Out of the army headquarters, Jiang Dingwen said with a smile: "If Little Brother Li Ling wants to lead the army to fight, and he can make meritorious contributions this time, how about appointing you as a battalion commander?" ”

In the army, everyone knows that staff officers have no power, and even if they are a low-level officer who leads the troops, they can be promoted in the future. Staff officers, on the other hand, can only have the right to make suggestions behind the scenes, and they cannot get any credit. Unless you are in the position of senior chief of staff.

Although Li Ling doesn't have much affection for the army, he can lead the troops to fight, and he is also enthusiastic. thanked Jiang Dingwen and followed Li Yantang to the regiment headquarters.

Li Yantang's 3rd Regiment had three battalions under its command. Each battalion has three infantry companies plus a heavy machine gun company. There were about 2,200 people. Deputy head Wang Yaozu, party representative Lin Jingshen. The first battalion commander Huang Qihu, the second battalion commander Qian Boming, and the third battalion commander Du Haishen. Including the deputy battalion commander and company commander, they were all from the Whampoa Military Academy and were regular Whampoa departments.

After a brief introduction to Li Ling, Li Yantang explained to his subordinates the task of the general's headquarters, and then pointed to the map and said: "We will make a detour to Zaozhuang to attack Teng County." Everyone knows the strength of an enemy brigade stationed in Teng County. In order to ensure that the enemy army in Zaozhuang did not know, they quickly encircled Tengxian. This task is huge, we are only the vanguard force, and before the follow-up troops arrive, we must hold back the enemy's main force, do not seek to occupy, just attack them head-on and weaken the opponent's strength. ”

Li Ling glanced at the eldest brother dissatisfied, and said: "Since the city is attacking, it should be taken down with lightning speed, if the other party is delayed, I am afraid that the night long dream will delay the fighter." ”

Li Yantang complained: "Could the soldiers of a brigade of the enemy army rely on our regiment to attack hard? I guess I can't help but take the enemy too lightly. Three days later, we set off at midnight. Arrived before dawn. ”

Li Ling was about to refute, but saw Li Yantang shouting again: "You are the head of the regiment, I am the head of the regiment?" Be your staff officer well, study the map first, and see how the troops are deployed and weaponized. ”

The aura was snatched away, and Li Ling was bored. I thought about it like a wall, studying the map. However, Li Yantang instructed his subordinates to pay attention to things, make ladders, and cooperate with troops.

At the beginning, Li Ling and You Fei passed by Teng County and went to Zhang's house to propose marriage on the order of their master, but they were disgraced and rejected by Zhang Kexin, a young lady of the Zhang family, and he was humiliated. The world is unpredictable, but now he is attacking Teng County as a soldier. Li Ling was secretly proud, and when the city was broken, would he gather two of his subordinates to harass the Zhang family.

Li Ling studied the map for a long time, and read a lot of information, before he realized that he was indeed a frog at the bottom of the well. The siege must first be supported by strong artillery fire and strong reserves. And just one third regiment really does not have these. Li Ling pondered hard about the plan to break the city, but he had no choice but to consult his eldest brother.

The Northern Expeditionary Army fought all the way from the south, attacking cities and plundering land, which also had its own uniqueness. Li Yantang sighed lightly and said, "The Fourth and Ninth Army is about to come to besiege Zaozhuang, and the First Army can let go of its hands and feet to attack Teng County. It would take at least two days to assemble an army without counting casualties, and this kind of thing would not work at all. ”

There was silence for a while, and Li Ling knew the price paid for the siege. The big bandit Zhang Mingjiu occupied Zhangqiu City, and Li Ling led everyone to attack the city, killing 83 people and wounding more than 200 people. The cost is enormous. And this city in Teng County is strictly guarded by Zhang Zongchang's regular army, and the firepower is abundant, so it is not easy to defeat it.

