The head of the Hua regiment, who had been waiting for this news, immediately ordered, "Each company, attack immediately! Company Commander Lü, open fire!"

The rocket artillery company immediately opened fire. Their primary target was the artillery positions where the two Japanese battalions were concentrated.

Bao Youwei, the reconnaissance platoon leader hiding not far away, kept correcting the bombing targets for the rocket artillery. The third test shot hit the target right in the center.

Then, forty-eight rockets came crashing down. Battalion Commander Naito Hirotada heard the sound of explosions not far to his side.

Soon, a report came: the artillery positions had been destroyed.

The attack of the various companies of the Fourth Regiment also began. The First and Second Companies advanced directly along the main road, while the remaining companies fired at the distant Japanese from the mountain slopes on both sides of the road.

After bombing the Japanese artillery positions, the rocket artillery company began to extend their bombing to the Japanese infantry assembly points.

Jiang Gaodan, the company commander of the First Company of the Third Regiment, had already led his soldiers out of the trenches and chased after the Japanese.

Battalion Commander Naito Hirotada saw the soldiers of the First Company rushing out of the smoke in the distance, and he could not believe what he was seeing.

So many shells had fallen on that ridge, how had these soldiers survived the artillery bombardment?

Under such circumstances, where did they get the courage? They still dared to launch an attack?

Ji Wudi was unsure. The Special Operations Brigade was different from Wang Yaowu's 51st Division. Whether it was Wang Yaowu's 51st Division or any other Nationalist army, their troops would receive Nationalist army supplies no matter where they retreated.

The Special Operations Brigade was different. All their supplies had always been their own. Moreover, Ji Wudi was worried that the Nationalist army would stab them in the back again.

Therefore, she had to seize Gao'an first, defend Gao'an, and then continue with the next step of the operation. According to the initial agreement, she had come to the Ninth War Zone to receive the wounded.

Taking those wounded soldiers who had been injured in the fighting against the Japanese on the front lines to Jurong for treatment was her main task here.

This current battle was only at the invitation of Division Commander Wang Yaowu. The main reason was that Ji Wudi had never given up the idea of fighting the Japanese.

Even without Wang Yaowu's invitation, she would have looked for an opportunity to fight.

While the Third and Fourth Regiments were fighting, the Second Regiment remained in place to rest. Ji Wudi had no intention of fighting on two fronts. She wanted to keep enough reserve forces for herself.

She waited until the Third and Fourth Regiments reported that they had completely annihilated the two Japanese battalions and that the troops were cleaning up the battlefield.

The forward reconnaissance platoon had already been sent to the outskirts of Fengxin City, outside the Japanese defense line, and had not found any signs of the Japanese sending reinforcements.

Ji Wudi could understand the Japanese's approach. After all, the troops that had been sent out had been completely annihilated. Sending out troops again at this time would not help.

A mature commander would not do such a thing.

Her order to the Third Regiment was to leave two companies on this road to continue monitoring the Japanese's movements, and the rest of the troops would return to Dacheng.

The order to the Fourth Regiment was also to return to Dacheng, but they were to serve as a reserve force, ready to attack at any time.

Now the Second Regiment could rest easy!

However, Regiment Commander Shi Junxia had already ordered each company to send out reconnaissance platoons to scout in the direction of Gao'an. He was preparing to attack Gao'an.

The twelve field guns captured this time had also been dragged onto the road, ready to go.

The cars on the road were used as much as possible. Those that were damaged were dismantled for parts. Only those that had been burned could be dismantled and recycled as scrap metal.

The Special Operations Brigade had always been the most professional when it came to cleaning up the battlefield. Even the shrapnel was attracted by mine detectors and piled into trucks.

Captain Ji did not arrange to attack Gao'an today. These past few days, starting from Shanggao, attacking Gao'an, and fighting all the way to Shengmi Street, the troops were already somewhat tired.

Ji Wudi let the troops rest for half a day to recover their strength, preparing to go to Gao'an City again tomorrow. At the same time, she also issued an order to Gui Wen, the regiment commander of the First Regiment at Shanggao Airport: "Launch an attack on Gao'an County at ten o'clock on the morning of the twenty-sixth."

The Second Regiment in the east and the First Regiment in the west would launch a simultaneous attack on Gao'an.

This time, Ji Wudi left the Fourth Regiment in Dacheng to have a reserve force that could be sent out in case the Japanese sent troops from Nanchang to attack Shengmi Street.

As for attacking Gao'an, from the beginning, she had planned for the First Regiment to move out from Shanggao.