When the war started in Teng County, Leng Feng knew that he couldn't stay in Wuhan anymore, but in the document order given by Lao Jiang, he couldn't leave until at least the 15th.

In other words, he will have to stay in Wuhan for at least three days.

Three days, can Teng County hold three days?

He didn't know at all, although he had already used his own way to strengthen the Sichuan army in Shouto County, but the Japanese army was more prepared to move south this time.

In particular, the Japanese army, which has been resting for another month, will become unprecedentedly strong in combat.

Leng Feng believed that the Sichuan army could do it, and in history, the Sichuan army fought in Tengxian County, with almost half of the casualties, but it also successfully held Tengxian for four and a half days, buying time for the rear to mobilize troops into the Xuzhou area.

The few words in the battle report were thousands of casualties on the battlefield, shells rained down, and blood flew everywhere......

"Division, the Japanese frontal attack was frustrated, and after our army shrank the defensive line, it increased the vigilance on the flanks, but the Japanese army dispatched aircraft bombing, as well as artillery and tanks, and the casualties of the Sichuan army were not small, and General Sun Zhen had already come to the front line."

"Is there any movement of the Japanese army in Jiangnan?"

"The Timberwolf Group reported that the Japanese army was mobilizing ships, and several warships of the Navy had also entered the Yangtze River waterway to cruise, and the military commander in Shanghai reported that a large number of war materials had been mobilized from the Japanese mainland and had arrived in Shanghai.

"It seems that Shunroku Hata is also about to make a move, has this information been reported to the headquarters of the commander of the fifth theater?"

"It's been reported in detail."

"Okay, I know, you go down first, there is news from the front, report it immediately."

"Yes!"

On the periphery of Teng County, the main position of Jiehe.

"Hey, hey, what are you talking about, I can't hear ......"

"Chairman Jiang ordered that we should hold on for at least three days, yes, three days, commander-in-chief, you can rest assured, we have the confidence to hold on for three days!"

"Master, the Japanese artillery fire is too fierce, and the brothers have suffered too many casualties, and they can't stand it!"

"Bastard, if you can't stand it, you have to stand it, the commander-in-chief gave a death order, the people are in the position, if our Sichuan army wants not to be looked down upon, we have to play with the little devil!" Chen Li, the commander of the 127th Division, grabbed the lieutenant colonel's collar and slammed him to the ground.

Dodo......

Another wave of Japanese attacks began, and shells rained down on the positions.

"Quick, get into the bunker, get into the bunker ......"

The position was quickly flooded by the explosion, and the Sichuan soldiers who did not have time to hide in the bunker were blown up with flesh and blood, but fortunately, semi-underground fortifications were built in advance and enough underground air-raid shelters were built, otherwise, the casualties would have been greater.

Buzzing......

The planes in the sky came again, and this wave of at least 30 planes took turns bombing and diving and strafing the front-line positions of the Sichuan army.

Even if Leng Feng worked hard to replenish the equipment of two regiments of the Sichuan army, it was still a drop in the bucket for a force of 20,000 people.

The weapons in their hands are all very old, and some even use old guns from the former Qing Dynasty, not to mention that the rifling is smoothed, and they can't hit far, let alone accurately.

The heavy machine gun is also old-fashioned, or it's not a little petty, there is no gun, and when the bullets are finished, you can only pick up a big blade and fight with the Japanese.

A demolition team went up and attacked three times in a row, sacrificing nine people before blowing up a tank, and the Japanese troops who followed the tank charge came up and knocked everyone down in an instant.

Facing the Japanese soldiers armed to the teeth, the Sichuan Army really gave up their names this time.

"Use ******, ******......"

"Day. You immortal banban, little devil, Lao Tzu is here...... "Holding three or four ******, a wounded Sichuan soldier suddenly pounced on a charging chariot of the Japanese army.

Hula, the ****** shattered, igniting a sky-high fire, the Japanese chariot suddenly turned into a fire, and continued to advance more than ten meters, and the Japanese soldiers inside could not bear the scorching fire and jumped out of it.

The chariot exploded, turning into a pile of scrap metal.

The officers and men of Sichuan who saw this scene immediately cheered loudly, and their fighting spirit instantly rose.

Incendiary ammunition is better than grenades against Japanese tanks, and the officers and men of the Sichuan Army have tasted the sweetness in actual combat, and have formed ****** death squads, and in the process of the Japanese army's charge, they have adopted the tactic of throwing dense incendiary materials at Japanese tanks.

The damage effect was very good, and the Japanese lost a squadron of tanks at once without targeting tactics.

Ryosuke Isotani, the commander of the 10th Division, who personally commanded and supervised the battle, saw this scene from the telescope, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

This is a squadron of chariots, or has it just started, if it can't capture Teng County as soon as possible, how big will the losses be?

