General Terauchi Shouichi was thinking about how to send some reinforcements to the Vietnamese side while turning around in circles with his hands behind his back, but he couldn't think of where to send some troops out. It seems that the only way to do this is to order the 24th Brigade to speed up and get to Hanoi as soon as possible. However, he could not spare troops to support Hanoi, so he could negotiate with the navy for the aircraft support requested by Vice Admiral Imamura.

After Lieutenant General Maruyama sent a telegram to Commander Imamura asking for help, he only ordered himself to repel the Chinese army, but did not say a word about the support, which also made Lieutenant General Maruyama angry. However, the order still had to be carried out, and Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao could only sigh secretly and order the 29th Infantry Wing to also prepare for the attack.

Outside Bac Ninh County, the 4th Infantry Wing's two attacks were bloodied by the 1st Battalion's defense, not only failed to capture the 1st Battalion's position, but instead caused half of the 1st Infantry Brigade to suffer casualties. Wing Commander Nasu Yuo Osaku was also ruthless, and replaced with the 2nd Infantry Brigade to continue the attack. The first battalion repelled several attacks by the army, but it also suffered more than 100 casualties of war soil.

During the battle, Mu Shuanglin also felt that the Japanese army in front of him was not so easy to deal with. These Japanese soldiers have good marksmanship, and the quality of individual soldiers is also very good, and they are not under their own fighters on the whole, if it were not for their own favorable position in the defensive position, I am afraid that there would be more than 100 casualties. Seeing that the Japanese soldiers were attacking again, Tomb Shuanglin could only grit his teeth and hold on.

The 2nd Infantry Brigade attacked by the Japanese army was a fresh force, and it was not weaker than the 1st Infantry Brigade in all aspects, and even the way of attacking was basically the same. The two sides fought another hour of offensive and defensive battles, and this time in order to relieve the pressure on the soldiers of the first battalion, Mu Shuanglin once again ordered the use of artillery artillery. The mortar attack was still very effective, the Japanese army now had no artillery to compete with the defenders' mortars, and the casualties of the second brigade continued to increase under the mortar bombardment.

The first battalion repelled several Japanese attacks, and the officers and men of the first battalion also consumed a lot of physical strength in the high-intensity battle, and when they saw that the Japanese army finally withdrew, the soldiers were also tired and leaned against the walls of the trenches and fortifications to breathe. Seeing that the soldiers were so tired, Mu Shuanglin was also considering whether to transfer the second battalion and let the first battalion withdraw first to rest.

Before Mu Shuanglin's order to mobilize the second battalion to change the guard was issued, the Japanese attack began again. In the temporary command post of the 463rd Brigade in Beining County, Wei Erxi was also paying close attention to the situation of the battle. The 880th Regiment was in position when the 2nd Division arrived outside Bac Ninh. However, it will take some time for the 880th Regiment to rush to repair a defensive line that can stop the Japanese army.

Wei Erxi gave the 880th Regiment three days, which means that the counterattack on the 2nd Division of the Army will begin in three days. Wei Erxi was planning to let the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 882nd Regiment hold on to their positions outside the city for three days, so that the 881st Regiment could exert its strongest combat effectiveness in the counterattack. However, listening to the dense gunfire outside the city, Wei Erxi became worried about the first and second battalions again.

Fortunately, the Japanese army's mountain artillery wing had been killed by its own artillery, and now the Japanese army had no artillery, not only was the attack much less powerful, but also had no heavy weapons that could threaten the armored troops. If it weren't for the need to leave three days for the 880th Regiment, Wei Erxi would have prepared to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army tomorrow morning. Hearing the gunfire outside the city intensifying again, Wei Erxi couldn't sit still in the temporary command post any longer, grabbed the armed belt on the table, and took the guard battalion commander Lu Han and a platoon of guards straight to the south city wall.

On the city wall, Chu Zhengyang, the head of the 881st Regiment, and Su Guoping, the head of the 882nd Regiment, who were on the city wall, both greeted them. After standing up and saluting, Chu Zhengyang asked, "Brigade seat, when can you fight back?" The soldiers are all in a hurry. Wei Erxi replied with a smile: "Are you in a hurry?" Chu Zhengyang grabbed his hair embarrassedly and smiled. Wei Erxi said: "Don't worry, it's fast, as long as the defensive position of the 880th Regiment is repaired, it will be the time for us to counterattack in an all-round way." ”

After speaking, Wei Erxi walked to the battlement, raised the telescope in his hand, and observed the position of the first battalion. After observing for a while, Wei Erxi asked without replying: "Commander Su, how do you see the situation of the first battalion? How long can it last?" Su Guoping replied: "Brigade seat, the first battalion fought very tenaciously and hard, and the casualties in the whole battalion were close to one-third. However, I believe that the first battalion will be able to hold out. ”

Wei Erxi heard that the casualties of the first battalion had reached one-third, so he put down his binoculars and said to Su Guoping: "The casualties are not small, and when the Japanese attack is repulsed, you let the second battalion go up and withdraw the first battalion to the second line of defense to take a breath." I was going to let the 1st and 2nd Battalions hold out for another day and a half, and I promised to give the 880th Regiment three days to build a defensive position, and not to attack in advance. ”

Su Guoping replied: "I understand the humble duty, please rest assured, the 882nd Regiment will guarantee the completion of the task." Wei Erxi said: "Okay! I believe that your regiment can hold its position." If necessary, you can transfer the artillery support of the independent artillery regiment, you can directly request Niu Jianjian, and I will talk to Niu Jianjian about this. As Wei Erxi spoke, the mortars outside the city began to shell the attacking Japanese troops again.

