The explosion of the grenade sounded in the crater, and Zhang Aimin's body was blown into pieces, leaving no intact body.

Three of the four devil soldiers were killed on the spot, and the remaining one devil soldier was seriously injured, and the first team of Ishino Hiroaki began to enter Tanitou Village.

Dozens of devil soldiers began to firmly encircle the only resistance fire in Gutou Village, the mortar, and the four artillerymen refused the Japanese army's order to surrender, and they kept returning fire with their self-defending southern pistols, and when they ran out of bullets from the southern pistols, they detonated the last remaining shell.

Gutou Village was lost, and the 1st Brigade of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Mixed Brigade captured Gutou Village, and they assisted in the artillery wing to annihilate the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Unknown Regiment Supplement, as well as an infantry platoon and a machine gun platoon, except for a dozen soldiers who evacuated without authorization, all the defenders of Gutou Village were killed.

For this reason, the Japanese army paid the price of casualties of 32 killed and 19 wounded, but the Japanese army captured Gutou Village, the gateway of Suochun Town, and the first brigade of the Japanese melee opened the road to Suochun Town for the main force of its wing.

As the 1st Mixed Combat Wing quickly captured Gutou Village, Hideaki Okamoto, the commander of the 1st Mixed Wing, immediately issued an order that the 1st Mixed Combat Brigade launched an attack directly along the frontal direction against Suochun Town, the 2nd Mixed Combat Brigade was equipped with the Wing Anti-Tank Gun Squadron, the Mountain Artillery Squadron, and the Infantry Artillery Squadron attacked from the north of the 1st Mixed Combat Brigade, the 2nd Mixed Combat Brigade wanted to capture Suochun Village in the north of Suochun Town, and cut off the connection between Suochun Town and the Eighth Route Army troops in Zhixi Town, and the 3rd Melee Brigade launched an attack from the south of the 1st Melee Brigade to capture Lilin Village in the south of Suochun Town, with the flank of the first brigade of the melee lock spring town.

After receiving the order from the wing headquarters, the Japanese troops quickly took action, and the three melee brigades of the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on Suochun Town in three directions.

The news of the loss of Gutou Village soon spread to the regimental headquarters of the Unknown Regiment, the headquarters of the Western Route Army, and the front-line command post of Sun Weiguo.

Pingding County, Xinzhuang Village, front-line command post.

Yue Wu, chief of the Operations Section, came to Sun Weiguo with the telegram he had just received, and he handed the telegram to Zhao Lerong, chief of staff on the side, but did not give it to Sun Weiguo.

Zhao Lerong took the telegram and looked at it, his brows furrowed tightly, even if he was good-tempered, Zhao Lerong couldn't help but want to get angry now.

"Chief of Staff, what's wrong?" Sun Weiguo saw that Zhao Lerong's expression was wrong, and he immediately asked.

"Commander, the gateway of Suochun Town, Gutou Village, is lost, a Japanese infantry wing with the cooperation of artillery units launched a fierce attack on Suochun Town, at present, the Japanese infantry wing is attacking Suochun Town, according to their current attack speed, the nameless regiment is very likely to be unable to hold Suochun Town, the second and fourth battalions of the first pre-regiment are still on the march, once Suochun Town is lost, the Western Route Army troops are likely to be defeated by the Japanese."

Only then did Zhao Lerong hand the telegram to Sun Weiguo, and he reported in a solemn tone.

"Are there any deserters in Gutou Village?" Sun Weiguo slapped the message on the table, he didn't check it, but asked in an indifferent tone.

Zhao Lerong and Yue Wu lowered their heads and stopped talking, and in Fu Tao's report, he did report that more than a dozen soldiers had evacuated without authorization in Gutou Village.

They could feel Sun Weiguo's anger, and they didn't know how to answer Sun Weiguo's question.

There was no such situation in Sun Weiguo's troops, and there were never officers and soldiers who fled from their positions in the 1st Advance Regiment, the 6th Cavalry Regiment, and the Independent Regiment.

Under the persuasion of the head of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, Sun Weiguo organized the officers and men who had fled from their positions in Guanshan Town into two supplementary battalions.

However, to Sun Weiguo's disappointment, they lost their positions again, and Sun Weiguo could see from the expressions on the faces of Zhao Lerong and Yue Wu that there were deserters from the unknown regiment again.

"Commander......" Zhao Lerong saw Sun Weiguo sorting out his weapons and ammunition, and he said softly, he knew what Sun Weiguo was going to do.

"Chief of Staff, I gave them a chance. Yue Wu conveyed an order in the name of the Sixth Army Divisional Headquarters that the anonymous regiment should be organized on the spot, and all officers, regardless of their size, would be prohibited from being hired. The first company of the guards was ordered to assemble quickly, and we used a company to defend the position that one regiment could not hold. Sun Wei said coldly in Chinese.

Sun Weiguo was angry, the nameless regiment couldn't hold the position, Sun Weiguo was angry, but he wouldn't be angry, but the nameless regiment deserted again, which Sun Weiguo couldn't tolerate.

For Sun Weiguo, he would rather have a company-level unit that can dare to fight than a regimental-level unit that will be defeated when encountering the enemy.

At the same time, Sun Weiguo wanted to take the first company of the guard battalion to Suochun Town, and he wanted to personally command the first company of the guard battalion to hold the position of Suochun Town.

"Commander, give them a chance, I am willing to personally go to the Unknown Regiment to assist in the battle, if the Unknown Regiment cannot recapture the position of Gutou Village, I am willing to apologize with death."

Yue Wu, the head of the Operations Section, looked at Sun Weiguo, and he pleaded.

"Commander, I will go to the Unknown Regiment with Section Chief Yue to supervise the battle, you are giving them a chance, I will definitely let them recapture the position of Gutou Village." Zhao Lerong also hurriedly said.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, and you don't have to sacrifice your life. The nameless regiment is the tofu regiment, the tofu regiment that scatters at the touch of it, and it is useless for such troops to stay. If you let them continue to fight, and waste the lives of those recruits in vain, it is better to let them all go home and guard their wives' hot kang heads! Sun Weiguo shouted loudly.

He had already sorted out the barge gun and the ammunition for the Type 38 rifle, and he shouted loudly outside, "Company Commander." ”

"Here!" The commander of the first company of the guard battalion immediately ran in from outside, and he saluted Sun Weiguo and said.

"The nameless regiment can't hold the position of Suochun Town, I want to dismiss them, do you even have the confidence to follow me to defend Suochun Town, and do you have any soldiers who are afraid of death."

Sun Weiguo's eyes were red and he looked at the commander of the first company of the guard battalion in front of him, and he asked loudly.

"Report to the commander, our company has the trust to guard the town of Suoquan, and there are no officers and soldiers in the guard battalion who are afraid of death!" The commander of the first company replied with a straightened back.

"Yue Wu, go and invite Captain Liu Qian." Zhao Lerong hurriedly said.

When Yue Wu heard Zhao Lerong's words, he immediately reacted, and he ran out quickly and quickly.

"Company commander, what are you filling in, don't you see that the commander is now making a decision on impulse? Go out immediately and stand by in place. Zhao Lerong immediately shouted.

"Chief of Staff, I'm ......," the company commander said in embarrassment.

"Company commander, obey the order, immediately assemble a company of troops!" Sun Weiguo gave another order and said.