The Japanese troops began to move, and the Japanese army was very well prepared for this pacification and law and order battle.

For a time, a large number of Japanese troops went to Guanshan Town, Zhixi Town, and Suochun Town, and Yamashita Fengwen, who was responsible for commanding the operation, was seated in the county seat of Pingding County.

It was completely impossible for tens of thousands of troops to move in a county town to conceal themselves, and the Japanese army's movements were soon learned by Zhang Dajun's reconnaissance platoon.

Zhang Dajun did not dare to delay in the slightest, and he immediately reported to Sun Weiguo the actions of the Japanese army.

Chengguan Town, inside the headquarters of the Independent Regiment, Sun Weiguo was standing in front of the map with steamed buns, and his eyes never left the map.

The regiment commander Zhong Jian and the political commissar Shen Wei were also in the regiment headquarters, and it was time for dinner, but none of these regiment leaders had the heart to eat dinner.

Especially when they heard Zhang Dajun's report that tens of thousands of Japanese troops began to mobilize, Zhong Jian and Shen Wei's brows furrowed tightly, and their faces were full of worried expressions.

"The Japanese army has dispatched at least two infantry wings and an artillery wing, defend the country, now do we let the main force withdraw, leaving a small force to contain the Japanese army?"

Zhong Jian's two brows were already tightly furrowed together, his face was full of anxious expressions, and after hesitating back and forth a few times, he came to Sun Weiguo and said softly.

Shen Wei's gaze also looked at Sun Weiguo, obviously she also had something to say.

Seeing that Sun Weiguo didn't answer Zhong Jian's words, Shen Wei put down the steamed bun she had eaten a bite, and she spoke: "It's better to break out of the encirclement by breaking through the troops in pieces, we will definitely suffer a loss in a positional battle with the Japanese army at this time." ”

After learning that there were tens of thousands of Japanese troops, Shen Wei and Zhong Jian obviously began to worry, they felt that the independent regiment would definitely be annihilated if they held their positions.

The ratio of forces between the two sides has reached ten to one, and although the independent regiment relies on capture and supplies from the second theater of operations, its equipment is not bad.

However, compared with the Japanese army, which had aircraft, tanks, and artillery, the equipment of the independent regiment was very poor, and once the two sides started a positional battle, the independent regiment would definitely suffer.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, there are currently Japanese troops blockading all around Pingding County, and this time the Japanese army wants to completely destroy us. The Japanese army marched towards Guanshan Town, Zhixi Town, and Suochun Town, and they obviously wanted to pressure us to withdraw to the west, but if we withdrew from our positions, we were afraid that we would have to engage in encounters with more Japanese troops.

Even if we break through to the nearby county seats, the garrisons of those counties will intercept us, and at that time, we will attack the Japanese positions, and at the same time we will have strong Japanese pursuers behind us, so that we will be quickly eaten by the Japanese army. ”

Sun Weiguo pointed to Yuci County and Xiyang County on the map, and he said with a solemn expression.

The direction of the evacuation left by the Japanese army for the independent regiment, and judging by the current situation, the withdrawal of the independent regiment is a good choice.

However, the independent regiment could not be evacuated, because if the independent regiment did not retreat, they would only hold their positions in the face of the Chinese garrison corps under Yamashita Fengwen, but if the independent regiment withdrew, they would have to face the position garrisoned by the 20th division of the Japanese army, and at the same time face the pursuit of more than 10,000 troops from Yamashita Fengwen.

In that case, the situation of the independent regiment would be even worse, and Sun Weiguo could clearly judge this, so he insisted on not withdrawing from the position.

Look for opportunities in the battle, as long as the troops of both sides enter the battle, it will always be beneficial for their fighters to appear.

As long as this fighter is grasped, it is still possible for the independent regiment to throw off the Japanese attacking troops and calmly break out.

After Sun Weiguo explained, he sat on the chair next to him, he didn't speak, but quietly looked at the map.

After Zhong Jian and Shen Wei listened to Sun Weiguo's explanation, they realized how bad the situation of the Independent Regiment was at the moment.

"Mayor Zhang, why haven't you evacuated yet?" At ten o'clock in the evening, Sun Weiguo was ready to let Zhong Jian and them go to rest.

But at this time, an old man in his fifties walked in outside, and this old man was the current mayor of Chengguan Town.

"I am the mayor of Chengguan Town, the people can evacuate, but I won't evacuate, I'm old, I can't carry a gun to fight devils, but I can still do this to prepare meals for you and organize volunteers to rescue the wounded."

Mayor Zhang's full name is Zhang Rongxi, he is a native of Chengguan Town, and he was once a talent in the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Rongxi is generally knowledgeable, after the independent regiment was based in Chengguan Town, according to the election of the people of Chengguan Town, Zhang Rongxi became the temporary mayor of Chengguan Town.

After Sun Weiguo heard Zhang Rongxi's words, he was very emotional.

"Chief Sun, don't let me leave, I'm here to ask if you need any other help."

Zhang Rongxi came to Sun Weiguo's face, he looked at Sun Weiguo in front of him, and said in a firm tone, he will definitely not leave here.

"Mayor Zhang, there is nothing you need help with yet, you still ......" Sun Weiguo said softly, he wanted to persuade Zhang Rongxi to leave.

It's just that Zhang Rongxi shook his head and refused, and after he left a sentence of "What do you need to find me", Zhang Rongxi walked out on crutches.

Shen Wei and Zhong Jian looked at Sun Weiguo, and the two of them had complicated expressions on their faces, and they didn't know what to say.

Sun Weiguo sighed helplessly, although Zhang Rongxi is old, he is very stubborn, and the things he decides are probably difficult to change.

"Let Mayor Zhang stay for the time being, what about Fan Shuming, have they set up all the phones in their communication platoon?"

Sun Weiguo took out the shell gun, he checked the situation of the shell gun, and then he asked softly.

Fan Shuming, the platoon commander of the communications platoon, was soon called to the regiment headquarters, and Fan Shuming began to make a report.

At present, the Independent Regiment has only one radio station, which is the liaison between the Independent Regiment and its superiors.

As for the communication between the regimental headquarters of the independent regiment and the various units, the telephone between the various positions and the regimental headquarters was already connected as the battle was about to begin.

Even though it was a Naozhai Mountain position, the communications platoon also worked overtime to set up two telephones to facilitate the communication between the Naozhai Mountain position and the regiment headquarters.

"It is important to maintain the contact between the Naozhai Mountain position and the regiment headquarters here, and I want to keep abreast of the situation of the Naozhai Mountain position at any time." Sun Wei said in a serious Chinese tone.

"Yes, Deputy Commander." Fan Shuming nodded and agreed.

Don't look at Fan Shuming's seemingly honest appearance in front of Sun Weiguo, he now resents Sun Weiguo even more in his heart.

Especially every time Sun Weiguo was commanding him, Fan Shuming was very unconvinced.

"Brother Sun, what happened, you have to tell me." At this time, Tang Chunhua, a staff officer of the commander's department, came to the outside of the regiment headquarters, and he asked with an anxious face.