Regarding the fact that a large number of Chinese troops began to assemble and make a strong attack on Lijiazhuang Town, Naozo Nakano, commander of the 25th Brigade, and Nagano Village, the commander of the 1st Mixed Brigade, had different views.

After some debate, they decided to send a reconnaissance unit to check first, and at the same time contact the intelligence agency to investigate where the troops of the new 2nd Brigade were.

Although they were all arguing, even if Nakano Naozo was worried that the 117th Wing would have an accident, they all knew in their hearts that with the strength of the 117th Wing deployed in Lijiazhuang Town, coupled with the support of the Shijiashan heavy artillery unit, and Nakano Naozo's power to mobilize planes to assist in the battle at any time, it was impossible for the Chinese troops to eat the troops in Lijiazhuang Town.

At 10 a.m. on 7 April, except for the troops of the New Second Brigade, which did not reach the vicinity of Xiyang County, the rest of the units were stationed at each of the predetermined locations.

Zhitou Town, the front-line command post of the Jindong Combat Corps, the commander of the Qin detachment has already led the troops towards Lijiazhuang Town, while the chief of staff, Zhao Lerong, has stayed in the command post.

Zhao Lerong was standing in front of the map at this time, he looked at the entire combat map without any panicked expression on his face, and Qin Xianliang, the deputy chief of staff, was beside Zhao Lerong.

The operation of tens of thousands of troops is a test of the command ability of high-ranking officers, and it is not the first time that Zhao Lerong has faced such a situation, he has rich experience.

"Chief of Staff, the brigade commander personally led the troops to Shijiashan to fight, this is really too risky." Qin Xianliang said softly.

"If we can defeat the Japanese heavy artillery unit in Shijiashan, it will be of great help to us, and it will even change the situation of the battle here. Now that all units have suffered casualties, the southeast operation of Jin is also at the most critical time, and if we can defeat the Japanese heavy artillery at this time, it will change the situation of the war. Zhao Lerong said in a calm tone.

As soon as his words fell, the clear sound of artillery began to reach the ears of Zhao Lerong and Qin Xianliang, which was the sound of Type 92 infantry cannon firing.

The Type 92 infantry artillery had a firing range of only 2.7 kilometers, and it was obvious that some troops had entered a range less than three kilometers from Lijiazhuang Town and launched an artillery bombardment on Lijiazhuang Town.

"Boom, boom." THE SOUND OF ARTILLERY IS CONSTANTLY SOUNDING, AND THE NUMBER OF ARTILLERY GUNS FIRED IS ALSO INCREASING, 92-TYPE INFANTRY GUNS, 82MM MATARS.

The Yongxing detachment, which was closest to Lijiazhuang Town, began to attack Lijiazhuang Town, and the Yongxing detachment began to set off from Zhangzhuang Town, Pingding County, under the command of Captain Wang, and more than 2,000 troops quickly launched a fierce attack on Lijiazhuang Town, and Sun Weiguo asked the new second brigade to replenish the artillery of the Yongxing detachment was also sent to the front line.

Closely behind the Yongxing detachment was the Wang Naigui detachment of the commander of the Wang detachment, and the troops of nearly 4,000 people began to set off from Suoxuan Town and Zhangzhuang Town in Pingding County.

At this time, the 117th Wing of the Japanese Army naturally received the intention of the Chinese troops to storm Lijiazhuang Town, and the commander of the 117th Wing, Gao Shu Kaiyi, had already begun to order all units to be stationed in positions, and several villages in Lijiazhuang Town were occupied by the Japanese army and set up positions.

Because he knew that nearly 4,000 Chinese troops had gathered on the defense line of Pingding County, Gao Shujiayi gathered an infantry brigade, a machine gun squadron, and an artillery squad to meet the battle, and the two sides soon began to exchange fire, and at the same time, the Japanese army's four 105MM cannons were also the first to fire.

One grenade after another began to hit the soldiers of the Yongxing detachment, and the shells fell around the attacking soldiers, shrapnel flew and craters appeared.

Because the attack on Lijiazhuang Town was a feint, Sun Weiguo deliberately emphasized that all departments must pay attention to guarding against Japanese heavy artillery, and the attacking soldiers opened a long line of skirmishers with each other.

But even so, the soldiers of the Yongxing detachment still paid dozens of casualties after being hit by four heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese army.

WITH THE INDEPENDENT DETACHMENT, THE GUERRILLA DETACHMENT BEGAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BATTLE, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TROOPS BESIEGED LIJIAZHUANG TOWN FROM THREE SIDES, BUT THE CHINESE TROOPS WERE NUMERICALLY SUPERIOR, BUT THEY WERE FACING THE SUPPRESSION OF JAPANESE ARTILLERY AND HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE SHIJIASHAN JAPANESE ARMY CAPTAIN FUKUDA HISEI GAVE THE ORDER TO SHOOT, AND THE EIGHT 105MM CANNONS ON THE MOUNTAIN ALSO BEGAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BATTLE.

The tens of thousands of troops seemed to have the ability to easily conquer the town of Lijiazhuang, but with the firing of the Japanese army's twelve heavy guns, the attack of the soldiers could not advance at all.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Chinese troops have launched an attack on Lijiazhuang Town, and the 117th Wing has been engaged with them, and the Chinese troops have been attacked by our army's heavy artillery, and they are temporarily unable to conquer Lijiazhuang Town.

The chief of staff of the 25th Brigade Nakasa came to Nakano Naozo, and the chief of staff of Nakasa reported the telegram sent by Kaichi Takatsu.

Nakano Naozo walked over from the map, he took the message and looked at it, his eyes looked coldly at Kunomura Momoyo.

"Commander of the Nakano Brigade, since the 117th Wing does not pose any threat for the time being, it is better for us to wait, Sun Weiguo will not make such a deployment, he must have a conspiracy."

Kunomura Momoyo naturally understood Nakano's thoughts, but he still felt that there was something strange in this, at present, the main force of the first brigade of the melee was gathered near the county seat, but Kunomura Momoyo did not dare to easily mobilize his troops.

He would not be naïve to think that Sun Weiguo gathered troops to eat the 117th Wing in Lijiazhuang Town, he knew that Sun Weiguo's real intention in launching this operation was definitely not the 117th Wing in Lijiazhuang Town.

On the contrary, Naozo Nakano did not think so, he felt that the small Chinese troops did not have the ability to attack the county town at all, and as for the Chinese troops to attack the heavy artillery units in Shijiashan, it was even more impossible, after all, the heavy artillery troops were deployed in the mountains, and Shijiashan now had an infantry squadron responsible for guarding and a machine gun brigade responsible for guarding.

"Kuno-kun, if the Shina troops find that they do not have the ability to conquer Lijiazhuang Town, they will quickly evacuate, in this case we will lose the opportunity to completely annihilate them, I hope you can quickly dispatch the main force of the first brigade of the melee and attack quickly, and completely annihilate the Shina troops."

Nakano Naozo came to the front of Kunomura Momoyo, he looked at Kunomura Momoyo in front of him, and said in a cold tone.

"Commander of the Nakano Brigade, this matter is still strange, please believe me, Sun Weiguo will not make such an arrangement, he must have other intentions......" Kunomura Momoyo said hurriedly.

"Don't talk about it, Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the First Army, report the situation here, and ask the aviation regiment to send bombers to help in the war." Nakano Naozo coldly interrupted Kunomura Momoyo's words.