When Matsushiro gathered the troops of the 106th Division, Hiroshi Otsuka, commander of the 23rd Brigade of the 18th Division, rushed over when he heard the news. Matsushiro handed the telegram sent by the division commander Junrokuro Matsuura to Hiroshi Otsuka and said, "Otsuka-kun, I want to immediately return to Yeji Town with the people of the 106th Division, and I will ask Otsuka-kun here." The Shina people on the mountain are no longer able to fight back, but your troops are insufficient, you only need to trap the Shina people on the mountain, and after I have eliminated the Shina army that dared to attack Yeji, I will come to take Fujin Mountain with Otsuka-kun and wipe out all the Shina people on the mountain. ”

There is only one wing of soldiers of the 18th Division that Hiroshi Otsuka can use, and these more than 3,000 people want to attack the mountain to go to the difficult point, but it is not a problem to besiege the people of the mountain branch. Therefore, Otsuka Hiroshi didn't say anything more, just asked Matsushiro to pay more attention to safety, and ordered his subordinates to take over the position of the 106th Division and continue to besiege the 274th Brigade on the mountain.

After Matsushiro reorganized his team, the three wings of the 106th Division, with a total of more than 6,000 people, marched neatly along the mountain road towards Yeji Town. Because it was only less than ten kilometers away from Yeji Town, Matsushiro was in a hurry, so he did not send a reconnaissance force along the way, but only advanced in a marching column.

When the front of the unit had just crossed the dangerous section of Taohualing, dozens of mortar shells suddenly flew on the slopes on both sides of the mountain road. The sound of cannonballs breaking through the air startled Matsushitoro on horseback. Ye Zhongshengdao, the captain of the 113th Wing, who was also riding on a horse beside him, shouted: "Enemy attack!" and then jumped off the horse.

Matsushiro also hurriedly flipped off his horse, and by this time the shells had already exploded in the ranks of the Japanese army. The shelling caused the Japanese army to be in a mess, some people were panicking to find a place to hide, and some people raised their weapons and looked around. Shells continued to fire, and bundles of cluster grenades were thrown down from the slopes on either side of the road.

At this time, Matsushiro and the others still didn't understand that they had been ambushed by the Shina people. Matsushiro and Hachu Seido hid behind a large rock and watched from the slopes on both sides. Ye Zhongsheng said: "Your Excellency the brigade commander, the number of people in the branch is not too much, they want to prevent us from returning to Yeji, we must rush out!"

Matsushiro nodded and replied: "Yo Xi, Ye Zhongjun will ask you to command the 113 Wing to counterattack the people on both sides, how about I take the rest of the people to assault?" Ye Zhongsheng replied: "Hey! The subordinates must cover the assault of His Excellency the brigade commander." After saying that, he loudly commanded the soldiers of the 113th Wing to set up heavy weapons such as machine guns, grenadiers, and mortars to return fire on the slopes on both sides.

The Japanese army was indeed a well-trained and disciplined strong army, and with the command of Ye Zhong Shengdao Dazuo, the heavy weapons of the 113th Wing soon began to suppress the slopes on both sides of the mountain road. The Japanese army's suppressive shooting was still very useful, and the troops of the provisional 168th Division on the slopes on both sides of the hill were also suppressed for a while and did not dare to raise their heads.

Matsushiro took the opportunity to lead the remaining Japanese troops to advance in the direction of Haji. The road of less than two kilometers in total was rushed out in only 20 minutes under the full strength of the Japanese army, and of course many soldiers fell under artillery fire on the way out. Ye Zhong Shengdao saw that Matsushiro had already stood out, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and he no longer entangled with the people on the hillside, and also led the 113 Wing to rush in the direction of Ye Ji.

Yang Jie's purpose was also to relieve the siege of the 274th Brigade, and he was not prepared to annihilate this Japanese army, so he only hit the Japanese army with mortars and cluster grenades, and let them go. After the Japanese army ran away, Yang Jie arranged for some soldiers to go down to clean up the battlefield, and then continued to guard the hillside, which was to prevent the Japanese army from coming back.

The sound of gunfire in Peach Blossom Ridge alarmed Hiroshi Otsuka left behind by Fukanayama and Seiichi Kuna, Junrokuro Matsuura and others in Haji Town. Otsuka Hiroshi was a little suspicious, with the sound of guns and cannons, Otsuka Hiroshi understood that Matsushimoto Lang was ambushed by the Shina people, and he had the intention to send troops to reinforcements, and he was worried that the Shina army on the mountain would escape, but he was worried about the situation there when he did not send troops to reinforce.

After thinking for a while, listening to the increasingly dense gunfire in Taohualing, Hiroshi Otsuka was ruthless, and still sent a brigade of soldiers led by Saburo Sato, the wing commander of the 56th Wing, to reinforce Matsushiro and them. After Saburo Sato left with his troops, Hiroshi Otsuka was left with two brigades and some artillery, engineers, and baggage soldiers, with a total of less than 3,000 people.

Hiroshi Otsuka drove all his soldiers to the position to prevent the Shina army on the mountain from attacking down the mountain, but he never expected that a force would be not far behind him, waiting for the opportunity to attack. Li Jieli, the commander of the 572nd Regiment, finally waited for the Japanese troops guarding the mountain to divide their troops again.

