Fangshan, Wulongshan, and Xishan are all far apart from each other, but they can respond to each other and fight.

Hu Lingchen's puppet Fourth Route Army troops were also very clever in their defense. They were not entirely stationed on the high ground.

While they were stationed on the high ground, they also had troops stationed in the villages at the foot of the mountain, forming a relatively complete defensive position.

It's no wonder that Hu Lingchen uttered wild words. A total of 28,000 people were stationed in the three highlands and nearby villages.

Although it is not a war fortress, it can be said to be impregnable. It will be difficult for Li Yunlong's troops to conquer it.

After Li Yunlong commanded the New Second Regiment, the New Third Regiment, and the Artillery Regiment arrived here, he began to conduct observations.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yunlong discussed with the two group leaders, Kong Jie and Zhang Ming.

Not long after, Ding Wei, the leader of the guerrilla detachment, also arrived.

They began to think about where they could break through quickly and obtain the greatest results.

At eight o'clock in the morning on February 18th, the Japanese army's frontline headquarters in Anyang City began to send messages.

Yoshimoto Teiichi and Ojoto Sanji jointly issued an order, requiring the Imperial Army and the Security Army to hold on to their existing positions with all their strength.

In Xinxiang City, Iida Taijiro quickly established contacts with various ministries.

At this time, Chu Yunfei had already commanded the temporary seventh regiment to launch a series of fierce attacks, attacking the positions of the seventh army subordinate to Wu Wenhua's third route army.

The artillery regiment directly under the assault division fully supports the temporary seventh regiment in attacking operations.

At half past eight, Li Yunlong and other troops also launched combat operations in the north of Xinxiang City.

The focus of their attack was on Fangshan. The New Second Regiment and the New Third Regiment were responsible for frontal attacks, while the New First Regiment was responsible for attacking from the flanks.

The Artillery Regiment and the Second Artillery Battalion provided full support for the operation.

Fierce gunfire continued, and the central and northern roads guarded by the puppet troops were attacked respectively.

On the South Road side, there hasn't been much fighting for the time being.

Qi Fuwan originally thought that his side was not the main direction of attack, and that he would attack with all his strength to annihilate the guard battalions in Xuying Town and Fengzhuang Town.

But as the sky became brighter and war situation reports were sent one after another, Qi Fuwan completely gave up this idea.

He knew the number of the guard battalion, and he also knew that this unit was not easy to mess with.

Therefore, he ordered the troops to stay where they were and not to attack without authorization.

At this time, Lu Ming not only had to command the armored regiments and guard battalions in combat, but he was also constantly paying attention to other combat situations.

Fortunately, there were intelligence staff officer Wei Bao and combat staff officer Li Xiang following Lu Ming. To a large extent, they helped relieve some of Lu Ming's pressure.

Of course, first come first, and with Wei Bao by his side, Lu Ming quickly learned about the situation of the puppet troops in Yuanyang City.

Lu Ming placed the breakthrough point in Fuji Town, north of Yuanyang City, and planned to quickly annihilate the puppet troops in Fuji Town.

Even though Lu Ming doesn't have many troops at the moment, in terms of combat effectiveness, the armored regiment and guard battalion are the strongest.

The 6,000-strong troops of the Qifuwan Third Group in Fuji Town were really no match for them.

Even if there is an additional group of 12,000 puppet troops, they may not be able to block their attack.

Lu Ming made deployment arrangements in a short period of time, and armored regiments and guard battalions began to mobilize.

At this time, the armored regiments of Li Erhu and Yang Tieniu were very strong overall.

They have two armored battalions under their jurisdiction and possess fifty tanks and armored vehicles.

At the same time, it has a heavy artillery company, a field artillery company, a combat defense artillery company, and an air defense company directly under it.

The strength of the guard battalion is also not weak. It has three guard companies under its jurisdiction, directly under the jurisdiction of the field artillery company, the machine gun company, the mountain artillery platoon, and the sniper squad.

As Lu Ming issued the combat order, the artillery troops began to assemble.

One heavy artillery battery, two field artillery batteries, and fourteen artillery pieces were set up in a unified artillery position.

Six 100MM howitzers and eight 75MM field guns.

Three companies set up three artillery positions to provide unified support to the attacking troops.

At 8:50, artillery began shelling Fuji Town.

After the test firing, at nine o'clock, the artillery began a fierce bombardment.

Six 100MM howitzers shelled the town, and eight 75MM field guns shelled the outside of the town.

