As Tang Cheng guessed, when the Beishan checkpoint position was about to light the firewood pile to release the distress signal, the county seat was also being attacked by the Japanese army, but the smoke column rising in the county town was not for help, but the soldiers of the garrison regiment were busy and lit the firewood by mistake. When Liu Shanyang sent someone to deliver the letter to Beishan, the Japanese army's forward squad was less than 2 miles away from the county seat, and the bicycles used by foreign students to show off in the big city were ridden fast by these Japanese soldiers, and the smoke and dust dragged up by a convoy of dozens of bicycles appeared in the sight of the sentry outside the city like a giant dragon.

Liu Goat's insistence gave the garrison regiment the opportunity to enter the right flank position outside the city to help the battle, but Liu Goat did not pull all the remaining four companies of the garrison out of the city, he only arranged two companies outside the city, and the remaining two companies were helping the people of the county government evacuate the people in the city. "This county magistrate Ge went to the provincial capital at this time, and there is not even a person in charge in the county government." When the county town was messed up by the news of the appearance of the Japanese army, Li Linge appeared with his family team.

Liu Goat never participated in the battle between Li Linge and Ge Kunshan, but at this time, unlike in the past, in order to evacuate the people in the city as much as possible, Liu Goat could only stand on Li Linge's side. The Japanese army appeared too suddenly, even Zhou Yuan did not expect it, yesterday's intelligence also showed that the Japanese army did not move, but this only one night, the Japanese army's forward troops have appeared here in Mengcheng, the strange and changeable situation makes Zhou Yuan feel breathless.

"Commander Liu, the Japanese army outside the city looks like there is only one squad, your garrison regiment doesn't have to be so nervous, I will send my troops out to kill them, you better let these people go home and wait for the good news." Zhou Yuan's pretense easily made Liu Goat look angry, although the evacuation of the people in the city made the county look a mess, but that did not hinder the transfer of your 173rd Division, you have the ability to kill the Japanese troops outside the city and fight, what does this have to do with Lao Tzu's evacuation of the people?

"Commander Liu, I don't see any climate when I look at the devil soldiers outside the city, those soldiers under Commander Zhou can fight well, I don't think I'm busy telling the people in the city to go out and hide, let's wait and see." Between Zhou Yuan and Liu Goat, the thoughtful Li Linge naturally wanted to speak to Zhou Yuan. Liu Goat's face turned pale by Li Linge's words, and he hurried down the city tower under the pretext of going out of the city to command the troops, but he had already scolded Zhou Yuan and Li Linge in his heart.

Liu Goat absolutely did not believe that the dozens of Japanese soldiers who appeared outside the city were all the strength of the Japanese army attacking Mengcheng, and according to his experience of fighting with the Japanese army many times, Liu Goat judged that these Japanese soldiers who arrived on bicycles were only the vanguard of the Japanese army, and they might be followed by a large number of Japanese troops. It is precisely because of this worry that Liu Goat will bewitch the people in the county government to evacuate and hide the people in the city, compared with the house and property, human life is the most important, once the fire with the Japanese army, where will there be leisure to pay attention to these people in the city.

However, his kindness was thought by Zhou Yuan to be troublesome, and Li Linge, a native of Mengcheng, actually helped Zhou Yuan speak, although he knew that Li Linge was not wrong to tie up with the superiors, but Liu Goat thought that his judgment would not be wrong. Zhou Yuan's troops, who had entered the position in advance, had already exchanged fire with the Japanese army, although the gunfire was sparse, but what Liu Goat saw from the telescope was the excellent marksmanship of the Japanese army, and in only a few rounds, he found that the casualties of Zhou Yuan's troops were far more than those Japanese soldiers.

"This little devil is not good" Liu Goat, who was holding a telescope, muttered to himself, and at this time, the observation post at the head of the city suddenly began to wave the signal flag vigorously, and several riders who were arranged outside the city were also vigorously urging the horses to gallop. "The devil's army is here, all of them are people, and I can't count how many people there are." The news brought back by the sentries made Zhou Yuan and Li Linge stunned, and the Japanese army was about to make a big move against Mengcheng.

"When the Japanese army attacks for a while, none of you can shoot without Lao Tzu's order, if you violate Lao Tzu's order, Lao Tzu's pistol is not a guy who eats idle meals." Liu Shanyang gathered the company commanders and squad and platoon commanders of the two companies who had already entered the position, and used the improvised simple sand tables to make the final arrangements before the battle. If Tang Cheng was here, he would definitely be able to see that these arrangements of Liu Goat were almost exactly the same as the pre-war arrangements they had outside Guanghua Gate that day.

