The chaos of the Japanese army in Tongjing Town is not over yet, and the Dazuo who received the soldier's report does not have any formed troops around him, so this Dazuo immediately began to reorganize from the soldiers around him and grabbed one by one. The obedience of the Japanese army was very strong, and it didn't take long for the officer to assemble two squadrons of soldiers, and after appointing the highest-ranking officer as the commander of the time, he sent these Japanese soldiers to the northern city wall.

These hundreds of Japanese troops arrived at the right time, and the few soldiers left on the city wall were about to be unable to withstand the attack of the 880th Regiment. Wei Lixuan, the commander of the 880th Regiment who was commanding the siege of the city, looked at it and was about to succeed, but it fell short because of the reinforcements of the Japanese army, although he felt a little pity, but he did not feel frustrated, anyway, the purpose was to consume the strength of the Japanese army, and the difference between attacking and not attacking the city was not big.

After more than an hour of hard fighting, the 881st Regiment and the 882nd Regiment of the 880th Regiment of the Japanese Mountain Artillery Regiment had completely annihilated the 40th Wing of the Japanese Mountain Artillery. Chu Zhengyang, the commander of the 881st Regiment, who commanded the battle, was eager to besiege Tongjing Town, so he let go of these small shrimps.

After annihilating the Japanese mountain artillery wing and capturing eight intact 75-caliber mountain guns, Chu Zhengyang asked the soldiers in the army who had learned artillery operation to form a reinforced mountain artillery company separately, adjusted the gun muzzle, and aimed at the south gate city wall of Tongjing Town. At the same time, the 881st Regiment and the 882nd Regiment except for the two companies left on the artillery position, the rest of the soldiers rushed to the south gate of Tongjing Town.

The wall of the south gate of Tongjing Town had been damaged by the Japanese army, and now the 881st Regiment and the rest of the 882nd Regiment blocked the south gate and were ready to attack the south gate. The Japanese army was originally stationed here at the South Gate of the 235th Infantry Wing and the Cavalry Brigade, but when Tongjing Town was shelled, fewer shells fell here at the South Gate, so the 235th Infantry Wing and the Cavalry Brigade suffered fewer losses, and the integrity of the organization was still retained.

After the mountain artillery wing was attacked, the wing commander of the 235th Wing, Ren Kexin Dasa, and the captain of the cavalry brigade, Sabai Shizuo, discussed that the cavalry squadron should go out of the town to rescue the mountain artillery wing, but before they could act, the shells fell to Tongjing Town. Now that the Chinese army has been spotted on all sides of the town, the intentions of the Chinese army are obvious.

After the two discussed, Renko Xin Dasa felt that if the division commander Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi ordered a retreat, then it was necessary to defeat the Shina army outside the south gate, but before the retreat order was issued, the first thing to do was to hold the south gate wall.

Ren Ke Xin Dazuo said to Sabai Shizuo: "Sabaijun, it is the responsibility of our infantry wing to defend the city, and before the retreat order is issued, it will be my 235th Wing to defend the south gate wall, but after the retreat order is issued, Sabaijun's cavalry brigade will rush out of a passage for the whole division." ”

Sabai Shizuo Zhongsa Lizheng said: "Nishiko-kun, as long as the retreat order is issued, my cavalry brigade will definitely risk death to rush out a passage for the whole division, but before that, we have to ask Renke-kun." After the two of them finished discussing, Nishina Shin Daisa immediately sent two infantry squadrons with four mortars to the city wall to defend it. There are still fortifications built by the 879th Regiment during the defense of the city wall, but now they are being used by the Japanese army.

The strength of the two regiments of the 881st Regiment and the 882nd Regiment remained in a battalion in Jumping Horse Town, and when attacking the Mountain Artillery Wing, they lost more than 400 people, and there was almost one battalion, and now there are only four battalions that can be used to attack the city, which is also the strongest of the four gates, but they still have the responsibility of preventing the Japanese army from breaking through, and Chu Zhengyang, who is in charge of the command, left a battalion as a reserve.

Now that the Japanese army on the right has been defended on the city wall, the 881st Regiment has to do a frontal hard attack, and then you can see the gap between them and the 90th Division, no matter which regiment of the 90th Division pulls out, the defense can be defended, and the attack can be overcome, the 881st Regiment and the 882nd Regiment must have too many recruits, and these recruits participated in the defense of Changsha for the first time and were able to hold it up when defending.

The first battalion of the 881st Regiment first attacked under the cover of artillery fire, but the infantry and artillery did not coordinate well, and in addition the mutual cover and coordination were not in place, a battalion fell dozens of soldiers before it could attack within 100 meters of the city wall. Seeing that his comrade-in-arms was shot and fell, the soldier next to him not only did not fear, but charged more fiercely.

The idea of avenging their comrades-in-arms made the excited soldiers lose their composure, and just thinking about the charge, the technical movements are seriously out of shape, but the casualties are increased in vain. This situation was quickly discovered by Chu Zhengyang, and Chu Zhengyang immediately ordered a retreat. Hearing the sound of the retreating military trumpet, there were still some red-eyed soldiers still rushing forward, and the first battalion commander Tang Xi's eyes were red, and he even shouted and scolded before withdrawing the first battalion.

