The Japanese army was easily repulsed, which made both Tang Longzai and Tangshan Leopard a little incredulous. Tang Longzai was also relieved that Wang Haitao's safety would not have any more problems, while Tangshan Leopard was a little regretful because he could not personally lead the troops into battle, and could only watch Sun Linhai lead the troops to attack. However, Tangshan Leopard knows very well how important his position is, and Wang Haitao gave him this position because of his unreserved trust.

The 3rd Guards Regiment and the Light Armored Regiment chased out for several kilometers, and when they saw the remnants of the Japanese army retreating back into the mountains again, they stopped the pursuit, simply cleaned up the battlefield and returned to their original positions. Wang Haitao saw that the two ambushes were repulsed, and the losses of the Japanese army were not small, he was afraid that he would not attack him again, and that it was better to arrive there as soon as possible in Zhangshu County, so he ordered to move closer to the main force and prepare to join forces to capture Xingan County.

In the headquarters of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army in Nantouling Mountain, Lieutenant General Sanji Oshido was already thunderous. He made a good battle plan, but he was defeated in the implementation, if he withdrew to Zhangshu County, then he would definitely become the laughing stock of the other two division commanders, and he didn't want to raise his head in front of them.

The unwilling Lieutenant General Oshiroto Sanji first scolded the withdrawn Noshi Jun Sansa and Koga Ryuichi Zuo, and then ordered the two to gather their troops and prepare for another battle. Later, he sent a telegram to the 84th Wing, asking Tokinosuke Osa's entire army to move closer to him. By the afternoon, Wang Haitao had gathered his troops except for the 130 Heavy Cannon Regiment and drove to the city of Xinping County, preparing to attack the city, while Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji had also organized his three infantry wings and was ready to attack the Chinese army again.

At this time, Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji had only more than 8,000 troops left, and the 22nd Division had lost half of its strength in the morning battle. The chief of staff, Major General Yamawaki Masao, proposed to divide part of his forces to attack the heavy artillery positions of the Chinese army, but Lieutenant General Oshiroto Sanji still denied the chief of staff's proposal after thinking about it. The first reason was that he was too far away from the heavy artillery position, and he did not know the specific location and defense situation of the heavy artillery position; and second, the most important point was that he had insufficient troops at hand, and he could no longer divide his troops to attack.

Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji still resents himself for the capture of his mountain artillery position, and if the mountain artillery position is still there, the situation will be very different if he is now bombarded by the Chinese army, and at least his own attack will be more certain. I wanted to reorganize the troops and recapture the mountain artillery position, but the people sent to reconnoiter came back to report that the Chinese army had left, and that nothing was left on the original position except for the corpses of thousands of imperial soldiers.

The report of the scouts made Lieutenant General Oshirodo almost vomit blood in anger, but he was helpless, and who knew in what direction the Chinese troops were leaving? Lieutenant General Oshiroto Sanji and Major General Yamawaki Masao discussed for a long time, and finally came up with a plan that they both thought was feasible. That is, the whole army quietly approached the Chinese army, tried not to expose the target early, and when the attack was launched, let the Kono Brigade in the city also launch an attack on the Chinese army outside the city, so as to form a two-sided attack on the Chinese army.

Lieutenant General Oshiroto Sanji decided that the attack would be under his own command, and the chief of staff, Major General Yamawaki Masao, led the engineers and baggage troops to stay at the division headquarters. The decision was made, and Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji quietly set off with all the soldiers who could fight. Wang Haitao was discussing the siege with Tang Longzai, Li Changwu, Tang Yu and others outside Xingan County, and he did not expect that the Japanese army would re-attack so quickly.

Now Wang Haitao has a full army in his hands, which is more than enough to capture Xingan County, Wang Haitao and his subordinates are discussing how to take Xingan County with the smallest casualties, after all, there will be a big battle to be fought in Zhangshu County. Li Changwu proposed to cover the county town with artillery fire in order to destroy the living forces of the Japanese army and make the Japanese army lose confidence.

Originally, with the powerful artillery fire in Wang Haitao's hands, it was the most practical and easiest way to cover the county seat, but Wang Haitao considered that there were still many people in the city and could not hurt the innocent, so he decisively rejected Li Changwu's proposal. Just before they could come up with an ideal plan, a scout sent a report that a large number of Japanese troops appeared in the Nantouling Pass.

Although Wang Haitao did not expect the Japanese army to attack again so soon, he was always cautious and sent a reconnaissance team to the exit of Ma Nao Mountain and Nantouling Mountain, and sent the guard regiment of the 211th Division to strengthen the defense of the 130 Heavy Cannon Regiment. Now Wang Haitao's caution has helped him a lot. When Wang Haitao learned that the Japanese troops from Nantouling Mountain were still more than ten kilometers away from him, his mind turned and an idea appeared.

