The Battle of Teng County in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War was the most glorious prelude to the Battle of Zhongtaierzhuang in the Battle of Xuzhou, and it was also a tragic battle in the history of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Since the Japanese invading army occupied Nanjing on December 12, 1937, they attempted to open up the Jinpu Railway, and the north and south forces cooperated with each other, hoping to occupy the eastern section of the Longhai Railway and cooperate with the enemies along the river to surround Wuhan.

Therefore, the focus of the attack on Xuzhou has become their primary strategic goal.

In early February 1938, the enemy in the southern section of the Jinpu Railway broke through the Huai River. The enemy in the northern section was led by the chairman of Shandong Province, Han Fuju, and led a 100,000 army to retreat without fighting, causing the Japanese invading army to march straight into and seize most of Shandong. The Japanese army quickly occupied Jinan, Tai'an, Yanzhou, Zouxian, Jining, Qingdao, Mengcheng and other places, and headed straight to Tengxian and Linyi.

Teng County and Linyi are the two northern gates of Xuzhou, especially Teng County, which is more than 100 kilometers south of Xuzhou, guarding the throat of the Tianjin-Shanghai Railway. It has been a place that military strategists must fight for since ancient times, and now it has become a strategic point for the two sides to compete for.

The Japanese army invaded Teng County was part of the 10th Division and the 106th Division, and a total of more than 30,000 people, carrying more than 70 cannons, 40 chariots, and equipped with 40 combat aircraft and two armored vehicles. The command of the 10th Division, Risuke Isotani.

At dawn, Teng County, an important town in southern Shandong on the Jinpu line, was awakened by a violent sound of cannons. Wang Mingzhang, commander of the 122nd Division of the 22nd Army, was holding the telephone to report to Commander-in-Chief Sun Zhen.

Shortly after the Sichuan Army advanced north from Xuzhou to Teng County, the commander-in-chief Deng Xihou was ordered to return to Sichuan to replace the dead Liu Xiang as director of Sichuan Kang Xiujing, and Sun Zhen was ordered to be promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the 22nd Army. Sun's general headquarters was located in Lincheng.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, more than 10,000 enemies attacked the Jiehe position and Longshan and Puyangshan positions on the front of our 45th Army. The sound of machine guns and rifles have been heard in the villages near Dongguan in Teng County. The enemy from Feng He and Longyangdian have begun to attack the guards of Dongguan in our guards. The enemy was also found in Yanjishan area on the right back of Teng County, and Teng County has been surrounded by the enemy."

"Team Commander Wang, Chief Bai of the War Zone just called and asked us to defend Teng County at all costs. He has transferred Tang Enbo's army to reinforce us." Sun Zhen said on the phone.

"Please tell Chief of the People's Republic of China that Wang Mingzhang is determined to defend Teng County and will sacrifice any sacrifice to repay the country." Wang Mingzhang put down the phone and walked quickly indoors.

He was tall, with a bald head like a soldier, a round face and two thick eyebrows, making him look thicker and simpler. He ordered the commander to invite the regiment commander Zhang Xuanwu immediately.

Shortly afterwards, Commander Zhang, who was commanding the war in Dongguan, was ordered to come.

"Captain Zhang, you immediately inform all the officers and soldiers in the city that we have decided to defend Teng County. Let me join everyone, the city will survive and the city will die. You will immediately send someone to block the two city gates in the south and north, and the city gates in the east and west, and you will be ready to close them at any time. You can post notices at the four gates to make a statement that all officers and soldiers. Without the commander's order, no one is allowed to leave the city. Violators will rectify the law on the spot."

"Yes" Captain Zhang was ordered to go.

Another dawn of blood and fire. Teng County is standing in the smoke of gunpowder. The tall and steep city wall was blown into countless serrated teeth by the fierce artillery fire of the enemy. The bricks and stones were flying with the fragments of shells and the flesh and blood of the officers and soldiers guarding the city. Every brick was soaked with blood and blood. On the city wall every few steps, there were corpses with blood and broken limbs lying on it.

Wang Mingzhang walked out of the underground command room, behind him was his chief of staff Zhao Weibin, deputy chief Luo Jiaxin, major staff officer Xie Daxia and more than ten followers.

As the division commander, his five thousand guards of the city, after three and a half days of bloody battle, the more than a dozen aides and entourages he can command now. The enemy has swarmed into the city and its contact with the headquarters has been cut off. Tang Enbo's reinforcements are still unknown.

