Chapter 83: Reinforcements to Pingding County

Yangquan County, in the headquarters of the 40th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

While Commander Liu of the 129th Division and Brigade Commander Chen of the 386th Brigade were discussing how to dig Sun Weiguo into the 129th Division, the commander of the 40th Brigade was standing in front of the map, he looked at the location of several nearby county towns, and his brows were furrowed tightly.

In order to retaliate against the 129th Division's attack on the Zhengtai Railway some time ago, the Japanese army gathered heavy troops this time and planned to annihilate the 129th Division.

The commander of this encirclement and annihilation operation is naturally Yamashita Fengfumi, and when he originally got this task, Yamashita Fengwen was very relaxed.

He felt that dealing with the troops of the Eighth Route Army must be a very simple matter, and as for the Pingding County Brigade explained by the division and regiment headquarters, Yamashita Fengwen did not pay attention to it at all.

Yamashita Fengwen didn't even pay attention to the 129th Division, the regular main force of the Eighth Route Army, and the local armed forces that belonged to the Eighth Route Army naturally would not be taken seriously by him.

But something happened that Yamashita Fengwen never dreamed of, this local armed force of the Eighth Route Army, which was not taken into his eyes, actually annihilated a regular infantry brigade of him, and also annihilated a cavalry division of the puppet army, which directly posed a threat to Pingding County.

At this time, the 40th Brigade had already lost face, and if Pingding County was recaptured by this place, Yamashita Fengwen could only commit suicide to apologize.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, Wing Commander of the 80th Wing, Kenji Suzuki, sent a message." At this time, the chief of staff of the 40 Brigade came to Yamashita Fengwen to report.

"Oh? It's a message from Suzuki-kun, has he already arrived in Pingding County? Call him back immediately, and annihilate the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army in Pingding County at all costs, this is related to the face of our brigade, and he must annihilate all this local armed forces! Yamashita hadn't read the telegram yet, so he said in a serious tone.

You must know that now for Yamashita Fengwen, the matter of annihilating the county brigade of Pingding County is even more important, which is related to the face of him and the 40th Brigade.

Therefore, when he heard that it was a telegram from the 40 Brigade Regiment, he immediately gave the order, and he was eager to hear the report that the Pingding County Brigade had been completely surrounded and annihilated.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the 80th Wing has arrived in Binh Dinh County, but at the moment they have not yet started to attack, and the Captain of the Suzuki Wing has requested tactical guidance."

Chief of Staff Nakasa looked at Yamashita Fengwen in front of him with a look of embarrassment, and he said cautiously.

After finishing speaking, Chief of Staff Nakasa lowered his head and didn't dare to meet Yamashita Fengfumi's gaze.

When Yamashita heard the report of Chief of Staff Nakasa, his brows furrowed tightly, and there was a displeased expression on his face.

If it weren't for the fact that there were many staff officers in the brigade headquarters here, I'm afraid Yamashita Fengwen would have been angry a long time ago.

Restraining the anger in his heart, Yamashita picked up the telegram on the table and looked at it.

After seeing the contents of the message, Yamashita Fengfumi's face became extremely pale.

With a "snap", Yamashita slammed the message on the table.

"Yaga, what the hell is Kenji Suzuki doing, has he forgotten how our brigade fought before?" Yamashita Fengwen said viciously.

The Japanese troops' request for reinforcements is called a request for tactical guidance, and it is a shameful thing to ask for help in the Japanese troops.

Especially in the case of Kenji Suzuki, his troops still have the ability to fight a war, and his opponent is only a few hundred local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army.

Seeing the content of the message, Yamashita wanted to call Kenji Suzuki to him immediately, and he would slap Kenji Suzuki a few times.

"Your Excellency, the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army in Pingding County are not simple, they can annihilate the Ueda Brigade and Zhang Jiannan's cavalry division, which obviously shows that their combat effectiveness is very strong, and the weapons and equipment will not be too weak, the 80th Wing wants to leave troops to garrison Pingding County, and they were ambushed by the main force of the 129th Division, and the troops now suffer heavy casualties, if they are not given additional troops, rashly let them attack the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid they will inevitably be a little powerless."

Seeing that Yamashita Fengwen's face was pale, as if he wanted to be angry, Chief of Staff Nakasa hesitated, and he said softly.

After hearing the words of the chief of staff, Yamashita sat down in a chair, his eyes looking at the map with a thoughtful expression on his face.

After being silent for a while, Yamashita Fengwen looked at the chief of staff and said: "The local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army in Pingding County pose a great threat to us, if we can't completely annihilate them, I'm afraid that we will also fail in the battle to encircle and annihilate the 129th Division, and the 80th Wing must completely annihilate the local armed forces in Pingding County, and how many troops do we still have that can be mobilized." ”

Yamashita Fengfumi made a decision, that is, he would send troops to support the 80th Wing, so as to completely annihilate the troops of the county brigade.

For the county brigade led by Sun Weiguo, Yamashita Fengwen hated it to the core.

"We still have some artillery and puppet troops that can be mobilized to support the 80th Wing." The chief of staff immediately replied.

"Dispatch an artillery brigade, two infantry squadrons, and a cavalry division of the puppet army, and let them immediately go to Pingding County, and they will be under the command of Kenji Suzuki after arriving in Pingding County. You sent a telegram to Kenji Suzuki in my name, asking him to give me the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army in Pingding County no matter what. ”

Yamashita did not hesitate at all, and after learning that he could still mobilize troops, he immediately sent reinforcements to Kenji Suzuki.

He sent not only artillery units, but also more than 500 infantry troops, as well as a cavalry division of more than 1,000 puppet troops.

These cavalry divisions are all subordinate to the puppet Mongolian army, and in this operation against Shanxi, the puppet Mongolian army sent many cavalry divisions to assist the Japanese army.

As Yamashita Fumi's orders began to be conveyed, reinforcements were immediately mobilized.

Under the cover of the puppet cavalry, thousands of Japanese troops began to march towards Pingding County.

At the same time, the headquarters of the 40th Brigade sent a telegram to Kenji Suzuki, in which they agreed to Kenji Suzuki's request for help, and at the same time they demanded that Kenji Suzuki must completely annihilate the county brigade in Pingding County.

With the support of artillery and infantry, as well as cavalry, Kenji Suzuki immediately began to gather the staff officers of the wing headquarters, and they began to discuss the attack on Nanzhuang Village.

At the same time, here in Nanzhuang Village, Sun Weiguo has returned to the headquarters, and because of his back injury, Sun Weiguo is still lying on the bed.

Liu Qian's father gave Sun Weiguo some acupuncture and applied a plaster to Sun Weiguo.

"It's good if you rest more, if you still have to move, your back injury will get worse and worse, you heard what my father said."

After sending her father away, Liu Qian returned to Sun Weiguo's side, she looked at Sun Weiguo, and said in a serious tone.

Liu Qian showed a worried expression on her pretty face, she was more worried about her back injury than Sun Weiguo herself.

"I know, don't worry, I won't move." Sun Weiguo smiled, and he swore and promised.