Early the next morning, Qin Feiyang helped the little girl bury her mother, of course, she didn't hold any big ceremony, so she could only do it hastily, after all, this little girl had no relatives, and she was still young, so what Qin Feiyang could do could only go so far.

When he was busy with these things, it was already close to noon, and Qin Feiyang looked at this little child bidding farewell to her mother's grave, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.

People in troubled times are not as good as dogs, in order to prevent more innocent children like this from losing their relatives and losing their future, as a Chinese man who stands up to the sky, Qin Feiyang has the responsibility and obligation to take the initiative to take such a responsibility.

Be sure to end the troubled times as soon as possible!

Of course, the premise of this is that these little devil invaders must be driven out first!

The situation is urgent, time waits for no one, but we must move forward at full speed! To save the country, we can't relax at any time!

When he left the cemetery and returned to Mrs. Ruth's house, Qin Feiyang got a shocking piece of news.

Tengxian was lost, and the division commander, General Wang Mingzhang, was martyred on the spot. This shocked Qin Feiyang.

He has been paying close attention to the battle of Xuzhou, which is in full swing. I also knew for a long time that Teng County couldn't be saved, but when it really happened, I really couldn't accept it. And the heroic sacrifice of Division Commander Wang Mingzhang and his children of the Sichuan Army made Qin Feiyang even more moved.

Looking back on the process of the Battle of Xuzhou, Qin Feiyang couldn't help frowning.

As early as the beginning of February 1938, the enemy of the southern section of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway broke through the Huai River; The enemy in the northern section retreated without a fight due to the 100,000-strong army led by Han Fuyu, chairman of Shandong Province, causing the Japanese invading army to drive straight in, seize most of Shandong, occupy Jinan, Tai'an, Yanzhou, Zouxian, Jining, Qingdao, Mengcheng and other places, and approach Tengxian and Linyi.

Teng County and Linyi are the two north gates of Xuzhou, especially Teng County, which is more than 100 kilometers away from Xuzhou in the south, and holds the throat of the Tianjin-Shanghai Railway.

The Japanese troops who invaded Teng County were the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division of Ryosuke Isoya (Brigade Commander Kei Seya), with two subordinate wings, Fukuei Mahei Daisa's 63rd Wing was responsible for blocking reinforcements along the Nansha River in the city, and the troops of the 10th Infantry Wing of Chishiba Yaezo Osa's (a standard wing of the Japanese army had 3,000 people, plus a maximum of 4,000 attached troops, owed to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd and 11th Squadrons, equivalent to 1 and a half infantry brigades) were responsible for the siege.

Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, commanded Xuzhou, and in order to smash the enemy's conspiracy, he urgently transferred the 22nd Group Army Deng Xihou's troops to Tengxian to block the Japanese army moving south. Our army guarding Teng County was a Sichuan army, and the commander-in-chief was Deng Xihou at the beginning, and soon changed to Sun Zhen, with two armies: the 41st Army (army commander Sun Zhenjian) and the 45th Army (army commander Deng Xihou concurrently, later Chen Dingxun).

This looks pretty good, but 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 its 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 outdated.

In addition, because the Sichuan army fought with the Japanese army on the battlefield of Jindong for more than 40 days before coming to Teng, suffered heavy losses, and suffered more than half of the casualties, when it came to Tengxian County to defend, the whole army actually had only eight regiments, and the total strength was only 20,000.

Such a comparison of forces and military strength has long indicated that it is difficult for Tengxian County to hold on.

However, the Sichuan army did not retreat and waver in the slightest, but took Tengxian County as a stronghold, occupied positions on the front line of Xiangcheng, Jiushan, Wangfuzhuang, and Jinshan in the east and west of the Jiehe River, built fortifications, blocked the Japanese attack, and took the initiative to attack, braving the snow and night to attack the Japanese troops in the two shops, killing and wounding some Japanese troops.

At the same time, they sent small units to Yanzhou, Zouxian, and Qufu to carry out guerrilla warfare, and successfully attacked the Japanese troops at Xiaoxue Village and Kuancun Village, killing more than 40 officers and men below the Japanese translator Nakajima Eikichi, and seizing weapons, ammunition, military maps, documents, and operational materials, thus striking a blow at the arrogance of the Japanese army and boosting the morale of the 45 th Army.

In addition to boiling tea and delivering water to the troops, preparing grain and grass, vacating houses and houses, guiding the way, spying on the enemy's situation, and assisting in standing guard and sentry, the people of Tengxian County also helped repair trenches, dig bunkers, and organize volunteer teams, ambulance teams, stretcher teams, and transport teams.

Qin Feiyang also read the corresponding report in "Ta Kung Pao", "Wang Shijun, commander of the 125th Division of the 45th Army, once ordered the troops to dissuade the people from giving gifts. However, there is still a constant stream of people giving gifts from various villages. According to statistics at the end of January, more than 100 pigs, more than 1,000 catties of vermicelli, and more than 10,000 catties of Chinese cabbage were sent to the division headquarters. Regardless of whether the troops receive it or not, they will leave as soon as it is delivered...... The shops in the towns and cities were unanimously discussed, and the old calendar year was closed to give preferential treatment to the Sichuan army, and prices would not be raised...... When the Sichuan army went out of Sichuan in the autumn, they wore shorts and straw sandals, and then they did not have time to change because of the frequent wars, and when they came to Lunan when it was cold and snowy, there were still people wearing straw sandals, and the fathers and brothers saw it, and they couldn't bear it, and they sent military uniforms and cotton clothes one after another, and the officers and men of the Sichuan army were greatly moved and encouraged. ”

The anti-Japanese patriotic action of the people of Teng County to support the army greatly boosted the morale and fighting spirit of the officers and men.

