Intelligence staff officer Han Mu saluted Sun Weiguo, and then he left the conference room quickly.

Sun Weiguo realized that the situation was very serious, and at this time he didn't say anything, but directly conveyed the order of the division headquarters.

The 3rd Regiment of Honor, the 4th Regiment of Honor, the Communications Battalion, the Guard Battalion, the War Defense Artillery Battalion, the Engineer Battalion, the Baggage Battalion, and the Supplementary Battalion immediately set off and went directly to Wutai County.

Considering that Jingcheng County was currently garrisoned by elite units of the Japanese army, Sun Weiguo did not intend to continue to let the main force of the Rong Second Division continue to advance along the path of the vanguard and follow-up troops.

Sun Weiguo planned to directly break through the garrison of the Japanese troops in Yangquan County, enter from Yangquan County to Meng County, and then go directly to Wutai County.

"The Honorary Fourth Regiment is responsible for opening the way, the mechanized guard battalion is attached to the combat defense artillery battalion to follow, the combat engineer battalion is attached to the Honorary Fourth Regiment for combat, the communications battalion, the combat baggage battalion, and the supplementary battalion follow the division headquarters to advance, and the troops set off at three o'clock in the morning, and before dawn they must quickly break through the Japanese positions in Yangquan County and enter the territory of Meng County."

Sun Weiguo looked at the officers, and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Yes, Commander." The officers stood up one after another, and they saluted Sun Weiguo and said.

After the combat mission was assigned, Sun Weiguo asked Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong to deploy detailed marching routes and offensive targets for the officers of various departments, while Sun Weiguo called Zhang Junjia, the company commander of the special operations company, aside.

After Sun Weiguo's Sixth Army Division was officially expanded into the Honorary Second Division, Sun Weiguo originally set up six regiments and eight battalions under its jurisdiction, and these units were directly declared by Sun Weiguo to the Military Commission and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, while Sun Weiguo did not declare the maintenance factories, health teams, special operations companies, and other units under the jurisdiction of the Honorary Second Division.

Sun Weiguo knew that the Japanese intelligence agencies would definitely be able to listen to the radio, and for the sake of secrecy, Sun Weiguo deliberately hid some of the troops.

The maintenance factories and sanitary teams were not combat-ready, and once the Japanese troops knew of their existence, the Japanese army would inevitably take the initiative to attack them.

If the maintenance plant and the sanitary team were attacked, they would have no resistance to them, and most of their actions were targeted, so they could easily be detected by the Japanese army.

The repair shop is specialized in the repair of machinery and vehicles, and the health team is there to rescue the wounded, and they must have appeared for these purposes.

If the Japanese army knew about the existence of these two units, the Japanese troops would definitely set up an ambush to attack these two units that had no combat capability.

The reason why the special operations company troops were hidden was that Sun Weiguo wanted to use them as sharp swords, and Sun Weiguo wanted to let the special operations company troops accidentally insert into the heart of the Japanese army.

"This is the position of the Japanese heavy artillery temporarily drawn by the reconnaissance battalion and the intelligence department, the position of the Japanese heavy artillery may be deviated, but it should be near here, you take the special operations company over, it is best to be able to defeat the Japanese heavy artillery, if you can't defeat the Japanese heavy artillery troops, you also have to temporarily suppress them, so that they cannot carry out artillery bombardment, and cover the main force of the division through Yangquan County."

Sun Weiguo handed over a map of Yangquan County drawn by the Operations Section based on the comprehensive data of the Intelligence Section and the reconnaissance battalion to Zhang Junjia, commander of the Special Operations Company.

This time, the special operations team also began to be expanded into a special operations company, which had more than 100 people, and was equipped with Thomson submachine guns, shell guns, Mauser sniper rifles, and Type 38 rifles and grenadiers.

Unlike other units, the special operations company is all composed of veterans, and Zhang Junjia, the commander of the special operations company, and Hao Jie, who originally served as a platoon commander in the guard battalion, were also transferred to the special operations company to serve as deputy company commanders this time.

"Division commander, you can rest assured, the special operations company guarantees to complete the task." After Zhang Junjia received Sun Weiguo's order, he immediately saluted and said.

As Sun Weiguo issued the battle order at the division headquarters in Pingding County, the various divisions immediately began to assemble, and they prepared to break through the Japanese positions in Yangquan County and go directly to Wutai County.

At this time, in Jingcheng County, Hebei Province, the headquarters of the First Division of the Japanese Army.

After taking the train and forcibly marching, the troops of the 1st Division had already begun to enter Jingcheng County and Zanhuang County.

The artillery wing, engineer wing, baggage wing, cavalry wing, first, second, and third field hospitals, and independent mortar brigades directly under the 1st Division were all stationed in the county seat of Jingcheng County, while the troops of the 1st Brigade and the 15th Brigade under the 1st Division were deployed in Jingcheng County and Zanhuang County respectively.

Jingcheng County is a key area for the deployment of the Japanese army, where the number of Japanese troops exceeds 10,000, and almost every town is garrisoned by devil soldiers.

When Zhong Jian's Honorary Second Regiment, Liang Zerui's Honorary Sixth Regiment, and Jia Leiping's reconnaissance battalion troops passed through Jingcheng County, the troops of the First Division had just arrived, but even so, the troops of the First Division still bit the reconnaissance battalion responsible for the broken rear, bringing more than ten casualties to the cavalry company of the reconnaissance battalion.

When the reconnaissance battalion troops entered Mengxian, the 1st Division stopped the pursuit, but the Japanese immediately reported the discovery to the division headquarters.

The division commander Naosaburo Okabe immediately summoned the commander of the 1st Brigade Major General Brigade Norihide Abe to the division headquarters, and he began to discuss with Abu Guixiu about the discovery of the Eighth Route Army troops in Jingcheng County.

Okabe Naosaburo had served as chief of staff of the North China Front for a long time, and he knew more about Sun Weiguo's troops than anyone else.

Sun Weiguo's troops are strong in combat, and Sun Weiguo himself has excellent command ability, and this time the first division is responsible for guarding Sun Weiguo's honorary second division, and Okabe Naosaburo is cautious.

"What the cavalry wing found was the cavalry unit of the Eighth Route Army, this cavalry has more than 100 people, and the armament is a unified saber and Japanese-style rifle, I suspect that this is Sun Weiguo's cavalry unit, Sun Weiguo's troops are likely to plan to operate through Jingcheng County to support the Jinchaji Military Region."

In the headquarters of the First Division, Naosaburo Okabe stood in front of the map, he pointed to the location of Pingding County on the map, and said in a solemn tone.

The commander of the 1st Brigade, Major General Abe, looked at the map, and a contemplative expression appeared on his face.

Looking at Pingding County, which Okabe Naosaburo pointed to, and thinking of the cavalry wing's report that the cavalry unit of the Eighth Route Army had entered Meng County, Abe Norihide looked around Meng County.

Meng County is not very far from Fuping County and Laiyuan County, Abe Guixiu naturally thought that this Eighth Route Army unit wanted to go to Fuping County and Laiyuan County through Meng County to support the Jinchaji Military Region to fight, but Abe Guixiu's eyes quickly locked on Wutai County, and when he saw Wutai County, his eyes were no longer moving.

"Your Excellency the division commander, will the troops of the Eighth Route Army go directly to Wutai County?" Norihide Abe pointed to Wutai County on the map, and he immediately said.

"Wutai County? Sun Weiguo's troops want to go to Wutai County? Hearing Abe's analysis, Okabe Naosaburo said with a puzzled face.