Tianzhen County, the headquarters of the 399th Regiment of the 61st Army of the Jin Sui Army.

"Tuanzao, it's been found out, the explosion just now came from the northwest, where is the artillery position of the little devils." Li Yanjie, deputy head of the 399th regiment, hurriedly came in and said.

Zhang Jingjun, the commander of the 399th Regiment, took his gaze back from the map on the table and hurriedly asked, "What the hell happened, how could there be such a violent explosion in the artillery position of the little devil?" ”

"Tuanza, according to the report of our top soldiers coming back, it should be someone who sneaked up on the little devil's artillery position and detonated the ammunition that the little devil stacked next to the position, didn't Tuanza realize that the little devil's artillery had been dumb for almost an hour?" Li Yanjie said excitedly.

"Who did it, and what about the casualties of the little devils?"

"I don't know, the artillery position of the little devil will generally be protected by infantry, and there will be at least one infantry squadron, which can sneak attack the artillery position of the little devil, and there will definitely not be too few people. Now the little devil's artillery is dumb, which shows that the casualties of the little devil are definitely not small. With such a huge explosion, at least all the ammunition carried by the dog day was reimbursed, and the artillery of the little devil was useless in three or two days. Li Yanjie said with excitement on his face.

"Well done, Lao Tzu has long wanted to kill the artillery of the dog day, but unfortunately we are trapped in the lonely city, and the front and rear gates are blocked, and we can't get out. If the little devil's artillery is really paralyzed, then our pressure will be reduced by half, and it should be no problem to hold on to the seven-day mission. ”

"Yes, Tuanza, the vast majority of the casualties of the troops in the past few days are caused by the artillery of the little devils, we have fortifications to protect, and we can't do anything about the infantry of the little devils, and the threat to us is not very great, but their artillery is too powerful, and the shells are overwhelming, and our troops have suffered great casualties." Li Yanjie said.

"Well, Deputy Li Tuan, you go and find out, which unit did it, and Lao Tzu wants to ask for credit for him."

Before Zhang Jingjun's words fell, the chief of staff of the 399th Regiment hurriedly ran in and said, "Tuanzao, the little devil has a new move?" ”

"What's going on, what's going on with the dog's day?" Zhang Jingjun hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, just now I went to the city wall to observe, and found that a devil from an infantry wing was driving north, more than 30 big trucks and more than 10 ironclad vehicles of my grandmother, and a puppet army of a cavalry division. I don't know what to do! Li Jingdao, chief of staff of the 399th Regiment.

"You say the little devil is heading north?" Zhang Jingjun asked with a frown.

"Yes, quite a lot. They lined up in four columns, and they were easy to count. Li Jing said.

"It seems that our friend is in the north, chief of staff, you check which of our troops is still in the north?" Zhang Jingjun asked.

Li Jing thought for a while and said: "Is it north, there should be no more, it is the Chahar Dispatch Corps of the Japanese Kwantung Army that attacked us, this Japanese army was assembled in Kulen, the little devil went all the way south, Guyuan, Zhangbei and Zhangjiakou were lost, Liu Ruming's 68th Army was defeated and went south, and there was no longer our army north of Tianzhen." ”

"What about Commander Fu's 35th Army?"

"Commander Fu's 35th Army is not far from us, but it is stationed in Datong and Jining, not in our north." Li Jing replied.

"Chief of Staff, if you think about it again, is there really none?" Zhang Jingjun asked with a frown.

Li Jing thought for a long time and finally spoke: "It's not nothing, it's just that it's not a regular army, it's a security regiment." ”

"Security Corps?"

"Yes, the Xinghe County Security Corps is subordinate to the Suiyuan Provincial Security Department."

Zhang Jingjun looked at the map, then pointed to a point on the map and said: "Yes, this is here, located directly north of us, the little devil has focused all his attention on our side during this time, if this security group really has the guts, it may really create a miracle." ”

"Danza, is this possible? You have to know how the combat effectiveness of the Ludao Security Regiment can be compared with that of the little devils, not to mention the artillery of the little devils themselves, the field troops that protect the artillery are not something that a small security regiment can shake. Li Yanjie said in surprise.

"I also know that this speculation is ridiculous and unbelievable, but now I really can't think of anything other than this explanation. Besides, now that the little devil's infantry wing is going north, it is likely that it is going to deal with them, and there is no other target in the north except Xinghe, so who else will it be except for the security regiment? Zhang Jingjun said.

"Danza, what should we do then?" Li Jing asked.

"Send a report to the military seat, tell the military seat about the situation here, and say that our 399th regiment has the confidence to hold Tianzhen for more than ten days, let him rest assured that the arrangement, and let the military seat verify whether the Xinghe County Security Regiment has made a little devil, if it is really they who stabbed the little devil's ass, our 399th regiment has to remember this feeling, this has to be returned!" Zhang Jingjun said loudly.

"Yes!"

