After having dinner, the officers and men of the armored battalion returned to the tank for simulated training.

Sun Weiguo has always been with the officers and soldiers of the armored battalion, and he will go to each squad to inspect and answer the questions raised by the officers and soldiers.

American journalist Catherine has already sent several press releases directly to the newspaper through the radio, and Catherine has also been conducting interviews in various units of the New Second Brigade in the past few days.

The training of the armored battalion is confidential, and Sun Weiguo asked Catherine to prohibit reporting all the things of the armored battalion, so Catherine has always conducted interviews in the first regiment.

When Sun Weiguo saw Catherine here in Xihui Village, he was a little surprised, he didn't understand how Catherine came here.

"I'm going back to the United States in a few days, can we talk tonight, I don't think you're a simple commander, I want to hear your analysis of the international situation, do you think there will be other wars in the world."

Catherine came to Sun Weiguo, looked at Sun Weiguo, and she asked a question.

These things are naturally difficult for Sun Weiguo, he knows the whole World War II very well, Catherine raised these questions, Sun Weiguo was naturally able to answer them easily.

The German war against Poland, the Soviet war against Finland, the German war against France, and a series of other wars, Sun Weiguo has spoken out from beginning to end.

"You mean, there will be a world war similar to the last one?"

Hearing Sun Weiguo's analysis, Catherine's eyes couldn't help but widen, and she said in disbelief.

Sun Weiguo nodded, a faint smile appeared on his face, he knew these things very well.

World War II was an inevitable war, and it was only a matter of time before countries such as Germany, Japan, and Italy formed an alliance.

"I can't imagine it." Catherine shook her head, obviously she was skeptical of Sun Weiguo's statement.

In fact, no one could have predicted the outbreak of World War II at this time, but the facts cannot be changed.

Catherine talked with Sun Weiguo for a while, Sun Weiguo's words made Catherine a little shocked, from the initial suspicion, to Sun Weiguo's list of reasons, Catherine gradually felt in her heart that everything Sun Weiguo said might happen.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Catherine went back to rest, and Sun Weiguo still stayed in the armored battalion to guide the training.

The soldiers did not rest until more than twelve o'clock, and after the officers and soldiers of the armored battalion rested, Sun Weiguo began to check the situation of each tank again, and it was only after one o'clock that Sun Weiguo began to rest.

The time has come to May, and the troops of the New Second Brigade have been resting for nearly a month, and at this time, more than 100,000 troops from China and Japan are engaged in fierce battles in the Lanfeng area.

More than a dozen divisions of the Chinese Eastern Henan Corps launched a fierce attack on the 14th Division of Kenji Dohihara under the command of the fierce general Xue Yue, and the Chinese troops made some progress, but it was not easy to completely annihilate the 14th Division.

Although China's Yudong Corps has more than 100,000 people, it can be said that the artillery equipped with these more than 100,000 troops may not be as much as the artillery of the 14th Division, not to mention that the Japanese army also has aircraft to help in the war.

Fierce fighting unfolded, and in any case, the 14th Division had fallen into the encirclement of the Chinese troops, and their situation was still not good.

The North China Front had begun to gather supplies and soldiers to prepare for the rescue of the 14th Division, and the two division commanders of the 109th Division, which was responsible for the garrison in the Taiyuan area, and the 108th Division, which was responsible for the garrison in Yangquan County, began to gather together.

These two divisions had participated in the southeast of Shanxi before, and the losses of the two divisions were not small, especially the 108th Wing of the 25th Infantry Brigade of the 132nd Division, which was almost annihilated by Sun Weiguo's troops, and they are still resting.

The North China Front had already given them an order directly, and Terauchi Shouichi asked Lieutenant General Motokuma Ya, commander of the 108th Division, and Lieutenant General Shigehou Yamaoka of the 109th Division to find a way to transport a large number of weapons and military supplies from Shanxi to Beiping.

The two of them, Yuan Xiong Mi and Yamaoka Shigehou, met in Taiyuan City, and this question stumped them.

Originally, the Zhengtai Railway was passable, and Shanxi's military supplies could be directly transported to Hebei by railway, but now it can't be done, the troops of the New Second Brigade occupy Pingding County, and the Zhengtai Railway is cut off, so they naturally can't use trains to transport them, otherwise, this batch of military supplies will definitely be directly transported to the New Second Brigade troops.

Unable to use railway transportation, the two divisions still have the task of garrisoning and maintaining law and order in the area, not to mention that they are still resting, so they naturally cannot send troops to attack the new 2nd Brigade in Binh Dinh County.

In desperation, Yuan Xiongmi and Yamaoka Shigehou decided to use road transportation, they first transferred four baggage brigades, and then they gathered the 108th Cavalry Brigade and the 109th Cavalry Brigade, and they were ready to use two cavalry brigades to escort four baggage brigades to transport these military supplies to Hebei Province.

In order to confuse the troops of the New Second Brigade, the 108th and 109th Divisions would assemble troops in Yangquan County, Meng County, Yuzhong County, Xiyang County and other places respectively to make a posture of storming Pingding County, so as to bluff and make the troops of the New Second Brigade dare not leave Pingding County, so as to cover the movement of the baggage troops.

On 5 May, the 104th Brigade of the 108th Division assembled troops in Yangquan County and Xiyang County, while the 31st Brigade of the 109th Division was active in Mengxian and Yuzhong counties.

More than 100 trucks and more than 200 carts dragged by mules and horses of the four baggage brigades immediately set off from Taiyuan under the cover of the two cavalry brigades.

The marching route of the Japanese baggage soldiers was Taiyuan, Shouyang County, and Meng County, so as to enter Hebei Province, and after arriving in Hebei Province, there will also be Japanese troops responsible for responding.

This time, the Japanese moved cautiously, fearing that their troops would be attacked by Chinese troops.

The 104th Brigade and the 52nd Wing of the 52nd Brigade stationed in Yangquan County were even more actively deployed, knowing that Yangquan County was the first line of defense against the Chinese troops.

The 52nd Wing of the Japanese Army began to send a large number of scouts to the vicinity of Binh Dinh County to check the situation, and for a time the Japanese troops began to take very active measures.

In the county seat of Pingding County, the Japanese troops were unusually assembled, and the headquarters of the New Second Brigade immediately held an emergency meeting.

Sun Weiguo, who had been in Donghui Town for more than 20 consecutive days, also rushed back immediately, and Sun Ziyuan, commander of the 1st Pre-1st Regiment, Yin Jinshan, commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, and chief and deputy chiefs of staff of the brigade headquarters had also begun to enter the conference room.