"The devil is up again!" A national soldier shouted. "Prepare for battle!" Liu Hai and his gang hurriedly lay there, while the green forest heroes next to them stood there to aim, or squatted on the ground to put their guns! "Boss Ye, tell your people to lie down and wait for the devil to get closer before fighting! The devil's marksmanship is not bad! Bangs shouted. Get down, get down! Boss Ye hurriedly shouted. Before those men could climb down, they were hit several times, and the rest fell to the ground! "Hit!" Bangs watched the devil rush closer and gave the order to fire! Suddenly, thousands of extra human guns suddenly beat the rushing devils to the back! "Machine gun cover, charge!" Boss Ye saw that the devils were all infantry, and the good marksmanship was scary, so he hurriedly gathered the brothers with horses and rushed out of the city! Although there are not many dozens of horses, under the cover of machine guns, they slashed into the formation of devils like a sharp blade! The men on the horses slashed down with big knives, and the long-term banditry made them extremely ruthless, and many devils' heads were chopped off! After another hard battle, the Japanese army retreated, Liu Hai counted the casualties, and in the attack of more than an hour, more than 100 men were lost!

At the last moment when Liu Hai and the beards were fighting with the devils, Wang Yaowu, who knew that Liu Hai was in danger, couldn't sit still, but he really couldn't draw the support of the whole army on the front line, and finally thought of Song Ruyu's baby bump! Wang Yaowu told Song Ruyu about Liu Hai's danger and asked her to send a telegram to the headquarters asking for reinforcements! When Song Ruyu heard that Liu Hai would block a division of devils with another brigade, he immediately asked the headquarters to send reinforcements! Liu Hai's danger made Chen Cheng's general Guo Yutang anxious, such a big battle, the Japanese army has six divisions, each of which is the elite division of the 11th Army of the Japanese army, not to mention a brigade, even an army can't stop it for long! Guo Yutang couldn't sit still in the end, and wanted Chen Cheng to ask for reinforcements in Takasago City! Chen Cheng's natural way Guo Yutang and Liu Hai's relationship, and in addition, Chen Cheng also admired Liu Hai, so he asked for instructions and asked to send the 18th Army to reinforce Takasago City! Chiang Kai-shek didn't say anything more, and ordered the Eighteenth Army to reinforce Takasago City quickly, and Guo Yutang, who had already made preparations, immediately personally brought people to reinforcements!

"Rush rush! Hurry the! "In the roar of Guo Yutang, the Eighteenth Army rushed forward one regiment after another, and the newly joined Eighteenth Army rushed towards the Japanese army like an anthill, and the Japanese army's rearguard defense line quickly collapsed under the powerful artillery fire of the Eighteenth Army! The Eighteenth Army was Chen Cheng's elite, and the equipment was naturally not bad, and with the support of ground artillery fire, the Japanese division and regiment quickly retreated, and the remaining blocking troops could not stop the attack of the Eighteenth Army at all. "Take a battalion and rush into Takasago City to see if Liu Hai is still alive!" Guo Yutang stood in the car and shouted. "Yes!" Guo Yutang's staff officer, with a battalion of troops, rushed to Takasago City in a car!

"Reinforcements, reinforcements!" Liu Xiaoshan shouted happily, "The commander's reinforcements are coming, and we will carry them over!" "Whew!" On the ruined city wall, the few remaining soldiers of the national army shouted happily. Liu Hai looked excitedly at the national army rushing over, knowing that he had carried it over again this time, and suddenly he had no strength at all, and sat on the brick stack all of a sudden! "Sir, your people are here, you promised, help us join the national army!" Ye Tonghe looked at bangs and asked. "I only promised to help you, I didn't say that it must be possible, after all, your people are complex, and there is no systematic training and equipment, but don't worry, all the troops have lost a lot of people in this battle, it should be okay, but you have to think about it, once you join the national army, there will be strict discipline, and maybe you will be scattered into different units, you know?" "I know this, as long as I can find a way out for the brothers, I can do anything!" Ye Tonghe said. "Very good, you are a far-sighted leader, if you become a bandit sooner or later, you will be exterminated, don't worry!" Bangs said.

"Is Commander Liu here? Come out and speak in the words! Guo Yutang's chief of staff shouted. Here it is! Bangs hurriedly ran out. Commander Liu, I am a staff officer of the 18th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and I came to pick up Commander Liu to the military headquarters on the order of Commander Guo! The staff officer said. Yes, but my brothers and those brothers over there are all heroes who defend the city, so please settle them properly! Bangs said. I know this, and I'll take care of it! The staff officer invited Bangs into the car. The car drove directly to Guo Yutang's military headquarters! That staff officer put all the remaining national troops of Liu Xiaoshan's brigade in the car and drove to the garrison of the Eighteenth Army! "Brothers, thank you for helping the national army defend the city!" The staff officer saluted Ye Tonghe! "Sir! Chief Liu promised to take us in! Ye Tonghe said. Commander Liu didn't say it, but you'd better stay put, wait for instructions, since Commander Liu promised you, he will make arrangements! The staff officer said. Well, we're standing by! Ye Tonghe said.

