"In the Battle of Baohe, the Left Route Army lost its favorable situation, if the division forcibly fought a decisive battle with the Japanese army, it was very inappropriate, the current situation is favorable to the Japanese army, the headquarters suggested that the commander Sun could not destroy one part of the enemy in the concentrated operation of each department, then the various parts could be scattered to fight, so as to facilitate the part to go to the remote pass to fight, so as to attract the Japanese troops in Baode and Hequ to return to the reinforcements, and achieve the effect of dispersing the Japanese army, I can concentrate on the three regiments of cavalry, the first regiment, and annihilate the Japanese reinforcement troops in a movement war. If Sun Commander, commander of the Left Route Army, was convinced that he could annihilate the enemy in a decisive battle, he should think carefully and submit the battle plan to the headquarters for approval. Peng Dian, deputy commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army of the Second Theater Army. ”

Outside Dongcheng in Hequ County, on the position of the first battalion of the First Independent Regiment, Zhao Lin, a staff officer of the First Reserve Regiment, took the telegram he had just received from the headquarters and read it softly.

It should be noted that as early as November 1937, the Military Commission adjusted the number of the Army, Navy and Air Force, and the Red Army accepted the reorganized number as the Eighth Route Army of the Army; with this adjustment, the Eighth Route Army was renamed the Eighteenth Group Army of the Army, and the chief and deputy commander-in-chief were renamed the chief and deputy commanders-in-chief, and the rest of the departments did not change, and at the same time, the Eighteenth Group Army of the Army was still included in the battle sequence of the Second Theater of Operations, but it was directly under the direct command of the Military Commission.

However, the name of the Eighth Route Army has been used, and the people are accustomed to calling the Eighth Route Army troops instead of the Eighteenth Group Army, and each department also calls itself the Eighth Route Army.

Vice President Peng personally sent a telegram to Sun Weiguo, and unlike the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Left who forcibly gave orders to the Left Route Army, Vice President Peng still gave Sun Weiguo a large degree of autonomous combat power.

In the case of the hot-tempered Vice President Peng, he was able to send such a message to Sun Weiguo, obviously because he had a lot of trust in Sun Weiguo, otherwise just because Sun Weiguo dared to command the troops to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese puppet army, Vice President Peng might have to remove Sun Weiguo from his position.

"The regiment commander, Chief of Staff Zhao sent a telegram, the Japanese troops carried out a poison gas bomb attack on the first regiment on the north bank of the Zhujiachuan River, and at present, the various units have been separated from contact with the Japanese army, and the casualties of the four battalions are unknown at present, but the total loss of poison gas bombs this time should be more than 300 people." Zhao Lin continued to report that the expression on his face was already a little uncomfortable.

The first reserve regiment has always been the main force of the operation, and the successive battles have caused a lot of losses to all departments, and this time to bear the loss of poison gas bombs, Zhao Lin felt that the casualties were too great.

Sun Weiguo's eyes looked at the Japanese troops opposite, the Japanese troops were still not ready to attack, but they were constantly suppressing and shooting at the position.

After hearing Zhao Lin's report, Sun Weiguo's brows furrowed slightly, and he raised a handful of dust, which drifted towards the east.

"It's Dongfeng, immediately send an order to go down, prepare to guard against poison gas bombs, Zhao Lin, you personally go to contact the Third Cavalry Regiment, Armored Company, and Reconnaissance Company, and tell Chu Hongwei, Yin Jinshan, Ge Haifeng, to destroy the Japanese artillery position in Hequ County, no matter what the cost, give me the Japanese artillery position."

The expression on Sun Weiguo's face became serious, he looked at Zhao Lin, and immediately gave an order.

"Gather the officers above the battalion level of the 1st Independent Regiment, and the Japanese troops are going to retreat." Sun Weiguo gave the order again.

At this time, it is two kilometers away from the first battalion of the first independent regiment of Hequ County, which is a small village, the headquarters of the first reserve brigade of the Japanese army is stationed here, and at the same time outside the village is the Japanese mountain artillery brigade, twelve 75MM mountain guns are neatly arranged together, the artillerymen are sitting on the ground resting, and there are many shells next to the mountain artillery.

According to the Geneva Conventions, the use of poison gas bombs was prohibited, but the Japanese army used poison gas bombs with impunity.

This is the arrangement of the commander of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army, of course, such an arrangement will not appear in the document, the two artillery brigades of the Japanese army not only carried explosive shells and anti-personnel grenades this time, they also carried poison gas bombs, and Harem Chun arranged for the artillerymen to use poison gas bombs when the battle was difficult.

The Japanese troops in Hequ County did not attack for a long time, mainly because they also had to use poison gas bombs, but it is a pity that the Japanese army is the east of the Chinese troops, and now it is the east wind, if the Japanese artillery fires poison gas bombs, it will be these devil soldiers who are unlucky, so the Japanese army did not fire poison gas bombs.

By this time, the Japanese had received orders from Kunomura Momoyo, and they also began to prepare for retreat.

But the Japanese Shaozo was not reconciled, he wanted to wait a little to see if the wind direction would change so that he could fire poison gas bombs.

Shao Zuo of the 1st Reserve Brigade let the artillery brigade rest temporarily, and he took the personnel of the brigade headquarters to the front line to organize the troops, and received the troops of the 2nd Brigade so that they could evacuate together.

The Japanese artillery brigade has more than 600 people, they are equipped with self-defense rifles, and the artillery brigade will always be with the Japanese command, and they will also be equipped with corresponding guard units when fighting, at this time on the Japanese artillery position, there is an infantry squadron responsible for guarding.

"It's a pity, if we can launch poison gas bombs, Hequ County will definitely be conquered by us, but now we have to retreat, otherwise when the wind direction changes, these poison gas bombs will be launched, and the Chinese troops will definitely not be able to resist, and at that time your infantry will be able to easily capture the county seat."

Looking at the captain squadron leader beside him, Shao Zuo of the Japanese artillery brigade said softly.

The captain squadron leader had a tired expression on his face, his infantry squadron had been withdrawn from the front line, they had fought with Chinese troops.

"If it weren't for the sudden change of the Chinese troops, we would have conquered their positions a long time ago, but unfortunately the first squadron took over our position, and the first squadron has not continued to attack, but we are about to retreat, I really don't know what the above thinks." The captain took a puff of his cigarette, and he said with some grumbling.

As soon as his words fell, the Japanese captain heard the gunshots, and as he heard the gunshots, the Japanese captain felt a pain in his forehead.

The Japanese captain's body fell limply to the ground, and a bullet pierced his head accurately.

Han Wei, the leader of the sniper team of the special operations team, was not far away at this time, and after Han Wei fired a bullet, he pulled the bolt of the gun and pushed a brand-new bullet into the chamber of the gun.

Turning the scope around, he saw a machine gun shooter firing.

At this time, eight tanks and six armored vehicles of the armored company had appeared in the Japanese artillery position, and this machine gun shooter was strafing the cavalry behind the armored company.

This Japanese machine gun shooter is Nishina Furuya, he has no joy expression now, the army has lost the battle, and now it is about to retreat, his squadron was temporarily transferred to the artillery position to serve as a guard, the infantry squadron of nearly two hundred people is now only more than one hundred and twenty people, Nishina Furuya has no smile on his face, and now he suddenly wants to go home.