After the 77 Incident, the Japanese army sent a large number of troops into China to fight, although they captured a lot of towns, but also exposed the weakness of the Japanese army's insufficient troops.

The only troops that the Japanese army could garrison were the county towns and some important towns, and as for the large rural areas and mountainous areas, the Japanese troops rarely sent troops to garrison them.

At this time, the role of the puppet army was volatilized, and many puppet army units that had defected to the Japanese army were reorganized into the Imperial Allied Army and the Appeasement Army to assist the Japanese army in defensive operations.

Garrisoned in the Gushan area of Shouyang County was the troops of the Fifth Regiment of the Appeasement Army, which was formed by the expansion of a battalion of the Gui Army, and the regiment commander was Sun Ziyuan.

Sun Ziyuan was coerced by his subordinates to become a traitor, but fortunately, Sun Ziyuan had great prestige in the army, and most of the soldiers supported Sun Ziyuan, which allowed him to save his life.

Last month, Liangfu gave Sun Ziyuan the task of holding the Laoshan area and cooperating with the Japanese troops to annihilate the independent regiment troops that broke through.

Even Sun Ziyuan was unwilling to accept this task, his traitor subordinates were very happy to accept this task.

After Sun Ziyuan returned to Laoshan under the coercion of his subordinates, the troops of the Fifth Regiment of the Appeasement Army began to deploy, and more than 1,000 troops set up a defensive line centered on Gushan.

Among them, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion belonging to Sun Ziyuan's line were deployed in the front-line positions, and Sun Ziyuan also knew the thoughts of those traitor battalion commanders, but he had been imprisoned, and he had no way to stop these things from happening.

Sun Weiguo led his troops to take a short rest in Shuicao Mountain, and at present, the troops led by Sun Weiguo have nearly 400 people.

However, at present, these units cannot be compared with the officers and men of the previous independent regiment in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, especially in terms of weapons and equipment, but they are too much worse.

When the sun set and the dark night enveloped the land, Sun Weiguo and his troops began to leave Shuicao Mountain.

Because Wang Kunyao often moved around here, Sun Weiguo took Wang Kunyao's first company as the top soldier company, and he himself followed him with the regimental headquarters personnel, and Liu Jingnuan's third company was responsible for breaking the rear.

The troops were marching in the direction of Gushan, and Sun Weiguo was secretly looking forward to it, hoping that the armored company and the cavalry battalion would be able to come to Gushan safely to make peace with him.

Because it was a night march, the troops marched at a fast pace, and they did not encounter any Japanese troops blocking them along the way.

You must know that most of the Japanese troops did not arrive in Shouyang County at this time, otherwise it would be impossible for the Japanese army to deploy combat missions to the puppet army troops.

Sun Weiguo and political commissar Shen Wei came together, and the two of them were talking about the development of the independent regiment all the way.

According to Sun Weiguo's analysis of the current situation, he felt that after the troops arrived at Gushan, they should not return to Pingding County for the time being.

However, Shen Wei put forward the opposite opinion, she believed that the troops should return to Pingding County immediately after reaching Gushan and throwing off the Japanese pursuers.

Both people have different opinions, and there will inevitably be some arguments when they talk.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Lerong and Zhu Jianwei naturally had to participate in the discussion, and they wanted to show their attitude.

"Deputy Regiment Commander, we met the cavalry unit in front, and it was our cavalry unit." Just when the four of them were discussing the next action, Wang Tieniu, the acting commander of the second company, came to Sun Weiguo, and he said with some excitement.

After hearing Wang Tieniu's report, Sun Weiguo temporarily stopped talking with Shen Wei, and he walked quickly to the front.

Dozens of tired cavalrymen led their horses, their bodies covered with coagulated blood, and their faces were full of vicissitudes.

After seeing Sun Weiguo appear, the cavalrymen immediately straightened their bodies, they saluted Sun Weiguo, and several cavalry tears began to flow uncontrollably.

When Sun Weiguo saw that there were less than sixty cavalrymen in front of him, he had already realized that there was a very high probability that something was wrong with the cavalry battalion.

Ge Haifeng, the deputy commander of the third cavalry company, came to Sun Weiguo with two cavalry platoon commanders, Huang Gang and Huang Guohua, and the three officers looked at Sun Weiguo guiltily.

They were silent with their heads bowed, and in the silence of the night there were only the voices of a few horsemen crying softly.

"Cavalry battalion ......" The expression on Sun Weiguo's face became solemn, he wanted to ask, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't continue.

"Deputy regiment commander, we were intercepted by a cavalry wing and two tank squadrons of the Japanese army, the cavalry battalion suffered heavy casualties, Battalion Commander Chen withdrew to Pingding County with one unit, and more than 300 officers and soldiers including Deputy Battalion Commander Zhao Wei, Company Commander Lu Ziqi, and Company Commander Jiang Zheming were killed."

Ge Haifeng raised his head, he looked into Sun Weiguo's eyes, and said the situation of the cavalry battalion with a sad face.

Hearing that the cavalry battalion had suffered such heavy casualties, it was simply a bolt from the blue for Sun Weiguo, and his head "boomed", and his body couldn't help but shake a few times.

"Deputy Commander, we're sorry for you, we couldn't keep the cavalry battalion." Huang Gang saw Sun Weiguo's reaction, and he said with a face full of self-blame.

"I don't blame you, it's good that you can come back, if you can come back." Sun Weiguo muttered to himself.

He slowly came to Ge Haifeng and the others, and gently patted them on the shoulder, with a sad expression on his face and tears flashing in his eyes.

The troops of the Independent Regiment were established by Sun Weiguo, and every officer and soldier Sun Weiguo not only regarded them as subordinates, but also treated them as his own brothers.

Suffering such a big loss, Sun Weiguo's heart was very painful, he had suicidal thoughts before, but now Sun Weiguo turned his grief into motivation.

Shen Wei and Zhao Lerong and other regimental commanders comforted Ge Haifeng and other officers, while Sun Weiguo ordered the troops to continue the march.

He himself stepped aside, silently took out a bottle of wine, and he sprinkled it on the ground, his face full of pain.

"Brothers, may you rest in peace under the Nine Springs, and the Patriotic Nation will avenge the shame of the martyrs." Sun Weiguo said with a serious expression.

Liu Qian didn't know when she came to Sun Weiguo's side, she took off her military coat and gently draped it on Sun Weiguo's body.

Sun Weiguo glanced back at Liu Qian, and he hugged Liu Qian in his arms.

"Sun Weiguo, it's okay, they won't blame you, they are all anti-Japanese heroes, promise me, you have to be strong, you have to form an independent regiment again, annihilate more Japanese devils, and avenge these martyrs who died."

Liu Qian gently patted Sun Weiguo's back, her red lips pointed to Sun Weiguo's ear, and she said softly.

Sun Weiguo nodded vigorously, he didn't let the tears in his eyes flow out.

The troops of the Independent Regiment met with the troops of the cavalry battalion, and more than 40 cavalrymen were organized into a cavalry platoon, with Ge Haifeng as the platoon commander and Huang Gang and Huang Guohua as squad leaders.