Zhang Zizhong had the confidence to act like this. In the Fifth War Area, the 59th Army was like a fire brigade; wherever the situation was critical, the 59th Army would be dispatched.

Now that the battle at Houtian Huangcun was raging, it felt somewhat unnatural for Zhang Zizhong that the 59th Army, a top fighting force in the Fifth War Area, was watching from the sidelines.

It might sound a bit pretentious, but the truth was: if Lin Fan had ordered the 59th Army to fight the Japanese head-on,

Zhang Zizhong would, of course, have obeyed the order, but he would also have had his own thoughts, feeling that Lin Fan was using him as a pawn.

Now that Lin Fan was having the 59th Army watch from the sidelines, Zhang Zizhong felt that this was a slight on the fighting power of his troops.

Lin Fan clearly understood the meaning behind his phone call.

He chuckled, knowing that the Japanese troops were already in the bag. Under the combined assault of the Sixth Regiment and the attack planes, the Japanese reinforcements had suffered heavy casualties.

"We are currently beating a drowning dog and chasing it towards Luying Town.

Commander Zhang, please rest assured, the Japanese are being very obedient, using the pig-rush tactics to charge towards Luying Town.

The only slight issue is: the plan was to leave a thousand Japanese soldiers to break into Luying Town, but judging by their current situation, it would be good if five hundred Japanese soldiers manage to get in.

This is indeed a little regrettable, as things in life rarely go as planned."

Hearing Lin Fan mention the slight issue, Zhang Zizhong's heart leaped into his throat. On the battlefield, a small matter could lead to failure.

Only when he heard that the Japanese were dying in such large numbers that Lin Fan's plan was not perfect did he breathe a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: it would be best if not a single Japanese soldier managed to break into Luying Town.

This was Zhang Zizhong's honest wish. He really didn't want too many Japanese soldiers in Luying Town, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

If this was what was meant by things not going as planned, Zhang Zizhong hoped that such things would happen a dozen times over.

In any case, hearing Lin Fan's laughter and the content of his words, Zhang Zizhong was already relieved.

His troops had just received a large number of machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, grenade launchers, and ammunition from Lin Fan.

With the addition of these weapons and ammunition, Zhang Zizhong knew in his heart that the combat effectiveness of his troops had increased by at least 30%.

Now, hearing Lin Fan's report on the battlefield situation, he was silently planning: if five hundred Japanese soldiers were to enter Luying Town, would the 59th Army be confident in attacking?

His army had a total of only thirty-two mortars, and it used to have infantry guns.

That was before the full-scale War of Resistance had broken out, when he was the commander of the 37th Division.

Those artillery pieces had been lost or destroyed in the two years of combat, and now they were all gone.

Today, he had gained two more Type 92 infantry guns, which could be considered as filling a gap in the army.

The most important thing was that there was enough ammunition. There should be no problem in attacking Luying Town, which was being defended by 1,500 Japanese soldiers.

If the Special Operations Brigade's planes could assist, then there would definitely be no problem.

Thinking this in his heart, he immediately said to his staff officers: "Draw up a plan for us to attack Luying Town.

Two thousand Japanese soldiers, our army attacking, with air support, annihilate all the Japanese soldiers.

Estimate how long it will take?"

He didn't ask whether they could complete the task, but directly asked how much time it would take.

The Special Operations Brigade had dealt with five thousand Japanese reinforcements so easily. Of course, the Special Operations Brigade could not be allowed to fight all the battles that followed.

The 59th Army had rushed here overnight, not just to listen to the sounds of battle!

The 59th Army was preparing for the battles to come.

The Eighth Regiment of the Special Operations Brigade was also preparing. Su Ruifeng, the commander of the Eighth Regiment, had been fighting for so long, letting the Japanese soldiers outside in, while not letting the Japanese soldiers inside rush out.

This was the first time he had received such a mission, and he really had no experience.

At this time, the Eighth Regiment had already received news from the front: the vanguard of the Japanese army had broken through the Sixth Regiment's ambush zone and was rushing towards Lu'guan Town.

The sounds of gunfire from the direction of Houtian Huangcun, and the planes constantly flying over that direction.

Everything showed that reinforcements were coming!

The commander of the 18th Regiment, Ishii Kaho, was very excited: he had finally heard news of the reinforcements.

The cavalry regiment, which should have arrived first, had died right before his eyes, breaking Ishii Kaho's heart.

He had never imagined that the cavalry regiment would die so tragically.

The planes in the air made the Japanese soldiers trapped in Luying Town very worried, fearing that the reinforcements outside would not be able to break in.

Or that the casualties would be too great, and they would turn around and run away.

No matter which of these situations occurred, whatever happened to the reinforcements, these Japanese soldiers trapped in the middle were doomed.

Ishii Kaho was unwilling to sit and wait for death. He ordered: "Concentrate the troops and attack towards Houtian Huangcun."

Fujimoto Shichiro, the captain of the battalion, led more than three hundred Japanese soldiers and had just emerged from Luying Town.

More than a dozen of them were killed by the barrage of bullets that came their way, followed by many shells falling.

The remaining Japanese soldiers of Fujimoto Battalion, who had no choice but to retreat and hide, no longer wanted to rush out.

Captain Fujimoto Shichiro reported to the regimental commander: "Regimental Commander! Our attack was met with fierce artillery fire from the enemy.

The casualties were heavy, and we were unable to break through."

Since they couldn't break out, they would wait for the reinforcements outside to break in.

Regimental Commander Ishii Kaho thought helplessly, not even wanting to say a word, and waved his hand to dismiss Captain Fujimoto Shichiro.

He had done everything he could, and now everything could only be left to fate.

The 34th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese army outside was concentrating all its efforts to break through towards Luying Town.

The Oyoshi Yuma Battalion, which was charging at the front, had finally passed through the Sixth Regiment's ambush zone at this time, looking at the fact that only two hundred or so Japanese soldiers were left in the entire battalion.

Captain Oyoshi Yuma didn't know whether to cry or celebrate.

With the successful breakout of the First Battalion as a demonstration, the subsequent troops of the entire regiment successively broke out.

However, behind them, the Seventh Regiment was working hard to advance, and the air-to-ground attack planes had not stopped strafing.

Regimental Commander Tagami Hachiro was ordering: "Continue to attack!"

They were only no longer being strafed by the Sixth Regiment's machine guns on both sides, but the aerial strikes had not decreased at all.

Now was not the time to rest.

However, there was still a line of defense blocking them in front.

Seeing the form in which this line of defense was built, Captain Oyoshi finally breathed a sigh of relief: this line of defense was obviously to prevent the Japanese soldiers inside Luying Town from breaking out, and it was completely useless for his troops to attack Luying Town from the outside.

The development of the situation was as he had expected. The remaining two hundred or so Japanese soldiers of the First Battalion broke through the line of defense with just one charge.

The Japanese soldiers charging at the front quickly rushed into Luying Town, hiding their bodies in the buildings inside the town.

All the troops of the 3rd Infantry Division were surrounding Luying Town, and when the time came, they would cooperate from the inside and outside to annihilate all the Chinese troops here.

Upon receiving this telegram, the two regimental commanders were finally relieved.