The troops of the 6th Cavalry Regiment easily annihilated an infantry squad of the 19th Brigade of the Japanese Army in Jiedu Township, and their troops continued to march towards Xiyang County.

The people of Jiedu Township were very emotional when they saw the weapons and equipment of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, and they thought that the Sixth Cavalry Regiment would definitely be able to eliminate the little devils in Xiyang County.

More than 50 little devils stationed in Jiedu Township were completely annihilated, but they fired signal flares, and the 19th Brigade already knew that there were Chinese troops breaking through the first line of defensive positions.

In the county seat of Xiyang County, the Japanese army was mixed into the headquarters of the Fifth Brigade.

Lieutenant General Brigade Commander Qin Yashang's face became extremely pale, his eyes became red, and he was full of anger all over his body, as if he could burn people away.

The first time the captain of the 17th Brigade sent a telegram was to report that they had contained the attack of the new 2nd Brigade, and this message made Qin Yashang feel that his troops had no problem holding Xiyang County, but he was not happy for too long, and the captain of the 17th Brigade sent a message asking for help.

The 16th and 18th brigades each transferred two infantry squadrons to reinforce the past, Qin Yashang thought that with these reinforcements, the 17th brigade should be able to resist the attack of the new 2nd brigade troops, but what made them think was that the position of the 17th brigade was still in a precarious state.

"Brigade commander, there are currently three infantry squadrons in Yangjiayu Village, three infantry squadrons in Lijiazhuang Town, and two infantry squadrons stationed in Huanglong Village, although the 17th Brigade has been reinforced, but their situation is still not very clear, the Zhina troops are equipped with a lot of artillery, and at present we have more than 400 casualties, and the Zhina troops in Lijiazhuang Town have still not been cleared out."

Chief of Staff Zhongzuo came to Qin Yashang, and he reported softly.

Although the 17th Brigade of the Japanese Army was reinforced by four infantry squadrons, these four infantry squadrons were all light infantry, and they only had light machine guns and grenadiers, which could not compete with the heavy weapons of the first regiment.

And as the battle progressed, a large number of recruits in the pre-regiment began to adapt to the battlefield, some of them began to grow up rapidly, and the combat effectiveness of the pre-regiment troops was quietly improving.

The form of the battlefield has been reversed, and the initiative is completely in the hands of the pre-group.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, an urgent message has been sent from the 18th Brigade, they have lost contact with their subordinate squadrons, and the left side of the other 18th Brigade has been lost."

A staff officer came to Qin Yashang with a telegram, and the staff officer said in an anxious tone.

Before Qin Yashang had time to check the content of the message, another young staff officer hurriedly came to Qin Yashang.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, the 19th Brigade sent a message, and the warning position of Jiedu Township fired a signal flare, and the 19th Brigade judged that the Youzhina troops had broken through the first line of defensive positions."

Staff Officer Shao Zuo directly handed the telegram of the 19th Brigade to Qin Yashang, and then he reported with a solemn face.

"What? There are already troops in China who have broken through the first line of positions, Bagaya Road, what the hell is going on. ”

Hearing the telegram from the 19th Brigade reported by Staff Officer Shaozuo, Qin Yashang's face became gloomy, and he couldn't help but curse angrily.

The position of the 17th Brigade in Lijiazhuang Town was precarious, but the 17th Brigade always resisted the attack of the New Second Brigade.

But now after getting the report of the 19th Brigade, Qin Yashang realized that there were Chinese troops breaking through the first-line defensive position from the left side of the 18th Brigade.

Qin Yashang looked at the map, his face became solemn, there was a Chinese force breaking through the position, which was equivalent to a hidden arrow placed on his neck, this dark arrow could pierce both his head and his heart.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, we must immediately verify the number and number of the troops that broke through the position, if they are not many, we can destroy them all, otherwise they can attack the rear of Lijiazhuang Town, and they can also attack the county where our brigade headquarters is located."

Chief of Staff Zhongzuo immediately came to Qin Yashang, and he hurriedly said.

"Order the main force of the 19th Brigade to assemble immediately, search for the Chinese troops to the east, and after finding this Chinese army, immediately annihilate all of them."

After being silent for a while, Qin Yashang began to give combat orders.

After issuing the combat order, Qin Yashang hesitated slightly, and he added again: "Two mountain guns and four anti-tank guns of the artillery team will be transferred to the 19th Brigade to reinforce it, and it is very likely that the tank troops will break through from the flank, and contact the headquarters of the First Army to request aviation to participate in the battle support." ”

Qin Yashang added the order, he strengthened the 19th Brigade with six artillery pieces, he felt that with these six artillery pieces, there should be no problem in completely annihilating the Zhina troops that broke through the position.

The reason why such an order was issued was because according to Qin Yashang's judgment, the main force of the New Second Brigade was assembled in Lijiazhuang Town.

The Chinese troops that broke through from the flank of the 18th Brigade felt that they were only a small group of elite troops of the New Second Brigade, and he thought that it would be absolutely no problem for a reinforced infantry brigade to search for and bite this small group of Chinese elite troops.

As long as the brigade bites this small group of elite troops and does not let them mess around in the deep defense zone of the Japanese army in Xiyang County, then it will be safe to mix into the fifth brigade.

After all, the reinforcements of the 21st Division and the First Brigade of the Mixed War would arrive soon, and Qin Yashang thought that there was no problem with his deployment.

He gave the 19th Brigade an order to annihilate the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, which was just a strict requirement for the 19th Brigade, as long as the 19th Brigade bit and restrained the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, Qin Yashang would be satisfied.

But Qin Yashang didn't know, he felt that the strengthened 19th Brigade was like a ferocious dog, and it was no problem to bite the sheep, but how would he know that the troops of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment were not sheep, but a tiger, and the 19th Brigade was going to fight against hundreds of cavalry, hundreds of mechanized infantry, and dozens of tanks and armored vehicles of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment.

After the 19th Brigade received Qin Yashang's order, the Shaozuo Captain of the 19th Brigade immediately began to assemble his own troops.

AT THE SAME TIME, TWO 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS AND FOUR 47MM ANTI-TANK GUNS OF THE ARTILLERY TEAM WERE ALSO REINFORCED TO THE 19 BRIGADE.

At 5:50 a.m., the 19th Brigade, reinforced by six guns, began to set out from the station, and they swept forward to the east, searching for the troops of the 6th Cavalry Regiment.

At this time, the troops of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment also began to move west towards the county seat of Xiyang County, and the two troops were about to collide together.

At this time, in the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Umezu Mijiro, who had hurried from Beiping, immediately began to gather the personnel of the headquarters.

They began to discuss the issue of operations in Xiyang County, and the troops of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army in Yangquan County and the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Battle in Jingcheng County began to complete their assembly, and they began to march rapidly towards Pingding County.