Chapter 398: Left Lane Commander
The 7th Cavalry Division and the 9th Cavalry Division were Li Shouxin's cronies, and their combat effectiveness was not very good, and many officers and soldiers at the bottom did not have the heart to fight with the anti-Japanese troops at all.
Kunomura Momoyo also knew this, and he focused on rewarding Yan Yong, with the aim of boosting the morale of the 7th and 9th Cavalry Divisions, so that they could play an important role.
"Wing Commander, at present, the Chinese army has been heavily damaged by us, and now we can immediately launch a counterattack on Baode County. Sun Weiguo has just captured Baode County, they will definitely be stationed in the county, and if we counterattack at this time, we will definitely catch them off guard. ”
After the commendation, Hideaki Okamoto looked at Momoyo Kunomura, and there was a look of anticipation on his face.
Bringing heavy casualties to the second battalion on the south bank of the Zhujiachuan River, Okamoto Hideaki was very excited, and he felt that the Japanese puppet army troops under the command of Wing Nagano Village Momoyo would definitely be able to counterattack Baode County easily, and even capture Sun Weiguo alive.
After Yan Yong heard Okamoto Hideaki's words, he also showed an expectant expression on his face, but he hoped that he could perform well through this battle, so that King De could promote his position so that he could compete with Li Shouxin's troops.
The expression on Kunomura Momoyo's face was very calm, this time he made the first reserve regiment suffer a loss, Kunomura Momoyo knew that it was a complete fluke, and the other party was able to break through in a state of being surrounded by the Japanese puppet army, which obviously showed that the other party was not simple.
In particular, the combat effectiveness of the 7th Cavalry Division and the 9th Cavalry Division made Kunomura Momoyo very helpless, he knew that these two divisions were completely made up, and they could not undertake major combat missions at all, and if they wanted to counterattack Baode County, Kunomura Momoyo would not think that the Japanese puppet army now had this ability.
"Ding Sang, Cai Sang, your two divisions are not very good in this battle, I hope you will urge the troops to achieve good results in the next battle after you go back, otherwise, your family will probably be very unhappy, and Your Excellency the division commander will also be angry because of this, I think even if Li Sang knows about this, he will be angry with you."
Kunomura Momoyo looked at Commander Ding of the Seventh Cavalry Division and Commander Cai of the Ninth Cavalry Division, and he said with a little displeasure in his tone.
"Don't worry, Taijun, we will definitely supervise the troops well after we go back, and we will definitely make a good announcement in the next battle, and we will definitely not disappoint Taijun."
Master Ding and Master Cai immediately stood up, their eyes looked at Kunomura Momoyo, and said with a flattering face.
"Don't do anything about counterattacking the county, Ding Sang, you send a cavalry regiment to Baode County to monitor the movements of the Zhina troops, Cai Sang, there are no troops stationed in Hequ County at present, you send a cavalry regiment to Hequ County to reconnoitre.
According to my judgment, Sun Weiguo is a very conceited person, his troops are losing, Sun Weiguo will definitely retaliate against us, he may strengthen the Zhujiachuan River, and he may also take a roundabout battle, so you cavalry must reconnoiter the situation, if there is a mistake, don't blame me for being polite. ”
Kunomura Momoyo said in a calm tone, and a fierce light appeared in his eyes, which was terrifying.
Master Ding and Master Cai hurriedly agreed, and the two of them lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look into the eyes of Kunomura Momoyo at all.
The battle meeting of the Japanese puppet army soon ended, and the 7th and 9th Cavalry Divisions quickly began to send troops to set off according to the orders of Kunomura Momoyo.
Sun Weiguo wanted to make a detour back to Hequ County to fight, but Kunomura Momoyo had obviously noticed the loophole behind him a long time ago, and he sent a cavalry regiment of the Ninth Cavalry Division to reconnoiter to see if there would be troops of the Eighth Route Army in Hequ County.
At the same time, Kunomura Momoyo began to directly send a telegram to the regimental headquarters of the 26th Division, he knew very well that if he wanted to deal with Sun Weiguo's troops, the little force he had in his hands was not enough.
The 13th Wing Naginomura Momoyo and the commander of the 1st Reserve Regiment, Sun Weiguo, made arrangements at the same time, and the two commanders can be said to be good opponents.
The battle here in Wuzhai County is still continuing, but at present, the initiative is completely in the hands of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
When the commander of the 120th division He learned that the first regiment of the reserve took Baode County, he couldn't help but be surprised, this less than half a day to take Baode County, Division Commander He did not expect, according to the speculation of the commander He, Sun Weiguo's reserve of the first regiment wants to take Baode County, at least a few days.
"I really didn't expect that Weiguo would take Baode County so quickly, I thought that the first regiment of Weiguo Reserve would be frustrated in Baode County, but they didn't take Baode County in a day, I really can't imagine it, this Sun Weiguo is not simple."
"Comrades, the first reserve regiment of the friendly army took Baode County, which was heavily garrisoned by the Japanese army, in less than a day, and the first reserve regiment is still a unit that has just replenished a large number of recruits.
"The first regiment of the reserve is the little brother of our 120th division, but now the little brother has won battles one after another, in the words of Brigade Commander Zhang, if we don't show a little battle, we won't be able to raise our heads in front of the little brother in the future, your 715th regiment doesn't always boast that it is the regimental unit with the strongest combat effectiveness in the whole division, is it going to be compared to the first regiment in reserve this time."
"The little devils are nothing remarkable, the recruits of the first regiment in the reserve beat them like tofu dregs, we veterans for many years are still afraid of the little devils, so we will hold a meeting of officers above the battalion level and launch an attack on the Japanese army tonight."
The news of the 1st Reserve Regiment's capture of Baode County spread throughout the 120th Division, and the officers and men of the 120th Division were very excited after receiving the news.
The officers and men began to shout, and many regiment commanders said that they would launch a counterattack against the Japanese army and that they could not lose face in front of the first reserve regiment.
When the news of the capture of Baode County by the First Reserve Regiment reached the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Vice President Peng and Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo were shocked.
After the two of them were stunned for a long time, Vice General Peng and Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo discussed it, and they got in touch with the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Garrison Command, and temporarily assigned the troops of the Sixth Garrison Regiment operating in Fugu County to the command of Sun Weiguo of the First Reserve Regiment, and at the same time, Vice General Peng got in touch with Division Commander He of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and Deputy General Peng temporarily assigned the independent first detachment of Division Commander He's activities in Shenchi County to Sun Weiguo's command.
On March 18, 1938, the commander of the 120th Division, He, divided the troops into three route armies, the left, the center and the right, the middle route army was the 359 brigade troops, the commander was the 359 brigade commander Chen, who was responsible for the Japanese troops in Wuzhai County, the right route army was the 358 brigade, the commander was the 358 brigade commander Zhang of the 358 brigade, and the left route army was the first reserve regiment, the sixth guard regiment, and the first independent detachment, and the commander was Sun Weiguo.