On August 25, 1938, the troops of the Sixth Army Division, which had gone to Linzhang County to fight, quickly returned to Pingding County to support the operation after being attacked by Pingding County.

After a day and a night of fierce fighting, the divisional troops of the Sixth Army repelled the attack of the Japanese troops of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese mixed battle, and the Japanese troops began to withdraw from Pingding County on the night of 25 August, while the mobile troops immediately launched a pursuit, and at 3 o'clock in the morning of 26 August, the 1st Regiment completely annihilated the 7th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army in Shimenkou Town.

The 6th Cavalry Regiment and the Cavalry Battalion were the mobile combat units that pursued and evacuated the Japanese troops all the way, and when the Japanese troops withdrew to the county seat of Pingding County and Guanshan Town, the 6th Cavalry Regiment and the Cavalry Battalion respectively surrounded and annihilated the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Brigade and the 6th Independent Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Brigade and Regiment, and destroyed eight Japanese artillery pieces.

The two Japanese brigades fled to Yangquan County in disarray, and the Japanese 1st Brigade and the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade were received by the 21st Division, and they barely broke out safely.

After the troops of the 6th Cavalry Regiment and the Cavalry Battalion pursued the Japanese troops to Yangquan County, Yin Jinshan and Ge Haifeng immediately began to issue orders to stop the pursuit.

On 26 August, the headquarters of the Sixth Army Division was again relocated to the county seat of Binh Dinh County, and the county seat that had fallen into the hands of the Japanese army was once again recovered.

The people rejoiced, and everyone had a smile of joy on their faces, and they warmly welcomed the troops of the Sixth Army Division to another victory.

After Sun Weiguo established the Sixth Army Divisional Headquarters in the county seat of Pingding County, he immediately began to deploy various divisions for defense, and Sun Weiguo was worried that the little devils would retaliate again.

For one day, Sun Weiguo spent all the time in the deployment of various defense areas, and at the same time, Sun Weiguo also began to realize a serious problem, that is, the problem of replenishing troops.

In the past, Sun Weiguo had a small number of troops, and every time there were dozens of casualties or even one or two hundred people in the troops, they could replenish the recruits, and these recruits would have veterans to guide and train, but with the expansion of the troops now, every time they fought with the Japanese troops, there would be thousands of casualties, and there would be hundreds of casualties.

In this way, if it is to replenish new recruits, then hundreds or even thousands of new recruits will appear in the troops, and the combat effectiveness of the troops will naturally decline.

In particular, professional artillery, cavalry, communications troops, and armored troops are not just trained to go to the battlefield.

Sun Weiguo noticed this problem very early, but for a while Sun Weiguo did not think of a suitable solution, this time the county seat of Pingding County was recaptured, and Sun Weiguo began to think about the training of recruits.

"Commander, the telegram I just received is a telegram from the Military Commission forwarded by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, according to the order of the Military Commission, our unit is about to be officially expanded into a division-level unit, Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng mean to cancel the number of the sub-division of our army, and after our unit is expanded into a division, it will be directly under the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and the station will still be in Pingding County."

Just when Sun Weiguo was thinking about solving the problem of recruits, Yang Tiezhu, the commander of the communications company, came to Sun Weiguo with a telegram and reported.

Yang Tiezhu's words attracted the attention of political commissar Shen Wei and chief of staff Zhao Lerong, and they couldn't help but look towards Sun Weiguo.

Sun Weiguo took the telegram and looked at it, and he couldn't help but show a shocked expression on his face, indeed, the Military Commission planned to reorganize Sun Weiguo's troops into division units, and Sun Weiguo's newly organized division was called the Honorary Second Division.

The Honorary Division is a specially formed unit during the Anti-Japanese War, and unlike the new formation, reserve, and provisional formation, the officers and men of the Honorary Division are formed after fighting with the Japanese army and recovering from injuries, and all the officers and men of the Honorary Division are veterans who have fought devil soldiers.

The Honorary First Division was formed in January 1938, the first division commander Song Xilian, succeeded the division commander Zheng Dongguo, and then the division was assigned to the Fifth Army combat sequence, and then followed the Fifth Army to participate in the Kunlun Pass operation, the honorary first division killed the Japanese Fifth Division 21st Brigade Major General Brigade Commander Nakamura Masao.

The honorary division number was awarded to two troops during the entire Anti-Japanese War, which shows how difficult it is to obtain the honorary division number.

Sun Weiguo didn't expect to get the honorary second division number again in advance because of his appearance, in the history that Sun Weiguo understands, the honorary second division unit will not be established until 1943, but now Sun Weiguo's army has received this huge honor, Sun Weiguo is proud in addition to feeling honored.

"Political commissar, the number given to us by the Military Commission is the Honorary Second Division, which is the second honorary division in the country. This number will be an honor for our lifetime. ”

After reading the message, Sun Weiguo looked at the political commissar Shen Wei, and there was an excited expression on his face, he couldn't wait to pick up Shen Wei directly.

"Wei Guo, I haven't heard of this honorary division." Shen Wei's face was full of doubts.

Sun Weiguo hurriedly explained to Shen Wei again, and after Shen Wei listened to Sun Weiguo's explanation, she had a shocked expression on her face, she didn't expect that the honorary teacher would come from like this.

Hearing that his unit was about to be expanded into an honorary second division unit, Shen Wei couldn't say how proud she was.

Now we have three infantry regiments, an armored regiment, and an artillery regiment, and the Military Commission has given four regiments that can't even be organized into the current troops, not to mention that I still want to expand the cavalry battalion into a regimental unit. Ge Haifeng, the battalion commander, should also be promoted, the cavalry battalion troops have worked hard during this time, and we can't treat them badly. ”

Sun Weiguo looked at Shen Wei, and he said in a solemn tone.

According to the establishment given by the Military Commission, the Honorary Second Division has three infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, and four regiments in the whole division, but now Sun Weiguo's troops have five regiments, and Sun Weiguo also plans to formally expand the cavalry battalion into a cavalry regiment.

"At least six regiments, three infantry regiments, one armored regiment, one cavalry regiment, one artillery regiment, in addition to a mechanized reconnaissance battalion directly under the division headquarters, a motorized guard battalion, a communications battalion, an engineer battalion, a baggage battalion, a repair shop, and a sanitary team."

Sun Weiguo looked at the establishment given by the Military Commission, he looked at the political commissar Shen Wei, and he directly said his thoughts.

According to Sun Weiguo's idea, the Honorary Second Division has six regiments under its jurisdiction, and the division headquarters also has five battalions directly under it, which can be regarded as a strengthened division.

However, judging from the current strength and weaponry of Sun Weiguo's troops, there is no problem in asking for such a large number of troops.

Shen Wei stared at a pair of beautiful eyes, she looked at Sun Weiguo, the expression on her pretty face changed, she felt that Sun Weiguo wanted too much.

Where can a division have so many troops under its jurisdiction, even if it is impossible to strengthen the division, she feels that even if the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army reports to the Military Commission, the Military Commission may not agree