The 116th Brigade of the Japanese Army was unable to resist the three strong attacks of the 188th Division, and the 188th Division also suffered heavy losses, not only did the three infantry regiments lose more than half of their men, but also suffered many casualties among their officers. Two of the three regiment commanders were seriously wounded, one was slightly wounded, three of the nine battalion commanders were killed, and the rest of the company-platoon-level officers suffered even more casualties.

Division Commander Hai Jingqiang didn't expect that the Japanese army would be so difficult to gnaw after the defeat, and this hard bone really made him suffer heavy losses. Just when Hai Jingqiang was about to organize another attack, fierce gunfire came from the rear of the Japanese position, and the 271st Brigade and the 542nd Regiment and the 462nd Brigade 877th Regiment, which had been ordered, launched an attack on the Japanese army from two directions under the cover of combat vehicles.

Although only two regiments were sent up, hundreds of mortars and field guns first carried out a covering bombardment of the Japanese army, and with the cover of the tanks that left the Japanese army helpless, the Japanese position was broken through at once. Seeing that the Japanese army on the position was in chaos, it was possible to be completely annihilated, and now it was Hai Jingqiang's turn to feel uncomfortable. In Hai Jingqiang's heart, the 90th Army's attack on the Japanese troops at this time was completely a fire and robbery.

Hai Jingqiang also immediately ordered his troops to attack the Japanese army again, and this time the Japanese resistance weakened significantly, and the 188th Division finally rushed into the Japanese position. More than half an hour later, the 116th Brigade of the Japanese Army on the position was basically annihilated, and the brigade commander, Major General Kintaro Ikeda, was also killed at the hands of the 188th Division. Hai Jingqiang had just ordered his subordinates to purge the remnants of the enemy, clean up the battlefield first, and not let the 90th Army take advantage, but he saw that the officers and men of the 90th Army had quickly assembled and turned to leave.

Faced with weapons, ammunition and military supplies all over the ground, the ninety officers and soldiers left in line without even looking at it, which made Hai Jingqiang stunned for a long time, and he didn't understand what was going on after thinking for a while. It turned out that when the 271st Brigade and the 462nd Brigade launched a surprise attack on the Japanese army, Wang Haitao received a telegram from Tangshan Leopard that about 10,000 Japanese troops had approached Xing'an Town, which was fortified by the guard brigade.

After the elimination of the 116th Brigade, the sky had all darkened, and when he learned that more than 10,000 Japanese troops were approaching Lu'an Town, Wang Haitao immediately ordered the troops to ask Xing'an Town to pursue and advance after the 116th Brigade was eliminated, except for the captured Japanese heavy artillery and artillery and ammunition, the rest of the trophies were handed over to the Gui Army's troops, so the 271st Brigade and the 462nd Brigade quickly left without cleaning up the battlefield.

Xing'an Town has a complex terrain, and the only road leading to Hunan passes through Xing'an Town. As soon as the highway passes through the town of Xing'an, it narrows immediately, and on one side of the highway is a continuous hill more than 100 meters high, and on the other side is the Xiangjiang River. Tangshan Leopard did not put much effort into the town of Xing'an, which was difficult to attack, but only arranged a battalion of guards in the town, and gave them a clear goal, to hold back the Japanese army and kill as many Japanese living forces as possible while guarding.

With the strength of more than 500 people in a battalion, under the attack of nearly 10,000 Japanese troops, while defending Xing'an Town, it is necessary to kill and injure Japanese troops as much as possible, which may be an impossible task for other national army units, but Zhou Sheng, the commander of the three regiments and one battalion who received the order, did not regard it as a difficult task to complete. The third regiment also suffered a lot of losses in the battle to defend Zhennanguan not long ago, and after replenishing its strength, regiment commander Sun Linhai made great efforts to reorganize and train the troops.

With veterans as the backbone, the combat effectiveness of the three regiments recovered very quickly, and Tang Renli spared no effort to replenish the ordnance and materials of the guard brigade, and now the three regiments have not only recovered their combat effectiveness, but are even stronger than before. Let's say that Zhou Sheng's first battalion has 540 officers and men, including three infantry companies and a heavy firepower company, and an artillery company.

Needless to say, the infantry company had 24 light and heavy machine guns, as well as more than 50 charge and front guns. The heavy fire side company had not only six heavy machine guns, but also eight 60-caliber light mortars. The battery was equipped with eight 120-caliber heavy mortars, twelve 100-caliber heavy mortars, twelve 82-caliber mortars, four recoilless guns, and six 40-0 rocket launchers. The firepower of this battalion is much stronger than that of a regiment of the Central Army.

Zhou Sheng did not arrange a position outside the town, anyway, the task was to drag down the Japanese army and try to kill and injure the Japanese army, and did not set a time to hold on, so in the case of relying on the wall, as long as the Japanese army was killed and wounded. According to Zhou Sheng's idea, drag the Japanese army here in Xing'an Town for two to three hours, and destroy more than 1,000 Japanese troops before moving to the rear, and with these two or three hours, the battle outside Guilin should also be over.

Continuing north after crossing the town of Xing'an, the road is not so easy to walk, although the slope of the whole road is not too large, but the whole road winds along the foot of the mountain, and the curve is quite large. The difference between the Xiangjiang River next to the highway and the road surface is more than ten meters, and the drop of more than ten meters is almost vertical, and it is difficult to go up and down with manpower. The current of the Xiangjiang River is also relatively rapid, and the river surface is also impassable.

