Chapter 352: Battle in the Northwest of Jin 52

Taking the telegram from the hand of Chief of Staff Shizaburo Ochiai, Yamaoka Shikahou looked at it carefully, and his face became even more difficult to look at.

In order to enable the 119th Wing to regain the flag of the Wing, he strengthened an artillery brigade and an engineer brigade for the 119th Wing, and an infantry brigade and a cavalry brigade stationed in Taiyuan City were all dispatched.

But now, instead of conquering Loufan County, the 119th Wing has paid a lot of casualties.

Especially seeing the heavy losses of the artillery brigade and the capture of all twelve mountain guns by the Chinese troops, Yamaoka Shigehou felt unspeakable anger in his heart.

His brows furrowed tightly, and looking at the message in his hand, a fierce light appeared in Yamaoka's heavy eyes.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we don't have any extra troops to mobilize for the time being. Judging from the current situation, this matter can only be reported to the North China Front Command, and perhaps the headquarters will make appropriate arrangements. ”

Shizaburo Ochiai looked at Shigehou Yamaoka in front of him, and he said cautiously.

As soon as his words fell, a Japanese captain and staff officer came to Shizaburo Ochiai.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Chief of Staff, according to the report of the small group of troops we left behind in Gujiao County, Gujiao County has found a cavalry unit in China, and the number of this cavalry force is about several hundred, and they are currently marching towards the county seat of Gujiao County."

The captain's staff officer reported the message he had just received, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

Gujiao County can be described as the gateway to Taiyuan, if Gujiao County is captured, Taiyuan City will fall into the scope of direct attack.

After the 119th Wing left Gujiao County to attack Loufan County, the 109th Division Headquarters sent a small force to garrison Gujiao County.

This force consists of only a few dozen people, and they are equipped with radios that can report on the situation in Gujiao County at any time.

The staff officers of the 109th Division judged that the Chinese troops would never enter Gujiao County under the current situation, so they did not care about Gujiao County at all.

But now after hearing the report, Osa's chief of staff, Shizaburo Ochiai, couldn't help but widen his eyes, he looked at the captain and staff officer in front of him, his face was full of shocked expressions, Gujiao County is now ungarrisoned, and those dozens of troops can't stop the Chinese cavalry troops at all.

Once the Chinese cavalry troops captured Gujiao County, the city of Taiyuan was directly exposed to their sight.

If this Chinese cavalry force were to attack Taiyuan, it would pose a threat to the 109th Division.

What's more, there are still resistance personnel in Taiyuan City, and if there is any mistake in Taiyuan City, the responsibility is not something that Yamaoka Chonghou can bear.

"Chief of Staff, you immediately go to the front line in Loufan County, and I will personally write a letter to Sun Weiguo."

After a moment of silence, Yamaoka Shigehou immediately gave an order, he didn't plan to report this matter yet, he wanted to solve it himself.

Since the means of war could not make Sun Weiguo give in, Yamaoka Shigehou wanted to take other methods.

He hoped that Sun Weiguo would be able to understand the current affairs, so that he would be able to get the 119 Wing flag back.

Shige Yamaoka wrote a letter on the spot, which he handed to the chief of staff, Shizaburo Ochiai, and he asked Shizaburo Ochiai to go to Loufu Prefecture in person.

After watching Shizaburo Ochiai leave, Shigehou Yamaoka closed his eyes, the expression on his face was cloudy, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After the Japanese troops engaged the Chinese troops, the Japanese always had the upper hand, and they won every battle.

But in Sun Weiguo's case, no matter which Japanese unit would be defeated, Yamaoka felt that he had set a precedent by being the first Japanese division commander to write a letter to a Chinese officer, and the 109th Division was also the first division to have the flag captured.

The gunfire in the city was still there, and Yamaoka Shigehou, who had his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes, and he looked coldly at the Japanese soldier Shaozo.

Seeing Yamaoka Shigehou's angry eyes, the Japanese Shaozo did not dare to continue to stay at the division headquarters, and he immediately went to the city to command the troops to capture the snipers.

The resistance force that Zheng Guanzilin had worked so hard to build up was besieged by the Japanese army, and dozens of troops suffered heavy losses.

After finally leaving Taiyuan City, seeing that only a dozen of his subordinates broke out safely, Zheng Guan Zilin's face was full of grief.

"Young master, let's go, the little devil is chasing after you." A servant began to remind.

The Japanese army Shaozo can be said to be very angry, even if Zheng Guan Zilin left Taiyuan City, he still did not give up the pursuit.

An infantry squadron was dispatched by the Japanese Shaozo, and their mission was to hunt down Zheng Guan Zilin.

"Go to Gujiao County, there are no Japanese troops there, everyone quickly follow me and retreat." Zheng Guan Zilin gave the order.

More than a dozen people quickly evacuated towards Gujiao County, while the Japanese troops pursued behind.

The night passed quickly, and the sky seemed to light up in the blink of an eye.

The Japanese troops did not continue the attack, they were resting outside the city of Lou Fan, and the chief of staff of the 109th Division, Shizaburo Ochiai, came to Lou Fan County overnight, and he had a conversation with the acting commander of the 119th Wing, Miura Shiro.

After Sun Weiguo and the three captains of the troops in the city discussed, the three county brigades were officially added to the first reserve regiment.

After the troops of the three battalions were replenished by the county brigade, they quickly regained their strength, but the mortars lost by the machine gun company could not be replenished for the time being, so Sun Weiguo had to dismantle the four mortars of the artillery company and replenish them to the machine gun company.

TWELVE MOUNTAIN GUNS WERE ALL TRANSPORTED TO THE COUNTY TOWN AFTER THE FIRST INDEPENDENT REGIMENT TROOPS, SUN WEIGUO DISTRIBUTED FOUR MOUNTAIN GUNS TO THE FIRST INDEPENDENT REGIMENT, AND THE REMAINING EIGHT MOUNTAIN GUNS WERE ADDED TO THE ARTILLERY COMPANY, AT THIS TIME THE ARTILLERY COMPANY HAD TWELVE 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS, WHICH WAS ALMOST THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ARTILLERY REGIMENT OF THE CHINESE ARMY.

The ministries also began to prepare, and as soon as Sun Weiguo gave the order, they would quickly launch an operation and go to Lan County.

"Regiment commander, the number of the Japanese cavalry wing is about 600 people, they are equipped with heavy machine guns, and the cavalry is equipped with sabers and rifles, this Japanese cavalry is very fierce, our whereabouts were discovered by them, fortunately, the evacuation is more timely, otherwise I am afraid that they will be eaten."

Zhang Junjia, the leader of the special operations group, came to Sun Weiguo, he looked at Sun Weiguo, and reported the situation.

Hearing Zhang Junjia's report, Sun Weiguo nodded, the situation of the Japanese cavalry wing was basically the same as he guessed.

"Regiment commander, we currently only have the second battalion of cavalry and armored troops to deal with the Japanese cavalry, if we let the infantry to attack the cavalry, we will definitely suffer, but the second battalion of the cavalry and the armored unit against a cavalry wing, I'm afraid it will be too much of a loss."

Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong came to Sun Weiguo and said that he felt that it was not a simple matter to defeat the Japanese cavalry.