Kawamura Taro, the brigade commander, and Inamori Tomoya, the brigade commander, had already divided their labor at this time:

Kawamura Taro's brigade was responsible for opening the road to Tanghe, and Inamori Tomoya's brigade was responsible for defending Xiezhuang, preventing the Nationalist army from attacking.

After the two Japanese devils made a clear division of labor, Brigade Commander Kawamura Taro ordered, "The artillery regiment will immediately bombard the Nationalist army's defense line in the direction of Tanghe!"

As soon as his order was issued, Regiment Commander Yoshinaga Akimasa was already in action.

However, changing the direction of the artillery fire was not just a matter of talking.

The artillery regiment and the engineering regiment were already in action.

They were busy re-establishing their positions, preparing to launch a bombardment of the Special Operations Brigade's defense line five kilometers away.

The Japanese devils in Xiezhuang were in action, and the 59th Army was also in action. The 38th Division had been deployed in place.

The newly formed artillery regiment had also been deployed in place. For the artillery regiment of the 59th Army, there was no need to consider attacks from the Japanese devils.

It was much more convenient to deploy.

Zhu Qingmao discovered the movement of the Japanese artillery in the air and immediately reported it to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan originally wanted to leave the Japanese devils in Xiezhuang for the 59th Army to practice with, but now it seemed that they could not be left.

The Special Operations Brigade was unwilling to withstand the bombardment of the Japanese artillery.

With an order, the bombers and ground attack aircraft at the Maeda Arakawa Airport all took off.

The rocket artillery company of the Sixth Regiment first bombarded the Japanese artillery positions. Zhu Qingmao was in the air as an observer, correcting the deviation of the artillery fire at any time.

Subsequently, the heavy artillery regiment of the 59th Army also joined the bombardment of the Japanese devils in Xiezhuang.

When Xiezhuang was being bombarded, the 20th Cavalry Regiment had to attack again.

This time, their attack direction was Tanghe.

Before departure, Regiment Commander Utada Tsubasa said to the remaining three hundred or so Japanese devils: "Everyone! If we fail to break through today, we will die for the Emperor.

Helpless, Brigade Commander Kawamura Taro could only turn around, wanting to return to Xiezhuang:

At least in Xiezhuang, he had built defenses for so many days, and he could still use them.

Unlike here, there was no cover at all, and all the Japanese devils could only be targets.

However, what he did not expect was that before he could turn around, some Japanese devils from the 30th Infantry Brigade had already retreated.