Wang Mingzhang was shocked when he heard that Wang Pengju had become the Eighth Route Army and was still the head of the Propaganda Section of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army. Looking at that young man again, it was even more shocking, it turned out to be Liu Yimin's deputy director of the General Staff Office.

Fortunately, at this time, the Eighth Route Army and [***] cooperated tacitly, coupled with the pressure of the army, the war was difficult, and Liu Yimin's tutor fought again and again, and when he heard that Liu Yimin's deputy director of the staff office had arrived, Wang Mingzhang was not polite, and he was busy introducing the situation of the enemy and us.

When Zhu Zhexiao heard this, the layout of the Sichuan army was exactly the same as the division commander's analysis, and two lines of defense were really arranged on the first line of the Jiehe River and the first line of the Shahe River, and the main force was concentrated on the first line of the Jiehe River. This kind of deployment is unthinkable to be placed on the instructor. Because if the enemy breaks through the Jiehe defense line, the Beishahe defense line will collapse, in case it is really as judged by the division commander, the main force of the army will take Teng County and Lincheng from the east in a roundabout way, and directly take Teng County and Lincheng, this Teng County and Lincheng will not be empty cities, and the army will be able to get them at your fingertips. At that time, I am afraid that the defenders on the front line of the Jiehe River will automatically abandon their positions and become the prey of the cavalry and tanks of the Japanese army.

Zhu Zhexiao thought about it for a while, and bluntly pointed out that the 45 th Army was all pressed on the front line of the Jiehe River, the 372nd Brigade of the 124th Division of the 41 st Army was now stationed in Tengxian County, the 370 Brigade was far away in Shenjing, and was responsible for covering the left north of the 45 th Army's position, and the 122 nd Division had two brigades, one in Beishahe and the other in Pingyi, which was 100 miles away. At that time, Teng County will be empty. What's more, these troops are said to be brigades, but in fact they all have only one regiment, and their strength is limited, and they are also defended on three sides, except for the main position of the Jiehe River, the east and west sides are all weak in strength, and they can be broken at the slightest stab.

When Zhu Zhexiao said this, Wang Mingzhang immediately realized the problem and hurriedly asked what to do now.

This is the first time that Zhu Zhexiao has fought for the staff officer of the commander of the [***] unit, and to be honest, as an old Red Army, he has a deep psychological prejudice against [***]. But now that the enemy is present, the enemies of life and death have become comrades-in-arms on the battlefield of resistance, killing the enemy side by side. Seeing Wang Mingzhang's eagerly inquiry, Zhu Zhexiao thought for a while and said, "The real crisis on the battlefield comes from the east and west. Division Commander Liu Yimin judged that at dawn tomorrow, the army was likely to split a part of the 370th Brigade of the 124th Division to attack the direction of Shenjing from the left side, and with the strength of the 370th Brigade and one regiment, it would inevitably suffer heavy casualties and would not be able to resist, and when the time came, you would definitely order the 372nd Brigade stationed in Teng County to go to reinforcements, so that the main force and two regiments of the 124th Division would all be pressed to the northwest of Teng County, and Teng County would be empty. Division Commander Liu judged that at this time, the Yue Army would inevitably leave a part of its forces to attack the 45th Army, which had attracted the frontal defense of the Jiehe, and make a detour from the east of Longshan to the northeast of Teng County with the main force, and directly take Teng County. even divided the troops all the way around Tengxian County and went straight to Lincheng. Here, it is the front line of Longyangdian and Fengshui, which is the camp of the roundabout troops of the army in the evening of tomorrow. ”

This statement is tantamount to exposing all the strategic intentions of the Chinese army, and the offensive posture and conspiracy of the Chinese army are exposed to the central [***] team.

Wang Mingzhang didn't ask Zhu Zhexiao what to do, and hurriedly went to send a telegram to Sun Zhen, and reported Zhu Zhexiao's judgment to Sun Zhen word for word. In order to enhance his persuasiveness, Wang Mingzhang even reported the arrival of the deputy director of the staff office sent by Liu Yimin to Teng County, and said that the above judgment was Liu Yimin's judgment.

