In Chengguan Town, Pingding County, Shanxi Province, the main force of the Japanese garrison corps has begun to assemble in Yangquan County and Shouyang County, but to prevent the remnants of an independent regiment from continuing to operate in Chengguan Town, the main force of the Second Wing of the Garrison Corps is to conduct a dragnet search in Chengguan Town.

The troops led by Zhong Jian had already learned the news of the self-immolation of the wounded, and the officers and soldiers were very emotional and asked for a decisive battle with the Japanese army.

But Zhong Jian did not go to the decisive battle with the Japanese army according to the requirements of the officers and soldiers, after all, he was only with dozens of people now.

These dozens of troops began to engage in guerrilla warfare with the Japanese army in Chengguan Town, and the Independent Regiment was stationed in Chengguan Town for a long time, and most of the soldiers were from Pingding County, so they were naturally very familiar with the environment here.

The soldiers took advantage of the terrain and had a great impact on the ghost soldiers, especially when the soldiers hid in the tunnels, the ghost soldiers could not find them at all.

The Japanese launched more than a dozen dragnet searches, but apart from paying the price of dozens of casualties, they did not gain the slightest.

Kiyozaburo Okazaki had to consider the situation of his troops, and he ordered the troops to temporarily stop the search and rest in place.

These devil soldiers had been fighting for a day and a night, and they were already very tired, and Okazaki Kiyozaburo had to consider their physical strength.

The dozens of troops led by Zhong Jian were able to contain an infantry wing of the Japanese army anyway, but of course this was not a complete infantry wing.

However, Okazaki Kiyozaburo's Second Infantry Wing stopped in Chengguan Town, which greatly relieved the pressure on Sun Weiguo.

"Commander, deputy commander, can they break out? Judging from the situation last night, it seems that the Japanese army has sent reinforcements to participate in the battle, and according to the observation of the soldiers, this reinforcement force is full of thousands of people. ”

In the tunnel of Nanzhuang Village, Hong Zhiqiang came to Zhong Jian, and he said worriedly.

Zhong Jian took a hard puff of his cigarette, he checked his ammunition, and his brow furrowed.

Last night, the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade passed through Chengguan Town to pursue Sun Weiguo's troops, and all this was not hidden from the eyes of the soldiers.

After learning the news, Hong Zhiqiang and several other officers began to mention their hearts here, they were afraid that the troops led by Sun Weiguo would be surrounded and annihilated.

"There must be a way for the defense of the country to break out, let the soldiers rest for a while, and then we will continue to go out for activities."

Zhong Jian threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, he said in a serious tone, he wanted to contain the second infantry wing as much as possible.

Hong Zhiqiang began to convey Zhong Jian's order, and the resting warriors immediately began to prepare after receiving the order.

The soldiers did not discuss this matter, they believed in Sun Weiguo very much, they believed that Sun Weiguo would definitely be able to break through, and they believed that Sun Weiguo would definitely return here soon.

After a fierce battle with the Independence Regiment, the Independence Regiment was broken to the point of breaking its bones, and it was divided into three parts.

Sun Weiguo broke out of the regimental headquarters with the regimental headquarters, as well as the guard company and the armored company, but they were pursued by a mixed brigade, and in front of them were the troops of the 20th division responsible for interception.

Chen Guitang and the cavalry battalion had already broken through from the direction of Pingding County, but the cavalry battalion was intercepted by two tank squadrons and one cavalry wing of the 20th Division, and it was very likely that the two sides would have an encounter.

Compared with the troops led by Sun Weiguo and Chen Guitang, the strength of the supplementary company led by Zhong Jian is the least, but Zhong Jian stayed in Chengguan Town, there are tunnels dug by the independent regiment, and the soldiers are familiar with the terrain, plus the loss of soldiers of the second infantry wing is not small, the troops are very tired, and the pressure on Zhong Jian to lead the troops is the most relaxed.

At this time, the armored company and the guard company, as well as the regimental headquarters of the independent regiment, had already left Longmen Village, and they marched in the direction of Pingzhen Town, Yangquan County.

There are no Japanese troops near Longmen Village, but here in Pingping Town, there is a Japanese army headquarters and more than 500 Japanese troops, which are subordinate to the 77th Wing of the 39th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

In the vicinity of the flat town, there are more than 1,000 Japanese troops, which can be reinforced at any time.

The lieutenant general of the 20th Division, Kawagishi Fumizaburo, was Sun Weiguo's old opponent, and in order to cooperate with the garrison corps to completely annihilate the troops of the Independent Regiment, he had invested enough.

In the area leading from Yangquan County to Shouyang County, the Japanese army set up a long snake formation with seven infantry brigades, an engineer wing, and an artillery wing, and nearly 10,000 Japanese troops were directly deployed in various towns and cities for defense.

The task of these Japanese units is to intercept the troops of the Independent Regiment that have broken through, and once they find the troops of the Independent Regiment, they will immediately notify the Japanese troops in other defensive positions, so that the other Japanese units will immediately reinforce and carry out the encirclement and annihilation operation against the Independent Regiment.

The plan formulated by the North China Front Army Command was very perfect, and even though Sun Weiguo's troops had paid a heavy price to jump out of the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese garrison corps, it was very difficult for them to survive peacefully.

Sun Weiguo commanded the troops and was still on the march, and even Sun Weiguo was not aware of the danger ahead.

And the cavalry battalion troops that broke through from Pingding County to Yangquan County are now in danger.

The speed of the cavalry was very fast, they broke away from the territory of Pingding County early, and after coming to the territory of Yangquan County, Chen Guitang quickly marched in the direction of Gushan in Shouyang County according to the plan formulated by Sun Weiguo, which was the meeting place of Sun Weiguo.

After a fierce battle, a cavalry platoon of the cavalry battalion had been killed, and more than a dozen seriously wounded were also temporarily arranged by the cavalry battalion to the homes of ordinary people.

At this time, although the Japanese army occupied most of the towns, there were still ordinary people who supported the anti-Japanese troops.

With a force of nearly 400 people, Chen Guitang marched quickly, but the war horse is not a vehicle after all, even if it is a vehicle that travels for a long time, there will inevitably be problems.

After running for several hours in a row, Chen Guitang gave the order to rest, the tired soldiers have not had time to rest, they have to serve the war horse first, the most important thing for the cavalry is the war horse, in the eyes of many cavalry, the war horse is their closest partner.

After Chen Guitang and Deputy Battalion Commander Zhao Wei were sent out to guard the sentry, the two of them gathered together, and they had solemn expressions on their faces.

"Battalion commander, now that it is a Japanese-occupied area, so many of our troops are marching together, I am afraid that sooner or later it will attract the attention of the Japanese army."

Zhao Wei looked at Chen Guitang, and there was a worried expression on his face.

Before Chen Guitang could say anything, the gunshots of the guard post sounded in front of him.

The crisp sound of gunfire was very loud, and the cavalrymen quickly gathered their equipment, and they rode on their horses.