Ten Company Commander Liu Jia had already ordered the entire company to turn their gun muzzles and fire at the Japanese devils who suddenly charged from behind.

Ito Taikaku, the company commander, originally thought that the entire company could launch such a sudden attack and crush the opposing force.

Then, they would establish a forward defense line here, laying a good foundation for the next operation of the entire regiment in Luying Town.

What he never expected was that despite the sudden attack, the opposing force remained very calm.

Petty Officer Uchiyama Takashi was already leading his troops, having seen that this force possessed powerful firepower.

They decided to engage in bayonet combat with them in Luying Town. The Miyamoto squad and the Asashi squad all charged forward.

Faced with the Japanese devils' determination to engage in bayonet combat, the Tenth Company did not back down. Company Commander Liu ordered, "Charge!"

He also gave an order to the radio operator beside him: "Report to the regimental commander!"

Regimental Commander Su Ruifeng of the Eighth Regiment knew that the Tenth Company had been ambushed by the Japanese devils and immediately ordered the Eighth and Ninth Companies to reinforce them.

In fact, before the regimental commander issued the order, the Eighth and Ninth Companies were already rushing towards the battlefield.

The battle to encircle and annihilate the Ebihara Battalion had just ended, and the companies were cleaning up the battlefield when they heard that Japanese devils were coming to reinforce them.

The companies vied for the opportunity to fight, and Lin Fan would not refuse such requests.

He ordered the Eighth Regiment to leave one company to clean up the battlefield, and the remaining companies immediately pressed towards Luying Town, further compressing the remaining Japanese devils' space for activity.

Petty Officer Asashi Yusuke personally led his troops to charge, and the bayonet fight with the force in front had just begun.

He realized that he was wrong: terribly wrong!

The soldiers of this force were all too cunning. They were clearly engaged in bayonet combat, but they often opened fire.

Most importantly, these soldiers had too many bullets in their submachine guns.

They were not afraid of bayonet combat, nor were their bayonet skills lacking; it was simply that the soldiers' weapons were too advanced.

Their bayonet skills had entered the second stage, and it was this second stage that the Japanese devils of Ito Taikaku's company could not withstand at all.

By the time the Eighth and Ninth Companies had all arrived, Company Commander Ito Taikaku was in trouble. He no longer had any intention of establishing a defense line.

He only wanted to retreat home, back to Luying Town.

The soldiers of the Special Brigade's reserve Eighth Regiment did not give him the slightest chance. Soldiers from three companies surrounded this group of Japanese devils.

The sound of gunfire was crisp on the battlefield, and the cries of killing shook the sky. More than a hundred Japanese devils were completely annihilated.

The remaining companies of the Eighth Regiment were already pushing heavy machine guns and infantry artillery towards Luying Town.

Just now, the Sixth and Seventh Regiments had been bombing the Ishii Kahosui Regiment in Luying Town, with only one purpose: to prevent them from dividing their forces to reinforce the Ebihara Battalion at the front.

Now that the Ebihara Battalion had been completely annihilated, the bombing of the remaining troops of the Ishii Regiment in Luying Town had also ended.

Zhang Zizhong sent someone to contact the Special Brigade. He made his position in Luying Town very clear:

Although Zhang Zizhong was a lieutenant general in terms of military rank, Lin Fan was only a lieutenant colonel. Zhang Zizhong's rank was much higher.

In terms of position, Zhang Zizhong was the commander-in-chief of the army group, while Lin Fan was only a brigade commander. This difference spanned division commanders, army commanders, and army group commanders, a significant gap.

However, this time Zhang Zizhong took the initiative to relinquish command, stating that the entire 59th Army he brought would follow Lin Fan's command.

Lin Fan almost dropped his jaw when he learned that the entire army he led had only more than seven thousand people. An army with only more than seven thousand people?

Wasn't that less than the strength of his three regiments in Luying Town?

Lin Fan's order to Zhang Zizhong was much simpler: cross the river! Build defensive fortifications and don't let a single Japanese devil escape from the west.

This was already the greatest consideration. The Special Brigade would handle the task of attacking fortified positions.

This moved Zhang Zizhong immensely. His troops were a highly capable force in the Nationalist army and had always been used as firefighters.

This was also the reason why his troops had fewer and fewer soldiers. They were always fighting hard battles, and the replenishment of soldiers was insufficient. How could the numbers not decrease?

This time, the plan was to encircle and annihilate a Japanese regiment, but Lin Fan did not let the 59th Army serve as the main attack force in Luying Town, and even did not want them to participate in the attack.

This was consideration, and also confidence in the strength of Luying Town.

Knowing that the Eighth Regiment had ambushed and wiped out a Japanese battalion, Zhao Liangong, the regimental commander of the Sixth Regiment, and Cao Junde, the regimental commander of the Seventh Regiment, both began to launch tentative attacks on Luying Town.

They each sent two companies to attack Luying Town.

At this time, Regiment Commander Ishii Kahosui had already received news that the entire Second Battalion was dead and that a company of reinforcements sent out had also been completely annihilated.

His total force in Luying Town was less than three thousand, of which less than two thousand were infantry for combat, but the surrounding area was full of Nationalist troops.

This time he did not dare to be negligent or arrogant, and quickly reported his current situation to Division Commander Yamawaki Masataka.

