These cavalrymen were two cavalry squads of Dong Zhao who were rushing back from the depression. When they saw the enemy who had retreated from the front, they immediately picked up their rifles and rushed towards the enemy and opened fire.

The enemy is moving, and the horses are walking, and it is impossible to shoot accurately when riding on horses. Especially for these cavalrymen in the third brigade, because they have been in the army for too short, they have not even fully trained their most basic cavalry tactics. Now they are shooting on the back of the marching horse, which is just to fire the horse rifle and scare the enemy.

Dong Zhao had only about twenty cavalrymen, and this sudden gunfire aroused the Japanese army's fighting spirit.

In the daily training of the Japanese army, there is a training to conduct shooting during marching, so many Japanese soldiers can shoot during marching. Under the order of Chief Cao, these Japanese soldiers were shooting while walking. Dong Zhao's cavalry not only did not attack one enemy, but in this regard, two cavalrymen were captured by the enemy.

Seeing that the enemy was too strong, if they fought hard, they would definitely suffer a great loss. Dong Zhao and the others risked their lives to drag their brothers who were knocked off the horse onto the war horse, and the cavalry quickly avoided the enemy.

After driving Dong Zhao's cavalry away, the defeated Japanese and puppet troops continued to run towards Huanglou Town.

Originally, Wang Xingfu's guard platoon was following the cavalry, but in order to return to the Zougang battlefield as soon as possible, Wang Xingfu chose a shortcut to march, so he did not encounter the Suzuki army marching on the main road. Suzuki's army was unstoppable since then, and they finally fled back to Huanglou Town.

After the battle in Zougang ended, it was already afternoon. Li Qinglin ordered all troops to seize the time to clean the battlefield and urgently replenish ammunition. When the cavalry and guard platoon arrived here, the battlefield had been cleaned, and the people from the cooking squadrons from behind also carried steamed buns and pancakes to the position to deliver meals.

There was still no news from Chen Zhendong. Li Qinglin estimated that the other two brigades must have been attacked at this time. Li Qinglin immediately ordered the guard platoon and cavalry squads to take the prisoners back to Tonghuagou with spoils. The other three squadrons and the machine gun squad immediately followed him to support the first and second brigades.

The military situation is like fire, time is urgent, and it is too late for the troops to finish lunch peacefully. The people in the kitchen team are carrying baskets and standing by the roadside. All the soldiers passing by each brought two steamed buns or pancakes, and they ate while walking.

According to Li Qinglin's estimate, the focus of the enemy's attack must be Miaodian Town, where the detachment headquarters is located; there should also be an enemy attack in Xihu Village. This direction should be the same as the enemy situation in Tonghuagou, and it can also be regarded as a restraining attack.

On the way, Li Qinglin ordered Xiao Liuzi's 7th Squadron to force his troops to support Xihu Village. Li Qinglin asked Xiao Liuzi to drive the enemy away, and once the enemy was driven away, Xiao Liuzi's 7th Squadron must immediately turn back to support Miaodian Town. The remaining Zhang Ergou's 8th Squadron, the big ninth Squadron and the machine gun squad were commanded by Li Qinglin himself. They will rush to Miaodian Town to support the First Brigade and Chen Zhendong's detachment headquarters.

It is only about ten miles away from Miaodian Town and Xihu Village. If the troops forcefully march, they will arrive in less than two hours. When they arrived near Miaodian Town, Li Qinglin heard the explosion of the Japanese 92 infantry artillery shells. The focus of the Japanese attack was indeed Miaodian Town.

The enemy was right in front, and Li Qinglin ordered the Eighth Squadron and the Ninth Squadron to spread out into left and right wings. The troops must hide and catch the enemy. He ran to the front to observe the situation on the battlefield.

In the telescope, Miaodian Town was already in a fire of smoke and fire. The 92 infantry artillery carried by the Japanese army was constantly firing, and shells were constantly exploding in the town. The puppet troops and Japanese infantry were also constantly attacking the town.

The enemy attacked Miaodian Town from the east and the north. To the east was a battalion of the puppet army and to the north were two Japanese squadrons. Of course, these two squadrons lacked the Squad of Suzuki.

Although there were many people in the puppet army in the east, they were "pong-pong" when they shot, which sounded very lively, but these puppet army were very afraid of death and obviously did not work hard. The Japanese army in the north were completely desperate. With the support of the artillery fire of the 1992 infantry artillery, they rushed towards the position of a large brigade again and again.

The guards of Miaodian Town is the first brigade of Chen Zhendong's direct troops, and there is also a brigade's direct squadron and a mortar company. This mortar company has four 82mm mortars equipped in the first war zone.

Compared with the Japanese 92 infantry cannons, the power of the 82 mm mortar is still a little worse, but four mortars are in line with the power of the two 92 infantry cannons.

Chen Zhendong also spent a lot of effort on these four heavy firepower weapons. He dug up the main shooters of the four cannons from other troops. These veterans were extremely slick in battle. They built several launch positions and immediately moved the positions after a few rapid fires in one place. The Japanese infantry cannons tried to eliminate them several times. Therefore, so far, these four cannons are still firing at the attacking enemies, which gave great support to the infantry guarding the fortifications in front.

The positions built by Chen Zhendong's first brigade are quite standard. They centered on Miaodian Town and form three-layer defense lines from the inside to the outside. The outermost and second floors of Miaodian Town are trenches and simple fortifications, and the innermost part is the fortifications of the solid houses in the town.

The Japanese army had been attacking for about a while. Li Qinglin observed from the telescope that the first layer of defense outside Miaodian Town had been broken through, and the Japanese army was concentrating their forces to attack the second layer of defense.

Although the officers and soldiers of the First Battalion were fighting hard to defend and also gave the enemy a certain amount of casualties, the gap between the enemy and our strength was too big. In addition, the First Battalion only knew how to hold on to the fortress, the Japanese army was about to break through the second level of defense.

Li Qinglin always believed that this positional war was a negative way of fighting. His fortifications may be very solid, and the enemy may not be able to fight in for the time being, but the enemy is mobile combat outside, and they fight as much as they want, and they go as they want. The initiative on the battlefield is always in the hands of the enemy. The national army's positional war is very negative, and all forces are entangled in fortifications. The best result is to fight a draw.

Perhaps the third brigade came too fast and the enemy did not expect it; perhaps the battle to attack Miaodian Town was very fierce, and this fierce battle attracted all the attention of the Japanese army. The arrival of the third brigade did not alarm the enemy in the attack.

Looking at the direction of Miaodian Town, the battle between the enemy and us is in a stalemate. The Japanese infantry attacked desperately, and a large group of officers and soldiers fought back desperately. The second line of defense in Miaodian Town was already in danger and was about to be broken by the Japanese army.

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