Shannan County.

Ye Feng, accompanied by Guo Weiquan and Chu Tianyuan, was checking the training situation of the soldiers. On a huge training ground in the eastern suburbs of the city, the soldiers' voices were shocking.

Standing attentively, resting, and walking in unison, the soldiers' training was in full swing. Not far from the training ground, the willow trees beside a small river had begun to sprout tender buds. Spring has quietly arrived, and the soldiers' training has been for several months.

In addition to daily training, the soldiers also conduct live-fire training. Every soldier now has a very good marksmanship, which is the result of consuming a large amount of bullets.

"Chief Staff Guo and Deputy Brigade Commander Chu, your achievements are good. The soldiers are very good in terms of their mental outlook and training. Thank you for your hard work," Ye Feng praised.

Guo Weiquan and Chu Tianyuan were responsible for the construction of the troops. The two were responsible for the training of the troops. They were praised by Ye Feng. The two were also very happy and happy.

The three infantry regiments, even tank regiments, artillery regiments, and Ye Fengdu inspected them one by one and carefully watched the soldiers' training.

Independent Travel Department.

Ye Feng spent several days in inspection work. After inspecting the artillery regiment this morning, he returned to the Independent Brigade and Tourism Department in Shannan County in the afternoon.

"Chief Guo, our troops are almost done. I think it's just a little lacking in practical experience. You should quickly formulate a combat plan. It's time to ask the Japanese to train their troops."

After the establishment of the Independent Brigade, it only fought with the 6th Division of the Japanese Army and fought fiercely on the east defense line for a few days. Ye Feng felt that the actual experience of the soldiers was not enough. If you want to improve your combat effectiveness, you still have to train from actual combat.

When he heard that he was going to find the Japanese to train soldiers, Chief of Staff Guo immediately said happily: "Building, don't worry, we will make a training plan immediately and report to you immediately after it is formulated."

"Yeah." Ye Feng nodded.

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The Independent Brigade is formulating a training plan and preparing to find the Japanese to practice. However, the Japanese are not at ease and are also making plans to take action against the Independent Brigade again.

The Independent Brigade has brought shame to the Japanese devils several times, and drowned nearly a thousand Japanese 6th Division not long ago. Matsui Ishien had long hated Ye Feng. As long as he had the chance, he would cause trouble for the Independent Brigade.

At present, the Japanese Central China Front Army had basically no major war. Matsui Ishione divided some of his energy and personally ordered the General Staff of the Central China Front Army to draw troops to prepare for an attack on the independent brigade.

It is absolutely impossible to directly attack the Independent Brigade from the east. The 6th Division has learned a lesson here, with heavy casualties, and the Independent Brigade's east defense line is too solid.

If you attack from the other sides, it will be a vast mountainous area with dense forests and rugged mountain roads. The Japanese's heavy equipment cannot be passed through, and it is very difficult to replenish supplies. Sending light infantry from the mountainous area to attack the independent brigade is definitely the worst strategy.

However, now there is no good solution, Matsui Ishione is preparing to adopt this bad strategy and is drawing troops to attack independent brigades from several directions based on infantry brigades. The troops participating in the attack will reach the scale of seven brigades.

Matsui Ishigen is also betting on the combat effectiveness of the Independent Brigade. In Matsui Ishigen's view, the Independent Brigade is newly established after all. Although its weapons are relatively advanced, its combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the elite infantry he selected from various divisions.

This time, the seven infantry brigades involved in the attack were all from the Japanese A-type divisions, and they had strong combat power. However, because from the mountainous attacking independent brigade, each infantry brigade was light equipment and did not carry heavy equipment. It was mainly equipped with Type 38 rifles, and was equipped with some crooked machine guns and grenade launchers. In addition, it was equipped with a small number of small-caliber mortars.

February 25, 1938.

The Japanese Central China Front Army dispatched seven field infantry brigades, entered the mountainous areas from different directions, and began to attack the independent brigade.

The Japanese seven field infantry brigades have no fewer troops than the independent brigades in terms of number, and they are all elite Japanese troops. Matsui Ishione selected from various master regiments, with a strong style and rich experience. Each unit is basically led by the Japanese Nakasa, or even the colonel himself.

Pingyuan County.

The Independent Brigade Tank Regiment has been stationed here for a while. More than ten kilometers south of the city, there is a huge training ground. It is not crowded and remote. In the past, a few ordinary people here have moved away.

On the training ground, tanks and armored vehicles were conducting off-road training. At the edge of the training ground, near the foot of the mountain, there were rows of barracks.

The captain of the tank regiment, Sun Yougen, looks in his thirties, with the rank of colonel, and a military talent exchanged from the "Nuwa" system, and is proficient in the training and combat of armored troops.

Looking at the thousands of soldiers under him, after just a few months, there have been earth-shaking changes. Most of these soldiers were recruited by the new soldiers a few months ago, with only about one hundred of them being veterans.

The soldiers train during the day and at night, and have to study culturally. Specialized people teach some cultural knowledge, as well as some specialized knowledge about tanks and armored vehicles.

With the combination of training and learning, and Sun Yougen is in control of the overall situation, the tank regiment is already well-behaved at this time, and what is lacking is only actual combat. Most of the soldiers in the regiment have not yet killed the Japanese.

Accompanied by a deputy regiment commander, Sun Yougen was holding a telescope and staring at a team of tanks in the distance. The tanks were speeding, and the speeding tanks looked very beautiful as the terrain rolled.

The tank regiment was equipped with American Sherman tanks. This tank was one of the largest tanks in World War II. It has very balanced performance and is very convenient to maintain.

"Captain, it would be great if we could fight the Japanese. We have been training for several months. The soldiers are very hard-working and they have long wanted to go to the battlefield." said the deputy commander next to him.

"Don't worry, we will go to the battlefield soon. The brigade headquarters is already formulating a combat plan, with the purpose of finding Japanese soldiers to train." Sun Yougen said.

"That's great. When I go to the battlefield, I will drive the tank to fight the Japanese in person." The deputy commander said happily.

The two of them were chatting while watching the training of the soldiers in the distance.

A captain company commander ran over quickly and reported loudly: "Captain, our peripheral sentry found a team of Japanese soldiers who had appeared east of Shicaomen Town and were coming towards Shicaomen Town. The Japanese soldiers were all light infantry, about an infantry brigade."

Shicaomen Town is an entire town on the east side of Pingyuan County. Less than ten kilometers east of the town, there are more than a dozen small stone hills forming a natural barrier. Among them, in the middle of these hills, there seems to be a piece between two hills, forming a passage dozens of meters wide and east-west, like a stone trough.

To the east of Shicaomen Town, the terrain is flat and to the west of Shicaomen Town, the terrain begins to fluctuate. In Shicaomen Town, the tank regiment stationed a tank company, equipped with six tanks and three armored vehicles, serving as current guards.

There are so many Japanese soldiers, and there are about a thousand infantry brigade, and they are all light infantrymen. What are these Japanese soldiers here for?

"Quickly, assemble the troops, and also send a report to the brigade immediately."

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