Li Ziyuan originally thought that after the Japanese puppet army lost his trace, it would adopt the tactics of air-ground reconnaissance and outflanking him in multiple ways. But he didn't expect that he had always been stingy with troops. When calculating the strength of troops, it is even calculated at the level of subordinate detachments of the squad. It can be said that the Japanese army, which is known for being extremely meticulous, would actually adopt this tactic of pulling the net to investigate the people and money.

The Japanese army adopted the tactics of multi-way siege, but Li Ziyuan was not afraid. The efficiency and speed of the actions of the Japanese puppet armies of all walks of life are absolutely impossible to be the same. As long as there is a time difference, you can find a gap to stand out. But this kind of stupid method that seems to be a waste of time and troops, except for fighting hard, Li Ziyuan has no other way to deal with it.

The dragnet sweep is like the kind of fishing nets that used particularly small mesh and a considerable area in later generations. Dragged by two boats, fishing in a narrow stretch of water. As long as the fish in this water, even the small shrimp, it is difficult to escape. In later generations, the original abundant fish products in China's coastal waters were all beaten by this salvage method, and they were about to be cut off.

What's more, in the Shangdang Basin, which is large in its own right. Although the Japanese army adopted this tactic as a bit of a waste of troops, it was difficult for them to escape if they were not careful. I don't know if those fishermen in China in later generations learned the way of fishing from devils. Take the tactics of the devil to deal with the Eighth Route Army, and deal with the fish in the sea in a few decades.

Li Ziyuan, who was ready to fight against the water, came to a house on the edge of the village after quickly getting out of the house. While opening the window and looking out cautiously, he pressed the bullet in his fast and slow plane. And explained to He Sanliang that he must keep the troops hidden. No shots were allowed from a distance of thirty meters without an order.

The troops who received Li Ziyuan's order pulled out the safety on the gun and put the * neatly by their side. The back cover made in the Northeast has been unscrewed, and the torch rope has been pulled out. Some fighters even held * tightly in their hands, and the small circle at the end of the arquebus was already on their index fingers.

None of the smokers in the whole group smoked now, and they didn't even cough. The whole village was quiet, and all the villagers had been covered by Li Ziyuan's department. Although it was not possible to evacuate them at the moment, they were all placed in the safest positions in the village.

In this netting operation of the Japanese army, the mesh was quite small. And they came in this direction when they went out of the city, which means that they have figured out Li Ziyuan's approximate whereabouts. Looking at the slow but resolute actions of the Japanese army, Li Ziyuan knew that the covert actions he made the night before were very likely not to hide from the Japanese army.

The current situation makes Li Ziyuan ready to fight a tough battle. Just when the Japanese puppet army that pulled the net towards Li Ziyuan's location was still more than 100 meters away from the village. Several mountain shells came from the Japanese artillery positions and landed accurately into the village.

With the explosion of several mountain shells, the Japanese heavy machine guns also swept over. Seeing that the Japanese army began to test the firepower, Li Ziyuan gave the order to die. Even if the shell falls on the top of the head, it is not allowed to make a single movement. But don't stop the villagers from crying, and tell the villagers that the louder the crying, the better.

After the Japanese heavy machine guns were fired for a while, they found that there was no eight-way return fire in the village. And the shouts of the common people crying for their fathers and mothers in the village made these Japanese puppet soldiers turn around and leave Li Ziyuan's hidden village and continue to search eastward. Seeing the Japanese puppet army turn around and leave, the stone in Li Ziyuan's heart fell to the ground slightly.

Before the Japanese army bombarded this village, Li Ziyuan thought that his whereabouts were exposed. But now, the shells fired by the Japanese army were just a test of firepower. The firepower of the 92 heavy machine gun, which fired hundreds of rounds, was also a test.

Li Ziyuan, who breathed a sigh of relief, knew that he had won the bet this time. When the Japanese opened fire, he ordered his troops not to return fire. In addition to preparing to let the Japanese army get close and fight again, there is also a very important point that he is betting. The gambling Japanese army knew their approximate whereabouts, but they didn't know that they were hiding in this small village not far from Hubei County.

The Japanese army withdrew, and he won the bet this time. After the Japanese puppet army gradually advanced eastward, Li Ziyuan came down from the house he set up as an observation post. He Sanliang reported to him that the Japanese artillery shells that fell just now. It only blew up a few houses and wounded a dozen fighters hiding in the houses.

But fortunately, except for one leg fracture, the rest were minor injuries that did not affect movement. As for the two houses in the center of the village, which were hidden by the villagers, they did not suffer any damage because the Japanese shells did not hit. The cry of the villagers before was not because there were casualties, but because they were really frightened.

He Sanliang asked for instructions, whether to continue to hide in this village, or to use the main force of the Japanese puppet army to advance eastward now, and the troops immediately moved to find a gap and strive to jump out. However, He Sanliang suggested that the troops should continue to hide and wait here until the troops who raided Changzhi converged.

Regarding He Sanliang's suggestion, Li Ziyuan opened the map and took a closer look, then tapped a dot on the map with his fingers and said, "Lao He, you can't stay here any longer." I estimate that after the Japanese army has swooped down to the east, it will definitely turn around and come from the east to the west. ”

Li Ziyuan's idea, He Sanliang thought it was true. But in which direction, He Sanliang had no idea for a while. But compared to He Sanliang, who has no idea at the moment, Li Ziyuan is an old god. After Liu Lianming came back and reported the situation to him, Li Ziyuan set off with the troops without saying a word.

His destination this time is very clear, that is, he is now from Hubei County to the eastern mountainous area, casting a net everywhere to find the starting place of their Japanese puppet army, that is, Hubei County, where they had just visited the day before. Including He Sanliang and Qian Peng, no one thought that Li Ziyuan would once again sneak attack Hubei County in such a short period of time.

Those who were familiar with Li Ziyuan did not expect it, so as his opponent, the Japanese puppet army did not expect it. Li Ziyuan, a bold guy, actually dared to turn around and attack their lair again when they were surrounded and suppressed by heavy troops. At this time, in Hubei County, there were only a small team of Japanese troops plus more than 300 puppet soldiers transferred from Changzhi.

The rest of the Japanese puppet army is searching for Li Ziyuan's troops everywhere in the mountains. And the Japanese puppet army that searched for him did not expect that the target they had searched for with them was once close at hand. If they sent even one person into the village, the whereabouts of Li Ziyuan's department would be exposed.

This time, Li Ziyuan asked the former puppet army prisoners who joined the army who didn't have time to change their military uniforms to change their clothes with the company. With a series of leads, he quickly marched towards Hubei County again. This time, the Japanese army transferred all the defenders in Hubei County to the city. In the stronghold outside the city, there was hardly a single soldier left.

And this time, Li Ziyuan took the lead with a company dressed up as a puppet army, and swaggered once again to the east gate of Hubei County. Li Ziyuan is still in Bo this time, and his puppet army in Bo was transferred from Changzhi, and it is not the same as the puppet army originally stationed in Hubei. They are not familiar with each other, so they can fish in troubled waters.

One company disguised itself as the vanguard, while the rest of the troops followed behind. The Japanese puppet army guarding the city gate thought that they were Hubei puppet troops who were transferred back from the mountains, and they didn't regard them as enemies at all. Although they were also cautious and asked them to send a commander to interrogate, Liu Lianming, who came forward, still succeeded in deceiving the defenders at the city gate.

After arriving at the city gate, a company cleanly disarmed the puppet army. The two Japanese soldiers who tried to resist stubbornly were stabbed into a hornet's nest with bayonets before they could shoot. After a company captured the city gate, Li Ziyuan commanded the main force to follow quickly.

Entering the county seat again, Li Ziyuan's movements were quite fast. After interrogating the prisoners of the puppet army, he still used a company as the vanguard to penetrate directly into the assembly area of the puppet army. The puppet army newly transferred to Hubei County can almost be said to be bloodless, and the more than 300 puppet troops who have just been transferred to the defense have been disarmed.

As for the Japanese squad, after being caught off guard and being defeated by half of its strength, it hurriedly withdrew into the courtyard of the original Japanese military police. In fact, the battered and dilapidated yard can no longer be used as a fortification. But for the Japanese army, after all, there is a cover.

Seeing the Japanese troops retreating to this courtyard, they were still desperately trying to resist. Li Ziyuan did not hesitate at all, and directly ordered the artillery to open fire. He didn't want to be delayed for too long because of the less than thirty Japanese soldiers, let alone increase the casualty figure here. After a few shots, the courtyard was completely reduced to a pile of rubble, along with the Japanese troops inside.

After taking Hubei County again, Li Ziyuan did not evacuate in a hurry this time, but put on a posture of stubborn defense. And all the puppet army prisoners were driven out of the city in batches and released on the spot, and it was extremely rare that none of them were left. Li Ziyuan's posture is incomprehensible to almost all people.

He Sanliang wanted to ask Li Ziyuan about his true intentions, but Li Ziyuan didn't say anything. It was only ordered that all the captured loot should be transported first. Then, he ordered the troops to make a big fanfare, in front of the prisoners who were dismissed on the spot, and constantly strengthen the fortifications of the city. The east gate, which was destroyed by shells, was completely blocked from the inside with stones and sandbags.

The remaining three gates, except for the north gate, were blocked with some carts. The other two gates are only the west gate, which is not very strong. The south gate not only used sandbags or stones, but even demolished the pseudo-Hubei County Police Station and the Japanese military police. All the materials that were dismantled were used at the South Gate. Even outward, most of the people in the county were evacuated.

On the only main road in the middle of the county, many garrison fire points were built with sandbags and bricks. Most of the houses had their courtyard walls opened, and improvised ladders were erected to connect the adjacent houses. Li Ziyuan asked people to pull the second seized gasoline barrel, including all the gasoline inside, to Beicheng.

Li Ziyuan's stubborn posture made all the cadres and soldiers a little puzzled. The Eighth Route Army has never paid attention to the gains and losses of one city or one place, and it can almost be said that it has never fought such a battle to defend the city. Li Ziyuan is doing the opposite, what is he thinking? Isn't he afraid that he will be surrounded by the Japanese puppet army with superior troops, and the whole army will be annihilated when the time comes?

It's just that Li Ziyuan, no matter how Qian Peng and He Sanliang asked, just smiled and assured everyone that he would never do that kind of stupid thing. Ask him more, and say nothing. It's just that his orders are issued one after another, and the people below can only carry them out with confusion.