Thinking of Zhangqiu City, Li Ling had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly remembered Li Taihei, the leader of the Red Gun Society. immediately found a pen and paper to write a letter, and ordered someone to quietly rush to Jinan City.

On the evening of the second day, Li Taihei and Li Changfu rushed over, along with more than 30 backbones such as He Jiatang, Sun Yuzhu, and Jinglian.

On that day, Li Ling chased a Japanese out of the city at night, and a group of them sprinkled eyeliner all over the city, and there was no news of Li Ling. can only wait in Jinan City. Now that they know that he has become a lieutenant colonel of the revolutionary army, they are all overjoyed.

Li Taihei, as the leader of the Red Gun Society in the entire Shandong, of course, also has a rudder in Teng County. It's just that the Red Gun Society is a loose organization, and even he himself is not sure that he can gather a group of forces in the city to cooperate with the outside world. I had to give it a try.

Li Ling went down to the unit when he had nothing to do, and got close to the company commander, platoon commander, and even the soldiers. Everyone knows that Li Ling is the younger brother of the head of the regiment, and they are all happy. What's more, the army has always worshiped heroes, and they have all seen Li Ling exert his might and defeat the entire cavalry company with his own strength, and he has long been worshiped as a god.

Three days later, Li Yantang led the third regiment to the city of Tengxian. The First Army followed closely behind, slowly moving forward.

At six o'clock in the morning, the siege began. Bursts of earth-shaking cannon sound came from the north for several miles, shaking the grass and trees inside and outside the city of Tengxian County, the earth floated, the tiles on the roof "clicked" under the invasion of the sound waves and the blazing air currents in the sky, and slipped down one after another, the window lattices "creaked" and kept shaking, the blue-gray gunpowder smoke that rolled and steamed covered the entire sky, the smell of gunpowder in the air became stronger and stronger, and thousands of people in and outside the city were empty, avoiding in terror, no one knew what their fate would be in the next moment.

Defending the city was the 11th Mixed Brigade of the 11th Army of the Zhilu Coalition Army. Brigade commander Fan Chengbin used to be Zhang Zongchang's guard, and after he was delegated to the army, he was promoted all the way as a confidant. He was loyal to Zhang Zongchang, although the battlefield situation was not optimistic, but in order to complete the task, he swore to defend Tengxian County, hoping that reinforcements would arrive in time.

Li Ling's third regiment took on the task of the main attack. Under the cover of various divisions, which lasted from morning to afternoon, they also failed to capture the city. Looking at the wounded and sick who were carried down one by one, Li Yantang was worried. I had to find my boss Jiang Dingwen and ask for more firepower support.

With a wave of his big hand, Jiang Dingwen concentrated the artillery fire of the whole division and bombarded the city wall again. The attack like a collapse of the sky and the earth blasted the city wall into thousands of holes, but it still couldn't find a breakthrough.

Jiang Dingwen also frowned, and said: "The enemy army is well-guarded, and a hard attack will cause us huge casualties." It seems impossible to take the city today. Get ready to give the order to retreat! ”

Li Yantang was about to receive his order, but he heard Jiang Dingwen say: "Where is Li Ling now?" ”

Speaking of Li Ling, Li Yantang was a little angry, and said hatefully: "My third brother was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel staff officer, but he did not perform his staff duties. Armed with guns and ammunition, he went to siege the city with the battalion commander below. ”

"Oh?" Jiang Dingwen was very curious, picked up the captured Zeiss telescope and looked at the front line.

On the front line of the smoke of gunpowder, you fought for each other, and the soldiers charged fiercely all day. The casualties caused could not be counted, and the other generals of the First Army were terrified and amazed. The fierceness of the First Army and the tenacity of the most elite units of the Qilu Coalition Army were fully appreciated. The sound of machine gun and rifle fire on the ground on the positions of the two armies seemed to suddenly become fierce, and the positions were full of smoke and corpses, but the warring sides did not make any concessions or compromises. Except for the white-knuckle battle, the other various tactics are used alternately and unpredictable.

