Captain Shao Zuo of the 18th Independent Infantry Brigade in Zhitou Town now knows that the communications troops he sent must have been killed, and he also knows that the troops of the New Second Brigade want to cut off his connection with his subordinate squadrons, but he does not know how to deploy them.

If you continue to send a small number of people to the outside of the town, you will definitely not be able to escape the fate of being solved, but the 18th Brigade must not help but get in touch with the troops below, not to mention what happened on the left side of Zhitou Town, Captain Shaozuo must know.

"Captain, there was a fierce sound of gunfire on the left side before, but now there is no sound, such a move is too abnormal, the two infantry squads of the third squadron stationed on the left side are very likely to have been completely annihilated, and the main force of the Zhina army is very likely to have broken through from us."

A Japanese captain came to the front of the captain of the Shaozo brigade, he looked at the captain of the Shaozo brigade, with a solemn expression on his face, and said softly.

When Captain Shaozo heard this, his brows couldn't help frowning, and he looked at the map.

The Chinese troops broke through from Zhitou Town, and they could completely launch a detour to Lijiazhuang Town from the flank, in which case the 17th Brigade in Lijiazhuang Town would fall into the predicament of being flanked from the front and rear, not to mention that the position of the 17th Brigade was already precarious.

"Immediately contact the 17th Brigade to inquire about the situation there, and at the same time report our situation here to the brigade headquarters."

The Shao Zuo Captain of the 18th Brigade was unable to solve these problems, and he could only report the situation to the headquarters of the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade and listen to Qin Yashang's suggestion.

At this time, the main force of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment began to assemble in Wanjiazhuang Village, and after Yin Jinshan, the regiment commander and commander of the armored battalion, finished assembling in various departments, he quickly sent a telegram to Sun Weiguo to ask about the next plan of action of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment.

After Sun Weiguo, who was in command in the sheepfold village, received the telegram from the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, he looked at the map and fell into deep thought.

The 6th Cavalry Regiment is now in the rear of the first line of Japanese defensive positions, and they can turn back to deal with the 18th Brigade of the Japanese Army in Zhitou Town, and at the same time, they can also make a detour from the flank and directly attack the rear of the 17th Brigade of the Japanese Army in Lijiazhuang Town.

However, Sun Weiguo did not plan to deploy in this way, he planned to continue to let the 6th Cavalry Regiment advance, break the second line of defensive positions of the Japanese army, and directly disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army.

Sun Weiguo stood in front of the map and looked at it for a while, and then he began to order the headquarters to be transferred, and at the same time, Sun Weiguo gave Yin Jinshan a combat order for the troops to move westward and attack the county seat of Xiyang County, and the transferred headquarters naturally wanted to follow the actions of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment.

The troops of the 6th Cavalry Regiment moved again, and when Sun Weiguo's order began to be conveyed to the 6th Cavalry Regiment, Yin Jinshan ordered the troops to move in.

The troops of the armored battalion, the cavalry battalion, the infantry battalion, the cavalry artillery battalion, and the four battalions advanced mightily towards the county seat of Xiyang County.

The deployment of the 5th Brigade of the Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade in Xiyang County was to use the 16th Brigade, the 17th Brigade and the 18th Brigade as the first-line defense units, the 19th Brigade and the 20th Brigade as the second-line defense troops, the main force of the 20th Brigade and the troops directly under the brigade and regiment were stationed in the county, and the 19th Brigade was responsible for the defense on both sides of the county.

After the 6th Cavalry Regiment broke through from Zhitou Town, they had already begun to threaten the 2nd line of Japanese defenses, and after Sun Weiguo's order to advance westward, the troops of the 6th Cavalry Regiment officially came into contact with the defense units of the 19th Brigade.

Jiedu Township is located thirteen kilometers east of the county seat of Xiyang County, and at this time an infantry squad of the 19th Brigade of the Japanese Army has begun to enter here.

Jiedu Township originally belonged to the 18th Brigade to be responsible for defense, but as the two infantry squadrons of the 18th Brigade began to reinforce Lijiazhuang Town, the defense here was empty, and the 19th Brigade was sent here to set up a guard position in order to ensure the safety of its flank position.

The fierce fighting in Lijiazhuang Town continued, and after the 17th Brigade was reinforced by four infantry squadrons, they barely held their positions, but they were clearly at a disadvantage.

Listening to the fierce gunfire coming from the front, and seeing that the sun had risen in the easternmost part of the sky, the ghost soldiers stationed in Jiedu Township had a smile on their faces.

They knew that dawn meant that planes would be able to come to help in the war, and even more so, that reinforcements would be coming here soon.

"Sun Weiguo's new Second Brigade dared to attack us, they are really beyond their strength, and when the first brigade and the 21st division of the mixed battle arrive, Sun Weiguo's new second brigade will definitely be flanked by us, and this time they may be able to annihilate them all."

"The Zhina troops have been attacking for more than an hour, but they still haven't conquered the position of the 17th Brigade in Lijiazhuang Town, they will definitely be dragged by the 17th Brigade, and when the reinforcements arrive, it will be the end of the Zhina Army."

"This time we will definitely be able to defeat the troops of the new Second Brigade, maybe the headquarters will order us to counterattack Pingding County, if we are lucky, if we can kill Sun Weiguo, it will be the most glorious thing."

The ghost soldiers of Jiedu Township were stationed in the pre-set positions, and they talked softly, and each of them had a smile on their faces.

They are the troops guarding the second line, and what is happening on the front line is naturally not something that ordinary soldiers like them can know.

These devil soldiers always believed that the troops of the 17th Brigade had resisted the attack of the New Second Brigade, but how would they know that the position of the 17th Brigade was already fragmented.

Even after reinforcements from the 18th and 16th brigades arrived, the 17th brigade was still unable to clear the troops of Huang Gang's first battalion from the town of Lijiazhuang.

"Team leader, look at the east side, is it a sandstorm?" A squad leader pointed to the east, and he asked suspiciously.

The second lieutenant squad leader immediately raised his telescope, and he looked to the east, at which time the sand and dust floating in the air appeared in the second lieutenant squad leader's telescope.

Seeing this scene, the second lieutenant's squad leader's face became as pale as paper, and he shouted loudly: "The Chinese army is coming, quickly fire signal flares." ”

With a "pass", a red signal flare was hit into the air, and the second lieutenant squad leader continued to watch with a telescope.

The dust continued to fly in the air, and the flying dust was getting closer and closer to the Jiedu Township.

Two thousand meters, one thousand five hundred meters, one thousand meters, the sound of the roar of the tank clearly reached the ears of the second lieutenant squad leader, and the sound of the horse's hooves trampling on the ground became even clearer.

In the dust, tanks appeared in the line of sight of the second lieutenant squad leader, more than 30 tanks advanced in two echelons on the left and right, and more than 30 tanks were moving quickly towards Jiedu Township in a figure of eight.

The tanks were flanked by a large number of cavalrymen, armed with sabers at their waists and rifles on their backs.

Tanks roared, war horses galloped, and the sand and dust in the air were obviously made by tanks and war horses.