After Zhao Lerong heard Sun Weiguo's inquiry, he immediately walked quickly to Sun Weiguo, and he handed over the telegram he had just received to Sun Weiguo. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At present, the fifth detachment of the 120th Division has successfully broken through from the Weiyanjian Heights, the fifth detachment of the 120th Division and the troops of the First Regiment of Honor are withdrawing towards Gaohongkou Township, while the Unknown Regiment and the remnants of the three county brigades are withdrawing in the direction of the county seat of Wutai County.

The nameless regiment in this operation, the first regiment of honor lost more than 1,000 people, and at present the two regiments are able to fight only more than 2,000 people, while the three county brigades and the fifth detachment of the 120th division paid more than 1,500 casualties, and the first division of the Japanese army fought this time, the unknown regiment, the first regiment of honor, the three county brigades, and the fifth detachment, paid more than 3,000 casualties.

The First Independent Infantry Regiment of the Jin Sui Army suffered more than 800 casualties, the Third Cavalry Regiment suffered more than 600 casualties, and Yu Jinming, the colonel of the Third Cavalry Regiment, was unfortunately shot and died in battle.

The Eighth Route Army and the Jin Sui Army paid a total of nearly 5,000 casualties, so the sacrifice was very large, if it were not for the two regiments of the Jin Sui Army to attack Baijiazhuang Town in time, the casualties of the Eighth Route Army would definitely be even greater.

Sun Weiguo looked at the situation reports on the telegram, his brows furrowed tightly, and the expression on his face became solemn.

"Division commander, the nameless regiment and the honorary first regiment need to take a break, the casualties of the first independent infantry regiment and the third cavalry regiment of the Jin Sui Army are not small, they also need to adjust, at least for eight hours, these troops are temporarily unable to participate in the war, if they are forced to participate in the war, I am afraid that the troops will be exhausted."

Zhao Lerong looked at Sun Weiguo, and said with a solemn expression on his face.

At present, the casualties of these troops are not small, and these troops are fighting on the march for a long time, and they are exhausted after this battle.

If they had continued to fight, the troops would have been wiped out, and so far, neither the 1st Division nor the 114th Division of the Japanese Army had suffered too many casualties.

"Division commander, the troops of the 4th Regiment of Honor have sent an urgent telegram that the Japanese air force has carried out a major bombing of the area around Hutou Mountain, and the 4th Regiment of Honor has lost more than 40 tanks so far. Regiment Commander Yin Jinshan asked if the troops of the Honor Fourth Regiment could temporarily disperse the tanks. ”

The battle on the Weiyanjian Heights was already a headache for Sun Weiguo, but just as Sun Weiguo was thinking about how to deal with the troops of the Japanese First Division and the 114th Division in the direction of Baijiazhuang Town, Sun Ziyuan, deputy chief of staff, came to Sun Weiguo quickly, and he took a telegram to report with a solemn expression on his face.

Now that it was already dark outside, the Japanese air force began to operate.

The troops of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army were heavily damaged in the area of Hutou Mountain, and in order to retaliate against the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the north of Wutai County, it was rare for the Japanese army to concentrate all the North China air forces together this time.

The 27th Squadron, the 90th Squadron, and the 3rd Squadron of the 64th Squadron of the North China Front Flying Corps are all the air forces directly under the North China Front Command.

The 27th Squadron is a bomber unit with 36 bombers under its jurisdiction, the 90th Squadron is a light bomber unit with 36 light bombers under its jurisdiction, and the 3rd Squadron of the 64th Brigade is a fighter unit with 12 fighters.

Seventy-two bombers began to carpet bomb Hutou Mountain as the core, and even though the tank units of the 4th Regiment of Honor were scattered and hidden, they still paid the price of casualties.

At the same time, the 120th Brigade of the 359th Division assembled near Hutou Mountain, the Honorary Second Regiment, the Honorary Sixth Regiment, and the Honorary Fifth Regiment all paid different casualties.

Yin Jinshan realized that the Japanese army had strengthened its air strikes, and he knew that his armored forces would definitely not be able to continue to be used intensively, so he immediately sent a telegram to Sun Weiguo.

The Japanese army in North China knew that the armored unit of the Honorary Second Division was very powerful, and in the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese army's independent mixed second brigade, independent garrison, mobile troops composed of cavalry and armored troops of various divisions, and even the troops of the 26th Division of the Japanese army, the armored unit of the Honorary Second Division served as the main force.

For the time being, Terauchi Shouichi could not find a Japanese unit that could compete with the armored forces of the Honorary Second Division, so he planned to use air power to attack the armored units of the Honorary Second Division.

This time, the Japanese air team in North China was the main force, and dozens of planes came to Wutai County to attack Sun Weiguo's armored troops.

The concentrated use of tanks was a new tactic of the Germans who won many battles in World War II, but if they wanted to concentrate on tank combat, they mainly controlled air superiority.

The Germans' planes fought in tandem with tank units, which was the main reason for their invincibility.

The Honorable 2nd Division was able to surprise the Japanese when they first used their armoured troops, but once the Japanese came to their senses, they were able to quickly find a way to strike the tanks.

Now the Japanese are waking up, they realize that they can't defeat the Japanese tank forces on the ground, so they strengthen their air force to fight.

After Sun Weiguo heard Sun Ziyuan's report, the expression on his face became even heavier, he took the telegram and looked at it, and the expression on his face changed.

Looking at the map, the expression on Sun Weiguo's face gradually became serious, and he realized that his maximum combat power had been contained.

"Division commander, the troops of the 21st Division and the 110th Division of the Japanese Army have entered the western part of Wutai County, and the troops of these two divisions have not suffered much blow, and we have no troops to fight against them for the time being." Zhao Lerong looked at Sun Weiguo, and he continued to report.

"Now that I know this, it looks like we're going to have to take a final step." Sun Weiguo gasped, and he said in a serious tone.

Long before the troops of the Honorary Second Division came to Wutai County to garrison, Sun Weiguo had already begun to prepare the final strategy.

According to Sun Weiguo's final strategy, he planned to withdraw the main force of the troops to Wutai Mountain when the troops could not hold Wutai County, and the troops would garrison Wutai Mountain and make a final battle with the Japanese army.

Sun Weiguo is determined to fight to the death with the Japanese army, he will not evacuate Wutai County, and he will not let the devil soldiers easily capture Wutai County.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of 24 September, the main force of the Japanese North China Air Force began to fly over Wutai County, and Japanese planes began to focus on striking at the armored units of the Honor Second Division.

At this time, the main forces of the 1st Division and the 114th Division of the Japanese Army began to advance towards the county seat of Wutai County, and at the same time, the 21st Division and the 110th Division of the Japanese Army that entered Wutai County from Fuping County also began to advance towards the county seat of Wutai County, and the main forces of the four divisions of the Japanese Army marched towards the county seat in unison.