After a burst of onslaught, the gunfire finally died out. From the afternoon onwards, the sound of artillery fell sporadically and finally gradually disappeared, and once again in vain, the soldiers were extremely disappointed.

The enemy forces defending the city were also exhausted, and the casualties were not replenished. The soldiers on the city wall were instinctively insisting, knowing that the Qilu coalition army was gone, but the monitoring team behind them didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one. As long as someone relaxes and wears war, it is a leather whip, and even a direct shot.

The supervision team is all loyal characters selected by Fan Chengbin, the commander of the brigade guarding the city, and patrols back and forth with red epaulettes to his troops. At this time, in the northwest corner of the city, a group of peasants, led by a big man, shot at the personnel of the monitoring team, and they shot the monitoring team specifically, and several fell in an instant. The soldiers defending the city of the Qilu coalition army did not know why, and looked at each other.

Li Taihei and Li Changfu infiltrated Teng County, and after some temptation of interests, organized a group of local Red Gun Society people to spread rumors, and then attacked the monitoring team.

"Brigade Commander Fan Chengbin abandoned the city and fled, don't sell your life anymore."

"The revolutionary army has captured the city walls and given up resistance."

"The coalition has failed, everyone flee!"

“……”。

There were gunshots in the city, and Li Ling was overjoyed, knowing that Li Taihei had mobilized the masses. At that moment, he led He Jiatang and a group of brothers to attack in the direction of the gunshots.

Li Yantang received formal military knowledge and understood the cooperation of soldiers' tactics, and disdained Li Ling's so-called brothers. The city, which had not been conquered for a whole day, shook the tree with these thirty or so mayflies. He was about to give the order to withdraw, but gunshots were heard from inside the city, and the resistance of the enemy troops above the walls seemed to be less strong. Li Ling led people to miraculously climb to the top of the city wall. Although the reason was unknown, the opportunity could not be lost, and he immediately ordered another fierce attack.

The soldiers were originally a group of peasants who were forced to make a living, and they chose to become soldiers in order to beg for a bowl of food, and some were forced to enlist in the army. Originally, he didn't have any deep hatred with the other party, but he was forced to sacrifice his life to fight. When the soldiers in the city heard the rumors, the people were panicked and had no intention of fighting. Several members of the monitoring team were killed and wounded. The Northern Expeditionary Army bombarded again. Finally, a recruit who was on the verge of a mental breakdown chose to flee, and his behavior led everyone to become war-weary, and then someone followed in his footsteps. In the end, everyone gave up resistance and fled for their lives.

Li Ling and his party climbed to the top of the wall in the northwest corner, and there was some scattered resistance at first, and in the end, there was no sound. He didn't have time to join up with Li Taihei, so he carried a flower machine gun and strafed the enemy troops who were still resisting on the frontal battlefield.

At this time, it was already sunset, and Fan Chengbin, the commander of the 113th mixed brigade of the 11th Army of the Zhilu Coalition Army, was ordered to stick to Teng County. Although after a day of difficult guarding, the city was finally saved, and they waited for reinforcements to arrive. It's just that before he could breathe a sigh of relief, some of his men reported that the northwest corner had been broken by enemy troops.

Fan Chengbin was furious, and now he had no soldiers to defend, so he had to order the guard company to go up immediately.

Since a gap was opened, the Northern Expeditionary Army fought against the guards despite the continuous influx of their bodies. Within half an hour, the balance of war was tilted in favor of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Finally, the gates were breached.

Fan Chengbin knew that the general trend had gone, and looked up and sighed. There was no time to gather his subordinate officers and soldiers, and under the strong persuasion of several henchmen, he fled to the north.

Li Ling's rise to kill, seeing a figure with the rank of major general in the enemy army fleeing north quickly surrounded by several people, knowing that it was a big fish, he no longer paid attention to the battlefield, and beckoned He Jiatang, Sun Yuzhu and Jing Lian and others beside him, and immediately chased after him