It is worth mentioning that Peng Xuefeng, who was as careful as a hair, took into account the needs of the 2nd Regiment, and specially asked the "cavalry" who came to reinforce to bring a lot of ammunition, food and clean water to the commanders and fighters of the 2nd Regiment who held the position, and asked some of them to withdraw the seriously wounded on the position and bring them back to Shijiazhuang for treatment.

By the 5th day of the battle, the total casualties of the 2nd Regiment plus the follow-up reinforcements had exceeded 2,000, of which the number of dead and seriously wounded exceeded 1,000.

And the losses of the Japanese army are even greater, Gu Shoufu is now simply remorseful, almost 7,000 casualties, accounting for almost two-fifths of the number of troops he brought this time, which means that the 6th Division is basically unable to launch another attack, you must know that although there are nearly 10,000 healthy soldiers here who are not injured or sick, but most of them are artillery, baggage soldiers and other jishu soldiers and non-combatants, do you have to rely on them to replace the infantry to continue to storm the squadron's position?

"It's a trap, it must be a trap, we must retreat immediately, immediately!" , Gu Shoufu, whose eyes were red, was full of these words, but where was it so easy to withdraw the army? Before, Gu Shoufu had always looked down on the two cavalry who came to reinforce the 2nd regiment, but now it is the existence of these two cavalry. As a result, the Japanese army could not retreat safely. Poor Gu Shoufu, because the troops have been harassed by the cavalry of the opposing team, has not realized that one of the two "cavalry" that came to the aid is fake

If it is other permanent divisions, even if the other side sends cavalry to pursue, there is no need to worry at all, because they are basically equipped with cavalry nemesis - at least a squadron of 15 tanks or armored vehicles, but because of the discrimination of senior military officials, the 6th Division has not had a standing tank unit until now. This time, Gu Shoufu attacked without authorization, and naturally he would not have been added to the temporary establishment before the war, and the result was now a tragedy. The more he thought about it, the more indignant Gu Shoufu let out a low roar like a wounded jackal in the temporary headquarters. "Weishenme our division does not have tanks? weishenme？ It's not fair! Damn the military department! ”

Gu Shoufu, who had finally calmed down, thought about it and had no other way, so he had to take the risk of asking the main force of the 36th Infantry Brigade in Dingxian County to come over to respond, but the telegram had just been sent not long ago. The headquarters of the 6th Division received an urgent telegram that made Gu Shoufu fall into an ice cellar, "Baoding is in danger, send reinforcements quickly." ”

At this time, however, there was jubilation on the position of the 2nd Regiment, which had also received telegrams, and the military commander directly sent several telegrams to them, highly praising their outstanding performance in the past few days, and conveying a commendation order sent by the central authorities, conferring the glorious title of "Zhengding Heroic Regiment" on the 2nd Regiment. The telegram also told everyone that more than 20,000 troops of the main force of the 94th Division had left Shijiazhuang and were heading here, and more than 10,000 troops directly under the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army had also taken the lead in leaving Taihang east on the orders personally issued by the great man to surround Baoding, an important town with empty troops. The other two integrated divisions of the 15th Army had already gone north along the Taihang Mountain, and the time had finally come for the squadron to close the net on the 6th Division

At this point, the key to the Second Battle of the Pinghan Line (Note 1) has been transferred from Zhengding to Baoding, considering that Baoding is the capital of Hebei Province (the previous mistake was made. Written in Shijiazhuang, thank you for the reminder. Although there are not many troops, the city defense is relatively strong, and the commander of the 115th Division took the risk of sending out the divisional heavy artillery regiment that he regarded as a treasure, and 26 heavy guns with a caliber of more than 150mm were laid out in a row, what city wall can withstand it? However, the safety of the heavy artillery itself made it a little worried. However, Hu Weidong also made a painful effort this time, and he let his flying regiment, which he also regarded as a treasure, be stationed at the three field airfields in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region, and the 27 Japanese planes that had just been captured by the special forces were also dispatched together to provide air support to the friendly forces attacking Baoding. Although these dozens of planes are still far from the overall strength of the Japanese aviation forces in North China, but now that the Xinkou battlefield is in full swing, it is impossible for the devils to use most of the planes to rescue Baoding, and it should still be possible for the 15th Army Flight Regiment to seize air supremacy for a few days, and what Hu Weidong did not expect was that the special forces who had just made a miraculous feat not long ago gave him a surprise again...,

"Oh, the devil actually changed the style of his military uniform after the war in North China, but fortunately, some basically completed haode was captured in Yangmingbao, and the Eighteenth Group Army also supported some, otherwise it would not be easy to get in", a guy with a slightly obscene face in a team of "devils" in Baoding City said in a low voice.

"You are stupid to be a devil, they have suffered such a big loss as our special forces before the Lugou Bridge incident, if you don't know how to make amends, it will be too idiotic." Someone behind him also replied in a low voice.

"Yaga!" Their "squadron leader" suddenly turned around and slapped each of them, and said a few words of Japanese with an angry expression to dispel the suspicion of a group of Japanese soldiers not far away, and then admonished in a lower voice, "I don't care if I want to die, don't harm everyone!" ”

The two of them immediately stood upright, bowed to them with standard Japanese etiquette, and said, "Hey! ”

At this time, the Japanese army, who was originally a little skeptical, dispelled their doubts and went to carry out their mission, and the company commander breathed a sigh of relief and went to the destination of their mission. In fact, the task assigned to them by the military commander was to cooperate with the 115th Division to seize Baoding, but these bold guys made their own claims after learning about the military commander's battle plan, and turned into letting the 115th Division cooperate with them, the reason is that "more than 10,000 people fight devils in a brigade, and there are more than 20 heavy artillery and our planes to help, if they can't win the battle, the guys of the 115th Division can go and find a piece of tofu and die." ”

Note 1: In the war report released by the government after the war, the so-called "Battle of the Pinghan Line" began on the day when Gu Shoufu led his troops south along the Pinghan Line without authorization, and also described the rout of the early stage as the leader's foresight and deliberately let them "show the enemy weakness and lure the enemy to go deeper." ”。 However, within the Red Party, the early defeats were collectively referred to as the "First Pinghan Line Campaign", and the series of battles fought afterwards with the 15th Army as the main force and the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army as the side were collectively referred to as the "Second Pinghan Line Campaign" (to be continued). If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )