Beiping, the headquarters of the North China Front.

The commander of the North China Front, Shouichi Terauchi, was sitting in a chair as he looked at a small county town marked on the map.

This small county town is Pingding County in Shanxi Province, and at this time, in the headquarters, the chief of staff of the North China Front Army, Okabe Naosaburo and other officers have all come here.

Everyone's eyes looked at the small county town marked on the map, and their faces showed different expressions.

At present, the North China Front is under the unified command of the First Army and the Second Army, and the North China Front commands hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, including the troops directly under the headquarters.

Being able to get them to pay attention to the small county town of a province obviously shows that the county town is very important, and there are things that they must pay attention to here.

Shouichi Terauchi looked at Pingding County on the map, the expression on his face was calm, but his heart was full of anger.

The Pingding County Independent Regiment has already had a great impact on the North China Front, and they have become a thorn in the side of the North China Front.

"After our army captured Hebei Province, Suiyuan Province, Shanxi Province, Shandong Province and other regions, the Chinese troops have now taken a full defensive position, and they have lost the ability to attack. Therefore, the most urgent task of our army at the moment is to stabilize the law and order problem in the occupied areas. At present, the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi Province pose the greatest threat to our army, and they have sabotaged our lines of communication several times and inflicted great losses on us. ”

"In the Eighth Route Army, the number of the Pingding County Independent Regiment troops brought great damage to our garrison troops, and its commander Sun Weiguo repeatedly inflicted heavy damage on our troops, and at the end of last year, we organized an encirclement and annihilation operation against the 129th Division, resulting in the 80th Wing being severely damaged by Sun Weiguo. Not long ago, the 20 th Division stationed in Pingding County fought with the troops of Takano Shuichi, causing thousands of casualties. ”

The chief of staff of the North China Front, Naosaburo Okabe, pointed at Pingding County on the map with his baton, and he said with a serious expression.

Terauchi Shou nodded, and his eyes couldn't help but look at a man in a general's uniform beside him, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

This general is none other than Yamashita Fumi, the brigade commander of the 40th Brigade of the 20th Division of the former Japanese Army.

At present, Yamashita Fengfumi has been transferred to the Chinese garrison corps as the commander of the corps, and the troops under his command are more than 10,000 people.

The Japanese North China Front was deliberately sending the Chinese garrison corps that had just been formed by Yamashita Fengwen to fight in Shanxi, so this time Terauchi Shouchi invited Yamashita Fengwen over.

"Your Excellency Commander, this Sun Weiguo has excellent command ability, is good at fighting a war of attrition, and is very good at looking for his own fighters in battle. According to our analysis, if we want to completely encircle and annihilate Sun Weiguo's troops, we must dispatch at least one brigade or regiment. And the base camp is there......"

After Naosaburo Okabe introduced the situation, he looked at Terauchi Shouyichi, and he said softly.

He didn't go on with what he was going to say, because what he was going to say later was confidential, and Yamashita couldn't know it.

The Japanese base camp had already begun planning to open up the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, so that the North China Front and the Central China Dispatch Army would be connected with the northern and southern occupation areas.

In this operation, the Central China Dispatch Army and a part of the North China Front Army will be mobilized to fight together, and the North China Front Army will be transferred to participate in the battle.

In order not to affect the operation of the Jinpu Railway deployed by the base camp, Terauchi Shouichi decided to completely solve Sun Weiguo's independent regiment before that.

"In order to be able to completely annihilate Sun Weiguo's independent regiment, Yamashita Jun, the newly established Chinese garrison corps is about to be put into battle, your troops quickly gather in Yangquan County, Xiyang County, Shouyang County and other places, and before February, you must completely annihilate Sun Weiguo's independent regiment!"

Terauchi Shouichi looked at Yamashita Fengfumi, and he said in a stern tone.

Yamashita Fengwen's eyes showed a look of revenge, and he immediately saluted and said, "Your Excellency Commander, rest assured, I will definitely annihilate all Sun Weiguo's troops." ”

In the last battle, the 40th Brigade under the command of Yamashita Fengwen was defeated by Sun Weiguo.

If it weren't for Kenji Suzuki, the captain of the 80th Wing, who miraculously survived with the wing flag, then the 80th Wing would have become the first wing to be completely annihilated.

Even though the North China Front Army tightly sealed off this incident, Japan did not know about the occurrence of this incident at all.

But the last battle became a stain on Yamashita Fengwen's life, and after being transferred to the commander of the Chinese garrison corps, Yamashita Fengwen wanted revenge all the time.

Now that Terauchi Shouichi has given him a chance for revenge, Yamashita Fengfumi is happy in his heart.

"I will transfer some tank troops to strengthen the combat capability of your troops, and at the same time, I will also order the 20th Division to assist you in the battle. Yamashita-kun, this time we must completely annihilate the Sun Weiguo Independent Regiment no matter what, and we can't let them continue to develop, otherwise it will have a great impact on us, do you understand? ”

Shouichi Terauchi looked at Yamashita Fengwen in front of him with a serious gaze, and there was an expectant expression on his face.

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander, I will definitely annihilate Sun Weiguo's troops." Yamashita swore a solemn oath.

"Mixi, Okabe-kun, arrange for Yamashita-kun's troops to go to Shanxi in concealment, and at the same time order the troops of the 20th division to let them cooperate with Yamashita-kun to fight."

Terauchi Shouichi nodded with satisfaction, at present, there are more than 10,000 people in the Chinese garrison corps, and he feels that such an absolute advantage will definitely be able to completely annihilate Sun Weiguo's troops.

Now, of course, they were only arranging for Yamashita Fengwen's troops to secretly go to Shanxi Province, rather than fighting immediately.

This time, the North China Front Army has made very adequate preparations, and they will definitely not act rashly before they are sure that Sun Weiguo's troops will be completely annihilated.

With the order issued by the North China Front, the newly established Chinese garrison corps began to secretly mobilize.

At present, this corps has two infantry wings, an artillery wing, and cavalry, engineers, and baggage units, with a total number of more than 10,000 people.

The Japanese army has already begun to encircle and annihilate the Independent Regiment, but they are secretly proceeding, and the Independent Regiment will naturally not get any news here.

Chinese New Year's Eve is coming soon, and the Independent Regiment has begun to prepare, and Political Commissar Shen Wei has taken out all the family resources of the Independent Regiment.

The previously marinated horse meat began to be served in unlimited quantities, and Shen Wei also began to prepare for a pleasant Chinese New Year's Eve for the warriors.

Sun Weiguo has been with Yin Jinshan recently, and four tanks and five armored vehicles have been repaired, and Yin Jinshan has also selected personnel from the whole regiment.

"Deputy head of the regiment, there are guests from the regiment headquarters, and the head of the regiment asks you to go back quickly." Just when Sun Weiguo and Yin Jinshan were guiding the soldiers to drive the tank, the communications soldier of the regiment headquarters ran in front of Sun Weiguo, and he said breathlessly.