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7.65 The Great Victory of Linyi and the fall of Tengxian

There were 50 military trucks seized from the Japanese baggage troops, and the 662nd Regiment only had a total of 27 soldiers who could drive cars, and 21 of them were two-knife skills. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the end, Zheng Tao and several officers and soldiers with good driving skills discussed and came up with a plan, that is, to use wire ropes to tow trucks, and to weave every two trucks into a group with wire ropes, with a car in front being driven by a human hand, and a car in the back to follow up in neutral gear. In this way, the truck behind is actually equivalent to a trailer, and only someone needs to sit in the cab and hold the steering wheel.

Although this method barely allowed the convoy to move, the speed of the convoy was extremely slow, which was not good news for the two battalions tasked with blocking the attack.

Fortunately, it was already dark now, otherwise the devil's plane would definitely come to chase and bomb, which would be even more troublesome.

Zheng Tao sat in the cab of a truck and looked out the window at the night, he seemed a little distracted.

After such a toss by the 121st Division, there will definitely be problems with the logistics supply of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, and the 121st Division can be regarded as a great help to the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army that fought with the devils in Teng County.

According to the battle plan of the 25th Group Army, the passage leading to Taierzhuang on the Tengxian side was to be opened eventually, and the 5th Theater adopted a strategy of loosening and tightening at the two points of Linyi and Tengxian, and I don't know what happened to the commander and the 59th Army in Linyi......

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Linyi, Pang Bingxun Corps Headquarters.

From time to time, Japanese planes that were swooping and strafing at low altitudes flew over the roof of Pang Bingxun's regimental headquarters, and the bullets from the aviation machine guns hit the walls and courtyards, making a "poof" sound. Pang Bingxun stood motionless, the air-raid shelter was actually only a few dozen steps away from him, but Pang Bingxun just didn't want to go there.

Several of Pang Bingxun's guards pleaded anxiously beside them: "Commander, you better go to the air-raid shelter and hide first!" ”

"Hiding from what?" Pang Bingxun glared, and then began to get angry: "You all cross the river for me to fight, and don't stay with me!" As he spoke, Pang Bingxun pointed to the other side of the war-torn Yi River.

Pang Bingxun's guards didn't dare to continue to make a noise when they heard Pang Bingxun say this, not because they were afraid of death, but because they were worried that Pang Bingxun would have three longs and two shorts after leaving.

"What? Are you afraid of death?" Pang Bingxun shouted angrily: "If anyone is a bad seed, I will kill him first!" ”

"Legion Commander, you must take care!" Several guards could only choose to obey Pang Bingxun's orders, and before leaving, the guards were still a little uneasy.

"My personal safety is not important, the safety of Linyi City is much more important! If I lose Linyi, what face do I have to go back to see Chief Li!" Speaking of this, Pang Bingxun raised his head and sighed: "I am about to be 60 years old, my leg is still lame, and I have no worries, and it is an honor to die on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War!" More able to start the ancestors! With that, Pang Bingxun pushed his guards out the door.

The guards wiped their tears and ran out of the headquarters without looking back, rushed across the Yihe Bridge and threw themselves into the battle to hold the bridgehead. Pang Bingxun saw that after seeing off the guards, he put a bright big knife on the table, ready to leave it for him to use at the last moment.

Fierce fighting was still going on on the line of fire, and the Chinese and Japanese sides were fighting inextricably on the east bank of the desolate Yi River. As the Japanese offensive became more and more frenzied, the wounded soldiers of the 3rd Army were carried down in batches.

The devil's shells could already hit the Yi River directly, and the nearby civilians who volunteered to transport the wounded fell in large numbers in the Yi River, where the artillery was full of fire.

At this moment, Ma Fawu, the commander-in-chief of the front, called from outside the east gate to make an urgent report: "Commander! The devil's attack is too fierce, and the frontal troops are a little unable to withstand it, what do you think should be done?"

"Hold on! Hold me on!" Pang Bingxun yelled, and was about to put down the phone, when Ma Fawu shouted again: "Commander, commander, can you transfer a few more soldiers for me?"

"What kind of soldiers? Where to tune? Now there are only a few heralds left in the headquarters besides me!"

"Commander, I'...... I don't have anyone here anymore!"

"If there is no one, you go on your own, don't come back to see me if you lose your position!" After yelling, Pang Bingxun slammed the microphone on the telephone base.

