I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

At a distance of more than a hundred meters, the Japanese rushed forward quickly without caring about casualties. When the Sichuan Army saw that the Japanese had crossed the fifty-meter line, they stopped shooting and pulled out grenades. They had the advantage of being high above. The distance of fifty meters was enough for the grenades to fly into the Japanese camp. For a while, grenades were flying in the air like hail.

The Japanese were charging on all fronts, and there was no way to lie down and hide. After a round of grenades exploded, a large number of Japanese fell in front. Each soldier had five grenades prepared next to him, and all of them were thrown out within 20 seconds, and the Japanese were blown to pieces.

The commander looked at the trenches that were so close, with death orders on his body. He scolded the Japanese who wanted to retreat and continued to command the charge. At the 30-meter line, grenades from the second trench also flew over. At this distance, the Japanese grenades could hit the trenches. The Japanese in the front row had just opened fire and hit their helmets when the Sichuan Army's grenades exploded. Many Japanese were injured and killed before their grenades were thrown out. For a moment, the 30-meter line became the death line. The Sichuan Army's grenades, his own grenades, and the entire charge line lost a section of the Japanese.

The Sichuan Army in the first trench was not having a good time either. There were always some grenades thrown into the trenches, which exploded in the trenches and caused great damage. However, the Sichuan Army gritted their teeth and persisted. Unless they were killed directly, they would still insist on shooting even if they were seriously injured, not to mention those with minor injuries. They wiped the blood that blurred their eyes and frantically pulled the bolts to shoot.

The Japanese couldn't hold on any longer. Even though the commander shouted at them, it was useless. They retreated like a tide.

There was no cheering or celebration in the Kuomintang trenches. The company commanders and platoon leaders quickly gave orders, leaving behind some uninjured soldiers to defend against artillery fire, and the rest of the soldiers took all the wounded and evacuated quickly.

Before all the wounded could be evacuated, the Japanese artillery fire started again. Those who were not evacuated could only hide in the nearest anti-artillery holes to defend themselves.

After one round of shelling, the remaining Sichuan Army suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese did not continue to charge, and did not rush forward even after the bombers' bombing. It would have been even more difficult to rely solely on shelling. If the bombers did not come back to continue the bombing today, it would have been difficult to achieve anything.

Wang Mingzhang relaxed a little after listening to the communicator's report. His colleagues were very responsible and the Sichuan Army on the position also performed very well, delaying the Japanese attack time. The casualties were not heavy and the front line was held. It was estimated that it would be difficult for the Japanese to break through the position today. The area around Teng County had one more night to prepare.

After relaxing, he couldn't help but admire the captain of the cold-shooting team even more. Although the tactics seemed very simple, through today's results, he found that it not only greatly reduced the losses, but also delayed the speed of the Japanese attack. If he ordered a fight to the death, perhaps the second line could hold out until today, but there might not be many people left to supplement the defense of the third line.

After several hours of investigation, Chen Feng and his team members discussed and decided to defend at the South Gate. The entire North Gate had been done very well and would not collapse quickly even in the face of the Japanese's bombardment. The South Gate still had a lot of shortcomings. Although the trenches of the first line of defense had been dug, this was the main city gate. Once the Japanese attacked from here, these two trenches could not stop the Japanese's charge. The first line of defense near the entire South Gate was garrisoned by two platoons, and they had received orders from the division headquarters to fully cooperate with Wu Tianxiang in defense.

Wu Tianxiang didn't say much. The soldiers next to him kept gesturing. The soldiers were a little curious, but the two platoon leaders immediately gave orders to continue digging diagonal trenches, connecting the two excavated trenches, and finding logs to cover the anti-artillery holes.

The soldiers of the two platoons were a little indignant, but military orders were as firm as a mountain, so they dared not show their dissatisfaction. Only when they saw Wu Tianxiang, the two platoon leaders, and the soldier who was gesticulating were also working hard to dig did they put aside their negative emotions and start digging seriously.

