The encirclement and annihilation operation launched by the Japanese army against the Independent Regiment in Pingding County had not yet ended, but under pressure from all sides, many newspapers in the Japanese-occupied areas, at the behest of the Japanese, began to report on the operation on a large scale, telling that except for Sun Weiguo, all units of the Independent Regiment had been encircled and annihilated.

The newspapers under the Eighth Route Army, including the Central News Agency, began to publish the latest situation of the Independent Regiment and refute the false reports of the newspapers in the Japanese-occupied areas.

At the same time, these newspapers reported on the battle losses between the Japanese army and the independent regiment based on the results provided by the independent regiment.

Two-thirds of the casualties of the troops of the Independent Regiment were extremely heavy, and the casualties among the officers above the platoon level were even more severe, and almost all the platoon commanders were either killed or seriously wounded.

According to Sun Weiguo's approximate judgment, more than 900 people were killed in the Independent Regiment, more than 100 of the wounded have survived, and more than 1,000 casualties of the Independent Regiment.

The garrison corps has more than 10,000 men from two infantry wings, two infantry brigades, an artillery wing, and auxiliary arms such as engineers, artillery, cavalry, and armored troops.

After a day of fierce fighting, the garrison corps brought two-thirds of the casualties to the independent regiment, but the garrison corps lost more than 1,500 casualties, and more than 2,000 lightly wounded and seriously wounded, which also means that the independent regiment has disabled a Japanese infantry wing.

The ratio of battle losses between China and Japan was as high as 1 to 3, and no army in China's various theaters could achieve such a ratio of battle losses.

Often, even if the Chinese troops won the battle, the losses of the Chinese troops were often much higher than those of the Japanese troops.

Like Sun Weiguo's Independent Regiment, no Chinese unit has been able to achieve such a record from the July 7 Incident to the present.

Moreover, this time, the independent regiment faced the onslaught of more than 10,000 people of the Japanese garrison corps completely alone, and the independent regiment did not have any reinforcements to help the battle.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army began to forward commendation telegrams from the Military Committee and the Second Theater Commander's Department, and the Military Committee directly promoted Sun Weiguo to the rank of colonel and rewarded the Independent Regiment with 200,000 legal dollars, while the Second Theater Commander's Department promised to undertake the supply of all weapons and military supplies of the Independent Regiment after the war, and rewarded 100,000 yuan in legal currency.

It's just that Sun Weiguo will definitely not be able to see these telegrams, because Sun Weiguo has cut off the radio station, and in order to prevent leakage, Sun Weiguo has separately sent messages to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and the headquarters of the Fourth Army Division, changing the password for the contact between the two sides.

Previously, Sun Weiguo rested in Nanru Village and turned on the radio, mainly to attract Japanese troops and reduce the pressure on Zhong Jian.

At present, the armored company has made peace with the regimental headquarters, and Sun Weiguo naturally cannot reveal his position, after all, their situation is still very dangerous.

With the radio station being shut down by Sun Weiguo, the Independent Regiment Headquarters completely lost contact with their superiors, and no one would know about their situation.

Three tanks drove in front, the infantry followed behind, Shen Wei and Zhao Lerong selected twelve elite veterans and handed them over to Chen Zhengwei's command, they were responsible for protecting Sun Weiguo's safety, considering Sun Weiguo's current mood, Chen Zhengwei and other guards were to be by Sun Weiguo's side anytime and anywhere.

Zhang Yue, Catherine and other six reporters would come to Sun Weiguo's side from time to time to conduct interviews, but Sun Weiguo refused, and now he is not in the mood to be interviewed by reporters.

The troops quickly left the village of Nanru, but at seven o'clock in the morning, shells began to fire at the advancing troops without warning.

Sun Weiguo glanced back, but found that a hot air balloon had already risen in the sky behind him, which was the Japanese artillery observers, who observed the whereabouts of the independent regiment troops through the hot air balloon, so as to provide a firing target for the Japanese artillery position in Naozhai Mountain.

"Dispersion accelerates." Sun Weiguo immediately gave the order.

Fortunately, there is already some distance from Naozhai Mountain here, and although the Japanese artillery shooting is accurate, it is inevitable that there will be errors.

After withstanding the Japanese artillery attack for half an hour, the troops paid more than a dozen casualties, and the troops were finally out of the range of the Japanese artillery.

But Sun Weiguo could feel it, and the Japanese pursuers were afraid that they would come over soon.

"Deputy Regiment Commander, Japanese troops were found on Hulujian Heights, they probably have two infantry squadrons."

At this time, Wang Weining, the platoon commander of the mechanized infantry platoon of the armored company, came to Sun Weiguo quickly, and he reported with a solemn expression.

Hearing Wang Weining's report, Sun Weiguo immediately took out the map, looking at the tip of the beard on the map, Sun Weiguo's brows furrowed slightly.

"It seems that the Japanese army arrived here one step ahead of schedule, they want to block us from leaving here, according to the current situation, the Japanese army may have received reinforcements."

Sun Wei said solemnly Chinese that the Japanese army ran in front of him, which Sun Weiguo never expected.

"Deputy regiment commander, the Japanese cavalry was found in Nanru Village, this cavalry has more than 100 people, and it seems to be the vanguard of the Japanese army's pursuit."

As soon as Sun Weiguo's words were finished, a motorcycle drove quickly from behind, and Xiao Zhiwei, the platoon commander of the armored car platoon, hurriedly reported.

Xiao Zhiwei is an officer who was single-handedly promoted by Yin Jinshan, his experience is relatively rich, he has stayed abroad, and later his family fell into the rich as a driver, went to a military school, and also did business, and finally he came to the independent regiment and chose to follow Rong.

The task was given to Xiao Zhiwei by Sun Weiguo, and at the same time, Xiao Zhiwei also used a motorcycle to form a reconnaissance team to check the situation of the Japanese army behind.

When he learned that the Japanese cavalry had appeared in Nanru Village, Xiao Zhiwei did not dare to delay in the slightest, and he immediately came to Sun Weiguo to report.

"The tank platoon and the armored car platoon are concealing and covering, and the troops will immediately pass quickly from the direction of Beiru Village, Chief of Staff Zhao, you and Political Commissar Shen will advance with the troops, and I will take the tank platoon and the armored car platoon to cover, and the troops must move quickly." Sun Weiguo did not hesitate at all, he immediately gave the order.

Zhao Lerong looked at Sun Weiguo, then he nodded and agreed, he also knew that it might be beneficial for Sun Weiguo to let Sun Weiguo participate in the war at this time.

The first wing of the Japanese infantry has occupied Hulujian, Cuifeng Mountain and other heights, and their troops are still preparing to continue to extend to the northeast in order to block the breakthrough force led by Sun Weiguo, but they have not yet completed the deployment, but the breakthrough force has already come here.

Sun Weiguo made a decisive decision on the spot, and the troops marched from Beiru Village, northeast of Hulujian, where the Japanese troops were temporarily uncontrolled.

However, the Japanese army occupied the high ground, and the breakthrough force was going to pass under their noses, which was easy to be detected by the Japanese army.