After completing the encirclement of the 70th Division of the Japanese Army, Tang Longzai did not wait any longer, and immediately notified the artillery to cover the Japanese positions with artillery fire. The 50 self-propelled howitzers and artillery pieces of the division's heavy artillery regiment, and the more than 100 field guns and mountain artillery guns of the various regiments were already erected on the newly built gun emplacements.

The deafening sound of artillery sounded over the artillery positions, and shells flew towards the Japanese positions. The commander of the 70th Division, Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida, was in his tent calculating how long the troops in hand could hold out and how long it would take for reinforcements from Qinzhou to arrive. Suddenly, he was startled by the rumbling sound of cannon in the distance.

Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida rushed out of the tent in three steps and two steps, and as soon as he broke out of the tent, the shells landed on the position. Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida was in the center of the position, and the landing point of the shells began from the periphery of the position, so he was still staggered by the shock wave caused by the explosion of the shells. Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida, who stood firmly, was completely stunned by the scene in front of him.

What he saw was a continuous explosion, and the soldiers' bodies, various weapons, supplies, and sandbags were thrown into the air, accompanied by dust and then falling to the ground. He couldn't hear anything in his ears except the sound of an explosion. Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida was well aware that the Chinese army was using artillery of more than 75 caliber guns, not mortars.

This scene made Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida's face turn like earth, and he kept asking in his heart: How could the Chinese army have so many artillery pieces? Can the Chinese army with this kind of firepower still be the "extremely poorly equipped and vulnerable" Chinese army that is propagated in China? How long can his position hold out under such artillery fire?

In fact, before the bombardment, Shioshima Shofu had done everything he could, including organizing all the soldiers in the unit who could hold guns, appointing officers at all levels to direct the battle, arranging the distribution of various weapons on the position, and so on.

Although there were few Japanese artillery pieces left, they were all mortars, but there were not many light and heavy machine guns, and there were also a considerable number of grenadiers. If the 211th Division did not have a large number of artillery pieces, if it wanted to break through the Japanese positions surrounded by a group, it would have taken a lot of effort to eat this 70th Division, and the losses would certainly not be small.

However, Shioshima Shofu Daisa did not expect that the defensive position he had organized with all his might would be blown up by the Chinese army with intensive artillery fire as soon as it came up, and what was even worse was that the artillery fire blew up the confidence and morale of the soldiers.

A few minutes later, the artillery fire extended to the interior of the Japanese position, and the 462nd Brigade, which was ready for a surprise attack, rushed up to three battalions at once, opened a skirmish line, and advanced to the front of the Japanese position. Among them, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 878th Regiment were covering the armored company to attack forward together. Type 4 heavy armored vehicles lined up in front, and behind each table armored car there was a platoon of infantry in cover.

This time, the armored car never encountered Japanese artillery fire again, and the occasional machine-gun bullet could only leave some dents in the armor. Under the cover of heavy machine guns and mortars, the soldiers of the three battalions quickly approached the Japanese positions, and the Japanese forward positions, which had not been bombarded by artillery fire due to the extension of artillery fire, finally had some counterattacks under the organization of some officers.

As soon as the artillery fire extended into the position, Major General Notomi Masadetoku, the brigade commander of the 61st Brigade, came in front of Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida. Major General Notomi Shotoku hurriedly said to Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida: "Your Excellency the division commander, the artillery fire of the people of China is too fierce, and the position will not be held for long, so I will protect His Excellency the division commander and rush out!"

Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida sighed and said, "Nofu-kun, now that we are besieged by the Shina army, it is not so easy to rush out. Major General Notomi Shotoku replied: "Your Excellency the division commander, please come with me, and I will do my best to ensure your safety." Seeing that the landing point of the shells was getting closer and closer, Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida had no choice but to leave here with Major General Tomino Shotoku first.

Major General Notomi Shotoku led Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida to walk quickly in the direction of Nanxiao Town, and it didn't take long for them to come to the edge of the position. Here, an infantry brigade was waiting for them in a neat line, but what caught Lieutenant General Uchida's eyes were the dozen or so chariots lined up in front of the line. The tank brigade of the 70th Division had a total of 18 tanks, and four of them were destroyed at once during the attack on Xinjiangzhen, and the remaining 14 tanks were never used, and were carefully collected by Major General Nofu Changdeok, and they were not taken out until this critical moment.

Major General Nofuchang said: "Your Excellency, division commander, according to the report of the soldiers I sent out to reconnoitre, the main force of the Zhina troops in the direction of Nanxiao Town is also encircling our army, and there are not many Zhina troops left in Nanxiao Town. At this time, Lieutenant General Uchida Takayuki had a smile on his face, nodded and said: "Yo Xi! Notomi-kun can still be so calm under such circumstances, and he is worthy of being an excellent officer of my empire." When I rush out and return to Qinzhou, I will personally ask for credit for you!"

After saying that, Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida boarded a Type 97 tank, and Major General Notomi Shotoku also hurriedly boarded another Type 97 tank. Under the order of Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida, the chariot took the lead, and the infantry brigade and the escort squadron directly under the division headquarters followed closely behind the chariot, and the Japanese army launched a surprise attack in the direction of Nanxiao Town.

The 871st Regiment of the 460th Brigade was divided into two, with the first battalion guarding Nanxiao Town, and the second and third battalions guarding the Dawangshan position. The 872nd Regiment held the south of the Japanese position, blocking the way for the Japanese army to flee to Nanxiao Town, and the 873rd Regiment held the east of the Japanese position to prevent the Japanese from escaping to the mountains to the east. The Japanese troops faced the 872nd Regiment in this assault.

The position of the 872nd Regiment was very close to the Japanese position, only more than 100 meters, which was also to get closer to the Japanese position faster when attacking. Although they also thought that the Japanese army would desperately break through, they did not expect that the Japanese army would take the lead with more than a dozen combat vehicles. The 872nd Regiment had anti-tank weapons, but without preparation, it would be too late to use them.

This Japanese assault can be said to be desperate, and the speed of the chariot breakthrough is very fast. The fourteen tanks advanced as they opened fire on the positions of the 872nd Regiment with heavy machine guns and guns. When the regiment commander Chen Dian saw the Japanese tanks rushing up, he hurriedly ordered Zhang Quan, the commander of the heavy firepower battalion, to intercept the Japanese tanks with mortars first, and then ordered people to prepare 82 caliber recoilless guns.

It took less than five minutes for the Japanese tanks to rush over more than 100 meters, and the mortars of the 872nd Regiment hurriedly opened fire, but they almost missed the rapidly approaching tanks, but only blew up a lot of the Japanese infantry behind the tanks. As soon as the Japanese chariot rushed into the position of the 872nd Regiment, it drove at full speed and made a hard breakthrough in the direction of Nanxiao Town. The officers and men of the battalion on the frontal position were also red-eyed, and many soldiers grabbed cluster grenades and ammunition and rushed towards the chariots.

However, there were soldiers behind the Japanese tanks, especially behind the four Type 97 tanks, which were covered by the most elite divisional and regimental escort in the division. There were quite a few fighters who rushed to the chariot, and probably not many fighters rushed to the side of the chariot. The surprise attack of the Japanese army was considered a success, and ten combat vehicles, including four Type 97 tanks and several hundred soldiers, broke through the position of the 872nd Regiment and desperately fled in the direction of Nanxiao Town.

Wei Shaofeng, the commander of the 871st Regiment guarding Nanxiao Town, stood on the wall, watching the movement in the direction of the Japanese position, while muttering to the brigade commander Wei Bin standing beside him, nothing more than complaining about Wei Bin leaving his regiment to guard Nanxiao Town. Wei Bin didn't seem to hear Wei Shaofeng's complaints, and concentrated on observing the direction of the Japanese position with a telescope.

Suddenly, Wei Bin shouted: "Little Japan has broken through!" After looking at it for a while, Wei Bin scolded: "His grandmother's, what is this Chen Dian for, the strength of a regiment has made Little Japan break out, it's a shame!" Wei Shaofeng stopped when Wei Bin shouted for the first time, and also carefully observed it with a telescope. At this time, he also saw more than ten tanks and hundreds of soldiers of the Japanese army breaking out and fleeing towards his side at full speed.

Wei Shaofeng said to Wei Bin: "Brigade, let these little Japan be handed over to our group." Wei Bin replied: "Okay! Now it's up to you, let go of a Japanese soldier and I'll ask you!" Wei Shaofeng replied while running under the wall: "You can rest assured!" Wei Shaofeng rushed to the wall and shouted: "The first battalion, one company, two companies, and heavy fire company will follow me out of the city, and prepare recoilless guns!"

Two infantry companies and one heavy firepower company followed Wei Shaofeng out of the city and set up a blocking position in the middle of the road. When the Japanese tanks were still 500 meters away from Nanxiao Town, Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida spotted that the Chinese troops had set up a blocking position in the middle of the road. Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida, who had just escaped, stretched out his body from the tank and shouted, "Charge!

The Japanese knew that they could only escape by rushing through the blocking position. Fueled by a desire to survive, these soldiers burst to their full potential and rushed forward. But as soon as he rushed out a few dozen meters, more than a dozen shells fell from the sky and smashed into the ranks. The continuous explosions not only caused a lot of the charging infantry to fall, but even two of the Type 95 vehicles were hit and could not move forward.

It turned out that seeing that an army had broken out, the commander of the second battalion guarding Dawang Mountain immediately contacted the artillery on the top of the mountain, so that the artillery could open fire in time to stop the fleeing Japanese army. At this time, Wei Shaofeng's blocking position was also set up, and there was no way to build any fortifications in a short time, so the soldiers used stones and dirt bags to set up weapons on the side of the road, and the key was that four 82-caliber recoilless guns were also arranged.

The Japanese army was also anxious, ignoring the shells falling on their heads, they charged forward with all their might, rushing forward with all their might, charging the two Type 97 tanks in front, and firing at the blocking Chinese troops with heavy machine guns and artillery as they charged. Looking at the Japanese tanks that were getting closer and closer, Wei Shaofeng calmly ordered four recoilless guns to prepare, and then Wei Shaofeng waved his right hand down violently and shouted: "Open the cannon!"