Chen Hanzhang ordered the armored troops that were attacking head-on to take advantage of the long range and high accuracy of their tank guns, and cooperate with the self-propelled anti-tank guns behind them to adopt the tactics of combining far and near, and polish the tank wing of the Japanese army in front of them little by little. An armored battalion with heavy losses on the flanks was ordered to immediately reorganize and bypass the Japanese troops in front and launch an attack on the enemy's depth.

At the same time, Xiong Botao's roundabout detachment was ordered to intensify the Caohe River at the fastest speed and tear apart the defensive line of the Japanese flank on the Xin'an line. With a battalion of the 17th Independent Tank Regiment and a reinforced infantry regiment, it bypassed the frontal Japanese defense between Baoding and Xushui, and marched towards the city of Mancheng