"I gave the order to open fire, the 2nd company will fight first, your 3rd company will wait first, if the Japanese army shells, you must have your soldiers hiding in the anti-artillery holes, and you can't run around when you hear the shelling of the little devils." Liu Goat explained his arrangement in detail, and finally stared around at the company commanders and squad platoon leaders under him. "Lao Tzu's garrison can't have deserters, the little devils have already hit the door, let's give up this life to drive them away, if anyone dares to be a deserter, Lao Tzu will immediately send him to see Lord Yama."

The killing intent and gloomy expression in Liu Goat's words made his company commanders and squad and platoon commanders shiver together, especially when Liu Goat pulled out the shell gun on his waist, these guys immediately felt cold. The vast majority of these people just want to enter the garrison regiment to get food and clothing, and no one thought that they would really have to face the devil soldiers with guns one day, and the moment the Japanese soldiers on bicycles appeared outside the city, some of them were already scared, if it wasn't for Liu Goat's close attention, maybe they would have thrown their weapons and ran away.

But now the meaning of Liu Goat's words is that they want them to fight to the end with the devil soldiers, and the guys who were already wavering in their hearts began to regret joining the garrison as soldiers. Xu saw what these guys were thinking, Liu Goat smiled, took a small cloth bag handed by Lao Xu and threw it on the sand table, "Tell Brother Sù, if this battle is won, everyone will be rewarded with 5 fast oceans, and these oceans are for a few of you." ”

In the face of the pile of ocean poured out of the cloth bag by Liu Goat, the company commanders and squad platoon commanders who were gathered together by Liu Goat were full of greed for the ocean. "Each person has 5 oceans, and when this battle is over, each of you will have 5 oceans." Liu Goat watched quietly as Lao Xu sent the ocean to these guys, but he was already sneering in his heart, I want those 5 oceans, you have a life to survive.

The Japanese attack was nothing more than fire reconnaissance, then artillery bombardment, and finally an infantry assault, and after a few rounds of such a combination continued, the battle was almost coming to an end. In order to deal with this offensive combination of the Japanese army, Liu Shanyang specially transferred the 2nd and 3rd companies of the garrison regiment controlled by Ge Kunshan and Li Linge to the outside of the city, but only cooperated with the troops of the 173rd Division to flank the battle, and it was not worth Liu Shanyang to send his 4th company and Liang Dahu's 5th company out of the city.

Although the casualties of the 173rd Division were far greater than those of the Japanese, fortunately there were casualties on both sides, and the soldiers of the 173rd Division were not dampened by the Japanese army. The soldiers of the garrison regiment mistakenly lit the firewood pile and sent out the signal when the first round of Japanese artillery bombardment was carried out, and the Japanese artillery bombardment came very suddenly, without the slightest warning in advance, and even Liu Goat's telescope did not see the shadow of the Japanese follow-up troops, and the shells that crossed the air had already fallen.

The soldiers of the garrison regiment huddled in the anti-artillery hole with their rifles in their arms, they did not know that the target of the Japanese artillery was only the main position outside the city, and they were not the target of the Japanese artillery on the flank. Liu Goat, who had been standing in the trench with a telescope to observe the enemy's situation, frowned, according to his previous experience with the Japanese army, it seemed that the Japanese army should first send a small force to conduct fire reconnaissance on the defenders' positions outside the city before carrying out artillery bombardment.

After the soldiers of the garrison regiment hurriedly ordered the pyre for the report, Liu Shanyang understood the intention of the Japanese artillery bombardment, which was deliberately embodying the shelling, which was to put pressure on the defenders and force the defenders to make the choice of abandoning and surrendering. "Damn, when did the little devil learn to play this trick again?" Looking at the pale faces of his soldiers from the Japanese shelling and their trembling hands holding rifles, Liu Goat let out a rare sigh. The garrison regiment is not a regular army in the end, and it is not ordinarily difficult to expect such soldiers to win this battle.

The target of the Japanese artillery bombardment, 173, was the main position where the troops were stationed, and the smoke and fire from the explosion almost enveloped the main position, and the distinction between the regular troops and the garrison regiment became clear at this time. While the soldiers of the garrison regiment were busy hiding in the anti-artillery holes and shivering, the soldiers of the 173rd Division arranged on the main position were nervously preparing for battle, although their faces were also a little pale because of the Japanese shelling, but what Liu Goat saw was their hands holding their rifles tightly and the perseverance in their eyes.

"The little devil has touched it, ready to fight." The shelling had ceased for only a quarter of an hour, when the impatient Japanese sent their fire reconnaissance units, and more than 20 Japanese soldiers rushed towards the flank positions where the garrison was stationed. The distance between the two sides was still more than 100 meters, and Liu Shanyang shouted the password to prepare for battle, and the reluctant soldiers were kicked and beaten by their respective squad and platoon leaders to drill out of the anti-artillery holes, and stood in their respective firing positions waiting for the Japanese army to approach.