Sun Zhen read the telegram, covered in cold sweat, if the army's attempt succeeded, the 22nd Group Army would be finished, especially in Lincheng, there was only one special battalion directly under the 41st Army, three infantry companies and a pistol company, and at that time, wouldn't it be a ripe persimmon in front of the army?

Sun Zhen directly forwarded the telegram to the commander of the Fifth Theater. At this time, Li Zongren had just had dinner and was pondering the battle situation in front of the map. As soon as he read the telegram, Li Zongren felt that Liu Yimin's judgment was a bit alarmist, could it be that the 22nd Group Army was a piece of paper? Pang Bingxun's five regiments of 13,000 people guarded Linyi, and a few days ago he also won a great victory in Linyi. However, the main reason for Linyi's victory was that Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army rushed to the aid of the starry night, and the army was unprepared. In addition, the 59th Army is a unit of the old 29th Army, which has many combat experiences with the Yue Army, and its equipment and combat effectiveness are much higher than those of the Sichuan Army.

After pondering it again, Li Zongren felt that it was very likely that the army would outflank him in a roundabout way according to Liu Yimin's judgment. Still, that's fine. If the army dares to divide troops in Teng County and take Lincheng directly, then the troops of the army taking Lincheng and the troops taking Teng County will be lone troops, and the fighter plane will be on this road.

Li Zongren originally wanted to set up an ambush on the front line of Longyangdian and Fengshui, but took advantage of the fact that the army's foothold was not stable and eliminated them overnight. However, after careful consideration, the 45th Army of the Sichuan Army is now fighting on the front line of the Jiehe River, and without even thinking about it, it knows that it must have suffered heavy casualties. The 41st Army alone not only could not clean up the roundabout army, but it was likely to be defeated by the army when it left the preset position. In desperation, Li Zongren had no choice but to order Sun Zhen to quickly adjust his deployment and resolutely block the Yue army on the front line of Teng County, one is to resolutely block the Yue army attacking the Jiehe frontally, the other is to resolutely block the Yue army attacking in the direction of Shenjing, and the third is to hold on to Teng County and hold back the Yue army attacking Teng County, so that it cannot reinforce the Yue army that is attacking Lincheng in the south.

The Fifth Theater immediately adjusted its combat deployment and ordered the Third Group commanded by Sun Tongxuan to attack from the north of Jining to Yanzhou and fight in the southern section of the Jinpu Road. Ordered Tang Enbo's 85th Army and 52nd Army to quickly transport Lincheng, except for a division of the 85th Army to go north to support the Tengxian operation, the main force surrounded and eliminated the Yue army that tried to attack Lincheng in a roundabout way. He ordered Sun Lianzhong's troops to quickly complete the deployment of Taierzhuang and prepare to support Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps to encircle and annihilate the Yue army.

After Sun Zhen received Li Zongren's telegram order, he discussed with Wang Mingzhang for a long time, and decided to shrink the defense line, resist step by step, and gather devils under Tengxian County. He then ordered Wang Wenzhen's regiment of the 366th Brigade of the 122nd Division in Pingyi to return west in the starry night, go to Longyangdian to set up defenses, and resolutely block the Yue army. The 370th Brigade of the 124th Division of Shenjing was ordered to be vigilant and strictly guard against a sneak attack by the Yue army, and in case of an attack by the Yue army, it must hold out until noon tomorrow before retreating to the Beishahe defense line. Order the defenders on the front line of the Jiehe River to gather their troops, and recruit death squads to attack and harass the army tonight. After Ming said that after repelling the attack of the Yue army, once it was found that the Yue army had detoured to Teng County from the east of Longshan, Chen Dingxun, commander of the 125th Division, would lead two regiments to hold the main position, and the two regiments of the 127th Division would quickly assemble and withdraw to the north of Longyang Town to hide, and Chen Li, commander of the 127th Division, would command the two regiments of the 127th Division, Zhang Xuanwu Regiment of the 364th Brigade of the 122nd Division, and Wang Wenzhen's Regiment of the 366th Brigade defending in Longyangdian, preparing to copy the rear road of the Yue Army attacking Teng County. Wang Mingzhang was ordered to command the 372nd Brigade of the 124th Division to garrison Tengxian County and support in the center.