The telegram of the 399th regiment was quickly sent to Li Fuying's headquarters, and in the past few days, Li Fuying, the commander of the army, was also anxious, and after receiving the order of the old commander, Li Fuying ordered the officers and men of the 61st Army to enter the position to build fortifications, in fact, the fortifications of the town to the Datong line had already been built for more than a year, as early as April 1936, Yan Xishan had applied to the city fortress group of the staff headquarters of the Nanjing Government under the pretext of building national fortifications to receive a huge amount of money.

Then, during the construction of more than a year in the Tianzhen area, Li led his troops to receive very limited construction materials from Taiyuan. The total supply of steel and cement is less than 1 percent of the standard for calculation, construction tools are even more scarce, and the wages and allowances of migrant workers are even deducted in every way.

As for where this huge amount of money went, Li Fuying knew very well in his heart that most of them were taken by the old chief to the major commercial ports across the country to do business and make private money. In order to fool the Nanjing government, the old chief went around boasting that his "fortifications" were impregnable. However, in fact, it was not until the Japanese army invaded Tianzhen that the construction here began.

However, the Japanese army did not give Li Fuying and the 61st Army time to build fortifications, and the day after the officers and men of the 61st Army entered the position, the Japanese launched an offensive.

When the 61st Army entered Tianzhen to set up defenses, Yan Xishan ordered Li Fuying to "hold on for 3 days and resist the enemy's westward advance."

However, the 61st Army held out for more than three days, and before the Japanese army launched an attack on the Panshan position on September 6, it had already launched an attack on the defenders on the front line of Lijiashan. The Japanese first used infantry to rush to the position and shoot fiercely, testing the firepower, and tempting the defenders to expose all the defensive firepower, then bombarded the mountain with planes at low altitude, and then bombarded the mountain with artillery. This was bombed 4 or 5 times a day for 4 days and 4 nights. At its peak, there were 32 sorties of enemy planes in a single day, which swept and bombed indiscriminately over the positions. Before the soldiers of the two sides met each other, more than 70 of the more than 1,300 officers and men of the 425th Regiment had been killed, and 3 of the 9 company commanders of the regiment were killed and 5 were wounded.

The defenders on the front line of Lijiashan and Luojiashan have held out for five days, while the troops in Tianzhen County and Panshan have also held out for two days. At this time, the 61 st Army's forward positions had been completely destroyed by the Japanese army, and the officers and men could only use bomb craters and bunches as cover and fight with grenades.

Li Fuying asked his immediate boss Fu Zuoyi, commander of the Seventh Group Army, and Yan Xishan, the old commander, for help several times. And the battle situation that Li Fuying has been getting one after another in the past few days is:

"The Japanese invaders used intensive artillery fire to slam the commanding heights of the Panshan position, and most of the officers and men of the 1st battalion of the 400th Regiment and a mountain artillery company were crushed to death in the stone cave......

"The enemy infantry rushed to the Panshan position and started hand-to-hand combat, Gao Baoyong, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 400th Regiment, was killed, Xi Baoshan, the commander of the 1st Battalion, was wounded, and the whole regiment suffered more than 500 casualties ......"

"More than 1,000 officers and soldiers were killed or wounded in each regiment of the 101st Division......"

"Report, Tianzhen 399 Regiment is calling!"

"Tell Zhang Jingjun that Lao Tzu has no reinforcements, but Lieutenant General Lao Tzu has one, and ask him if he wants it. 7 days of time can not be less, one day less Lao Tzu removed him from his post, two days less Lao Tzu asked for his head. Li Fuying shouted loudly.

"Commander Zhang is not here to ask for help," the operator didn't know what to say.

"It's not for help, well, what is he here for, you hurry up?" Hearing that it was not a request for help, Li Fuying was greatly relieved in his heart.

"That's right, Regiment Commander Zhang called and said that this morning an unknown unit had secretly attacked the Japanese artillery position five kilometers north of Tianzhen City, resulting in heavy losses in the Japanese artillery and unable to provide strong support to its infantry in a short time. In addition, this morning, the Japanese troops outside Tianzhen City suddenly withdrew by a third, and a Japanese infantry wing and a cavalry division of the puppet army were drawn out of the battle sequence of the siege and urgently headed north, for unknown reasons. Based on the above situation, the 399th Regiment is confident that it will hold on for more than 10 days, so that the military seat can rest assured. In addition, Regiment Commander Zhang suspected that it was the Xinghe County Security Regiment that attacked the Japanese artillery position, and hoped that the military seat would confirm it."

"Okay, well done haha" After listening to the report of the newspaper operator, Li Fuying laughed loudly.

"Xinghe County Security Corps, enough seeds, send a report to Commander Fu, thank him for me, and let him thank this security regiment for me." Li Fuying thought that this security group was specially arranged by Fu Zuoyi, otherwise how could he have the courage to touch the tiger's ass with his security group alone.

After receiving Li Fuying's telegram, Fu Zuoyi and the entire Seventh Group were confused, Li Fuying thought that this was Fu Zuoyi's arrangement, so he didn't make it clear in the telegram, but asked Fu Zuoyi to thank the Xinghe County Security Corps for him, so several bigwigs in the headquarters of the Seventh Army looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.