The night was hazy, and in the headquarters of the New Second Brigade in Pingding County, Sun Weiguo and others were discussing the specific plan for the war against the Japanese army.

But Sun Weiguo didn't know that the troops of the first brigade of the mixed battle of Kunomura Taodai had entered Shanxi Province from Hebei Province, and more than 5,000 troops of the first brigade of the mixed battle quickly got off the car and assembled in Niangziguan Town, Pingding County, and the Taodai of Kunomura got in touch with the 25th brigade through the radio, and he did not give the order to attack, but asked the troops to rest and recuperate in Niangziguan Town.

With the withdrawal of the troops of the New Second Brigade to the north bank of the Songxi River, the troops of the 25th Brigade of the Japanese Army began to quickly enter Xiyang County.

The headquarters of the 25th Brigade was established in the county seat of Xiyang County, and at the same time, the commander of the Major General Brigade, Naozo Nakano, issued an operational order, and the 117th Wing of Gao Shu Jiayi Isaku was deployed to defend in the area west of Xiyang County, and the 132nd Wing of Ebimei Ichisaku was deployed to defend in the area east of Xiyang County.

The defensive positions of the two infantry wings were centered on the villages, while the Japanese army used cement and wood prepared in advance to build fortifications to resist the attack of the new 2nd Brigade.

The 3rd Independent Field Heavy Artillery Brigade sent two lieutenant officers to the wing headquarters of the 132nd Wing and the 117th Wing respectively, and they could call the Japanese heavy artillery in Shijiashan to support the operation at any time through the radio.

The position of the 25th Brigade was completely within the range of Shijiashan heavy artillery support, and the Japanese troops fighting could be supported by 105MM cannons at any time.

The Japanese troops were already ready in Xiyang County, and a reinforced wing of the 109th Division, which had taken over the combat mission of the 25th Brigade Regiment, had already begun to set out from Yushe County and head to Qin County.

At the same time, an infantry wing of the 104th Brigade of the 108th Division has been stationed in Tunliu, and two infantry wings have begun to form a flanking attack on Qinxian County, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is still in crisis.

At 10 p.m. on 5 April, the Second Theater Commander's Department dispatched Zhang Yue, a reporter from the Central News Agency, to Pingding County, and Zhang Yue became a reporter dispatched by the Central News Agency to accompany the New Second Brigade.

Shortly after Sun Weiguo received this telegram from Yan Xishan, Vice President Peng of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters issued another order to the New Second Brigade, and Vice President Peng had already learned about the situation of the New Second Brigade, and Vice President Peng asked Sun Weiguo to avoid a decisive battle with the Japanese troops, and to bypass Xiyang County to attack the 107th Infantry Wing of the Japanese 109th Division in Yushe County, and to fight against the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

"Brigade commander, Niangziguan Town found an abnormal situation, many Japanese troops stopped at Niangziguan Station, according to the observation of our scouts, there are a large number of Japanese troops assembled in Niangziguan Town, and this Japanese army does not have any action plans for the time being."

At 12 o'clock in the evening, the headquarters of the new 2nd Brigade was still discussing the next battle plan of the troops, and at this time, Chen Zhengwei, the company commander of the reconnaissance company, hurriedly came to the brigade headquarters to report.

Niangziguan Town is located in the northeast corner of Pingding County, which is the place of the Zhengtai Railway and the gateway to Shanxi, and has always been a place for soldiers.

China and Japan once had a battle in Niangziguan Town, both sides lost a lot of men, after the Japanese army captured Niangziguan Town, they stationed a large number of troops here, these troops were only to simply garrison Niangziguan Town, even if Pingding County was conquered by the 386 Brigade, the Japanese army in Niangziguan Town did not dispatch.

Of course, the current Niangziguan Town has become a huge pillbox, and it is almost more difficult for the Chinese troops to recover Niangziguan Town than to ascend to the sky.

"The Japanese troops are gathering here, and it seems that they are coming for us, continuing to reconnoiter the situation of the Japanese army, and immediately contact the brigade headquarters when there is news. Luo Hongyi dispatched a signal corps to follow the reconnaissance company into action, and immediately contacted him through the radio if there was a situation. Sun Weiguo immediately gave the order.

Zhao Lerong, chief of staff of the brigade, came to the map, and he pointed to the location of Niangziguan Town in Pingding County on the map, and his face became solemn.

"Brigade commander, political commissar, the Japanese army is planning to encircle and annihilate our new second brigade in Pingding County." Zhao Lerong's two brows were almost furrowed together, and he looked at Sun Weiguo and Shen Wei and said.

"The little devil hit our seven inches this time, and they gave us Pingding County and Yangquan County, but our troops were nailed here. Now, if we were to evacuate and this Japanese army would sweep and advance directly to the southeast, I am afraid that the deployment of the head of the headquarters would be broken, and the more than 100,000 troops in the southeast of Jinxi would be in a dangerous situation. ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Qin Xianliang couldn't help but gasp, his eyes were staring at the map, and his face was not very good.

Hashimoto and Kunomura Momoyo are not simple characters, and the battle plan they draw up is perfect.

Surrender Yangquan County and Pingding County to the New Second Brigade, use the 25th Brigade to hold Xiyang County, block the New Second Brigade from participating in the southeast Shanxi operation, cut off the connection between the New Second Brigade and the anti-Japanese troops in the southeast of Shanxi, and at the same time the first brigade of the mixed battle entered Pingding County from Hebei to fight, and formed a flanking attack on the new second brigade with the 25th Brigade.

Two infantry brigades and a heavy artillery brigade, it is no exaggeration to say that these Japanese troops are enough to fight against more than 100,000 Chinese troops, but the Japanese army requires these troops to only annihilate a part of the new second brigade, which shows how much the Japanese army values the new second brigade.

Of course, the Japanese encirclement has not yet been formed, and the troops of the new 2nd Brigade can quickly break away from the Japanese encirclement through Yangquan County.

However, once the troops of the new 2nd Brigade were withdrawn, the 1st Brigade and the 25th Brigade were combined, and more than 10,000 people from the two infantry brigades were rapidly marching towards the southeast of Jin.

Even if the new second brigade pursues them, it may not be able to stop their footsteps, and the two infantry brigades will be together, Sun Weiguo is not sure to deal with it.

The deployment of the Japanese army made Sun Weiguo feel like a fish bone stuck in his throat, he couldn't swallow it, and he couldn't take it off.

"Zheng Jingjing, how far is the range of the Japanese artillery in Shijiashan." Sun Weiguo shouted at Zheng Jingjing, and asked with a serious expression on his face.

"Brigade commander, a conservative estimate is fifteen thousand kilometers." Artillery commander Zheng Jingjing immediately replied.

"Brigade commander, Tang Chunhua called back, the Japanese army in North China has five field heavy artillery wings, these heavy artillery wings are equipped with 100 mm to 240 mm heavy artillery, according to the information we provide, the staff office of the second theater commander's department analyzed that the Japanese artillery we encountered was a Type 92 105MM cannon, and the range of this cannon was 18,000 meters."

Wang Kunyao, an operational staff officer, came to Sun Weiguo with a telegram, and Wang Kunyao said with a slightly worried face.

After encountering the heavy artillery attack of the Japanese army, Sun Weiguo directly sent a telegram to Tang Chunhua, who was the deputy director of the General Staff Office of the Second Theater Commander's Department, and he naturally knew a lot more about the situation there than Sun Weiguo here.

After Tang Chunhua received Sun Weiguo's phone call to inquire, he did not hide his secrets, but immediately analyzed it with the staff officers, and then sent a phone call back to Sun Weiguo.