After Saburo Sato left again with more than 1,000 Japanese troops, Li Jieli knew that the opportunity had come. The mortars and heavy machine guns in the regiment had already been set up, just waiting for Li Jieli's order to open fire. Li Jieli also grouped the submachine guns and light machine guns of the whole regiment, and these hundreds of soldiers were to assault the Japanese positions during the shelling, and the commander of the first battalion, Wu Yuan, led this assault team.

As Li Jieli's raised arm fell down forcefully, dozens of mortars fired shells, and dozens of heavy machine guns began to roar. The Japanese army only guarded against the army on the mountain to break through to the bottom of the mountain, but did not guard against the attack of the Shina army behind them. The sudden blow caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army, especially Hiroshi Otsuka's command headquarters became the primary target of the artillery.

At the beginning of the shelling, there were five 82 mortars to take care of Hiroshi Otsuka's temporary headquarters, and a dozen shells sent Hiroshi Otsuka and more than a dozen officers in his temporary headquarters back to Aunt Amaterasu. The Japanese army without a commander was in chaos, and Li Jieli took the opportunity to let the commando led by Wu Yuan assault.

The commando team of automatic weapons rushed up with a shout under the leadership of Wu Yuan, and the amazing firepower of automatic weapons made the Japanese soldiers who dared to resist fall one after another, and after the commandos turned loose and rushed into the Japanese position, Li Jieli also rushed forward with the main force. Thousands of Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded, and the rest scattered and fled without command.

An hour later, there was no Japanese soldier who dared to resist at the foot of Fujin Mountain, and Li Jieli asked Liu Fugui of the reconnaissance team to go up the mountain to get in touch with the 274th Brigade and clean up the battlefield at the bottom of the mountain. In addition to some of the dozens of mountain guns that were damaged, more than 20 of them were intact, as well as many mortars and 92 infantry guns, and even more light and heavy machine guns.

As soon as the battlefield was cleaned up, the soldiers of the 274th Brigade also went down to Fujin Mountain under the leadership of the brigade commander Ma Bingxiang, Ma Bingxiang was also very excited to see Li Jieli, Li Jieli stepped forward and saluted and said: "Report to Brigade Commander Ma, Li Jieli, commander of the 572nd Regiment of the 279th Brigade of the 93rd Division of the 90th Army, was ordered to lead all the soldiers of the 572nd Regiment to come for reinforcements, and asked Brigade Commander Ma for instructions." ”

Ma Bingxiang returned a military salute and said with emotion: "Commander Li's grace to save Ma and the brothers of the 274th Brigade have written it down, and this situation will be reported later, now my 274th Brigade is a remnant army, and it is unbearable to fight, and I hope that Commander Li can take on the heavy responsibility of guarding Fujin Mountain." Li Jieli replied: "Brigade Commander Ma is serious, I also came here on the order of the military seat, we are all a family, how can the military seat meet death and not save me? As for what to do after the siege of Fujin Mountain is relieved, I still have to ask the military seat to know." ”

After the 572nd Regiment took out dry rations and medicines and handed them over to the people of the 274th Brigade, everyone was on guard and resting on the Japanese position. Li Jieli and Ma Bingxiang sent a telegram to the military headquarters of the 90th Army, explaining the situation in detail and asking for instructions on the next step. At this time, the losses of the 572nd Regiment were very small, and the 274th Brigade had basically lost its combat effectiveness.

The 561st Regiment that attacked Yeji Town also heard the sound of gunfire on Taohualing. The head of the regiment, Fu Bingxun, said: "Little Japan has been fooled, listen to the movement in Taohualing, Little Japan's movements are very fast, let's act as planned." "The 571st Regiment and the 75st Mountain Artillery Regiment suddenly ceased fire, and then quickly retreated in the direction of Jinzhai.

Seeing that the Shina army attacking Yeji suddenly retreated, and the sound of artillery came from the direction of Fujin Mountain, it was only at this time that Seiichi Kuna and Junrokuro Matsuura realized that they had fallen for the evil of the Shina people. In a fit of rage, Seiichi Kuna was about to give an order to Matsushiro to make Matsushiro turn around and attack Mount Fujin, but was stopped by Junichiro Matsuura.

Junichiro Matsuura said to Seiichi Kuna: "Juna-kun, the people of Shina came prepared this time, I don't know what happened to the troops left behind on the side of Fujin Mountain, but it seems that there is more luck than luck." Let's wait for Matsushiro to arrive. It was not until the morning of the next day that the defeated troops of the 18th Division returned to Yeji Town one after another. At this time, there were still less than 13,000 people in the two divisions in Yeji Town, and heavy weapons such as artillery were lost.

In desperation, the two division commanders had no choice but to send a telegram to Commander Okamura Ninji, reporting their situation and requesting Commander Okamura Ninji to give tactical guidance. Commander Okamura Ninji received a telegram from the two of them, and scolded angrily several times: "Yaga! stupid pig!" Because Okamura Ninji's Eleventh Army had not made progress in Anqing for a long time, the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, General Yan Junliu, had sent four and a half divisions of the Second Army led by King Minoru Higashikurenomiya to reinforce the Anqing battlefield, and the 101st Division, which was subordinate to the Eleventh Army, also arrived in Hefei.

Okamura Ningji thought about it for a long time, but decided to withdraw the 18th Division and the 106th Division from the direction of Dabie Mountain, strengthen the frontal force, and hand over the direction of Dabie Mountain to the newly arrived Second Army to attack. So a telegram from Commander Okamura Ninji ordering a retreat was sent to the two division commanders. After receiving the order, Seiichi Kuna and Junichiro Matsuura could only withdraw to Hefei with their troops.