Outside the city, the third battalion was in a temporary fortification, and it had already exchanged fire with the Japanese army, and the troops of the third battalion were divided into four lines of defense, fighting to the death with the Japanese army.

The Type 24 heavy machine guns on the position continued to fire, and the Japanese troops who were charging in front were beaten so that they could not raise their heads, leaving more than a dozen corpses in front of the position, and the grenadiers in the hands of the Japanese began to fire suppressively at the positions of the third battalion, and the officers and men of the first line positions of the third battalion received a certain degree of casualties.

The attacking Japanese troops advanced forward and strengthened their firepower, and this Japanese brigade was reinforced by mountain artillery, plus the infantry artillery of the brigade was blind, and the artillery fire was superior.

The Japanese 92nd Infantry Artillery Squadron quickly adjusted its position and attacked the defenders' heavy machine guns, and the two 92nd Infantry guns fired in turn, and after a few rounds, the defenders not only lost three heavy machine guns, but also suffered heavy casualties on the infantry.

The Japanese infantry on the first line, seeing that the defenders were tight, quickly advanced forward under the cover of light machine-gun fire, and on the other hand, in the positions outside the city, the Japanese commander drew an infantry squad to encircle the positions of the defenders of the 3rd Battalion from the flank.

The charging Japanese infantry suppressed them with grenadiers and heavy machine guns, and after paying more than a dozen casualties, they rushed into the first line of trenches and began hand-to-hand combat with the defenders inside. The remnants of the first trench all retreated to the second trench.

The Japanese army began to gain an advantage, and the commander of the third battalion shouted in a hurry: "Hold the second line of defense, the third line of defense, draw out a platoon, and see what is going on with the gang of devils on the flank." ”

After the Japanese occupied the first line of defense, it was much easier to take the second and third lines, and the Japanese did not rush to fight, but fired at the defenders in the trenches, and the defenders of the third battalion, who were not good at archery, soon fell in the trenches, and their morale began to waver.

There is another reason why the Japanese army is not in a hurry to attack, that is, waiting for the Japanese troops who are in a detour on the flank, as long as they shoot out, they will attack again, and the price they pay will be much smaller.

Since the Japanese had already penetrated the first line of trenches, the Japanese stopped firing from the 92nd infantry guns and switched to using the attached 41 mountain guns to extend the fire on the second and third lines of defense and fire in depth.

The Japanese artillery bombardment pressed the defenders to raise their heads, and the commander of the third battalion could only hope that the platoon of the Japanese army could improve a little, and the Japanese troops who were roundabout were not stupid and marched in a low posture, while the platoon of the third battalion that blocked them in a roundabout way could not do it, and the veterans knew that they were advancing with guns in a low posture, and some inexperienced and newly replenished strong recruits only knew that they could walk straight forward with their guns, and this scene was seen by the Japanese army.

The Japanese squad leader waved his hand, stopped the march of the troops, and prostrate on the ground, and the platoon of the third battalion saw the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground and knew that something was wrong.

"Get down, get down."

Before the platoon commander finished shouting, the bullets of the crooked handle came, and the troops of more than one squad were reimbursed at once. The soldiers lay down one after another, and the Czechs did not need to shoot, and the machine gunners pulled the trigger and hit.

"Go back and tell the battalion commander personally, you can't stop it." The platoon commander shouted, and before he could take a close look, he let people knock out a squad, and he couldn't stop the devil at all.

The grenadier of the Japanese squad once again exerted its power, killing out the two Czech light machine guns of the infantry platoon of the national army on the opposite side, and the infantry platoon that lost the cover of automatic fire only relied on rifles and grenades to block, and there was a burst of random guns and explosions, and the Japanese squad on the opposite side was also killed seven or eight, while this platoon of the national army had only one squad left, and the platoon commander was hit in the head by the grenadier and died.

"Charge, hit from the flank of the Chinese army." The Japanese squad charged, and the remaining squad of the Nationalist army knocked down three Japanese soldiers and got hanged with the Japanese army, and no one survived.

The Japanese troops surrounded by the flanks began to cooperate with the Japanese troops attacking from the front.

The Japanese troops in the front and the first line of trenches saw that the flanks were successfully encircled, and immediately began to assault. The defenders of the second and third trenches could not hold out at all, and fought for nearly twenty minutes, and finally all shrank into the third trench, barely resisting the Japanese offensive, and at this time the three battalions retreated to the trenches, only two hundred men.

"Prepare to withdraw, the signal corps will go back and tell the regiment commander to pick us up." The commander of the third battalion received Chen Chunyi's order, and the periphery could retreat to the city, and he didn't need to stumble until the last moment.

The position was now full of flesh and blood, mountain shells had blown off the last heavy machine gun of the third battalion, and shrapnel had killed a large number of infantrymen.

The defenders' line of defense showed signs of faltering, two soldiers could not stand it and began to run back, followed by people behind, and the commander of the third battalion killed three before the deserters were suppressed.

"It's all for Lao Tzu to support, and retreating now is a death."

The two sides are stalemate, and at this time, a retreat is a big collapse, a complete collapse, and you must wait for the support of the defenders in the city.

Near the city gate, the troops were prepared, except for a mortar platoon, the city gate was emptied, and Zhang Wei's men were hidden in the fortifications behind the city gate hole, and fortifications were also set up on the slope and side. Zhang Wei got the command of this mortar platoon, plus Dong Erli's artillery squad, a total of three mortars, and then he had to open artillery to bombard the first and second lines of defense occupied by the Japanese army to cover the retreat of the third battalion.

The mortar platoon commander had already marked the distance and target, and after Zhang Wei gave the order, he quickly opened fire.

The Japanese troops in the first and second lines of defense were caught off guard, several 82 mortar shells fell down, killing and wounding a dozen people, and at the same time, the retreat of the three battalions began.

"Hurry up, go away, don't worry about the dead."

"Don't bother, throw things away."

After a period of resistance, the officers and men of the third battalion quickly ran in the direction of the city gate, and Zhang Wei's shelling did not stop, the purpose was to buy a little more time.

As soon as the smoke of the explosion dissipated, the Japanese army did not have time to evacuate the wounded and began to pursue and block the shooting, the pursuing Japanese army was the strength of two squads, and the brigade wanted to stabilize and block the battle line outside the city, so they did not dispatch, and they felt that the two squads with light weapons could kill these remnants of the defeated generals.

The Japanese army's marksmanship was really good, and the shooting was quite accurate during the march, relying on the 38 big cover, more than 20 officers and soldiers of the third battalion were killed, and the retreating troops did not resist, and ran wildly with their backs to the Japanese army.

Zhang Wei ordered to the mortar platoon commander: "Hurry up, adjust the distance, and hit those pursuing Japanese soldiers."

The distance between the two sides was very close, and the mortar platoon commander did not dare to let go of the fight, but only a few symbolic shots, and only one shell hit the Japanese ranks, delaying the pace of pursuit.

In the city gate behind Zhang Wei, Qiu Weiqing has already made a passage, and there is a platoon guarding it, and he will come to dredge these three battalion soldiers later, but he can't let them run around.

The Japanese army was bombed, more than a dozen people were wounded or killed, and the pursuit could not be pursued, so the Japanese simply left a team to watch the wounded soldiers clean up the mess, and the other team continued to pursue and rushed straight to the city gate.

Zhang Wei saw the movement of the Japanese army, there was only one squad of pursuers, and it was very feasible to kill them!