Tangshan Leopard took advantage of the terrain to build three defensive lines behind three bends, the first line of defense was only two kilometers away from Xing'an Town, which was defended by the Third Regiment, and Zhou Sheng's battalion would also join this defense line once it was withdrawn from Xing'an Town. The second line of defense was three kilometers from the first line of defense and was defended by the second regiment, and the third and final line of defense was three kilometers from the second line of defense and was defended by the first regiment.

On the top of a hillside more than 200 meters high next to the highway, the brigade headquarters of Tangshan Leopard is located here, and at the same time, 24 Japanese-style 75-caliber mountain guns of the brigade artillery battalion are also arranged here. With the range of these mountain guns, it was possible to provide artillery support for the second and third lines of defense. This time, the Guards Brigade was fully prepared and would never let a single Japanese soldier escape from this road.

When the Japanese army fled in a hurry to the outside of Xing'an Town, it was already evening, and Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi was going to rest in Xing'an Town for a night, and then decide tomorrow morning according to the situation whether to continue to retreat to Jeonju or stick to the place to help. However, as soon as he saw that the town of Hung Yen had been occupied by the Chinese army, not only was the morale of the troops hit again, but Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi was afraid that the Chinese army would catch up, so he could only order an attack on the town overnight.

Although the Japanese army was defeated by more than 10,000 people, only the 130th Brigade and more than 6,000 people had strong combat effectiveness. In addition, the artillery was basically lost, so the commander of the 130th Brigade of the 130th Brigade could only concentrate dozens of mortars and Type 92 infantry guns as cover and prepare to attack Xing'an Town.

Zhou Sheng stood in a bunker on the wall and saw clearly with a telescope, Zhou Sheng said to Wang Dashan, a company commander beside him: "Dashan, it seems that little Japan is about to attack, and little Japan must be the same old way, first use artillery bombardment, and then use people to attack, you let the brothers pay attention to the defense against artillery bombardment, and then let the artillery company see the opportunity to give the artillery position of little Japan a look." ”

Wang Dashan replied: "Battalion commander, you can rest assured, you have already prepared, the regimental seat said that the heavy artillery of Little Japan is almost lost, as long as there is no heavy artillery, the shelling of Little Japan will not have much power." Zhou Sheng nodded and said, "It's better to be careful." As soon as he finished speaking, the whistling of cannonballs was heard in the air. Wang Dashan hurriedly escorted Zhou Sheng and lay down in the bunker.

Listening to the explosion of the shells, Zhou Sheng immediately distinguished the explosions of all small cannon shells, and immediately felt a lot more relieved. A few minutes later, more than 30 mortars of the artillery company began to return fire, and the Japanese artillery fire immediately weakened. Seeing that the defenders in the town also began to fire back with mortars, and there were still a lot of mortars, Major General Uzawa Naosin's brows furrowed.

The sky had completely darkened, and the accuracy of the artillery bombardment on both sides had deteriorated considerably as night fell, and more than ten minutes had passed, and the losses on both sides were not serious, and a fierce artillery battle was still unfolding. Unable to wait any longer, Naosin Uzawa gave the order for the infantry to attack. After receiving the order, an infantry brigade of the 133rd Wing, which was ready to attack, opened the skirmish line and began to attack and advance.

Although it was dark, the moonlight was good tonight, and the Japanese army was still more than 300 meters away from Xing'an Town under the moonlight when they were discovered by the observation post on the wall. On the wall facing the Japanese attack was a platoon of a company and a heavy fire company, and before the arrival of the Japanese army, the defenders had already repaired a number of light and heavy machine gun fire points on the wall, as well as a number of bunkers.

As soon as the Japanese infantry attacked, a soldier immediately reported to Zhou Sheng and Wang Dashan, Wang Dashan glanced at Zhou Sheng, Zhou Sheng understood what Wang Dashan meant, and said to him: "Dashan, you go and command the battle, I am only watching here." Wang Dashan stood up excitedly and said, "Battalion commander, just take a look!" After saying that, he saluted and rushed out of the bunker.

As soon as the Japanese troops entered the 200-meter range, Wang Dashan shouted: "Open fire!" Immediately, the wall was full of firepower, and a firepower network composed of dozens of light and heavy machine guns rushed head-on at the attacking Japanese troops. It must have been night, the accuracy of the soldiers' shooting was still discounted, and the Japanese commander also knew that the only way to escape was to recapture the town of Hung Yen, so he commanded the Japanese soldiers to attack forward with bullets.

The Japanese army also set up more than a dozen heavy machine guns and desperately strafed the wall, and the attacking Japanese army also fired back while attacking forward, and the fire spit out from the muzzle became the most conspicuous target. In order to better cover the infantry attack, Major General Uzawa Naosin ordered the artillery to abandon the artillery battle and change the target to the machine-gun fire point on the wall.

Regardless of their own casualties, the Japanese small artillery aimed at the wall, and the pressure on the defenders on the wall suddenly increased. As soon as Zhou Sheng saw that the Japanese army was coming, he also ordered the artillery company to detach some mortars to shell the attacking Japanese infantry.