for the 52nd Division in the north, which can carry out rescue, the 45th Division is almost a lone army. Yamashita sent a letter to the great urgency, and immediately ordered the 45th Division to quickly withdraw north and join the 52nd Division. Takashima Yutakeshi received a telegram order from Yamashita and carefully analyzed it and found that the headquarters was indeed very dangerous, so he immediately ordered the reserve 72nd Wing to withdraw to the north and control the front line of Qiantou Village to ensure the safe retreat of the main force. However, the opponent had long been prepared, and two brigades of the 22nd Division had already fortified on the front line of Qiantou Village.

The Japanese soldiers launched a tidal wave of attacks, and the attacks were very sharp. The defending soldiers stubbornly defended in the improvised trenches, and the Japanese retreated northward, and the artillery wing could not quickly follow up and implement artillery support, and the 22nd Division had no artillery support. At this time, the bomber group of the US army was going all out to deal with the Japanese 52nd Division, and there was no air support, and the two sides were completely light weapons duel, and the battle entered Baikahua. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the 142nd Wing of the Japanese Army was put into battle, and the battle became more intense. At this time, Song Renqiang's command ship docked.

"Report to the army commander, two brigades of the 22nd Division stubbornly resisted the front line of Qiantou Village for 3 hours, and repelled 5 rotational attacks by the Japanese army. Whether to send reinforcements. A combat staff officer reported. Song Renqiang shook his head and said: "The 52nd Division of the Japanese Army has been successfully intercepted, don't worry about the safety of the front line of Qiantou Village, and order the 21st Division to go ashore to outflank it from the right flank, which can also relieve the defensive pressure of Qiantou Village." Our aim was to allow the Japanese 45th Division to retreat westward. Xiao Feng called, and the two brigades of the 17th Division were already waiting in Baoshan. ”

In the headquarters of the 45th Division of the Japanese Army in Hsinchu, an operational staff officer reported: "Report, a large number of enemy troops have been found on the left flank. "Takashima is a little daze when he hears this. The chief of staff of the Japanese army said eagerly: "Immediately report to the headquarters that reinforcements from the enemy ashore appeared on the left flank in an attempt to outflank our department." In less than a minute, the Taipei Command called and ordered Takashima Yuwu to immediately lead his troops to retreat in the direction of Baoshan. Baoshan is an extension of the northern part of Taiwan's Central Mountains, where the 1,870-meter-high Wubu Wai Mountain is located. What is the intention of retreating to Baoshan? This meant that the Japanese army would abandon a large number of military supplies, including bulky artillery.

The situation was very critical, Takashima Aritake ordered the heavy artillery to be blown up, and the whole division quickly retreated in the direction of Baoshan. At 1 p.m., the Japanese army retreated in disarray. The enemy did not pursue him, which gave Takashima Yutake a breather. But he never expected that at this time, there were two brigades in Baoshan, and the Eighth Route Army had already been fortified. At about 4 p.m., the vanguard of the 142nd Wing of the 45th Division arrived at Baoshan and was immediately blocked.

When Takashima Aritake received a report from the vanguard of the 142nd Wing that his headquarters was blocked by a large number of Eighth Route Army in Baoshan, he was immediately stupid!