When Tang Xiaoshan received the telegram from the reconnaissance team, he did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately forwarded a copy to Wang Haitao, Tang Longzai, and Wei Erxi. All three received telegrams at the same time, but they had different mentalities. Wang Haitao saw that the telegram showed that the Japanese army had dispatched two infantry wings of the Second Division and a mountain artillery wing with a total of 11,000 troops to Beijiang City to support, and said in his heart: "It seems that Imamura still attaches great importance to this Beijiang City, and has sent so many reinforcements. Now it's up to Wei Erxi, with the strength of the 463rd Brigade, it will be a bit difficult to eat this second division, but it will be no problem to stop them for a while. ”

Tang Longzai was also taken aback by the fact that the Japanese army had sent so many reinforcements when he received the telegram, Tang Longzai thought that the Japanese army was large in number and not weak, and the 463rd Brigade could stop this support army until it took Bac Giang City, and it was estimated that it would not take too much time to take Bac Giang City. The most important thing is that the 463rd Brigade still has to preserve its strength and prepare for the next battle.

Wei Erxi received the telegram and became excited. The 2nd Division was the main force in the invasion of Pingxian City, and although the 2nd Division was severely damaged in the counterattack, the main battles were fought by the 462nd Brigade, and now the 2nd Division was finally sent to the door, and this time the 2nd Division had to be left behind. As for the strength of more than 10,000 people in the Second Division, Wei Erxi really didn't pay much attention to it.

Now Wei Erxi has the confidence not to take the more than 10,000 people of the Second Division to heart. The strength of the three regiments of the 463rd Brigade together is 8,300 people, plus the guard battalion and reconnaissance battalion directly under the brigade, there is not much difference in strength from the second division, the Japanese army has a mountain artillery wing, the number of mountain artillery is 54, and the total number of Japanese-style mountain artillery of its own six regiments is 72, which has surpassed the Japanese army, plus more than 200 light and heavy mortars of each regiment, as well as a self-propelled howitzer and artillery battalion supported by the division, and there are also 35 combat vehicles.

With such strength, Wei Erxi dared to argue with the Second Division. Wei Erxi brought several regiment-level commanders, Guan Hou, commander of the self-propelled howitzer and artillery battalion, and Zhao Linghe, commander of the mixed armored battalion, over, and several people discussed for a long time, agreed on an operational plan for annihilating the second division of the Japanese army, and immediately reported it to the division commander Tang Longzai.

Tang Longzai received the battle plan from Wei Erxi's report, although he couldn't say anything wrong, but he was always a little unsure, so Tang Longzai came to Wang Haitao with this battle plan. Wang Haitao took the battle plan from Tang Longzai's hand and looked at it carefully. Wei Erxi's battle plan had some of his own ways during the Battle of Changsha, that is, to first block the Japanese army, consume the Japanese army's vital strength and sharpness, and then launch a counterattack with superior forces when the Japanese army's sharp spirit was exhausted and morale was low.

After reading the battle plan, Wang Haitao asked Tang Longzai: "Long Zai, what do you think of this battle plan?" Tang Longzai replied: "Brother-in-law, I don't see any problems with this battle plan, but I'm a little worried that it's too risky? The number of Japanese troops is 11,000!" Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Long Zai, you are now the commander of a division, you need more trust and confidence in your subordinates!"

Tang Longzai blushed when he heard Wang Haitao say this, and explained: "Brother-in-law, I don't believe Wei Erxi, I'm just worried that the 463rd Brigade will have a lot of losses in such a big move, which will affect the battle later." Wang Haitao asked: "Long Zai, let me ask you, if we only block the advance of the Second Division, after the Second Division retreats to Hanoi, will we face them again in the next battle?"

Tang Longzai reacted at this time, and said to Wang Haitao: "Yes, why didn't I expect it, brother-in-law, it seems that I am still far less long-term than you." Then I will agree with Wei Erxi's battle plan. Wang Haitao smiled and said: "Long Zai, when will you kid learn to pat on the back? There are still two places to revise this plan." ”

Tang Longzai was stunned for a moment, and looked at Wang Haitao with puzzled eyes. Wang Haitao patiently said to Tang Longzai: "You see, the battle plan mentions that the 880th Regiment will be used to detour back to the back of the Second Division and cut off the retreat of the Second Division. Thinking about the retreat of the 2nd Division, once the whole army retreated, I was afraid that it would be difficult to stop it with the 880th Regiment, so I felt that the self-propelled howitzer and artillery battalions and the 877th Regiment would act together, and when the Japanese army retreated, it would first use intensive artillery fire to carry out artillery fire on it, and only after breaking up the retreating troops could the Japanese retreat be stopped with minimal casualties. ”

Tang Longzai nodded seriously in agreement, and Wang Haitao pointed to one place and said: "And here, the battle plan says that once the Japanese Second Division is defeated, it will take the chariot as the lead and the whole army will pursue it. Here you have to remind Wei Erxi that you must leave a part of your forces to deal with the enemy who may flee in Beijiang City, otherwise once the enemy in Beijiang City arrives in Bei Ninh at this time, it is likely to bring big trouble to the artillery and baggage troops behind. ”

Tang Longzai waited for Wang Haitao to finish speaking before replying: "I understand brother-in-law, I will call Wei Erxi back immediately and tell him about the two places where the battle plan will be revised." Wang Haitao nodded and said: "Although Wei Erxi is the brigade commander under you, he was promoted by me from the company commander little by little, and since the Battle of Songhu, he has been fighting on the front line and is a general. I put him under your hand so that he can be your helper, and you have to learn to use people. ”

Tang Longzai replied with a red face: "Knowing my brother-in-law, I will pay more attention to this aspect." "This is Tang Longzai, if you change someone else, Wang Haitao will not give such a point. Tang Longzai returned to the division headquarters and immediately wrote a telegram according to Wang Haitao's intention and sent it to Wei Erxi. Wei Erxi was anxiously waiting for Tang Longzai's call back in Beining County, as soon as Tang Longzai's call back, Wei Erxi read it at a glance and ten lines, and saw that Tang Longzai basically agreed to his battle plan, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Wei Erxi also noticed Tang Longzai's two revisions and suggestions to his combat plan in his call, so Wei Erxi said to everyone who was also waiting for news: "Everyone, the division has agreed to our battle plan. Now let me announce the mission. Wei Lixuan, commander of the 877th Regiment, and Guan Hou, commander of the self-propelled grenade and artillery battalions, "After the two of them stood up at the same time, they responded loudly: "Here!"

Wei Erxi continued, ordering the two of you to lead the 877th Regiment and the self-propelled howitzer and artillery battalions to secretly sneak to the southeast of Beining County 10 kilometers to ambush, and after the Japanese Second Division passed, immediately set up a blocking position to block the retreating Second Division. It should be noted that when the Japanese army withdraws, it must be shelled first, and then block it after breaking up the Japanese army. They replied aloud, "Yes, Brigade!"

Wei Erxi motioned for the two to sit down, and shouted, "Su Guoping, the head of the 882nd Regiment." Su Guoping also stood up and responded: "Here!" Wei Erxi said: "Order the first and second battalions of your regiment to hold the positions outside Beining County, and only withdraw to the city after receiving the order to retreat." The 3rd Battalion and the 3rd Company of the Heavy Firepower Battalion set up a blocking position 5 kilometers northeast of Bac Ninh County to block the enemy retreating from Bac Giang City. Su Guoping replied loudly: "Yes, brigade!"

Wei Erxi then shouted: "Chu Zhengyang, the head of the 881st Regiment." Chu Zhengyang immediately responded: "Here!" Wei Erxi said: "You lead the 881st Regiment to defend the county town of Beining, pay attention to preserving your strength, and wait for the counteroffensive order to be issued, your regiment will cooperate with the mixed armored battalion to attack, and strive to completely annihilate the second division of the Japanese army." Chu Zhengyang replied loudly: "Yes, brigade!"

Wei Erxi finally looked at Niu Jianjian, the commander of the Independent Artillery Regiment. The Independent Artillery Regiment was temporarily formed when the 463rd Brigade was pulled out this time, and it had 72 Japanese-style mountain guns in its hands with 12 Japanese-style mountain guns of each regiment of the six regiments. The regiment commander, Niu Jianjian, was the commander of the original 880th Regiment Artillery Battalion. The independent artillery regiment was divided into three battalions, each with twenty-four Japanese-style mountain guns.

Niu Jianli also stood up, and looked at Wei Erxi after standing upright. Wei Erxi said: "Commander Niu, this time your independent artillery regiment has the heaviest task, you have to assign one battalion to block the Japanese army that has fled in the direction of Beijiang City, and the other two battalions to deal with the second division of the Japanese army." It should be noted that the 2nd Division also has a mountain artillery wing, and there are more artillery than yours, so you have to knock out the Japanese artillery positions as soon as possible. ”

Niu Jianjian had just been appointed as the commander of the Independent Artillery Regiment, and it was the first time he commanded so many artillery pieces, so he responded excitedly: "Yes, Brigade Seat! The Independent Artillery Regiment guarantees the completion of the task!" Wei Erxi nodded, motioned for Niu Jianli to sit down, and finally said: "The reconnaissance battalion is responsible for blocking the Japanese troops sent by Hanoi to reinforce the second division, and the guard battalion is the general reserve of the whole brigade." Who has a problem?"

After a while, Wei Erxi saw that no one was gnawing and said: "It's no problem to disband, everyone goes back to prepare, and they must enter their respective positions as soon as possible." The crowd answered and left. After everyone left, Wei Erxi worked out the battle plan bit by bit on the map. Wei Erxi is now more worried that there will be a large number of casualties on his side in the battle, which will affect the subsequent battles. However, the battle order has been issued, and it is useless to worry, so I can only hope that luck will be better.

The Japanese 2nd Division left Hanoi at 10 a.m., and the division commander, Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao, did not think that the Chinese army would be able to take Bac Giang, which was garrisoned by a wing, in two or three days, and therefore did not rush to the road. It took six hours for the 4th Wing, which had taken the lead, to reach the outside of Bac Ninh County, 50 kilometers away, at 4 p.m. The Japanese army had no idea that the county town of Bac Ninh in front of them had fallen into the hands of the Chinese army.

An infantry squad at the front of the search mission did not start the search formation at all, but only walked forward in the normal marching formation, and only when they approached the position outside the city of Bac Ninh did they realize that something was wrong. How can there be a defensive position facing the south in the county town of Bac Ninh? If there is a defensive position, it should also be facing the north.

Just as the Japanese squad reacted, fierce gunfire rang out on the opposite position, and the unsuspecting Japanese soldiers were knocked down by more than a dozen people at once, and the remaining officers and soldiers hurriedly lay on the ground and began to shoot at the position. After exchanging fire for a while, the Japanese squad leader saw that the fire on the position was too fierce, and his squad was not an opponent at all, so he hurriedly ordered a retreat, and only a dozen Japanese soldiers in an infantry squad fled back.