Chapter 141: Before the artillery battle began, the bombers took off.

The role of the Japanese 26th Brigade was to stabilize northern Shanxi and Suiyuan, and to fill the gap in troop strength between the North China Expeditionary Army and the Kwantung Army. If it were to be brought over to confront Zhang Xian head-on, it would inevitably affect the deployment in the Northwest region.

This division was the first three-unit division, consisting of three infantry regiments.

It commanded the 11th, 12th, and 13th Infantry Regiments, with the 11th Infantry Regiment already within Zhang Xian's encirclement and firmly under his control.