The plan mentioned in Wang Haitao's telegram was to use a part of the troops to carry out a feint attack on Yeji Town with artillery and other heavy weapons. And the main force set up an ambush on the road from Fujin Mountain to Yeji Town. This is a common strategy used by the communist troops to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and it should be easy to use it here now. Wang Haitao's telegram also said that the purpose of this battle was to relieve the siege of Fujin Mountain and rescue the 274th Brigade, and everything should be given priority to this purpose.

After reading Wang Haitao's telegram, their eyes lit up, and they all discussed around this plan. After Captain Liu Fugui of the reconnaissance team also participated, a more mature plan was formed. After everyone had no objection to this plan, Division Commander Yang Jie began to issue combat orders. The 561st Regiment and the 75th Artillery Regiment of the 91st Division, under the unified command of Fu Bingxun, commander of the 561st Regiment, launched a feint attack on Yeji Town, demanding that the artillery fire be fierce, heavy weapons should be used, and the Japanese army must be transferred to Jinshan to help.

The 168th Division and the 572nd Regiment were temporarily set up in an ambush at Taohualing, and the troops were required to enter the ambush position in concealment before 2 p.m. and make preparations for the attack. When the Japanese army in Fujin Mountain came back to help, the Japanese army was caught off guard. The ambush at Taohualing was proposed by Captain Liu Fugui of the reconnaissance team, and this Taohualing was halfway between Fujin Mountain and Yeji Town, almost five or six kilometers away from the two places.

There is a two-kilometer Jiuqu Mountain Road, which is not only undulating, but also runs between the two mountains. The road is narrow, so it's a good place to set up an ambush. At eleven o'clock at noon, Yang Jie led the main force under the guidance of Liu Fugui's reconnaissance team, bypassing Yeji Town and coming to Taohualing. Looking at the terrain, Yang Jie and Li Jieli both praised it repeatedly, this is really a good place for ambushes.

Because the purpose was to rescue the 274th Brigade on Fujin Mountain, not to annihilate the Japanese army, they only set up ambushes on the slopes on both sides of the mountain road, and there were no ambushes at both ends. Considering that the Japanese army was large in number, it should not all come back to help, so only the officers and men of the 168th Division were temporarily formed in ambush, while the 572nd Regiment, under the leadership of the reconnaissance team, continued to touch Fujin Mountain, and their task was to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was unprepared and the defense was weak, to break through the Japanese position, and even if they could not drive away the Japanese army, they had to break up the mountain and assist the 274th Brigade.

Yang Jie divided the whole division into two and guarded the slopes on both sides of the Taohualing Mountain Road, where the slopes were relatively steep, and it was very difficult for empty people to climb up. And the shrubs on the hillside were a good cover for the ambushed warriors. Yang Jie divided the mortars in the division into several positions and aimed at a section of mountain roads. And the fighters who were ambushed on both sides also made a lot of cluster grenades.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, at the appointed time, the 75 Mountain Artillery Regiment outside Yeji Town was the first to attack, and 38 mountain artillery pieces fired a salvo, which made the chickens and dogs jump in Yeji Town, and there was chaos. The commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, Seiichi Naga, and the commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, were discussing the fact that the 145th Wing of the 106th Division was repulsed outside Jinzhai County.

The two division commanders also knew through the account of the wing commander of the 145th Wing, Takeda Nagasei Daisa, that the Shina had sent reinforcements. The two of them also knew very well that the reinforcements of this and that man were coming for the branch of the army on Fujin Mountain. Able to defeat the 145th Wing and take the position in a short period of time, the strength of this reinforcement force of the Chinese people should not be underestimated, and it may be the main force of the 90th Army of the Chinese ace.

As soon as the commander of the 1st Division of Jiu Nacheng informed the troops of Fujin Mountain to strengthen their vigilance, the shells of the 75 Mountain Artillery Regiment fell in Yeji Town. The continuous explosion of shells made the two division commanders stand up in surprise. At this time, a soldier in charge of the guard hurriedly rushed in and reported: "Your Excellency the two division commanders, Yeji Town has been attacked by the artillery fire of the Zhina people, please leave here for a while." ”

Jiu Nacheng scolded angrily: "Baga! The hateful people of China did not go to Fujin Mountain, but attacked Yeji Town. Go and send a telegram to the troops in Fujin Mountain, asking them to return to Yeji Town, and I will wipe out all the Chinese troops outside the town!" At this time, Junrokuro Matsuura was still relatively calm, he stopped the officer who was about to send a telegram, and said to Seiichi Kuna: "Kuna-kun, don't worry about it first. There are still your two brigades and my 145th Wing here in Yeji Town, and it is not so easy for the Chinese army to capture here, so we must prevent the Chinese from scheming. ”

When Kunacheng heard what Matsuura Junrokuro said, he also calmed down, and asked suspiciously: "Matsuura-kun is saying that the people of China are attacking the west?" Seiichi Kuna also nodded and said, "Yo Xi! Then Jiu Nacheng said to the officers beside him: "Pass the order, let the troops strictly guard Yeji Town and not attack." ”

As soon as the commander of the 1st Division of Jiunacheng said this, an artillery shell exploded not far from the headquarters, and the dust on the roof of the headquarters fell straight down. Jiu Nacheng scolded one by one: "Damn the Shina people!" while fleeing from the headquarters under the protection of the guards. The Japanese army in Yeji Town also reached more than 4,000 people, although the shells were still falling, but the Japanese soldiers died in the artillery fire not many soldiers, after the initial panic, most of the Japanese soldiers found cover.