At this time, Regiment Commander Ishii Kahosui did not know that the Numata Kaga Aviation Squadron had all died in an attempt to rescue him.

Upon receiving Regiment Commander Ishii Kahosui's rescue telegram, Division Commander Yamawaki Masataka, who was still heartbroken over the loss of the aviation squadron, had no choice but to consider how to save people in addition to his rage.

In any case, the 18th Regiment in Luying Town were his subordinates and had to be saved!

Division Commander Yamawaki Masataka first issued an order to Brigadier General Kamizato Kanichi, commander of the 29th Brigade: "Immediately rescue the 18th Regiment."

He also issued an order to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment: "Immediately advance to Luying Town to rescue the 18th Infantry Regiment."

This was the greatest effort he could make within his authority.

Brigadier General Kamizato Kanichi was clear about the whereabouts of his troops. His 34th Infantry Regiment had withdrawn from Nanyang yesterday and was retreating towards Tanghe.

At this time, they were still on the way. He urgently contacted Colonel Tagami Hachiro, commander of the 34th Infantry Regiment, who reported from Luying Town: "My regiment is currently in Chenguanying, thirty *li* away from Luying Town."

Colonel Hoshigami Taro, commander of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, reported from Luying Town: "The cavalry regiment is currently in Lanying, twenty *li* away from Luying Town, and is expected to arrive in Luying Town in one hour."

Knowing that there were reinforcements nearby, Regiment Commander Ishii Kahosui finally felt relieved: the cavalry regiment could arrive in an hour, and the infantry regiment was thirty *li* away, so it could arrive in Luying Town in five hours at the latest.

With nearly three thousand Japanese devils under his command, he should be able to hold out for an hour!

He even thought of a new tactic: the 18th Regiment would hold up the Special Brigade's troops here, and when the arriving 34th Infantry Regiment and the cavalry regiment arrived, they would cooperate from the inside and the outside to defeat or even annihilate this Special Brigade force.

The news that reinforcements were nearby immediately spread throughout the entire Ishii Regiment in Luying Town.

The Japanese devils, who had just been terrified by the annihilation of the Ebihara Battalion, suddenly calmed down.

They all knew that the cavalry regiment was in Lanying, only twenty *li* away.

Everyone was clear that if the cavalry marched urgently for twenty *li*, they could arrive in less than twenty minutes.

Company Commander Utsunomiya Ren led his troops to defend the northeast of Luying Town, and saw a force slowly advancing along the road they had traveled in the morning.

He saw that the foremost of this force was a row of carts, solidly covering the soldiers behind them. This was not marching, this was attacking.

It was just that there was no artillery preparation before this attack.

But before this, the Utsunomiya Ren Company had already suffered bombing, and the entire company's defense line was actually not stable.

Seeing that the enemy was still five hundred meters away, Company Commander Utsunomiya had already ordered all the grenadiers in the company to start bombing.

Although the grenade launchers they used could fire up to twenty rounds per minute, the grenadiers now were those who had originally participated in the battle.

The shooting accuracy of these recruits was not high at all. All they could do now was to hear the sound of the shots.

Company Commander Feng Maoxun, who was attacking, did not let go of the Japanese devils in Luying Town, and immediately ordered the company's mortars and infantry artillery to return fire on the spot.

Company Commander Tang Jingshan of the Second Company in Luying Town issued the same order. Ten mortars returned fire, and the Utsunomiya Ren Company of the Japanese devils immediately could not withstand it.

Especially those grenadiers who were the focus of the bombing, were in the midst of ten shells bombing. At this time, not to mention continuing to shoot, it was not easy for them to even escape from Luying Town.

Five hundred meters, neither far nor near.

The First and Second Companies of the Sixth Regiment were still pushing heavy machine guns steadily forward, just like before.

When they were far away, the Japanese devils of the Utsunomiya Ren Company still felt that the soldiers of these attacking troops were lackluster and moving too slowly in Luying Town.

By the time this force had been advancing at such a uniform speed, advancing to a distance of two hundred meters from them.

The Japanese devils then felt the pressure like a mountain, slowly and firmly pressing down, and they had nowhere to escape.

Sergeant Yamaguchi Takuya trembled all over. He did not want to continue fighting, especially against the force in front of him.

They were too determined. Starting from a very far place, they had been advancing so slowly and firmly, as if nothing in front of them could stop their progress.

Company Commander Utsunomiya Ren had already ordered to fire, all the Japanese devils fired.

Machine gun and rifle bullets hit those carts, only able to splash out a few sparks, and could not stop the other side's footsteps at all in Luying Town, not even to block for a minute.

This made Company Commander Utsu Luying Town difficult. He now had no other way to stop the attacking force.

Just as he was at a loss, the attacking force finally changed: heavy machine guns began to strafe.

Gaps also appeared between the carts, and a few streaks of fire flew out from the gaps.

For the time being, this weapon was unique to the Special Brigade, and rocket launchers were fired at the Japanese devils' machine gun fire points.

The Japanese devils of the Utsunomiya Ren Company, who were already unable to lift their heads due to the mortars and infantry artillery, were once again bombarded by rockets.

The pressure that the entire company could not bear was finally collapsed at this moment.

Yamada Yuto and Yamaguchi Takuya threw away their weapons and turned to flee!