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When he led the first company to lure the Japanese troops to Moshi Village, he handed them over to the second company, and then the second company took over from the first company to lead the Japanese troops into the armed ditch. In this way, they finally dragged the Japanese troops to the vicinity of Jingquangou.

After the order was issued, the other three companies of Guanshang Village immediately marched quickly towards their respective target locations to prepare defensive fortifications.

At 9:30, the Japanese troops near Yangle had already assembled and were ready to set off. Seeing that the time was ripe, the first battalion commander Zeng Wenhui immediately ordered the artillery to start shelling the Japanese troops.

As the two 82mm mortars fired shells continuously, the Japanese troops at Yangle Station were forced to constantly look for cover, check the direction of attack, and prepare for a counterattack.

After a period of panic, the commander of the 77th Regiment, Li Dengxingyi, immediately organized a large brigade to counterattack to the west after discovering the direction of the Eighth Route Army's attack.

After the first battalion commander Zeng Wenhui led a company to counterattack, he saw that the Japanese army began to attack the hillside. He immediately left a platoon behind to cover their retreat and began to evacuate in an orderly manner with the rest of the soldiers.

When Li Dengxingyi discovered that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite hillside began to evacuate, he immediately suspected that this was a strategy of the 389th Brigade to split up its forces, and immediately began to ask the brigade commander Takagi Yoshito whether to pursue them.

After learning about the situation, Takagi Yoshito immediately realized that this was a small unit of the 389th Brigade that wanted to delay the Locust Army's route and prevent it from advancing smoothly to the south. However, sending a small unit would make it easy for the 389th Brigade to ambush it.

After some thought, he decided to let the commander of the 77th Regiment, Li Dengxing, lead two battalions to pursue and destroy this group of Eighth Route Army, while he himself would continue to advance with the remaining troops.

When Li Dengxing led his first and second battalions to pursue the soldiers of the first battalion, Zeng Wenhui immediately realized that the Japanese army had been successfully attracted and divided by him. He immediately began to block the Japanese army in batches, platoon by platoon, and continued to evacuate towards Guanshang Village.

In this way, the two armies fought back and forth, gradually retreating towards Moshi Village. Once they reached Moshi Village, the First Company immediately began withdrawing along the mountainous area, leaving the blocking mission to the Second Company.

When they arrived at the Armed Trench, Li Dengxing became more and more suspicious along the way. From the very beginning, Li Dengxing felt that this small unit of the 389th Brigade must have some conspiracy, but the brigade commander thought it might be harassment from a small group of enemies. If it was not eliminated, the entire brigade would be in turmoil during the march.

However, if they sent a squadron or battalion, they would be worried about being ambushed by the 389th Brigade, just like the 78th Regiment. Therefore, Takagi Yoshito decided to let Koto Yukichi lead two battalions in pursuit, and not to go more than 50 kilometers away from the brigade.

So when he arrived at Moshi Village, Li Dengxingyi felt more and more that the main force of the 389th Brigade was lying in ambush ahead, waiting for him to fall into the net. So after arriving at Mozi Village, no matter how the soldiers of the second company provoked him, Li Dengxingyi would not move forward.

Zeng Wenhui, who had already entered the mountain, saw this scene and immediately judged that the Japanese army would not move forward any further. He immediately ordered the third and fourth companies to assemble in the area of ​​Moshi Village to hold back the two battalions of Japanese troops in the area of ​​Moshi Village.

And sent the message to the regiment headquarters.

In the 781st Regiment, when the regiment commander Hong Chao learned that about two Japanese battalions were held hostage in Moshi Village by the 1st Battalion, he immediately realized that the 20th Division was frightened from top to bottom by the ambush of the 389th Brigade. If it were other Japanese troops, they would have marched arrogantly regardless of whether there was an ambush or not.

He then ordered the first battalion to establish a blocking position in Moshigou and hold back the two Japanese battalions for five hours.

At the same time, he led the second and third battalions to Longmen Village and Shecheng Town to prepare to block the remaining regiment of the 39th Brigade.