At a quarter past one o'clock in the morning, the first battalion of the security regiment was stationed at Xinping Fort and began to build defensive positions. At a quarter past three o'clock in the morning, the second battalion was stationed in Xuanjia Tower. At four o'clock in the morning, Chen Feng led the security regiment to finally arrive at the Shifo Temple fifteen kilometers away from Tianzhen County.

Further on, the terrain began to become gentle, and the large army marching could easily expose the target, so Chen Feng decided to block the Japanese army on the front line of the Shifo Temple. After the troops arrived at the predetermined location, they did not take a rest and immediately began to build fortifications according to Chen Feng's order.

Tianzhen County, the headquarters of the 399th Regiment of the 61st Army, was covered with gloomy clouds, and the expressions on everyone's faces were very solemn.

"Chief of Staff, what are the casualties of the battalions and companies?" Zhang Jingjun, the head of the 399th Regiment, is a Shandong man, and he is stunned when he speaks.

The command post of the second battalion was hit by a Japanese bomb, and seven or eight officers, including the commander of the second battalion, died on the spot, and up to now, the whole regiment has lost as many as 231 casualties. If this continues, our 399th Regiment will be removed from the battle sequence of the Jin Sui Army in a maximum of 5 days. Li Haisheng, chief of staff of the 399th Regiment, said loudly.

Thinking of the death order issued by the military seat to defend the county seat for 7 days, Zhang Jingjun gritted his teeth and said: "In order to buy time for the war of the Datong Association of Chief Yan, even if you fight with the devil to the last one, you must also ensure that you stick to it for 7 days!" ”

The poor officers and men of the 61st Army did not know that the so-called Battle of Datong was just a pretense, and they did not know that after this battle, their Commander Li Dajun would be tried by a military court as a scapegoat, and finally he was unjustly killed, becoming the first lieutenant general to be executed for 'deserting from the battlefield' since the War of Resistance Against Japan.

On the morning of 7 September, the Japanese army launched another attack on the county seat of Tianzhen, first dispatching planes to bomb at low altitudes, and then bombarding the mountain with artillery. This was done 4 or 5 times before the infantry was dispatched to charge.

Fifteen kilometers north of Tianzhen County, the position command post of the First Security Regiment.

"Report to the commander, the special combat team called, the Japanese artillery position has been found, it is a mountain artillery position, there are 24 75mm caliber mountain guns, and there are also infantry squadrons to protect it." Yang Yi came in and reported.

"Where is the location?"

"On a small hill five kilometers north of the county seat, it's only eight or nine kilometers away from us." Yang Yi replied.

"Okay, Wang Hansheng, have the fortifications been repaired?" Chen Feng turned his head to Wang Hansheng, the commander of the third battalion of the 1st Security Regiment.

"Report to the commander, it has been built, and the four fortifications are all up to standard and ready to be put into use." Wang Hansheng is a northeastern man, and his voice is very rough, but he is indeed a good hand at leading troops to fight.

"24 mountain guns, that's supposed to be two full artillery brigades or an artillery wing with a disservice." Yang Yi said with a frown.

"Very good, are the little devils very rampant, an artillery wing is protected by only one infantry squadron. If you don't eat the meat that is sent to your mouth, you will be punished by God, Wang Hansheng, take your troops, Lao Tzu will put the artillery battalion under your command again, and add a light machine gun company to you, and give Lao Tzu the devil's artillery position, can you do it! Chen Feng said loudly.

"Yes, I guarantee that the mission will be completed!" Hu Tiesheng, commander of the second battalion of the 1st Security Regiment, said loudly.

"Lao Tzu doesn't want you to promise, Lao Tzu wants to see your actual actions, go ahead!" Chen Feng said.

"Yes!"

"Order Xu Bao's special operations team to send snipers to assist in the operation in secret!" After Hu Tiesheng left, Chen Feng ordered again.

At the Japanese artillery position, the commander of the artillery brigade of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Chahar Dispatch Corps, Aoki Jiro Shaosa, and the captain of the independent artillery brigade of the 15th Independent Mixed Brigade, Ito Kabei Shaosa, observed Tianzhen Castle not far away through a telescope.

"Aoki-kun, although the fighting power of the people on the other side is not very good, their will to fight is really tenacious!" Ito Shaozo said with emotion.

"Yo Xi, from yesterday afternoon to now, the Zhina people in the city have suffered at least a thousand casualties, but they still have no signs of retreating, which is much stronger than the 68th Army of Zhina in Zhangjiakou." Jiro Aoki said in the same way.

"However, according to intelligence, there is only one infantry regiment of the Jin Sui Army in this county town of China, and if it continues to fight like this, the people of China will be killed and wounded for two days at most, and in front of the powerful steel lion of the Great Japanese Empire, all resistance will be in vain and will be ruthlessly torn apart." Ito said proudly.

"Yo Xi, I think we should refresh those infantrymen, those guys have charged three times, and they were all beaten down by the Shina people, which is really a shame for the Great Japanese Empire." Jiro Aoki said coldly.

"Shaoga, order all artillery to immediately adjust the shelling of Zhuyuan, the target, the city wall of the county town of Zhina, and the ten-minute artillery fire extends the strike!" Ito ordered loudly.

However, before Ito's order was given, a "bang" of shelling was heard not far away. Based on years of experience, Ito Kabei and Aoki Jiro could easily hear the sound of a 60 mortar.

