Sun Zhen walked back and forth in the command headquarters angrily, scolding and muttering to himself as he walked, this scene made the other staff officers around look at each other, but no one dared to come up to stop them.

Nonsense, who can't see that Sun Zhen is angry at this time?!

Whoever dares to come up at this time is completely looking for scolding!

Sun Zhen is indeed angry, the battle has been fought so far, his 41st Army has suffered extremely heavy losses so far, and the reserves have already been pressed, and by now, there are no more surplus troops for him to pull out a company!

Seeing that the little devil was about to break through the position, but he didn't have the slightest way, how could Sun Zhen not be angry!

In fact, it stands to reason that even if the 10th Division of the 41st Army is defeated against the little devils, it will not be so difficult, but the situation of the 41st Army is different!

The 41st Army is the establishment of the Sichuan Army, and the Sichuan Army is the establishment of the B Army, that is, two divisions per army, two brigades per division, and two regiments per brigade, and the main weapons are Sichuan-made 79 rifles, broadswords, grenades, and a few home-made light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and the equipment is very outdated and backward.

If it was just because of the backward equipment, the soldiers of the 41st Army could still fight with their hard work, but the 41st Army had fought with the Japanese army on the Jindong battlefield for more than 40 days before coming to Teng County, with heavy losses and more than half of the casualties, and when it came to Tengxian County to defend, their 41st Army actually had only eight regiments left, and the total strength was only 20,000!

Imagine, less than 20,000 troops, the equipment is extremely backward, most of them are holding their own home-made rifles, which are very easy to blow up and get stuck in the pit, but even such a rifle cannot be used by everyone in the Sichuan army, and many people are still holding big blades and spears, how can such a unit fight with the little devils with the assistance of fighters, tanks, and artillery?

To be honest, it is not easy for the 41st Army to hold on until now! It was all up to the desperate efforts of the Sichuan soldiers to fight like this, otherwise the battle would have collapsed a long time ago!

After walking back and forth in the headquarters a few times, Sun Zhen suddenly said: "How is Chen Dingxun's 45th Army now?" ”

The 41st Army and the 45th Army both belong to the Sichuan Army and belong to the 22nd Group Army, and the commander of the Group Army is Sun Zhen!

The main position of the 41st Army was in the area of Baishi Mountain, but under the attack of the Japanese army, they retreated step by step, resisted section by section, and retreated all the way to the Jiehe, but there was no way to retreat!

In retreat, there is already Teng County behind!

The 45th Army, under the command of Sun Zhen, took Tengxian as its base and occupied positions on the front line of Xiangcheng, Jiushan, Wangfuzhuang, and Jinshan on the east and west sides of the Jiehe River, and built fortifications to block the Japanese attack.

Some time ago, the 45th Army even took the initiative to attack, braving the snow and attacking two stores at night, killing and wounding some Japanese soldiers. At the same time, small units were sent to Yanzhou, Zouxian, and Qufu to carry out guerrilla warfare, and successfully attacked the Japanese troops in Xiaoxue Village and Zhucun Village, killing and wounding many of the little devils, which greatly encouraged the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Tengxian County to resist the war.

It's just that now, when the Japanese army's large forces are coming, under their air-ground integrated strike, both the 41st Army and the 45th Army can only passively defend!

But even so, it was quite difficult to resist the Japanese army!

"The current situation of the 45th Army is fine, and Commander Chen led his troops to resist on our flank, which also shared a lot of pressure on us!" The staff officer replied.

Hearing this, Sun Zhen nodded, and the worry on his face was slightly relieved, but he still said with some worry: "The current situation is quite unfavorable to us!" Although according to the current situation, we can continue to hold on, but it can be expected that with the passage of time, the Japanese army will definitely continue to increase its offensive intensity after it has been unable to attack for a long time, and it is difficult to say whether our 41st Army can hold the boundary river at that time! ”

"Right now, the Japanese army we are facing has gone crazy, and the boundary river will not be able to be closed for long, we need to plan early!"

Hearing this, the staff officer couldn't help but ask: "Then commander, what do you mean ......?"

"The goal of the little devils is to open the entrance to Teng County, since they want to pounce on Teng County, and we can't defend it here, then we can only increase the troops to Teng County! Once the Japanese army breaks through, let's fight to the death with the little devils in Tengxian County! Sun Zhen said: "At present, the strength of Teng County is a little empty, and some additional reinforcements are still needed!" Otherwise, once the Japanese army breaks through our position, if we can't rescue it, maybe the little devil will be able to take Tengxian County in one fell swoop! ”

Saying this, Sun Zhen suddenly turned around and said to the staff officer with a grim face: "Pass my order!" The headquarters of the 122nd Division and its 364th Brigade of the second-line army of the emergency telegram ordered them to be stationed in Teng County, and ordered Wang Mingzhang, the commander of the 122nd Division, to be the front commander of the 41st Army and oversee the battle situation in Teng County! ”

They are currently stationed in the boundary river to fight with the Japanese army, if the Japanese army breaks through the defense line, they can drive straight to Teng County, and even if he wants to rescue, he will not be able to reach the whip, so he needs to prepare in advance!

And ordering Wang Mingzhang to be the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the 41st Army and to take charge of the battle situation in Tengxian County was also to deal with the possibility of accidents in the follow-up battle in Tengxian County, but there was no one in Tengxian County who had an idea.

"Yes!"

Hearing this, the staff officer stood up and saluted, and responded in a deep voice.

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After receiving Sun Zhen's order, Wang Mingzhang, the commander of the 122nd Division, immediately ordered the 366th Brigade with his subordinates to quickly return to the main position in Tengxian County, and at the same time ordered the 364th Brigade to blow up the railway bridge, and set up one battalion of soldiers to defend Beishahe, another battalion of soldiers to defend Chengxi Hong Town, and all the rest of the troops to withdraw to the city.

And just when Wang Mingzhang had just withdrawn into the city and stepped up the arrangement of defensive positions, it was only at dusk the next day, under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the 41st Army was finally unable to resist and was forced to retreat after paying huge damage.

The boundary river has been captured by the Japanese army!

At this time, in addition to the Jiehe, the positions on the left and right sides of the Jiehe River where the 45th Army was stationed were also surrounded by the Japanese army one after another, and only one battalion of the 266 Brigade under the previous 122nd Division was withdrawn to the city in time!

While the others were unable to retreat, most of the troops were blocked at the head of the city by the main force of the Japanese army in a roundabout, and an encounter broke out. After being defeated, he was forced to retreat in the direction of Lincheng.

This change, neither Sun Zhen nor Wang Mingzhang expected!

Unexpectedly, despite the preparations made a day in advance, it was still intercepted by the Japanese army in a roundabout way, and in this way, the defense force in the Tengxian area was much weaker!

Although there are many troops in the Tengxian area, in reality, the combat force has only 11 infantry companies plus a mortar company, and there are only less than 2,000 men.

Even if you add the four spy companies of the 122nd Division and the brigade headquarters with a total of 500 people, plus the 500 people of the local militia groups, this total is only 3,000 people.

With a force of 3,000 people, it is very slim to rely on Tengxian County to defend a division of the Japanese army!