The Japanese troops had just finished the Battle of Lanfeng, and the units of the North China Front began to return to their garrisons to recuperate.

The new commander of the First Army, Umezu Mijiro, successively approached the commanders of various divisions under the jurisdiction of the First Army to talk, and in the conversations with the commanders of these divisions, Umezu Mijiro did not hide his intention to do anything to the New Second Brigade.

In the middle of June 1938, the Japanese base camp began to readjust the troops invading China, and the Second Army, which was originally subordinate to the North China Front, began to join the Central China Dispatch Army in the battle sequence, and the newly formed Mongolian Corps was directly under the North China Front.

At the same time, the Japanese army headquarters began to issue an operational order to attack Wuhan, and the combat mission of attacking Wuhan was carried out by the Second Army and the 11th Army of the Central China Dispatch Army, and the Japanese troops began to gather hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line one after another, and they tried in vain to encircle and annihilate the hundreds of thousands of troops that had been assembled in the Wuhan area.

Although the North China Front did not participate in the combat mission of attacking Wuhan, a large number of supplies began to be transported from North China to the front line to support the Japanese army on the front line.

Millions of Chinese and Japanese troops gathered on the Wuhan front, and after the Battle of Songhu, China and Japan once again fought a decisive battle with more than one million troops.

As the North China Front continued to transport supplies to the front line, the Shota Railway, which had been cut off by the New Second Brigade, was still paralyzed, and the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, directly issued an order to the commander of the First Army, Umezu Mijiro, and Terauchi Shouichi demanded that Umezu Yoshijiro must restore the normal operation of the Shota Railway by August.

At the same time, Terauchi Shouichi ordered the flying team directly under the North China Front Army to carry out continuous air raids on Binh Dinh County to attack the troops of the new Second Brigade in Binh Dinh County.

Since mid-June, Japanese bombers have been flying over Binh Dinh County every day to bomb them.

The troops of the New Second Brigade began to dig a large number of air-raid shelters and tunnels, and in the later period, many towns and villages in Pingding County had tunnels connected to each other.

The headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army began to formulate an operational plan against the new Second Brigade under the code name of "revenge", and Sun Weiguo did not like to be a passive commander.

For half a month, Sun Weiguo sent Chen Zhengwei's reconnaissance battalion to Yangquan County and Xiyang County to conduct reconnaissance, and at the same time, the staff office was also mobilized by Sun Weiguo.

Yue Wu, section chief of the First Section of the General Staff Office, accompanied Sun Weiguo to Yangquan County and Xiyang County several times to conduct field investigations, and the Operations Section also intensified a large number of maps.

On 20 June, Sun Weiguo took Qin Xianliang, chief of the General Staff Section, Yue Wu, chief of the Operations Section, and Zhu Jianwei, deputy chief of staff, to Shexian County, Hebei Province.

At present, the headquarters of the 129th Division is stationed in Shexian County, Hebei Province, and Chief of Staff Ni, who is also the chief of staff of the division and the commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, is also here.

For Sun Weiguo's arrival, the leaders of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region welcomed it very much, and it was not the first time that Sun Weiguo had rushed here.

In the middle of June, Sun Weiguo rushed to the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, and in his capacity as chief of staff of the military region, he attended a meeting on the reorganization of the troops of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region.

At the reorganization meeting, Sun Weiguo proposed the establishment of small regiments, with each military sub-district having three small regiments under its jurisdiction, each small regiment having an establishment of 1,200 people, each small regiment having three infantry battalions of more than 300 people, and a mortar company and a machine gun company directly under the regimental headquarters.

Chief of Staff Ni and other leaders of the military region agreed to Sun Weiguo's proposal, and most of the weapons and equipment of the 15 small regiments of the five military regions under the jurisdiction of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region were provided by Sun Weiguo.

"Wei Guo, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, is there something wrong with you coming this time."

The headquarters of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region was in a small village in Shexian County, and at this time, Chief of Staff Ni, Political Commissar Huang Zhen, and Deputy Commander Wang were all in the headquarters.

After inviting Sun Weiguo to the military headquarters, Huang Zhen handed a piece of pancake to Sun Weiguo, and he asked with a smile.

Sun Weiguo was not polite, he ate directly, and after eating a few bites of pancakes, Sun Weiguo picked up the chopsticks and picked up a little pickle.

This kind of food is not available at all after decades, but at this time, such food is the standard for entertaining distinguished guests.

"Commander, commissar, deputy commander, this is the battle plan drawn up by our brigade headquarters."

Sun Weiguo took out a document from his arms, and he handed it directly to Chief of Staff Ni.

Chief of Staff Ni took the document and looked at it, and the document was marked with the word "storm".

I opened the file and looked at it, this is the battle plan drawn up by the new Second Brigade for Xiyang County, and this operation is codenamed Tempest.

Seeing that the New Second Brigade actually wanted to attack Xiyang County, the expression on Chief of Staff Ni's face couldn't help but become a little shocked.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army did not have the experience of conquering county seats, and in the previous operations in the northwest of Jin, the troops of the 120th Division conquered many county towns garrisoned by the Japanese army.

However, the situation at that time was that the Japanese army had less than 2,000 personnel in each garrison county, and in Xiyang County, the Japanese army deployed an independent mixed brigade unit, and even if the troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army launched a strong attack, they might not be able to take Xiyang County.

"Wei Guo, how could there suddenly be such a battle plan." After Chief of Staff Ni read the battle plan, he handed the document to the political commissar of Huang Zhen on the side.

Political Commissar Huang Zhen looked at it, his eyes couldn't help but widen, and he looked at Sun Weiguo in astonishment, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

When the document was handed to Deputy Commander Wang, Deputy Commander Wang shook his head directly, obviously disagreeing with this battle plan.

"Since the end of the Battle of Lanfeng by the Japanese Army, the units of the First Army have returned to their stations, according to what we have learned so far, the Japanese mixed Fifth Brigade is attached to a mortar brigade stationed in Xiyang County, and the newly established 21st Division of the Japanese Army is to replace the 108th Division deployed in Yangquan County, Shouyang County, Yuci County, and at the same time, the first brigade of the Japanese mixed battle has begun to be stationed in Jingcheng County, and according to the information of our intelligence department, the Japanese army has begun to transfer cavalry units in Chahar Province to assemble in Zanhuang County."

"Commander, political commissar, deputy commander, the Japanese army has assembled a division and a mixed brigade in the north, west, and south of Pingding County, and in the east they have assembled a mixed brigade unit, and there are also cavalry troops coming, once the Japanese cavalry arrives, our new second brigade will face tens of thousands of troops around it, and at that time, it will be difficult for us to break through even if we want to break out."

Sun Weiguo immediately took out the map, he spread it on the table, and he said in a solemn tone.

The Japanese troops are quietly assembling, and their goal is the new 2nd Brigade in Pingding County, but Sun Weiguo is preparing to counterattack in advance!