After reading Sun Zhen's order to Wang Mingzhang, Zhu Zhexiao knew that Li Zongren and Sun Zhen's idea was to eliminate the Yue army that attacked Lincheng in a roundabout way and the Yue army that attacked Teng County. However, Zhu Zhexiao, who knew that there were many factions within [***], was a little worried, and if something went wrong in any link, this plan would be ruined. Thinking about it, Zhu Zhexiao remembered Liu Yimin's vigorous and heroic appearance, and felt that if the division commander was here, he would definitely mobilize troops to directly find a suitable location on the front line from Longshan to Longyangdian, and fight an ambush war, so that these devils could not die anymore. Thinking about it again, the 22nd Group Army is currently under-manned and unequipped, and Li Zongren and Sun Zhen have no choice but to rely on the existing positions set up at Jiehe and Shenjing to block the sluggish enemy, use Tengxian to further attract the enemy, and then annihilate the enemy after the enemy divides his forces.

Wang Mingzhang was busy mobilizing and deploying troops, and he didn't bother to greet Zhu Zhexiao and Wang Pengju. Wang Pengju had already met Wang Mingzhang, and his wish had been fulfilled, so he proposed to participate in the battle. Where would Wang Mingzhang let these two cadres of the Eighth Route Army instructor get into danger, and he wrote a letter to Wang Pengju and handed it to Wang Pengju, saying that in case Teng County was lost, this letter was a farewell letter to his family, which was kept by Wang Pengju and sent back to his hometown later. Then he urged the two to return to the army quickly.

When Wang Pengju heard this, he felt sad and repeatedly advised Wang Mingzhang that the War of Resistance was a long-term process, and as long as the 22nd Group Army completed the task of blocking it, it could withdraw from Tengxian County and go to Lincheng to continue the fighting, or it could stay behind the enemy line and threaten the rear of the army, and there was no need to be determined to die.

Zhu Zhexiao wanted to help Wang Mingzhang, so he asked if he could give him a troop, or designate a troop to be commanded by him to assist in commanding, attack the enemy between Longshan and Longyangdian, delay the enemy's actions, and win time for the front-line defense of Longyangdian. At the very least, let him go to Wang Wenzhen's regiment to guide Wang Tuan to set up positions, and strive to buy more time for the defenders of Tengxian County.

Wang Mingzhang was a little embarrassed, thought about it and said: "Director Zhu, don't worry, we will also fight this attack battle." You can help me determine the enemy's situation, and the Sichuan army is already grateful. Please tell Senior Commander Liu on my behalf that if there is a chance in the future, my 41st Army will definitely join hands with the instructor to fight devils. The war is busy, please leave Tengxian County and go back to southern Hebei as soon as possible! ”

At 11 o'clock in the night, the 125th Division organized a death squad of 100 people, crossed the boundary river, and touched Jinshan Village.

Jinshan Village was the outpost of the 45th Army's boundary river defense line, which had been occupied by the Japanese army at this time. Cao Zhen, who led the team, is a native of Huayang, Sichuan. Before leaving, the brothers were so addicted that they drank a bowl of wine each, shouting that "the head has fallen off a bowl and a big scar" and "Lao Tzu will still be a good man who kills devils in 20 years", and took advantage of the night to touch the enemy's position. At this time, the brothers were full of energy, and their eyes were wide open.

The 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army is a miscellaneous card among miscellaneous cards, and its equipment is not even comparable to that of the Central Army, even Liu Xiang's troops. Their death squad is also different from the 29th Army's broadsword, they don't have broadswords, and their rifles are all old-fashioned Sichuan-made rifles with limited range. The brethren basically did not use rifles, and used mortars to stop the enemy in battle, and used light and heavy machine guns to suppress the enemy, and in close combat, they mainly relied on hand grenades, and rifles were basically used for stabbing purposes.

