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 successfully breached the Chinese lines in the west, only to be confronted by Ou Zhen's 4th Corps and Yu Jishi's elite 74th Corps, thus re-establishing a new ring of encirclement around them.