Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Yamashita Ken also thought that since the troops were insufficient, he would ask the brigade commander in Shijiazhuang to send two more battalions. At the same time, the 108th Division in Yangquan could also send another battalion.

In this way, there are two regiments of locust troops stationed in Jingxing. So no matter whether the Eighth Route Army really wants to take over the Jingxing coal mine or attack the county town, he will have sufficient troops to deal with the surrounding Eighth Route Army.

Afterwards, Yamashita Kenya immediately reported the situation in Jingxing to the commander of the 40th Brigade in Shijiazhuang, Kamitsuki Yoshio, and requested him to send reinforcements.

Late night, Shijiazhuang.

After Shangyue Liangfu was awakened by the orderly, he learned about the situation in Jingxing.

After thinking for a while, I felt that what Yamashita Kenye said was right. Jingxing cannot be lost. There is still a reserve brigade in Shijiazhuang, and the two battalions of the 80th Regiment can be sent to Jingxing for support.

So Shangyue Liangfu made a prompt decision and quickly ordered the first and second battalions of the 80th Regiment to pack up and prepare to march to Jingxing.

At the same time, he contacted the commander of the 108th Division, Motojiro Taniguchi, informed him of the urgent situation in Jingxing, and requested him to send a battalion to Jingxing.

So, an hour later, Shijiazhuang and Yangquan respectively sent three battalions of Japanese troops to Jingxing.

At this time, Commander Lu, who was in Qingshiling, did not know the situation of the Japanese army. If Commander Lu knew that Yamashita Ken also had to take action, he would probably laugh.

Originally, they thought that they had to surround Jingxing County in order to make the Japanese troops in Shijiazhuang anxious and then send reinforcements. Unexpectedly, Yamashita Kenya actually helped them achieve this goal.

At the same time as the Japanese army left the city, the 395th Brigade outside Yangquan and the Eighth Route Army troops lurking around Shijiazhuang also received news that the Japanese army was reinforcing Jingxing.

Huang Hanjia, who was in command of the Seventh Division, was stunned when he received the news that the Japanese troops in Yangquan and Shijiazhuang had left the city to reinforce Jingxing.

Commander Lu works so fast!

Only one hour after the attack order was issued, the Japanese army began to send reinforcements.

Liu Ming was watching the current situation from the side and suddenly said to Huang Hanjia.

"We need to tell the Fourth District to slow down. It hasn't been long since the Japanese army started to reinforce. I'm afraid Commander Lu and his men are surrounding the county town and fighting fiercely now."

Huang Hanjia agreed with Liu Ming's words after hearing them, so he turned and spoke to the communicator.

"Ask Commander Lu and the others about the situation on the front line. It's only been an hour and the Japanese army has already sent reinforcements."

Qingshi Ridge.

After receiving Huang Hanjia's telegram, Commander Lu was a little confused.

What's going on? They just surrounded the mining area not long ago, and the other two regiments are still lying in ambush in the village outside the mining area. How come they started attacking the county town?

Immediately, Commander Lu realized that something unexpected might have happened in other directions, so he immediately sent the situation of the troops to the front-line command in Shijiazhuang.

After receiving Commander Lu's reply, Huang Hanjia began to frown.

Seeing that something was wrong with Old Huang's expression, Liu Ming immediately took the telegram and read it quickly.

When he saw that one of Commander Lu's regiments had just surrounded the mining area and the other two regiments were still waiting for reinforcements from the Japanese army in Jingxing City, Liu Ming was a little unsure for a moment.

Did the Japanese army know that they were planning to attack Shijiazhuang? Jingxing had just been attacked and the Japanese army began to send large-scale reinforcements.

Although the Japanese reinforcements at this time were in line with the military district's strategic deployment of ordering troops to encircle and reinforce the Japanese army and then annihilate it, no one dared to issue the order before figuring out the true intentions of the Japanese army.

They were afraid of falling into a trap set by the Japanese army. If the Japanese army used this reinforcement as bait and then launched a large-scale surprise attack, then an ambush would most likely turn into an encounter battle.