Amid the rumbling of artillery, the fighters of the 561st Regiment set up mortars and light and heavy machine guns, and opened fire on the Japanese troops on the wall of Yeji Town. The dense bullets made it impossible for the Japanese to even lift their heads, and as long as the Japanese machine guns dared to return fire, the mortar shells would accurately fall on the heads of the firing points. The fierce fire of the 561st Regiment hit the Japanese army in a mess.

The Japanese army was not prepared to fight a defensive battle in Yeji Town, so the broken wall was not repaired, and the fortifications were not in place, and now they were blocking the possible attack of the 561st Regiment with a large number of people. Fu Bingxun, the commander of the 561st Regiment, saw that the Japanese army was not prepared, so he had the idea of really taking Yeji Town.

Fu Bingxun called the commander of the second battalion and told the second battalion to prepare to try to launch a charge, and the target was a section of the wall that had been blown down. Now the Japanese artillery has basically withered to Fujin Mountain, and most of the artillery of the 145th Wing was lost in the last battle, and the Japanese artillery in the entire Yeji Town only has a few Type 92 infantry guns and mortars, which cannot compete with the 75shan Artillery Regiment at all.

After making some preparations, the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion used the 75 mountain artillery and regimental mortars as cover, and with the support of light and heavy machine guns, they formed a straggler formation and launched an attack on Yeji Town. Seeing that the Japanese army in the town had begun to attack the town, the Japanese troops in the town hurriedly got out of the bunkers and blocked the officers and soldiers of the second battalion on the wall.

The Japanese soldiers left the bunker and concentrated on the wall, the power of the artillery was revealed, and the 75 Mountain Artillery Regiment also adjusted the muzzle, and the mortars of the 561 Regiment aimed at the Japanese army here on the wall is a fierce bombardment, this bombardment, the Japanese casualties were heavy, but the Japanese army still had a numerical advantage, under the desperate resistance of the Japanese army, Fu Bingxun saw that the soldiers of the second battalion also fell a lot, which allowed the second battalion to withdraw first.

The two division commanders, Seiichi Kuna and Junrokuro Matsuura, received reports from their men from their bunkers that the Shina men were fierce and sent infantry to charge Ye Jiyu. Although the Imperial Army repelled the charge of the China, it also suffered heavy casualties. This report made the two division commanders nervous, and Kuna Seiichi said to Matsuura Junrokuro: "Matsuura-kun, it seems that the people of the branch are really coming towards Yeji Town and the division headquarters, and I think it is necessary to transfer troops from Fujin Mountain back to Yeji Town to support." ”

Matsuura Junrokuro was no longer calm, and responded: "Yo Xi, the people of China have used so much artillery, it must be that the main force is coming to the headquarters of our division, I immediately ordered the 106th Division to return to help as soon as possible, there is Your Excellency's 18th Division in Fujin Mountain, and it is impossible to break through with the remnants of the Chinese army on the mountain." After the two division commanders reached an agreement, an officer immediately went to give orders to the troops of the 106th Division at Fujin Mountain.

The 274th Brigade here in Fujin Mountain only had the last two lines of defense left, and the mortars in the brigade were either destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, or the shells were useless. At present, the brigade has less than 1,000 officers and men capable of fighting, and the heavy weapons are only four heavy machine guns and more than 10 light machine guns, and there are not many bullets.

Ma Bingxiang, the commander of the 274th Brigade, was also wounded in the head, and he was still directing the battle with a bandage, followed by Xie Boting, the commander of the 562nd Regiment. The 274th Brigade has been able to hold on until now thanks to the steep terrain of Fujin Mountain, which began to become steep from the middle of the mountain. The slope here was more than 50 degrees, and it was very difficult for the Japanese to attack from the back.

Even so, the 274th Brigade is facing a situation of running out of ammunition and food. At this time, if the Japanese army wanted to pass through the mountain road at the bottom of the mountain, the 274th Brigade was powerless to stop it, but the Japanese army in front suffered too much loss, and they had already hated the 274th Brigade on the mountain, and they were determined to annihilate the 274th Brigade on the mountain.

The rumbling sound of artillery in Yeji Town also reached Fujin Mountain, and the brigade commander Ma Bingxiang said to Xie Boting: "Old Xie, you seem to have heard this artillery sound coming from Yeji, right? Did the division send the 273rd Brigade to attack the Japanese army in Yeji?" Xie Boting listened carefully for a while and then replied: "Brigade seat, I look at the elephant. Shiza will not let little Japan eat our brigade. ”

Ma Bingxiang was also excited, and immediately passed on the good news to the officers and men on the battlefield. When the officers and men of the 274th Brigade were excited about the arrival of reinforcements on the position, Major General Matsushimotoro, the brigade commander of the 111th Brigade of the 106th Division, who was in charge of temporarily commanding the battle, also received a telegram from the division commander Junrokuro Matsuura asking him to return to Yeji Town.

Major General Matsushitora, who read the telegram, was surprised that the Shina army actually launched an attack on Yeji Town with the main force and numerous artillery pieces, which Matsushiro did not expect and could not tolerate. Matsushiro hurriedly asked his subordinates to gather all the men and horses of the 106th Division, including a wing that was attacking, and quickly withdrew.