Sun Weiguo can't command the troops to fight, after Kunomura Taoyo knew the news, he was very excited, without Sun Weiguo to command the troops to fight, Kunomura Taoyo was confident that few people in the Eighth Route Army would be his opponents.

Chiaki Hattori, chief of staff of the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Battle, immediately laid out the combat map on the table, and the three of them looked around the table and looked towards the combat map.

"At present, our brigade is still able to dispatch eight artillery pieces, eight tanks and armored vehicles, two infantry brigades to fight, and His Excellency the Brigade Commander, His Excellency the Chief of Staff, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army of China are scattered to operate, which is a great opportunity for us, as long as we gather troops, we can easily defeat them individually."

Hattori Chiaki pointed to several towns in Xiyang County on the map, and with a confident expression on his face, he said lightly.

After knowing the news of Sun Weiguo's injury, Momoyo Kunomura and Chiaki Hattori swept away their previous bald expressions, and the spirits of both of them changed a lot.

"The 25th Brigade also has two infantry brigades that can continue to fight, and they also have a machine gun brigade and a heavy artillery squadron, with such strength, they can completely defeat the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Xiyang County. However, although Sun Weiguo can no longer continue to command the operation, the troops of the New Second Brigade are still there after all, so we must find a way to defeat the troops of the New Second Brigade first. ”

Kunomura Momoyo looked towards the county seat of Xiyang County, his eyes showed killing intent, and he said in a fierce tone.

The troops of the New Second Brigade under the command of Sun Weiguo brought an unimaginable blow to Kunomura Momoyo, Kunomura Momoyo hated Sun Weiguo to the core, and he also hated the troops of the New Second Brigade to the core, and now Sun Weiguo was injured and could not command the operation, Kunomura Momoyo naturally did not want to miss the rare opportunity, he was very ambitious, and he wanted to take the lead in fighting against the New Second Brigade troops.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the troops of the New Second Brigade are operating in the vicinity of the county seat of Xiyang County, and according to the reconnaissance of our brigade cavalry team, the combat strength of the New Second Brigade is only more than 2,000 people, and they have suffered a lot of artillery losses, and now is a good opportunity to defeat or even completely annihilate them. The local troops of the Eighth Route Army are not to be worried, as long as we defeat the troops of the New Second Brigade, we can easily annihilate the local troops of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Kunomura Momoyo made up his mind, and he began to try to convince Hashimoto to fight against the new 2nd Brigade first.

Hashimoto Group is the chief of staff of the First Army, and now that he has come to the front line to supervise the battle, the command will naturally fall on the head of Hashimoto Group, and if Kunomura Momoyo wants to take action, he naturally wants to greet Hashimoto Group.

"Kuno-kun, tell me what you think." Hashimoto said lightly.

He also wanted to encircle and annihilate Sun Weiguo's new 2nd Brigade, but considering the casualties of the previous two brigades, Hashimoto's group had to be cautious about adopting a battle plan for the new 2nd Brigade.

"The thing that the Chinese troops are most worried about now is that we will participate in the southeast operation in Jinjin, we can send a small group of troops south to Heshun County, lure the Chinese troops to move, and use the 25th Brigade to contain the local troops of the Eighth Route Army in China, and our brigade and regiment will concentrate their forces to attack the troops of the new Second Brigade, and at the same time, I suggest that the heavy artillery units be immediately set up in the county seat of Xiyang County."

Kunomura Momoyo said his plan, and then he looked at Hashimoto, who was waiting for Hashimoto's answer.

Hashimoto stared at the map for a moment, his brow furrowed slightly, and a pensive expression appeared on his face.

After a while, Hashimoto asked Kunomura Momoyo to make specific arrangements, and asked Chiaki Hattori, the chief of staff of the 1st Mixed Combat Brigade, to work on the map.

Kunomura Momoyo began to speak his mind, while Hattori Chiaki took a red and blue pencil to mark on the map.

At present, the first brigade of the Japanese army has begun to be temporarily organized, and the four infantry brigades have been combined into two infantry brigades, with Hideaki Okamoto and Nanjiro Araki serving as the captains respectively, and the two infantry brigades have a total of 10 infantry squadrons, 3 machine gun squadrons, and 3 artillery squads, and the armored and artillery detachments have eight artillery pieces and eight tanks and armored vehicles.

The 132nd Wing of the 25th Brigade was devastated, and at present, only the 117th Wing of the 25th Brigade can fight, the first and second brigades of the 117th Wing are fully staffed, and the 117th Wing also has a machine gun brigade and a heavy artillery squadron, and in the county seat of Xiyang County, the 25th Brigade also has a missing third brigade and a guard squadron of the 132nd Wing.

According to Kunomura Momoyo's plan, an infantry brigade of the 1st Mixed Brigade quickly moved south to Heshun County to attract Chinese troops to move, and after the Chinese troops moved, the troops of the 25th Brigade were to contain the local troops of the Eighth Route Army, while the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Combat was looking for an opportunity to fight against the troops of the New 2nd Brigade.

After Momoyo Kunomura said this plan, Hashimoto looked at the map with a pensive expression on his face.

After a moment of silence, Hashimoto nodded, supporting Kunomura Momoyo's battle plan.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of April 8, 1938, the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Battle, led by Captain Hideaki Okamoto, began to leave Shijiashan, and the 3rd Brigade began to move south, heading towards Heshun County.

After receiving this news, a brigade of the Yongxing detachment immediately marched in the direction of Shijiashan, but this brigade was ambushed by the 117th Wing of the 25th Brigade of the Japanese Army at the Songxi River, and after dozens of casualties, this brigade immediately withdrew from the battlefield.

At the same time, a battalion of the independent detachment fell into the trap of the main force of the Japanese 117th Wing near the town of Lijiazhuang, and after more than 100 casualties, the battalion barely broke out.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Gao Shujiayi, the captain of the 117th Wing, gave up Lijiazhuang Town, and the main force of the 117th Wing went to Xiyang County.

On the way to Xiyang County, the 117th Wing was attacked by guerrilla warfare by an independent detachment and a guerrilla detachment, but Gao Shujiayi was prepared, and Gao Shujia had two infantry squadrons, as well as two artillery squadrons, one machine gun squadron, and one heavy artillery squadron.

In the face of the guerrilla warfare attacks of the Eighth Route Army, Gao Shu Jiayi adopted a steady and steady advance strategy, and infantry artillery, mountain artillery, and cannon constantly set up artillery positions, as long as the Eighth Route Army troops fired bullets, the shells would come immediately, and when the Eighth Route Army troops wanted to attack the Japanese artillery positions, the 36 heavy machine guns of the machine gun brigade would form a powerful firepower network.

The independent detachment and the guerrilla detachment took more than a dozen guerrilla warfare, but because the troops were scattered, they could not organize suppressive firepower, and the Japanese army had strong firepower, the two detachments brought more than 100 casualties to the Japanese army, but their own casualties reached more than 300 people, and the commander of the Qin detachment and the commander of the Gui detachment had to stop the attack of the troops, and could only watch the 117th Wing enter Xiyang County.