Chapter 380: The division headquarters shocked everyone
With the order of Division Commander He, the troops of the 358th Brigade and the 359th Brigade gathered near the county to attack the fleeing Japanese troops.
With the Japanese captured Mitsui Town was conquered, the remnants of the Japanese army began to flee towards Wuzhai County in the northeast of Lan County, when Sun Weiguo received the telegram from Commander He, more than 1,000 Japanese troops had begun to meet in Wuzhai County, and began to strengthen their positions, in a vain attempt to defend Wuzhai County.
The Japanese troops in Shenchi County, not far from Wuzhai County, also began to be dispatched, ready to reinforce the Japanese troops in Wuzhai County at any time to fight with the troops of the 120th Division.
Division Commander He convened a meeting of officers above the 120th division level at the division headquarters, and as the commander of the first reserve regiment, Sun Weiguo also received a notice.
Under the protection of the reconnaissance company, Sun Weiguo came to the headquarters of the 120th Division, and at this time, the headquarters of the 120th Division was already full of more than a dozen officers.
Don't look at the fact that most of these officers are currently only brigade commanders and regiment commanders, but in more than ten years, their lowest status will be lieutenant generals.
Division Commander He still habitually smoked a pipe, and he stood in front of the map, while Chief of Staff Zhou sat in a chair and talked with the division personnel.
After Sun Weiguo came to the division headquarters, the noisy division headquarters became silent, and everyone's eyes looked at Sun Weiguo.
Even Master He, who had a solemn expression on his face, smiled, he walked quickly to Sun Weiguo and patted Sun Weiguo on the shoulder.
"Tsk, I didn't expect that the famous Commander Sun would be so young, it's really amazing, Division Commander, we have Commander Sun in our division, I think the little devil in the northwest of Jin is going to be unlucky."
"Captured the Japanese 119 Wing Captain Ishida Jinzo, captured the 119 Wing flag, and completely annihilated the cavalry wing of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army.
"Division commander, Commander Sun is very generous, give the division headquarters more than a dozen artillery, why do you have to give us points, our regiment is not very demanding, just four infantry guns." But if you want me to say, our division belongs to the pre-first group of landlords and old wealth. ”
After everyone saw Sun Weiguo, they began to laugh and say, everyone had an expression of admiration on their faces.
Sun Weiguo's achievements shocked them, and of course, the weapons and ammunition captured by Sun Weiguo made them even more greedy.
"The artillery battalion of the division headquarters finally has a little property, and you want to divide it, you don't even think about it. Okay, now that Comrade Weiguo is also here, let's sit down and talk about it, now that the little devil is here in Wuzhai County, how should we fight, let's talk about our own opinions. ”
Division Commander He said with a smile, and then he motioned for everyone to calm down and began to discuss the combat situation.
The Japanese troops defeated by the 359th Brigade in Qilan County have now fled to Wuzhai County, where there are more than 1,700 Japanese troops, and these Japanese troops belong to the 11th Wing of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army, and the rest of the 11th Wing of the Japanese Army in Shenchi County and Baode County have also begun to move.
Obviously, as long as the troops of the 120th Division launched an attack on Wuzhai County, the Japanese troops in Shenchi County and Baode County would quickly reinforce them.
This situation is a bit complicated, and Commander He gathered everyone together to see what kind of attitude the officers had.
After a while, these officers divided into two factions and put forward two different views, some of the officers believed that the troops could storm Wuzhai County and conquer Wuzhai County as they conquered Lan County, and the other part proposed to besiege the Japanese troops in Wuzhai County and force them to go out of the city for a decisive battle.
The officers of both factions insisted on their opinions, and the division headquarters became noisy, and they argued, but neither could convince the other.
Division Commander He and Chief of Staff Zhou looked at Sun Weiguo, and they found that Sun Weiguo, who was sitting in the corner, had never spoken.
Division Commander He gave Chief of Staff Zhou a look, and at the meeting of Chief of Staff Zhou, he coughed softly.
Hearing Chief of Staff Zhou's coughing voice, the officers stopped arguing, and they looked at Chief of Staff Zhou.
"Comrade Weiguo, tell me your opinion." Chief of Staff Zhou looked at Sun Weiguo and said directly by name.
Sun Weiguo is the youngest regiment commander in the 120th Division, and he is also the youngest in seniority, so after coming here, Sun Weiguo never spoke, and when he heard Chief of Staff Zhou call him to speak, Sun Weiguo stood up, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Division commander, chief of staff, it is not advisable to storm Wuzhai County or besiege Wuzhai County." Sun Weiguo spoke.
His words obviously stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and all the officers in the division headquarters looked at Sun Weiguo.
These officers had puzzled expressions on their faces, if it weren't for Sun Weiguo's previous successes, maybe these officers would have scolded their mothers a long time ago.
When Chief of Staff Zhou heard Sun Weiguo's words, he showed a somewhat curious expression on his face, he wanted to know how Sun Weiguo would come to fight Wuzhai County.
Division Commander He beckoned directly to Sun Weiguo, and when Sun Weiguo came to Master He, Division Commander He handed the baton to Sun Weiguo.
Obviously, Master He intended to let Sun Weiguo say what he wanted, and Master He was very likely to agree with Sun Weiguo's opinion.
"The main reason why Lan County was able to be conquered was that there were many commanding heights outside the city and we successfully cut off the only water source for the Japanese army outside the city, so we were able to conquer Lan County. However, the situation in Wuzhai County is different, there is no significant commanding height outside Wuzhai County, there is sufficient water in the city, and the city wall of Wuzhai County is strong, for us who lack heavy artillery, if we want to attack, we will definitely pay a heavy price. ”
"There is a water source in Wuzhai County, and the Japanese army has sufficient food, even if we take a siege, the Japanese troops will not rashly go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with us, and once the Japanese army gathers reinforcements to reinforce, once we take the siege, it is very likely that we will fall into the end of the Japanese army on both sides, so the plan of besieging Wuzhai County and forcing the Japanese army to go out of the city for a decisive battle is not advisable."
Taking the baton from Senior Commander He's hand, Sun Weiguo looked at everyone, and he said with a serious expression.
When the officers heard Sun Weiguo's words, they had thoughtful expressions on their faces.
Chief of Staff Zhou looked at Division Commander He, he nodded slightly, Chief of Staff Zhou obviously agreed with Sun Weiguo's statement.
"Commander Sun, it's not okay to storm or besiege, won't we fight Wuzhai County?"
"Wuzhai County is in the center of the base point in the northwest of Shanxi, if we don't fight Wuzhai County, wouldn't it be a nail for the devil soldiers to nail a nail in our base area, and the little devils will take Wuzhai County as the center at any time to launch a sweep of our base area."
The two officers looked at Sun Weiguo, and they raised different opinions, they felt that Sun Weiguo was preparing to persuade Division Commander He to cancel the battle plan to attack the northwest of Jin.