After receiving orders from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the troops of the First Army Subdivision and the Second Army Subdivision of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region began to rapidly move closer to the area around Pingding County.

Zhong Jian's independent regiment also quickly returned to Pingding County, Shanxi Province from Hebei Province to participate in the battle against the 1st Brigade and the 25th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Commander Nie learned that the troops of Sun Weiguo's new Second Brigade were surrounded and attacked by the Japanese army in the area of Xiyang and Pingding, and Commander Nie not only quickly transferred Zhong Jian's Pingding County Independent Regiment back to assist in the battle, but he also sent a detachment directly under the Fourth Army Division to assist Sun Weiguo in the battle.

In Commander Nie's view, Sun Weiguo was the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region that had gone out, and even though Sun Weiguo was now assigned to the newly established Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, he repeatedly stressed in front of the head of the Eighth Route Army that Sun Weiguo's troops were seconded and would sooner or later be returned to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was reluctant to allow Sun Weiguo's troops to be heavily damaged by the Japanese army, so he sent additional troops to assist in the battle.

As Sun Weiguo's old leader, Commander Nie protected Sun Weiguo's troops in this way, and as Sun Weiguo's current direct leader, Commander Liu of the 129th Division was naturally not far behind, and he did not want the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region to be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese troops before it had time to announce its establishment.

Therefore, after Division Commander Liu consulted the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, he assigned the Wang Naigui detachment, which had been active in the area of Xiyang County and was currently transferred to the southeast of Shanxi Province to fight in the southeast, to Sun Weiguo's command.

By 4 p.m. on 6 April, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had sent reinforcements to Sun Weiguo with four detachments and an independent regiment, and the total number of these troops exceeded 10,000.

The names of the four detachments are the Independent Detachment, the Guerrilla Detachment, the Wang Naigui Detachment, the Yongxing Detachment, and the Independent Regiment are naturally the Pingding County Independent Regiment.

The Yongxing detachment was commanded by Captain Zeng, and this detachment had more than 2,000 people, and the Wang Naigui detachment was commanded by Captain Wang, and this detachment had nearly 2,000 people.

There are more than 12,000 people in the four detachments plus the Pingding County Independent Regiment, and counting the nearly 5,000 troops of the New Second Brigade, there are more than 17,000 troops of the Eighth Route Army deployed in Xiyang County and Pingding County.

After the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army received the report from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 129th Division, Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng had a careful discussion.

They decided to form the Jindong Combat Corps with the newly formed Second Brigade, the Independent Detachment, the Guerrilla Detachment, the Wang Naigui Detachment, the Yongxing Detachment, the Pingding County Independent Regiment, the First Company of the 129th Division Artillery Battalion, and the First Mortar Company of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

Chief of Staff Ni, chief of staff of the 129th Division, who is also the commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, is the commander of the Jindong Combat Corps, while Sun Weiguo, the commander of the newly formed Second Brigade, is the deputy commander of the Jindong Combat Corps.

Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng made such an arrangement, mainly because Sun Weiguo's qualifications were too shallow, and it was inevitable that some people would be unconvinced if he was asked to serve as the commander to command the operation.

With such an arrangement, the commander is Chief of Staff Ni, who is also the chief of staff of the 129th Division and also the commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, so naturally no one will be unconvinced.

After Sun Weiguo received the telegram from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, he did not expect that the head of the headquarters would send so many troops to reinforce the new second brigade to fight.

However, Sun Weiguo can also understand that once the 1st Brigade and the 25th Brigade of the melee completely annihilate Sun Weiguo's new 2nd Brigade in the area of Pingding County, and these two brigades are waving their troops south, it will be a devastating blow to the Chinese troops fighting in the southeast of Shanxi.

Using more than 10,000 local troops of the Eighth Route Army to contain these two brigades and regiments was a very difficult combat mission, and the head of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters believed that only Sun Weiguo could accomplish such a combat mission.

After receiving the telegram sent by the headquarters, Sun Weiguo immediately made arrangements for the second battle group, and he ordered the second battle group to rush to the county seat of Xiyang County with the main force, and dispatched a small unit of the second battle group to return to the Japanese flank to carry out a sneak attack.

After making the deployment, Sun Weiguo handed over command to Yin Jin, the commander of the second battle group, and the deputy commander, and he quickly returned to Yangquan County.

The officers of the reinforcements from various units should immediately go to the headquarters of the new second brigade in Yangquan County to hold an operational meeting, and Sun Weiguo, the deputy commander, naturally wanted to preside over this operational meeting.

The Chinese and Japanese troops in Xiyang County and Pingding County were still fighting fiercely, but here in Yangquan County there was silence, without any gunfire sound.

When Sun Weiguo came to the headquarters of the new Second Brigade in Yangquan County, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon, but it was spring now, and the sky had not yet become dark.

At present, only the first company of Liu Ke of the special operations battalion is garrisoned in Yangquan County, and the security of the entire brigade headquarters depends entirely on the first company to protect it.

When Sun Weiguo came here, the commander of the guerrilla detachment, Gui, had already arrived, and his unit was active in the Shanxi-Hebei border area, and the combat area of the unit was very close to Pingding County and other county seats.

"Hello chief." When Sun Weiguo came to the Gui Detachment Leader, Gui Detachment Leader immediately stood up, and he saluted Sun Weiguo and said.

The new Second Brigade was awarded a regular number by the Second Theater, and Sun Weiguo, the brigade commander of Major General, was also recognized by the Second Theater, and although the troops commanded by the Gui Detachment Commander were not too different from the new Second Brigade, he still took the initiative to salute and say hello.

"Hello Captain Gui." Sun Weiguo hurriedly returned the salute, and he said with a smile.

After inviting the commander of the Gui detachment to take a seat, before Sun Weiguo could pour a cup of tea, Luo Hongyi, the company commander of the communications company, walked in from outside.

"Brigade commander, Captain Wang and Captain Qin are here." Luo Hongyi looked at Sun Weiguo, and he reported softly.

Hearing that these two detachment leaders had come to Yangquan County, Sun Weiguo didn't dare to hold it up, so he and the Gui detachment leader whispered a few words, and hurriedly went out to greet each other.

When night fell, four detachment commanders and one regiment commander arrived at the headquarters of the New Second Brigade in Yangquan County, and the officers of the New Second Brigade were all participating in the battle on the front line, so naturally they did not have the opportunity to attend this meeting.

"There's nothing good to eat, let's just take a break." Political Commissar Shen Wei had already prepared food, which was just canned food captured by the New Second Brigade.

"Political Commissar Shen is polite, these things are delicious to us." Captain Qin said with emotion on his face.

The New Second Brigade is a well-known big player in the Eighth Route Army, and every unit that has fought with the New Second Brigade will have many benefits.