The Japanese artillery wing sent liaison staff officers directly to the tank wing, while the 7th Independent Infantry Brigade immediately began to follow the tank unit towards Zaoling Village.

The 12 tanks of the 1st Tank Squadron advanced in a wedge-shaped formation, and the 2nd Tank Squadron and the 3rd Tank Squadron followed in a double-column formation, which was the wedge-shaped advance queue of the Japanese Tank Wing, and the four Type 97 tanks under the tank wing headquarters were in the middle of the command.

Shusuke Takei, the captain of the tank wing, opened the hatch, he left his head exposed, he held the telescope in his right hand, and looked around through the telescope.

More than 1,000 infantry of the 7th Independent Infantry Brigade followed behind the tank, and the devil soldiers marched towards Zaoling Village.

The 12 Type 89 tanks of the 1st Tank Squadron were moving at a very fast speed, and the four Type 89 tanks in front of them were less than 1,000 meters away from Zaoling Village.

The flares were fired out by the Japanese artillery units, and the dark night instantly seemed to be like day.

"At a distance of eight hundred meters, the target is a Type 89 tank, and at nine o'clock in the direction, an armor-piercing projectile is fired."

"At a distance of nine hundred meters, the target is the Type 89 tank, in the direction of twelve o'clock, firing armor-piercing shells."

One after another, orders began to be transmitted, and the first armored company under the command of company commander Chen Hao began to put into operation two Type 89 tanks and 15 Type 95 tanks.

Chinese and Japanese tank units began to carry out tank operations in Zaoling Village, and dozens of tanks began to fire armor-piercing shells.

Armor-piercing shells are constantly fired, and from time to time armor-piercing shells hit the tank armor, and some very unlucky tanks are directly hit by armor-piercing shells through the internal shells, causing huge explosions.

At 10:40 p.m. on August 24, 1938, the first company of the armored battalion of the 6th Cavalry Regiment encountered the first squadron of the tank wing of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese mixed battle in Zaoling Village.

The two sides fought for half an hour, and the first armored company destroyed three Japanese tanks, but lost four tanks of its own.

Liang Weifeng, deputy commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, who commanded the operation, immediately issued an order to retreat, and Chen Hao led the remaining thirteen tanks to quickly retreat.

According to the usual practice, once the Japanese encountered the withdrawal of Chinese troops, they would definitely chase after them frantically, but the 1st Tank Squadron was beyond everyone's expectations, after the 1st Tank Squadron withdrew from the 1st Armored Company, they did not start a pursuit, and the 1st Tank Squadron waited for the main force of the Tank Wing to arrive.

At 10:56 p.m., the main force of the 1st Tank Wing arrived at Zaoling Village, and after Takei Shusuke, the commander of the Ozuo Wing, received the report, he immediately got in touch with the Artillery Wing through the artillery liaison staff officer, and after the 44 artillery pieces of the Artillery Wing were marked to shoot at Zhuyuan, grenades began to cover and shoot at Zaoling Village as the center.

Liang Weifeng's troops, who wanted to ambush the Japanese army, were shelled by the Japanese army, and the first armored company lost two Type 95 tanks again, and the Jibu battalion also paid the price of more than 40 casualties.

At 11:15 p.m., the Japanese tank wing searched all around Zaoling Village, and its search range was two kilometers, and they were always within the range of artillery.

The Chinese and Japanese tanks engaged in a battle, with the 1st Panzer Company losing 6 Type 95 tanks, the 1st Tank Squadron losing 4 Type 89 tanks, and at the same time, the infantry battalion also suffered more than 40 casualties, and the Japanese troops obviously gained the advantage.

After Shen Wei, political commissar of the Sixth Army Division, Sun Ziyuan, deputy chief of staff of the Sixth Army Division, Fu Tao, commander of the New Second Brigade, and Zhu Jianwei, chief of staff of the New Second Brigade, received the casualty report of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, the expressions on the faces of the four people became solemn, and they realized that if the troops of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment were allowed to forcibly reinforce Shimenmen Town, it would mean that the Sixth Cavalry Regiment was going to forcibly engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese army.

The first armored company has lost six tanks so far, and the casualties have exceeded the bottom line of Shen Wei and others' psychological tolerance.

The officers and men of the Sixth Army Division know that every tank is very important to the troops of the Sixth Army Division, and it is very difficult to replenish every tank that has been destroyed.

"Political commissar, we can't fight anymore, we can't fight the family funds that the commander has accumulated with great difficulty. Six tanks, which have just been engaged with the Japanese troops, have lost so many tanks, if we continue to fight, I am afraid that there will not be many tanks left in the armored battalion, if the armored battalion is exhausted, how can we explain to the commander. ”

Fu Tao, the commander of the new Second Brigade, came to the political commissar Shen Wei, and he said with a solemn expression.

At first, he wanted to use the Sixth Cavalry Regiment to reinforce Shimenmen Town and hold Shimenmen Town first, but when he knew that the armored battalion had lost six tanks, Fu Tao's expression on his face changed.

The Sixth Cavalry Regiment was subordinate to the New Second Brigade, and as the direct commander of the unit, he lost six tanks, and Fu Tao was as painful as someone had cut off a few pieces of flesh from his body.

"In order to be able to replenish the tank troops, the commander has already lost some of his gray hair, we are not very familiar with armored operations, and now the commander is far away in Linzhang County to command the operation against bandits, political commissar, deputy chief of staff, I suggest that Shimen Town be abandoned, and we will fight a defensive war that we are good at."

After Fu Tao's words were finished, Zhu Jianwei, chief of staff of the New Second Brigade, also hesitated slightly, and he expressed his approval of Fu Tao's words.

Sun Weiguo is just about 20 years old, but Sun Weiguo already has gray hair on his head, and Fu Tao, Zhu Jianwei, and others, who can often see Sun Weiguo, know very well that Sun Weiguo has always been working hard to replenish the tank troops of the armored battalion, they don't want the armored battalion troops to suffer any losses, and they don't want to fight for the family foundation that Sun Weiguo has accumulated with great difficulty.

"What does the head of the Sixth Riding Regiment Yin Jinshan mean?" Shen Wei asked in a solemn tone.

"Political commissar, Commander Yin means to keep fighting." Luo Hongyi, an operational staff officer, immediately replied.

"Immediately send a telegram to the head of Yin Jinshan, ask him how sure he is of victory, and ask the Sixth Cavalry Regiment to reply immediately after receiving the call." Shen Wei said solemnly.

Luo Hongyi immediately began to send electricity to Yin Jinshan, and Yin Jinshan quickly called back to the headquarters.

Yin Jinshan's call back was very simple, with only one sentence: "Success is not certain, and I am determined to live and die with Shimenmen." ”

The Sixth Cavalry Regiment was angered by the Japanese army, Yin Jinshan still acted according to the plan, even if the first armored company lost six tanks, but Yin Jinshan still did not change his battle plan, he was waiting for the opportunity.

After Shen Wei got Yin Jinshan's call back, the expression on her face changed, looking at the message sent by Yin Jinshan, Shen Wei couldn't make a decision for a while.

The first thing she thought of was Sun Weiguo, she wanted to ask Sun Weiguo and let Sun Weiguo solve the matter of whether the Sixth Cavalry Regiment would continue to fight in Shimen Town, but Shen Wei knew very well that she couldn't ask Sun Weiguo for everything, she had to share it for Sun Weiguo.