The artillery brigade is not equipped with mortars, where is the sound of mortars, it seems that there are quite a few of them. Ito Kabing and Aoki Jiro glanced at each other and hurriedly ran outside the command post.

But before they could run out, a violent explosion sounded around them, and the entire command post was razed to the ground at the first time.

Two kilometers away, Wen Hao, commander of the artillery battalion directly under the Xinghe County Defense Command, excitedly commanded the artillery battalion to bombard the Japanese artillery position.

The distance of two kilometers was just right, and the 12 60 mortars equipped with the artillery battalion adjusted a little to shell Zhuyuan before carrying out a full-scale shelling.

The artillery of the security regiment was all trained by Chen Feng himself, and several officers were selected from among the students who had fled from all over the country, and it was not very difficult to accept the theories that Chen Feng had said. After several actual battles, the combat effectiveness of the artillery battalion improved rapidly, and basically met Chen Feng's minimum requirements.

Although the power of the mortar is limited, it is flexible enough, and the power of the infantry gun or mountain artillery field artillery is much more powerful at close range.

Wen Hao knew that the combat mission of the artillery battalion this time was to destroy the Japanese artillery position, so he ordered the soldiers of the artillery battalion not to save shells, to use all the shells they brought within five minutes, and then immediately retreat, and leave the rest to Wang Dabeard to deal with.

The sudden shelling of the artillery battalion completely stunned the Japanese artillery, and the sound of explosions, screams, gunfire, and shells quickly reduced the Japanese artillery position to a sea of fire.

At the same time that the artillery battalion opened fire, the 3rd Battalion of the Security Regiment, which had moved to a distance of less than a kilometer from the Japanese artillery position, also launched an attack under the leadership of the battalion commander Wang Hansheng.

"Da Da Da!"

The machine gunners opened the way in front, and the others followed behind and charged, quickly approaching the Japanese positions.

I have to say that the individual quality of the little devils in the early days of the war was still very strong, despite the sudden attack, although the shells were constantly exploding around, but the Japanese army did not panic. The infantry squadron that protected the artillery position immediately opened fire on the counterattack, and the machine-gun emplacements at the front of the position rapidly sprayed dead steel ammunition.

The Japanese counterattack suddenly caused casualties among the troops, and the soldiers who rushed to the front kept falling, but no one retreated, and continued to charge under the leadership of Wang Hansheng.

To Wang Hansheng's delight, the Japanese machine-gun position was silent less than a minute after it sounded, and the machine gunner who took over was killed again as soon as he pulled the trigger, and the troops quickly rushed to the front of the Japanese position.

The 3rd Infantry Squadron was attached to the Artillery Wing of the 15th Brigade Regiment of the Independent Mixed Brigade and was specifically responsible for protecting the artillery positions. Although the Chinese artillery bombardment caused heavy casualties to the 3rd Squadron, fortunately, the commander of the 3rd Squadron, Captain Yamaki, and several squad leaders, only one of them was seriously injured in the shelling, and the others were unharmed.

Captain Yamaki knew the purpose of the Daochina people, and he immediately ordered his troops to counterattack, and at the same time sent a report to the corps headquarters outside Tianzhen City, requesting combat guidance.

The firepower of the people of China was extremely powerful, and just now he observed and found that the number of light machine guns of the people of China had reached more than twenty. His squadron, on the other hand, had only four Taisho 11 light machine guns, and he obviously did not have an advantage in firepower, and he only hoped that the fortifications that had been arranged before would play a role.

However, as soon as the battle began, Captain Yamaki discovered an anomaly, that is, the officers of the third squadron, machine gunners, grenadiers, etc., were killed one by one by the Shina people, and in just two minutes, two squad leaders and eight machine gunners were shot in the head, and the machine gun positions he had arranged in advance had almost no effect, and the Shina men rushed to a distance of less than 200 meters from the position in just a few minutes.

Seeing that the machine-gun position was once again dumbfired, Captain Yamaki immediately ran to the machine-gun position, picked up a light machine gun and opened fire.

But less than a minute after he pulled the trigger, he felt a pain in his chest, and then the strength in his body seemed to be drained, and the whole person fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

That's right, these were all done by the snipers of the special combat team, the troops and the Japanese army fought for the first time, and the Japanese army at the beginning of the war was extremely strong, Chen Feng was worried that the casualties of the troops were too large, so he ordered the special combat team to assist on the side.

With the assistance of these more than 50 snipers, all the officers and technical units of the Japanese army were killed in a very short time, and the third battalion and machine gun company of the security regiment easily rushed into the Japanese position.

The Japanese army, having lost its commander, did not necessarily perform much better than the Chinese army, and although not a single one of them surrendered, they retreated.

Rushing into the position, the superiority of the automatic fire of more than 20 light machine guns of the third battalion was brought into play, and more than 200 people of the third squadron were killed by the artillery battalion, one-third by the special combat team, and the rest were quickly disposed of by the third battalion.

The situation in the artillery position on the side was even worse, because of the paralysis and carelessness, the shells of the Japanese artillery were piled up in the open air nearby, and the result was very tragic, and all of them were detonated by a few shells in the artillery battalion. The final result was that Wang Hansheng almost didn't use his shot, and all 24 mountain guns and more than 800 artillery pieces were reimbursed, including the two unlucky artillery commanders.