In the fierce battle between China and Japan in Pingding County, Sun Weiguo deployed two battle groups in Pingding County, and the Japanese army also had a mixed brigade and an infantry wing in Pingding County, and the skirmishes between the two sides never stopped.

The 25th Wing sent to Pingding County by the 132nd Brigade has begun to fall into a crisis, and an infantry brigade of the 117th Wing strengthened two 105MM cannons and quickly set off from Xiyang County.

The siege operation against the anti-Japanese troops in the southeast of Shanxi Province formulated by the First Army of the North China Front Army was already in fierce progress at this time, and the commander of the First Army, Kazuki Kiyoji, was obviously paying more attention to assembling the first brigade and regiment in Pingding County, and the two brigades and regiments of the 25th Brigade were fighting to encircle and annihilate the troops of Sun Weiguo's new second brigade.

Shijiazhuang, headquarters of the First Army.

Some of the Japanese troops in the southeast of Jin Province have made very good progress, but some of the Japanese troops have paid heavy casualties, for the operation in the southeast of Jin, the commander of the First Army, Kazuki Kiyoshi is not very concerned, but as long as there is any news from Pingding County, this will definitely attract the attention of Kazuki Kiyoji.

"Your Excellency Commander, the Third Brigade of the 132nd Wing of the 25th Brigade has lost contact, and it seems that the troops of the Eighth Route Army have completely annihilated them, according to the report of our intelligence department, the local units of the Eighth Route Army operating in the area of Pingding County have all begun to participate in the operations in the area of Pingding County, which means that the strength of the troops of the Eighth Route Army in China has exceeded 10,000 people."

Hashimoto Group, Chief of Staff of the First Army, came to the front of Kiyoji Kazuki, handed a sorted message to Kiyoji Kazuki, and said with a solemn expression.

Originally, according to the results of the discussion between Hashimoto Group and others, the 25th Brigade and the First Brigade of the Mixed War ate a part of Sun Weiguo's new Second Brigade in the area of Pingding County, but with the participation of local troops of the Eighth Route Army in the battle, Hashimoto Group was able to realize that it would become more difficult to eat Sun Weiguo's troops.

Now after getting the news that the 3rd Brigade of the 132nd Wing has lost contact, the Hashimoto group can judge that this 3rd Brigade must have been solved by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

"The 1st Brigade of the Mixed Combat ate hundreds of local troops of the Eighth Route Army in the vicinity of Baijing Town, and the artillery detachment also knocked out more than a dozen artillery pieces of Sun Weiguo. Hashimoto-kun, the 1st Brigade of the Melee of Momoyo Kunomura should immediately make peace with the 132nd Wing. ”

Kiyoji Kazuki looked at the map, and he said with a serious expression.

"Your Excellency, the 1st Brigade of the Dogfight is making a hurried march towards the town of East Return, and they will certainly be able to join the 132nd Wing before dark. However, Your Excellency Commander, at present we have lost the advantage of a decisive battle with the New Second Brigade, and I suggest that after the 1st Brigade and the 132nd Wing are melee, the troops should quickly enter Xiyang County, take the Shijiashan artillery position as the center, build fortifications, and engage in positional warfare with the troops of the New 2nd Brigade. ”

Hashimoto came to the map, he picked up the baton, pointed to the location of the Japanese heavy artillery in Shijiashan, Xiyang County, and said softly.

At present, the Eighth Route Army's newly formed Second Brigade, independent detachment, guerrilla detachment, Wang Naigui detachment, Yongxing detachment, Pingding County Independent Regiment, an infantry artillery company of the 129th Division, and a mortar company of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, with tens of thousands of troops, have formed the Jindong Combat Corps.

After all, Hashimoto's group has a very good staff level, and he feels that his troops have lost their numerical advantage, so they should take advantage of their weapons.

The troops of the 1st Brigade and the 25th Brigade of the Mixed Combat were assembled in Xiyang County, and the two brigades and regiments centered on the artillery positions of the 3rd Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery, built fortifications, and fought positional battles with the troops of the Eighth Route Army, so that the Japanese army's superiority in weapons could be fully brought into play.

The most important point is that the Japanese army occupies Xiyang County, and they can participate in the southeast operation of Shanxi Province at any time through Heshun County, and the Japanese troops of these two brigades and regiments are deployed in Xiyang County, which has a great impact on the southeast operation of Shanxi Province, and their deterrent power is very great.

As far as the troops of the Eighth Route Army are concerned, once the 1st Brigade and the 25th Brigade of the Japanese melee occupy Xiyang County, the devil soldiers of these two brigades will be like a fish bone stuck in their throats, unable to spit it out or eat, and will bring great trouble to the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

"You personally sent a telegram to the regimental headquarters of the 1st Brigade of the melee, and asked them to quickly go to Donghui Town, and after meeting with the 132nd Wing, the troops immediately went to Xiyang County to set up defensive positions."

Kiyoji Kazuki looked at the map, he was very satisfied with Hashimoto's arrangement, and he agreed directly.

Hashimoto received the order, and he immediately began to personally send electricity to Kunomura Momoyo.

Qin County, Xiaodongling Village, General Headquarters of the East Route Army of the Second Theater.

Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng have already begun to arrange for staff officers to sort out confidential documents, the little devils are very fierce, they have arrived at the periphery of Qin County, and the general headquarters will be evacuated at any time.

Everything in the anti-siege operation in the southeast of Jin Province developed in the direction set by Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng, and all this was expected by them.

It's just that the only thing they didn't expect was that the Japanese army actually gathered two brigades of troops in Pingding County, which surprised Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng.

"The Jindong Combat Corps can still contain this Japanese army for the time being, but the Pingding County Independent Regiment directly under the Fourth Army Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has suffered heavy casualties, two infantry battalions have been disabled, and the independent detachment and the guerrilla detachment have also paid different casualties.

Vice President Peng stood in front of the map, he looked at the map, and then looked at the message sent by the New Second Brigade, and he said softly.

"If these two brigades come here in the southeast of Jindong, we have no troops in our hands to stop them, if these two brigades are allowed to participate in the battle sequence of the Japanese army's siege of the anti-Japanese troops in the southeast of Jindong, the consequences will be even more unimaginable, you send a telegram to the Jindong Combat Corps with the order of the general headquarters, telling them that no matter how many casualties they pay, they must stop these two brigades and regiments for me, and they cannot be allowed to participate in the attack on the anti-Japanese troops in the southeast of Jindong."

The expression on Mr. Zhu's face was very serious, and he knew how tragic the consequences would be once the 1st Brigade and the 25th Brigade participated in the attack on the southeast of Jindong.

"I'm afraid that after this operation, many troops will be exhausted." Vice President Peng looked at the map and muttered to himself, but he also knew that Mr. Zhu's arrangement was correct.

"Boss, vice president, what should the Jindong Combat Corps do if it can't stop these two brigades." At this moment, a staff officer asked softly.