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Then, Commander Xiao spoke to the communicator waiting on the side.

"Xiao Li, call the military district back and tell them that our troops will immediately begin operations according to their instructions."

Go ahead and let the communicator go out and reply to the military district headquarters.

After the communicator left, the three began to perfect the entire combat plan based on their previous expectations.

After a period of discussion, Chief of Staff Cheng took the battle plan and immediately summoned the military commanders of the regiments to begin conveying the combat orders.

半个小时之后，第8、11、13、14、15、28团的团长和挺进军所属的三个独立支队的支队长全部聚集在临时的指挥部内，听着参谋长向他们传达作战命令。

Chief of Staff Cheng looked at the expectant eyes of the regiment commanders and detachment commanders below without saying anything more.

"As everyone knows, this is the first time our Advance Army has participated in such a large-scale operation as the main force of the military region."

"If your regiments fail me on the battlefield, don't blame me for causing trouble for you after the battle!"

After hearing the serious words of the chief of staff, the regimental commanders sat up straight and expressed that they would not hold back the military region.

Chief of Staff Cheng didn't say much and immediately began to assign tasks to each regiment.

To recapture Zhangjiakou this time, their Jirecha Advance Army was mobilized in full force.

Since its formation at the beginning of the year, they have been dealing with the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade. Now, taking advantage of the brigade's insufficient strength, they are trying to encircle and annihilate it. For a moment, everyone was a little excited.

After the chief of staff's explanation, everyone immediately understood their tasks.

In this operation, the 8th Regiment's mission was to capture the Xiahuayuan area before the battle began and cut off the connection between the Japanese troops in Xuanhua and Huailai.

The 11th Regiment was responsible for encircling and destroying the half of the Japanese Ordnance Battalion in Xuanhua Town, while the 13th Regiment was in charge of blocking the reinforcements of the Japanese battalion in Zhangjiakou City at Shalingzi.

At the same time, after the 13th Regiment exchanged fire with the Japanese troops coming out of Zhangjiakou, the Independent 1st Detachment and the 2nd Detachment quickly surrounded Zhangjiakou and cooperated with the 13th Regiment to eliminate the Japanese reinforcements.

As for the 14th and 15th Regiments, they surrounded Huailai, while the 28th Regiment and the Third Independent Detachment captured Tumu Town and Langshan area east of Huailai to prevent the Japanese troops in Yanqing from reinforcing Huailai.

After the order was issued, the regiments of the Advance Army immediately began to advance towards the designated combat areas according to their respective plans.

22 p.m.

After the 8th Regiment quickly captured Xiahuayuan, the 11th Regiment began to surround Xuanhua Town and then launched an attack on the Japanese troops in the town.

After being attacked by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese troops in Xuanhua Town immediately organized troops to counterattack.

Because the Eighth Route Army had a larger number of people and their weapons and equipment were not as good as those of the Tainan Military Region, after reorganization, most of the people in the entire regiment were still able to hold weapons.

At the same time, when the soldiers of the 11th Regiment approached the town, the homemade flying thunder cannons from the Tainan Military Region used the captured gasoline barrels to throw explosive packs into the town. The Japanese troops in Xuanhua Town were immediately thrown into chaos by the huge explosion.

Therefore, for a time, the casualties of the Japanese troops in Xuanhua Town began to surge.

As a result, the squadron leader of the Japanese army stationed in the town began to send telegrams requesting tactical guidance to the current temporary brigade commander, Colonel Kenkichi Mura, the former commander of the 1st Battalion.

Because Tsuneoka Kanji was killed by the 719th Regiment in Guangling area before, and the war in North China was urgent, the commander of the Mongolian Corps, Hasunuma Ban, who had already taken office, urgently appointed the captain of the 1st Battalion under the brigade, Mura Kenkichi, as the temporary brigade commander, responsible for the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade and the garrison in Zhangjiakou area.

Before the arrival of a new brigade commander, all affairs in the Zhangjiakou area were under the charge of Mura Kenji.

In Zhangjiakou, Cun Xianji, who had already fallen asleep, was awakened by the explosion outside the city when Xuanhua was attacked for the first time.

After all, Xuanhua is only one town away from Zhangjiakou, and the huge explosion of the bomb quickly woke up Cun Xianji.

When Mura Kenji woke up and heard the explosion outside the city, he immediately thought that Zhangjiakou had been surrounded by the Chinese army.

But he immediately realized that the signal came from the east, from the direction of Xuanhua where the First Battalion was stationed.

Mura Xianji immediately stood up and ordered the signalman to send a telegram to inquire about the situation in Xuanhua. At the same time, he ordered the Second Battalion to send a squadron and a regiment of the Imperial Army to assemble urgently, ready to reinforce Xuanhua at any time.

Not long after, Mura Xianji received a telegram from the locust army in Xuanhua. In the telegram, the captain of his third squadron reported to him that Xuanhua was attacked by the Chinese Eighth Route Army. Based on the gunshots, it was estimated that the attacking Eighth Route Army had no less than two thousand people.

At the same time, the Eighth Route Army was also equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, which continuously bombarded their squadron, and now the entire squadron suffered heavy casualties.

After seeing the telegram sent by the third squadron, Mura Kenji believed the first part, but when he saw the word heavy artillery, Mura Kenji cursed inwardly as an idiot.

This is not the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery. Where did the Eighth Route Army get its heavy artillery? It is still in Zhangjiakou, firing at the locust army.

It seems that Taro Shimada has lost his mind.

Before, Mura Xianji had also been attacked by the Eighth Route Army's inexplicable so-called "heavy artillery".

However, after fighting with the surrounding Eighth Route Army for a long time, they discovered that every time an explosion sounded, a huge explosive bag weighing more than ten pounds would fly from the Eighth Route Army's position towards the Locust Army.

Finally, Cun Xianji realized that the Eighth Route Army had used some unknown method to throw explosive packs at the locust army's positions from a long distance. The power of the explosion made many locust soldiers below mistakenly believe that it was the Chinese army's heavy artillery.

After Mura Kenji told the brigade commander about this discovery, he did not care. After all, as long as it was not a real heavy artillery, the so-called explosive pack, in Mura Kenji's eyes, was something with no technical content. If the Locust Army was asked to learn it, it would be a shame for the Locust Army.

After understanding the situation in Xuanhua, Mura Xianji immediately ordered a squadron of the Second Battalion to lead the Imperial Army to reinforce Xuanhua.