The defeated troops under Fujiwara Twist Shaoza and the troops defeated from the south gate together also had seven or eight hundred people, but behind them there were nearly 1,000 pursuers of the four regiments and two battalions, plus the Japanese army was defeated like a mountain, and the army had no fighting spirit, so the Japanese army fled all the way to the north of the city, even if Fujiwara Twist, the captain of the Shaozo brigade, was there, they were unable to organize a similar blockade.

The Japanese army retreated until near the headquarters, and only stopped retreating when they met the troops led by Takai Shinzo Nakasa. Takai Shinzo Nakasa gathered the remaining 400 men in the town and prepared for a decisive battle with the Chinese army that had invaded the town. After seeing Fujiwara Twist Shaosa, who retreated in embarrassment, Takai Shinzo Nakasa's heart was full of anger, but now was not the time to scold Fujiwara Twist.

Takai Shinzo Nakasa asked his subordinates to set up machine guns, acted as a law enforcement team, and stopped the retreating troops, shouting loudly: "No one is allowed to take a step back, otherwise they will all be shot!" Facing the muzzle of the black hole, the defeated Japanese soldiers stopped. Takai Shinzo Nakasa secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued to roar loudly: "Warriors of the Empire, in the face of the attack of the Shina army, it is your shame to be defeated and retreated, show your courage and go to fight to the death with the Shina people!

The roar of Takai Shinzo Nakasa restored the morale of the Japanese army a little more, and the officers in the team even drew their command knives and swung them in the direction of the Chinese troops, and at the same time shouted: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Itaza! Kill it!" Led by these officers, the Japanese turned around and launched a counter-charge against the four regiments that rushed in.

The troops of both sides were charging, and soon approached, and the officers and men of the 4th Regiment who were charging saw that the Japanese army had launched a counter-charge, and the soldiers who rushed to the front in a burst of excitement opened full firepower, and the officers and men of the 4th Regiment, who were completely superior in firepower, swept down a large area of the Japanese troops who were counter-charging. But the two sides were too close, and none of them finished fighting, and the teams on both sides had collided together.

In the middle of the town, a hand-to-hand battle unfolded tragically, the two sides did not have much difference in numbers, the Japanese army's Type 38 rifles had an advantage in stabbing, the officers and men of the fourth regiment were also well-trained, several people formed a combat group, with skillful bayonets and broadswords against the Japanese army, and many soldiers used their weapons to shoot at the Japanese army.

Hand-to-hand combat is about morale and courage, and when there is not much difference in numbers, whoever has more courage to fight hard will have the upper hand. The Japanese army's level of stabbing is indeed good, but some of the Chinese soldiers are not only trained in skills and tactics, but also have the determination and courage not to fear death. As hand-to-hand combat unfolded, the Chinese army gradually gained the upper hand, and the courage and determination of the soldiers to defy death made the Japanese army fearful.

With the casualties on both sides about the same, there were again deserting soldiers among the Japanese troops, and one of them took the lead and some followed, and gradually the Japanese army was defeated again after nearly a third of the casualties. This time, Takai Shinsan's roar, even the muzzle of the law enforcement team's guns could no longer prevent the rout of the Japanese army, and Takai Shinsanzao was stunned to look at the team that had been defeated again, and he was at a loss.

Seeing that the Japanese army was defeated again, the officers and men of the Fourth Regiment let out a double cry, and their bodies, which had lost their strength, burst out again, except for the wounded who had lost their combat effectiveness, and all of them pursued and killed again. The rout of the Japanese army this time was out of control, and even Takai Shinzo Nakasa was narrowly wrapped in the defeated army. The Japanese army fled from Rongtang Town until they encountered the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Regiment who were preparing to block the reinforcements from Fengcheng, and then stopped.

The second battalion of the fourth regiment rushed to the north of Rongtang Town before dawn, and after hurriedly repairing a fortification, they waited for the Japanese army to come to the aid of Fengcheng, but what they did not expect was that they did not wait for the Japanese army to come to Fengcheng to help, but first waited for the Japanese army who retreated from Rongtang Town. The 2nd Battalion immediately turned its guns and aimed at the Japanese troops who had retreated from the town.

Takai Shinzo Nakasa, who was already depressed because of his defeat and withdrawal from Rongtang Town, found out that there was another army blocking the way in front of him, and the hatred in his heart turned into infinite anger. He was not only angry at the incompetence of his men, but also angry at the delay in the arrival of reinforcements from Fengcheng. In fact, as soon as Major General Harada Jiro in Fengcheng received a telegram from Rongtang Town asking for help, he was taken aback and immediately ordered to gather two infantry brigades to reinforce Rongtang Town.

But as soon as the team was assembled, some of his subordinates reported that a large number of Zhina troops had been found outside the southern city gate. Just when Major General Harada Jiro wondered if the Shina troops outside the city were suspicious, a dense explosion was heard in the direction of the south gate. Soon a subordinate came to report that the Chinese army outside the south gate had used a large number of mortars and was bombarding the south gate wall, and some troops were moving towards the city wall.

The sound of the explosion dispelled the suspicions of Major General Harada Jiro, and the troops that could use many artillery pieces to attack the city must be the main force of the Shina people. Rongtang Town is important, but Fengcheng not only has a brigade headquarters, but also stores a large number of weapons, ammunition and military supplies, which must not be lost, so Major General Harada Jiro immediately asked the assembled troops to hold the city wall, as for Rongtang Town, I can only hope that Takai Shizo can hold it.

