Wang Zhengyi was guessing that the Eighth Route Army had a backup plan, but Zhang Yunfei's troops were caught in a bitter fight. The Japanese and puppet troops concentrated most of their forces and attacked from the east. Although Zhang Yunfei chose to avoid their attack, he did not give in blindly.

Zhang Yunfei concentrated his troops and attacked from the east. The puppet troops tried to infiltrate from the village behind the defensive positions in the south and launched a counterattack.

Zhang Yunfei's counterattack was not unorganized. He chose the most dangerous location for the Japanese and puppet troops, which was in the southeast of the village.

After all, the retreat of the Eastern Front made the backside of the Southern Front blocking position, especially the southeastern part, less safe.

Therefore, Zhang Yunfei's purpose is very clear, which is to get rid of the Japs in this area and prevent the safety of the southern defensive position.

As the two sides fought and fought, gunshots and explosions occurred one after another in the village. The entire formation was completely thrown into chaos. The battle situation was very serious. Qi Dajiu's sixth company had already been thrown into the battle.

Now their sixth company only has one company headquarters, that is, there are only three people, Qi Dajiu and Zhu Guolang, plus a correspondent.

There were too many Japanese and puppet troops, and their resistance was very difficult. Zhang Yunfei had to take the troops around him, use the cover of the ruined walls, and use shell guns and grenades to clear the way, and plunge into the battlefield in the southeast corner.

In this battlefield environment, grenades and pistols are far more effective than machine guns and rifles whose firing range is affected.

Zhang Yunfei led an elite force of officers, and most of them were armed with shell guns, so in this close combat environment, they took advantage.

Facing Zhang Yunfei's counterattack, the Japanese and puppets in the southeast were extremely fierce and fought to the death. The puppet army's role of bullying the weak and fearing the strong was naturally manifested now, and the Taijun was supervising the battle.

Naturally, they fought bravely and killed the enemy bravely, and the enemy also discovered something unusual here.

They responded very quickly and immediately increased the strength of a platoon.

The Japanese and puppet troops have sufficient strength and can provide continuous reinforcements, but Zhang Yunfei, who has already invested all his forces and has used his troops to the extreme, has no more troops to mobilize.

After the reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops arrived, Zhang Yunfei, who could no longer fight back, could only confront the Japanese and puppet troops across the ruins of the wall. The two sides went back and forth and started fighting in the streets.

This period of offensive and defensive battles was extremely difficult for them, although the villages and houses divided the entire battlefield into battlefields.

However, the number of Japanese and puppet troops was in front of them. As the Japanese and puppet troops opened the east passage, the Japanese and puppet troops continued to increase their troops into the village. Zhang Yunfei, who had no mobility, could only rely on houses and pre-set fortifications, and struggled.

It's painful to support.

Prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from breaking through to the southeast and ensure the safety behind the southern defensive positions.

Although they have protected the back of the southern defensive line from threats, the entire position is also not optimistic.

The south side was almost defeated as soon as the war started. Although the Japanese and puppet troops now focused their attacks on the east of the village, the puppet troops were still large in number, although the number of troops attacking south of the village was reduced a lot.

However, Zhang Yunfei's unit only had He Jicheng's reinforced company defending on the southern front, and its troops had been reduced even more, so the pressure was equally huge. They repelled the Japanese and puppet troops' charges again and again, and blocked the Japanese and puppet troops outside the south of the village.

After several hours of repeated battles and battles, the entire defensive position in the south of the village had been completely destroyed in the repeated battles.

The Seventh Company deployed for defense in the south of the village also suffered more than half of its casualties, and was no longer able to hold the defense line south of the village. The southern defense line, which had never fallen, had to abandon its front-line position south of the village.

The troops had to shrink the defense line and move closer like the main force. Of course, the fact that the Seventh Company was able to hold on for so long was not entirely due to their tenacious style.

It was because their opponent was the Fenghe Battalion, and the Fenghe Battalion was considered to be a unit with better quality soldiers among the puppet army.

Although they have strong qualities and good combat power, they have a commander like Wang Zhengyi.

As the saying goes, if a soldier is a raging enemy, a general will be raging in a den, although Wang Zhengyi is not a raging person.

But he was not keen on fighting, so his unit was not too active in fighting, which also allowed the Seventh Company to hold its position for several hours.

Although the Fenghe Battalion was paddling, the battle was real, and the Seventh Company had to give up its front-line position in the end. He Jicheng took turns covering, shrinking gradually, and moved closer to the large forces.

The two sides fought hard for several hours. Although they could still hold on, Zhang Yunfei's third battalion suffered heavy casualties, with only over 300 troops left, especially because of the huge consumption of bullets and grenades.

Zhang Yunfei's troops suffered heavy casualties, and the besieging Japanese and puppet troops also suffered many casualties, with only more than 600 people, which was equivalent to the loss of a battalion.

And Wang Zhengyi almost cried. His Fenghe Battalion can now be called Fenghe Company.

Now Miura is starting to get a little panicked. He doesn't care about the casualties, but with the reduction of troops, there are not enough troops to blockade the entire village.

This cooked duck has a tendency to fly away. If Balu really escapes, then as he said himself, he will be shameless.

Therefore, he forced the Japanese and puppet troops to step up their attacks and make sure to capture this Eighth Route Army before dark. The Japanese and puppet troops' attacks suddenly intensified a lot.

Facing the suddenly intensified attack by the Japanese and puppet troops, Zhang Yunfei's troops struggled to support themselves. Zhang Yunfei knew that he would persevere no matter what.

There is still more than an hour before dark, and this is also the most critical hour. He must persevere no matter what. The battle has been going on until now, and if it collapses at the last moment, it will be truly unfair.

Fortunately, the Japanese and puppet troops attacked from both sides. They were on the attacking side, and suffered more casualties than Zhang Yunfei's troops. The difference in strength between the two sides continued to shrink.

The puppet army now only has two battalions, and the Japanese puppet army's strength has dropped sharply. They finally gave up the attack on the south, only used part of their troops to blockade the south, and focused the rest of their attacks on the east.

The current encirclement network of the Japanese and puppet troops is very weak, which means that Zhang Yunfei's tactical intention has been basically realized, and now they can only grit their teeth and persist.

To see who can survive, the Japanese and puppet troops want to kill them before dark, because Miura Yohei also realizes that their troops are not enough to surround the Eighth Route Army on all sides. As long as they break out at night, he may not be able to

Intercept it.

Therefore, they must take advantage of the darkness to completely eliminate this group of Eight Route Army. With such an obvious advantage, if they let these Eight Route Army escape again, then he would really be ashamed of himself.
Chapter completed!