Wu Tianxiang's guard platoon found a large number of logs. Chen Feng told Wu Tianxiang how to arrange them. Wu Tianxiang directed the soldiers to handle them. In one afternoon, the South Gate area of ​​the entire defense line was like a series of curved arcs, expanding outward layer by layer.

Chen Feng's team still had a large amount of fuse, so they asked Wu Tianxiang to find dozens of explosive packs, all of which were buried a hundred meters outside the front line of the South Gate. They led out the fuse and hid them, waiting for the opportunity.

The Japs used artillery shells to clear a path, and after two tentative attacks, their artillery shells fell silent, allowing the Sichuan Army on the third line to catch its breath.

Wang Mingzhang concluded that the third line would most likely be lost tomorrow, so he ordered the remaining soldiers of the second line to withdraw under the cover of night. Together with the civilian workers, he arranged the defense of the second line outside the city overnight. He planned to have the troops in the city garrison the first line, and the more than 2,000 withdrawn troops garrison the second line. In case the third line collapsed tomorrow, the last withdrawn troops would enter the county town to deploy defenses.

Chen Feng was also under great pressure. In his previous life, there were only two or three thousand people defending Teng County, and almost all of them were wiped out. Now, even if the last withdrawn troops are not counted, there are already nearly five thousand people in Teng County. The troops withdrawn tomorrow may be between two thousand and four thousand. The defense battle of Teng County with nearly ten thousand people, just thinking about it makes him feel a heavy breath coming.

Wang Mingzhang met with Chen Feng again and asked him what suggestions he had for the 772nd Brigade at the Longshan position. Originally, Wang Mingzhang had kept them and had not moved them, wanting them to be ready to support the second and third fronts at any time, but now they were no longer needed, so he had to consider their whereabouts.

Taking into account that there was no strategic terrain outside Teng County, Chen Feng proposed to withdraw to Teng County and speed up the arrangement of the third line of defense in the county, considering that there was no strategic terrain outside Teng County. If they maneuvered outside, they would easily be surrounded by the Japanese. In that case, no matter whether the defenders of Teng County came to the rescue or not, they would be in a very passive position. He proposed to withdraw to Teng County and speed up the arrangement of the third line of defense in the county. A part of the troops could be sent to join the guard of the first line of defense. After all, there were only 1,500 people who could really fight in the first line of defense, and the rest had basically never been on the battlefield.

The defense of the county town must be arranged as soon as possible. Once the Japanese start attacking, artillery and planes will bomb continuously. It will be very dangerous to arrange defense at that time, and we can only carry out operations at night.

Wang Mingzhang considered it carefully and adopted Chen Feng's suggestion. He had thought the same way before. The telephone line of the Longshan position had not been disconnected yet, so he called Zhang Xuanwu personally and ordered the troops to withdraw quickly under the cover of night, selecting two companies to guard the south gate of Teng County, and the rest of the people to enter the city to deploy defenses.

Overnight, the second line of defense outside the city was roughly established. Wang Mingzhang ordered the disbandment of the militia and let them go their separate ways. Once the Japanese planes came to bomb Teng County, these inexperienced civilians would definitely be in chaos, which would easily cause greater chaos and panic.

It was dawn, and the most tense day had arrived. The time when the Japanese would break through, the ratio of casualties of the Sichuan Army, how many troops would be withdrawn, and whether they could be withdrawn safely to Teng County were all matters that would affect the entire body. Not only the frontline positions of the third line of defense, but the entire Teng County and its surrounding areas all felt the depressing atmosphere of the coming war.

Chen Feng ordered the squad and the two companies that had just withdrawn to continue consolidating the first line of defense at the South Gate. The Japanese will arrive as early as this afternoon and at the latest tomorrow. Although the Japanese will come from the north, once there is no breakthrough in the north wall, they will definitely besiege Teng County.