Following Liao Fan's action was Ma Wanzhong's regiment, as for Hu Guoshan's third regiment, it was divided into two parts, the first battalion and the second battalion were led by Hu Guoshan to both sides of a road twenty kilometers north of Xiyang County, which is the only road between Pingding County and Xiyang County, Hu Guoshan led people to ambush here, just in case. As for the three regiments and three battalions, they were led by Zhao Caizhu and went straight to Heshun County.

Liao Fan analyzed from the intelligence that the little devil hastily assembled troops to raid Taihang Mountain, since it was a hastily assembled force, there was definitely no reinforcement from other directions, and the intelligence officers in the city had obviously sent the empty troops of the three surrounding counties out of the city, but Huang Changsheng They didn't care about this information, but put all their thoughts on how to relieve the siege of the second regiment and the guard battalion. Liao Fan also saw that on major strategic issues, Huang Changsheng, Ma Wanzhong and Hu Guoshan still lacked very good experience in this regard, but as Zhihu and they led the troops alone for longer and longer, their personal abilities would get better and better.

At this time, there is only one squadron of little devils guarding in Xiyang County, a railway in the west of Jinxi has passed through Yangquan, Pingding, Xiyang and Heshun County from north to south, Xiyang County is located in the middle of the three county seats, and it is very close to Pingding County, the mechanized troops of the little devils can rush from Pingding County to Xiyang County within three hours, and the little devils in Yangquan City can take the train and reach Xiyang County within two hours. to attack Taihang Mountain.

It was not yet early in the morning when Liao Fan arrived at Xiyang County with his troops. When he was stationed, Liao Fan had already arranged a battle plan, and he and Zhao Caizhu attacked the two county towns at the same time at zero o'clock, and at this time, Hu Guoshan wanted to send a platoon of troops to blow up the little devil's railway and block the little devil's train to transport reinforcements from the north.

Zhao Caizhu led a battalion only to contain the Japanese army in Heshun County, and the real battle revolved around the county seat of Xiyang.

As the hands on the watch returned to zero, the time bombs installed on the railway 20 kilometers north of Xiyang County blew up the railroad tracks, and the loud "boom" made the Japanese troops patrolling the railway shocked.

"Hit!" At the same time, Liao Fan ordered the troops to open fire.

The "boom boom" mortar was directly aimed at the fortifications at the gate of the little devil's city, and the fire of the explosion was indiscriminately bombarded, and by the light of the explosion, Liao Fan could see that the little devil had very few troops at the city gate, and the Japanese army who responded was also very sparse.

"The special combat team went around to the west of the city, climbed into the city from the wall on the west side of the city, and you know what to do with the rest." When Liao Fan came out, he brought a soldier from the special operations squadron with him, they were the key to taking the city gate, as long as the city gate was opened, the rest of the things would be easy to do.

"Da Da Da" could not see the fortifications on the city wall clearly in the dark, and the machine gun could only suppress the fire points on the city wall by relying on the direction of the flame coming out of the muzzle.

"Old horse, the little devil doesn't have many troops, you take a battalion, go around from the flank, and quickly get rid of the Japanese army at the gate of the city." The battle lasted for more than ten minutes, and the little devils in the city were also concentrated at the gate of the city to defend, and from the firepower, Liao Fan could judge that the little devils in the county were empty.

Ma Wanzhong, who received the order, led his troops to move quickly to the left flank of the county gate, because there were turrets and pillboxes on both sides of the main road leading to the county seat, and the first battalion had to blow up the turrets and pillboxes before they could approach the city gate.

The soldiers of the remaining two battalions, under Liao Fan's order, the second battalion mainly dealt with the Japanese troops in the direction of the city gate, and the third battalion concentrated fire on the Japanese troops in the turrets and pillboxes on both sides, attracting all the firepower in the turrets and pillboxes in their direction.

During the battle, the little devils were suddenly attacked, and they only cared about fiercely returning fire at the enemy who attacked them, and they didn't notice that Ma Wanzhong led a battalion of people to quietly go around to the edge of the turret. The little devil's manpower is too small, and for such a large battlefield, there is no time to take into account that there will be enemies from other directions. A squad of soldiers, carrying explosives bags on their backs, crawled under the turrets and pillboxes of the little devils, and they did not shout that they would not kill them, because Liao Fan's battle order issued this night was not to accept any prisoners.

The soldiers pulled the fuse of the explosive bag and quickly retreated, the huge explosion and the sky-high fire, so that the little devil who fought back at the city gate also felt frightened, the battle only began twenty minutes, and the main firepower point outside their city was blown up by the enemy, but this did not frighten the little devil, after all, they still have a strong city tower to defend, for the lack of heavy weapons of the squadron, they still have enough confidence to hold the city gate.

"Where are they now?" The squadron leader of the Japanese army who stayed behind personally climbed the city gate tower to direct the battle, and now the only people fighting are their Great Japanese Imperial Army, and they do not see the shadow of the Imperial Allied Army at all. The main fortifications outside the city have been destroyed by the Chinese, and he must concentrate his forces to defend the city gate, once the Chinese enter the city, their little strength will be wiped out at the gate of the city before they have time to fight street battles.

