Okamura Yasuji and Usa Mitsuki's estimates were actually wrong.

Strictly speaking, the forces used by the National Army to encircle and annihilate the Guard Division were 13 divisions, not as many as 15 divisions.

Why are there only 13 divisions?

Because Qiu Qingquan's attack cluster only came to 5 divisions.

There is still the remaining division used to fight and block.

The person responsible for the fight and blocking was Cao Ziying's 203rd Division.

Although he set out at the same time, Cao Zi suspected that after advancing to Luxi Township, which was at the junction of Sheng County and Dongyang, the 203rd Division stopped and stopped moving forward, but began to build defensive fortifications on the spot.

The mission assigned by Qiu Qingquan to the 203rd Division was to block the Japanese troops coming to the Shengzhou direction for at least one day and a night!

Because according to Zhong Yi's deployment, one day and night were enough for the 13th division of the 41st Army and the 10th Army to pull out the tiger's fangs of the Japanese Guard Division!

On the top of Jilongjian Mountain in Luxi Township, Cao Ziying was taking Zhang Yuanfan to inspect the artillery positions.

The 203rd Division now has an artillery regiment, and the position of this artillery regiment is chosen on the back slope of the chicken cage tip.

This backscene does not have any impact on the shooting of the 81mm caliber mortars equipped by the artillery regiment, but can effectively evade the Japanese artillery fire countermeasures.

"Well, it's not bad, it's not bad." Cao Ziying praised her repeatedly while walking.

This time the 10th Army was reorganized, and the three detachments that originally belonged to the Coast Defense Corps also added a large number of officers.

The current artillery regiment commander graduated from the sixth phase of the artillery department of the Central Military Academy. He is a real artillery, and the positions built by professional artillery are different.

Zhang Yuanfan is no longer the young student he used to be.

Pointing to the artillery position in front of him, Zhang Yuanfan was like a general and said to Cao Ziying: "Section, the artillery position fires from here, which can completely lock the road at the foot of the Jilongjian Mountain! Unless the Japanese destroy our artillery position, their personnel, equipment and supplies will not even be able to go down from the Jilongjian point!"

"Yes." Cao Ziying nodded gently. Just as he was about to say a few words, a dense gunshot suddenly sounded in front of him.

"Hey, where are you shooting? Where are you shooting?" Cao Ziying immediately took out the Bronning pistol from his waist.

However, Zhang Yuanfan did not draw his gun, but raised his telescope and looked for a while, and then said, "It seems that it was coming from the direction of the mountain in the north. There is a small path. The Japanese might want to detour from there."

"The Japanese are really deadly. When they encounter obstacles on the front, they will detour from the side." Cao Ziying sneered, "However, this time they meet our 203rd Division, they can only be considered unlucky."

The Japanese's heavy equipment cannot enter the mountain, so Cao Ziying did not feel at ease with the Japanese's detours.

Why? Because Cao Ziying has spread all three main groups under his command and seized more than a dozen nearby hills. No matter which direction the Japanese detours will be hit by their division.

In a word, unless the Japanese do not intend to pass this road, they can only fight with them.

The next situation also verified Cao Ziying's idea, and gunfire sounded one after another in the valleys on both sides.

However, soon, Cao Ziying found something wrong, because there were no Japanese troops on the road, and gunfire sounds were getting more and more dense in the valleys on both sides, and gunfire sounds were still expanding further away.

Could it be that the Japanese plan to detour from a further distance? But, is this road nearby?

Just when Cao Ziying was shocked and confused, a communication soldier suddenly rushed over and reported: "The teacher's seat is not good, the Japanese have passed by the direction of Lion Rock!"

Before he finished speaking, another communication soldier hurried over.

"The master's seat, the Japanese went straight from the direction of Jinsiling."

Immediately afterwards, the third communication soldier rushed over again.

"The master's seat, the master's seat, the Japanese passed by from the direction of Qishuwan."

Cao Ziying was a little confused. What does it mean? The Japanese divided their troops? They deviated from multiple directions?

But is your infantry useful to detour? What about your heavy equipment? If you can't get through the heavy equipment, just rely on your thousands or tens of thousands of Japanese infantry to go over, will it be useful?

One round of shelling blows you to ashes!

Cao Ziying asked in surprise and doubt: "Did the Japanese come over or leave directly?"

"When they left, they went away directly towards Yiwu!" Several communication soldiers walked together.

"Fuck!" Cao Ziying finally realized at this time. The Japanese devils were willing to give up all the heavy equipment and reinforce the Guard Division.

"Damn it, I'll chase you!" Cao Ziying said angrily, "Chasing you and entangling them! Hurry!"

After saying that, Cao Ziying said to Zhang Yuanfan again: "Yuanfan, hurry up and join the seat to send a telegram, saying that the 15th Japanese Division had already divided into multiple groups and detoured from Luxi Township, and our 203rd Division could stop it!"

"Yes!" Zhang Yuanfan hurried back to the communications shift and sent a telegram.

...

Quzhou Hu Town, the head of the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone.

At this time, Zhong Yi didn’t know that Okamura Yanji had changed his tactics!

After dawn, as the frontline war reports came one after another, the situation gradually became clear.

After the five divisions of Qiu Qingquan attacked the cluster were put into battle one after another, the situation of the Guards Division deteriorated sharply. So far, the entire defense area has been compressed to less than 30 kilometers from east to west, and less than fifteen kilometers from north to south.

As the flank of the Guard Division, Dongyang County and Pujiang County were also revived by the Kuomintang army one after another. Although some Japanese in the county still resisted stubbornly and launched street fighting with the Kuomintang army, it was impossible to cause any further storms.

Yu Liangzhen said excitedly: "Zi Ren, judging from the current situation, in more than ten hours, the battle will almost end, right? It seems that the Guards Division cannot escape!"

Xuan Tiewu also said: "By the evening this year, the battle is almost over."

Hu Jianzhong, the editor-in-chief of Southeast Daily next to him, couldn't help but ask: "Captain Yu, can you start writing a report on the Yiwu Victory now?"

"The battle has not been finished yet, so why do you send a good news article?" Zhong Yi said coldly, "The last victory has not yet arrived, so we cannot relax our vigilance for a moment. What does it mean? Don't be happy and sad."

Hu Jianzhong showed a look of embarrassment on his face and thought to himself, can you speak?

"The article can be written, but it cannot be published." Yu Liangzhen smoothed out and said, "Go."

Watching Hu Jianzhong's figure go away, Yu Liangzhen said to Zhong Yi: "Zi Ren, Editor-in-Chief Hu is also kind. He just wants to help our Zhejiang-Fu War Zone promote it well, don't mind."
Chapter completed!