That night, in the land of North China, a small mountain village called Honghecao was stationed in front of the command post of the Jinchaji Military Region, the command post in front of the 129 Division was stationed in Shiguai Village, the command post in front of the 120 Division was stationed in the Caijiaya Yard of Xingxian County, and the eighth route army headquarters in Wang Jiayu was in a tense atmosphere before the war.

At 2200 hours, the regiments launched an attack in accordance with the unified regulations. Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping stayed up all night in the division command post. At dawn, they began to send good news to the headquarters: 129 division left-wing strike team Chen Geng brigade captured Lujiazhuang west of Shouyang, including four bunkers, and completely occupied Lujiazhuang station southwest of Shouyang, destroying all railways and bridges within 10 mile west of the station. Chen Lu Zheng Tuan attacked the enemy near Yangquan, fought fiercely with more than 400 enemies for 2 hours, defeated the enemy, killed more than half of the enemy, and seized 6 light machine guns and more than 60 rifles.

He Long commanded 120 Division to attack Yangqu, Xinxian, Shuoxian and Ningwu sections of Tongpu Railway. In the evening, he called the headquarters: Zhang Zongxun's brigade gathered at Dongkang's home in Jingle to defend the enemy, killing more than 200 people and capturing more than Japanese troops 10, and many prisoners. ...

Peng has been waiting patiently at the headquarters and receiving good news. He feels excited and gratified.