In the morning, when the enemy launched a fierce attack, the defending troops urgently reported to request reinforcements. The division reserves had already been exhausted. He resolutely transferred his guard company to the scene. After a cruel battle, all the guard company was killed heroically.

After the last one hour of enemy artillery bombardment, he did not see the city guards sending people to report the situation. Knowing that the situation was at its peak, he immediately sent four staff members to contact the city guards separately at the four city gates.

But only one person survived. The staff member's face was full of smoke, making it impossible to recognize. He was bleeding from his arms and ran into the underground command room and reported: "Report... Report, the division... the seat, the city, there is no more people."

"Haha" Wang Mingzhang laughed out loud: "Aren't I still here? Are you still here too? Pick up your weapons and follow me."

With the order of Wang Mingzhang, more than a dozen staff members and their followers each carried guns in one hand and grenades that opened the lid in the other hand, and rushed out of the underground command room with the division commander. Outside, the blue brick and green tiles of Teng County, which they were familiar with, had no trace of the blue brick and blue tiles and the smooth streets covered with stone slabs.

Not long ago, when Wang Mingzhang led his troops to Teng County, the people were very happy. Men, women, young and old went out together to sweep the snow three miles away, beat gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers to welcome the Sichuan army like welcoming relatives.

Wang Mingzhang is very vivid in his mind.

And now, what about the people? What about the city? What about the troops? All disappeared, and nothing was left. Broken bricks, defeated tiles, scorched earth, smoke of guns, burned corpses, broken guns... On the corner of the city of Xicheng, a red plaster flag was floating arrogantly.

"Follow me," Wang Mingzhang shouted, leading the dozen followers to pounce on the northwest corner of the city.

"Gugugugu..." Amid the dense sound of machine guns, Commander Wang and his last small group of subordinates all fell in a pool of blood. Commander Wang struggled a few times, and he was shot in his chest and abdomen. He took a few breaths and shouted with all his strength: "Is there anyone else?"

The only response to him was the bleak sound of the wind in the wilderness, gently caressing the withered and yellow weeds.

When the 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Wang Mingzhang division of the Sichuan Army died heroically in Teng County, the Pang Bingxun army, which was defending the strategic location of Linyi City, also reached a precarious moment under the crazy attack of the Sakagaki Division of the Japanese ace force.

Pang Bingxun led his troops to Linyi and once fought a main battle with the Sakagaki Division at the Tangtougegou line 30 miles north of Linyi City. Pang's army defeated the Japanese ace Sakagaki Division with inferior equipment and forced the enemy to retreat for more than 30 miles.

The enemy sent more reinforcements to counterattack the Pang army, and the enemy and our army fought repeatedly in the Tangtou, Taiping and Baita areas. The Pang army launched a brave attack and fought against the powerful enemy, which caused the offensive of the Sakagaki Division to be hit again, and the Pang army also paid a heavy price for this.

Seeing that the enemy was unable to defeat the front, and the defenders were also a miscellaneous army with both numbers and equipment at a disadvantage, they were so angry that they were angry. The commander of the Seishiro Division of Sakagaki Yan ordered the commander of the Tianye Brigade to lead 5,000 elite troops, equipped with more than 30 cannons, more than 20 tanks, and more than a dozen aircraft to assist in the battle. They were approaching Linyi, trying to forcibly defeat the Pang army's position, and headed straight to Taierzhuang, and met with the Isoga Division.

The enemy came in full force and broke through the positions of Shalingzi, Baita, Taiping and Tingzi to the east of Pang Jun's Yi River, and the troops were approaching the line from Zhugecheng to Yujiuqu in front of Linyi City.

The command of the commander of the Pang Army was located in the Linyi Normal School in the city, less than three miles from the line of fire across the Yi River. The sound of shouts and guns and cannons on the battlefield were clearly heard, and the situation of the fighting between the two armies was vivid in my mind. Pang Bingxun wore a yellow wool coat and stood at the window, without using a telescope, and directly observed the battle situation with his naked eyes.