Seeing that the squadron on the front had begun to charge towards the city gate, the squadron leader of the little devil called a soldier passing by him: "Immediately call the Imperial Association Army to come to the East City Gate to support, and send a telegram to the brigade commander and the commander of the surrounding county, Xiyang County has been fiercely attacked by the squadron, and it needs to be supported immediately, otherwise the county may miss at any time." ”

The battle is getting more and more fierce, and Ma Wanzhong is leading a battalion to fight with the little devils for the fortifications at the city gate. In order to prevent the squadron from taking the city gate and then entering the city, the little devil had to abandon the personnel defending outside the city, close the gate of the county seat, and throw his own people outside the city gate, regardless of their life or death.

The little devil relied on the strong fortifications on the city wall, condescending, and Ma Wanzhong led a battalion to charge twice, but was completely suppressed by the little devil.

Liao Fan also saw Ma Wanzhong's embarrassment, although they had an advantage in numbers, but the little devil's machine gun was not vegetarian, constantly spewing out tongues of fire, and the soldiers of the first battalion who suppressed them couldn't raise their heads at all.

"The artillery will take out the fire points on the walls for me." Liao Fan was anxious, they had to fight this raid on the county, once they were entangled by the little devils, not to mention the reinforcements from the north and south, even the troops returning from Taihang Mountain could completely block them under the city wall, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

The "boom boom" mortar ran out of the only ammunition left in their hands, and Ma Wanzhong saw that there was artillery cover, and immediately led his troops to charge, and within a few minutes he took the fortifications at the city gate from the little devils. But in the face of the closed gates and high walls, they simply could not move on.

And the little devil saw that the enemy troops rushed to the city gate, and the squadron leader of the little devil hurriedly ordered his subordinates to throw grenades.

"Withdraw! Remove! Remove! Ma Wanzhong raised his head and killed a little devil who threw a grenade under the city gate, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to withdraw from the fortifications that had been occupied.

"Boom, boom, boom" the grenade thrown down by the little devil from the city wall, and the soldiers of the first battalion were a little dizzy, but fortunately they withdrew in time, otherwise the first battalion felt that more than half of the people were killed and injured by this grenade. But there were still some fighters who were organized in the city gate and could not be withdrawn at all.

Faced with the closed and heavy gates, the grenades in the hands of the warriors alone could not be blown open, and they did not have enough explosives packs in their hands at this time. The city gate could not enter, and the little devil would be killed by a grenade at any time if he retreated, and more than a dozen soldiers had to hide in the city gate hole and did not dare to run around.

Liao Fan, who commanded the battle, saw that the first battalion had to retreat again, gritted his teeth fiercely, and ordered the artillery to continue firing.

"Brother Fan, the cannonballs have run out!" A soldier reported to Liao Fan that they had not had many shells in reserve, and that the last time they fought, they had almost emptied their homes, although some were captured later, but after these rounds of shelling, the ammunition immediately bottomed out.

Without shells, Liao Fan was helpless, he couldn't order all the soldiers to pounce, as long as the little devil put two heavy machine guns on the city wall earlier, the battlefield would be no different from slaughter. Just when Liao Fan was racking his brains to figure out a way, the sound of a submachine gun came from inside the city, and the soldiers of a squadron of the special combat team had already rushed into the city.

The little devil didn't expect the enemy to suddenly rush out of the city, and he was stabbed in the back, and the little devil hurriedly turned around to defend, and the firepower above the city wall immediately weakened a lot.

"Second battalion commander, immediately transport the explosives package and let the soldiers hiding at the city gate blow up the city gate." Liao Fan saw that the opportunity had come, and hurriedly ordered the second battalion commander to take a company of soldiers to transport explosives packages to the city gate.

Under the cover of the soldiers, the commander of the second battalion with a company of soldiers carrying explosive bags approached the city gate in a roundabout way, and the little devils soon showed the attempts of the Chinese outside the city, but they could not do anything at all, if they concentrated on defending the enemy outside the city, the enemy inside the city would inevitably take the opportunity to climb the city tower, but if they wanted to concentrate on dealing with the Chinese inside the city, the Chinese outside the city would immediately blow up the city gate.

The squadron leader of the little devil shouted in despair: "Where is the Imperial Army! Let them come to the gates. ”

The soldiers who were blocked in the city gate hole by the little devils took the explosives package from the second battalion commander, and more than a dozen explosive bags were placed under the city gate.

The explosion of the city gate made the squadron leader of Xiao Guizi completely wake up, even if the Imperial Alliance Army came, it was impossible to turn the tide of the battle, the city gate had been blown open, and the squadron rushed in, and the little devil no longer had the strength to resist.

Three battalions of troops quickly rushed into the county town through the blasted city gate, and cooperated with the soldiers of the special combat team to solve the remnants of the Japanese army on the city wall that were still stubbornly resisting.