As soon as Sun Zhen, the commander of the 41st Army, was ready to deploy in Tengxian County, on March 14, 1938, the Isogu Division launched an attack. The Japanese army bombarded indiscriminately with dozens of planes and more than 30 cannons, and Wang Mingzhang, commander of the 122nd Division of the defending army, supervised the battle to the death.

Lin Bangzuo's brigade headquarters was ordered to hold the northwest of Teng County, and on the city wall, the defending soldiers fought back against the Japanese attack again and again.

"Brigade commander, our regiment was heavily damaged by enemy aircraft and suffered heavy losses. We look forward to your support. There was a group leader's cry for help on the phone.

"Commander Zhang, Tang Enbo's main force, Wang Zhonglian's department of the 85th Army, has received an order to rush to your department and is rushing to your department, you have to resist no matter what, even if there is only one soldier left, you must defend it to the death. Half a step back must not be allowed. Lin Bangzo yelled into the phone.

Under the city wall outside the command post, the Japanese army was using a loudspeaker to persuade Wang to surrender the inscription in Chinese.

"General Wang, there is not much left of your troops, if you surrender, you and your men will be spared, otherwise they will all be annihilated. General Wangwang thought twice. ”

"Bonzo, how many of us are left?" Wang Mingzhang raised his red eyes and looked at Lin Bangzuo.

"Division commander, we have been guarding for three whole days, and there is only one regiment left with combat effectiveness."

"Looks like we can't wait for reinforcements, Bonzo, smash the radio." Wang Mingzhang resolutely gave Lin Bangzuo an order, and then turned around: "Guard platoon." ”

"Here." The soldiers of the guard platoon stood in a row, all of them looking at death as if they were at home.

"Follow me up to the castle." As soon as the words fell, Wang Mingzhang immediately put on a steel helmet, grabbed a submachine gun, and walked out of the command post.

On the city tower, looking at the dense Japanese troops below, Wang Mingzhang smiled indifferently and shot a string of bullets in the direction of the loudspeaker, and the loudspeaker immediately lost its voice.

The Japanese fired shells at the tower, and the guard platoon was seriously killed and wounded.

"Commander, let's go." Lin Bangzuo and two guards dragged Wang Mingzhang down the tower, and one of the guards was hit and fell on the city wall.

"Let's go, Bonzo, deploy the remaining forces to Xiguan Station, where we will continue to organize the defense."

"Okay, I'll go and set it up right away."

After retreating to Xiguan Station, Wang Mingzhang and Lin Bangzuo planned to command the remaining soldiers to continue to resist the Japanese attack.

However, as soon as he walked to the vicinity of the Xiguan Electric Light Factory, he was discovered by the enemy at the Xicheng Gate Tower, and a burst of intensive machine gun fire condescendingly caused more than 10 people, including division commander Wang Mingzhang and chief of staff Zhao Weibin, to fall to the ground and die heroically at the age of 45.

"Commander." Lin Bangzuo pounced on Wang Mingzhang.

"Brothers, fight the devil." Lin Bangzuo grabbed the submachine gun next to him and shot at the devil, the Japanese soldiers in front fell one after another, and Lin Bangzuo was also shot several times and fell in a pool of blood.

After Zhou Tong, the magistrate of Teng County, learned of Wang Mingzhang's heroic sacrifice, he dressed neatly, calmly walked up to the city wall, jumped down, and accompanied the martyrdom.

Tang Enbo's main force, Wang Zhonglian's division of the 85th Army, could not arrive in time due to the long journey, so Tengxian was lost. However, the Japanese suffered heavy losses, with more than 2,000 casualties. In the first battle of Tengxian, the 22nd Group Army used inferior equipment and troops to block the absolutely superior enemy for three and a half days, which took favorable time for the Taierzhuang War after the Fifth Theater and laid the foundation for victory.

When Tan Jingting learned that Wang Mingzhang and Lin Bangzuo and other officers and soldiers of the 122nd Division were martyred, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and tears flowed silently. Although in the military academy, Lin Bangzuo was known for being stern, and sometimes even unkind, and many students called him Lin Devil behind his back, but at this moment, in Tan Jingting's eyes, Lin Bangzuo was the person he admired the most. He used his blood and life to explain the full meaning of the word "soldier".

After the loss of Teng County, the Japanese Isogu Division took advantage of the power of conquering Teng County, and under the cover of aircraft, concentrated 40,000 people, equipped with tanks and artillery, and launched a fierce attack on Taierzhuang, in an attempt to capture Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

The Japanese army set up an artillery position in Liujiahu Village, five miles north of Taierzhuang, lined up ten cannons, and bombarded Taierzhuang.

The 31st Division of Chifeng City was responsible for defending Taierzhuang.

At night, Tan Jingting went to the barracks to patrol the night, and saw a glimmer of light on the bed in the corner of the wall, so he hurriedly stepped forward. After a closer look, it turned out that Guo Laifu was hiding in the quilt and watching something with a flashlight, and then kissed him.

Guo Laifu saw that the head of the regiment came in, and hurriedly stuffed things under the pillow, and was caught by Tan Jingting, who took Guo Laifu's baby out from under the pillow. It turned out to be a celebrity album, which was full of celebrity photos cut and posted by Guo Laifu himself.

"Come out with me." Tan Jingting ordered Guo Laifu softly but sternly.

