Chapter 679: The Best Defense

In the county seat of Pingding County, in the headquarters of the new Second Brigade.

It was already past seven o'clock in the evening, and the officers of all units rushed to the brigade headquarters from their garrisons, and in addition to the officers of the 6th Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Pre-Regiment, the officers of the Independent Regiment also came to the brigade headquarters of the New 2nd Brigade.

The regiment commander Zhong Jian is Sun Weiguo's old commander, when he started from the district team, Zhong Jian was Sun Weiguo's superior, but at the beginning, Yamashita Fengwen led the garrison corps to encircle and annihilate the independent regiment troops, and the independent regiment troops founded by Sun Weiguo and Zhong Jian were divided into two, and Sun Weiguo led some troops to break through, thus establishing the new second brigade troops.

Although Sun Weiguo has left the Independent League for a long time, Sun Weiguo still has a high prestige in the Independent League.

At present, most of the officers of the Independent Regiment are old subordinates who have fought with Sun Weiguo, and they naturally have great trust in Sun Weiguo, and they know that with Sun Weiguo commanding the battle, the troops will definitely be able to win the battle.

The officers all sat on the chairs in the conference room of the brigade headquarters, and they all looked at Sun Weiguo, and everyone had an expectant expression on their faces.

In particular, the officers of the Independent Regiment were directly assigned to the establishment of the New Second Brigade this time, which was equivalent to the merger of the two units founded by Sun Weiguo, and the officers and men were very much looking forward to this operation, and they all wanted to perform well in front of Sun Weiguo.

Sun Weiguo cleared his throat, and he looked at the officers present, with a faint smile on his face.

"The unit has been expanded into a brigade and three regiments, according to the regular army, this is a type A brigade, but even if it is a type A brigade of the Central Army, they will not have weapons and equipment like ours. WE HAVE TWO INFANTRY REGIMENTS, A CAVALRY REGIMENT, THE CAVALRY REGIMENT HAS CAVALRY BATTALIONS, ARMORED BATTALIONS, MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALIONS, MOUNTED ARTILLERY BATTALION UNITS, NOW EACH COMPANY IS SUPPORTED BY MORTARS AND HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, EACH BATTALION ALSO HAS INFANTRY ARTILLERY, EACH REGIMENT HAS 82MM MORTARS AND MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION, WHICH WE DID NOT DARE TO THINK OF BEFORE. ”

"Most of the people here came from the district squad, when we were dozens of people fighting little devils in an infantry squad, we only had backward weapons such as Hanyang, even such weapons are rare, most of them are holding cold weapons, but our troops have grown up step by step since that time, and now, we have heavy artillery, we have tanks, we have weapons that are more sophisticated than the Japanese, and I can proudly say that the new second brigade is the most combat-effective brigade-level unit in China."

"Many people are not optimistic about the defensive battle of Pingding County this time, and many people think that it is a dead end for us to stay in Pingding County, even in my opinion, there is not much chance of winning. In the afternoon I went to see the independent group, and I changed my opinion. The little devils have the spirit of bushido, they are not afraid of death, they can fight a regular division of eight or nine thousand people in a brigade of more than 1,000 people, and half of their division dares to crisscross the provinces defended by our hundreds of thousands of troops, why is this, are the little devils really invulnerable? ”

"Yes, the little devils have planes and tanks, they have many advantages, and we have no way to deal with these advantages, but what I want to say is that in addition to the planes, our weapons and equipment are no worse than the little devils, and the little devils dare to chase a regular Chinese division to fight, and our new second brigade dares to defend in Pingding County to resist the attack of three or four divisions of the little devils, the same two shoulders and one head, can we not do what the little devils do?"

"The little devil troops are all elite, they are well-trained, well-equipped, and the troops cooperate tacitly, it can be said that any little devil troops are trump cards, but don't forget, our new second brigade is also a trump card, since the establishment of the army, the new second brigade troops are the elite troops of the little devils. I don't believe that the officers and men of the Chinese troops will be worse than the officers and soldiers of the Japanese troops, and what they can do, we can also do, no matter how many little devils come, we will hold the county seat of Pingding County. ”

Sun Weiguo began to speak, at first Sun Weiguo had a smile on his face, but the expression on his face became more and more serious, as the topic became heavier, Sun Weiguo's tone was also unwilling, his right hand clenched into a fist, and from time to time he slammed it on the table.

In the course of the battle between the Japanese army and the Chinese troops, there are countless examples of them winning more with less, and it seems that the Chinese troops have rarely won such battles.

Every victory of the Chinese troops was achieved with huge casualties, and among the general military elites, they all shared the common idea that it was necessary to use at least four or five corps to defend against the attack of a Japanese division, and to attack a Japanese division, it was necessary to have more than ten corps.

Sun Weiguo has a different view of this general opinion, he believes that as long as there are weapons and equipment comparable to the Japanese army, a division of the Chinese army can fight against a division of the Japanese army, and the soldiers of the Chinese army are the best soldiers, if the little devils are allowed to hold such equipment as the Chinese army, even if they have the spirit of bushido, they will still not be the opponent of the Chinese army.

"Brigade commander, the little devils are also two shoulders and one head, they are not invulnerable, the Japanese Fifth Division commanded a 21 brigade regiment to crisscross Shanxi, defeating more than 100,000 people of the Jin Sui Army, but our new second brigade is not the Jin Sui Army. What the little devil can do, we can still do, no matter how many people the little devil comes, we can still hold Pingding County, let us advance a regiment to go first, and when our regiment is exhausted, we will be on the sixth regiment and the independent regiment. ”

Wang Tieniu, the deputy head of the first regiment, stood up from his chair, he looked at Sun Weiguo, and said with a determined expression on his face.

"Brigade commander, I think that instead of our passive attack, it is better to take the initiative to attack, the best defense is to attack, the Japanese troops are besieging from all directions, we can choose to fight all the way to the Japanese troops, as long as we fight the Japanese troops all the way, the rest of the Japanese troops will definitely take action."

Yin Jinshan, the commander of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, stood up, he looked at Sun Weiguo, and said in a solemn tone.

Hearing Yin Jinshan's words, Sun Weiguo showed a thoughtful expression on his face, he didn't think about this idea, but at that time, the new second brigade only had the sixth cavalry regiment and the first pre-regiment, if the troops were dispatched to attack, then the defense of Pingding County would be empty.

But now the situation is different, the new Second Brigade has one more regiment of independent regiments, and Sun Weiguo now has the capital to carry out the main attack.

The best defense is to attack, passively defend in Binh Dinh County, there must be a lot of casualties among the troops, on the contrary, take the initiative to attack, but it can mobilize the Japanese troops, thereby reducing the casualties of their own troops.