The troops of both China and Japan were fighting vigorously, and the battle had not yet begun, but the air began to emit a strong smell of gunsmoke.

After Sun Weiguo returned to Pingding County from the headquarters of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region in Fuping County, he convened a meeting of officers at and above the company level of the new Second Brigade overnight.

At this meeting, Sun Weiguo announced our stormy operation plan, and at the same time, brigade chief of staff Zhao Lerong announced the operational plans of various units.

According to the requirements of the new Second Brigade, after the various units launched the attack, they must quickly break through the Japanese position, and within one day, they must annihilate more than one large group of Japanese troops; the longer the battle drags on, the greater the pressure will be on the Japanese units, and the more troops the Japanese will mobilize.

Yue Wu, chief of the Operations Section of the General Staff Office, said at the meeting the military order issued by Sun Weiguo at the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region Headquarters, and the officers of the New Second Brigade were all surprised when they received the news, because they did not expect that someone would question Sun Weiguo.

The meeting lasted more than four hours, and ended at about 8 o'clock in the morning of 22 July, when the officers of the various units began to return to their stations, and less than 24 hours before the stormy operation plan began, the officers of the various units began to gather their troops and begin to replenish their weapons and ammunition.

"Section Chief Yue, why are all the officers of the army here, is there a combat mission?"

Inside the brigade headquarters, Fan Shuming came to Yue Wu, he looked at Yue Wu and asked suspiciously.

Fan Shuming worked in the brigade headquarters, but he couldn't get in touch with confidential matters at all, and Wang Kunyao sent people to follow him day and night.

Now, as long as the Japanese can find the spies planted by the New Second Brigade, then the Intelligence Department will immediately arrest Fan Shuming.

Fan Shuming now knows his identity, what he wants now is to do his best for the Japanese, and he hopes that the Japanese can give him a way to live.

He knew that once the New Second Brigade took action against him, he would definitely be shot if he did what he did, so now he was constantly collecting information, and he wanted to make a meritorious contribution in front of the Japanese, so as to leave the New Second Brigade through the stinger.

The code name of the stinger is known to Fan Shuming, but who the stinger is, Fan Shuming is not clear.

"It's just a daily summary of the training results." Yue Wu said lightly.

He left Fan Shuming and walked back directly towards the brigade headquarters, Fan Shuming looked at Yue Wu's back, and he fell into deep thought.

Then he looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, Fan Shuming began to return to his room.

But he didn't know that in the shadows, there were officers from the Intelligence Division watching his every move.

At the same time, in the command of the 1st Army.

Umezu Mijiro looked at the news that had just arrived, and his face became gloomy.

The troops of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade had just arrived at Zhangjiakou, and such a speed of movement made Umezu Mijiro extremely angry.

But there was no way, the 4th Cavalry Brigade planned to advance through the Tongpu Railway, but at present, everything was mainly to support the Battle of Wuhan, and the troops of the 4th Cavalry Brigade wanted to give up the train to transport supplies to the Wuhan front.

The Battle of Wuhan between China and Japan gathered more than one million troops, and it was a general battle between China and Japan.

If the Japanese army annihilated the main Chinese force at Wuhan, then they could drive straight into and directly capture the whole of China.

On the contrary, if the Chinese troops were able to resist the Japanese attack in Wuhan, then they could give China a chance to breathe.

"Is there any new information from the intelligence agencies, and has the new 2nd Brigade troops behaved abnormally recently?" Umezu Mijiro put down the report, and he looked at Shojiro Iida and asked.

"Your Excellency Commander, there is no new information from the intelligence agency for the time being, and the troops of the new Second Brigade are still training as before." Shojiro Iida replied immediately.

Umezu Mijiro nodded, his eyes glancing towards the map, a slightly worried expression on his face.

But when he saw the 21st Division deployed near Pingding County, the 1st Brigade and the 5th Brigade, he was relieved.

In Umezu Mijiro's view, there was absolutely no problem for these troops to hold the various prefectures.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the intelligence agency has sent a telegram from the Stinger to convey the speculation of the Dark Arrow, and the Dark Arrow thinks that the troops of the New Second Brigade will take an offensive in the near future."

At this time, a Japanese army officer Osa's staff officer walked in from outside, and when he came to Umezu Mijiro, the Japanese army Osa's immediately reported.

After hearing the report of the Japanese soldier, Umezu Mijiro had a solemn expression on his face, and he looked towards the map.

"Will the new 2nd Brigade go on the offensive? Where the troops of the new Second Brigade want to attack, Sun Weiguo is not a stupid person, now that the imperial army has deployed tens of thousands of troops near Pingding County, no matter where he attacks, he will be in a passive situation. Iida Shojiro said with some disapproval.

"Immediately send a telegram to the 21st Division, the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Battle, and the 5th Brigade of the Mixed Brigade, asking them to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the troops of the new 2nd Brigade from attacking, and at the same time tell them to strengthen their ties with each other, and once either side encounters an attack, the other two sides must quickly reinforce the past." Umezu Mijiro said immediately.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." The Japanese army said with a salute.

The time unconsciously arrived at three o'clock in the afternoon of the 22nd, at this time in the county seat of Xiyang County, Qin Yashang, the commander of the Lieutenant General Brigade of the Fifth Brigade and Regiment of the Independent Mixed Brigade, hosted a banquet at the Brigade Headquarters of the Lieutenant General and Division Commander of the 21st Division, Waszu Matsuhei, and the two of them were drinking and chatting at the headquarters of the Fifth Brigade of the Mixed Brigade at this time.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, Your Excellency Commander Umezu Mijiro sent a telegram stating that, according to the intelligence agency's report, the troops of the New Second Brigade will take an offensive in the near future."

While they were drinking, the chief of staff of the brigade Zhongzuo came to Qin Yashang, and the Zhongzuo reported softly.

"Intelligence agencies, hmph, this damn intelligence agency, if their intelligence is useful, how can Sun Weiguo's troops seize a large number of supplies."

After hearing the report of the Chief of Staff of Zhongzuo, Qin Yashang showed a disdainful expression on his face.

A large number of the 109th and 108th divisions were seized, and this incident directly led to the transfer of all the commanders of the two divisions.

At present, the 108th Division and the 109th Division have all changed their division commanders, and the 108th Division has been directly deployed to Linfen to garrison.

"Qin Yajun, Sun Weiguo has some ability, it's better for us to be careful." Washizu Matsudaira took a sip of sake, and he said softly.

"Washijin-kun, you can rest assured, I have deployed three infantry brigades in Zhitou Town, Lijiazhuang Town, and Zhanshang Town, and at the same time, the thirty-six 120MM mortars of the mortar brigade have been reinforced to them, and the brigade headquarters and the artillery team and the other two brigades have set up a second line of defense.

Qin Yashang swore that they had five infantry brigades in one brigade, and there were artillery teams and engineer teams, and Qin Yashang was very confident.