After killing the sentries and touching the village, Cao Zhen saw that the army had already camped, and the corpses of the common people and the brothers of the Sichuan army were still hanging on the trees at the entrance of the village, and the roadsides and walls in the village were full of corpses.

Cao Zhen pointed to the fallen soldiers who had fallen asleep in a circle around the fires, and asked the brothers to take out all the grenades, unscrew the covers, and yell, "Kill!" He rushed over first, and threw the grenade in his hand directly at the nearest fire.

The brethren of the death squad shouted in unison and pounced, and one grenade after another was thrown at the Japanese army, blowing up the murderous Japanese army who were sleeping.

At this time, the hidden machine-gun fire of the army on duty opened fire, and soon blocked the path of the death squad, and the brothers were knocked down one after another. Cao Zhen saw that the purpose of the sneak attack had been achieved, and if he continued to fight, all the hundred lives would be sent here, and he immediately ordered a retreat.

The Yue army, which reacted, began to pursue and outflank this small army, and Cao Zhen simply ordered to disperse and break through, and must throw all the grenades he brought to the enemy, and return to the boundary river to concentrate after breaking through.

After this scattered breakthrough, the military positions were lively all night, and the sound of gunfire and grenade explosions was everywhere. It wasn't until dawn that Cao Zhen, covered in wounds, collapsed by the Jiehe River, and the attack of this death squad was completely over.

After dawn, the army began to attack the main position of the Jiehe River again.

Ryosuke Isoya thought that his battle plan was out of strange and dangerous, and it was simply unpredictable, and he would definitely be able to hit the [***] team. Therefore, the Seya detachment was strictly ordered to leave one and a half brigades to attack and pin down the defenders of the frontal position of the Jiehe, and the main force to attack Tengxian in a roundabout way along Longshan. Then he ordered the 40th Wing to attack in the direction of the deep well, in an attempt to break through from the northwest of the main position of the Jiehe River.

The 370th Brigade, which had been reminded by the group army, saw that the army had indeed made a roundabout assault on Shenjing, and immediately reported to the division headquarters and the military headquarters, and organized the troops to calmly meet the battle. Helplessly, the 40th Wing is the main wing of the Japanese army, and there are aircraft, tanks and artillery to help the battle. By 10 o'clock in the morning, more than half of the casualties of the 370th Brigade had been killed and wounded, and they urgently asked Wang Mingzhang for help.

Historically, at this time, Wang Mingzhang sent the 372nd Brigade of the 124th Division defending Tengxian County to reinforce the 370th Brigade, although the defense line was temporarily stabilized, but in the ensuing battle, the 124th Division suffered heavy losses, and it was the division-level unit with the heaviest losses in the defense of Tengxian County.

Wang Mingzhang already knew the calculation of the army, so naturally he would not send the 372nd Brigade out again. He only ordered the 370th Brigade to fight and retreat to the Beishahe defense line, and be sure to attack and harass the delayed enemy. At the same time, Zhang Xuanwu Regiment of the 364th Brigade of the 122nd Division guarding Beishahe was ordered to send a battalion to meet the retreat of the 370th Brigade.

Since the Yue army has made a roundabout assault in the direction of Shenjing, the Yue army must have begun to make a detour to the east of Longshan. Sure enough, the 127th Division, which held on to Longshan, reported that after the army's attack on Longshan was repulsed in the morning, it bypassed Longshan and headed east.

Wang Mingzhang only understood what it meant to anticipate the enemy's first opportunity, and threw himself to the ground for Liu Yimin's admiration, and while reporting to Sun Zhen, he ordered the defenders of Jiehe to shrink their positions, and the 127th Division quickly gathered its troops, and went south after dark to copy the rear road of the army.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the Seya detachment arrived at the front line of Fengshui and Longyangdian, where the army was stubbornly resisted by Wang Wenzhen's regiment of the 366th Brigade, which had rushed back from Pingyi.

