Qin Yashang has great confidence in his independent mixed Fifth Brigade, and he thinks that there is no problem with his brigade garrisoning Xiyang County.

After Lieutenant General Washizu Matsudaira, commander of the 21st Division, received a telegram from the commander of the First Army, Umezu Mijiro, he immediately offered his farewell, and Washizu Matsudaira immediately returned to Yangquan County, and he began to deploy the troops of the 21st Division, after all, he was to be in charge of the three county towns of Yangquan County, Shouyang County, and Yuci County.

The Japanese troops began to strengthen their defenses, but Qin Yashang didn't care much about Xiyang County, where the new second brigade troops were about to attack, first of all, he felt that the probability of the new second brigade troops attacking at this time was very low, and secondly, he deployed five infantry brigades on the front line, and he thought that even if the new second brigade troops attacked, his troops could resist.

Jingcheng County, the headquarters of the first brigade of the melee.

Umezu Mijiro's telegram was soon sent to Kunomura Momoyo, who was not at all surprised to receive it.

According to Kunomura Momoyo's analysis, Sun Weiguo would definitely not passively wait for an attack in Pingding County, and he judged that Sun Weiguo would definitely launch an offensive in advance to seize the initiative.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, it seems that the troops of the New Second Brigade do have plans to attack, but which county town will they attack?"

Nakasa's Chief of Staff Hattori Chiaki came to Kunomura Momoyo, looking at Kunomura Momoyo in front of him, Hattori Chiaki asked softly.

At present, the First Brigade of the Mixed Combat has four infantry brigades, three tank squadrons, one anti-tank gun squadron, two 75mm mountain artillery squadrons, three 75mm field artillery squadrons, and one 105mm field artillery squadron.

However, the first brigade of the mixed battle is still being replenished, only three of the four infantry brigades have been replenished, and some tanks and artillery of the armored detachment and artillery detachment are not in place, but the combat personnel of the first brigade of the mixed combat are still more than 6,000.

Kunomura Momoyo had long expected Sun Weiguo to attack in advance, so as to seize the initiative in the battle, he had already sent the artillery detachment and armored detachment to Nanyu Town, which was very close to Pingding County, and at the same time, three infantry brigades had also begun to stand by around the county seat, and they could enter Pingding County to fight at any time.

"We garrison Jingcheng County has the largest number of troops, there are more than 7,000 troops here to defend, Sun Weiguo will definitely not attack here, secondly, Yuci County and Shouyang County are some distance from Pingding County, Sun Weiguo wants to attack these two counties, will be attacked by many parties, Sun Weiguo is most likely to attack Yangquan County and Xiyang County, Yangquan County is where the 21st Division is located, and the troops here are also strong, but Xiyang County has only one mixed brigade garrison."

Kunomura Momoyo looked at the map, and he analyzed it with a solemn face.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, do you mean that Sun Weiguo is very likely to attack Xiyang County?" Chiaki Hattori asked immediately after hearing this.

The expression on Momoyo Kunomura's face began to grow solemn, and he stared at the map, his brow furrowed.

"According to the normal analysis, if Sun Weiguo launches an offensive, he will definitely attack Xiyang County, but this intention is too obvious, with Sun Weiguo's character, he will definitely not make normal arrangements, Sun Weiguo is not simple, he is very likely to attack Yangquan County, this is where the 21st Division is located, if he can defeat the 21st Division troops, it will be a great blow to our morale, and no one would expect him to suddenly attack Yangquan County."

Kunomura Momoyo looked at Yangquan County on the map, he was too smart, he felt that Sun Weiguo must want to attack Yangquan County.

Indeed, Sun Weiguo had brought Yue Wu, the chief of the Operations Section, to Yangquan County several times before, and Sun Weiguo also knew that this was where a Japanese division headquarters was located, and he also had the idea of defeating this Japanese division and regiment headquarters.

But after thinking about it carefully, Sun Weiguo still canceled the idea, and he set the goal in Xiyang County, because he knew that the Japanese army did not lack good commanders.

"Immediately contact the 21st Division and the Independent Mixed Fifth Brigade and tell them the judgment of our brigade." Kunomura Momoyo said in a calm tone.

He judged that Sun Weiguo's target must be in Yangquan County, but Kunomura Momoyo would not have thought that Sun Weiguo was going the opposite way this time, and his target was Xiyang County.

After the telegram of the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Battle was quickly sent to the 21st Division and the 5th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, Washizu Matsuhei and Qin Yashang received the telegram, the two of them felt that Kunomura Momoyo had done more, especially Washizu Matsudai, in Yangquan County, he deployed an artillery wing, an engineer wing, a baggage wing, and a 62nd wing, and these troops totaled more than 8,000 people, and he felt that Sun Weiguo would definitely not attack Yangquan County.

Qin Yashang still maintained his self-confidence, he still didn't take this message to heart.

At 9 o'clock in the evening of 22 June, the troops of the 6th Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Regiment of the Pre-Regiment, respectively, secretly went to Zhangzhuang Town to assemble, and at the same time, the 1st Artillery Battalion directly under the brigade headquarters, under the leadership of battalion commander Liang Zerui, began to set up a heavy artillery position in Zhangzhuang Town, and the muzzles of the 12 heavy artillery pieces began to be aimed at the blue night of Xiyang County.

The troops of the Independent Regiment, under the leadership of the regiment commander Zhong Jian, began to march towards Guanshan Town on a large scale, and the actions of the Independent Regiment were different from those of the troops of the New Second Brigade, their actions were obvious, and they completely took the initiative to expose their actions.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the front-line command post of the storm operation was established in Zhangzhuang Town, Pingding County, and the brigade headquarters of the New Second Brigade also began to move from the county seat to Zhangzhuang Town.

At this time, in the command post of Zhangzhuang Town, Sun Ziyuan, the commander of the First Advance Regiment, Yin Jinshan, the commander of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, and other officers had already arrived here.

Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong began to issue orders for the implementation of the storm operation plan, and at the same time Zhao Lerong began to announce the advance routes of each regiment.

The plan for this stormy operation was to quickly strike at the Japanese army's independent mixed Fifth Brigade in a short period of time, and the troops of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment were the main force in this attack.

"The task of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment is to continue to advance and disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army, and the special combat team has entered Xiyang County in advance, and they will cooperate with the actions of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment. The task of the 1st Advance Regiment is to clear the Japanese troops, the 6th Cavalry Regiment will break through the Japanese positions and disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army, and the 1st Advance Regiment must quickly follow up and clean up the Japanese troops. Conquering the Japanese positions was the combat mission of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, and annihilating the Japanese troops was the combat mission of the 1st Advance Regiment. ”

Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong pointed to the map with dense markings and red and blue lines, and he said in a serious tone.