The troops guarding the bridgehead position on the other side of the Yi River in the east of the city were the supplementary regiments that were ordered to be dismissed by the Ministry of Military Affairs. The right wing of the supplementary regiment was Pang Bingxun's spy battalion. At this point, he not only put his guards, but also his gauntlets and stretchers into the line of fire, leaving only a few personal guards and a few messengers around him. [Smart Factory] Bokan, the first launch Chapter 373, a bloody battle in Teng County

This is the first time in his military career that he made such a thorough determination. In order to defend Linyi, he was going to spend all his life and the five infantry regiments, and never preserve his strength. It seems that only in this way can his soldiers' conscience be peaceful. Otherwise, whether he is alive or dead, he will be a Chinese without a conscience

The enemy's planes, like groups of vultures, dived wildly at the Pang army's position, firing and dropping bombs, as if they were to use the sharp claws of fire to tear all the Pang army's position and guards to pieces and swallow them. The cannons continued to roar, and the position was filled with a sea of ​​fire.

The bullets fired by the enemy planes flew into the yard of the headquarters from time to time, and Pang Bingxun stood still motionless, although the air-raid shelter was only a few dozen steps away. None of his personal guards dared to persuade him to enter the air-raid shelter to avoid it. He just looked at the sky and their stubborn boss, ready to make emergency responses for several seconds.

"What are you watching me?" Pang Bingxun saw the guards staring at him, glaring at him and shouting loudly: "Straight across the river, don't stay here with me." He pointed at the smoke of gunpowder, and the fire of artillery flew across the Yi River.

These personal guards were all trusted people who followed Pang Bingxun to fight for their old age. They were loyal and possessed unique skills. Pang Bingxun usually treated them as their biological sons.

Now, there is no soldiers to adjust, so I have to put these personal guards into the battlefield. When the guards saw the boss say this, they all looked at each other and couldn't speak out. It's not that they are afraid of death, but that they are afraid that the boss will have a few shortcomings when they leave.

"Why don't you go? Are you afraid of death? Whoever wants to be a coward, I will kill him first?" Pang Bingxun shouted angrily.

The "Boss" and the guards knelt down with a thud.

"We came to defend Linyi. The safety of Linyi is more important than mine. When Linyi is lost, I will never go back to see Chief Li. Do you understand?" Pang Bingxun went over and dragged the guards one by one and pushed them out of the door.

The guards wiped their tears and ran out of the headquarters without looking back, rushed across the Yihe Bridge, and entered the defense of the bridgehead. When Pang Bingxun saw it, he smiled tragically, put a sharp sword on the table, preparing to finally enter the battle.

The sound of killing on the other side of the Yi River shook the sky, and many ordinary people appeared on our army's positions. Pang Bingxun was shocked. When he opened his eyes, he saw someone carrying stretchers, delivering food, and fighting with the enemy with his sword. He could not tell which was his troops and which were ordinary people.

He raised his telescope and looked carefully. Among the people who delivered food, there were old ladies in their sixties and seventies, and among the stretchers, there were also big girls in their twenties. A brave man in his fifties led a team of big swords, rushing around the enemy group, slashing and slashing, as if he was in a state of no one.

In a melee, the enemy who broke into Pang's position was finally killed and retreated. Pang Bingxun hurriedly ordered the messenger to cross the river to inform the defenders, dissuading the people not to go to the position, and invited the old hero to the command center to see him. Soon, the messenger invited the old hero with a big sword to Linyi Normal School. Pang Bingxun went out to greet him in person. He arched his hands and his eyes were faintly filled with tears: "Old hero, Pang Bingxun is polite."

"Sir, please accept my worship." The old hero hurriedly gave Pang Bingxun a big gift.

Pang Bingxun hurriedly helped him up. The old hero had a bronze face and spoke like a loud bell: "The chief led his troops to Linyi to eliminate harm for the people and bring glory to the country. The people of Linyi admired him very much."

"It is just because our army is limited in strength and failed to completely repel the enemy. Instead, Linyi's elders are asked to help, and they are ashamed." Pang Bingxun shook his head.

"How can the sir say this? Protecting the country is the duty of the people of Shandong. In this place of Shandong, heroes have been produced in all generations, and Liangshanpo is not far from here. There are 108 heroes of Water Margin. If they were born today, they would stand up to fight against the Japanese." The words of this old hero expressed the ambitions of Shandong people. For Pang Bingxun, who loved to listen to the stories of the Three Kingdoms and the heroes of Water Margin since childhood, his will to fight against hostility is even more exciting.

Another roar of cannons like shaking the ground, and the enemy planes began to dive in the air and shoot. The old hero pulled out his sword from his back and said loudly:

"Sir, after the war is over, we will hold a celebration banquet for you and sing a big show."

After saying that, he turned around and ran out of the command center in a stairs and headed straight for the Yihe Bridge. Pang Bingxun also picked up his big sword. If he hadn't been the supreme commander of the entire army, he would have resolutely carried the sword and went with the old hero.

