Beicheng District, Pingding County, in the new second brigade brigade headquarters.

Fu Tao, commander of the 1st Battle Group, immediately reported the course of the operation and the losses of both sides to the headquarters of the New 2nd Brigade.

After Sun Weiguo, Zhao Lerong and others read this report, their faces became solemn.

You must know that one battalion of the New Second Brigade has the ability to eat two infantry squadrons of the Japanese army, but now the three most elite battalions of the New Second Brigade have not eaten the two infantry squadrons of the Japanese army, but have paid a lot of casualties.

"According to the report of the reconnaissance company, the follow-up troops of the Japanese army followed up quickly, two infantry brigades appeared on the left and right sides respectively, and the main force of its armored troops was less than a thousand meters away from the battlefield.

Zhao Lerong pointed to Zhaojiayu Village on the map, with a frightened expression on his face, and reported softly.

Yue Wu's reminder was very timely, if it was a step too late, the main force of the Japanese First Brigade of the Mixed Combat would quickly start to encircle, and at that time, the armored battalion and other three battalions of troops would fall into the encirclement of the First Brigade of the Mixed Battle.

"The little devils are determined to eat our new second brigade troops, and the little devils who set off from Niangziguan Town are even more ferocious, and they are even more difficult to deal with than the Japanese army in Xiyang County. Although Fu Tao has rich command experience, this is the first time he has commanded a multi-arm unit to fight......" Sun Wei said solemnly Chinese but halfway through his words, Wang Kunyao, an operational staff officer, hurriedly walked in.

"Brigade commander, Yin Jin of the second battle group called, the second battle group has more than a hundred casualties, but the Japanese army only has more than seventy casualties."

Wang Kunyao first saluted Sun Weiguo, and then he reported in a serious tone.

"Political commissar, Xianliang, you are in command of the brigade headquarters, chief of staff, you go to the first battle group to command the operation, and I go to the second battle group to command the operation. Chief of Staff, the 1st Battle Group has an armored battalion and a cavalry battalion, and if the troops hold on to it, they will definitely suffer losses, and these mobile units must be used flexibly. ”

After hearing Wang Kunyao's report, Sun Weiguo immediately issued an order.

"Yes, Brigadier." Zhao Lerong and Qin Xianliang saluted one after another, and Sun Weiguo strode outside.

The strength of the second battle group is not very large, but they have to deal with a large number of Japanese troops, and Sun Weiguo knows that the second battle group is under pressure.

After all, if the second battle group cannot contain the Japanese army in Xiyang County, once the troops of the 25th Brigade in Xiyang County are pressed from the south of Pingding County, the new Second Brigade will be under attack by the two brigades of the Japanese army.

Juren Village is located on the south bank of the Songxi River, only 200 meters away from the river, which is the bridgehead on the south bank of the Songxi River.

After Naozo Nakano, the commander of the 25th Brigade, was dispatched by the troops of the 1st Brigade of the melee, he himself was also ready to move, and the village of Juren, which originally did not have any troops to defend, was garrisoned by the 4th Squadron of the 117th Brigade of the 117th Wing of Kaichi Takaki at this time, and at the same time, the artillery team of the 1st Brigade and a machine gun squad were also stationed in the village.

Nakano Naozo had plans to cross the Songxi River to attack Binh Dinh County, but after the appearance of troops of the Eighth Route Army on the south bank of the Songxi River, he had to abandon this idea.

Knowing that the troops of the new 2nd Brigade were not simple, Nakano Naozo ordered the troops to remain on the defensive, and with the support of Shijiashan heavy artillery troops, he planned to eat the Chinese troops on the south bank of the Songxi River first, and then attack, such a tactic Nakano Naozo thought was the safest.

When Sun Weiguo arrived at the south bank of the Songxi River, it was already more than nine o'clock in the morning, and he came to the temporary headquarters of the second battle group, where Yin Jin and others were discussing the next move of the troops.

Yin Jin and others carried out Sun Weiguo's order to form a combat group, but the troops never made any progress, which made Yin Jin and others very depressed.

Especially when the casualties between the enemy and us showed an unequal comparison, Yin Jin sent a telegram to the brigade headquarters, and he vaguely gave up the idea of using combat groups to fight.

"We had thirteen men in each squad, armed with a crooked light machine gun or a Czech light machine gun, ten Type 38 rifles, and four grenades for each soldier, and each division was divided into four combat teams, a support group, an assault group, a demolition team, and a fire team.

There are three fighters in each group, three riflemen with good marksmanship are selected by the support group, three fighters in the assault group are equipped with Type 38 rifles and southern pistols, the demolition team concentrates the whole squad with grenades for blasting, and the fire team is equipped with light machine guns. ”

After Sun Weiguo came to the headquarters, he first explained the plan for the formation of each combat group.

At the same time, the units of the guard battalion, the sniper squadron, the engineer company, the guard company of the first regiment, and the third company of the special service battalion formed a reinforced assault group, a reinforced demolition group, a reinforced fire group, and a reinforced sniper group.

After dividing the troops of the second battle group into various battle groups, Sun Weiguo looked at Yin Jin and Zhu Jianwei, he wanted to hear their thoughts.

"Brigade commander, there are more than 200 Japanese troops in Juren Village, if we can defeat this Japanese army, our troops will be able to open up the combat situation, but the Japanese army in Guren Village has heavy machine guns and artillery, and if our troops launch a strong attack, they will definitely be intercepted by Japanese heavy artillery." Zhu Jianwei looked at Sun Weiguo and reported softly.

Sun Weiguo looked at the map, he called Yin Jin and Zhu Jianwei to his side, and then whispered to them.

On 6 April, the troops of the New 2nd Brigade began to engage the troops of the 1st Brigade and the 25th Brigade of the Mixed Battle.

The 1st Battle Group of the New 2nd Brigade engaged in a fierce battle with the troops of the 1st Brigade in Zhaojiayu Village, and both sides suffered losses on both sides.

Immediately, Sun Weiguo, commander of the New Second Brigade, and Zhao Lerong, chief of staff, went to the two battle groups to command the operation.

The combat target of the second battle group was selected in Juren Village, while the combat target of the first battle group was selected in Zhaojiayu Village, which had already been captured by the Japanese army at this time.

The 1st Battle Group and the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Combat had not yet officially engaged in a full-scale battle, but the artillery of both sides began to engage in fierce fighting.

The people of Zhaojiayu Village were evacuated urgently, and when the Japanese troops entered Zhaojiayu Village, the artillery group on Wujia Mountain, under the command of artillery commander Zheng Jingjing, began to carry out a fierce artillery bombardment of Zhaojiayu Village, and the artillery group fired hundreds of shells in 10 minutes, and the entire Zhaojiayu Village was plunged into a sea of gunpowder smoke and fire.

At the same time, the artillery detachment of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese melee began to shell Wujiashan under the observation of hot air balloons.

The two sides launched an artillery battle, but the Japanese eight field guns had an advantage, and the artillery battle between China and Japan was dominated by Japanese artillery.

While the artillery of the two sides was engaged in a confrontation, in Juren Village, on the south bank of the Songxi River in Xiyang County, the troops of the Second Battle Group began to move.