This time, not only the 60 mortar group but also the 82 mortar group were fired. Mu Shuanglin was ruthless this time to give the Japanese army a taste. As the mortar shelling began, the formation of the Japanese attack began to disperse, and the first battalion took the opportunity to strengthen its firepower, and the Japanese troops who were dodging the shells in all directions were dealt a fierce blow. Seeing that the situation was not good, the captain of the Japanese army hurriedly ordered a retreat, and the Japanese army lost more than 200 corpses and retreated.

The shelling of the Chinese army by Nasu Yuo Daisa, the seven orifices of anger were full of smoke but helpless. The division's mountain artillery wing was destroyed, and its own artillery squadron was also destroyed, and the imperial army, which had always used artillery fire to cover the infantry attack, was now being bombarded by the Chinese army with artillery fire because there was no artillery, and this was also a serious blow to the morale of his soldiers.

No matter how angry Nasu Yuo Daisa is, the order must be carried out. In desperation, he had no choice but to change to the 3rd Infantry Brigade to attack. In this way, the Japanese army launched six consecutive attacks in one day, but they were all stubbornly resisted by the 1st and 2nd battalions. Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao knew that the 4th Infantry Wing's attack had made no progress for a day, and there was no way at all, but fortunately, there was no bad news from Bakae Castle.

The 462nd Brigade here in Beijiang City, under the instruction of Wang Haitao, attacked unhurriedly, and in two days, captured several fortifications outside Beijiang City, and burned the flames of war to Beijiang City. With Li Changwu's character, I am afraid that Beijiang City has already been breached, and maybe he has already occupied the whole city. But now even the city wall cannot be bombarded with heavy artillery, so it can only suppress the city head with mortars, and launch feints again and again to increase the pressure on the Japanese troops defending the city.

In the past two days, Naoki Kawaguchi in Beijiang Castle was restless at the thought that the Chinese army might break through the city at any time. I have the intention to give up Bac Giang City, but the commander's order is there, if I abandon Bac Giang City when the city walls have not been breached, I am afraid that returning to Hanoi and waiting for me will be the end of apologizing. In the past two days, Naoki Kawaguchi sent telegrams for help to the headquarters one after another, but the reply always ordered him to hold on to Bakagang City, and reinforcements were on the way.

Naoki Kawaguchi didn't know that the 2nd Division was blocked here in the county town of Bac Ninh, and there was no way to move forward. According to Kawaguchi Naoki Osa, Hanoi City is only more than 100 kilometers away from him, and the reinforcements have climbed in two days. Naoki Kawaguchi was trying to keep Beijiang City intact, but he was scolding the reinforcements he sent.

A day has passed, the second division is still retreating five kilometers and stationed, the Japanese army has still experienced the sneak attack last night, and after camping tonight, Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao has strengthened his vigilance. Not only did the number of guards in the famous area be strengthened, but several infantry squads were also sent to strengthen patrols. Ma Jiangsheng's reconnaissance battalion was also not prepared to let go of the Japanese army.

As soon as the Japanese soldiers fell asleep at night, the sound of guns and shouts of killing sounded, and the machine guns in the Japanese garrison fortifications returned fire with all their might, and after fighting for a while, they realized that there were no troops attacking themselves at all, which made Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao angry, and cursed the Chinese shamelessly in the tent. Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao could only order half of the soldiers to serve as guards, and the other half of the soldiers slept without caring about anything.

Such movements would come every few hours, and the Japanese army would fight back desperately at the beginning, and then stop paying attention to the Chinese who harassed them after a burst of machine guns. Ma Jiangsheng, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion in charge of the operation, looked at the reaction of the Japanese army and thought to himself: "If it weren't for the order of the division and just harassing you, our reconnaissance battalion would have been able to defeat you." ”

The night of harassment made all the officers and men of the 2nd Division listless, and even the routine assembly in the morning was postponed for an hour. The losses of the 4th Division in yesterday's one-day offensive were not small, and today Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao sent the 29th Infantry Wing up. Half of the soldiers of the 29th Infantry Wing were drawn from the Engineer Wing and the Baggage Wing, and their combat effectiveness was much worse than that of the 4th Infantry Wing.

Now guarding the first line of defense is the second battalion of the 882nd Regiment, as soon as the Japanese attack, the battalion commander Wei Xinzhi saw that something was wrong. The individual quality of the Japanese soldiers attacking today is far inferior to that of yesterday's Japanese troops, and there is not much difference in formation, the accuracy of shooting and the use of ground to advance covertly. The pressure on the officers and men of the second battalion was also much less.

In order to attract the Japanese army, the second battalion, under the order of the regiment commander Su Guoping, abandoned the first line of defense and retreated to the second line of defense under the city wall. The commander of the 29th Infantry Wing, Tokio Hashimoto, saw that he had captured the first line of positions of the defenders, and hurriedly reported the situation to Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao, which made Lieutenant General Maruyama suspicious.