The defenders on the position of the 61st Division have not recovered from the artillery bombardment, and another round of artillery fire fell on their heads, but the shells were fired from the left flank, and the 50th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army in Qinglongji launched a surprise attack on the left flank position of the 61st Division, no matter how elite the 61st Division is, it is also very difficult under this fierce artillery fire, the battle was extremely tragic from the beginning, the defenders had to turn around, and the Japanese troops who raided from the left flank fought fiercely, and the infantry shells and mountain artillery shells of the 50th Wing were shelled by heavy artillery. The positions of the 61st Division were fired in a seam-and-needle manner.

"Lose that mother, call Lao Tzu!" A Cantonese accent sounded on the position, and some officers and soldiers from the 19th Route Army fought back fiercely against the invading enemy with shrapnel and flames.

The flames produced by the incendiary bombs have not been extinguished, the officers and soldiers of the 61st Division on the position opened fire fiercely on the crappy position, and the Japanese infantry attacking on the first line were knocked down dozens of people, but the resistance of the 61st Division was like the last battle of the trapped beast, and the large-scale artillery bombardment caused the defenders on each position to suffer heavy casualties.

The 61st Division was on the left flank of the 27th Army, and the defeat of the 61st Division directly implicated the entire 27th Army's front, and even endangered the offensive of the 46th Division.

On the day of the 27th, when the Japanese army launched a counteroffensive, the battlefield situation of the Chinese army took a sharp turn for the worse, and the original units had gradually outflanked the periphery of Sanyiji, but the defeat and retreat of the left-wing troops was seriously in crisis.

The garrison of the assault column was located on the right flank of the 46th Division, and was in the right rear defensive line, and when arranging the station, it was considered that it would be difficult to protect itself when non-infantry equipment such as combat vehicles and anti-aircraft guns were raided, so Gui Yongqing and Qiu Qingquan discussed before arranging the assault column here. When the left flank was defeated, distant shouts of killing, loud shelling and gunsmoke could be heard at the assault column's station.

In order to find out the situation as soon as possible, Qiu Qingquan sent people to the 46th Division to inquire about the news, and contacted Gui Yongqing on the other, and in the end, Qiu Qingquan got the cause of the chaos from Gui Yongqing's mouth.

The 27th Division on the left flank of the 61st Army was raided and retreated without defeat!

Gui Yongqing also urgently ordered Qiu Qingquan to go to the military headquarters of the 27th Army to discuss countermeasures, Qiu Qingquan knew that the battle situation was urgent, and went to the military headquarters of the 27th Army with his guards, and the vigilance of the entire assault column was naturally handed over to Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei in order to prevent accidents, ordered the infantry of the whole battalion to be deployed at the junction with the 46th Division, and protected the chariots, battle defense artillery and other troops, and hundreds of people were deployed at the junction of the 46th Division and the assault column, forming a scattered line, and Zhang Wei also ordered to set up heavy machine guns in case of accidents.

As Zhang Wei imagined, the 46th Division was on the right flank of the 61st Division, the 61st Division was defeated, and the 46th Division was inevitably affected.

"Battalion commander, look!" Qiu Wei pointed to the right in the direction of the 46th Division, and some soldiers ran towards the assault column, judging from the pace and formation of these stragglers, it was very likely that a small group of routs would be routed.

"Prepare, listen to my orders to shoot at the sky, if you can't shoot the gun, you will beat Lao Tzu!"

Qiu Wei frowned: "It's not good, how can you say that the 46th Division is also our old army, besides, Chief Gui's side?" ”

Zhang Wei interrupted Qiu Wei: "It is precisely because it is our old army that they can't be allowed to disgrace the troops!" Qiu Wei didn't say anything, looked at the dozens of routs who were getting closer and closer, and immediately ordered: "There is a company, shoot at the sky, release!" ”

After more than 100 79 rifles fired into the sky, the rout soldiers who rushed forward only hesitated for a moment, and then continued to rush forward, heading straight for the skirmish line of the preparatory battalion.

