Division Commander He directly sent a telegram to the First Reserve Regiment, asking Sun Weiguo to command the First Reserve Regiment, the Sixth Guard Regiment, and the First Independent Detachment to fight, while the first combat mission of the Left Route Army was to expel the 69th Wing of the Japanese Army in Fugu County, and the secondary combat mission was to contain the Japanese troops in Hequ County and Biguan County and cooperate with friendly troops to fight.

Sun Weiguo didn't expect that such an arrangement was made above, but fortunately, it would take time for the first independent detachment to reach Baode County, and the troops of the Sixth Garrison Regiment were in Shanxi Province on the other side of the Yellow River, and the Sixth Garrison Regiment did not have a radio station, so Sun Weiguo could not get in touch with them.

For the order issued by Division Commander He, Sun Weiguo is ready to put the cart before the horse, he wants to annihilate the Japanese troops of this generation in Biguan County, Shanxi Province, as for the Japanese troops in Fugu County, Shaanxi, Sun Weiguo has no plans to do anything to them for the time being, after all, to deal with them, he has to cross the river to Shaanxi Province to fight.

However, since Division Commander He had given the order, Sun Weiguo naturally didn't want to lose face, so he asked a platoon of the guard company to go to Fugu County to get in touch with the Sixth Garrison Regiment to check the situation of the Japanese troops in Fugu County, and then formulate a plan for encircling and annihilating the Japanese troops in Fugu County according to the situation.

"Regiment commander, the reconnaissance company reported that more than 300 puppet cavalry crossed the Zhujiachuan River and came to the vicinity of Baode County, this puppet cavalry seems to be planning to spy on us, and the company commander Ge Haifeng wants to eat this puppet cavalry, but they need an armored company to cooperate with the battle." At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Jianwei came to the regiment headquarters, and he reported the information passed by Ge Haifeng.

Sun Weiguo glanced at the map, he smiled, and shook his head slightly: "Don't move this puppet cavalry for the time being, let them watch, I want to see if the little devils dare to come to counterattack the county seat of Baode County, if they come to attack, then we will save trouble." ”

Defense always has an advantage over offense, and if the Japanese puppet army comes to attack, Sun Weiguo will definitely be very happy.

However, Sun Weiguo also knew in his heart that no matter how weak his side was, the Japanese army would not be able to attack.

In Qiulin Town, Yichuan County, Shaanxi Province, a domestic and foreign press conference was held here at this time at the town government, and Yan Xishan, who was wearing the uniform of a first-class army general, was full of smiles.

The courtyard was full of captured Japanese weapons and ammunition, and some Japanese military uniforms and sabers were specially introduced in words.

"Our Jin Sui army troops are resolutely supporting the chairman's anti-Japanese policy, don't look at the fact that Shanxi is now occupied by the Japanese army, but our Jin Sui army troops will not give up resistance because of this, and after the Jin Sui army is rested, Baichuan will lead the athletes to fight a few victories for you to see."

Yan Xishan was surrounded by reporters, he stood in front of the microphone, and spoke unashamedly about his determination to resist Japan, so as to improve his popularity in China.

"General Yan Xishan, according to the information we have received, in this operation in the northwest of Shanxi, the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army held on to Loufan County and Lan County, severely damaged the 119th Wing of the Japanese Army, captured the captain of the 119th Wing, Ishida Jinzang, and captured the flag of the 119th Wing, but why did the commanders of the Eighth Route Army who held Loufan County and Lan County participate in this press conference, we want to interview them."

"According to the information we got from the Political Department, it is the troops of the First Reserve Regiment who are holding on to Loufan County and Lan County, and the regiment commander Sun Weiguo is known as the number one general in the Second War Zone, General Yan Xishan, why didn't the regiment commander Sun Weiguo come here to attend the reception, is this because you are a different faction of troops?"

"General Yan Xishan, I'm Catherine, an American journalist, last time I had the honor to go to Commander Sun Weiguo's unit to conduct an interview, Commander Sun Weiguo is a very resolute officer, I don't know if I have the honor to continue to interview him this time. After returning to China last time, I published a report that overseas Chinese in the United States organized a donation, and they used the donations to buy some weapons and ammunition, and this time I was entrusted to bring them to the head of Sun Weiguo, General Yan Xishan, can you help me hand over these weapons to the head of Sun Weiguo? ”

Foreign reporters obviously did not understand Yan Xishan's intentions, and they were a little tired of listening to Yan Xishan always emphasizing how he was doing with the Jin Suijun.

They didn't have much concern, they began to bring up the matter of wanting to interview Sun Weiguo, which made Yan Xishan pinch a cold sweat.

Sun Weiguo has a very complicated position in Yan Xishan's heart, Yan Xishan very much does not want Sun Weiguo to have contact with reporters, especially these foreign reporters, Sun Weiguo's mouth dares to say anything, and these foreign reporters dare to report anything, which makes Yan Xishan very uncomfortable.

"Chief Yan, the Eighth Route Army has good news, and the 120th Division is preparing the first regiment to recover Baode County." Just when Yan Xishan was embarrassed, the colonel's adjutant came to Yan Xishan, and he reported softly.

Hearing the report of the colonel's adjutant, Yan Xishan showed a shocked expression on his face, he knew that Sun Weiguo's reserve first regiment was resting in Qilan County, but he never dreamed that it seemed that it was not a few days before the first reserve regiment recovered Baode County, which surprised him.

Looking at the reporters chattering in front of him, Yan Xishan showed a calm expression on his face, and he waved his hand to signal the reporters to be quiet.

After the reporters quieted down, Yan Xishan smiled and said: "Commander Sun Weiguo of the First Reserve Regiment is still commanding operations on the front line, and it may take a while for you to interview him, but I can reveal to you a good news in advance, that is, Commander Sun Weiguo commanded the Reserve First Regiment and regained Baode County under the leadership of the Commander's Department." The Commander's Department decided to ask for credit for the head of Sun Weiguo, and at the same time, the Commander's Department wanted to send a large number of reinforcements to reinforce the first regiment of Sun Weiguo's regiment. ”

When the reporters heard the news, they had stunned expressions on their faces, and they immediately began to ask different questions.

Yan Xishan took advantage of this incident to make another splash, but this was also good for Sun Weiguo, Yan Xishan also wanted his Jin Sui army troops to take credit, he immediately sent two regiments to Baode County to accept Sun Weiguo's command to fight.

Under repeated inquiries from reporters, Yan Xishan also began to make a guarantee that he would directly send a telegram to Minister He Yingqin of the Ministry of Military Affairs to obtain a brigade for Sun Weiguo's troops.

As for the content that followed, Yan Xishan began to promote himself again.

Wuzhai County, the headquarters of the 120th Division, Chief of Staff Zhou came to Division Commander He with a telegram sent by the Second Theater Commander's Department.

Division Commander He took the telegram and looked at it, he couldn't help but be stunned, if you want to say that you want to command the troops of the Jinsui Army, the Eighth Route Army has this precedent, but that requires the Commander-in-Chief Zhu of the Eighth Route Army to come forward, Commander-in-Chief Zhu's qualifications are very old, and he can suppress the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army.

But now, in addition to the commander-in-chief Zhu of the Eighth Route Army, Sun Weiguo has become the second officer who can command the troops of the Jin Sui Army to fight.