After sealing the city gate, the troops of the 23rd Regiment entered the county town one after another.
Chen Chunyi let the disabled 1st Battalion enter the city, the 2nd Battalion guarded the city head, and the 3rd Battalion maneuvered outside the city.
Zhang Wei's men He is responsible for guarding the city gate.
In the city gate cave, except for He Kun and Hao Zhong who were on guard, the remaining two platoons were resting in the city gate cave.
Zhang Wei was talking to Chen Chunyi on the tower.
The three battalion commanders had just left to lead their respective troops on guard.
Zhang Wei was close, so he went up to the tower to discuss the battle with Chen Chunyi.
"The current battle situation is unclear.
The official bridge behind us has been lost.
Lincheng, it is estimated that it has only happened in the past two days.
The entire division has shrunk.
This is what we are afraid of."
Chen Chunyi told Zhang Wei The current battle situation.
Zhang Wei was really shocked.
In just two days, the situation had deteriorated to this point.
The Japanese army was advancing so fast.
"Be prepared.
The division commander asked my 23rd Regiment to come in just to take care of us.
The other troops are outside the city, and it will be even more difficult to fight in the field."
"Captain Chen, as long as the brothers are together, there won't be any big problems."
Zhang Wei said.
"I hope so."
Zhang Wei rested on the city wall for a night.
The officers and soldiers of the independent company in the city gate cave took turns to rest and rest.
They gathered in the city gate cave to rest and settle down.
People from the 23rd regiment headquarters sent them supplies and hot water.
Chen Chunyi had given the order.
Yes, you must be polite to friendly forces.
While the 4th Division was resting in Yi County, the 295th Brigade of the 89th Division in Lincheng suffered heavy casualties.
The Japanese attacked all night.
Tracer bullets and firelight turned the night into day.
Brigadier Lai Ruxiong sent a telegram to both the corps commander and the division commander. , if this fight continues, everything will be over.
In the end, Wang Zhonglian, commander of the 85th Army, had to order the abandonment of Lincheng and the Jinpu Road key point, which was lost.
The Japanese army also knew the movements of the 4th Division.
Previously, the 63rd Regiment had almost used all its strength to deal with the 89th Division, leaving only a small number of diversionary troops to confront the 4th Division in the mountainous area, and was severely damaged by the 4th Division.
Now, it was time to deal with the 4th Division.
Moreover, the two counties of Yi County and Hanzhuang were equally important.
Taking advantage of the darkness, the two brigades of the 63rd Wing rushed directly to Yi County.
In the early morning, Zhang Wei had just woken up and went down to the city gate for inspection.
The troops carried out the order very well.
When Zhang Wei went up to the city tower again, Chen Chunyi was already looking at the map.
Everything was going on peacefully.
Looking into the distance, there were not only the 3rd Battalion of the 23rd Regiment outside the city, but also other troops of the 4th Division stationed everywhere on guard.
Suddenly, there was chaos in the distance, followed by a burst of gunfire like exploding beans.
The Japanese came over.
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Before Zhang Wei could react, several mountain shells hit the top of the city.
When he woke up from the dizziness, What he saw was blood and stumps all over the ground.
Chen Chunyi fell to the ground, covered in blood.
Zhang Wei crawled over, and the soldiers who were not killed also went over to help.
When he got closer, Zhang Wei discovered that Chen Chunyi was still alive, and half of the blood on his body came from the guards around him.
After Zhang Wei and a few soldiers briefly bandaged him, Chen Chunyi led the still alive people down to the top of the city.
Commanding near the door, Chen Chunyi's fate changed slightly because of Zhang Wei's arrival.
In the previous life, Chen Chunyi was shot and killed on the spot.
Zhang Wei rushed to the city gate and gathered the officers and soldiers of the independent company.
What he wanted now was to observe the situation.
After the shelling, the Japanese infantry did not rush over, but fought with other troops of the 4th Division further away, but Zhang Wei had clearly felt When the national army was in decline, it was attacked in the early morning.
It was already extremely chaotic.
Now it would be more difficult to fight the Japanese army.
The third battalion not far outside the city had dispersed and began to maneuver and defend on the spot.
"Company commander, what should we do?"
Qiu Wei asked "Don't move, prepare to defend."
Zhang Wei couldn't act rashly.
The city gate was very important.
If he moved it, if an accident happened, the consequences would be disastrous.
Looking outside the city, the troops outside Yi County were part of the 24th Regiment of the 12th Brigade and the 10th Brigade.
After the Japanese raid, the soldiers quickly resisted.
Two Japanese brigades attacked them, and the battle line collapsed for a while.
After the soldiers resisted desperately, they finally stabilized the front and bought time for the 23rd Regiment of Yi County.
The battle lasted from early morning to noon.
The two brigades, with the cooperation of strengthened artillery, attacked fiercely.
In the end, the 24th Regiment retreated due to excessive casualties.
Yi County was isolated during this period.
The Japanese army left a brigade and part of the artillery to attack Yi County, while the remaining brigade and reinforced artillery pursued the 4th Division near Hanzhuang.
Zhang Wei and Chen Chunyi witnessed all this.
In the current situation, retreat was impossible and they could only hold on.
Chen Chunyi formulated a battle plan on the spot in the city gate cave.
Several battalion commanders were not all around.
Therefore, it was recorded by the signal corps and then transmitted.
"Order, the first battalion and the troops directly under the regiment, except for the mortar company, will serve as the regiment's reserve team and be on standby in the city."
"The second battalion left an infantry company on the city wall to disperse the resistance.
The rest were prepared for street fighting, demolishing empty houses on the spot, doing fortifications, and preparing to guard the city gate."
During the war, many residents in Yi County fled.
Gone, leaving a lot of empty houses.
"The third battalion resists outside the city and can retreat to the city if necessary."
"Friendly Zhang Wei is temporarily responsible for guarding the city gate.
Troops from my second battalion will come to help at any time, join the battle, and help gather the retreating third battalion."
The signal corpsman ran away with the order, and Zhang Wei put forward his own opinion: "Sir, we must fight hard to defend the perimeter, and prepare for street fighting.
We only need to put up a little resistance at the city gate.
It's not that Zhang Wei is afraid of losses, but It’s impossible to defend a place as big as the city gate.”
Chen Chunyi knew that Zhang Wei was not conserving his strength, so he nodded: "Then just fight and then retreat to the city and prepare for street fighting."
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Outside the city, the Third Battalion had begun a small-scale exchange of fire with the attacking Japanese troops.
The sound of gunfire continued.
The city was busy.
Soldiers from the Second Battalion and the General Reserve were dismantling private houses and rammed earth on the ground, making various Fortifications and defensive equipment.
Sandbags and deer shelters were continuously sent to the city gate where Zhang Wei was stationed.
Zhang Wei arranged three lines of fortifications, each of which was twenty meters apart.
The deer stockades and shelters were put aside, waiting for the troops to withdraw.
Things will be released.
Zhang Wei also ordered He Kun to make a large number of cluster grenades, which will definitely be used during defense.
The first line of defense is guarded by two squads, the second line is guarded by a platoon, and the third line is led by Hao Zhong's platoon. , and the rest are temporarily hidden in the city, otherwise the troops will not be able to deploy.
The second battalion and the reserve team preparing for street fighting in the city are also making emergency preparations.
The walls of residential buildings have been opened, sandbag fortifications and temporary firepower points have been set up on the streets, and small fortresses have been built with dismantled earth, stone and wood.
Troops were stationed in high-rise buildings, and Chen Chunyi sent a mortar company near the city gate.
He hoped that these guns would be able to fire near the city gate and try to support the three battalions on the periphery
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