When night fell, the Japanese garrison headquarters in Pingding County was already brightly lit.

Dressed in a lieutenant general's uniform, Yamashita Fengfumi sat on a chair, his eyes sharply looking at the officers present, and the expression on his face was extremely serious.

The three captains of the 1st Infantry Wing, the 2nd Infantry Wing, and the Artillery Wing, which belonged to the Chinese Garrison Corps, also came to the headquarters.

In addition to these three officers, three officers of the cavalry, engineers, and baggage corps of the Chinese garrison corps were also here.

Of course, the commander of the Japanese garrison headquarters in Pingding County, Hideichi Takano, was there, but at this time Shuichi Takano was sitting in the corner.

Yamashita held a combat meeting from the headquarters, and he was going to give his troops an order to fight, and Takano Shuichi's troops would not participate in this operation.

The Chinese Garrison Corps is a unit that has just been established, and this corps has two infantry wings, an artillery wing, cavalry units, engineering units, baggage corps, and other arms, and the total number of the corps is about 12,000 people.

In order to be able to completely annihilate Sun Weiguo's troops, the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, strengthened two tank squadrons of the Chinese Garrison Corps, and at the same time transferred an infantry brigade from the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade, which had also just been established, to assist in the operation.

There were more than 15,000 men in the reinforced Chinese garrison corps, and Yamashita Fumi, who had a strong army in his hands, was full of confidence, and he felt that he would definitely win this battle.

The officers looked at Yamashita Bongbun one after another, and they were waiting for Yamashita Bongwen's order.

For this operation, these officers all felt that it was a knife to kill chickens, and they felt that their troops should not be said to be an infantry regiment that encircled and annihilated a Chinese unit, but even if it was an infantry corps of a Chinese army, it was a very easy matter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this operation is related to whether or not we can maintain law and order in Pingding County, and it is also to eradicate uneasy factors for our North China Front. The princes must do their best to annihilate Sun Weiguo's independent regiment in order to deter the rest of the Chinese army. Yamashita stood up from his chair and said in a solemn tone.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." The officers sitting on the chairs stood up one after another, bowed and spoke respectfully with respect on their faces.

Yamashita came to the map, he picked up his baton, pointed to the map on the wall, and immediately began to give the battle order.

Captain Hasegawa led the first infantry wing, artillery wing, and tank squadron to station in Guanshan Town, and after the troops entered Guanshan Town, they transferred a tank squadron and an infantry brigade, and the artillery wing marched westward, captured Naozhai Mountain in a roundabout way, and set up artillery positions in Naozhai Mountain.

Wing Commander Kiyozaburo Okazaki led the Second Infantry Wing, the Fourth Brigade of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade, and the Tank Squadron to Jixi Town and Suochun Town, waiting for the next instructions from the Corps Headquarters.

The Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Fifth Brigade and the Cavalry Corps were in reserve, under the unified command of Yamashita Fengwen, and assembled in the county seat of Pingding County to stand by.

Guanshan Town is located in the northeast of Chengguan Town, Zhixi Town is located in the east of Chengguan Town, and Suochun Town is located in the southeast of Chengguan Town.

Yamashita was planning to attack from the east, north, and south of Chengguan Town, and he invested the strength of two infantry wings, an infantry brigade, an artillery wing, and two tank squadrons.

At the same time, Yamashita Fengwen also noticed Naozhai Mountain, which is located in the west of Chengguan Town, and he dispatched an infantry brigade, an artillery wing, and a tank squadron to carry out a large-scale detour, and he wanted to capture Naozhai Mountain and set up artillery positions.

If an artillery wing of the Japanese army was allowed to set up a position in Naozhai Mountain, then the Chengguan Town Independent Regiment would be covered by Japanese artillery.

The little devils did not need infantry charges, and just using artillery to carry out carpet shelling could completely kill all the officers and men of the independent regiment.

The battle plan of the Sino-Cuban garrison corps was perfected by the staff officers of the North China Front, and these staff officers were of a very good level.

They completely brought into play the superiority of the Japanese troops, and this battle had almost no chance of victory for the independent regiment.

"Your Excellency Corps Commander, if the roundabout troops fail to capture the Naozhai Mountain position in time, isn't it very likely that Sun Weiguo's independent regiment will flee to the west, and we will launch operations from the east, north, and south at the same time, but the west will rely on the roundabout troops to capture the Naozhai Mountain position.

Moreover, even if the roundabout troops captured the position of Naozhai Mountain, and the roundabout troops were mainly artillery wings, it would be difficult for an infantry brigade to intercept the troops of Sun Weiguo's Independent Regiment. Do we need to strengthen the roundabout troops, so as to completely cut off the possibility of Sun Weiguo's troops fleeing to the west? ”

The captain of the cavalry team, Nori Shinichi, looked at the map and pondered, and after hesitating for a moment, he cautiously said his opinion.

After the Japanese troops began to attack, the Japanese troops in Zhixi Town would attack directly from the east, the Japanese troops in Suochun Town would march to the south of Chengguan Town to attack, and the Japanese troops in Guanshan Town would march to the north of Chengguan Town to attack, which was a three-sided encirclement attack by the Japanese army.

However, to the west of Chengguan Town, it is necessary to take a detour to capture Naozhai Mountain, but the Japanese army's detour force has only one infantry wing, a tank squadron, and an artillery wing, and the artillery wing is obviously the main force of the roundabout troops, and they can shell the positions of the independent regiment, but it is obviously somewhat difficult for the artillery wing to intercept the independent regiment from breaking through to the west.

According to the report of the reconnaissance plane, the main force of Sun Weiguo's troops has been deployed with Chengguan Town as the center, and there is no problem for the roundabout troops to capture Naozhai Mountain.

The purpose of the roundabout troops to capture Naozhai Mountain was not to intercept Sun Weiguo's troops from escaping to the west, but to allow artillery to shell the independent regiment from the commanding heights. According to the research of the staff officers, Sun Weiguo's troops are best at defensive operations, and we are not afraid that he will flee, but that he will stick to his position. ”

Yamashita Fengwen looked towards the western part of Chengguan Town, and a playful smile appeared on his face.

If Sun Weiguo's troops fled to the west, then Sun Weiguo's troops would crash into the defensive positions of the Yuci County garrison.

Yamashita Fengwen had already greeted Yoshio last month, the commander of the 40th Brigade of the 20th Division in charge of garrisoning in Yuci County, and once the independent regiment fled to the west, the 40th Brigade would dispatch at least five infantry brigades from Yuci County, Xiyang County, and Shouyang County to intercept it, and at the same time, the cavalry wing of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army in Yangquan County would also be dispatched.

As for Yamashita Fengwen, he prefers that Sun Weiguo's troops flee to the west, as long as Sun Weiguo's troops flee to the west, then there will be at least four infantry wings, and one cavalry wing will fight against Sun Weiguo's troops in front and rear.