He has always felt that the failure of the Xinhai Revolution was precisely because he did not have the vast number of mobilized masses and was detached from the problem of the masses, and the teachings of Tengxian and Zhang Lao yesterday strengthened his determination to mobilize the masses.

That's why he will kill the enemy and hoe the traitor in the name of the Lord of the Seven Killings, and he will continue to inspire the masses.

Originally, Qin Feiyang thought that Tengxian would be able to drink and hold on for a while, but unfortunately, under the general attack launched by the Japanese army and bombarded indiscriminately with aircraft and artillery, the battle situation was tightened step by step, and many lines of defense were lost, so he had to defend Tengxian to the death.

Sun Zhen, the commander-in-chief stationed in Lincheng, took a train to Tengxian County to inspect and instructed division commander Wang Mingzhang and the commanders of troops at all levels to have the determination to fight the Japanese army to the end!

All units of the Sichuan army stepped forward one after another to keep the enemy at bay on the outer defensive line.

However, the commander of the 10th Japanese Wing, Chishiba Yaezo Daisa, judged from all sides that the main force of the Sichuan army was assembled on the front line, and there were no large numbers of troops near Tengxian, so he decided to abandon the position in front of him, and at dawn on the second day, two brigades of soldiers attacked the county seat of Tengxian by two routes.

At that time, there were only 122, 124, and 1273 divisions and brigade headquarters of the 364th Brigade, with a total of 4 special service companies, 4 communication squads, and 4 health teams, totaling more than 1,000 people, and there was no combat unit.

At this critical juncture, Wang Mingzhang, commander of the 122nd Division, urgently transferred Zhang Xuanwu, commander of the 727th Regiment and a battalion of combat troops defending Beishahe, to return to the city for defense, and appointed Zhang Xuanwu as the commander of the city defense, responsible for defending the city.

He also sent a telegram ordering the 266th Brigade of the 122nd Division on the Pingyi front line to return to Teng as soon as possible. Fearing that the journey would be blocked, Division Commander Wang called the headquarters for help.

Commander-in-Chief Sun Zhen hurriedly contacted Commander Wang Zhonglian, the vanguard of the friendly Tang Enbo Corps reinforcing Teng County, and asked for rapid reinforcements.

However, on the grounds that he had to wait for the army to arrive before he could go north, he did not move until the army approached the city.

Sun Zhen had no choice but to leave a pistol company as a guard in the special service battalion on duty at the headquarters, and the other three infantry companies led by battalion commander Liu Zhirong to rush to the aid of Tengxian County by train, and arrived after nightfall.

After midnight, only one battalion of the 266th Brigade arrived at Dongguan in Tengxian County, and the other troops were blocked by the enemy on the way and withdrew in the direction of Lincheng.

According to division commander Wang Mingzhang, there were only more than 3,000 troops in the city (including 400 to 500 Tengxian police and security teams), of which less than 2,000 could participate in the battle, and it was difficult to resist the well-equipped Japanese army.

But he was still determined to carry out the order and decided to use the whole army to defend Tengxian County.

The city survives and survives, the city dies and dies. The south and north city gates were immediately closed and blocked, and the east and west city gates were temporarily left on traffic roads and were also ready to be closed at any time. At the same time, the division headquarters was moved from the Xiguan Electric Light Factory to Zhang Jinghu's house in the city, so as to show the meaning of coexistence with the city.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Japanese army still rushed into Dongguan, and division commander Wang Mingzhang disregarded his personal safety and personally went to the crossroads in the center of the city to direct the battle.

After a fierce bloody battle, the West City Gate Tower fell into the hands of the enemy at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

Division Commander Wang Mingzhang and his chief of staff Zhao Weixian, adjutant general Luo Jiaxin, major staff officer Xie Dayong, chief of staff of the 124th Division Zou Mutao, and more than 10 members of his entourage sacrificed their lives for the country at the same time.

Heroes are gone, but their spirit lives on and inspires future generations to move forward.

Qin Feiyang put down the newspaper in his hand and sat in the room with the doors and windows closed, falling into deep thought.

The battle to defend Tengxian County was fierce and tragic, and although it failed, the spirit that emerged from it still inspired many people!

And Qin Feiyang saw more and more from it.

For example, the importance of intelligence, if the Japanese army had not mastered the distribution of troops, then Teng County would definitely be able to hold on a little longer;

For example, the terrible nature of the friendly forces not being able to work with one heart and one mind, if they could have decisively sent aid at that time, instead of dividing the Central Army and the Sichuan Army, then the result might have been different.

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Wait, wait, Qin Feiyang had mixed feelings, he learned a lot from the defense of Tengxian County, and he was also inspired a lot,

He will definitely turn all these insights and encouragement into strength and make more contributions to the great cause of resistance against Japan!

Certain!