With the official establishment of the new Second Brigade in Pianguan County, all units began to devote themselves to active training after receiving weapons and ammunition.

Catherine gave Sun Weiguo an exclusive interview, and Sun Weiguo made an exception to ask Catherine to take pictures of the training of various departments, and also asked all departments to cooperate with Catherine's visit in order to achieve international publicity.

Tang Chunhua stayed depressed in Biguan County for a day, and then he returned to the headquarters of the commander of the second theater of operations, but when Tang Chunhua left, Sun Weiguo was also rare and generous, and gave Tang Chunhua a batch of Japanese soldiers with guns, which somewhat alleviated Tang Chunhua's depressed mood.

The sound of gunfire began to come from outside the county seat, of course, this was not the sound of gunfire for battle, but the sound of gunfire for training.

Even though Shen Wei and others were somewhat resistant to live-fire training, Sun Weiguo generously approved the requests for live-fire training of various ministries.

The veterans brought the new recruits, and the platoon commanders of each squad were busy training the troops during the day, and were busy listening to the lectures of Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong, Political Commissar Shen Wei, and others at night.

The officers above the company level were very fortunate that they could listen to Sun Weiguo's lectures, and even Sun Weiguo would occasionally invite the division commanders of the 120th Division to give lectures.

The newly formed Second Brigade was extremely busy in Pianguan County, and every soldier had almost no idle time.

"Battalion Commander Yin, you have to pay attention to me, these three anti-tank guns are treasures, and there are a number of shells, and you can't fire shells during training at will without my approval."

OUTSIDE THE COUNTY SEAT OF BIGUAN COUNTY, ON THE TRAINING GROUND OF THE ARMORED BATTALION, WHEN SUN WEIGUO CAME HERE WITH DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF QIN XIANLIANG, HE HAPPENED TO SEE THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE ARMORED BATTALION FIDDLING WITH THE THREE 37MM ANTI-TANK GUNS ALLOCATED TO THEM.

"Brigade commander, I know these are treasures, don't worry, I'm just familiarizing the officers and soldiers with it, and I won't let them shoot artillery."

After Yin Jinshan came to Sun Weiguo, he explained with a smile that now that the armored battalion has three more anti-tank guns, Yin Jinshan is naturally happy in his heart.

Nine tanks began to move down the road, fourteen armored vehicles followed closely, and the armored battalion marched in a well-trained rank.

Sun Weiguo held up the binoculars and glanced at it, and after a while, he hurriedly shouted: "Yin Jinshan, order the armored battalion to move forward." ”

After receiving Sun Weiguo's order, Yin Jinshan knew that Sun Weiguo was testing the armored battalion, so he immediately began to give instructions, and the small flag in his hand began to wave.

At present, the communication between tanks still needs to be commanded by the military flag, and as soon as the commanders of the tanks and armored vehicles saw the military flag, they immediately began to shift directions.

After a while, the tanks and armored vehicles began to move towards the east, and when Sun Weiguo saw this scene, he nodded with satisfaction.

Sun Weiguo watched the training of the armored battalion with more interest, and at this time, Luo Hongyi, the company commander of the communications company, came here.

Seeing that Sun Weiguo was holding a telescope to observe the training of the armored battalion, Luo Hongyi came to Qin Xianliang's side, and he made a report softly.

"Brigade commander, a message has been sent from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army." Hearing that it was a telegram from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Qin Xianliang did not dare to delay, he hurriedly came to Sun Weiguo's side to make a report.

Sun Weiguo put down the binoculars, he looked at Luo Hongyi, and then Luo Hongyi began to make a report.

On the one hand, Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng forwarded a telegram from Yan Xishan in the Second War Zone, and Yan Xishan did not know what was stimulated, so he took the initiative to obtain a batch of Soviet weapons for Sun Weiguo's troops in the Ministry of Military Affairs, which included some light and heavy machine guns, including two fuel tankers, two repair vehicles, and two T-26 tanks.

These weapons Yan Xishan has already begun to be sent directly to Sun Weiguo, as for why Yan Xishan did this, then who knows.

But Sun Weiguo guessed that Yan Xishan did this just to let Sun Weiguo continue to fight a few beautiful battles, after all, no matter what, Sun Weiguo was fighting in the second war zone, Sun Weiguo won the battle, and Yan Xishan's face was also bright.

In addition to forwarding this telegram, Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng also demanded that Sun Weiguo immediately leave for the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Qinxian County to attend a meeting of the generals of the East Route Army convened by Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng in the name of the chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the East Route Army of the Second Theater.

After receiving the telegram, Sun Weiguo handed over the command of the new Second Brigade to Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong, and followed Sun Weiguo to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Qin County, as well as Shen Wei, political commissar of the New Second Brigade, Qin Xianliang, deputy chief of staff, and Ge Haifeng, commander of the cavalry battalion.

Considering the marching situation, Sun Weiguo dispatched a platoon of a reconnaissance company, a company of a cavalry battalion, and a company of a guard battalion to accompany him for protection, while the rest of the troops continued to stay in Bianguan County for training.

Participating in this meeting of the generals of the Eastern Route Army, Sun Weiguo knew that his troops were likely to be classified into the southeast of Shanxi Province, and before leaving, he and Zhao Lerong formulated a troop training plan, and also formulated an emergency plan for the troops and a possible march route to fight in the southeast of Jin.

After making these arrangements, Sun Weiguo and his entourage began to leave Pianguan County and went to Qin County, where the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was located.

In the headquarters of the First Army in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, at this time, in the headquarters of the First Army, four generals dressed as lieutenant generals of the army sat on chairs in the conference room, and they were talking softly.

After a while, a general wearing the rank of major general of the Japanese army walked in from outside, this general looked very young compared to the four lieutenant generals, this major general of the Japanese army was none other than the major general of the brigade Naganomura Momoyo, who had just been promoted to the first brigade of the melee, and he was ordered to attend the combat meeting this time.

At the beginning of 1938, the Japanese army base camp issued an operational order to North China and Central China to open up the Jinpu line and connect the Japanese army in Central China and North China.

The base camp of the Japanese army issued a plan to open up the Jinpu line, and the Second Army of the North China Front also began to send troops to participate in this operation.