Dongzhai Town, Ningwu County, the Japanese army was independently mixed into the second brigade and regiment headquarters.

Major General Brigade Commander Kwanji Tsuneoka was inspecting the antiques collected by his subordinates, and a smile appeared on his face.

Tsuneoka Kanji is very fond of Chinese antiques, and when he came to the Chinese battlefield, he collected a lot of antiques.

Some of these antiques were given to his superiors, and some of them were shipped directly back to Japan to become his personal collection.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the First Independent Infantry Brigade sent a telegram that their squad had lost contact with Ermaying Village, and the First Independent Infantry Brigade judged that it was very likely that the main force of the Zhina Army had appeared in Ningwu County, and he asked if the troops would continue to advance?"

While Kanji Tsuneoka was observing the antiques, the chief of staff of the brigade immediately came to Kanji Tsuneoka to report.

"Isn't the Shina army already assembled in Wutai County and other areas? How could there be the main force of the Shina army here, it is very likely that this team went to sweep nearby. Tell the 1st Separate Infantry Brigade to move on. ”

Kanji Tsuneoka didn't take this matter seriously, he said lightly.

The news that the troops of Sun Weiguo's Honorary Second Division began to assemble in Wutai County has been announced by the North China Front, and according to the judgment of the North China Front, the troops of the Honorary Second Division intend to hold on to Wutai County.

All units of the Japanese army knew that Sun Weiguo's troops were good at fighting defensive battles, so this time they thought that the Honorary Second Division would defend Wutai County.

Kanji Tsuneoka didn't notice that a squad had lost contact, and he thought that the infantry squad might have gone to sweep, so he lost contact.

The communication facilities of the Japanese troops were good, but even for the Japanese troops, their radio stations were only distributed to the brigade level, and their telephones were only contacted at the squadron level during defense.

Naturally, the signal corps will not set up telephone lines during the march, and the Japanese brigade and its subordinate units will rely on the signal corps to communicate with each other during the march.

"Brigade commander, there is indeed something abnormal in Ermaying Village, and the First Independent Infantry Brigade sent three signal soldiers who have not come back to report."

Chief of Staff Nakasa looked at Kanji Toneoka, and he reported in a solemn tone.

The Japanese commanders were not stupid either, they did not report to the brigade headquarters because a squad lost contact.

But after the 1st Separate Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Squadron of the 1st Squadron lost contact, they sent three signal men, but none of these three came back.

Captain Shaozo of the 1st Independent Infantry Brigade realized that something might be wrong, and he immediately contacted the brigade headquarters via radio.

When Kanji Tsuneoka heard this, the expression on his face changed, and he immediately came to the map.

The 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade has four independent infantry brigades, the first, third, fourth, and fifth, each brigade has three infantry squadrons, a machine gun squadron, and an artillery squad, and the number of the whole brigade is only more than 900 people, of which there are only more than 600 combatants, and there are only more than 4,000 engineers directly under the brigade headquarters, artillery teams, and communication teams.

Not all of these 4,000 troops marched together, and Tsuneoka Kanji presented four infantry brigades in a horizontal line, and they advanced towards Yuanping County within a range of more than ten kilometers from Dongzhai Town to Xima Town, and according to Tsuneoka Kanji, he felt that he would not encounter any main force of the Eighth Route Army in Ningwu County.

But now that he was reported by the 1st Independent Infantry Brigade, the expression on Toneoka's face became solemn, and he began to pay attention to this matter.

"The various infantry brigades strengthened their contacts, and the troops temporarily slowed down their march and expanded the reconnaissance range." Kanji Tsuneoka immediately gave the order.

He wasn't looking at the antiques anymore, and Kanji Tsuneoka looked at the map with a solemn expression on his face.

After giving orders to the units directly under the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade, Toneoka Kanji immediately contacted the headquarters of the 26th Division, and he reported to the commander of the 26th Division, Gokan Jun, about the situation he had encountered here.

However, at this time, the troops of the Fourth Regiment of the Honorary Second Division had already begun to complete the assembly, and the regiment commander Yin Jinshan, the deputy regiment commander Chen Zhengwei, and the chief of staff Liu Ke began to convey the division commander Sun Weiguo's orders to the various departments.

Yin Jinshan formulated a strategy for the armored troops of the 4th Regiment of Honor to advance together in three directions and attack the center on a fierce attack.

The regimental headquarters directly commanded the armored convoy, the first armored battalion, the armored artillery battalion, the heavy artillery battalion, and the first company of the combat engineer battalion to attack and advance along the road to Huabeitun Town, the second armored battalion with the second company of the combat engineer battalion to attack and advance to Dongzhai Town, and the third armored battalion with the third company of the combat engineer battalion to attack and advance like Xima Town.

The operational objective of the three-way army was to disrupt the Japanese army's establishment, and the main attacking force that was responsible for the middle attack had to quickly cut off the connection between the northern and southern Japanese forces and divide the Japanese troops into two.

The troops of the Honorable Fourth Regiment began their attack at 9:40 a.m., and the troops of the Honorable Fourth Regiment are currently actively making preparations.

Sun Weiguo, who set up a command in Ningwu County, had already received Yin Jinshan's battle plan at this time.

According to Yin Jinshan's battle plan, Sun Weiguo issued combat orders to the troops of the Unknown Regiment and the Honorary Fifth Regiment.

The Anonymous Regiment and the Honor Fifth Regiment all assembled near Dongzhai Town, and the Honor Fifth Regiment sent a unit to fight with the second armored battalion troops, and its main force was to gather in the area north of Dongzhai Town to prevent the reinforcements of the Japanese 26th Division, and the Unknown Regiment troops were the main attack of the operation.

Considering the situation of the Unknown Regiment, after Sun Weiguo issued the battle order, he personally came to the Unknown Regiment, and this time Sun Weiguo planned to personally command the Unknown Regiment to fight.

The sun is hot in September, especially after nine o'clock.

Although the Japanese army independently mixed the second brigade knew that there was a high probability of the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Ningwu County, they were still on the march.

However, each infantry brigade assigned an infantry squad as a reconnaissance unit, and this reconnaissance squad was a distance of 1,000 meters from the main force of the brigade, and they would provide the front situation for the main force of the brigade at any time, and once they encountered the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they would immediately notify the main force of the brigade so that the main force of the brigade could be prepared.

Zhijiagou Village, Xima Town, is where the 3rd Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army and the 4th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army are located, and the two infantry brigades have put an infantry squad here.

At this time, more than 100 devil soldiers from two infantry squads belonging to different brigades were advancing along the road with rifles, and this time they passed by Zhijiagou Village and did not enter the village.

If it weren't for the order of the ghost soldiers, these ghost soldiers would definitely have to go to the village and ransack it.

"Bang Bang!" Just as the two infantry squads were advancing, the sound of Type 38 rifle fire began to be heard in front.