Ishihara came up with a very good battle plan, which was immediately supported by the commander of the 1st Division, Naosaburo Okabe. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Okabe Naosaburo served as chief of staff of the North China Front Army for a long time before serving as the commander of the First Division, and he had prestige in the Japanese army in North China.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of September 24, 1938, the Japanese army readjusted its deployment, and entered the Japanese 21st Division and 110th Division from Fuping County to fight in Wutai County.

The troops of the 1st Division and the 114th Division of the Japanese Army assembled in Wutai County were designed to set a trap, they would set a bait for the troops of the 120th Division, once the troops of the 120th Division bit this bait, the troops of the 1st Division and the 114th Division would immediately attack, and the troops of the 1st Division and the 114th Division chose to take action against the 120th Division in Yuanping County.

The Japanese 109th Division troops quickly assembled and advanced to Dai County, while the remnants of the Japanese 26th Division were disrupted and supplemented into the 109th Division troops, while the 8th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Regiment was all assigned to the 109th Division to fight, and the 109th Division was responsible for standing by in Dai County, responsible for supporting the 21st Division, the 110th Division, the 1st Division and the 114th Division.

Ishihara's deployment was perfect, although the five divisions were scattered, they could be assembled together at any time, and the Japanese troops were now completely in control of air superiority, and once the Eighth Route Army troops made any moves, the Japanese intelligence organs and aviation units would naturally give notice in advance.

At half past five o'clock in the afternoon, near Xizhen Township, Yuanping County, more than 1,000 people of the first detachment of the 120th Division raided the baggage troops of the Japanese First Division.

At seven o'clock that night, the first brigade bit more than 300 people from the rear guard of the first detachment of the 120th Division, and the two sides began to fall into a bitter battle.

The 1st Wing of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army firmly surrounded the 1st Detachment of the 120th Division, and at this time the 1st Detachment began to suffer heavy losses.

After the headquarters of the 120th Division, which was active in Yuanping County, learned that the first detachment was surrounded by the Japanese army, Division Commander He did not dare to be careless, and he immediately dispatched troops from the 358th Brigade to rescue, and the 359th Brigade had three regiments, the 714th Regiment, the 715th Regiment, and the 716th Regiment, with a total strength of 9,500 people.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Japanese 1st Brigade and the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the first detachment began to formally exchange fire, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle.

At the same time, the rest of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army and the main force of the 114th Division quickly advanced to Xizhen Township, and this time the Japanese troops planned to eat all of this Eighth Route Army.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the troops of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division paid the price of more than 500 casualties, but they still did not break through the position of the 49th Wing of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army, and the casualties of the first detachment at this time had exceeded 800 people, which was already half of the total strength of the first detachment.

After Division Commander He learned that the two divisions of the Japanese army were rapidly advancing towards Yuanping County, he realized that the Japanese army had put the target of his 120th Division, and Division Commander He immediately got in touch with Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and Sun Weiguo, the Honorary Second Division, and Division Commander He hoped that the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the troops of the Honorary Second Division could quickly attack the Japanese troops and cooperate with the 120th Division.

Wutai Mountain, Honorary Second Division Headquarters.

After Zhao Lerong received a telegram from the commander of the 120th Division, he immediately handed the telegram to Shen Wei, the political commissar, and after Shen Wei read the telegram, she frowned, with a contemplative expression on her face.

At present, stationed in Wutai Mountain are the Honorary First Regiment, the Honorary Second Regiment, the Unknown Regiment, the Honorary Sixth Regiment, the First Independent Infantry Regiment of the Jinsui Army, the Third Cavalry Regiment, the Communications Battalion, the Guard Battalion, and the Baggage Battalion directly under the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, as well as the three county brigades attached to the operation of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the fifth detachment of the 120th Division.

There are a lot of numbers of the Eighth Route Army on Wutai Mountain, but the strength is far from as imagined, and the troops such as the First Regiment of Honor are all troops that have paid heavy casualties, and now the combat strength is only able to barely hold Wutai Mountain, once these troops leave Wutai County to fight, the situation is not optimistic.

"Although the 120th Division has more than 30,000 combat troops, their weapons and equipment are far from being comparable with the Japanese troops, once the main force of the two divisions of the Japanese army and the 120th Division fight, the 1230th Division is probably in danger, Chief of Staff Zhao, we must find a way to support the 120th Division in combat."

After Shen Wei read the message, he looked at the chief of staff, Zhao Lerong, and said with a solemn expression.

"Political commissar, at present, Ge Haifeng's second assault group troops are still active in the central part of Wutai County, can we send them to Yuanping County to support the 120th Division's troops, some of the second assault group troops are capable of rapid mobility, and if we send them over, we will definitely be able to quickly support the 120th Division's troops."

Zhao Lerong stared at the map for a while, and then he said his suggestion.

Ge Haifeng's Second Assault Group has a cavalry battalion, an armored battalion, and a cavalry battalion, all of which are capable of rapid mobility, and the supplementary battalion and the combat engineer battalion all have some tanks and armored vehicles, and these troops can quickly enter Yuanping County to fight.

"Political commissar, chief of staff, I think we should ask the division commander for his opinion on this matter, although the division commander is now cultivating, but I think it is necessary to report this situation to the division commander."

Sun Ziyuan, the deputy chief of staff on the side, walked over, he glanced at Shen Wei and Zhao Lerong, and suggested softly.

Sun Weiguo divided the troops of the Honorary Second Division into three units this time, and among these three troops, there were six regiments left in Wutai County, so it seems that the main force of the Honorary Second Division seems to be in Wutai County, but in fact, the two assault groups are the main force of the Honorary Second Division.

Sun Ziyuan felt that it was better to say hello to Sun Weiguo for such a major matter as the mobilization of the assault group.

"I'll go see the teacher right away." Shen Wei nodded, and she walked out directly with the message.

Zhao Lerong stayed in the division headquarters, his eyes still looking at the map, and there was a thoughtful expression on his face.