In just a few minutes, Captain Mori, the deputy commander of the Japanese army, received two orders that shocked him one after another, both from his co-captain Kosuke Otsuka.

The first was an urgent order from the Sena Division Headquarters, which was forwarded that in view of the fact that Huo County, another county on the Nantongpu Railway, was also attacked by the Shina Army, the division commander ordered the immediate end of the siege on the wasteland, and the divisions returned to their established strongholds to defend themselves. Among them, the task given to the Maori captain was to lead the Wencheng reinforcements to retreat to Lingshi County and the nearby Tongpu railway line.

However, before the Japanese captain recovered from the shock of this sudden order, Wing Commander Dazuo issued a new combat order: Before retreating, your unit immediately launched a fierce attack to support the Linfen reinforcements who were covering the core of the melee battlefield to complete the breakthrough.

Previously, Captain Maori had already known that the combat power of the Chinese army in front of him was very fierce, and since he left the railway line, he began to pursue and cover up, and a large group of Chinese troops who stood in front of him and fought and retreated, can be called proficient in tactics and in the face of danger; They even split into left and right teams to alternate cover and take turns to retreat. Moreover, the number of light machine guns on the front line of the broken rear front was completely unexpected.

It was not easy to drive away the broken forces of the Chinese army, and to achieve a tactical encirclement with the friendly and neighboring forces, but unexpectedly it was a failure, and it was necessary to launch another "fierce attack" as the last step before the abandoned son left.

The fighter plane was fleeting, and Captain Maori withdrew from the battlefield after knowing that Wing Commander Osa, who was far away on the Western Front, would also deliver a final blow of the same nature. He immediately ordered the pursuit to be stopped, and at the same time summoned the two infantry squadron leaders under his command and began an emergency deployment.

These two infantry squadrons lacked a squad - the squad was now staying on the Tongpu railway line to protect the wounded military column - Captain Maori rolled his eyes and came up with a strategy to treat others in the way of others: the Chinese army, which had just been pursued, adopted the tactics of alternating cover and retreating in turns on the left and right, and now it was the turn of the imperial army to raise his legs, and he was also ready to take turns to cover and retreat in turn!

The 92 infantry guns, mortars, and heavy machine guns brought out of the army were quickly concentrated in the center, and Captain Maori personally led an infantry squad to protect them.

As soon as the three-minute fire cover was over, the two squadron leaders each led two infantry squads under their command and launched a tidal attack. Since the pursuit had been stopped for a while, they had now formed a longer distance from the broken rear troops of the China Army, and this distance needed to be quickly closed, so as to form a strong pressure on the China Army.

Of course, this was a charge similar to a feint, the purpose of which was to attract the strength and firepower of the outer line of the Chinese army, and create an opportunity for the Linfen reinforcements to break away from the core of the battlefield. In this way, the battlefield on the Western Front, which had just calmed down for a short time, suddenly resumed the fierce situation of guns and artillery roaring and killing shocking the sky.

Almost simultaneously with the launch of the offensive on the Western Front, the Japanese Wing Commander Kosuke Otsuka also began to echo each other on the Eastern Front.

Otsuka adopted a strategy of taking the plan into account: since the reinforcements of the Shina Army that suddenly came from behind had merged with the original encircled Shina Army, and tried to return to break through along the passage that had just been opened in the direction of Guanmen Mountain, Otsuka Yasuke simply did not close the gap that was torn open, but only ordered an infantry squadron to bluff and flank, which actually played the role of speeding up the drive; Otsuka himself personally commanded and gathered another infantry squadron and concentrated in an arc to attack the position of the Shina Army on the inner line, which had been stubbornly held due to the support of heavy machine guns.

The greatest success of this strategy was that the infantry squadron from the Linfen reinforcements took the opportunity to quietly bypass the periphery of Otsuka's arc-shaped offensive formation, and the soldiers slipped out of its flank from the center of the entire battle situation, and spread its footsteps and headed straight to the south: in that direction, Kikuchi Shaozo and the other part of the Linfen reinforcements were in a hurry to respond. When they joined forces, they immediately boarded the remnants of the trucks (those who couldn't squeeze into the trucks ran behind the convoy and marched) and walked towards the county seat of Huoxian County, dozens of miles away.

With the successful detachment of the Linfen reinforcements, the large-scale feint on the Western Front also came to an abrupt end, and the Japanese deputy captain, Captain Maori, withdrew the main force in front and began to retreat silently towards the Tongpu railway line with heavy weapons.

Kosuke Otsuka was the last to leave the battlefield, and the Japanese wing commander was very calm, until the Chinese army behind him completely "broke through" cleanly, he ordered the frontal arc offensive to stop the attack, and the strength of the two squadrons retreated in echelons, hitchhiking and walking respectively, and rushed to the direction of Fengdian.