Explosions sounded one after another, and the entire Fuji Town was instantly covered in gunpowder smoke.

Fifteen minutes later, the artillery began an extended bombardment.

Two armored battalions quickly attacked, followed by the anti-aircraft company and combat anti-artillery company.

At the same time, the two guard companies of the guard battalion also followed the main force of the armored regiment in the attack.

The machine gun company, mountain artillery platoon, and sniper squad directly under the guard battalion quickly moved toward the south of Fuji Town, and they were ready to block the reinforcements.

At this time, in Fuji Town, there was the headquarters of the Third Group of the Security Army.

"The ones attacking us must be Li Yunlong, Lu Ming's main force. They have at least a dozen large-caliber howitzers."

"Almost all the fortifications in the town were destroyed, and the surrounding minefields were also destroyed."

"All the brothers who were out of position and in the warning position have withdrawn. Commander Liu, please retreat. If you don't retreat, we will all die here."

The chief of staff of the third group hurriedly came to the commander of the third group and said with a fearful expression.

Groups such as the security army may not be large in size, but they are well-equipped.

The group has three regiments under its jurisdiction, each regiment is directly under the machine gun company and mortar company.

Below the regiment, there are battalions, companies, platoons, and squads, which are all three-three systems.

Each group is commanded by a headquarters, which has a staff office, adjutant office, quartermaster office, ordnance office and other units.

On the surface, each group is commanded by a commander, and each department is responsible for sharing the management of different areas of the commander.

But in fact, the Japanese army has so-called instructors, who are Japanese military advisers, in each battalion, each regiment, and the headquarters.

The power to command the troops is in the hands of these Japanese advisers.

The Chief of Staff of the Third Group of the Public Security Army came over in a panic and wanted to advise Liu Zusheng to evacuate.

But Liu Zusheng hadn't spoken yet. The Japanese military adviser Kameda Zuozuo looked coldly at the puppet army chief of staff with a cold expression on his face.

"Bagaya Road, Tubal Road has just launched an attack, and you want to retreat. You will all die!"

Kameda Shaozuo's face turned cold and he stared with his eyes as he said.

This Kameda Shaozuo is an advisor to the Third Group of the Puppet Army. He is the Shaozuo Captain of the Field Division.

But during a hand-to-hand combat, his right arm was cut off directly.

After that, he was transferred to the logistics department. After the security army was organized, he was transferred to the puppet army as a consultant.

The officers who came out of these little Japanese field troops were very cruel, and they had no good impression of the puppet troops at all.

Hearing that the puppet army chief of staff was about to retreat, Kameda Shaozuo took out the Nanbu pistol with his left hand.

He opened the safety cover with great difficulty, and pointed the black gun at the puppet army chief of staff.

"Taijun, don't be impulsive. This is just a suggestion. We will not evacuate without authorization."

"We will stick to Fuji Town and block their attacks. Don't worry, we will definitely fight to the death."

Liu Zusheng saw that Kameda Shaozuo really seemed to be planning to shoot, so he hurriedly said.

Kameda Shaozuo snorted coldly and put the pistol on the table.

"The fortifications in the town were severely damaged. Their large-caliber howitzers mainly shelled the town, so we can't fight decisively in the town."

"Go ahead and arrange it. The 7th and 8th regiments will do their best to hold on to their positions outside the town and intercept them outside the town."

"The ninth regiment stayed in the town as a reserve team. At the same time, we contacted the commander-in-chief, explained our situation here in detail, and asked the commander-in-chief for support."

"Taijun, do you think this arrangement is okay?"

Liu Zusheng immediately issued a combat order. Of course, he needed to ask Kameda Shaozuo.

"円西." Kameda Shaozuo nodded, expressing his support.

"But, Commander..." The puppet army chief of staff wanted to say something else.

But before he finished speaking, Kameda Shaozuo picked up the Nanbu pistol again.

Liu Zusheng kicked the puppet army chief of staff and asked him to convey the order.

The puppet army chief of staff looked melancholy and began to convey orders helplessly.

Because they were hit during the shelling, the formation of the 7th and 8th regiments of the puppet army was not complete.

More than 3,000 of their troops hurriedly moved toward the position outside the town, but they were attacked before they reached the position.

The advancing 2nd Armored Battalion stopped advancing, and the guns of the tanks and armored vehicles began to rotate.

Soon, the Japanese Type 97 tank's 57MM tank gun fired grenades.

The German-made heavy armored vehicle's 75MM artillery fires anti-personnel grenades rapidly.
To be continued...