Guo Laifu hurriedly got out of bed and followed Tan Jingting to the office.

Tan Jingting "snapped" and threw the star album on the table, and the star photos in the album fell to the ground one after another like scattered flowers, Guo Laifu picked them up from the ground one by one, and wiped off the dust on the photos while inspecting.

"Laifu, Laifu, you're really making me angry now. You said that you don't sleep in the middle of the night, holding these photos as if you were a baby, can you eat these photos as food or wear clothes? ”

"Commander, I'll just take a second look." Rifle is like a wronged child.

"Look? I see your eyes are falling out. Tan Jingting picked up a star photo and glanced at it: "Zhou Xuan, Laifu, you don't pee to take pictures of yourself, you look at Zhou Xuan all day long, and kiss this photo, do you still want to marry her as your daughter-in-law?" ”

"Commander, how dare I think there, if I can marry her in this life, then there will be green smoke on the ancestral grave of my old Guo family. My other blessings are not bad, but Yanfu is a little worse. ”

"Phew. Blessing, your skin is almost thicker than the walls. This war is coming, the soldiers are sharpening their knives and guns, just you, you are still gnawing on star photos, are you a little promising? ”

Laifu lowered his head, his feet were grinding on the ground, and begged Tan Jingting softly: "Commander, I know that there is a big battle soon, and I don't know if I can survive, so you can return the album to me, let me have a thought." ”

Tan Jingting looked at Guo Laifu, who was stunned, and was both angry and pitying.

"No, I'll keep this album for you first, and I'll bind it when you come back alive."

"Hey, Commander, with your words, I will definitely come back alive." Guo Laifu opened his mouth and smirked, and picked up a photo of Zhou Xuan on the table: "I'll just keep one in my pocket, okay?" ”

"Alright, go back to bed."

"Yes." Guo Laifu took the photo, walked out of Tan Jingting's office, kissed the photo fiercely in the aisle, and then carefully put it in the pocket in the upper left corner of his shirt, pressed it, and went back to the barracks.

When the fierce battle of Taierzhuang began, Chiang Kai-shek immediately went to Xuzhou to inspect and supervise, and accompanied by Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and others, went to the front line Taierzhuang South Station to watch the battle.

Chi Fengcheng was pleasantly surprised when he saw that the chairman of the committee had personally come to the front line to supervise the battle: "The safety of the chairman of the committee is the success or failure of the country's long-term war of resistance, and we must not stay here for a long time." ”

Chiang Kai-shek took Chi Fengcheng's hand: "Before the heroic martyrdom of Teng County, I regret that I have not met with him. Your commander says that you are a man of good faith and ability, and today it seems true that you are right. ”

Chi Fengcheng burst into tears: "Our division will definitely fight to the end, coexist with the position, and repay the country and the grace of the committee." ”

Chiang Kai-shek shook hands with all the officers of the 31st Division one by one to show encouragement, and when he walked up to Tan Jingting, he smiled and bowed his head frequently: "You seem to be a little familiar, where are you from?" Which military school did you graduate from? ”

Tan Jingting hurriedly saluted: "Report to the chairman, I am from Guangdong and graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. Principal, we have listened to your instructions and accepted your review at the Whampoa Military Academy. ”

"No wonder it's familiar, it turns out to be a Whampoa student. Well, the officers and men who came out of our Whampoa Military Academy are all good, and everyone must keep in mind the school motto: dear and sincere. ”

"I will always remember the headmaster's instructions."

"The First Battle of Taierzhuang is related to the prestige of our army and the prestige of the country, if it can be won, it will break the myth of the invincibility of the Imperial Japanese Army, it can affect the overall situation of the battle, affect the enemy, affect the whole country, and affect the world! I, Jiang, am here to ask you soldiers. ”

Chiang Kai-shek clasped his fists, and all the soldiers stood up and saluted.

In the dead of night, Tan Jingting tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, during the day Chiang Kai-shek came to the front line to condolence and supervise the war, which moved him so much, he simply got up from the bed, walked to the desk, spread out the white paper, picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and left eight big characters on the white paper: love and sincerity, bloody battle to the end

Laifu got up to pee at night, saw that the lights in the regiment leader's office were still on, hurriedly walked to the window, saw Tan Jingting splashing ink in front of the desk, looked up to the sky and sighed, and walked in.

"Commander, what's wrong with you, can't you sleep?"

"It's you, Laifu, yes, I can't sleep."

Laifu walked to the desk, looked at the eight big characters on the white paper, and read softly: "Dear and sincere, fight to the end." Commander, I know the last four words, what do the first four words mean? ”

"This is the motto of the Whampoa Military Academy, 'dear' means that revolutionary comrades can love each other and unite as one, and 'jing' means to strive for perfection and keep forging ahead. ’

"Oh, I see."

"Today, the chairman of the committee came to the front line to supervise the war and express his condolences, and he mentioned these four words again, which is very meaningful."

"Commander, what is the chairman? I've only seen pictures in newspapers. ”

"The headmaster is thinner and older than before."

"If only stars like Zhou Xuan also came to Lao Jun, then I would die without regrets."

"You, go and dream of your spring and autumn season."

Tan Jingting put the brush dipped in ink to Fu's face, Laifu couldn't dodge, and was painted as a little flower cat, Tan Jingting looked at Fu's appearance, and laughed heartily. Laifu laughed too.