Hearing the report of Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo, Vice President Peng showed an excited expression on his face, and he hurriedly took the telegram and looked at it.

Seeing the achievements of the 120th Division, Vice President Peng had a smile on his face, and he said four "good" words in one breath.

With the 120th Division's performance report, Vice President Peng immediately took the headquarters to transfer, the current Japanese troops in the northwest of Shanxi Province have failed, but in other areas of the operation, the Japanese army still has the advantage, and now Vice President Peng needs to command the East Route Army with Zhu Lao.

At the same time as Vice President Peng's transfer, Vice President Peng sent a telegram to Mr. Zhu, hoping that Mr. Zhu would be able to win a brigade number for Sun Weiguo's troops in front of the Second War Zone.

"Sun Weiguo, the colonel of the first reserve regiment, commanded the Left Route Army to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese puppet army troops, recovering three county towns one after another, and the Japanese puppet army troops fled in disarray."

"The northwest operation in Jin Province was over, the Japanese puppet army troops were defeated, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army recovered the county occupied by the Japanese army, and Sun Weiguo was known as the first general of the Eighth Route Army."

"The Japanese puppet army troops were frightened, and Regiment Commander Sun Weiguo fought bravely and indirectly supported the operation of the Fifth Theater."

The propaganda organs of various newspapers began to carry out propaganda in advance, and Sun Weiguo, a name that was already familiar to the military and civilians of the whole country, once again occupied the front page of the newspapers.

After the Second Theater Commander's Department received the news, Yan Xishan immediately sent a telegram of commendation, and at the same time, Yan Xishan sent Tang Chunhua, who was in Lan County, to immediately go to Piguan County to comfort the combat troops.

Yan Xishan was taken aback when he received the news of the Eighth Route Army's victory, if someone had told him before that the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army would win the battle in the northwest of Shanxi, Yan Xishan would never believe such news, in Yan Xishan's opinion, the Eighth Route Army would not be able to deal with the Japanese troops in the northwest of Shanxi at all.

But this time it was an eye-opener for Yan Xishan, the troops of the Eighth Route Army recovered the county towns captured by the Japanese army, especially Sun Weiguo, the first regiment of the reserve, and actually conquered three county towns controlled by the Japanese army one after another, which was an eye-opener for Yan Xishan.

The 1st Independent Regiment and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment were just ordinary Jin Sui Army troops, if such troops faced the Japanese troops alone, they would definitely not be able to confront the Japanese army, but in the hands of Sun Weiguo, these troops turned out to be elite, which was something that Yan Xishan could not understand.

"Chief Yan, the chairman of the Military Commission has called, the Military Committee has awarded the reserve regiment 200,000 legal currency, and the chairman has promised to expand Sun Weiguo's troops into brigades, and the headquarters will be expanded into the new second brigade, under the jurisdiction of four infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, and one cavalry battalion."

In the headquarters of the commander of the Second Theater of Operations, Chief of Staff Zhu Shouguang came to Yan Xishan with a telegram, and after handing the telegram to Yan Xishan, Zhu Shouguang said softly.

Yan Xishan took the message and glanced at it, and after seeing the content of the message, the corners of Yan Xishan's mouth couldn't help but smile.

Brigade-level units generally have two regiments and six battalions under their jurisdiction, but this time, the chairman of the committee expanded Sun Weiguo's troops into the new Second Brigade, but did not give the new Second Brigade any regimental number.

Yan Xishan is the head of the Jin Suijun, and he will naturally not refuse such an arrangement.

"Forward the telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time report to the chairman of the Military Commission, promote Sun Weiguo to major general of the army, this time Sun Weiguo always won the battle, if he is not given a little commendation, I am afraid that the reporter will definitely say that I, Yan, is targeting the troops of the Eighth Route Army." Yan Xishan said lightly.

Zhu Shouguang nodded, and he immediately began to arrange for staff officers to directly send electricity to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the headquarters of the First Reserve Regiment.

In Xiaodongling Village, Qin County, Shanxi Province, when Vice President Peng came here with Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

Mr. Zhu stood in front of the map in his military uniform, a smile appeared on his face, and after receiving the telegram from Vice President Peng, Mr. Zhu was in a very good mood.

The 129th Division led by Division Commander Liu won battles in Hebei one after another and made good progress, but on the whole, the Japanese army was victorious in this operation, and the Japanese troops had captured Linfen County, an important town in southern Jin.

"Mr. Zhu." Vice President Peng's voice came from outside, and after hearing Vice President Peng's voice, Mr. Zhu looked back at the back, and he smiled.

The two commanders and deputy commanders of the Eighth Route Army hugged each other, but before they had time to catch up, a staff officer came to them.

"The boss, the deputy general manager, the second theater commander Yan called, the chairman of the committee was generous this time, and directly rewarded the reserve of the first regiment with 200,000 oceans, and the chairman gave Sun Weiguo a new number of the second brigade, but they did not give the regiment-level troops, they only gave four battalions, a cavalry battalion, and an artillery battalion number."

After coming to Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng, the staff officer looked at them and said softly.

"Lao Peng, yes, Chief Yan finally gave Weiguo the rank of major general, you can tell me how to arrange Weiguo's troops."

Mr. Zhu sat on the chair, he took the message and looked at it, and he asked softly.

Yan Xishan applied for the rank of major general to Sun Weiguo, but this rank of major general was not reported by the Quanxu Hall, which means that this major general rank is only a post rank, once Sun Weiguo loses the position of brigade commander, then his military rank is still only the rank of colonel.

"Boss, I think we have to stay with the number of the first regiment, but neither the chairman nor Chief Yan gave other regimental numbers, if we disobey the order at this time, it is inevitable that they will make a fuss about this matter again, and the first regiment of the reserve has three infantry battalions and one machine gun battalion. The newly formed Second Brigade has a special service battalion, a guard battalion, a cavalry battalion, and an artillery battalion under its jurisdiction. ”

After Vice President Peng hesitated for a moment, he looked at Mr. Zhu and said softly.

"Okay, just send electricity to Sun Weiguo as you said. However, Lao Peng, do you think we should continue to keep Sun Weiguo in the 120th Division or transfer them to the 129th Division. ”

Mr. Zhu agreed to Mr. Peng's arrangement, but seeing that Sun Weiguo's troops were still resting in Biguan County, he looked at Vice President Peng and asked softly.

"There is no war in the northwest of Shanxi, according to the documents captured by the 129th Division, the action of the 129th Division has attracted the attention of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army will launch an operation against us in April, I think it is better to transfer Sun Weiguo's troops to the 129th Division, I have read the documents on the formation of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, most of them are guerrilla troops and local troops, and they may be difficult to organize and transfer the new second brigade of the defense of the country to the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region as a new force." Vice President Peng did not hesitate and directly said his suggestion.