The soldiers of the five battalions of the army division went forward one after another, and the light and heavy machine guns, infantry guns and grenadiers of the Japanese positions formed an impassable line of life and death.

As the Japanese riflemen began to shoot, the casualties of the fighters increased sharply several times, and hundreds of fighters had fallen to the ground.

The individual quality of the Japanese army was strong, and they were very powerful when attacking, and even more powerful when defending.

Light and heavy machine guns are constructed with no blind spots, and grenades and shells are accurately smashed among the stormtroopers.

The Japanese riflemen's shooting was even more terrifying, and every bullet they could hit the soldiers, and as the fierce unfolded, the casualties of the divisional troops began to increase.

Sun Weiguo, who was holding a telescope to watch, frowned tightly, his left hand clenched into a fist, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out.

The soldiers of the five battalions of the military subdivision have an absolute advantage in numbers, but they occupy a great disadvantage in firepower.

Light and heavy machine guns were simply unable to organize effective cover fire, and often light and heavy machine guns were fired at as soon as they began firing, and they were fired from grenadiers and infantry guns.

"Commander Zhou, it doesn't have any effect on us to fight hard like this, let's let the troops withdraw first."

Sun Weiguo put down the binoculars, he came to Zhou Jianping, and said pleadingly.

There is too much gap between the main forces of the army division and the Japanese army, and letting them attack the Japanese army on the defensive is simply hitting an egg against a stone.

So even though he knew that he couldn't interfere with the commander's determination at this time, Sun Weiguo still came to Zhou Jianping and pleaded.

Zhou Jianping's face was pale, his eyes became red, and he felt very painful watching the soldiers fall one by one.

Hearing Sun Weiguo's suggestion, Zhou Jianping shook his head, he did not give the order to retreat.

Now is the best opportunity to completely annihilate the Japanese army, and Zhou Jianping does not want to miss this opportunity.

As long as one brigade of the Japanese army is completely annihilated, it will be of great benefit to the entire Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region's anti-siege operations.

Where there is a battle, there will be sacrifice, and a good commander cannot give up his decision-making because of sacrifice.

"Platoon Commander Sun, don't interfere with the commander's command." A staff officer of the military division said dissatisfiedly.

Hearing the words of this staff officer, Sun Weiguo was completely angry, and he was able to accept the worthy sacrifice.

But now the sacrifices of the soldiers will not be worthless, and even Sun Weiguo can make a judgment that if the five battalions of the military subdivision are exhausted, they may not be able to completely annihilate the Japanese army.

"Commander, if you continue to fight like this, not only will you not lose your position, but it will also bring us huge casualties, please give us an order to retreat immediately."

Sun Weiguo looked at Zhou Jianping and said pleadingly, his red eyes were almost bleeding tears.

"Stop the attack for the time being." Zhou Jianping and Political Commissar Liu exchanged glances, and he immediately gave the order to retreat.

The commanders of the five battalions were immediately summoned to the temporary headquarters, and their faces were full of gunsmoke and they looked at the two chiefs of the military division with guilt.

"The troops suffered more than 200 casualties, which almost crippled one of our infantry battalions." Wang Dacheng, chief of staff of the Seventh Brigade, reported.

Zhou Jianping raised his right fist, he looked at the Japanese defensive position, and smashed his right fist unwillingly on the table.

"Commander, political commissar, no, the Japanese army from Shouyang County has approached Meng County, and they are currently rapidly advancing towards Qingcheng Town. Moreover, the Japanese troops in Yangquan County and Pingding County all showed signs of sorting, and they all seemed to want to reinforce the surrounded Japanese army. ”

A staff officer quickly ran in from outside, and after standing in front of Zhou Jianping, he immediately reported the situation.

Hearing the staff officer's words, Zhou Jianping's eyes immediately looked towards the map hanging on the wall.

After glancing at the map, Zhou Jianping's two eyebrows almost wrinkled together.

"Weiguo, what should we do now." Political Commissar Liu looked at Sun Weiguo, and he felt that Sun Weiguo must have a way.

"The troops immediately withdrew from Qingcheng Town, and used guerrilla warfare to deal with the Japanese army, the troops should not be assembled, and they should not fight hard, we have already fought the strength of the two squadrons of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army naturally did not dare to enter the center of Mengxian County.

The Japanese troops in Yangquan County and Pingding County must send troops to contain them, and they must not be allowed to reinforce them, otherwise the Japanese troops will increase, and they will definitely enter the county town with great fanfare, and then we will have to fight a decisive battle with them. ”

Sun Weiguo looked at the map, and he immediately said his suggestion.

It was difficult for the Japanese troops in Yangquan County and Pingding County to send reinforcements, and as long as the guerrillas in these two counties were active, the Japanese army would certainly not come here.

The troops of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army have already suffered heavy losses, and even if they continue to fight in Mengxian, they will have some concerns and dare not go deep alone.

The main forces of the army division were scattered to attack and harass, which was enough to repel them.

"The devil soldiers are not so easy to defeat, this time I am anxious, defend the country, you stay in the military division as a staff officer."

Zhou Jianping looked at Sun Weiguo and said sincerely, he was ready to keep Sun Weiguo by his side.

"Commander, the district squad in Pingding County has just been hit hard, I am leaving at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the district squad to develop, and the district squad will not be able to complete the task of containing the Japanese army in Binh Dinh County, please allow me to return to the district squad first, and after the district squad develops, I am willing to obey any arrangement of the commander." Sun Weiguo said in embarrassment.

Zhou Jianping and Political Commissar Liu glanced at each other, and the two did not force Sun Weiguo to stay in the military subdivision.

The troops began to withdraw according to Sun Weiguo's plan, and Sun Weiguo was preparing to immediately return to Pingding County with the rest of the district squad to contain the Japanese army's movements.

After Sun Weiguo left Qingcheng Town, Commander Zhou and Political Commissar Liu found Sun Weiguo, and they negotiated with Sun Weiguo.

In the end, the military sub-district expanded the district squad of Pingding County into a county brigade, with Zhong Jian as the captain and Sun Weiguo as the deputy captain, and the military sub-district would also send a political commissar.

As for the establishment of the county brigade, Commander Zhou approved the formation of three infantry squadrons, Sun Weiguo argued, and the military sub-district gave another machine gun squadron establishment.

Of course, the military sub-district will support some weapons and ammunition, but the personnel need to settle the county itself.

The soldiers began to collect the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese army, and the soldiers did not pay attention to the Japanese troops in the defensive position.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army did not attack, Hasegawa immediately contacted his superiors by radio and asked his superiors to urge reinforcements to come quickly, so as to completely annihilate the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

"Captain, we have figured it out, it was the Pingding County squad that attacked us yesterday and annihilated the Maruyama squadron today, they belong to the local guerrillas, the number is about 100 people, and their weapons and ammunition come from the Chengguan Town that they conquered."

A staff officer came to Hasegawa, and he gave a report on the situation of the district squad.

"Baga, you must find a chance to kill them all." Hasegawa's face was full of exasperation, and he roared loudly.