Pang Bingxun's chief of staff walked in and said in a low voice: "Commander, the Japanese army has occupied the eastern commanding heights on the other side of the river, and the brothers who were stationed in a battalion on the mountain have all been killed. Legion Commander! I think that instead of waiting for death here, it is better to pull the remaining people out of the battlefield and retreat westward, and maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

"Withdraw?" Pang Bingxun rejected the chief of staff's suggestion: "No! I'll pull it down today, and tomorrow the highest authorities will cut off my head! As a soldier, if I don't repay the country with death, I'm sorry for my fathers and fellow villagers in Linyi! ”

The chief of staff heard what Pang Bingxun said so categorically, so he could only stand aside with his head down.

Pang Bingxun thought for a moment and then slowly said to his chief of staff: "I have no other choice but to die in Linyi now!" Chief of Staff, while it's still too late, you should leave quickly and tell the people what the 3rd Army has done in Linyi, so that I can rest assured. ”

"Legion Commander! ......" The chief of staff turned pale and his lips trembled.

"Let's go, let's go!" Pang Bingxun waved his hand at him and closed his eyes weakly. The chief of staff burst into tears......

Yesterday, in the telegram, Chief Li told Pang Bingxun that the theater had telegraphed and ordered the 59th Army to quickly reinforce Linyi. In order to enable Pang Bingxun's army and Zhang Zizhong's army to better coordinate operations, Chief Li also sent Huang Haoran, deputy commander of the theater, to Linyi to guide the operation.

Pang Bingxun was overjoyed after receiving the call. He immediately readjusted his deployment and shortened the front. When the officers and men of the 3rd Army Corps learned the news, their morale was also greatly boosted! But Pang Bingxun didn't tell anyone, in fact, he was still a little worried in his heart.

Pang Bingxun remembered the past between him and Zhang Zizhong, and he really regretted that he had lost his mind! Now that Zhang Zizhong has waited for the opportunity to take revenge, as long as the 59th Army does not move or deliberately delays a little time on the road, Pang Bingxun and his 3rd Army will be doomed!

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place!" After Pang Bingxun finished speaking, he sat down on the chair gloomily.

Now Pang Bingxun can only pin his hopes on Huang Haoran, the deputy commander of the theater who set off with Zhang Zizhong! I hope that this "victorious general" can suppress Zhang Zizhong and let the 59th Army faithfully fulfill the orders of the 5th Theater Commander's Department!

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When Pang Bingxun sighed in his legion headquarters, Huang Haoran and Zhang Zizhong were on the road day and night! From Yixian to Linyi, a distance of 90 kilometers, if you walk for two or three days according to the normal marching speed, it is normal, but Zhang Zizhong and Huang Haoran actually rushed to the west of Linyi with the 59th Army in only one day and night!

At this time, the defense line of Pang Bingxun's 3rd Army Corps has reached a crumbling point, if you can't give confidence to the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Army Corps, I'm afraid this Linyi City will have to be lost!

"Brother Xun Chen! It seems that Pang Bingxun can't stand it! Hurry up and order the trumpeters to blow the military trumpets! Tell the 3rd Legion that we're coming! ”

Zhang Zizhong nodded, and then ordered the trumpeters to blow the military horn across the moat into Linyi City! At this time, Pang Bingxun in Linyi City had already walked out of his legion headquarters, planning to personally go into battle and fight the little devils! Suddenly, I heard a loud military horn from the west of the city, and Pang Binxun burst into tears!

"I'm not as good as Zhang Xinchen! He was able to save me, the enemy, regardless of his previous suspicions, and the realm alone had already thrown me far away! ”

The trumpet of the 59th Army greatly boosted the morale of the officers and men of the 3rd Army Corps, who were fighting fiercely against the Japanese army. Knowing that Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army had arrived, there was a thunderous roar of joy in Linyi City!

Pang Bingxun commanded the 3rd Army Corps to take advantage of the situation and launch a counterattack! Under the strong counterattack of the 59th Army and the 3rd Army Corps, the Japanese 5th Division, which broke through to Linyi City, was driven out again!

When Pang Bingxun saw Zhang Zizhong walking towards him from a distance, he was surprised and moved. Pang Bingxun hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Zizhong's hand. The resentment between the two was instantly released.

Huang Haoran stood by with a smile and watched the scene of Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun releasing their previous suspicions, the friendship on the battlefield is always moving!

Later, it was Zhang Zizhong who opened his mouth first, and he said to Pang Bingxun: "Big brother, don't worry, I, Zhang Xinchen, will do my best to help you fight this battle!"

Zhang Zizhong's words made Pang Bingxun's expression lift, and he said with a smile: "Brother Xinchen, I heard someone say that you are a traitor in Beiping a few days ago, so I don't believe it!" I know who you are, so I'm relieved. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Zizhong laughed heartily: "Today, I want these people to see if I, Zhang Zizhong, am a traitor!!"

Huang Haoran saw that Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun were almost in exchange, so he stepped forward and began to discuss the battle plan with Pang Bingxun and Zhang Zizhong! It's wartime after all, so there's not that much time to talk to.

"Captain Pang! Brother Xun Chen! Let's talk about what we should do with the little devil next! Although we temporarily repelled Seishiro Itagaki's 5th Division, they will soon make a comeback! Linyi is the barrier of Taierzhuang and Xuzhou, and it must be resolutely defended and resist the enemy's advance! I hope that the two of you will continue to cooperate sincerely! ”

Although Pang Bingxun had never seen Huang Haoran before, he could see Huang Haoran's identity at a glance! The only officer who could come over and intervene between him and Zhang Zizhong so generously was this deputy commander of the theater!

Pang Bingxun saluted Huang Haoran, and then said loudly: "Subordinate Pang Bingxun has seen Huang Deputy Seat!" ”

Huang Haoran smiled and nodded, and then held a joint combat meeting of the 3rd Army and the 59th Army on the spot to discuss the next battle plan.

"Commander Pang has been stationed in Linyi for many days, and he is familiar with the battle situation here, so I think Captain Pang will say it first, right?"

With Huang Haoran, the deputy commander of the theater, the errand of presiding over the meeting naturally fell on Huang Haoran's shoulders, Huang Haoran decided to listen to Pang Bingxun's opinion first, after all, Linyi City is now Pang Bingxun's land, and the strong dragon is not yet the head snake!

"Yellow sub-seat! Brother Xinchen! I believe you have also seen the battle situation in Linyi! My ground 3 regiment has been under the devil's plane cannon for so many days, and it is already exhausted! I think it's better to let Brother Xun Chen's 59th Army take over! It's safest! ”

Pang Bingxun's suggestion is decent, but it is nothing more than that set of rigid tactics! What Huang Haoran doesn't like the most is this style of play, and at the moment he doesn't agree with Pang Bingxun's proposal, and Zhang Zizhong next to him also frowned!

"Brother Xun Chen! Let's talk about it instead......"

Zhang Zizhong pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said: "Instead of sitting and waiting for the enemy to attack, it is better to take the initiative to attack, and it is the best policy to attack and defend!" My 59th Army is willing to take on the task of the main attack. ”

Pang Bingxun was a little surprised, he thought that it would not be easy for the 59th Army to resist the attack of the 5th Division in Linyi! Now Zhang Zizhong still wants to take the initiative to attack, is it a bit too idealistic?

Huang Haoran smiled and said to Zhang Zizhong: "Brother Xun Chen, you might as well say whatever you think!" Since this is a joint operations meeting, it is natural to express their own opinions! ”

Zhang Zizhong glanced at Huang Haoran, then turned his head to Pang Bingxun and said: "Under the fierce offensive of the Japanese army, the 3rd Army Corps of Commander Pang can slowly retreat, lure the enemy deeper, and expose the right flank of the Japanese army to the front of our 59th Army, which is more conducive to the attack of our 59th Army." ”

"Brother Xun Chen means to get out of the way, and then launch a side attack? This is similar to Chief Li's tactics! I also think that instead of waiting for the enemy to attack, it is better to take the initiative! The devils have planes, artillery and tanks! If it's just a passive defense, I'm afraid the 59th Army won't last long! It's better to carry out mobile warfare! ”

After thinking about it for a while, Pang Bingxun also accepted Zhang Zizhong's plan!

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The 59th Army, with the 1st Battalion of Field Artillery attached to the 38th Division as the left flank, first occupied Chaye Mountain with 1 battalion, and covered the main force of the division to the east in the Shijiatun, Liujiahu, and Diaoyutai areas; The 113th Brigade and the 112th Brigade were the first-line attack forces, attacking the Japanese troops in the areas of Zhangjiazhuang, Baita, and Shaling. The 1st Battalion of the 180th Division attached to the mountain artillery was the right flank, and it spread eastward to the area of Qianjingzhuang and Xiaojiangzhuang; The 26th Brigade served as the first line of attack troops, attacking the Japanese troops in the area of Xu Taiping and Tingzitou.

The 39th Division of Pang Bingxun's 40th Army coordinated with the 115th Brigade and the 59th Army to launch a flank attack on the Japanese troops in Youjiazhuang, and the 117th Brigade attacked the Japanese troops in the Dongwang and Xiwang areas.

Zhang Zizhong led the 59th Army to force the crossing of the Yi River and then launched a fierce attack on the Japanese 5th Division. After the 38th Division on the left flank crossed the river, it rushed all the way and killed four or five fortified positions of the Japanese army. However, after all, the Itagaki Division was the elite of the Japanese army, and the 5th Division quickly stopped the attack on Pang Bingxun's department, and turned to counterattack the 38th Division with all its might, and the two sides started a melee, and the 38th Division suffered more than 400 casualties and was forced to retreat to the west bank of the Yi River.

