The puppet soldiers laid down their weapons and hid in the barracks, Wang Haitao sent a teaching regiment to connect the camp, and then took the remaining soldiers and continued to advance towards the center of the Japanese garrison. At this time, the gunfire in the three directions became more intense, and the Japanese troops in the garrison also stabilized after a period of confusion, and the Japanese officers commanded them to continuously reinforce the three directions that were attacked.

Wang Haitao didn't go far with the team to the station, and he saw that there was another Japanese defense line inside, and the Japanese troops on the defense line were already in full array, but there were only two or three hundred people in number. The Japanese army also spotted Wang Haitao and them by the light of the fire, and someone shouted at Wang Haitao and them: "What are you doing? Stop quickly!"

Wang Haitao had an idea, stopped, and replied loudly: "Taijun, we are the work of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and Commander Zhao asked us to help the Taijun defend." As soon as Wang Haitao shouted, the Japanese troops on the opposite side obviously relaxed, and a Japanese officer stood up and shouted: "Yo Xi! Your regiment commander Zhao has a very good conscience! You quickly come over to reinforce the digging brigade." ”

Wang Haitao continued to walk forward while letting his subordinates prepare. Fifty meters before entering the Japanese formation, the Japanese army discovered that something was wrong by the light of the fire, and the Japanese officer shouted: "Stop, aren't you from the Imperial Army, what are you doing?" At this time, Wang Haitao raised the half-action rifle in his hand is a shot, and the Japanese officer suddenly widened his eyes and fell backwards with blood flowing all over his face.

The sound of gunfire was the signal, and more than a dozen snipers in Wang Haitao's team were the first to attack, and more than a dozen bullets killed more than ten Japanese machine gunners at once. When Wang Haitao's light and heavy machine guns and sharp guns were fired at the same time, the Japanese troops reacted and fired back one after another. The counterattack of the Japanese army also caused casualties on Wang Haitao's side, but they were prepared for unpreparedness, and Wang Haitao was still in the shadows, so the casualties were not large.

After Wang Haitao used two Gaoping and two-purpose twin heavy machine guns, the Japanese sandbags could not stop the bullets of this heavy machine gun at all, and the Japanese troops on the defensive line fell one after another like straw. It didn't take long for there to be not many Japanese troops left on the defensive line. Wang Haitao saw that the gunfire of the Japanese counterattack on the opposite line of defense had been sparse, so he ordered to charge.

In a single charge, Wang Haitao's men occupied the Japanese defensive line, and the few remaining Japanese troops on the defensive line were also killed. Before Wang Haitao could catch his breath, he heard fierce gunfire coming from the center of the station. The Tangshan leopard beside Wang Haitao shouted excitedly: "Military seat, the 'decapitation operation' has begun!" Wang Haitao looked at the direction where the gunshots came from and nodded calmly.

Then Wang Haitao asked the company of the teaching regiment to kill in the direction of the three fierce battles in a platoon, and should join forces to destroy the army. The guard company moved freely in the Japanese garrison in small groups. He brought ten combat groups, as well as the two Gaoping dual-purpose heavy machine guns, to the center of the garrison to reinforce the reconnaissance company's battle.

After the task was assigned, the troops were divided into pieces and acted separately, and Wang Haitao and Tangshan Leopard quickly inserted dozens of soldiers into the center of the station. After Wang Haitao and the others rushed over, they found that the two platoons of the reconnaissance company were in a very bad situation. The big tent where the Japanese headquarters they wanted to attack was not captured, and the Japanese were still resisting, while their perimeter was surrounded by hundreds of Japanese troops.

Seeing the situation of the reconnaissance company, Wang Haitao did not say a word, and commanded two Gao Ping dual-purpose twin heavy machine guns to strafe the more than 100 Japanese soldiers, while other soldiers also opened fire one after another. The power of the Gaoping dual-purpose twin heavy machine gun is really strong enough, and there is basically no enemy who is touched by its bullets that will not die. Under the blow of two twin heavy machine guns and dozens of light and heavy weapons, the more than 100 Japanese soldiers were all finished without a few supports.

As soon as the soldiers of the reconnaissance company heard the sound of Gao Ping'er using a twin heavy machine gun, they knew that reinforcements had arrived, and they immediately lifted their spirits and opened fire on the Japanese headquarters with all their might. When Wang Haitao eliminated the more than 100 Japanese troops on the periphery of the reconnaissance company, the reconnaissance company's attack on the Japanese headquarters had also come to an end. After destroying the recalcitrant Japanese troops, the reconnaissance company took the lead in storming the Japanese headquarters.

Wang Haitao then walked into the occupied Japanese headquarters, and behind the desk in the middle, an officer wearing the uniform of a Japanese major general had committed suicide, and there were more than a dozen Japanese officers and soldiers in the tent, who had basically been killed. The company commander of the reconnaissance company ran to Wang Haitao with a command knife, and said after standing upright: "Report to the military seat, the reconnaissance company occupies the Japanese headquarters, and the commander of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Kenyoshi Chikami, committed suicide, this is his command knife." ”

Wang Haitao took the command knife and asked, "How are the casualties of your reconnaissance company?" The company commander replied: "The army has come in time, otherwise we will suffer a loss this time." Our reconnaissance company lost two casualties, three were seriously wounded, and five were slightly wounded. Wang Haitao nodded and said, "Treat the wounded immediately and clean up the battlefield." Tangshan Leopard, you take a few combat teams and the two twin heavy machine guns to support the teaching group and them, and strive to end the fight before dawn. ”

Tangshan Leopard replied loudly: "Yes, military seat!" and then turned to leave, Wang Haitao sat down on the table and chair that had just been cleaned up, picked up the captured Japanese military documents and read them. The gunfire outside the house gradually subsided, and an infantry brigade of the Japanese army rushed to the battle, and then was attacked by the Eighth Route Army inside and outside, plus the command system was knocked out, so the number of people could only get smaller and smaller, except for a small number of people who fled in chaos, the vast majority of them were wiped out on the position.

As soon as the sky was dark, the gunfire had completely stopped, and the battle ended with Wang Haitao and their complete victory. Next, there is no need for Wang Haitao to worry about the battlefield and receiving a regiment of puppet soldiers to surrender. Only after the head of the puppet army Zhao begged to see Wang Haitao, Wang Haitao talked to him once and persuaded the head of Zhao to take his men to join the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party of China, and the head of Zhao also agreed.

There were a lot of captures in this battle, and Wang Haitao didn't want any of them, all of them were left to the Eighth Route Army, which made Peng Shaohui, the head of the teaching regiment, and Liu Xingle, the political commissar, unable to keep their mouths shut. After cleaning up the battlefield, Wang Haitao left the soldiers of a company of the teaching regiment and the puppet soldiers who had just surrendered to take care of the spoils of war, and he led a large army straight behind the Japanese army attacking Yichuan City, and he wanted to join forces with the other two regiments of the 359th Brigade to encircle and attack the army in Yichuan City.

The sound of gunfire in the middle of the night behind him made Aono Saburo Dasa, Chang'an Jiang Tsuyoshi Dazuo and the Japanese soldiers under Yichuan Castle suspicious. Aono Saburo Osaku sent several telegrams to the Waibuichi, the first of which was a reply, the brigade commander, Major General Kenyoshi Ikegami, told him that the headquarters was attacked by the Shina army, and in order to prevent the Shina army from playing tricks, Major General Kenyoshi Ikegami ordered the troops under Ikawa Castle to strengthen their vigilance and stand still.

But listening to the gunfire at the headquarters becoming more and more intense, Saburo Aono took a few more telegrams, but these telegrams were all lost in the sea, and there was no response. The anxious Chang'an Jiang Ganghiko Dazuo wanted to bring the 39th Infantry Brigade back to the headquarters, but Aono Saburo stopped him, and Aono Saburo said: "Chang'an-kun, it's the middle of the night, the situation of the Chinese army is unknown, don't fall for the tricks of the Chinese people." Besides, Your Excellency the brigade commander has a lot of troops there, and it is not a problem to block the attack of the Chinese in the middle of the night, and we will decide according to the situation after dawn. ”

Aono Saburo's words are indeed reasonable, and His Excellency, the brigade commander before, also personally called back and ordered the troops under Yichuan Castle not to move. Therefore, Chang'an Jiang Gangyan Dazuo also dispelled the idea of reinforcing the headquarters. The gunfire on the side of the headquarters rang out in the middle of the night, and it didn't stop until dawn, and Saburo Aono and the others also passed the night in fear. After dawn, Aono Saburo sent several telegrams to the command in succession, but did not receive a reply, and Aono Saburo and the others realized that something was wrong, and immediately ordered to gather troops and prepare to return to the command headquarters.

The gunfire that rang out in the middle of the night also alarmed Brigadier Wang Zhen and them. After knowing that Wang Haitao was going to lead the troops to attack the Japanese brigade headquarters at night, Wang Zhen couldn't help but sweat for Wang Haitao and them, even if he had been in battle for a long time. At night, Brigadier Wang Zhen and Political Commissar Tang Ziqi both boarded the city wall of Yichuan City. Looking at the artillery fire flashing in the distance, Brigade Commander Wang Zhen couldn't help but say: "This Commander Wang Haitao is really a little bold, knowing that he is at a disadvantage in terms of troops, he still dares to take the initiative to attack. ”

Knowing that Wang Haitao arrived at Yichuan County with his troops, Wang Zhen, the commander of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division, and the political commissar greeted them out of the city together. When the 359th Brigade was stationed in Nanniwan, Wang Zhen heard that a Kuomintang commander had come to the headquarters, and Wang Zhen did not take it seriously, but some officers who went to Yan'an to participate in the training came back and talked about the content of the training, and Wang Zhen's impression of Wang Haitao changed.

In this blocking battle in Yichuan County, when Wang Zhen learned that Wang Haitao was the commander-in-chief of the front, he couldn't help but say: "How can you call a Kuomintang officer to command the battle of the Eighth Route Army?

After meeting Wang Zhen, the brigade commander of the 359th Brigade, and the political commissar, the two sides exchanged a few words, and Wang Haitao asked Tangshan Leopard to choose artillery positions for the 1st and 2nd Artillery Regiments in the city, and asked the 1st Battalion of the Central Guard Regiment to go to the garrison to rest and recuperate. He proposed to go to the position outside the city that was being repaired. So accompanied by Wang Zhen and the two, Wang Haitao came to the place outside the city to repair the position.

The 359th Brigade was still rushing to repair its positions in the same way as it had been doing, and Wang Haitao found problems at a glance: there were no anti-artillery holes on the ground, the trenches were dug too straight, which was not conducive to dodging shrapnel from artillery shells, the heavy firepower was unreasonable, it was impossible to block the Japanese offensive route, the depth of the position was not enough, and it was impossible to flexibly transfer troops, and so on. Wang Haitao pointed out these problems one by one, and asked Wang Zhen to order immediate rectification.