The 12 heavy guns of the 1st Artillery Battalion of the New 2nd Brigade began to complete the shelling of the Japanese positions under the command of Liang Zerui, the artillery commander and commander of the 1st Battalion.

The 17th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army in Lijiazhuang Town was attacked by the First Regiment of the Pre-First Regiment, and after Captain Shaozo got the news, he ordered the troops to quickly defend and immediately reported the situation here to the headquarters of the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade in Xiyang County.

The Japanese army deployed a machine gun squadron, a mortar squadron, two infantry squadrons, and a baggage squadron directly under the brigade headquarters in Lijiazhuang Town, with a total strength of more than 500 Japanese troops, and they were equipped with 12 90MM mortars, 4 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 18 light machine guns with crooked handles, 18 Type 89 grenadiers, and more than 200 rifles.

At the same time, Huanglong Village and Yangjiayu Village on the east and west sides of Lijiazhuang Town were garrisoned by Japanese troops to protect the safety of both sides of Lijiazhuang Town.

The Japanese deployed four heavy machine guns of the machine gun squad and eight mortars of the mortar squadron and the baggage squadron in Lijiazhuang Town, and at the same time two infantry squads were also deployed on the periphery, and two infantry squads were also deployed in Xianzhang Village and Lizhuang Village not far from Lijiazhuang Town, and two 90MM mortars were also reinforced in these two villages.

The key defensive areas of the Japanese army in Lijiazhuang Town are in Lijiazhuang Town, Xianzhang Village, and Lizhuang Village, where two Japanese infantry squadrons, a mortar squadron, and a machine gun squad are assembled.

On the contrary, if the troops of the New Second Brigade wanted to attack Xianzhang Village, they would be attacked by the fire deployed by the Japanese army in Yangjiayu Village and Lijiazhuang Town, and in the same way, if the troops of the New Second Brigade wanted to attack Lizhuang Village, the troops of the New Second Brigade would be attacked by Huanglong Village and Lijiazhuang Village.

The key defense area of the 17th Brigade of the 5th Brigade of the Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade is from west to east, in order of Yangjiayu Village, Xianzhang Village, Lijiazhuang Town, Lizhuang Village, and Huanglong Village.

Four infantry squadrons, one machine gun squadron, one mortar squadron of the 17 Brigade, deployed front-line defensive positions, and reinforced heavy machine guns as well as mortars in each of the key defensive areas.

At the same time, in Zhanshang Town on the west side of Lijiazhuang Town and Zhitou Town on the east side of Lijiazhuang Town, the 16th Independent Infantry Brigade and the 18th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Fifth Brigade were stationed separately, and they adopted the same defensive method as the 17th Brigade, and the three infantry brigades could support each other.

After the commander of the 17th Brigade sent a telegram to the brigade headquarters, he immediately came to the front line to command, and eight 90MM mortars and 492 heavy machine guns began to enter the positions set up in advance, and the two infantry squads began to enter the peripheral positions, and light machine guns and grenadiers were erected one after another.

The Japanese light and heavy machine guns were cleverly set up to form a crossfire network once fired, while grenadiers and mortars could quickly knock out the attacking team's heavy weapons, and behind the town of Lijiazhuang, the artillery team of the Fifth Brigade was independently mixed and could provide them with fire support at any time.

The Japanese defense was obviously somewhat backward, but in the face of the Chinese troops, who were also tactically backward and backward in weapons, their defense was impregnable.

The Chinese troops lack heavy weapons, often a regiment has no more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, and if a regiment has four mortars, this is definitely the main force in the Chinese troops, but it is impossible for such firepower to break through the defensive positions of the Japanese army.

However, Sun Weiguo's New Second Brigade troops were different, and Sun Weiguo deliberately relied on seizing, purchasing, and donating weapons from overseas Chinese, and armed the New Second Brigade to the teeth.

Only one infantry brigade of the Japanese army has two Type 92 mountain guns, but Sun Weiguo's battalion will have three Type 92 mountain guns, and the firepower of the new Second Brigade is stronger than that of the Japanese army.

The 1st Pre-Regiment currently has four infantry battalions and one machine gun battalion, which is a strengthened regimental establishment.

According to the contents of the stormy battle plan, the troops of the first regiment were to take the lead in launching a feint attack, so as to cover the attack of the troops of the sixth cavalry regiment.

After the 1st Battalion of Liang Zerui's artillery finished the attack, the troops of the 3st Battalion of the 1st Pre-Regiment began to attack.

The offensive tactics of the New Second Brigade were different from those of the Japanese army, and according to Sun Weiguo's training, the New Second Brigade would adopt the core tactics of the German army when attacking.

That is, designate a company as the core company, and all troops must attack around this core company, and this core company must be supported by the fire of the whole regiment, so as to break through the enemy's position, and the rest of the troops must absolutely guarantee the cover and support operations of this core company, and according to the different establishment and objectives of the attacking force, this core company can also be a core battalion or a core regiment.

At present, the first battalion of the first regiment is the first battalion of Huang Gang, the second battalion of Liu Jingnuma, the third battalion of Zhang Wenbin, and the first battalion of Huang Gang are set up as the core battalion, their goal is to attack the town of Lijiazhuang, while the troops of the second and third battalions are responsible for covering, and Ye Jiangkai's machine gun battalion and Kang Fei's artillery company will provide fire support for the first battalion.

The troops of the three battalions advanced in an inverted wedge shape, with the troops of the second and third battalions in the front, the troops of the first battalion in the rear, the second battalion of Liu Jingnuma launched an attack on Yangjiayu Village, and the troops of Zhang Wenbin's third battalion launched an attack on Huanglong Village.

The officers and men had already begun to take action, and the troops of the first battalion adopted a wedge-shaped tactic to advance, the first battalion was the core battalion of the first regiment, and the first company of the first battalion was the core company of the first battalion.

The first company mainly attacked Lizhuang Town, Yan Jiaming used to be the company commander of the guard battalion, and the last time the guard battalion did not protect Sun Weiguo's safety and temporarily withdrew the establishment, and when the unit was expanded, Yan Jiaming was directly transferred to the first company of the first battalion as the company commander.

At this time, Yan Jiaming wanted to be ashamed, he did not regard this attack as a feint, he was ready to conquer Lijiazhuang Town in one fell swoop.

The machine-gun shooters of the first company kept moving forward with light machine guns, and when they reached the designated place, the machine gun shooters immediately set up the light machine guns.

According to the calculations of the General Staff Office, a company of the New Second Brigade could attack within a range of 300 meters, and more than 100 officers and men of Yan Jiaming's First Company opened the straggler line and advanced.

The light machine guns and grenadiers continued to advance, and as soon as they arrived at the designated location, they set up the light machine guns and grenadiers, and then the rifle groups began to advance.