Chapter 418: Be Patient
In Hequ County, in the headquarters of the Left Route Army, after Zhao Lin received a radio report from the Biguan County Reconnaissance Force, he immediately came to Sun Weiguo's side.
After handing over the telegram to Sun Weiguo, Zhao Lin stood aside, with a sad expression on his face, the communication platoon continued to contact the second platoon of the reconnaissance company, but the other party no longer had any signal, and the two sides could not get in touch.
Zhao Lin knew very well that the second platoon of the reconnaissance company would definitely be wiped out, and the Japanese cavalry wing had more than 700 people.
Sun Weiguo read the contents of the telegram, and when he saw the report of the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company at the bottom, his pupils couldn't help but shrink together, and his brows furrowed tightly.
But soon, Sun Weiguo regained his calm expression, even if he was in heartache, he would not show it on the surface, any emotional change of the commander during the battle would bring unpredictable consequences to his troops, Sun Weiguo would not show any negative emotions in front of his subordinates.
"The Japanese troops in Biguan County were dispatched in advance, which allowed us to avoid creating a feint, and immediately sent a telegram to the first reserve regiment, the first reserve regiment of Baode County, the sixth garrison regiment, and the first independent detachment quickly went to Hequ County, fortified in Hequ County, and intercepted the Japanese troops in Biguan County." Sun Weiguo immediately sent a telegram.
Sun Weiguo's telegram was soon sent to Baode County, and all departments began to mobilize, and the three cavalry divisions of the Japanese army had begun to assemble in the area east of the north bank of the Zhujiachuan River, and more than 3,000 puppet cavalry were waiting for the arrival of the Japanese cavalry wing.
The Okamoto Brigade, the Araki Brigade, the Saito Brigade, the three infantry brigades also began to assemble, they began to wait in the starting positions, and the four artillery squadrons of the Japanese army began to erect sixteen guns, and they were ready to provide cover for the infantry at any time.
It can be said that now the Japanese army has to put the arrows on the bow and arrow, as long as the Japanese cavalry wing rushes over, the Japanese troops will immediately shoot the arrows at the Chinese troops.
"Division Commander Yan, Division Commander Ding, Division Commander Cai, and the detachment commander order, pay close attention to the dynamics in the area east of the Zhujiachuan River, it is very likely that the Chinese troops will cross the river here, and the cavalry unit of the third captain of Iwata Wen has begun to set off, they will arrive here before seven o'clock, you need to wait patiently." A Japanese herald came to the puppet cavalry position, looking at the three puppet army division commanders who had gathered together, the herald said in a serious tone.
The three puppet army division commanders hurriedly agreed, and they respectfully sent the Japanese heralds away.
Master Ding and Master Cai couldn't help but glance at each other, the two of them had the same idea in their hearts.
Division Commander Ding is an old man who started with Li Shouxin, he used to be a bandit in Chahar City, but his Seventh Cavalry Division has some officers and soldiers from the Northeast, Division Commander Ding's idea is very simple, he is just a mess to eat, there is no need to throw his life here, he is not very active in combat.
Division Commander Cai was born as the commander of the cavalry regiment of the Northeast Army, and after obeying the orders of Major Marshal Zhang and leaving the Northeast, Division Commander Cai lost confidence in the Chinese troops, he felt that China was going to be destroyed by the Japanese army sooner or later, and he became a puppet army, but in order to save the lives of himself and his family, he was not active in combat, and he was passable.
On the contrary, Yan Yong, the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Division, had completely different ideas from them, Yan Yong was a close confidant of King De, although King De served as the chairman of the puppet government, but he wanted to control his own troops, especially for Li Shouxin as the commander-in-chief of the puppet Mongolian army, King De was very dissatisfied, and he hoped to strengthen control over the Mongolian army.
Yan Yong was favored by King De, so Yan Yong hoped that he could perform well in this battle, and then get the attention of the Japanese, so as to promote his position and assist King De in controlling the puppet Mongol army.
The Fourth Cavalry Division was all the old subordinates of King De, these people were very fierce, and they were also sincerely willing to destroy the troops of the Eighth Route Army in order to please the Japanese masters.
"Division commander, I found the troops of the Eighth Route Army, they crossed the river ten kilometers in front, and at present, hundreds of them have passed the Zhujiachuan River, and there are still many troops of the Eighth Route Army who have not crossed the Zhujiachuan River." At this time, a puppet army major ran to Yan Yong's side and reported.
After hearing this report, Yan Yong had an excited expression on his face, and he looked at Master Ding and Master Cai.
"Division Commander Ding, Division Commander Cai, we immediately set off to intercept the troops of the Eighth Route Army, we have more than 3,000 cavalry, and the other side is all infantry, we will definitely catch them off guard."
Yan Yong said hurriedly, he drew his saber, and a belligerent expression appeared on his face, as if he couldn't wait to attack.
Master Ding and Master Cai glanced at each other, and before they came here, Kunomura Momoyo had instructed them to obey Yan Yong's command.
Hearing Yan Yong's order at this time, they could only nod their heads and agree, they knew that disobeying Yan Yong's order now was tantamount to disobeying the order of Kunomura Momoyo.
The three divisions of the puppet cavalry advanced rapidly, and the troops of the fourth cavalry division advanced rapidly, and these puppet troops were all scrambling, as if there were countless treasures waiting for them in front.
After receiving Sun Weiguo's order, the first reserve regiment quickly began to assemble, and then began to cross the Zhujiachuan River.
After Zhao Lerong and Shen Wei discussed, they felt that the large army would definitely be discovered by the Japanese puppet army when it passed through the Zhujiachuan River, so they did not leave any troops to contain the Japanese puppet army.
The 1st Reserve Regiment, the 6th Garrison Regiment, the 1st Independent Detachment, and more than 6,000 troops began to quickly cross the Zhujiachuan River.
The first to cross the Zhujiachuan River was Qin Xianliang's third battalion, which was strongly recommended by the deputy regiment commander Sun Ziyuan, who had returned to the reserve first regiment with the fourth battalion, and the reserve regiment had more than 3,000 people, and the strength had increased a lot.
There are more than 1,500 people in the Sixth Garrison Regiment, and the first thing they did after they came to Baode County was to replenish weapons and ammunition, and the first independent detachment had nearly 2,000 people, and their weapons and equipment were also not very good, but when they passed through Qilan County, they had already replenished weapons and ammunition from the county seat.
Although these units were not replenished with the same weapons and ammunition as the 1st Reserve Regiment, their strength was greatly improved.
"The deputy regiment commander, chief of staff, political commissar, and regiment commander called, let us pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese puppet army on the north bank, and be careful that they will launch an attack on the flank of our troops."
Luo Hongyi, commander of the communications company, came to the leaders of the regiment headquarters with a telegram, which was sent to them by Sun Weiguo.
"Call back to the regiment commander, and we will closely observe the movements of the Japanese puppet army." Zhao Lerong hurriedly replied that he was still in charge of the command of the troops.