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At first, Kiyomi Shimizu did not pay attention to it. After all, the Eighth Route Army's plan to attack Shijiazhuang had already been known to the Japanese army in North China.

As the brigade commander, Shimizu Kiyomi was also aware that if his brigade went south to support Shijiazhuang, it would probably be intercepted by the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops on the way or even out of the city.

Therefore, when the Eighth Route Army troops appeared outside the city, Kiyomi Shimizu did not show any surprise, but instead began to order the troops to prepare for battle.

According to the report of the front-line observers, the Eighth Route Army troops that appeared outside the city of Yun County were about a regiment in size, and based on reconnaissance, it was very likely the main force of the 1st Division of the Eighth Route Army that had been encircled and suppressed by his own brigade and the locust army under the 110th Division.

After the troops under the command of Shimizu Kiyomi engaged in a firefight with the Eighth Route Army outside the city, news soon came from the North China Front Army Headquarters, ordering the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade to move south to Yangquan for assembly.

When he commanded his troops to leave the city and start fighting with the Eighth Route Army, Shimizu Kiyomi soon noticed the strangeness of the battlefield.

At present, the locust army of the entire brigade is probably over 3,000 people, which is equivalent to the number of Eighth Route Army troops blocking their own troops.

But as the battle went on, Shimizu Kiyomi began to realize that something was wrong. The number of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was increasing.

When the entire brigade's troops had completely left the city and were fighting with the troops of the regiment in the first division, at this time, suddenly a regiment of the Eighth Route Army appeared on both sides of the Japanese army and began to attack the Independent Mixed Brigade No. 4.

Since the Japanese army's main attacking force was always focused on the Eighth Route Army regiment in front of them, when the flanks were suddenly attacked by the Eighth Route Army, the entire brigade instantly became chaotic.

Realizing that something was wrong, Shimizu Kiyomi immediately changed the rear team to the front team, and then ordered the troops to withdraw immediately to Yu County.

Because the incident happened suddenly, when the entire brigade retreated into the city, Kiyomi Shimizu's face suddenly turned dark after counting the casualties and losses.

Half a month ago, due to a misunderstanding at night when the Eighth Route Army was encircling a division with the brigade under the 110th Division, his independent artillery battalion suffered heavy losses.

Now they were suddenly attacked by the Eighth Route Army when leaving the city. Now there are only two infantry battalions left in the entire brigade that can still fight.

Shimizu stood on the city wall, looking at the Eighth Route Army outside the city, which was out of the locust army's attack range. They were excitedly pushing the locust army's artillery and turning the muzzles towards him. Shimizu Kiyomi could no longer hold back, and began to draw her command knife and chop off the makeshift table next to her with one knife.

"idiot!"

"Eighth Route Army! This is too much!"

After venting his anger, Shimizu Kiyomi had no choice but to organize troops to defend the county town.

Commander Yang, who was outside the city, looked at the angry Japanese soldiers on the wall of Yu County and burst into laughter.

Then he turned to the guard beside him and said.

"Xiao Li, have the messenger send a message to headquarters. We have surrounded the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade in Yu County. Please ask the division commander whether to destroy this group of Japanese troops."

After hearing the commander's words, the guard immediately headed towards the communications squad that was operating with the military sub-district in the rear.

So when Taniguchi Motojiro received the request for help from the 132nd Regiment, he thought for a while, and then immediately sent a telegram to inquire about the situation of the Independent Mixed Brigade 4th in Yu County.

When Taniguchi Motojiro received the telegram from Shimizu Kiyomi, he immediately became worried.

I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy about the plans of Itagaki and Doihara Kenji.