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

When Isogai Lianjie heard the news that the front line had been deceived, he was furious again and uttered two words fiercely:

Sichuan Army!

After the fire, he ordered the troops to march towards Teng County immediately, surround the county seat of Teng County, and eliminate all Chinese troops outside the city. In the afternoon, he began to shell the county seat of Teng County.

Seeing that the division headquarters had no intention of pursuing the matter, the frontline commander breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the troops to set out immediately towards Teng County. As long as Teng County was captured, the northern gate of Xuzhou would also be opened. In their eyes, Teng County was now like a piece of fat meat that had to be eaten and chewed slowly to feel its ultimate fragrance.

After a last peaceful night of rest, after daybreak, the Lone Wolf Commando went to the South Gate defense line. Chen Feng and Wu Tianxiang rode fast horses and went directly to the North Gate. They climbed up the city wall and watched the movements of the Japs with binoculars. The weather was very good today. Standing on the city wall and looking north through the binoculars, the fields within ten miles were in full view.

At 10:30 in the morning, the Japanese vanguard arrived and stopped five miles away from the city wall. They quickly dispersed and stood guard in the direction of the county town, waiting for follow-up troops. Within half an hour, a large force of Japanese arrived. Some of them began to build positions, and others began to move to both sides.

Chen Feng looked back and saw that the Japanese heavy artillery had also arrived. They stopped about ten miles away from Teng County and chose a high ground to build an artillery position. Chen Feng turned around and looked at Wu Tianxiang:

Inform the division commander to defend against artillery fire! The Japanese will bombard in less than two hours. Also, pay attention to air defense, as Japanese planes may come at any time.

At the Sichuan Army Division Headquarters, all the deputies and regiment commanders who had returned had left. Everyone had received a defense deployment mission. Time was pressing. The second line of defense and the defense line in the county were not perfect yet and needed to be completed as soon as possible. These rough regiment commanders were very excited and praised the division commander as a living military god. The strategy for the past few days had been very successful, delaying the Japanese attack and killing their effective forces. Their own casualties were still within an acceptable range. The key point was that no regiment was completely wiped out, which was already a remarkable achievement.

Wang Mingzhang looked at his subordinates who went to various defense points and the few staff officers who stayed behind, and smiled bitterly. Many of these were Captain Leng Qiang's ideas, but Leng Qiang had said before that he would hide his identity as much as possible, and it was not easy to explain to these frontline officers.

The commander of the northern front called and said that the Japanese vanguard had arrived. Not long after, Wu Tianxiang called again and said that Captain Lengqiang reminded people to defend against artillery and to remind the Japanese of bombing. Wang Mingzhang also understood the Japanese tactics and had already made arrangements. He asked the communicators to call various positions and stop all ground operations. Those without operational tasks had to be quickly concealed. Only enough observation posts had to be left on each front. During the day today, preparations for defending against artillery had to be made.

At half past eleven, the Japanese bombers arrived and began bombing Teng County inside and outside. Dozens of bombers blew the entire county into a cloud of dust. Although the commandos had seen the horror of the Japanese planes, they were facing a direct bombing this time. The trenches were deep enough and the anti-artillery holes were dug more than one meter inside, but they were still shivering inside. The surrounding soil kept falling down. The commandos finally realized the difficulties of the Sichuan Army. They covered their ears and prayed constantly that the bombs would not fall into the trenches, otherwise, even with the protection of the anti-artillery holes, they would either be buried or blown to pieces.

The Sichuan Army was used to being bombed, so they hid in the anti-artillery caves indifferently, waiting for the bombing to end. They were very proud of the results of their hard work, as they had dug them out with their own iron and pickaxe.

The bombing finally ended. Liu Caiyun brought Heiwa and Ding San to join the team to rescue the wounded. The team brought a lot of medical supplies and medicines. The role of medical supplies was demonstrated at this time. Chen Feng led everyone to repair the destroyed trenches. The Japanese began to bombard, but they fired from the north of the city. The shells did not pass through the city and landed on the south gate, but were blown inside and outside the north wall.

An hour later, the shelling stopped. The Japanese launched a tentative attack outside the north gate. The Sichuan Army was on high alert and did not expose all its firepower. They used only a small amount of firepower to repel the Japanese attack. Wu Tianxiang was always on the phone. He could directly contact the communications squad of the division headquarters, keep abreast of the Japanese army's movements, and report to Chen Feng.

The Japanese army bypassed the northeast and northwest city walls and began to move towards the east and west gates. As expected, relying on their large numbers, the Japanese army began to surround Teng County. However, they would not surround the South Gate for the time being. After all, it would be easier for them to surround three gates and leave one gate open if the Sichuan Army in the city could escape.

When the team members heard that there might be no fighting outside the South Gate, they all wanted to go to the North Gate to join the battle. Chen Feng smiled bitterly. These naive kids didn't know Chen Feng's good intentions. The North Gate line was facing heavy artillery. If the bomb hit the target accurately, it would be normal to kill ten or twenty people. Don't think that you will be fine if you hide in the anti-artillery cave. If the bomb is close, people will be shocked to death without any visible scars.

The commando team was not in the defense sequence. Seeing that all the team members were expectant, Chen Feng prepared to take the team back to the county town to rest for a night and join the north gate defense sequence tomorrow morning to let them see the real cruelty. Otherwise, they would really think that the Japanese were made of mud. Only when they truly saw how powerful the Japanese were will they face themselves. There may be casualties, but this is a war, and he cannot protect them forever. They must go through countless baptisms of war to truly grow up.

Wu Tianxiang naturally went wherever the commandos went. After Chen Feng and the other seven returned to the courtyard, Wu Tianxiang hurried to report to the division commander that the Lone Wolf Commando would go to the north gate to participate in the defense tomorrow.

Wang Mingzhang was a little surprised after hearing this. Originally, he had disagreed with the commando team going to the South Gate for defense, but he just couldn't refuse. Now they were going to the North Gate front which was attacked by the Japanese army first. Wang Mingzhang was afraid that a single artillery shell would wipe them out. That would be a pity. This commando team was too important. Not only the Sichuan Army itself, but also the Fifth War Zone and even the headquarters were paying attention to it. It would be a waste to use it for position defense. The reason why the front line had held out for so many days was due to the role of the Lone Wolf Commando. Otherwise, not to mention the front line of the Boundary River, the Longshan position would have been lost long ago.

Seeing Wu Tianxiang still waiting:

Forget it, let them be! Tell Wang Wenzhen of the North Gate Front to try to save the members of the commando team, especially the captain, Leng Qiang, and let the rest of them take their own fate!

Watching Wu Tianxiang go out, Wang Mingzhang asked the communicator to come in and arranged to send a telegram to the headquarters of the Fifth War Zone, stating that all the front-line positions had been lost and the remaining troops had all withdrawn to Teng County. The 8,000 officers and soldiers of the 122nd Division would rely on Teng County to build three lines of defense and defend Teng County to buy time for the Battle of Xuzhou. In addition, the Lone Wolf Commando led by Leng Qiang would enter the most dangerous North Gate front tomorrow morning. If the headquarters has any arrangements, please call back as soon as possible, otherwise he might not have any way to save the commando.