Chapter 867: Situation in Wutai County
The Japanese troops were obviously advancing as Sun Weiguo had predicted, and the Japanese troops were planning to first capture Laiyuan County and Fuping County, the core areas of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and then this Japanese army would go to Wutai County, and once this Japanese army entered Wutai County, the Honorary Second Division would naturally face a crisis.
At present, the Honorary Second Division is about to confront the Japanese First Division, the 26th Division, the 109th Division, and the 114th Division in Wutai County, and the Japanese 21st Division and 110th Division that attacked Laiyuan County, Fuping County, are independently mixed into the Third Brigade, and once the Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade enters Wutai County, then the Japanese army will be able to achieve the strategic goal of encircling the Honorary Second Division.
At present, the troops of the 120th Division have ceded Dai County, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has also given up Meng County, and Laiyuan County and Fuping County are the only places to contain the two divisions and two brigades of the Japanese army.
After Huang Guohua sent this telegram from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the expressions on the faces of Sun Weiguo and Zhao Lerong were not very good, and they were able to realize how much pressure the Honorary Second Division was about to face.
"Division commander, the Japanese army's advance speed is too fast, according to this advance speed, I am afraid that the Japanese army has no way out of strength or morale has not suffered much loss, and even their weapons and ammunition have not been consumed too much, if all the Japanese troops enter Wutai County, we will not be able to accommodate so many Japanese attacks here."
Zhao Lerong looked at Sun Weiguo, and he said with a worried face.
Previously, Zhao Lerong was against Sun Weiguo's battle plan, but after Sun Weiguo's detailed persuasion, Zhao Lerong had confidence in this plan.
Sun Weiguo's strategy of retreating and fighting a decisive battle was to allow the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the 120th Division to be able to contain the Japanese troops to a certain extent, consume the Japanese army's physical strength and ammunition, hit the morale of the Japanese army, and slow down the Japanese army's advance, so as to exhaust the Japanese army, and then wait for the Japanese troops to assemble in Wutai County, and the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the 120th Division troops will attack from the flank and cooperate with the troops of the Honor Second Division.
However, now the four divisions of the Japanese army have easily entered Wutai County, and there are still elite troops such as the first division in these four Japanese divisions, and there are already four divisions of the Japanese army in Wutai County, and these four divisions have not encountered much obstacle to come to Wutai County, if the 21st division of the Japanese army, the 110th division, the independent mixed third brigade, and the independent mixed fourth brigade enter Wutai County again, then the situation of the honorary second division is not good.
"Chief of Staff, you immediately contact the headquarters of the 120th Division and the Jinchaji Military Region Headquarters in the name of the Honorary Second Division, and ask them to be sure to attack and contain the Japanese baggage troops, and at the same time contact Ge Haifeng's Honorary Fifth Regiment, and ask them to find a way to contain the Japanese First Division, and it is best to let the troops of the First Division temporarily leave Wutai County, as long as the First Division is not in Wutai County, then our battle will become more advantageous. At present, in Wutai County are the 1st Division, 26th Division, 109th Division, and 114th Division of the Japanese Army. ”
Sun Weiguo looked at the map, and said with a solemn expression on his face.
Compared with the 109th and 114th Divisions of the Japanese Army and the 1st Division, the 26th Division is a reserve three-wing division, and if the Honorary 2nd Division captures the battle, it can completely inflict heavy losses on them.
So far, the Japanese army has been independently mixed into the second brigade, and the Japanese army's independent garrison has been completely annihilated, but the main force of the Japanese army still exists, but the total annihilation of these two units of the Japanese army by the troops of the second division will naturally bring a certain degree of blow to the morale of the Japanese troops.
Sun Weiguo understood the current situation of his troops, he was targeting the 26th Division of the Japanese Army, and he was ready to find an opportunity to eat the troops of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army.
However, the current overall situation is very unfavorable for the troops of the Eighth Route Army, and if Sun Weiguo wants to change this situation, he needs the cooperation of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 120th Division.
As Sun Weiguo set his sights on the 26th Division of the Japanese Army, the divisions began to learn more about the whereabouts of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army and their current troops.
It's not early now, but the headquarters of the Honorary Second Division is busy, the staff officers are starting to get busy, and the division commander Sun Weiguo and others are not idle.
At this time, the fourth regiment of honor in the area of Baijiazhuang Town had come to an end in the battle against the independent garrison of the Japanese army, and more than 5,000 people of the independent garrison of the Japanese army were wiped out more than 4,000 people.
After considering the current situation, Yin Jinshan immediately ordered all units to stop the pursuit of the Japanese rout, and the main force of the Honor Fourth Regiment began to assemble in Baijiazhuang Town to rest.
More than 2,000 troops of the Fifth Detachment of the 120th Division, which was originally stationed in Baijiazhuang Town, began to be responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, and the units of the combat engineer battalion also began to clear the buried mines.
Wutai County, Mayu Village, Gaohongkou Township, the troops of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army have begun to enter here.
The troops of the 114th Division fought against Sun Weiguo's troops, but they did not have any advantage in fighting Sun Weiguo's troops.
The first regiment of honor was adapted from the first regiment of the reserve, and the first regiment of the reserve was originally in Pingding County and fought with the troops of the 114th Division, and the title of the first company of the first battalion of the first regiment of the honor was also awarded the title of Weiguo Company by Sun Weiguo because of holding Nanzhuang Village and resisting the attack of the Japanese 114th division.
At this time, the headquarters of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army was stationed in Mayu Village, and the commander of the Lieutenant General Division, Shigeharu Suematsu, summoned the commander of the 127th Brigade, Major General Kozaburo Akiyama, and the commander of the 128th Brigade, Major General Obaofu, to hold an operational meeting in the division headquarters, and at present, the troops of the 127th Brigade were attacking the troops of Qin Xianliang's Honorary First Regiment, and a reinforced wing of the 128th Brigade was marching towards Baijiazhuang Town.
However, as the rout of the Japanese independent garrison began to flee to the Japanese 114th Division, the rout soldiers reported the situation of the Japanese independent garrison.
When Shigeharu Suematsu learned that almost all the independent garrison of the Japanese army was broken, he immediately called a meeting of the two brigade commanders of the major generals, and now Shigeharu Suematsu didn't know how to report this matter to the North China Front Headquarters, and his face was full of sorrow.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it has been confirmed that except for a few personnel who fled from the independent garrison, the rest of the troops are all broken, and His Excellency Major General Tahara Kuohai has been shattered."
The 114th Division Yoshida Saburo came to the front of Shigeharu Suematsu, he looked at Shigeji Suematsu, and said with a solemn expression on his face.
After Shigeharu Suematsu heard Saburo Yoshida's report, he was completely stunned, and for a while Shigeharu Suematsu didn't know what he should say.