In just one charge, the losses of the first battalion exceeded a hundred, more than forty were killed, and more than thirty were seriously wounded. Such serious casualties made the regiment commander Chu Zhengyang's face sink like water, and the soldiers of the first battalion gradually calmed down and sat on the ground dejectedly. Chu Zhengyang came to the first camp and saw that the soldiers were sitting silently on the ground, and the atmosphere was quite heavy.

Seeing the regiment commander coming, the commander of the first battalion, Tang Xi, hurriedly came over to speak, Chu Zhengyang raised his hand to stop him, stood on a high place and shouted: "One battalion assemble!" Soon the officers and soldiers of the first battalion who heard the order lined up in several rows. Chu Zhengyang looked at these soldiers in front of him and said loudly: "Aren't you usually unconvinced by the Ninety Division and the Ninety-third Division? Now that I have a chance to let you perform, you can see your performance." ”

Chu Zhengyang's words made most people's heads lower. Chu Zhengyang saw that this would not work, and if he did this again, his morale would be gone, and this battle would not be able to be fought. Then he said: "Of course, this is only your first siege of the city, although there are many deficiencies, but I have also seen that you have shown very good points, such as your brave spirit, none of the officers and soldiers of the first battalion are of bad seed, and none of the fallen soldiers are shot in the back, I am proud of you! What you have to do now is not to be discouraged, but to sum up the lessons well, the battle is still going on, I hope you will perform better and better in the following battles!" I believe that as long as you conscientiously sum up and work hard, you will definitely become a strong soldier no weaker than the 90th Division. ”

Chu Zhengyang's words made the officers and soldiers of the first battalion raise their heads, and their eyes were full of fighting spirit. After Chu Zhengyang left, everyone summed up seriously under the leadership of the battalion commander Tang Xi. In this way, the officers and men of the three battalions took turns to attack, and in the actual battle, the soldiers made rapid progress. After several rounds of attacks, the losses of the three attacking regiments reached a quarter, and for a time there was nothing to be done about the southern city wall, which was heavily defended by the Japanese army.

Three hours had passed since the artillery bombardment of Tongjing Town, and the Japanese 40th Division had also stabilized its position. The 40th Division suffered more than 2,000 casualties in this shelling, but the 40th Division still had more than 8,000 troops, of which the 234th Wing suffered the greatest losses, and only 1,000 people remained in the whole Wing. After the Japanese army stabilized its position, the attack of the 463rd Brigade became more difficult, the number and individual quality were not superior, and the advantage of artillery fire became very small as the Japanese army paid more and more attention to concealment, and Wei Erxi did not want to have a large number of casualties among his subordinates, so the attack on Tongjing Town was also eased.

When the 463rd Brigade besieged Tongjing Town, the Japanese Fourth Division was also rushing towards Tongjing Town. Originally, the Fourth Division could have dodged and avoided such a thankless task as attacking the fortified position, but the siege of the 40th Division made Commander Anami angry and red-eyed, and several urgent telegrams were sent to the hands of Lieutenant General Kenzo Kitano, commander of the Fourth Division.

The telegram was harsher than the other, and Lieutenant General Kitano understood that this was the anxious eye of Commander Anami. So Lieutenant General Kenzo Kitano also had to give strict orders to the co-captains under him. In the end, amid the complaints of the soldiers of the first division, the fourth division accelerated its pace and rushed to Tongjing Town. The 4th Division was not far from Tongjing Town, and a normal march was a day's journey.

But no one expected that the Fourth Division would get lost during the march, and from the time the telegram was received, the Fourth Division went until noon only to find that the direction of the march was wrong, and they had gone in the direction of the Sixth Division's attack, and if they had gone one more way, they would have been able to join the Sixth Division. This discovery made the division commander, Lieutenant General Kenzo Kitano, angry, and called the officer who was in charge of the forward over and scolded him, and slapped N people wildly before he let out.

There was no way, the 4th Division could only find a new way and detour in the direction of Tongjing Town. It was impossible for them to rush to Tongjing Town on the 10th, and this unexpected situation made the commanders of Anan Wei stunned and helpless, and could only hope that the 40th Division would not have an accident before the reinforcements arrived. The reinforcements were delayed, and the commander of the 40th Division, Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi, was under great pressure, but fortunately, after the situation stabilized, the attack of the Chinese army could be blocked by his own division, which made Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi's anxious heart somewhat comforted.

The attack of the 463rd Brigade arrived in the afternoon, although it was to eliminate a lot of Japanese troops, but it was not possible to capture Tongjing Town, which also made Wei Erxi somewhat disappointed, Wei Erxi understood that a brigade that wanted to be replaced by the 90th Division had already taken this Tongjing Town, but his brigade must have not been formed for a long time, and the soldiers also experienced a battle of this scale for the first time, and it was not bad to have this result.

Just when Wei Erxi was thinking about how to take Tongjing Town as soon as possible, a telegram sent by Wang Haitao reached him, asking how the battle was going, and telling Wei Erxi that the 4th Division was rapidly moving closer to Tongjing Town, intending to rescue the besieged 40th Division.