"Someone, please come over."

After a long time, Wang Mingzhang finally gave the order. Li Zongren's attention to Han Xin exceeded his expectations, and some arrangements really need to be changed.

In addition, Wang Mingzhang didn't think that Li Zongren, the dignified commander-in-chief of the Second World War Zone, would be untargeted, since he gave Han Xin such a high evaluation, Wang Mingzhang was more and more curious about what kind of surprise this young man who was somewhat ignored by him could bring him.

It's a pity that there was no surprise, but Han Xin brought him a nightmare!

Han Xin was invited by Wang Mingzhang, and Han Xin also knew very well about Wang Mingzhang and others' plans and arrangements for defending the city.

Therefore, Han Xin was blunt and said straight to the point: "Division commander, things have reached this point, the order cannot be disobeyed, the general trend has been formed, and this is the only way out for us to defend Tengxian County." ”

"That's right!" Wang Mingzhang motioned for Han Xin to continue, he didn't think that Han Xin was just going to say these things that everyone already understood.

Han Xin continued to speak, but the next moment made Wang Mingzhang silent, "And the key now is whether Tang Enbo's troops can come to help in time!" ”

Seeing that Wang Mingzhang was silent, Han Xin almost forced him to ask, "Commander, then do you think the soup department can come in time?" ”

"This ...... I do not know! Wang Mingzhang finally gave an answer after hesitation.

Whether Tang Enbo's troops can come or not, Han Xin naturally knows the answer, but he can't tell the truth, but whether Tang Enbo was really stopped by the Japanese army and couldn't come, or they themselves were unwilling to work hard and collapsed, these are no longer important, the important thing is that Tang Enbo's troops did not rush to Teng County in the end.

Suddenly thinking of Li Zongren's instructions, Wang Mingzhang asked again: "Head Han, I don't know what you think." ”

Han Xin pondered and said: "I can't talk about opinions, it's just that the survival of Tengxian County is related to the life and death of my more than 3,000 soldiers, and it can't be played with or relied on others."

I think the division commander should be prepared for the worst if Yube can't arrive in time! ”

"Worst-case scenario, hehe!"

Wang Mingzhang smiled bitterly, "Now I have no choice but to defend it, I hope, I hope the soup department can arrive in time!" ”

Han Xin was helpless and shook his head gently.

And just when Han Xin sighed in his heart, Wang Mingzhang suddenly handed Han Xin a warrant, and reluctantly smiled in Han Xin's stunned expression: "South of the city, the weakest place surrounded by the enemy, once Tengxian County is broken, you can lead your troops to break through here!" ”

Ah, Han Xin was suddenly blinded, and smiled bitterly in his heart, he is here to save you Wang Mingzhang and the others, okay, what kind of thing is this!

"Division Commander, if it really comes to a time when something can't be done, I will take you to break through the siege together, stay in the green mountains, and don't be afraid of running out of firewood!"

Han Xin's words came from the bottom of his heart, Wang Mingzhang was shocked, and then said calmly: "I said that the city survives and survives, and the city dies and dies. ”

"But ......"

"Needless to say!" Wang Mingzhang ended his words.

……

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Japanese army officially launched an attack on Tengxian County, and the attacking force was a wing of the Segu detachment plus two brigades.

The devils bombarded Tengxian County with fifty or sixty cannons and the combat strength of two brigades, and the inside and outside of the city were suddenly filled with gunsmoke, the walls and houses collapsed, the streets were piled up into hills with collapsed buildings, the original stone roads were blown out of deep pits, and the whole city was in a sea of fire, and there was scorched earth everywhere.

At 11 o'clock, the Japanese army opened the road with 12 heavy howitzers and shelled the southern city wall of Tengxian County, and more than a dozen combat units circled over the southern city at the same time.

Dozens of minutes later, the Japanese artillery blew a gap in the wall of the South Gate, and a company arranged by Lu Tingfeng here was killed and wounded, and the company commander Su Bo was also slightly wounded.

"Brigade commander, the devil's artillery fire is too fierce, and Company Commander Su can't stand it anymore."

Wang Ma, the commander of the Independent Brigade, desperately ran to the South Gate Independent Brigade Headquarters to report to Lu Tingfeng.

Lu Tingfeng shouted: "You return to your position immediately, my reinforcements from Company Commander Su will arrive immediately, tell him to hold on." ”

"Yes." After Wang Ma finished speaking, he hurriedly retreated.

But the next moment, Lu Tingfeng was also out of line, although he said that he wanted to support Company Commander Su, but he himself had no troops available now, and he was holding on everywhere, and there was no extra force to mobilize at all.

"Order, follow me all those who can shoot!"

Lu Tingfeng said with red eyes, including his women, and rushed out of the command headquarters together.

But outside the headquarters, Han Xin had already waited here with more than a hundred people.

Han Xin and Lu Tingfeng had known each other before this, and they cherished each other, although they didn't have much contact, they both admired each other's temperament of hot-blooded soldiers all the time.

The situation was urgent, and Lu Tingfeng just asked, "Captain Han, why are you here?" ”

Han Xin said with a smile: "The south gate of the county seat, the last and only retreat of our army, and the goal of the devil is not only Tengxian County, but also wants to eliminate us people in Tengxian County."

Therefore, I expected that the battle at the South Gate would be tight, and I hereby led some brothers to come to support. ”

"Okay, Captain Han is really a charcoal in the snow, if you don't come, look, I can only copy the guy myself!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, then joined the battle together.

After a whole day of fierce fighting, taking advantage of the rest of both sides, at about nine o'clock in the evening, Wang Mingzhang asked Lu Tingfeng, Zhang Xuanwu and others, plus Han Xin, to inquire about the battle situation.

Everyone came to the command post, and as soon as they stepped into the door, Wang Mingzhang stepped forward to shake hands with everyone one by one, and said excitedly:

"Guys, you guys are so good, I can't imagine that this one of us can last a whole day."

Zhang Xuanwu was the first to speak: "The division commander praises falsely, mainly because the soldiers of our Sichuan army are brave enough. ”

At this time, probably the first day has passed, everyone is very optimistic, Wang Mingzhang is no exception, and he said with confidence:

"It doesn't matter if we can support today, our troops outside the city will be transferred to the city soon, and they will arrive in about an hour or two, it is the strength of the two brigades of Lu and Zeng, plus two battalions, Brigade Commander Tong's troops may arrive a little later, and they will meet devils on the way."

But it doesn't matter, today we have such a small number of people to hold out for a day, tomorrow we will add two or three more regiments, what are we afraid of?

If we hold on to tomorrow any longer, it will be the 17th, that is, the day when the chairman gives us the order to hold on, the reinforcements of the Tang Army will arrive, and our predicament will be eliminated immediately. ”

Wang Mingzhang's words did play a great encouraging role, and after he finished speaking, everyone's mood was obviously much higher.

However, because the Japanese army could attack at any time, the meeting ended quickly.

Han Xin was the last to leave, he glanced at Wang Mingzhang deeply, and finally sighed and left.

(To be continued)