The Japanese troops began to prepare for battle, the units began to assemble, and as soon as the command of the First Army gave the order, the Japanese troops would quickly attack.

The Chinese troops are also making active preparations, and all units are waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army in the preset positions, and a big war is coming, and the number of units participating in this war has exceeded 100,000.

The Eighth Route Army, the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army and other troops all participated in the battle, and these troops received orders from the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, Mr. Zhu, and prepared to start a desperate struggle with the Japanese army.

Sun Weiguo inspected Pingding County for two days, and it was only on 3 April that Sun Weiguo returned to Meng County.

After returning to Mengxian, Sun Weiguo began to convene an operational meeting of officers at or above the battalion level of the New Second Brigade, at which the New Second Brigade formulated a combat plan for Yangquan County, Pingding County, and Xiyang County.

The operational meeting lasted for a day, and on April 4, 1938, when the sky was still dark, planes began to appear in the skies of Shanxi.

More than 30 bombers and fighters began to concentrate on flying in the southeast direction of Jinjin, and after arriving at the designated place, the Japanese bombers began to bomb the positions of the Chinese troops indiscriminately.

Four divisions, ten infantry and artillery wings began to attack along the Pinghan Railway, the Tongpu Railway, the Zhengtai Railway, and the Lintun Highway (Linfen County, Tunliu County) in nine routes.

For a time, fierce fighting voices came from all counties in the southeast of Jinjin, and all departments began to be in fierce battles.

After the battle began, Deputy General Peng of the Eastern Route Army, sent a telegram to Sun Weiguo's Brigade Headquarters as soon as possible, and Vice General Peng asked Sun Weiguo's New Second Brigade to prepare for battle, but Vice General Peng did not give any combat mission to the New Second Brigade.

The progress of the Japanese army was good, except for a few troops that were blocked, the rest of the troops made good progress, and their encirclement circle in the southeast of Jin Province began to gradually form.

At 3 p.m. on 4 April, the 25th Brigade of the 108th Division of the Japanese Army assembled in Yangquan County, and when the 25th Brigade began to assemble, the main force of the 25th Brigade went to Xiyang County through Pingding County, and at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the 25th Brigade arrived in Xiyang County, and then the main force of the 25th Brigade arrived in Xiyang County, and then the headquarters began to attack Liao County and Yushe County respectively through Heshun County.

After the 25th Brigade defeated the local troops of the Eighth Route Army, the 117th Wing of Gao Shujia Yizuo on the East Road captured Liao County, and the 132nd Wing of Hailao Mingrong Yizuo on the West Road continued to storm Yushe County.

So far, the 25th Brigade has successively defeated more than 3,000 local troops of the Eighth Route Army, defeated an infantry brigade of the Jinsui Army, and its 132nd Wing on the West Road is less than 30 kilometers away from Qin County, where the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is located.

The Japanese 25th Brigade made rapid progress, but they aimed at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Qinxian County, and this Japanese army set off from the Zhengtai Railway and began to sweep and advance southeast of Jin.

After the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army received the report from the front, Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng did not panic, they still did not plan to mobilize the troops of Sun Weiguo's new Second Brigade.

At 7 o'clock in the morning of 5 April, the 132nd Wing of the 25th Brigade conquered Yushe County and marched directly at Qin County, while the main force of the 52nd Wing of the 104th Brigade of the 108th Division had already entered Changzhi County at this time, and in the early morning of 5 April, the 52nd Wing began to march along the road towards Tunliu County.

Yushe County is in the north of Qin County, and Tunliu County is in the south of Qin County, and the two infantry wings of the 108th Division, one has been stationed in Yushe County, and the other is rapidly marching towards Tunliu County.

At 12 o'clock at noon on 5 April, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army made adjustments according to the situation of the enemy and us, and all units of the Chinese army were mobilized again.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the headquarters of the New Second Brigade received a personal call from Mr. Zhu of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, who ordered the New Second Brigade to quickly move to the area of Xiyang County, Pingding County, to form an attack on the flank of the Japanese 25th Brigade and Regiment, force the 25th Brigade to return to help, and break the Japanese army's encirclement of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters in Qin County.

After Sun Weiguo received the order of General Zhu, he immediately took the armored battalion and the cavalry battalion as the lead, and the first reserve regiment followed, and the headquarters began to attack Yangquan County in accordance with the battle plan.

At this time, the Japanese troops in Yangquan County were only stationed in only one infantry squadron, and in the face of the strong attack of the New Second Brigade, this infantry squadron only held out for half an hour, and Yangquan County was immediately recovered by the New Second Brigade.

After recovering Yangquan County, the 1st Company of the Special Service Battalion remained in Yangquan County, while the main force of the New 2nd Brigade continued to march towards Pingding County.

The troops of the 25th Brigade gathered troops and swept towards the southeast of Jinjin, leaving only small Japanese troops in Yangquan County and other county seats.

The morale of the officers and men of the new 2nd Brigade was high after holding back for a day on 4 April, and after receiving the battle order on 5 April, the officers and men of the New 2nd Brigade rushed towards various county towns like tigers descending from the mountains.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of 5 April, Yangquan County and Pingding County were conquered by the New Second Brigade one after another, and the two infantry squadrons left behind by the Japanese army were completely annihilated, and the main force of the New Second Brigade began to assemble in Pingding County.

Shijiazhuang, headquarters of the First Army.

Kiyoji Kazuki stood in front of the map, and he watched the staff officers constantly change the flags of both sides, and constantly mark the routes of the troops on both sides on the map, and the expression on his face was calm.

When the Chief of Staff, Major General Hashimoto, took a blue pencil and began to personally mark the location of Meng County on the map, Kiyoji Kazuki, who had always maintained a calm expression, had a change in his face.

"The new 2nd Brigade has moved?" Seiji Kazuki immediately asked.

"Your Excellency Commander, the troops of the new second brigade have begun to move, and at present they have conquered Yangquan County and Pingding County one after another, but their speed is faster than we imagined, it is expected that at six o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the new second brigade will enter Xiyang County, the troops of the 25th Brigade have quickly returned to help, and a wing of the 109th Division has also quickly taken over the attack position of the troops of the 25th Brigade, and the first brigade of the melee has also begun to set off secretly."

Hashimoto looked at Seiji Kazuki, and he immediately answered.

The 1st Brigade of the Mixed Warfare Brigade came by train from Beiping to Shijiazhuang, and after they arrived in Shijiazhuang, they quickly took cover.

Even the local troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region have not yet noticed the whereabouts of the First Brigade of the Melee Brigade.

This time, they quickly went to Shanxi to fight, and the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Combat still set off by train in secret, and their whereabouts were so unknown to anyone.

"Mixi, immediately send a telegram to Nakano Naozo, and ask him to dispatch troops to march quickly, and he must rush back to Xiyang County in front of the new second brigade." Kiyoji Kazuki immediately gave an order and said.