The generals of the Japanese First Army began to hold an operational meeting in the headquarters of the First Army in Shijiazhuang, and the chief of staff of the First Army, Hashimoto Group, planned a siege operation on all sides.

This time, the Japanese army dispatched nearly 40,000 troops, and they were ready to wipe out all the Chinese troops in the southeast of Jinjin in one fell swoop, which the Japanese army called the second phase of the operation.

Different from the first phase of the Japanese army's previous operations, the Japanese army will focus on attacking the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi Province in the second phase of the Japanese army.

The Japanese troops held an operation here in Shijiazhuang, and at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Xiaodongling Village, Qinxian County, various generals and officers of the East Route Army also began to gather here to participate in the combat meeting.

The commanders of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters had already known about the battle plan launched by the Japanese army in April.

In the documents of the Japanese officers captured by the 129th Division and the letters from the Japanese soldiers, Division Commander Liu found that the Japanese officers and soldiers mentioned that the Japanese army would take action in April.

In view of this situation, Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng already had a rough judgment that with the loss of Linfen, an important town in southern Jin, the troops of the Eastern Route Army are currently assembled in the southeast of Jin, and the Japanese troops will take action in April, obviously they are aimed at the Chinese troops in the southeast of Jin.

When Sun Weiguo received the notice and rushed here, it was already March 25, and the meeting had already been going on for a day.

In the big temple of Xiaodongling Village, more than 30 generals of the Eighth Route Army and various units all gathered here, and generals with different ranks of major general and lieutenant general sat on chairs, and they were listening to Vice President Peng's operational report.

When Sun Weiguo came here, he was directly brought to the temple by the staff officers of the headquarters, and the perimeter guards stopped him.

Now there are more than 30 generals of the Eastern Route Army in the big temple, and the chief and deputy commanders of the Eighth Route Army are all inside, and the guards dare not put anyone in.

"Staff Officer Zhou, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng has explained that during the combat meeting, no one is allowed to enter it, so don't embarrass us."

A company commander looked at the staff officer of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, he looked at Sun Weiguo behind him again, and said in an embarrassed tone.

Obviously, he felt that the young Sun Weiguo was definitely not a leader, not to mention that he also knew that the leaders of the Eastern Route Army were already in a meeting.

"You guys are really confused, have you forgotten what Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng specially explained?" Staff Officer Zhou said helplessly.

"The boss and the vice president have explained that if the commander of the new Second Brigade Sun Weiguo comes, let him go directly...... Staff Officer Zhou, what do you mean...... Good chief. ”

The company commander reacted, he stood up straight, straightened his waist, and saluted Sun Weiguo with a standard military salute.

"Hello." Sun Weiguo gave him a return salute and entered the big temple directly under the leadership of Staff Officer Zhou of the headquarters.

He came relatively late, and at this time the generals of all units and brigades of the Eastern Route Army had already arrived here, and yesterday it was Mr. Zhu who personally made a report, and today it was Vice President Peng who made an operational report, analyzing the possible actions of the Japanese army and the methods we could deal with.

At this time, in addition to the leaders of the 115th and 129th Divisions of the Eighth Route Army, there were also Zeng Wanzhong's Third Army, Chen Tie's 14th Army, Gao Guizi's 17th Army, Li Jiayu's 47th Army, Wu Shimin's 169th Division, Zhu Huaibing's 94th Division, Zhao Shoushan's 17th Division, Liu Kan's 83rd Division, Wang Qifeng's Fourth Cavalry Division and other officers above the brigade level were all here, and there were also senior generals and officers of the first and third columns of the Shanxi Youth Anti-Enemy Death Squad jointly established by the Eighth Route Army and Yan Xishan.

Everyone was listening attentively to Vice President Peng's speech, and at this time, the door was gently pushed open, and Staff Officer Zhou took Sun Weiguo and walked in directly from outside.

Staff Officer Zhou saluted Vice President Peng, and when Sun Weiguo saw Vice President Peng on the podium, he also immediately saluted.

Vice President Peng had a hearty smile on his face, he strode directly in front of Sun Weiguo, and directly took Sun Weiguo's right hand to the podium.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you, this is Comrade Sun Weiguo, the commander of the new Second Brigade, after discussing with Commander-in-Chief Zhu, I will definitely transfer the new Second Brigade to the southeast of Shanxi Province to cooperate in the second phase of the Japanese army's operation. You may know that the Japanese army in North China regards Comrade Wei Guo as the number one mortal enemy, and his head as a brigade commander is worth more than the head of me, the deputy commander-in-chief. ”

Vice President Peng came to the podium, he introduced Sun Weiguo, and at the same time he also jokingly said, but what Vice President Peng said was the truth.

At present, Sun Weiguo's head is more valuable than the heads of most army commanders, and the Japanese army in North China is eager to break Sun Weiguo's body into pieces.

"Tsk, I really didn't expect that this Sun Weiguo would be so young, he is really a hero and a young man, the Eighth Route Army is full of fierce generals, no wonder he always wins battles. It's just that I didn't expect Chief Yan to be so generous this time, and he would actually give the Eighth Route Army a new number of the Second Brigade. ”

"What do you know, the one who captured the wing flag propagated by the Political Department was the one in front of him, Brigade Commander Sun, in the northwest of Shanxi, he killed thousands of Japanese soldiers, and he dared to fight with a wing of the Japanese army in one regiment, don't look at this kid is young, but he is very fierce, he dares to command a regiment and a wing of the Japanese army to fight hard, there is no one else but him."

"The number of the new Second Brigade is said to have been approved by the chairman of the committee himself, and if you think about it, you can let the chairman approve a number for the Eighth Route Army, and this is still necessary. Chief Yan personally said that Sun Weiguo was the first general in the second war zone, and he would rather exchange the two armies of the Jin Sui Army for a regiment of Sun Weiguo. ”

"This time, the new second brigade came to the southeast of Jin to help in the war, I think the little devil must be unlucky again, with Sun Weiguo's new second brigade here, my heart is down-to-earth, I will definitely not save my strength in this operation, and fight with the new second brigade, there will definitely be an opportunity to take advantage of the little devil."

As Vice President Peng finished his introduction, before Vice President Peng continued to speak, the generals below began to discuss.

They looked at Sun Weiguo, with a curious expression on their faces, to put it mildly, there are people here who can be Sun Weiguo's grandfather, and everyone present is a veteran of the battle, but let them do what Sun Weiguo has done, they will definitely not be able to accomplish it.

"Gentlemen, let's be quiet first, since Comrade Weiguo is here, why don't we let Comrade Weiguo say a few words, I know that everyone is very curious about Comrade Weiguo, and I am equally curious, but let's let Comrade Weiguo say a few words, everyone applaud and welcome."

Just when everyone was talking, Mr. Zhu, who was sitting in the front row, stood up, Mr. Zhu was wearing a military coat, he signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said.

Although Mr. Zhu is the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, he is currently the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, and Mr. Zhu also holds the title of deputy commander of the Second War Zone.