Now Wang Haitao had no time to discuss with everyone, and said directly: "I order, the whole army retreats five kilometers in the direction from which it came, and the 3rd Guard Regiment, the 878th Regiment and the Light Armored Regiment are ready to attack the Japanese troops rushing from Nantouling Mountain. The 211th Division's self-propelled howitzer, artillery regiment and rocket artillery battalion accompanied the 3rd Guards Regiment. The 877th Regiment retreated five kilometers and then launched a defense in the direction of Xingan County, with the 1st Mixed Armored Battalion cooperating with the actions of the 2nd Regiment. The 879th Regiment and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the mixed armored battalion chose a place to lurk outside Xingan County, and if the Japanese troops in Xingan County went out of the city to pursue our army, they would cut off their retreat and not let the Japanese troops out of the city return to the city. Time was urgent, and everyone immediately went back to convey the order and carry it out. ”

Several people in the command headquarters were accustomed to the immediate execution of Wang Haitao's orders, so no one asked a word and left in a hurry. Soon the troops began to retreat in the direction they came. In Xingan County, Major General Takeshi Kono, the commander of the Kono Brigade, first received a telegram from Lieutenant General Miharu Oshirodo, commander of the 22nd Division, ordering him to attack from inside the city and attack the Chinese troops outside the city together with the 22nd Division.

Major General Takeshi Kono's mixed brigade consisted of four infantry brigades, a mountain artillery brigade, an engineer brigade, and a baggage brigade, with a strength of more than 7,000 troops, which was sufficient to defend a county town.

Major General Takeshi Kono was shocked by the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, and to be honest, he was not optimistic about Lieutenant General Oshiroto's plan to attack from both sides, but Lieutenant General Oshiroto Sanji was the supreme commander of the battlefield, and he had to obey his orders. In desperation, Major General Takeshi Kono was still ready to send two infantry brigades out of the city to attack the Chinese army, and the rest of the troops held on to the county seat.

Just as Major General Takeshi Kono had allocated his troops and was about to follow orders, a subordinate came to report that the Chinese troops outside the city were retreating in a hurry. Major General Takeshi Kono immediately climbed the wall of the south gate, and sure enough, from the binoculars, he could see that the Chinese troops outside the city were already withdrawing from their positions, and they seemed to be retreating in a hurry. Although it was not clear why the Chinese army had retreated in a hurry, he saw it as a good opportunity to defeat the Chinese army.

Major General Takeshi Kono immediately reported the situation to Lieutenant General Miharu Oshiroto, and then adjusted the plan, and personally led three infantry brigades out of the city to pursue the retreating Chinese army, leaving his deputy in the castle, Wing Commander Tsukudai Makoto Daisa, to lead an infantry brigade and a mountain artillery brigade and other troops to hold on.

Lieutenant General Oshiroto Sanji was overjoyed when he received a telegram from Major General Takeshi Kono. As long as the Chinese army retreats, when the Chinese army arrives, it will first block it, and when the Kono Brigade attacks the Chinese army from behind, it will attack it again, and the Chinese army will be defeated from both sides.

Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji immediately ordered the troops to halt their advance, set up blocking positions on both sides of the road, and cut off the road. Although the officers under his command did not understand why the division commander had changed his approach in a moment, he still resolutely carried out the order. An hour later, as soon as the Japanese troops of the 22nd Division had built a simple fortification, they saw the Chinese army in the distance billowing in the dust.

The Light Panzer Regiment, the 3rd Guards Regiment and the 878th Regiment hurried all the way, and after an hour they stopped their advance only two kilometers from the 22nd Division. The self-propelled howitzer, artillery regiment and rocket artillery battalion also followed them and stopped behind the 3rd Guards Regiment. The 3rd Guard Regiment and the 878th Regiment stopped, and the observers of the 130th Heavy Cannon Regiment had telegraphed the coordinates of the Japanese army to the regiment commander Tang Shanhu.

The 130 heavy cannon is extremely powerful, but the shells are limited. These shells are all in the inventory of the munitions warehouse, and the arsenal can't imitate them at all, and one shot will be one less, so the 130 Heavy Cannon Regiment, like the rocket artillery battalion, needs Wang Haitao's personal order to fire. After Tang Shanhu received the azimuth coordinates of the Japanese army, he immediately asked Wang Haitao whether to open fire, Wang Haitao thought about it for a while and asked Tangshan Hu to stand by.

Wang Haitao believed that to deal with the remnants of the 22nd Division, it was enough to have a self-propelled grenade, a projectile regiment, and a light armored regiment in terms of firepower, and the firepower of the 3rd Guards Regiment was not weak, and it was not yet time to use the 130 heavy cannon regiment and rocket artillery battalion. At this time, the self-propelled howitzer and artillery regiments that arrived at the position had already launched an artillery bombardment of the 22nd Division.

The 22nd Division's mountain artillery wing had ceased to exist, which made its artillery much weaker, and Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji cursed the Chinese troops who had taken away his mountain artillery positions with hatred, and at the same time fired back at the Chinese troops with dozens of small artillery pieces that had been organized. The distance between the two sides is only two kilometers, even small artillery can attack each other, Sun Linhai saw that the Japanese small artillery began to return fire, in order to avoid too many casualties, he ordered the light armored regiment to attack, ready to use combat vehicles to attract Japanese artillery fire.

Sure enough, as soon as the light armored regiment attacked, the Japanese artillery fire immediately turned to the assault tank. The armored regiment of the 211th Division was originally a mixed armored regiment, but it also had eight heavy tanks of the Cheetah type and fifteen light tanks, which was not weak. However, because the armored brigade was damaged, Wang Haitao transferred all the heavy tanks of the armored regiment of the 211th Division to the armored brigade in order to replenish the armored brigade, and even transferred ten light tanks. At present, the armored regiment of the 211th Division has only five light tanks, 15 heavy armored vehicles, 20 light armored vehicles, and 30 armored trucks, making it a light armored regiment.