"Even if we fight to the last soldier, we hope to defend Qicun Town to the death!"

When the soldiers heard the battalion commander's words, their morale was high, and they all expressed their desire to live or die with the whole village.

Of course, the morale of the little devils was even higher, after all, Qicun Town had been bombed and shelled successively.

Many Yue troops felt that the position there was completely destroyed and that the Jinsui Army stationed there was a living target for them.

Now they want to rush over, so that they can quickly capture the villages and towns in Dongqi and deal with the Shanxi-Sui Army troops inside.

At that time, Bu Nao deployed a field artillery battery on the high ground to the west of Qicun Town and began shelling.

Four Liao-made 77MM field guns used their range of more than 10,000 meters to conduct shelling one after another.

Company commander Zhou Wenbo may have a background as an observer. He personally conducted observations and continuously provided shooting elements.

The artillerymen adjusted according to the shooting conditions, and fired grenades one after another.

The grenade accurately landed on the Moon Army team, and explosions occurred one after another.

The shrapnel quickly spread in all directions, and many little devils were affected.

The injured little devil began to fall to the ground, letting out painful wails.

When the three Yuejun majors commanding the battle saw that scene, they looked towards the west high ground with gloomy faces.

They began to give orders, and the grenade launchers immediately fired smoke grenades, and a large number of smoke grenades were shot out.

For a moment, red smoke enveloped the area, and the little devils accelerated towards Qicun Town.

Zhou Wenbo commanded the four field guns to continue firing, but whether they were affected by the smoke, their shelling could not bring much hindrance to the little Japanese.

Deafening gunfire began to ring out, and starting at 2:40, the Yue puppet army troops rushing over for reinforcements from the Mongolian army began a full-scale attack.

More than two thousand people from the First and Second Battalions of the Independent Infantry and the Third Battalion of the Field Infantry attacked Qicun Town with all their strength.

The Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army, the First and Second Guards of the Puppet Mongolian Army, more than 3,000 people, attacked the third battalion position southeast of Qicun Town with all their strength.

For a time, the Qicun Town area, defended mainly by the 358th Regiment, fell into fierce fighting.

The First Battalion, Third Battalion and other troops relied on their positions to defend tenaciously and fired continuously with various weapons.

At this time, the puppet troops in Bu Nao obviously had an absolute advantage.

Especially in Qicun Town, the more than two thousand Japs have a strength advantage, and in the hilly area on the east side, there are artillerymen who constantly provide them with artillery support.

Although the 1st Battalion on the west highland could be supported by four Liao-made field guns, otherwise the situation would have been such that the four field guns would gradually be unable to solve the problem.

Because the fighting distance between the two armies was very close, Zhou Wenbo's field artillery battery asked if they could continue the bombardment to avoid accidentally injuring one of their own.

As time passed, a strong smell of blood began to appear in the Qicun Town area.

There were more and more corpses on the ground, and the positions stationed by the 1st and 3rd Battalions were in danger.

At 3:40, all the outer positions of Qicun Town were lost, and a battalion of more than 300 troops was forced to retreat to the outside of the town to disperse their defenses.

As for the position of the third battalion, the puppet Mongolian troops continued to make detours in an attempt to completely encircle the third battalion.

"Tuanzuo, it's bad, the first battalion of Qicun Town has lost contact, and a large number of Japanese troops have rushed outside Qicun Town."

"There was a call from the Third Battalion. They are now surrounded by puppet Mongolian cavalry and infantry."

"Tuanzu, we... we are all being attacked!"

At four o'clock, a messenger came to Qian Bojun in a panic and reported.

When Qian Bojun heard the report, his eyes widened.

He has not made adjustments to the deployment for the time being, instead choosing to move quickly with the regiment personnel.

The acting commander of the 358th Regiment was transferred, and the communication between various departments was lost.

The puppet army troops have stepped up their attacks, and the entire defense system of villages and towns is about to face collapse.

Chen Ziyun, who was commanding in the highlands, discovered that scene. Without any hesitation, he quickly headed to the front line.

Sun Ming, who served as the commander of the guard company, rushed to deploy an infantry platoon to follow Chen Ziyun and do his best to protect his safety.

At the same time, Chen Ziyun also rushed to contact the Fifth Battalion and asked Wu Ziqiang to command the troops to attack from the flank immediately to support the Qicun battle.

The fifth battalion deployed on the high ground on the west side of Qicun Town began to attack, and about 400 troops quickly approached Qicun Town.

At the same time, the field artillery company could not provide artillery support as much as possible.
Chapter completed!