The troops outside the south gate of Fengcheng were the mortar companies of the second battalion of the third regiment and the heavy fire battalion, and Liu Shanzhu, the commander of the third regiment, was very uneasy after finding that it was an imprudent decision to leave the first battalion to attack Rongtang Town alone. It wasn't until I got the news that the fourth regiment had rushed to reinforce the first battalion that a stone fell to the ground in my heart. But he suddenly thought that once the Japanese army in Rongtang Town was not supported, he would definitely ask for help from the Japanese army in Fengcheng, Fengcheng was only ten kilometers away from Rongtang Town, and the reinforced Japanese army would soon arrive, and once the reinforced Japanese army arrived, the battle to capture Rongtang Town would be full of variables.

Thinking of this, Liu Shanzhu became anxious again, and didn't care that the troops were rushing to repair the defensive position, so he immediately called the commander of the second battalion over, and ordered the mortar companies of the second battalion and the heavy fire battalion to rush to Fengcheng with all their strength, and carry out a feint attack on Fengcheng, the purpose of which was to drag the Japanese army in Fengcheng and make it impossible for it to send troops to reinforce Rongtang Town. After receiving the order, the second battalion and the mortar company went all out, and finally rushed to the south gate of Fengcheng in time.

Outside the north gate of Rongtang Town, the resentful Takai Shinzo Nakasa led hundreds of Japanese troops who had withdrawn from the city in defeat, and desperately launched a charge against the position of the second battalion, and Takai Shinzo Nakasa also rushed to the front. Although the second battalion was in a hurry, it must have been in a defensive position, assisted by two companies of the heavy fire battalion, and in the face of the hundreds of Japanese troops who charged, mortars and light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time.

The hundreds of Japanese soldiers who charged were completely relying on their last courage, and when Takai Shinzo Nakasa was shot and fell down in the strafing fire of the machine gun, this last courage also disappeared, and under the front and rear flanking fire of the officers and men of the Fourth Regiment, the hundreds of Japanese troops except for the dozen or so soldiers who scattered and fled, the whole army was wiped out in front of the position of the second battalion, and Takai Shinzo Nakasa and Fujiwara Twist Shosa were all killed.

After the battle, Zhang Dajiang ordered all the troops who had cleaned up the battlefield to withdraw to Rongtang Town, and at the same time sent a telegram to the brigade commander Huang Guizhong to report the situation in Rongtang Town and ask for instructions on the next actions of the troops. Huang Guizhong quickly called back, leaving the wounded and two battalions of troops in Rongtang Town, and the rest of the troops rushed to join the third regiment and cut off the road from Fengcheng to Zhangshu.

After receiving the order, Zhang Dajiang left behind the first and second battalions with strong combat effectiveness, as well as a company of the heavy firepower battalion, and left all the health workers in the troops, and then led the rest of the troops, including the remaining troops of the third regiment and the first battalion, to rush to the tugboat port town and join the main force of the three regiments. Li Yunsheng and the rescued prisoners of war also remained in Rongtang Town.

Wang Haitao, the operation of the Jurong Independent Brigade, was given full command by Huang Guizhong, and he did not interfere much, and his mind was all on the decisive battle after dawn. At 7:50 a.m., Tang Longzai and Li Changwu were in Wang Haitao's temporary headquarters, and the three of them listened to the constant reports from their subordinates that the various units were in place, and their eyes were fixed on their respective watches.

The hands of the three watches pointed to eight o'clock at the same time, and Wang Haitao ordered in a deep voice: "The attack begins!" His order was conveyed by several subordinate officers by telephone at the same time, and immediately the deafening sound of artillery outside the command headquarters rang out. This is not a small artillery like a mortar, the 50 self-propelled howitzers and shells of the 211th Division, and the large and small guns of various calibers equipped by the regiments of the 462nd Brigade are firing at the same time, and the momentum will never be small.

At the forefront of the position, dozens of combat vehicles were lined up in two places, and behind the chariots were the officers and men of the 877th and 878th Regiments. Tang Yu, commander of the 462nd Brigade, stood in the temporary command post on the position, holding a telescope to observe the shelling of the Japanese position opposite, and standing next to him was Wei Ye, the former commander of the 462nd Brigade. In the battle of attacking Hengyang, Wei Ye was removed from the post of brigade commander because of his mistakes, and it was Tang Longzai who interceded for him in front of Wang Haitao, and Wang Haitao showed mercy to his subordinates, so that Wei Ye, who was ready to be sent to the newly formed division as the battalion commander, stayed in the 462nd Brigade as an operational staff officer, and his rank was also demoted from major general to lieutenant colonel.

Tang Yu still respected Wei Ye's old boss very much, and the troops were about to attack, Tang Yu put Wei Ye by his side and let Wei Ye make suggestions for himself. In Tang Yu's telescope, the Japanese position was filled with gunsmoke and fire, and from time to time soldiers or weapons were blown into the air. Seeing that the shells covered all the forward positions of the Japanese army, Tang Yu was still very satisfied with the effect of the shelling.

Outside the headquarters of the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army outside the south gate of Zhangshu, the division commander, Lieutenant General Iide Tetsuzo, and the chief of staff, Eijiro Yoshida, were also observing the forward positions with binoculars. The powerful artillery fire of the Chinese side also moved the two at the same time. Lieutenant General Iide Tetsuzo said loudly to Yoshida Eijiro Osa, who was beside him: "Yoshida-kun, the artillery fire of the Shina people is really powerful, and the number of them is more than the field artillery of the division. ”

Yoshida Eijiro Osaya also replied loudly: "The artillery fire of the Chinese people should not be underestimated, or the division commander His Excellency is wise and only arranges the strength of an infantry brigade on the forward position, otherwise our army will definitely suffer heavy casualties under the artillery fire of the Chinese people." Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Chinese have been bombing for a while, do you want our artillery to return fire?"