Suochun Town, Pingding County, the headquarters of the Sixth Army Division of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region.

After Sun Weiguo returned here, political commissar Shen Wei had already prepared relevant maps of southern Hebei and northern Henan, while chief of staff Zhao Lerong and deputy chief of staff Sun Ziyuan began to discuss the specific combat situation with Yue Wu, chief of the operations section, and Wang Kunyao, chief of the intelligence section who was still working in Xiyang County, conducted detailed reconnaissance of the southern Hebei region and northern Henan region through intelligence personnel.

The Japanese army in North China had previously dispatched two divisions and three brigades to attack the troops of the new second brigade, but the Japanese army failed in this operation.

Through this operation, the Japanese troops clearly realized that they had to support a large number of puppet army units to assist them in the battle.

After the end of the battle with the troops of the New Second Brigade, the Japanese troops in North China on the one hand replenished the weapons and personnel of the lost troops, and on the other hand, they began to work for them by recruiting the undetermined Chinese troops and bandits through intelligence officers, so as to assist them in maintaining the security of the occupied areas.

There were a large number of puppet army and bandit troops in the southern Hebei region and the northern Henan region, and these puppet army bandits obeyed the orders of the Japanese, and they did all kinds of evil, causing great harm to the local area, and at the same time seriously affecting the development strategy of the Eighth Route Army.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had long had the idea of fighting against these puppet troops and bandit troops, and this time the troops of the new Second Brigade were formally organized into the Sixth Army Division, and the various units of the Sixth Army Division also underwent a period of rest and training.

In consideration of the fact that the Japanese army would retaliate after suffering losses, the head of the headquarters planned to let the Sixth Army Division and the 129th Division and the 115th Division carry out combat missions.

According to the idea of the head of the General Headquarters, the main attack task this time was to be handed over to the Sixth Army Subdivision of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, and Sun Weiguo, commander of the Sixth Army Subdivision, was to serve as the commander-in-chief.

If other troops were to participate in the war, the head of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army would definitely draw up a relevant battle plan, but this time let the divisional troops of the Sixth Army undertake the operation, and Sun Weiguo would serve as the commander-in-chief of the combat unit and unify the command of all units to fight.

"Commander, there is no specific situation from the intelligence department at present, but the number of puppet army bandits will be several thousand, according to the information sent by the headquarters, these puppet army bandits have accepted the weapons of the Japanese, and they should still have some combat effectiveness."

When Sun Weiguo came to the headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong immediately briefed Sun Weiguo on the situation.

Sun Weiguo came directly to the map, he looked at the map, and he nodded slightly.

"Our troops have recently replenished a lot of personnel, and the combat effectiveness will still be somewhat affected, and we must not be careless in this operation, the puppet army and bandits are also threatening, and if we are careless, it is inevitable that the troops will have too many casualties." Sun Weiguo said solemnly.

Now Sun Weiguo has three infantry regiments, an armored regiment, an artillery regiment, and other reconnaissance battalions, guard battalions, cavalry battalions and other troops, and the armament of the troops is even better than that of the Japanese army.

In the past, when the troops did not have weapons and ammunition, they could only rely on desperate methods to win.

But now the situation is different, the troops have tanks and artillery, and there are many light and heavy weapons to support the operation, under such conditions, Sun Weiguo must reduce the casualties of the troops in the battle, if there are so many sophisticated weapons, the troops still pay too many casualties, then Sun Weiguo must find the reason from himself.

"There are four battalions of the pre-first regiment and the independent regiment that have completed the rearmament, these four battalions are all our old troops, these four battalions have fewer recruits, let them undertake combat missions, there should not be any problems, commander, it is better for you to adjust the deployment of the sixth cavalry regiment in person."

Zhao Lerong handed a document to Sun Weiguo, and after receiving Sun Weiguo's telegram, he began to negotiate with Sun Ziyuan about the transfer of troops.

The head of the General Headquarters planned to let the main force of the Sixth Army subdivision undertake the combat mission, but in several county towns, the Sixth Army subdivision still had to leave some troops behind.

Zhao Lerong planned to transfer the second and fourth battalions of the first regiment, the first battalion and the third battalion of the independent regiment to undertake operations, and the regimental headquarters of the two regiments only transferred one regimental headquarters to leave.

As for the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, Zhao Lerong did not make any arrangements here, and Zhao Lerong was not very proficient in the deployment of armored troops.

Although Zhao Lerong is learning the tactics of armored troops, it is very difficult for him to deploy armored troops.

"We don't have a lot of fuel, and the tank troops need a longer time to rest and recuperate, so the 6th Cavalry Regiment will not be allowed to participate in this operation, and the 6th Cavalry Regiment will stay at the garrison to guard against the surprise attack of the Japanese troops, and the regimental headquarters and directly subordinate troops of the 1st Regiment will stay in Xiyang County, the regimental headquarters of the independent regiment and the troops directly under it will follow the operation, the reconnaissance battalion, the cavalry battalion, and the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Artillery Regiment will follow the operation, and the rest of the troops will all stay at the station."

Sun Weiguo dispatched four infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, and a reconnaissance battalion and a cavalry battalion totaling more than 5,000 troops.

The regimental headquarters and directly subordinate troops of the first regiment were retained by Sun Weiguo, while the regimental headquarters and directly subordinate troops of the independent regiment were drawn by Sun Weiguo to participate in the war.

Zhong Jian, the commander of the independent regiment, lacked command ability, and Sun Weiguo asked him to follow him, so he naturally had the intention of training him.

"Weiguo, this operation is not only to clear the puppet army and bandits in the southern Hebei region, but also to clear the puppet army and bandits in the northern Henan region, there are more bandits in the northern Henan region, they have been there for a long time, they know more about the situation nearby, I suggest you bring more troops."

After hearing Sun Weiguo's words, Shen Wei couldn't help but show a worried expression on her face, she looked at Sun Weiguo, and said in a solemn tone.

The number of puppet troops and bandits in Hebei is not very large, but there are many bandits in northern Henan, these bandits have been entrenched for many years, and they have a certain ability.

The troops of more than 5,000 people are not very few, but if they want to completely eliminate the puppet army bandits in southern Hebei and northern Henan, these troops are not very many.

Shen Wei was afraid that Sun Wei would have some accidents, so she put forward a different opinion.

"Political commissar, although these puppet army bandits are fierce, the little devils are not our opponents, and it will naturally not be a problem for us to deal with them. With these more than 5,000 troops enough to deal with them, you don't have to worry, we will definitely return victorious in this battle. Sun Weiguo swore and said.

After Commander Liu of the 129th Division sent a telegram to Sun Weiguo to convey the combat mission, Sun Weiguo's heart blossomed with joy.

The new second brigade is not very lacking in weapons and ammunition at present, the only thing lacking is property, after having property, Sun Weiguo can buy tanks through Catherine's relationship, you must know that the tanks of the armored battalion of the sixth cavalry regiment have not been replenished so far.