Zhong Jian looked at Sun Weiguo with a puzzled face, but he didn't understand why he couldn't go back to it at this time.

The uninjured soldiers and civilians can continue to live in the tunnels, but the lack of sunlight for the wounded here has a great impact on their physical recovery.

"Captain, the little devils are insidious and cunning, I'm afraid that even if they leave Nanzhuang Village at this time, they will still leave the troops to watch. If we return to it at this time, we will definitely be discovered, and if we are discovered by the little devils, the consequences will be serious. ”

Sun Weiguo looked at Zhong Jian, who was full of doubts, and he explained softly that this situation was Sun Weiguo's speculation, and he didn't see it with his own eyes.

However, as the saying goes, there is nothing wrong with being careful, Sun Weiguo can't joke with the lives of thousands of soldiers and people, and it's always right to be careful.

Hearing Sun Weiguo's analysis, Zhong Jian nodded, he felt that this kind of possibility existed.

In fact, the Japanese troops had indeed evacuated Nanzhuang Village, but they had gone to the vicinity to loot, and in Nanzhuang Village they left a cavalry squadron to keep an eye on them.

The reinforcements are composed of the 20th Division and the Fifth Division, and it is impossible for them to be stationed in Pingding County for a long time, so they still want to annihilate the county brigade before leaving.

As soon as the troops of the county brigade appear in Nanzhuang Village, the cavalry squadron monitoring Nanzhuang Village will immediately make contact with the main force, and the main force of the Japanese army will return at any time.

The sun had set in the west, and the darkness of the night covered the land, and the moon hung like a scimitar over the blue night.

The Japanese troops still did not find any trace of the county brigade in Nanzhuang Village, and they felt that the county brigade should have evacuated Pingding County.

After the three Japanese commanders received the report, they discussed it carefully and jointly sent a telegram to Yoshio Kamitsuki, the new brigade commander of the 40th Brigade.

After Yoshio last month from Pingding County received a telegram from three Japanese army commanders, he and the staff officers of the brigade headquarters looked at the map and discussed it for a long time.

In the end, last month, Liangfu felt that the local armed forces led by Sun Weiguo in Pingding County had won the battle, and they must have been afraid of the Japanese army's retaliation, so they followed the main force of the Eighth Route Army to withdraw from Pingding County.

After getting the results of this discussion, Yoshio did not dare to delay in the slightest, and he immediately sent a telegram to the commander of the 20th Division, Kawagishi Fumizaburo, to report the situation.

At this time, the headquarters of the 20th Division had been moved to Yangquan County, and after Kawagishi Bunzaburo received the report from Yoshio last month, he did not dare to be careless, and immediately called the chief of staff, Kimura Kuzo.

"Chief of Staff, do the troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army have their whereabouts at present?"

When Kizuma Kuzo came to him, Kawagishi Fumizaburo immediately asked, his eyes looking towards the map.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, there is no whereabouts of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army for the time being, but according to our analysis, it is very likely that they have fled to Hebei Province, we have contacted the Operations Section of the First Army, and once there is the whereabouts of the 129th Division, they will notify us immediately. In addition, the commander of the division, General Seishiro Itagaki and the commander of the 5th Division, sent a telegram hoping that we would be able to immediately return the 21st Infantry Wing and the 5th Cavalry Wing to formation. ”

Kimura Kuzo immediately replied, and at the same time he reported the contents of the telegram sent by Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the 5th Division.

At present, the Fifth Division is stationed in the Taiyuan area, but the Ninth Brigade under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Division has been transferred to fight in Central China.

This means that the Fifth Division has only one brigade and two infantry wings, and now they have sent an infantry wing and a cavalry wing to assist the 20th Division in combat, and the Fifth Division has only one infantry wing at its disposal.

Itagaki Seishiro was tasked with garrisoning Taiyuan, but he knew very well that the Chinese troops were always ready to counterattack Taiyuan.

Therefore, after learning that the Eighth Route Army had been evacuated near Pingding County, Seishiro Itagaki immediately sent a telegram to the 20th Division, hoping that the two wings of the Fifth Division would return immediately.

For Itagaki Seishiro's request, Kawagishi Bunzaburo did not have the slightest reason to refuse, he nodded, looked at Pingding County, and frowned tightly.

I don't know why, Kawagishi Bunzaburo feels that there must still be Sun Weiguo's troops here in Pingding County.

But he couldn't force the troops of the Fifth Division to remain because of his own feelings, he had to return the troops of the Fifth Division.

At the same time, the 20th Division suffered heavy losses in this operation, and the 20th Division also needed time to rest.

"Send a telegram to the headquarters of the First Army and report on our situation here." Kawagishi Bunzaburo immediately gave the order.

Kimura Kuzo nodded, and he immediately arranged for the communications corps to send a telegram to the headquarters of the First Army.

"Order the troops, it doesn't matter if you can't find the whereabouts of the 129th Division, but you must closely look for the whereabouts of Sun Weiguo's troops, and once you find the whereabouts of Sun Weiguo's troops, you must notify the division headquarters as soon as possible." Kawagishi Bunzaburo gave the order again, in his heart, Sun Weiguo was a character who had to be eliminated.

Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, Headquarters of the First Army.

After Kiyoji Kazuki received the telegram from the 20th Division, the expression on his face changed a little.

The Japanese troops did not gain the slightest in Pingding County, not only did they not encircle and annihilate the main force of the 129th Division, but also did not find the troops led by Sun Weiguo.

This result made Kazuki Kiyoji very dissatisfied, his eyes showed anger, and the staff officers standing in front of Kazuki Kiyoji didn't even dare to come out.

"Sun Weiguo is already a big problem for us, and the intelligence department has to find more information about him, and it is best to find Sun Weiguo's photo. The troops of the 5th Division were ordered to return to formation, and the 20th Division was stationed near Yangquan County. Kazuki Kiyoji said in a cold tone.

"Your Excellency, Pingding County is the main area of activity of Sun Weiguo's troops, and I suggest that the garrison must be strengthened in Pingding County. Although Sun Weiguo has no whereabouts for the time being, I feel that even if Sun Weiguo leaves Pingding County, they will still return to Pingding County. Chief of Staff Hashimoto Group suggested softly.

Kazuki Kiyoji glanced at Pingding County on the map, and after hesitating for a moment, he continued: "An infantry brigade of the 79th Wing is dispatched to garrison Pingding County, and at the same time, it is equipped with a squadron of cavalry, an independent mortar brigade, twelve armored vehicles, and six tanks, let Kawagishi Bunzaburo send a competent officer to command, if Sun Weiguo's troops are found, the defenders of Pingding County should entangle them and wait for the main force of the division to go to encircle and annihilate Sun Weiguo." ”

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Hashimoto immediately saluted and said with a respectful face.