At half past six o'clock in the morning of 21 September, it had been dark for some time, and after the commanders of the 109th and 26th Divisions of the Japanese Army held an operational meeting, the Japanese troops began to take action, and the Japanese artillery positions took the lead in attacking.

THIRTY-SIX 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS AND TWELVE 75MM FIELD GUNS OF THE MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY WING OF THE 109TH DIVISION, THIRTY-SIX 75MM FIELD GUNS OF THE ARTILLERY WING OF THE 26TH DIVISION, AND TWELVE 105MM CANNONS OF THE FIRST BRIGADE OF THE EIGHTH WING OF THE INDEPENDENT FIELD HEAVY ARTILLERY BELONGING TO THE 109TH DIVISION BEGAN TO CARRY OUT SHELLING.

Ninety-six artillery pieces of different calibers of different sizes began to fire blankly at Doucun Town, and shells began to hit Doucun Town one after another.

The ground seemed to begin to shake in an instant, explosions continued to sound, dust flew up, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and in the blink of an eye, Doucun Town fell into a sea of fire.

Garrisoned in Doucun Town was the regimental headquarters of the 2nd Regiment of Honor, as well as the troops of the 4th and 5th Battalions, and when the Japanese troops began to carry out artillery bombardment, the officers and men immediately began to hide in the anti-artillery holes.

However, the destructive power brought by the firing of 96 artillery pieces of the Japanese army was huge, and some anti-artillery holes were hit by shells one after another and began to collapse.

Before some of the officers and men could get out of the anti-artillery holes, they were directly killed.

The smell of blood began to appear in the air, and when the smell of fishy mixed with the smell of gunsmoke, the smell became pungent and the air began to become scorching.

A house in Doucun Township was temporarily converted into a heavy machine-gun firing point, because it was a heavy machine-gun firing point, and the house was reinforced.

However, when seven or eight Japanese shells fell here one after another, the houses began to turn into ruins, and a Type 92 heavy machine gun was directly blown into scrap metal before it could be transferred.

The four soldiers in charge of the Type 92 heavy machine gun all took refuge in the underground bunker, but as the house collapsed, they were completely crushed in the underground bunker and could not get out.

A herald ran down the road at high speed in the face of heavy shells, trying to convey orders from the 4th Battalion headquarters.

The herald had dodged more than a dozen shells, but he had a lot of scars on his body, and as he continued to run forward, a cannonball fell directly beside him, and the herald didn't have time to dodge, and the shell hit him, and the herald's body was torn apart and killed on the spot.

The Japanese artillery bombardment continued until seven o'clock, and the intensity of shell firing began to weaken, while four Japanese bombers began to fly over the town of Doucun, and one aerial bomb after another began to fall on the ground and explode.

The devastated town of Doucun was bombed by Japanese bombers again, and the situation in Doucun began to become critical.

In Wutai County, the Japanese air force began to dispatch planes to bomb Wutai County, and as the county seat where the division headquarters was located, it was naturally inevitable that the Japanese bombing could not be avoided.

As early as six o'clock, Japanese bombers began to bomb over Wutai County, and one aerial bomb after another began to cover the county without warning.

The county town, which had been bombed before, was once again in disarray, with craters on the ground.

Although the division headquarters was reinforced with wood and reinforced concrete, with the explosion of aerial bombs one after another, the division headquarters also began to collapse.

A staff officer and five communications officers did not have time to dodge, and they were all killed.

Sun Weiguo and his division headquarters braved the bombing of Japanese planes and immediately began to transfer classified documents and radio stations to underground bunkers.

After doing these things, Sun Weiguo came to the war room of the underground bunker, and he looked at the map with a solemn expression on his face.

"Division commander, at present, the troops of the first division and the 114th division have not taken action for the time being, but the troops of the 109th and 26th divisions of the Japanese army in the north of Wutai County have launched an attack, and at present, the defense area of the honorary second regiment of Doucun Town has become the focus of the Japanese army's attack, according to the report of the intelligence department, the Japanese army has gathered nearly 100 artillery pieces and began to shell Doucun Town."

Huang Guohua, chief of the Operations Section, came to Sun Weiguo's side, he saluted Sun Weiguo, and then began to report the situation.

After hearing Huang Guohua's report, Sun Weiguo's brows furrowed tightly, the troops of the 109th Division and the 26th Division are sufficient, and the troops of the Honorary Second Regiment are not considered the main force in the Honorary Second Division, and there is obviously a huge disparity between the troops of the Honorary Second Regiment against the troops of the Japanese 109th Division and the 26th Division.

Sun Weiguo's worst fear happened, he looked at the map with a solemn gaze, and a heavy expression appeared on his face.

"Division commander, now we have to transfer the troops of the Honorary Fourth Regiment, the troops of the Honorary Second Regiment will not be able to resist the attack of the two divisions and regiments at all, if we don't take action on our side, I am afraid that the troops of the Honorary Second Regiment will be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese 109th Division and the 26th Division."

Zhao Lerong pointed to the location of Doucun Town on the map, and he said in a solemn tone.

Sun Weiguo nodded, he naturally knew this, and at the same time, Sun Weiguo also knew that it was now necessary to mobilize the troops of the Fourth Regiment of Honor.

However, now the troops of the 4th Regiment of Honor are stationed in Baijiazhuang Town, and this is where the 1st Division of the Japanese Army and the 114th Division are cut off.

Once the troops of the Honorable Fourth Regiment withdraw here, it is very likely that the troops of the 1st Division and the 114th Division of the Japanese Army will join forces, and once these two troops meet in Wutai County, even if all the troops of the Honorable 2nd Division are assembled, they may not be able to annihilate them all, and it will be difficult to defeat them.

"Division commander, if the four county brigades and the fifth detachment are concentrated and deployed in Baijiazhuang Town, will it be possible to temporarily prevent the troops of the Japanese First Division and the Japanese 114th Division from coming together, and the troops of the Unknown Regiment and the Honorary First Regiment are all holding back the First Division and the 114th Division, so there is still a certain degree of certainty."

A staff officer saw Zhao Lerong holding a baton and pointing in the direction of Baijiazhuang Town, this staff officer immediately understood what Sun Weiguo and Zhao Lerong were worried about, and he hurriedly said.

"Although there are more than 4,000 people in the four county brigades and the fifth detachment, where do they have experience in positional warfare, facing the troops of the first division and the 114th division, letting them fight positional warfare is simply letting them go to death, this is absolutely impossible." Zhao Lerong frowned, and he immediately denied it.

"You can't delay it like this, Chief of Staff, you immediately send a telegram to Yin Jinshan's Honorary Fourth Regiment, and ask them to go north immediately to assist the troops of the Honorary Second Regiment in combat. In addition, they sent a telegram to the Fifth Detachment and the four county brigades, asking them to carry out guerrilla operations in the south and west of Wutai County to contain the Japanese troops, and at the same time to send a telegram to the troops of the Unknown Regiment and the Honorary First Regiment, so that they must do their best to contain the troops of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army and the 114th Division. ”

Sun Weiguo looked at the map and pondered for a while, and he immediately began to give orders.

Although he knew that there was a great crisis in the withdrawal of the troops of the Fourth Regiment of Honor from Baijiazhuang Town, Sun Weiguo had no choice now.