Li Wen glanced at Wu Ming when he heard this, and said: "Division commander, the commander's order only asks us to cut off the way for the Japanese army to retreat and come to help, and does not require us to rush to the Pingshan base camp." ”

Wu Ming said meaningfully: "Of course I know this, but as a general, how can I just sit idly by and ignore the visible danger because the commander has no request."

At present, the main force of our army is in Bazhou, Zhuozhou front line and the Japanese army bloody battle, left in the base camp of the base camp can fight is very few, even if the commander personally led the guard regiment to rush to help, it is a bit out of the whip's reach, Pingshan base camp is in danger, we should complete the task assigned to us by the commander, as far as possible to divide troops to help the Pingshan garrison regiment.

After all, the commander has to consider that we still have to face the threat of the Japanese army south of the Yellow River, and it would be great if we could divide our troops to help the garrison regiment, slow down the offensive edge of this Japanese marine, and buy time for him to lead the guard regiment south to help. ”

Li Wen and Zhao Youde couldn't help but nod their heads approvingly, and Chief of Staff Li Wen asked: "Then how many troops should we deploy, and how to divide the troops?" ”

Wu Ming stared at the map and pondered for a long time, then decided: "The chief of staff, you will lead the third regiment to Hengshui immediately north, unite the militia troops there, and cut off the road for Botou, Dongguang and other Japanese troops to come." ”

After saying this, Wu Ming said to Zhao Youde again: "Deputy Division Commander Zhao, you will lead the reconnaissance company directly under the division headquarters, and the guard company will form a mechanized infantry brigade by military trucks and motorcycles to rush to the aid of Pingshan County. On the way, they mostly maintained telegram contact with the garrison regiment and the division headquarters. ”

Zhao Youde and Li Wen stepped forward one after another and responded: "Yes, I promise to complete the task." With that, the two turned around one after another and left.

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Pingshan County, when I learned the sudden news of the Japanese army's large-scale attack, this place was already in a state of tension. Guo Meng, director of the logistics department of the base area and deputy political commissar of the corps, Ma Liuhou, head of the garrison regiment, Lin Mancang, deputy head of the regiment, and others immediately convened an emergency consultation meeting.

In the war room of the column headquarters, Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang were standing on one side of the map, waiting for Guo Meng on the other side to give them combat orders.

Guo Meng held a wooden command pole in his hand and pointed to the map and said to the two: "According to the information we have now, at present, this elite of the Japanese army has broken through to the area of Shenzhou, and the local militia and other garrison troops are resisting step by step, slowing down the Japanese attack.

The Japanese army went hundreds of miles deep alone, but they did not attack any of the county towns and towns along the way, which is enough to show that they came to Pingshan County, our base camp.

Therefore, I deduced that the Japanese army would probably not attack Shimen, and most likely crossed the Hutuo River between Shimen and Zhengding, and came straight to Pingshan.

Therefore, I decided that the main force of the garrison regiment immediately went to the Hutuo River Bridge between Shimen and Zhengding, deployed defensive positions, and prepared to block the Japanese attack.

It is not easy to build several bridges on the Hutuo River, which are very important to the economic development of our base area and the transportation of front-line strategic materials, so we must not blow up the bridge unless we have to, and block the devils on the north bank of the bridge as much as possible! ”

Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang immediately stepped forward and responded in unison: "Yes! Please rest assured that we will go all out and not let a single enemy pass through Guò, unless we are all killed. ”

After saying that, the two turned around and left.

As mentioned earlier, this garrison regiment has now expanded to the size of a first-class regiment of more than 3,000 people, with more than 100 military trucks and a number of motorcycles, and it is an all-mechanized first-class infantry regiment, and Qiao Youhua plans to equip them with a tank battalion or tank company in the future to enhance their combat effectiveness.

Although this plan has not yet been put into action, the combat effectiveness of the garrison regiment should not be underestimated, and it has three main infantry battalions, an air defense battalion, an artillery battalion, and a number of companies and platoons directly under the regimental headquarters.

Among them, the air defense battalion is equipped with more than 20 88mm anti-aircraft guns and dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns, and is basically deployed in the arsenal and the Longya Military Academy to be responsible for air defense and garrison tasks.

The artillery battalion is also equipped with German-style 75mm Krupp guns, and its combat effectiveness is at least comparable to that of the two elite field wings of the Japanese army.

If the air defense battalion is also transferred to join the battle, this regiment alone may defeat a mixed brigade of the Japanese army.

After Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang left the headquarters, they immediately gathered all the troops except the air defense battalion and the regimental headquarters guard company, and rode military trucks and motorcycles along the roads repaired in the base area.

Hurried to the Hutuo River bridge between Shimen and Zhengding.

At the same time, Qiao Youhua was also leading the guard regiment along the road, marching all the way to Zhengding at the fastest speed.

Outside the county seat of Shenzhou, a road leading to Shimen and Zhengding went around the city, so the Japanese mechanized troops had to pass under the city.

In this way, the militia troops stationed in Shenzhen were given the opportunity to rely on the city wall to block the attack, and only in this way could they compete with the devils, otherwise with their equipment and training, they would face tens of thousands of elite Japanese marines armed to the teeth, and they would all be mechanized, and they would only be pushed and crushed.

Under the cover of tank guns, the Japanese marines forcibly opened their way to Guò from the southeast of Shenzhou, and the militia at the head of the city did their best to block the Japanese convoy from firing despite the danger of being hit by Japanese artillery fire.

However, they were resolutely returned by the light and heavy machine guns and even grenadiers of the Japanese infantry, and the dragon's tooth militia, which had only light weapons, was naturally not an opponent.

Unfortunately, they were shot and fell, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

Fortunately, the Japanese army was in a hurry to get through guò and rushed to Pingshan County, and they did not love war, nor did they have the intention of attacking the city, so the people of Shenzhou County were not in any danger.

After paying huge casualties, the militia troops in Shenzhou were still unable to resist the Japanese army's crossing, and at this time, a telegram from Qiao Youhua stopped the militia captain's decision to lead the remnants out of the city to pursue and swear to fight to the death against the Japanese invaders.

The reason is very simple, Qiao Youhua understands that the militia units along the way are by no means the opponents of this Japanese army, so Qiao Youhua directly sent electricity to the left-behind militia troops in Shenzhou, Shimen, and Zhengding.

They are required to hold the city and dangerous places, try their best to delay the Japanese attack, and the real frontal defense is undertaken by the garrison regiments of Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang, and there is no need for other militia units to go to the mantis arm as a car at this time, hit the stone with an egg, and die in vain.

Because the militia is equally important to the Dragon's Tooth Column, and it is the first reserve source for the future front-line troops, Qiao Youhua believes that even if the garrison regiment cannot defeat this elite of the Japanese army, it should not be a problem to prevent them from holding out until he leads the guard regiment to arrive.

Therefore, there is no need to let the soldiers and civilians in various places along the way fight bloody battles and scorch the earth to resist the enemy, because the price is too great, and even if the battle is won in the future, the destruction of the base area will be very severe, and it is a last resort method, and the situation has not deteriorated to that point.

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