Major General Toshiji Miura was very happy, because the defense line that the 9th Brigade had repeatedly failed to attack before, and as soon as he took over the command, he successfully broke through and made breakthrough progress, how could he be unhappy?

In Shimen County, after receiving a call from the 21st Brigade from Erdaogouzi, Nishimura Riwen Daisa, chief of staff of the 5th Division, put down the phone, turned his head to the division commander Itagaki Seishiro with joy: "Your Excellency General, the 21st Brigade is calling, they have just broken through the outer defense line of the Erdaogouzi Zhina Army, and they are currently storming the town, and the battle can be resolved in one to two hours at the latest. ”

Itagaki Seishiro couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and his face was full of surprise: "It's strange, how can the people of China be so vulnerable?" ”

Nishimura Levin Daisa did not doubt him: "It should be that the imperial army used aviation and ground artillery fire to form a joint fire strike this time, which inflicted heavy losses on the defenders of China, and after all, the 9th Brigade also attacked for a day yesterday, and the casualties of the China Army are probably not small." Therefore, it is reasonable that they were unable to resist the attack of the 21st Brigade and had to abandon the outer defense line and retreat to the town. ”

Although the attacking troops of the Japanese front did not find out about the Chinese army in the positions outside the town after the capture, they did not have much time to investigate and think about what was going on, because they soon received the order to continue the attack and capture the whole town, and they continued to devote themselves to the offensive battle.

Therefore, the Japanese army has not noticed that there is a complete underground tunnel network under Erdaogouzi, and what they have captured is only two-thirds of the ground position of the 1st Longya Battalion.

Seishiro Itagaki shook his head with a puzzled face and said, "I always feel that this matter is not so simple, Nishimura-kun, you call the 21st Brigade immediately and tell Miura-kun not to take it lightly, just in case!" ”

"Hay." Nishimura Riwen nodded hurriedly, turned around and ran to the telephone.

In his opinion, under such a powerful artillery fire and air raid combined firepower attack on his side, two brigades and regiments jointly besieged the Dragon's Tooth Task Force, which was trapped in Erdaogouzi, even if the combat effectiveness was strong, it was already powerless to fight back.

The fact that his men captured the outlying positions to the north and west of the town in less than half a day is the best proof of this.

Therefore, on the one hand, he ordered the troops to speed up the attack and completely capture Erdaogouzi, and on the other hand, he began to prepare the remaining troops to prepare for a long drive to attack Luquan County.

The fierce battle in Erdaogouzi Town continued, and after Jiang Haidong led the first company and other troops to withdraw into the tunnel, he left part of his troops to stay near the entrance and exit of the tunnel under the outer position to prevent the devils from discovering and entering.

He led the main forces of each company to the town through the underground tunnel, joined the guard platoon, and relied on the ubiquitous entrances and exits of the underground tunnel to start a kraft candy-style battle with the devils who attacked the town.

In fact, due to the limitations of the terrain, dozens of large and small firepower points set up along the blockade ditch to the east and south of the town have not yet been broken by the Japanese army.

First, there are blockade ditches and rivers that limit the play of the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division, and second, the 33rd Brigade and the 21st Brigade belong to two divisions respectively, since the 21st Brigade is the main attacker, then the 33rd Brigade is naturally unwilling to go all out, because even if the second ditch is captured, it will be the credit of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division.

Thankless efforts will also lose men and horses, and the 33rd Brigade will naturally not do it, so the two directions in the northwest are in full swing, and the guns are loud, while the two directions in the southwest of the town are only sporadic firepower, and that is because the 33rd Brigade occasionally launches symbolic attacks, and the defenders open fire to block the guide.

If the devils do not attack, the hundreds of officers and men of the first battalion stationed at each firepower point in the southeast and southeast directions of the town will naturally not waste ammunition.

In fact, the main tasks in the east and south directions of the town are only vigilant, if the 33rd Brigade launches a fierce attack at any cost, these dozens of firepower points of the first battalion will not be able to resist for a long time, and will eventually withdraw into underground fortifications and continue to hold on.

In the street fighting, the devil's artillery fire and the superiority of light and heavy machine gun firepower were greatly neutralized, and it became impossible to give full play, but was attacked from all directions, and the soldiers of the first battalion who could shoot cold guns at any time were very passive.

At the same time, Qiao Youhua also learned about the situation of Erdaogouzi by phone, but he did not directly lead his troops to reinforcements, because the thousands of troops of the 33rd Brigade were there, and the ground passage had been completely blocked.

Although the 33rd Brigade was unwilling to go all out to besiege Erdaogouzi, it did not mean that they saw the reinforcements of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force appear, and they sat idly by.

In the north gate of the county seat, in a clearing on the left, Qiao Youhua and the soldiers of the guard company were waiting around here, and in front of them was a hole that had already been dug, and there was a faint sound of digging and digging in it.

There are constantly moist and fresh soil being picked up by migrant workers, this is an underground passage dug from the second ditch, it is this passage, it cost Qiao Youhua thousands of migrant workers and a large number of silver dollars.

However, now it is finally necessary to build an unblocked, which will connect Erdaogouzi with Luquan County in a line, even if the two places are divided and surrounded by the Japanese army, the Dragon Tooth Task Force can also use the underground passage Guò to mobilize troops, ammunition, and food supplies.

Now Qiao Youhua plans to lead the guard company to reinforce Erdaogouzi, and cooperate with the first battalion to carry out a counterattack after nightfall to recapture the ground fortifications that were lost not long ago.

After the expansion of troops, the total strength of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force reached more than 5,000 people, the total strength of the three battalions was about 4,000 people, and the first battalion as the main force of the first battalion reached more than 1,300 people.

It's just that among the 1,000 people, recruits account for more than half, so Qiao Youhua has to wait for the guard company, which is full of veterans, to rush and lead them to counterattack.

In addition to the guard company, there is also an artillery battalion directly under the regiment that remains in Luquan County, with more than 600 people, plus some militia composed of young and middle-aged people in the city, and the strength of the army is also more than 1,000 people.

Unlike other artillery units, the artillery of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force is drawn from the original infantry ranks, they are artillery when needed, and when they don't need to use artillery, they are equipped with infantry weapons, and they are qualified infantrymen.

It didn't take long for a leading migrant worker to crawl out of the tunnel mouth sweating profusely, panting and saying to Qiao Youhua: "Captain Qiao, the tunnel has been dug through!" ”

Qiao Youhua was overjoyed when he heard this, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Fellow, thank you for your hard work!" ”

After speaking, he turned his head and shouted at the soldiers of the guard company who were waiting behind him: "Brothers, follow me to reinforce Erdaogouzi!" ”