"This is the new weapon of the Chinese army that appeared in the Battle of Nanjing?"

"Yes, they call it ******!" The chief of staff does not owe a noble way.

"Send the order down, get one of this****** come back and study it." Ryosuke Isoya ordered.

"Hay!"

A mere ****** did not stop the Japanese army's determination to attack, at most it was to be careful when the chariots charged, so as not to give the other side a chance to get closer.

In fact, the effect of ****** in field attack and defense is not great, unless the enemy army is defenseless, once there is defense, it will not play much role, on the contrary, the use of ****** in street battles is the effect of destruction, in addition to striking military equipment, the lethality of ordinary infantry is not weak.

On the frontal battlefield for more than ten miles, the sound of killing shook the sky, the explosion was deafening, the flames soared into the sky, the surrounding trees had already been blown up, only a little remnant of green was also scorched and yellowed by the smoke of gunpowder, the burning fire rolled up the smoke and went straight to the sky, the corpses of the armies on both sides were piled up on the position, one after another, there was no time to collect the corpses, the scene was like purgatory.

From the last rays of the sun's rising sky to the horizon, thousands of Japanese troops, under the cover of aircraft, artillery and tanks, launched more than a dozen charges, and the positions were repeatedly contested, but they failed to break through the opponent's main position.

This made the arrogant commander of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, Ryosuke Isoya, furious.

"Stupid pig! A bunch of stupid pigs! One day, before breaking through the first line of defense of the Shina Army and throwing it into the face of the Imperial Japanese Army, do you know who the opponent is? Your opponent is a ragtag army, a rotten army that no one wants, and you actually lost to such an opponent. Disgrace! Disgrace! Ryosuke Isoya roared angrily, and the attack was frustrated on the first day, but he was still caught off guard by hitting the other party.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, this is the Chinese army opposite us is a local force, according to intelligence, their number is the 22nd Group Army, and the commander is called Deng Xihou, but the commander is another person who commands the battle with our army, this person is called Wang Zhizhong, and he is a division commander of the 22nd Group Army."

"Did this person go to military school and go to school?"

"According to the information we have, this person is only a beginner in Chinese, has studied in the army primary school for a few days, has studied at the Sichuan Army Military Academy, and has no study experience, but he is brave and good at fighting, and has a long reputation in the Sichuan army!"

Ryosuke Isoya was silent, if he continued to fight like this, he would not want to take Teng County for another three or five days, which was absolutely not allowed.

Once the opponent transfers troops to Xuzhou, it will be much more difficult to capture the strategic goal of Xuzhou.

You have to find a way to break through quickly!

Ryosuke Isoya remembered the bet he made with Seishiro Itagaki in front of the commander of the Second Army, Nishiojizo, who would take Xuzhou first, and who would lead the horse and whip the other party.

At this time, the commander of the 18th Brigade, Se Wuping, said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, judging from the combat capability of our army, the Zhina Army in front of us is by no means a rotten army, but a very tenacious and well-organized army, my 10th Division has been advancing all the way since it entered China, invincible, and now it has encountered a decent opponent, please give me another chance for the 18th Brigade to be the commander of the division, I will definitely be able to defeat them!" ”

Ryosuke Isoya nodded with great satisfaction: "This is like an imperial soldier." ”

This is, the commander of the 33rd Brigade who was standing on the side, Seya Kai, said unhurriedly: "Your Excellency the division commander, our combat goal is to conquer Xuzhou, cut off the retreat of the China Army in East China, and wipe them out. Wrap up, should be detoured to the past, quickly inserted. Behind them, it is the best policy to directly occupy the county seat of Tengxian County, and then capture Xuzhou! ”

Ryosuke Isoya pouted and did not reply.

Se Wuping swept Seya Kai, and said with sarcasm in his eyes: "Seya-kun was not frightened by the enemy in front of him, and interspersed with detours!" You are cowardly, evasive, is a cowardly performance, the Imperial Japanese Army in the face of the weak Chinese army, do you need to escape, do you still have a little katana spirit? Are you a military man? ”

Seya's face turned pale, and he roared angrily: "The Great Japanese Imperial Army is a hundred victories and Yang Wei is the world, the victory on the battlefield is different from the duel of the samurai, and the fastest and least loss method can defeat the opponent, that is, victory, a brute fight, how many heroic imperial warriors will be sacrificed, do you know?" ”

"Running away in front of an opponent weaker than yourself, you are not even as good as a low-level samurai!"

"Se Wuping, what are you talking about......"

