The first battalion of the 717th Regiment suffered some losses when it was defending, the second and third battalions did not move, and the Japanese troops did not come at all in the direction where the 718th Regiment was located. Now Brigade Commander Wang Zhen's order is that the 717th Regiment take the initiative to attack and contain the Japanese troops in front, while the 718th Regiment goes around the Japanese flanks respectively. After receiving the order, the commander of the 717th Regiment sent the second battalion to the company.

In a frontal resistance battle with the Japanese army, the CCP's troops may be weaker, but if they start a guerrilla war and a sparrow war, even Wang Haitao's troops are afraid that they are not as good as them. As soon as the 2nd Battalion went up, it harassed the Japanese troops, leaned up and fired a burst of guns, put down a few soldiers, and retreated as soon as the Japanese counterattacked. After the Japanese retreated, they continued to fight for a while.

The captain of the 39th Infantry Brigade, Changjiang Ganghiko Dazuo, was so angry that he was about to command the 39th Infantry Brigade to turn around and attack Yichuan City, Qingye Saburo hurriedly stopped him, Qingye Saburo said to Chang'an Jiang Gangyan Dazuo: "Chang'an Jun, we must contact the brigade headquarters immediately, if there is an accident at the brigade headquarters, even if we capture Yichuan City, it is meaningless, and the target of our brigade's sweep this time is not Yichuan City." ”

In the end, it was Aono Saburo Dazuo who left an infantry squadron and broke off with Zhang Erxi's Imperial Army, and the rest of the team could move back and retreat. However, this delay was almost noon, and not only did the 718th Regiment appear on their left and right flanks, but Wang Haitao and his instructors and guard companies had also arrived behind these Japanese soldiers.

Aono Saburo had just walked out with his troops not far away, and he found that there was a blocking position of the Shina army in front of him, and at this time, Aono Saburo's heart was also deep to the bottom. They are not far from the brigade headquarters, the distance in the middle is five kilometers, and now the Chinese army suddenly appeared in this place, if there is nothing wrong with the brigade headquarters, the Chinese army is here to die. As long as the strength of the brigade headquarters is pressed, it is impossible for the enemy's Chinese army to support it for long, and Aono Saburo Osa felt that the commander of the Chinese army would not make such a mistake.

Then there is only one possibility, that is, the brigade headquarters has been besieged, or has been defeated, so that the army of the branch will appear in this place unscrupulously. Saburo Aono knew that the situation was not good, and he had to give it a go. After discussing with Saburo Aono and Tsuyohiko Chang'an, they ordered two infantry squadrons to be dispatched at a time to attack the opposing Shina army.

But what Qingnolang and the others never expected was that as soon as the troops were assembled, before they had time to attack, there was a sound of artillery in Yichuan City, and then dense shells flew to their heads. This is the commander of the brigade Wang Zhen saw that the Japanese army had been surrounded, but if the thousands of Japanese troops were trapped, then the troops surrounding the Japanese army would definitely suffer losses, so he immediately made a decision and ordered the artillery brigade to open artillery to bombard the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

This artillery bombardment caused heavy losses to the Japanese army, and a half-infantry brigade of nearly 2,000 men and horses was bombed everywhere. Ten minutes later, the shelling stopped, and after the smoke cleared, Wang Haitao saw a disastrous Japanese position, full of stumps and broken arms, lodging corpses, and large areas of yellow earth dyed red.

At this point, the victory or defeat was decided, Wang Haitao led the troops to press up, and the three battalions of the 718th Regiment on both sides also pressed up. After dealing with the hundreds of Japanese soldiers who resisted to the end, there were no more Japanese soldiers who could stand on this battlefield. The Japanese squadron that left behind was still thinking about holding its position, but Zhang Erxi saw that the form was not good, so he defected and took hundreds of puppet troops to cooperate with the attacking Eighth Route Army to eliminate this infantry squadron.

When the gunfire on the battlefield completely stopped, Wang Haitao's goal of annihilating the Japanese army independently and mixed into the Ninth Brigade was mostly completed. When Wang Haitao and Brigadier Wang Zhen met again under the city of Yichuan, Brigadier Wang Zhen's attitude towards Wang Haitao changed greatly. From the beginning of distrust and reluctance to cooperate to the current trust and admiration. When the two sides talked again, the atmosphere was very different.

At this time, Wang Zhen was already happy and convinced that Wang Haitao was the commander-in-chief, and Wang Haitao didn't mind Brigade Commander Wang Zhen's previous behavior, and both sides smiled knowingly. Then Wang Haitao ordered the 717th Regiment of the 359th Brigade to be responsible for staying in Yichuan City to clean up the battlefield, taking care of the puppet troops surrendered by the two regiments, and garrisoning Yichuan City, while the 359th Brigade Teaching Regiment and the 718th Regiment gathered, led by Wang Haitao, rushed to Yanchang County to surround the Japanese army attacking Yanchang County.

After the troops were assembled, Wang Haitao was about to lead the troops to set off, Tangshan Leopard hurriedly ran over, ran to Wang Haitao's side, Tangshan Leopard said to Wang Haitao: "Military seat, Longzhou City is in an emergency!" Wang Haitao was stunned for a moment, took the telegram handed by Tangshan Leopard and read it. Looking at the telegram, Wang Haitao's face gradually became serious, and the telegram was taken by Tang Renxin, which read: "The two main divisions of the Japanese army and one Taiwan brigade have landed in Qinzhou Bay, and there is also a main division in the direction of Vietnam, and two independent mixed brigades are moving towards the side mirror. Judging from the movements of the Japanese army, the target of the two troops is the 90th Army in Longzhou City, and the military seat will return quickly after receiving the electricity!"

The Japanese army used three main divisions and three independent brigades to attack the 90th Army and Longzhou City, in terms of numbers, this is more than 100,000 troops, although the 90th Army together also has 100,000 people, but the real main force is more than 70,000 people, plus Wang Haitao is not in Longzhou City, the strength will be discounted, Wang Haitao is a little nervous.

Longzhou City is where Wang Haitao is the foundation, and the 90th Army is the army that Wang Haitao has built with countless efforts, and neither of them can be lost. Wang Haitao immediately decided to rush back to Longzhou City. For this reason, Wang Haitao found Brigade Commander Wang Zhen and told him about the situation, Wang Zhen was also shocked, the 10,000-day puppet army's sweep of northern Shaanxi made the CCP attach great importance to it, but there were more than 100,000 Japanese troops in Longzhou, and the pressure was too great.

Wang Haitao asked Brigade Commander Wang Zhen to lead his troops to Yanchang County to complete the remaining battle plan, but fortunately, after the previous battle, the 359th Brigade has improved a lot in all aspects, and it should not be a problem to complete the rest of the battle plan. Wang Haitao sent another telegram to the Chinese communists, explaining the situation, and in the telegram he bid farewell to the leaders of the Chinese communists and the Eighth Route Army.

Wang Haitao gathered his troops, and the seriously wounded could not follow his actions, so they entrusted them to the care of the Eighth Route Army. The sacrificed soldiers were cremated on the spot and the ashes were brought back to Longzhou. After doing these things, the CCP had already contacted the crossing of the Yellow River, and Wang Haitao and the others immediately took action, and crossed the Yellow River overnight and entered the Japanese-occupied area. The situation at home was urgent, Wang Haitao and his team were desperate to rush back as fast as possible, and the CCP also sent a number of guerrillas to guide and escort Wang Haitao and them.

In this case, Wang Haitao and the others rushed to Hubei Province in seven days. Entering Hubei Province, as long as you avoid the big cities in the south, you will not encounter the Japanese army, Wang Haitao also became bolder, took out the jeep and truck from the storage ring, and galloped along the highway towards Guangxi. With a car, Wang Haitao and his subordinates can finally take a breath and relax.

This passer-by stopped parking, took turns to drive, and when they met the checkpoint, they all spent some oceans, plus they had documents, and the checkpoint would not embarrass them too much. Even so, it took them eight days to reach the territory of Guangxi. During the ten days on the road, Wang Haitao often contacted Longchuan City by telegram, and each time Wang Haitao had to inquire in detail about the battle situation.

Fortunately, Guangxi has many mountains and forests, and the terrain is extremely complex. The Japanese troops who landed at Qinchuan Bay captured Qinzhou City and several small towns around it in a dozen days, and there was still a long way to go from the county seat of Zhengzuo. However, the attacking troops of the Vietnamese side were not able to capture Pingxiang City, where the 93rd Division was stationed, and it was still far from Longzhou City.

As soon as he entered Guangxi Province, Wang Haitao immediately felt a different atmosphere, starting from Guilin City, not only did every city have Gui troops stationed, but also pedestrians were also very strict. Even Wang Haitao's team was stopped many times, but as soon as he heard that it was a member of the 90th Army, after checking that the documents were correct, the checkpoints were immediately released without much entanglement.

When he arrived in Nanning, Wang Haitao went to the Guangxi Pacification Office to meet with General Xia Wei, commander-in-chief of the 16 th Group Army. When Wang Haitao met General Xia Wei, General Wei Yunsong, deputy commander-in-chief of the 16th Group Army, was also there. The two were very polite when they saw Wang Haitao, but they avoided talking about Wang Haitao's proposal to jointly attack the Japanese army, which made Wang Haitao very strange, but Wang Haitao didn't expect to rely on the Gui troops to defeat the Japanese army, so after saying some clichés, Wang Haitao said goodbye to the two.

In the afternoon of the same day, when Wang Haitao and his entourage arrived in Chongzuo City, Tang Renxin, Su Zuxin, Tang Yikuan, and Tang Longzai, the senior generals of the 90th Army, were already waiting for him. I haven't seen him for a few months, and Wang Haitao also felt very cordial when he saw these people under him. Everyone made a noise for a while, and Tang Renxin said: "Junzuo, we have arranged a banquet for Junzao to catch the wind and wash the dust, how about everyone talk while eating?"

Wang Haitao naturally would not refuse everyone's kindness, so he went to the restaurant with Tang Renxin and them. Along the way, Wang Haitao saw that the officers and soldiers of the 90th Army were patrolling the city, and asked a little strangely: "Renxin, shouldn't this Chongzuo City be the territory of the Gui Army? Why are the patrol all our people?" Tang Renxin replied: "Military seat, as soon as Little Japan landed from Qinzhou Bay, all the Gui people and horses withdrew from Zongzuo to Nanning. ”

After everyone sat down in the restaurant, Wang Haitao said: "When I passed through Nanning City, I went to visit General Xia Wei and proposed to General Xia Wei to jointly attack the Japanese army, but I don't know why General Xia Wei squeaked and refused to agree. By the way, which Japanese troops attacked Guangxi this time? Who was the supreme commander?"