It can be said that Captain Kosuke Otsuka, who has extremely high military qualities, responded urgently, with the help of the night and advanced means of communication, out of a clever move, and quietly completed the whole process of the entire battle situation from attack to defense and from defense to retreat.

In this process, the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army, which were engaged in joint operations, were completely contained, and were kept in the dark without any knowledge:

- The main force of the 1st Battalion of the 391st Regiment, carrying the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion with heavy losses, was killed back the way it came; Until they jumped to the outside line, Li Jiayu, the commander of the first battalion, and Chen Hao, the commander of the second battalion, were just glad that they were able to break through.

——The 5th Company and the Cavalry Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade, since the Japanese pursuers on the opposite side launched another fierce attack, they were determined to defend to the death, and after a fierce battle, they also breathed a sigh of relief for once again "repelling" the strong enemy.

——The 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 391st Regiment and the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 391st Regiment advanced together, and finally arrived at the position of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 391st Regiment, which was always trapped in the center of the battle.

However, none of the units of these scattered coalition forces expected that the fierce and vicious devils in front of them were actually hiding in the dark step by step.

The wide front of the 5th Company's defensive line of the 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade first tended to be silent, and Wu Zijian and Li Tianlin agreed that the Japanese army was breathing and that the next offensive would soon come; They urged their subordinates to rest and recuperate and prepare for another battle. However, this rest was gone, and it was not until there was only the whistling of the spring breeze in the air that the deputy battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army suddenly realized something:

"Tianlin, what tricks are the devils doing? There is no movement on the front, do you want to take a detour from the flanks? ”

"Impossible," Li Tianlin, the commander of the 5th Company, was also full of confusion: "The cavalry company of Lianshan is placed on our flank, and there is no movement from them!" ”

Wu Zijian knew that there was a change, and immediately ordered the cavalry company to move cautiously and search and advance along the flank of the Japanese army in front of him. The results of this search surprised the commander of the Eighth Route Army: within two or three miles ahead, there was no trace of the Japanese army!

Seeing this, the cavalry company commander Xia Lianshan simply went straight down, and finally captured the marching Japanese troops at a greater distance - they were really retreating! The direction is undoubtedly the Tongpu railway line when it came.

After receiving the report, Wu Zijian was at a loss: just withdrew? What kind of battle is this devil!

The news of the bizarre retreat of the Japanese pursuers on the Western Front was quickly transmitted through the special service company of the 391st Regiment to the supreme commander holding the central position: Deputy Battalion Commander Liu of the 1st Battalion of the 391st Regiment. Deputy Battalion Commander Liu, who was also confused after hearing the news, had not yet had time to analyze the original situation, and on the opposite side of his central position, the Japanese arc offensive gradually ebbed. After more than ten minutes, there was still no fighting, and two squads of sharp soldiers were sent to the central position, which were divided into left and right directions in the night, and became quiet to touch the opposite side.

They got the same result: there were no more Japanese troops in front of the position.

At this moment, the sound of the car motor starting was faintly heard in the distance, and the headlights swayed and swayed in the night, fading away - obviously, the devil was riding away!

For a while, the battlefield of the battle, which was still roaring with guns and cannons just now, became surprisingly silent. The day is about to dawn.

Far away on the outer edge of the eastern front of the battlefield, the regimental headquarters of the 391st Regiment led by Qin Zhongxiao first received the main force of the first battalion and the fourth company of the second battalion that broke through; Subsequently, Chief of Staff Zhang Hong also found here. The colonel of the Central Army, who was overwhelmed by the sudden silence, hurriedly grabbed the long-awaited walkie-talkie brought by the chief of staff and called the commanders of the various departments one by one. At first, he was still questioning that this was a conspiracy carried out by the Japanese army, but as time went back, the commander of the 391st Regiment finally believed that the devils had indeed retreated.

As if to provide further corroboration, a unit of the Eighth Route Army stumbled towards Qin Zhongxiao's position from the direction of Hekou Village, and they were the main force of the 7th Company and the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade who were responsible for blocking the Japanese reinforcements in Fengdian tonight; The two company commanders of the Eighth Route Army who led the team reported to the colonel of the Central Army who commanded the joint operation: After the breakthrough of the blocking position, the unit had been chasing after the Japanese puppet army in Fengdian.

- The battle is over!

The officers and men of the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army scattered on the battlefield were silent at first, then discussed, and finally, cheers began to rise and fall in the vast wasteland. The coalition forces, which were originally in semi-despair and ready to fight a desperate battle, escaped death this time, and there was really an indescribable joy to release to the fullest.

The top command of the coalition forces, which still maintained a clear mind and vigilance, continued to step up the dispatch of scouts in all directions in case of accidents. The ministers have already begun to concentrate on counting the troops, cleaning up the battlefield, and making arrangements for collecting troops.

This battle, which fought fiercely all night and shocked the entire Jinnan, died down in this unexpected and bizarre way.