"Enough, have you two had enough of arguing?" Ryosuke Isoya swept the two subordinates fiercely, "Our army is coming south, attacking all the invincible, and we have not yet encountered an opponent who cannot win, the elite of the Chinese army in front of us is about to hone the fighting will of our army, in front of me, there is no fortress that cannot be attacked, now I order: continue to launch a fierce attack on the enemy in front of me early tomorrow morning, break the will to resist this Chinese army, and go down to the county seat of Tengxian County in one fell swoop!" ”

"Hay!"

At the same time, the Xiguan Bulb Factory in Tengxian County, the headquarters of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army, Sun Zhen came to Tengxian County in person to hold an emergency defensive combat meeting of the defenders of Tengxian County.

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief, today the Japanese army mobilized at least one wing of troops to launch a fierce attack on our Jiehe, Shiqiang and Xiangcheng positions with the coordination of dozens of artillery pieces and tanks......," Chen Li, deputy commander of the 45th Army and commander of the 127th Division, said after returning from the front.

Chen Dingxun, commander of the 45th Army, was in Zhengzhou for medical treatment, so the commander of the first line of defense on the periphery of Tengxian County was actually Chen Li, commanding the 125th Division and the 127th Division to block the Japanese army head-on.

"Are there many casualties?"

"It's very big, at the end of the day, our department suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, there are no heavy weapons, and the brothers are all fighting with the little devils with flesh and blood." As he spoke, the five-foot-tall man's eyes were red, and tears were rolling in his eyes.

The atmosphere in the headquarters was very depressing.

"The purpose of the Japanese army moving south to capture Xuzhou is quite tomorrow, the key is that our rear troops are not fully deployed in place, we must buy them time, this time is three days, it may be five days, or even longer." Sun Zhen glanced around and said in a deep voice, he had just taken over as the commander of the 22nd Group Army.

"Judging from the current situation, it should be no problem to hold on for three days, but the Japanese army will definitely attack more fiercely in the future." The 124th Division Commander Tax Ladder Qingdao.

"The gap in equipment is too big, if this battle continues like this, sooner or later we will be wiped out!"

"It's all gone, it's gone, we didn't think about going back alive when we went out of Sichuan to resist Japan, **** little devil, I killed one enough to make money!"

"The Japanese army's fortifications will be strengthened tomorrow, and our combat effectiveness in today's battle is almost exposed, and the next battle will be even more brutal."

"Do we have reinforcements?" Someone asked cautiously.

"Reinforcements are on the way, and Chief Li has ordered the transfer of Tang Keqin's 20th Army Corps to reinforce the Fifth War Zone, and the chairman has agreed." Sun Zhendao.

"Commander, we're running out of ammunition, can you give us some more?"

"Don't worry, there is no shortage of ammunition for the time being, I will make up for it for you later, I said ugly things in front, I lost my position, don't blame me Sun Zhen for turning his face and not recognizing people."

"The people are in the position, which of the brothers of the Sichuan Army is not a handle, there is a kind!"

"Zhizhong, tell me your judgment?"

"If the Japanese attack is frustrated, they will either change their tactics or they will continue to attack, and if there is no progress in the frontal attack, they will change their tactics sooner or later."

"You mean, the Japanese will make a detour to our rear?"

"It's not impossible!"

"On the way here, I received a telegram from the Honorary First Division Commander Leng, who also reminded me in the telegram. It is very likely that the Japanese will make a detour behind us, so we should be careful to protect our two flanks, especially the two positions east of Yongsan on the right flank and the deep well on the left flank, and he judged that the Japanese should have chosen these two directions if they had taken a detour. Sun Zhen said slowly.

"There is only one regiment of the 370 Brigade in Shenjing, and the defense is very weak, if the Japanese army really takes a detour, then Teng County will be in danger."

"That's right, Division Commander Leng suggested that we shrink our defense, resist step by step, and don't fight hard with the Japanese army, as long as we are nailed to the position of Teng County, the Japanese army will not dare to go south easily, on the contrary, once the Japanese army is interspersed successfully, we will be divided and cut off, and the Japanese army will be divided and annihilated, and when the time comes, the Japanese army can easily capture Teng County without worries." Sun Zhen lightly swiped with a pencil on the map, and the situation suddenly became clear.

"Is it too late to change the original defensive battle plan?"

"No, it's still too late, once the Japanese army notices it, it's too late." Wang Zhizhong said solemnly.

"What if the Japanese don't choose a roundabout tactic?"

"We don't have the ability to fight a war of movement with the Japanese army, so we can only passively defend, concentrate our forces, gather Tengxian, and fight a war of attrition with the Japanese army, which is our best choice now." Even Division Commander Chen Li, who was in charge of defensive operations in front-line positions, was inclined to change the current way of defensive operations.

(To be continued.) )