Chapter 426: Prepare a counterattack
In Hequ County, in the headquarters of the Left Route Army, Sun Weiguo was still on the front line of the first battalion, fighting together with the soldiers of the first battalion.
After the attack of the 1st Reserve Brigade was repulsed, the Japanese did not attack again, the previous attack cost the Japanese a squadron of troops, and the Japanese Shao Zuo was calling a meeting of two captains and squadron leaders, who wanted to find a new way to attack and break the position of the first battalion in one fell swoop.
The officers and soldiers of the first battalion of the first independent regiment looked at Sun Weiguo with admiration, and several bold veterans gathered around Sun Weiguo, and they handed Sun Weiguo cigarettes one after another.
"Sir Sun, I'm really convinced, the same little devils, when it comes to your hands, they seem to be made of dirt without beating."
"Sir Sun, this little devil seems to be scared, they don't dare to attack now, I don't think they have the courage to come."
"It's really unlucky, I only killed five little devils, if only I could suppress the heavy machine gun of the little devils, I promise to kill ten little devils."
The veterans came to Sun Weiguo's side, and they said with emotion, and these veterans looked at Sun Weiguo's eyes full of admiration.
The battalion commander of the major squatted aside a little embarrassed, but he had an indescribable embarrassment in his heart, if there was a crack in the ground, he would like to get in. The same troops, the same devil soldiers, when they command themselves, the troops will be suppressed, and those who are beaten by the Japanese will abandon their positions.
However, after Sun Weiguo was replaced, he not only defeated the Japanese attack, but also brought hundreds of casualties to the Japanese army, and the major had no face in front of Sun Weiguo.
"In the future, you must sum up your combat experience with the Japanese army, and you cannot fail to sum up whether you have won a battle or lost a battle. The little devil's firepower is fierce, you have to pay attention to dodging, use all kinds of weapons to fight the little devil, and you can't always think about retreating because the little devil's firepower is fierce. ”
Sun Weiguo lit a cigarette, and he looked at the veterans, with a faint smile on his face.
The veterans smiled awkwardly, and the battalion commander of the major looked at Sun Weiguo, and said with a serious expression: "Chief Sun, I will definitely not give up my position easily in the future." ”
Hearing the assurances of the battalion commander of the major, Sun Weiguo nodded with satisfaction, he handed the cigarette to the veteran soldier beside him, slowly poked his head out, and looked at the Japanese army with a telescope.
The Japanese still had no intention of attacking, and the little devils were hiding in the position, but the heavy machine guns were not transferred, and they were still deployed on the machine gun positions.
"Little devils look down on people, go contact your artillery company and knock out the Japanese machine-gun position." Sun Weiguo immediately gave the order.
The battalion commander of the major nodded, and he immediately ran back towards the battalion headquarters, and Sun Weiguo was on the position, he was very relieved.
Not long after the major left, Qian Zhongming, the commander of the 1st Independent Regiment, quickly came to the position with his staff officer Zhao Lin.
After seeing Sun Weiguo, the two people hurriedly walked over, because they were on the battlefield, the two of them did not salute.
The veterans gave up their places, and Zhao Lin squatted beside Sun Weiguo and reported the situation softly.
The Third Cavalry Regiment and other mobile units have completely annihilated the two Japanese squadrons that entered Wuzhai County, which is good news.
However, the Japanese cavalry wing and field artillery brigade entered Baode County and joined the combat unit of Kunomura Momoyo to encircle and annihilate the first reserve regiment, and with the addition of these Japanese troops, the situation of the first reserve regiment began to be a little unoptimistic, especially when an infantry brigade of the Japanese army defeated the independent first detachment, which directly posed a threat to the artillery position and the regimental headquarters of the first reserve regiment.
Zhao Lin had already brought the map with him, and while he was making a report, he quickly pointed to the location on the map.
Looking at the location on the map, Sun Weiguo couldn't help but show a worried expression on his face, the command ability of Zhao Lerong and others in the regiment headquarters was still lacking, in the face of ordinary Japanese officers, they could deal with it, but in the face of Kunomura Momoyo, a Japanese officer, they were obviously unable to deal with it.
"The main force of the Japanese puppet army has begun to assemble on the south bank of the Zhujiachuan River, they want to eat the troops on the south bank who did not cross the river, Kunomura Momoyo should have judged that it was our reserve first regiment troops who crossed the river, so he planned to eat the sixth garrison regiment and the independent first detachment first, and then encircle and annihilate the reserve first regiment."
Sun Weiguo pointed to the map, the expression on his face became calm, and his tone was very calm.
"Let the reserve first regiment carry out a counterattack, and Sun Ziyuan immediately found a way to cross the river and command the troops to fight. The troops of the 3rd and 4th Battalions advanced, the 6th Garrison Regiment and the 1st Independent Detachment temporarily abandoned the plan to cross the river, the 1st and 2nd Battalions took cover, and when the 3rd and 4th Battalions had made progress, the 1st and 2nd Battalions advanced rapidly. ”
"Let the first independent detachment quickly complete the containment work, and then go to the artillery position to assist the artillery in the operation, as long as the first regiment is successfully attacked, the Japanese troops on the south bank of the Zhujiachuan River will definitely return to help quickly, and the sixth regiment of the garrison must withstand the pressure of the Japanese puppet cavalry."
"The third cavalry regiment, armored company, and reconnaissance company quickly returned to Hequ County, returned to the county seat of Hequ County as quickly as possible, and launched an attack on the Japanese troops besieging the county seat of Hequ County from the flank, and told Chu Hongwei, Yin Jinshan, Ge Haifeng, the speed must be fast!"
After getting Zhao Lin's report, Sun Weiguo issued three orders in one breath, and at the same time, Sun Weiguo picked up a blue pencil and marked the attack route of each battalion on the map.
After hearing Sun Weiguo's order, seeing Sun Weiguo mark the offensive route, Zhao Lin nodded, and he immediately withdrew towards the city.
If you want to contact these troops, you still have to get in touch through the radio station of the communication platoon in the county.
"Chief Sun, it's better to let the Third Cavalry Regiment and other mobile troops quickly reinforce the Baode County troops to fight, we can still hold on here."
Qian Zhongming also knew how difficult the battle was in Baode County, he looked at Sun Weiguo and said softly.
Sun Weiguo shook his head gently, he patted Qian Zhongming on the shoulder, and continued to hold the telescope to look at the Japanese army.
In the town of Waist Village, Baode County, the headquarters of the 13th Wing of Momoyo of Kuno Village has come here, and on the high ground near Waist Zhuang Town, there are twelve 75MM field guns, which are the field artillery brigades brought by the Japanese cavalry wing.
THIS FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A FIELD GUN OF THE TYPE 38, WHICH WAS AN IMPROVED FIELD GUN BASED ON THE MEIJI TYPE 38 STYLE 75MM FIELD GUN, WHICH IMPROVED THE GUN CARRIAGE AND INCREASED THE MAXIMUM ANGLE OF SHOOTING, THUS INCREASING THE RANGE OF THE ARTILLERY.
The maximum firing range of the Type 38 field artillery is 11,500 meters, and with the position of the Japanese artillery, he can cover the positions of the first reserve regiment, the sixth garrison regiment, and the first independent detachment, but on the contrary, Zheng Jingjing's artillery company cannot reach the Japanese artillery position at all.
If it weren't for the fact that the Saito Brigade had already begun to attack the artillery positions, the Japanese artillery would have covered the positions of Zheng Jingjing's artillery company.