After crossing the river on the right flank, the 180th Division attacked forward in two directions. The Japanese army sent reinforcements to engage in fierce battles with the 59th Army, and the position was lost and regained several times. After hard fighting, the 180th Division repelled the Japanese at the cost of more than 800 casualties.

As Seishiro Itagaki used all the main forces of the 5th Division against the 59th Army, the Japanese forces in front of the 3rd Army were greatly reduced. Pang Bingxun seized the advantageous opportunity and led the 3rd Army to attack the Japanese flank, effectively cooperating with the frontal attack of the 59th Army.

By the morning of the 17th, the 59th Army had suffered more than 6,000 casualties, and the company and battalion commanders of the front-line combat units had suffered one-third of the casualties.

Zhang Zizhong ordered that except for Deputy Army Commander Li Wentian, who stayed in the military headquarters to preside over the work, the commanders of the other units at all levels should all go to the front line to supervise and command the battle. He is determined to do his best to fight Itagaki Seishiro.

After dusk that day, the 59th Army took advantage of the fact that the Japanese could not get aircraft support and were not accustomed to night battles to launch an attack on the enemy west of the river. After a night of fierce fighting, nearly half of the Japanese troops who crossed to the west of the river were annihilated in hand-to-hand combat. In this battle on both sides of the Yi River, the Sakamoto detachment of the 5th Division suffered more than 3,000 casualties. Most of the Japanese army retreated to Juxian, and one retreated to Tangtou.

Just when Zhang Zizhong was about to launch a pursuit of the Japanese army, the Japanese army suddenly launched a crazy counterattack, and the position of the 59th Army was in an emergency in many places. Zhang Zizhong led 59 officers and soldiers to grit their teeth and fight to the death! The stubborn Japanese army finally lost the will to continue fighting under the heavy blows of the 59th Army, retreated to Hedong in embarrassment, and then turned around and fled north.

After learning the news of Linyi's victory, the highest authorities called Chief Li, Huang Haoran, Zhang Zizhong, and Pang Bingxun to express their condolences.

Almost at the same time that Zhang Zizhong won a great victory in Linyi, the 10th Division of Ryosuke Isoya finally conquered Teng County!

Since the operational guidance of the 22nd Group Army was an attempt to stop the Japanese army north of Tengxian County with positional defense, all the main combat units were deployed in various places north of Tengxian County before and after the Japanese attack, and there were only two divisions of the 122nd and 124th divisions and one brigade headquarters of the 364th Brigade in the Chengguan area of Tengxian County, and there were a total of four special service companies of combat units.

When the battle was raging, the casualties in various positions outside the city had increased sharply, and the situation was extremely grim, the Fifth Theater sent a telegram to Sun Zhen, commander of the 22nd Group Army: "Teng County is a key point in the northern section of the Jinpu Road, which has a bearing on the overall situation, and should be defended to the death." After Sun Zhen informed Wang Mingzhang of the situation and orders, Wang Mingzhang decided to strengthen the city defense force and wait for reinforcements, so he made the decision to concentrate his troops to guard the county seat of Tengxian!

However, Wang Mingzhang's defense plan was not realized, and he telegraphed and ordered the 366th Brigade to withdraw to Tengxian County, and only one battalion of the vanguard troops withdrew to Tengxian. The main force of the 366th Brigade encountered the main force of the Japanese army in a roundabout way near Chengtou Village and was forced to retreat in the direction of Lincheng. Although there are many troops in the Chengguan area of Tengxian County, the actual number of combatants is only more than 3,000, and a considerable number of them are local armed forces.

The main force of the Seya detachment, which surrounded Tengxian regiments, first prepared for about 2 hours of artillery fire at Dongguan, and then concentrated its fire to blast a gap in the earthen wall around Dongguan. Repulsed by the Sichuan army with a dense range of grenades. After that, the Japanese army attacked Dongguan many times under the cover of aircraft and artillery fire, but failed to succeed.

In desperation, the Seya detachment could only change the direction of the main attack to the south city, and the Japanese first bombarded the city wall with 150 mm howitzers, then climbed the city wall from the collapsed place, and then quickly expanded the results to the east and west city walls. Soon, the Dongguan and West City Gatehouses were occupied by the Japanese army, and only the defenders in the city, the north gate and the northeast corner of the city continued to resist. Under the pressure of the powerful firepower of the Japanese army, the defenders gradually lost their command. Wang Mingzhang was shot and died during the transfer. At noon on the 18th, the Japanese army completely occupied the county seat of Teng. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )