Chapter 381: Old Tactics of the Army
There began to be some strange remarks at the divisional headquarters combat meeting, and the officers were obviously still somewhat unhappy with Sun Weiguo's statement.
Division Commander He stood up to relieve Sun Weiguo, and Division Commander He asked Sun Weiguo to continue.
"The city wall of Wuzhai County is strong, which is not conducive to the troops to carry out a strong attack, for the Japanese army in Wuzhai County, we take the siege but not the fight, the Japanese troops learned that our 120th Division is besieging Wuzhai County, and its reinforcements will definitely reinforce Wuzhai County. Our 120th Division can deploy a small force to contain the Japanese troops in Wuzhai County, hit the main force to fight the Japanese reinforcements, and encircle the points to send reinforcements, which is also the old tactic of our troops. ”
Sun Weiguo said what he thought, and then Sun Weiguo looked at Master He.
Division Commander He nodded, Sun Weiguo quickly returned to his seat, the battle idea Sun Weiguo had already put forward, but whether this idea would be adopted and the specific battle plan after adoption, Sun Weiguo naturally could not intervene.
When Sun Weiguo returned to his seat, Division Commander He and Chief of Staff Zhou exchanged glances, and then Division Commander He came to the map.
Division Commander He held the baton, and he began to issue specific combat missions.
The 359 Brigade was responsible for cutting off the connection between Wuzhai County and other strongholds, and at the same time sent a small force to besiege Wuzhai County, and the 358 Brigade cut off the connection between Wuzhai County and Shenchi County.
At the same time, for the troops directly under the 120th Division, Division Commander He also made arrangements, and the divisional cavalry battalion and other troops also carried out relevant combat missions, while Sun Weiguo's reserve first regiment was deployed in Qilan County to continue to rest and recuperate, and at the same time served as the general reserve of the whole division.
The officers stood up one after another, saluted Commander He, and began to go back to deploy their troops.
When leaving the division headquarters, the officers greeted Sun Weiguo one after another, but they did not expect that Sun Weiguo just put forward a combat idea at random, which was adopted by Division Commander He and Chief of Staff Zhou.
However, these officers didn't know that long before coming to the division headquarters, Sun Weiguo had roughly guessed the next combat operations of the 120th Division.
This combat idea was not put forward by Sun Weiguo at random, but was said after careful consideration.
Sun Weiguo rushed back to Lan County from the division headquarters, but the troops did not get any combat mission, and Sun Weiguo felt a little lost in his heart.
The sky gradually became dark, and when Sun Weiguo returned to the regiment headquarters, Shen Wei was on duty.
Sun Weiguo told him about the situation at the division headquarters, but Shen Wei was not too surprised, the first reserve regiment had just been withdrawn from the front line to rest, and it would be strange if Division Commander He gave the first reserve regiment a combat mission at this time.
After talking with Shen Wei for a while, Sun Weiguo persuaded Shen Wei to rest, while he was on duty in the regiment headquarters, and at the same time Sun Weiguo began to write the training plans of each department.
In the following time, the 1st Reserve Regiment was in Qilan County for rest and training, while the rest of the 120th Division took action.
In Biguan County, the regimental headquarters of the 26th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, the commander of the Major General of the 26th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, Shigetoku Kuroda, was in front of the map at this time.
It was already 16 March, and the various units of the 120th Division had already launched an operation, and Wuzhai County was also besieged by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.
After the Japanese troops in Wuzhai County found themselves besieged, they immediately reported to the 11th Wing Headquarters, and the 11th Wing Commander, Chisato Zhenxiong, immediately sent a telegram to Kuroda Shigetoku asking for tactical knowing, and the 11th Wing did not have much troops at hand.
The 26th Division of the Japanese Army was the first division to realize the establishment of three wings, because the Japanese infantry division had a very large number of directly subordinate troops, such as artillery wing, engineer wing, baggage wing, etc., so the Japanese army added an infantry regiment between the wing and the division, which was a peculiar formation, and the commander of the infantry regiment managed the three infantry wings and was directly responsible to the division commander.
This time the Japanese army launched an operation in the northwest of Jin, and the commander of the 26th Division, Hou Gong Chun, did not personally command, he handed over the command to the commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment, Major General Kuroda Shigetoku, and before the departure of the Japanese troops, Kuroda Shigetoku boasted of Haikou, and he wanted to drive all the troops of the Eighth Route Army out of Shanxi.
It's just that after more than ten days of continuous fighting, Kuroda Shigetoku began to realize that what he said before was just wild words, and the troops of the 109th Division who cooperated with the 26th Division were completely defeated, and they withdrew from the battle ahead of schedule.
The troops of the 26th Division stationed in Lan County were defeated one after another, and now the Japanese army in Wuzhai County has fallen into the encirclement, which makes Kuroda Shigetoku's face very gloomy.
"Your Excellency General, according to the information we have obtained, Sun Weiguo's reserve first regiment is currently resting in Lan County, although their troops have brought great losses to the 109th Division, their losses are also very serious, so this battle in Wuzhai County did not involve Sun Weiguo's troops."
A Japanese soldier stood respectfully in front of Kuroda Shigetoku and reported, with a slight expression of excitement on his face.
Sun Weiguo has become a headache for the Japanese troops, and the devil soldiers are very reluctant to fight with Sun Weiguo's troops, and in the puppet army troops, there is an unspoken rule of "no war when you meet Sun".
Before Sun Weiguo's troops fought in Lan County, Kuroda Shigetoku planned to send the puppet army cavalry troops to attack Sun Weiguo's troops from behind through Baode County, but after the puppet army troops learned the news, they were so frightened that hundreds of puppet cavalry directly became deserters.
Seeing that hundreds of puppet troops had fled without fighting Sun Weiguo, Kuroda had to cancel this plan.
After knowing that the 120th Division was taking action in Wuzhai County, Kuroda Shigetoku was most worried about Sun Weiguo's troops.
However, now that he knew that Sun Weiguo's troops were resting in Lan County, Kuroda Shigetoku was relieved.
"Assign a brigade of the 13th Wing to the 11th Wing to fight, and tell Qianli Zhenxiong that the 120th Division must be completely defeated before Sun Weiguo's troops complete their rest, and at the same time let the 13th Wing transfer an infantry squadron and a cavalry squadron to Qilan County through Baode County to monitor Sun Weiguo's troops, and once Sun Weiguo's troops show signs of marching towards Wuzhai County, they must be delayed."
After Kuroda hesitated for a moment, he immediately began to give the order to fight.
The Japanese soldier Shaozo nodded, he did not dare to delay in the slightest, and hurriedly began to convey Kuroda Shigetoku's order.
The Japanese troops began to mobilize, and the 11th Wing of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army began to fight with the troops of the 120th Division, but here in Lan County, there was silence.
At this time, in the county seat of Lan County, Sun Weiguo, who was covered in mud, came to the regiment headquarters, picked up the hot water on the table, and Sun Weiguo took a sip.
The sudden heavy snowfall made the training of the first regiment more difficult, but Sun Weiguo did not give the order to stop the training.
"Brother Sun, it's been hard work." As soon as he finished drinking hot water, Sun Weiguo heard a familiar voice.
Hearing this voice, a smile appeared on Sun Weiguo's face, I am afraid that the only person who can call Sun Weiguo Brother Sun is Tang Chunhua, the senior counselor of the Second Theater Commander's Department, but Sun Weiguo doesn't know what Tang Chunhua is doing here at this time.