Chinese New Year's Eve passed quickly, and the soldiers of the Independent Regiment spent time in intense preparations.

When the sun rose, in the county seat of Pingding County, Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwen, the commander of the Chinese Garrison Corps, got up early.

He came to the headquarters as soon as possible, and the staff officers on duty immediately reported the progress of the various departments.

Knowing that the various ministries had made smooth progress in Guanshan Town, Zhixi Town, and Suogong Town, Yamashita Fengwen had a smile on his face.

Of course, Okazaki Kiyozaburo, the commander of the 2nd Infantry Wing stationed in Jisai Town, did not report his losses, and he was worried that he would be reprimanded by Yamashita Fumi.

After all, the troops have not officially started fighting, but their own side has lost two infantry squadrons, such a thing is unacceptable to any commander.

"Contact the Provisional Aviation Regiment and ask the Aviation Corps to carry out carpet bombing of Chengguan Town." After Yamashita Fengfumi read the documents reporting the progress of the various ministries, he said in a cold tone.

At the same time, Yamashita Fengwen ordered the staff officers to send a telegram to the Japanese troops in Guanshan Town, Zhixi Town, and Suochun Town, so that they could act together in three directions and complete the siege of Chengguan Town before 10 o'clock in the morning.

The radio station in the headquarters began to "tick tick tick" and telegrams began to be sent out.

The Japanese troops who received the telegram from the Corps Headquarters began to move, especially the Japanese troops in Guanshan Town, who were prepared very early.

Nobuo Kobayashi of the artillery wing of the Chinese garrison corps was the commander of the roundabout troops, an artillery wing, a tank squadron, and an infantry brigade, a total of more than 4,000 troops.

The artillery of the artillery wing was transported by vehicles and mules and horses, who were able to follow the marching speed of the tanks.

In order not to let the infantry brigade slow down the marching speed of the entire detour unit, Yamashita Fumimi specially equipped the trucks and mules and horses of the transport team with this infantry brigade, so that they could complete the mechanization and follow the artillery and tanks to move together.

More than 3,000 artillery pieces, more than 1,000 infantry and some armored troops, under the command of Nobuo Kobayashi, quickly advanced in a roundabout way towards Naozhai Mountain.

In Guanshan Town, the commander of the 1st Infantry Wing, Hasegawa Ki, led the rest of the troops, and they would go to the north of Chengguan Town, block the independent regiment's breakthrough road to the north, and they would also start attacking Chengguan Town from the north.

The Japanese troops on three routes were operating at the same time, and the most mobile and roundabout troops marched the fastest.

After Sun Weiguo returned to Chengguan Town last night, he ordered Zhang Dajun's reconnaissance platoon to monitor the Japanese troops and the troops to strengthen their positions.

The cavalry battalion was transferred to the periphery for mobile operations, and Sun Weiguo had few troops at his disposal.

But he knows very well that if he wants to break through now, he will definitely kill himself.

In order to be able to hold the position, after Sun Weiguo negotiated with Zhong Jian and others, they decided to abandon Chengguan Town, and instead took Nanzhuang Village as the main position.

Nanzhuang Village is the place where the independent regiment started, and although it has been destroyed by the Japanese army several times, the fortifications here are permanent.

The most important point is that Nanzhuang Village is very close to Naozhai Mountain, and the troops can echo and support each other by holding positions such as Nanzhuang Village.

Sun Weiguo deployed his troops overnight in Nanzhuang Village, as well as Tianjing Village in the northwest corner of Nanzhuang Village, and Nantou Village in the southwest corner of Nanzhuang Village.

At present, trenches have been dug between the three villages, and ring fortifications have been erected, and there are communication trenches connecting the villages.

Of course, once the Japanese army cut off the communication between the villages, the various units had to immediately enter the villages and garrison them.

There is a reason why Sun Weiguo abandoned Chengguan Town to garrison here, because these three villages all have tunnels, and the troops can evacuate from the tunnels as a last resort.

Considering that the Japanese army had artillery and aircraft to assist in the battle, Sun Weiguo dispersed his troops to the positions between the three villages.

On the position between Nanzhuang Village and Tianjing Village, between Tianjing Village and Nantou Village, and between Nantou Village and Nanzhuang Village, Sun Weiguo deployed two infantry platoons, one machine gun platoon, and one artillery platoon.

Two infantry companies, a machine gun company, and an artillery company were all thrown into the position by Sun Weiguo.

Sun Weiguo's strategy was to defend the line first and defend the point, so as to neutralize the superiority of the Japanese artillery in terms of artillery.

If the troops had been gathered in various villages from the beginning, a bombing by Japanese planes and shelling by Japanese artillery would have caused heavy casualties to the troops.

The troops were first divided into positions connected by three villages, so that the troops were dispersed, and the Japanese bombardment would not cause too many casualties to the troops.

Sun Weiguo's regimental headquarters was not set up in Nanzhuang Village, but he set up the regimental headquarters in the circular fortifications in the center of the three villages.

The battalion headquarters of the infantry battalion was set up in the village of Nanzhuang Village, and Hong Zhiqiang commanded four platoons, including three platoons of one company, nine platoons of three companies, one platoon of machine guns, and three platoons of mortars, to defend the position from Nanzhuang Village to Tianjing Village.

The company headquarters of the first company was set up in Tianjing Village, and the commander of the first company, Yin Jin, commanded the first platoon, the second platoon of the first company, the second platoon of machine guns, and the first platoon of mortars to defend the position from Tianjing Village to Nantou Village.

The company headquarters of the third company was set up in Nantou Village, and Fu Tao, the commander of the third company, commanded the seven platoons of the third company, the eight platoons of the third company, the three platoons of machine guns, and the second platoon of mortars to defend the position from Nantou Village to Nanzhuang Village.

Sun Weiguo, deputy commander of the Independent Regiment, Shen Wei, political commissar, Zhao Lerong, chief of staff, and Liang Tieniu, deputy commander of the infantry battalion, stayed at the regimental headquarters to command the operation.

The regiment commander Zhong Jian was appointed by Sun Weiguo as the commander of the reserve, and commanded Yin Jinshan's armored company, Liu Jingnuan's guard company, Chen Yang, deputy commander of the infantry battalion, concurrently served as the company commander's supplementary company, Zhang Dajun's reconnaissance platoon, Wang Erzhu's guard platoon, and the fourth mortar platoon.

Mayor Zhang led the volunteer team to stand by near the regiment headquarters, waiting to support the front-line operation.

"Brother Sun, isn't it too dangerous to do this, I think it's better to transfer the guard company to the regiment headquarters to serve as a guard force."

Inside the regiment headquarters, Sun Weiguo was standing in front of the map and watching, Tang Chunhua walked in from outside with a pale face, he walked quickly to Sun Weiguo, and said in a solemn tone.

Sun Weiguo organized Liu Jingnuma's guard company into the reserve, which meant that the guard company would leave the regiment headquarters at any time and go to the front line to fight.

After Tang Chunhua learned the news, he was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground, but he clearly realized that Sun Weiguo only left an infantry squad to guard the regiment headquarters.

And this infantry squad is not fully staffed, there are only a few of them.

As for Fan Shuming's communications platoon, in Tang Chunhua's opinion, it is a non-combat arm, and if the little devil calls, the communications platoon will definitely not play any role.

"Staff Officer Tang, now we are going to be in the same boat through thick and thin, if you have the ability to command, you can command the battle."

After Sun Weiguo saw Tang Chunhua, he said with a smile, and when Tang Chunhua heard Sun Weiguo's words, his face became embarrassed.