Liu Hai arrived at Guo Yutang's military headquarters, Guo Yutang looked at the able-bodied Liu Hai, and said happily, "Virtuous nephew, it's okay, Chief Chen cares about you very much, and the order to reinforce you was personally given by Chairman Jiang!" Guo Yutang said. Uncle, this time it's too hanging, and I'm almost going to die with the devil! Bangs said like the rest of his life. Hehe, isn't that all right? It is amazing that you can withstand the attack of a division of the Japanese army with the strength of a brigade! Guo Yutang looked at his nephew excitedly! It's just a big life, if it weren't for the heroes in Tianlinzhai who came forward, I'm afraid I would have been martyred a long time ago! Bangs said. Tianlinzhai? Brigand? Guo Yutang said, "They will also help you defend the city?" "Yes, uncle, at the last critical moment, if it weren't for their city gate, they would have broken through!" Bangs said. "Really? That's all it takes, give them some money! Guo Yutang said. But their boss wants our national army to be absorbed, anyway, now the battle damage is not small and needs to be replenished! Bangs said. Hehe, you think it's so simple to incorporate a team, let's tell you the truth, our 18th Army definitely doesn't want these people, we only accept veterans, so they have to make some contributions if they want to be co-opted! Guo Yutang said. Uncle, can't you just think of a way? I promised to help them! Bangs said. Well, you go and get some rest first, and I'll figure it out! Guo Yutang said. Okay, thank you uncle! Bangs said.

After a few days of hard fighting, Liu Hai was very tired, and after probably washing up, Liu Hai slept well in the army of the Eighteenth Army. After waking up, Guo Yutang told Liu Hai that he had already thought of a way to integrate Ye Tong and them, but there was no time to formally integrate them yet, so he would first give a regiment to the establishment, let them participate in the upcoming counteroffensive first, and then arrange them to other troops after the end of this campaign, but they would be screened and selected, and the older and too young would be given a settlement fee and dismissed, and the task would wait for the order! Liu Hai thought about it for a while, so no matter what, Guo Yutang agreed to be adopted, screening and selection are also necessary! Liu Hai specially returned to Takasago City, and Liu Hai and Guo Yutang took some money before leaving. After arriving in Takasago City, Liu Hai gave the money to Ye Tonghe and told him that the national army had promised to absorb them, but they had to obey the arrangement, screen and eliminate some of the over-the-top members, and temporarily form a regiment, Ye Tonghe served as the head of the regiment, and the others were arranged by Ye Tonghe, and then prepared to participate in the counteroffensive! After the counteroffensive is over, a specific attribution will be arranged for it! After hearing the news, Ye Tonghe was very happy and thanked Liu Hai very much, thanking him for finding a home for his brothers!

Soon, the Japanese attack fell into a stalemate with the failure of the raid on Takasago City, and the six divisions fought in Furong Mountain for half a month without progress, and were never able to break through the resistance of the national army, and the first stage of the Battle of Xiangxi came to an end! After discussing with Guo Yutang and a group of generals, Wang Yaowu decided to take advantage of the exhaustion of the Japanese attack to use the cutting-edge Tang Enbo's 27th Group Army and Wang Jingjiu's 10th Group Army as the main force to carry out a major counteroffensive. At this time, the commander of the 116th Division, Iwanaga Wang, and the commander of the 47th Division, Watanabe Yoshi, who had suffered a severe blow from the Chinese army, jointly sent a telegram to Okamura Ninji in Nanjing, demanding that the Zhijiang operation be suspended. They believed that the Japanese troops on the right flank and the left flank had been defeated, and that the Japanese troops in the center not only did not capture any important strongholds, but also that the 119th Wing had been surrounded, and the other divisions had also suffered heavy losses. Moreover, the Nationalist Army's position on Furong Mountain could not be captured, and the Japanese army had to rely on a small amount of transportation on mountain paths, and was attacked by the Nationalist guerrillas and air force from time to time, and ammunition and supplies were basically cut off. But before Okamura Ninji gave the order, the national army had already begun a local counteroffensive!

The main force of the Fifth Division of the Nationalist Army attacked the main position of the Japanese army in Ma'anshan, occupying most of the commanding heights of the Japanese army in half a day, and the Japanese troops retreated to the core position one after another. Compress the Japanese army into an area of several miles. The 58th Brigade of the Japanese Army put up desperate resistance. These two divisions of the Nationalist Army were only equipped with a small number of American weapons, and their firepower was not superior to that of the Japanese, so they adopted decisive close combat. The Japanese army soon fell out, and the front line retreated to the core position of Wanfu Bridge. At this time, the national army had formed an assault team, consisting of the 15th Regiment of the 5th Division, commanded by Qiu Xingxiang, deputy commander of the 5th Division. Under the leadership of the local ethnic minority mountain people, they secretly went around to the side of the Japanese army and suddenly rushed into the main position of the Japanese army at Wanfu Bridge. The Nationalist army rushed into the headquarters and killed more than 200 officers of all ranks on the spot, and the brigade command was completely paralyzed. The other rushed into the Japanese artillery position, the Japanese artillery abandoned the artillery and fled, and the national army captured all the Japanese artillery. The Nationalist Army took the opportunity to attack, and the entire brigade of the Japanese army collapsed, except for the 155th Brigade, which was completely annihilated by the Nationalist Army.

The victory of the Ma'anshan counterattack made the national army see that the Japanese army was exhausted and determined to launch the upcoming counteroffensive!