On September 24, the Japanese Army finally managed to punch through the Chinese lines in the west, but was then confronted by Ou Zhen's 4th Corps and Yu Jishi's elite 74th Corps and was once again surrounded.
On September 24, the Japanese Army achieved a breakthrough on the western front, but soon encountered stiff resistance from Ou Zhen's 4th Corps and Yu Jishi's highly skilled 74th Corps, which led to another tightening of their besieging forces.