Wang Wenzhentuan received an order to rush back from Pingyi last night. After 100 miles and 9 hours of walking, I arrived at Longyang store in the morning. Immediately, relying on several villages around Longyangdian, they built positions along the Beisha River and established a defense line.

The vanguard of the army came up, and the devil cavalry jumped down the sand river, tested the depth of the river, and then crossed the river on horseback.

Chen Qinghua and his company stuck to the Shahe River in the Longyangdian section, looking at the appearance of the devil cavalry wading across the river, Deng Hailong, the deputy company next to Chen Qinghua, said: "Turtle son, crossing the river is like Wang Ba playing in the water, it's quite good-looking!" ”

Chen Qinghua bared his teeth: "You melon baby have seen Wang Ba playing in the water?" I look like an old turtle swimming. ”

Deng Hailong sneered: "The company commander is Gua Wa, and even the laughing sister in Chengdu knows that Wang Ba and Lao Turtle are one family." ”

Chen Qinghua stopped talking, because most of the cavalry of the vanguard of the army had already crossed the river, and they were about to ride their horses and run.

Chen Qinghua grabbed the Czech light machine gun and shot decisively, shouting while fighting: "It's time to fight the king!" Kill one prize for a silver dollar, and kill two prizes! As a result, the defenders' light and heavy machine guns all swept towards the cavalry of the Yue Army and the surface of the Shahe River, beating the ghost cavalry who had just landed and were crossing the river.

As soon as the devils saw that there was a Chinese [***] team on the opposite bank to block the attack, they immediately established a position on the spot and began to bombard the defenders. The infantry was divided into three routes, one of which was opposite Longyangdian to shoot at the defenders, and the other two were to cross the river from the left and right of Longyangdian, in an attempt to flank the defenders.

One side has to cross the river to attack, and the other side has to cross halfway to attack. The two sides fought fiercely on the front line of Longyangdian. It was not until the main force of the Laigu detachment arrived that the army crossed the Beisha River and attacked Longyangdian Village. Force the defenders to retreat.

After fierce fighting until 7 p.m., the army stopped its attack, and Wang Wenzhen's regiment, which had suffered heavy casualties, withdrew from the battle.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the main position of Jiehe was broken through by the enemy, the remnants of the 125th Division had retreated, and the 127th Division, which was preparing to move at night, was surrounded at Longshan. Wang Mingzhang urgently ordered the 127th Division to break through at night and join the 125th Division.

Sun Zhen and Wang Mingzhang understood the combat effectiveness of the 10th Division at this time, and hurriedly ordered Chen Li to reorganize the ranks of the 45th Army, and the 125th Division relied on the Beishahe Railway Bridge to build a position to block the army from moving south from the Jiehe, and ordered the 127th Division to quickly attack the front line of Longyangdian to attack and harass the army; ordered the 370th Brigade, which was withdrawn from Shenjing, to be deployed at Beishahe, relying on the positions of the 125th Division; Ordered Zhang Xuanwu's regiment to cooperate with the 127th Division to launch a night attack on the Yue army. Ordered the 366th Brigade Wang Wenzhen Regiment to withdraw to Tengxian County for rectification. At the same time, Wang Mingzhang sent an urgent telegram to Sun Zhen and asked about the location of the reinforcements of the Twentieth Army.

After Major General Seya Kai led the 33rd Brigade to Longyangdian, it was first desperately blocked by Wang Wenzhen's regiment and lost some of its men. Fortunately, the Wang regiment lacked heavy weapons and had only one mortar company, with limited combat effectiveness. At this point, Major General Seya Kei felt inexplicably sad and indignant, he was originally working quietly, but in the end he was blocked by the [***] team, I really don't know whether the [***] team was deployed here in advance, or whether he calculated the route of the Seya detachment's roundabout assault.

(To be continued)