On the night of March 19, while Sun Weiguo formulated the battle plan, the North China Front agreed to the request of Kunomura Momoyo, and Terauchi Shouichi transferred the troops of the 69th Wing of Fugu County to the command of the 13th Wing, and at the same time the Japanese army formed the Kuno Detachment, which was headed by Kunomura Momoyo and had under its jurisdiction the 13th Wing, the 26th Cavalry Wing, the First Reserve Brigade, the Second Reserve Brigade, the First Mountain Artillery Brigade, the Third Field Artillery Brigade, the 69th Wing Second Brigade, the Fourth Cavalry Division of the Mongolian Army, the Seventh Cavalry Division, and the Ninth Cavalry Division. There were more than 10,000 people in the entire Kuno detachment.

The North China Front's mission to the Kuno Detachment was to conduct operations against the Shina troops in Baode County, Hequ County, with the goal of defeating or completely annihilating them, and at the same time, Terauchi Shouichi granted Kunomura Momoyo the authority to directly contact the Nu Army Aviation Corps on the North China Front and call for air support.

After receiving the order, the Japanese troops of the 69th Wing of the Japanese Army in Fugu Prefecture quickly left Fugu Prefecture under the leadership of Araki Shaosa, and the Japanese army began to prepare to cross the river.

After the Araki Brigade left the county, the 6th Garrison Regiment harassed and attacked the Japanese troops, but the troops sent by the 6th Garrison Regiment were all routed.

It should be explained that after the Red Army reorganized the troops of the Eighth Route Army, three divisions, the 115th Division, the 120th Division, and the 129th Division, went to the front line and joined the Second Theater of Operations in the battle sequence, but some units were left behind in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and these units existed in the name of the rear guard of the Eighth Route Army, and these units had a total of eight garrison regiments.

However, the equipment of the troops of the Eighth Route Army to the front line was very poor, and there were only a few light machine guns in the whole regiment, and the equipment of these garrison regiments can be imagined, and the number of these garrison regiments was only more than 1,000 people, and there was still a certain gap between them and the Japanese troops.

The troops of the 6th Garrison Regiment wanted to harass the Araki Brigade and contain their movements, but the Araki Brigade relied on excellent weapons to win.

At half past ten in the evening, Araki's brigade began to cross the Yellow River by boat and went to Baode County, Shanxi, to participate in the battle sequence of the Kuno detachment.

At the same time, the commander of the Sixth Garrison Regiment reported the situation through the radio, Sun Weiguo directly communicated with Division Commander He, and Division Commander He contacted the rear guard of the Eighth Route Army, and then the Sixth Garrison Regiment began to cross the Yellow River and officially participated in the battle sequence of Sun Weiguo's Left Route Army.

At eleven o'clock, Tang Chunhua rushed to Lan County with a condolence group and reporter Catherine, and they came to Lan County with the troops of the Second Guard Regiment of the Second Theater Commander's Department, and when Tang Chunhua came to Lan County, an infantry platoon left by the fourth battalion immediately went to the front line, and Sun Weiguo sent a telegram to contact Tang Chunhua and let the Second Guard Regiment serve as the defense of Lan County.

Tang Chunhua did not find the Japanese army Major General Kuroda Shigetoku in Lan County, and when he saw the telegram sent to him by Sun Weiguo, Tang Chunhua realized that he had been deceived.

However, Tang Chunhua breathed a sigh of relief, at least he knew that he was safe at the moment, and there were no Japanese troops in Lan County.

So Tang Chunhua called Sun Weiguo back, he said that he would be stationed in Lan County very peacefully, but he hoped that Sun Weiguo could talk to him about the issue of the Japanese army's major general.

At one o'clock in the morning, the Araki Brigade of the 69th Wing of the Japanese Army crossed the Yellow River, and after the Araki Brigade entered the territory of Baode County, the headquarters quickly moved closer to the position of the Japanese puppet army on the north bank of the Zhujiachuan River.

After Araki's brigade arrived on the north bank of the Zhujiachuan River, Kunomura Momoyo began to formulate a battle plan in his own unit.

Kunomura Momoyo received the appointment of Terauchi Shouichi, the name of the Kuno detachment made him secretly happy for a long time, he knew very well that once he was able to defeat Sun Weiguo's troops, then the rank of major general would definitely fall on his head, for this battle, Kunomura Momoyo attached great importance to it.

Even though it was past one o'clock in the morning, Kunomura Momoyo didn't have any intention of resting, and he began to give orders for battle.

According to Kunomura Momoyo's battle plan, the Japanese army began to march in two parts.

1. The Japanese Cavalry Wing, the First Reserve Brigade, the Second Reserve Brigade, the Fourth and Third Squadrons of the Third Brigade, the Mountain Artillery Brigade, and the Field Artillery Brigade began to set off at five o'clock in the morning, and the Japanese Cavalry Wing and Field Artillery Brigade quickly joined the battle sequence against the Reserve First Regiment commanded by Kunomura Momoyo through Hequ County, while the First Reserve Brigade, the Second Reserve Brigade, the Fourth and Third Squadrons of the 13th Wing, and the Mountain Artillery Brigade fought against Hequ County and pinned down the Chinese troops in Hequ County.

2. At 6 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese puppet army troops on the north bank of the Zhujiachuan River carried out an encirclement and annihilation operation against the first reserve regiment of Baode County, and formed a mobile force with the fourth cavalry division, the seventh cavalry division, the ninth cavalry division, and the cavalry wing of the 26th division of the Mongolian army, and carried out a flank attack to cut off the connection between the troops of the first reserve regiment on the south bank of the Zhujiachuan River and the county seat.

Kunomura Momoyo put all the troops into the operation at one time, and his focus was to gather three infantry brigades, an artillery brigade, three puppet cavalry divisions, and a cavalry wing to carry out encirclement and annihilation operations against the first reserve regiment.

The Japanese army dispatched more than 3,000 infantry, more than 4,000 cavalry, and nearly 1,000 artillery units, which Kunomura Momoyo personally commanded to fight.

The Japanese troops were ordered by Kunomura Momoyo to start making various preparations, while Commander Ding of the 7th Cavalry Division and Commander Cai of the 9th Cavalry Division were called to the wing headquarters.

"Ding Sang, Cai Sang, do you have any views on the encirclement and annihilation operation of the first reserve regiment this time?"

When Division Commander Ding and Division Commander Cai came to the wing headquarters, Kunomura Momoyo asked softly with a somewhat tired expression on his face.

"Taijun, the first reserve regiment has brought losses to the imperial army several times, our seventh cavalry division will definitely do its best to assist the imperial army in annihilating the reserve first regiment troops, please rest assured Taijun, we will definitely fight desperately, and we will definitely not delay Taijun's battle plan." Master Ding looked at Kunomura Momoyo, and he immediately expressed his attitude and said.

"Taijun, our Ninth Cavalry Division is willing to serve as the vanguard this time, Taijun has replenished our Ninth Cavalry Division with weapons, ammunition and horses, we will definitely not let Taijun down, Kuno Taijun, please rest assured that our Ninth Cavalry Division, we will definitely complete the combat mission you assigned." Master Cai also said hurriedly.

Seeing the two puppet army division commanders make an oath in front of him, a faint smile appeared on Kunomura Momoyo's face, the more these two puppet army division commanders promised like this, on the contrary, the more Kunomura Momoyo would not trust them.