Outside Chengguan Town, Sun Weiguo set up a headquarters on the position.

According to common sense, to garrison towns and villages, the headquarters of the commander of the army should be set up in the town and village, but Sun Weiguo directly set the headquarters on the position.

The people in the village did not move, and Sun Weiguo dispatched an infantry platoon to temporarily dig underground bunkers for the people to hide.

There were many people in Chengguan Town before, but the slaughter and bullying of the Japanese puppet army several times have reduced the number of people in Chengguan Town a lot.

The artillery battalion all entered the village to set up artillery positions, and Li Jiaxin, commander of the first company of the artillery company, deployed six mountain guns on the frontline positions.

Li Jiaxin was an artillery officer of the 13th Army of the Central Army, and after following Zhao Lerong to join the Independent Regiment, he was directly promoted to the company commander of the first artillery company.

The artillery was set up on the front line, mainly to guard against the Japanese tank troops, and the independent regiment now did not have special anti-tank weapons, so Sun Weiguo had to use six mountain guns to attack the Japanese tanks.

"Cheer up Lao Tzu, do a good job of artillery camouflage, if these six mountain cannons are destroyed, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up."

The six mountain guns of the first artillery company were concealed and scattered, and at this time, Li Jiaxin was digging a bunker shirtless, and he scolded loudly at the same time.

Sun Weiguo happened to come to the top of the position, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, Shi, and the battalion commander of the infantry battalion, Hong Zhiqiang, followed behind Sun Weiguo.

"Vice-regimental seat, battalion seat." Seeing Sun Weiguo and the others coming to the position, Li Jiaxin immediately stood upright, and then saluted and shouted.

Li Jiaxin, who was born in the Central Army, has a good military quality, and his standing posture and military salute are very standard.

If it were not for the question of seniority, I am afraid that the post of battalion commander of the artillery battalion would have fallen on his head.

Sun Weiguo raised his right hand in return, and he looked at the six cannons.

"Company Commander Li, this time I gave your artillery a bayonet, you should also know the situation, the Japanese puppet army has tanks and armored vehicles this time, the task I gave you is very difficult, as long as the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles appear, you must destroy them for me, and you must not let them get close to the position, can you do it?"

Seeing that the six artillery pieces had already begun to dig bunkers and camouflage, Sun Weiguo looked at Li Jiaxin and asked in a serious tone.

"Deputy regimental seat rest assured, as long as the six mountain guns are there, I guarantee that the little devil's tanks and armored vehicles will not be able to get close to the position, if the six mountain guns are gone, you don't have to hold me responsible, the mountain artillery is gone, and my people will definitely die." The cannon is in the people, and the cannon is dead. Li Jiaxin replied with a solemn face.

"The cannon is there, and the cannon is dead." The soldiers of the 1st Artillery Company immediately followed their company commander and roared angrily.

"The morale is very strong, but I want your artillery to be there, and you don't have your artillery to fight devils, but it's very difficult, you have to protect the artillery, and you have to protect your own safety." Sun Weiguo gently stroked the mountain cannon, and his eyes revealed a little complicated look, but this look was quickly covered up by him.

"Yes, Vice-Regiment." Li Jiaxin immediately saluted and said.

"Call the deputy regiment commander, don't call the deputy regimental seat, now it's in the Eighth Route Army, not in the Central Army." Stone whispered, with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Camp...... Battalion commander. Li Jiaxin replied again.

At this time, a communication soldier quickly ran towards here, and the communication soldier stopped in front of Sun Weiguo.

"The deputy regiment commander, the regiment commander and the political commissar are here, they are in the town, and they are rushing here." The communications corps reported the situation after saluting.

Sun Weiguo had already informed the regiment commander Zhong Jian and political commissar Shen Wei of the news of his insistence on Chengguan Town, and asked Fan Shuming to report it to the military sub-district by radio.

He knew that this news would cause a big sensation when it was delivered, but he didn't expect Zhong Jian and Shen Wei to come so quickly.

After softly encouraging Li Jiaxin and the first artillery company, Sun Weiguo quickly walked towards the town with Hong Zhiqiang and stones.

The group had just passed through the temporarily constructed headquarters, but saw that Zhong Jian and Shen Wei had already arrived here.

Zhong Jian and Shen Wei were both dusty, and they were obviously anxious to get here.

After seeing Sun Weiguo, the two people showed complicated expressions on their faces, and for a while they stood in place, and neither of them took the initiative to speak.

"You don't agree with me guarding Chengguan Town?" Sun Weiguo looked at Zhong Jian and Shen Wei in front of him, and asked with a smile.

"Weiguo, you know very well the situation of the Japanese puppet army in Pingding County, and you also know the situation around you. Our puppet army troops besieging and annihilating Chengguan Town have already achieved their operational objectives. Sticking to Chengguan Town, this is a forced decisive battle with the Japanese puppet army, the independent regiment has just been established, and we cannot afford to fight such a war of attrition. ”

Zhong Jian's brows furrowed tightly, he came to Sun Weiguo's face, and said softly, this is the first time that Zhong Jian disagrees with Sun Weiguo's battle plan.

He rushed over immediately after knowing the news, he felt that Sun Weiguo was too impulsive, and he wanted to persuade Sun Weiguo to give up this crazy idea.

"Stick to Chengguan Town and have a decisive battle with the Japanese puppet army, this is a trigger that moves the whole body. Comrade Weiguo, I know that you have a strong command ability, but even if we can win the war, the newly established independent regiment will definitely suffer heavy losses, and we now have no suitable soldiers to replenish it. ”

Shen Wei's face was full of anxious expressions, and she looked towards Sun Weiguo, with a pleading look in her eyes.

Almost all the young people who can be replenished in Pingding County have joined the army, and the rest are the only sons of the family, and they have to support everything in the family.

Moreover, the remaining young people have not received any training, and even if they are added to the army, they will not be able to participate in the battle for a short time.

Holding on to Chengguan Town is a decisive battle with the Japanese puppet army, and such a war of attrition is a method of play that the Eighth Route Army does not advocate.

Sun Weiguo himself knew that once this battle began, the independent regiment might face the end of the entire army.

But he still decided to fight, if he didn't stick to Chengguan Town, Sun Weiguo's conscience would be disturbed, he couldn't watch the people being slaughtered, he couldn't watch the people leave their hometowns, far away from the place where he grew up.

The battle of Chengguan Town will be fought, and Sun Weiguo will use this battle to tell the Japanese puppet army that the Chinese people are not allowed to be oppressed and slaughtered by them.

If you want to kill these people, you have to ask the independent regiment if you agree, for this battle, Sun Weiguo has made up his mind.

"I know these situations, but I still have to fight, maybe I will regret it after this fight, but if I don't fight, I will regret it for the rest of my life."

Sun Weiguo clenched his fist in his right hand and said in a solemn tone.