This time the enemy's offensive became even more fierce. The disabled soldiers were carried down one after another. The enemy's shells hit the Yi River. The people transporting the wounded were hit from time to time and died. Pang Bingxun began to get anxious. He picked up the telephone on the table several times and wanted to call Chief Bai Chongxi and request reinforcements.

However, he just held the phone tightly for a while and then silently put it on the phone. He understood that the Teng County Chuan Army was fighting bloody battles with the Isogu Division, and the Gui army and the Northeast Army in the southern section of the Jinpu Line were also fighting with the enemy troops heading north in Huainan. The troops in the fifth zone were not enough, so Bai Chongxi could not withdraw reinforcements at this time.

What he feared most was that he was mistaken for preserving his strength and refused to fight to the death. Therefore, he gritted his teeth and held on his shoulders, just like a person who was unable to do so, but he had to push a shaky bridge with his shoulders. He was so anxious that his heart was like a fire and he was chaotic indoors.

"Beep..." The phone rings on the table. He took the microphone and a hurried and nervous voice came from it:

"Military seat, military seat, the front team can't stand it anymore. What do you think?" Frontline commander-in-chief Ma Fawu called from outside the east gate...

"Stop it"

Pang Bingxun yelled and was about to put down the phone, Ma Fawu shouted again: "Military seat, military seat, there is no one anymore."

"What, no one is there? Why is there anyone calling me?" Pang Bingxun suddenly became angry and put the telephone on the base.

However, within a few minutes, the phone ringed quickly again. Pang Bingxun wanted to not answer the phone, but the ringtone kept ringing continuously. He grabbed the phone line impatiently and shouted fiercely:

"In addition to me, there are three messengers in the command center. If you don't have soldiers, you can come to the front. If you lose your position, don't come back to see me."

"General Pang, General Pang, I am Bai Chongxi..." Bai Chongxi's steady and heavy voice came from the phone.

"Ah, Chief Bai, I..." Pang Bingxun was frightened and apologized for his recklessness and rudeness, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"How is the situation on the front line?" Bai Chongxi's tone was gentle and gentle. [Smart Factory] Bokan, First release Chapter 373: Bloody battle in Teng County

Pang Bingxun originally wanted to say the sentence "I can't hold it anymore", but he gritted his teeth and said only: "He is fighting fiercely outside the east gate of Linyi."

"The 122nd Division of Teng County has lost contact, and the situation is estimated to be very serious." Bai Chongxi was quite worried about this: "Linyi is a barrier between Taierzhuang and Xuzhou, and must be resolutely defended and resisted the enemy's advance. In order to strengthen its strength, in addition to ordering Zhang Zizhong's troops to reinforce, Xu Zuyi, the chief of staff of the war zone, was sent to command nearby."

"Sir, sir, who do you want to send to reinforce Linyi?" Pang Bingxun seemed to not believe his ears, and he shouted loudly at the telephone.

"General Zhang Zizhong led the 59th Army to reinforce Linyi. General Pang, are you welcome?" Bai Chongxi was a little unsure of Pang Bingxun's attitude, but military information was the priority, so he had to ask anxiously.

"..." Pang Bingxun grabbed the telephone tightly, unable to speak for a long time. He didn't believe that Zhang Zizhong was willing to come to help him.

"Talk, General Pang." Bai Chongxi's tone became even more anxious.

"I welcome" Pang Bingxun put down the phone tremblingly, and in an instant his heart felt like he was overturned with five flavor bottles, and the ups and downs of sweetness, bitterness and saltiness suddenly surged into his heart.

How can we relieve public hatred and private hatred so easily when weighing the two sides? Pang Bingxun and Zhang Zizhong have always had bad relationships and have doubts about this person, but what can he say more when facing the enemy?

If Bai Chongxi had other choices, he would definitely not send Zhang Zizhong to support him. The Xuzhou battle is of great importance. As the highest commander of the Fifth War Zone, Bai Chongxi must be responsible for the entire battle situation.

The blood in Teng County was still flowing, and countless soldiers and civilians were killed and injured. Pang Bingxun silently listened to the constant explosions outside the house, and felt mixed feelings in his heart. He clenched his fists, as if he was still hesitating, but when he remembered his former subordinates died one by one on the battlefield, he finally made a decision.

Compared with the great hatred of the country, what is the point of personal hatred? As a Chinese soldier, you must always have responsibility and choice.

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