Qiu Wei made an appropriate adaptation: "Light machine gun, aim in front of them, hit me!" The riflemen of the first company retreated, and the nine Soviet-style light machine guns opened fire fiercely, and the bullets fired disgusted a cloud of dust in front of the rout, and the routs who were close to the preparatory battalion finally slowed down.

A platoon of a company stepped forward and began to interrogate these routs, dozens of people clashed, and almost started to shoot, but those routs looked at the machine guns set up by the prepared battalion, but they still did not dare to make a mistake, and were surrounded by a company and shot.

When the preparatory battalion was entangled with the rout, gunfire came from the direction of the 46th Division, and the rout looked back and ran forward more violently.

"Looks like they've come to arrest them." Zhang Wei looked at the neatly lined troops running in the distance, and estimated that this was the unit that came to arrest the deserters, with neat military uniforms and complete long and short guns.

When the people approached, Zhang Wei and three company commanders stepped forward, led by a lieutenant of the 46th Division, who looked to be in his thirties.

"Sir!" The lieutenant saw that although Zhang Wei was young, he had the rank of major on the collar badge, and hurriedly saluted.

"Sir, this group of people is the rout of the army, thank you for blocking them, we are from the 46th Division, to capture these rout soldiers." The routs over there had no hope of escaping, and they all hung their heads one by one, and the people brought by the lieutenant surrounded them, and the routs had no other way but to be honest.

Zhang Wei chatted with the lieutenant for a few words, only to know that the lieutenant was originally to teach the corps sergeant battalion, after the Nanjing breakout was promoted to the company commander, both of them were taught to the corps, it is easier to say, it turned out that this batch of rout was because of the joint reaction after the defeat of the 61st Division on the left flank, dozens of people are recruits, I have never seen this kind of battle, I saw that there were defeated soldiers down and ran with them, to deal with this guy, naturally sent someone to arrest them, Zhang Wei immediately ordered the weapons to be returned to them, the 46th Division was also in an urgent situation, and the lieutenant was in a hurry to bring people back, thanked Zhang Wei, and escorted the rout to go back.

The 46th Division is really elite, there was no large-scale rout in this case, the foundation left by the teaching corps is still playing residual heat, Zhang Wei also breathed a sigh of relief, the 46th Division did not have a big mess, this battle was fought, although the Japanese army broke the 61st Division, but according to the performance of the 46th Division, after a short period of confusion, the 46th Division has withstood the attack of the Japanese army and stabilized the battle line, and a Japanese infantry wing that has been pressed and fought for a long time cannot continuously defeat and defeat the elite divisions of the two Chinese armies in this situation.

The rout of the left flank of the 27th Army, although it had been controlled and did not continue to deteriorate, but the impact was also very great, the rout of the left flank caused the entire front to shrink, one division suffered great losses, the siege for several days failed to work, and the rout of the left flank spread from the military headquarters of the armies to the headquarters of the Eastern Henan Corps, and then it was in the ears of the supreme leader.

The armies of Hu, Li, Yu, Gui, and Song should follow the tasks indicated by Commander-in-Chief Xue and carry out a general attack on the whole line at 6:30 p.m. on the 25th of this month, and annihilate the enemy in the areas of Lanfeng, Sanyizhai, Lanfengkou, Chenliukou, Quxingji, and Luowangzhai before dawn on the 26th of tomorrow. If there is any cowering and ineffective attack, it will be severely punished according to the law; If the most meritorious deeds are built in the battle or the most captured by the enemy, a special award shall be given. I hope that the department will obey and not disobey. This was the instruction given by the Supreme Leader to the Yudong Corps a few days ago, and only three days later, the news of the rout of the 27th Army came, and the Supreme Leader at this time was naturally furious.

The Supreme Leader, in his anger, sent another stern telegram with great speed on the day of the unfavorable situation of the war.

"The commanders of the armies have no command and are cowardly in their actions, so that their morale is low and they are afraid to move forward.

Condensed into one sentence: "At all costs, continue to attack!" ”