It's just that he hasn't waited for Li Ziyuan to be happy for too long, and the messenger sent by the Wangjiagou battlefield over there made his good mood fly away all at once. The current situation in Wangjiagou is not optimistic, and a large number of Japanese puppet troops dispatched from Pingchuan have already arrived. Under the cover of two mortars of the puppet army and one 92 infantry gun of the Japanese army, reinforcements are being made to the Wangjiagou battlefield with all their might.

This time, the Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan was almost dispatched, except for a small number of Japanese troops and a small group of puppet troops left in Pingchuan, most of the troops were withdrawn. Together with the reinforcements from Hubei County overnight, a squad of the baggage wing of the 36th Division of the Japanese army, and two engineer squadrons of the engineer wing reinforced the Wangjiagou battlefield together.

It's not that the Wangjiagou stronghold is strategically important to the entire eastern mountainous area of Hubei. In fact, as a support point for the Japanese puppet army to penetrate into the eastern mountainous area of Hubei, as well as a base for advancing and starting from, Wangjiagou is far less important than the Qiaokou line. But the crux of the matter is not how important it is.

Rather, after the summer sweep, the Japanese puppet army believed that the entire Eighth Route in the Ludong area had been defeated and had lost its ability to threaten along the Baijin Railway. Therefore, in this winter sweep, the entire Ludong area was not regarded as a key sweeping area by the Japanese army. Li Ziyuan's attack this time made the Japanese puppet army in Hubei feel that the Eighth Road in Hubei had a tendency to resurge.

Under the situation of the shortage of its own troops, the Japanese puppet army also set up three new strongholds in the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei, just to play the role of a bridgehead and create conditions for its own blockade plan. The loss of these three bridgeheads will have a great impact on the next plan of the Japanese army in the Ludong area.

At the same time, the large army is also in the entire southeast of Jinjin, the Taihang base area is carried out a winter sweep, this in the north of the Hubei is temporarily useless, but it is uncertain when the supply line needs to be unblocked. It is also very important for the Japanese puppet army that is still wandering around the Taihang Mountains in the southeast of Shanxi.

Therefore, under the condition that the main force of the division is still in the Taihang Mountains, it is temporarily unable to draw troops to help. According to the order of the chief of staff of the 36th Division, the Japanese puppet army in Hubei can be regarded as taking out the old capital. In particular, the garrison team can be said to be fully dispatched this time, and the so-called Japanese army advisers personally went into battle to command the rescue of the Wangjiagou frontline.

Maybe it's because the rescue mission is very important, Wang Tieshi, who is worried about slippery heads, is playing tricks on the battlefield, or some other reason. This time, the main force of the puppet army in Hubei was dispatched, but Wang Tieshi, who was the captain of the joint garrison of Ludong and Hubei, was thrown aside by the Japanese army this time.

After the Japanese puppet army came into contact with He Sanliang, it used more than ten light and heavy machine guns and artillery fire to launch a fierce attack on He Sanliang's blocking position. and tried to divide his troops many times to outflank He Sanliang's blocking position. When Li Ziyuan fought fiercely in the direction of Donglinkou and Hejiayu, He Sanliang's side also fell into a bitter battle.

Knowing that Li Ziyuan's side has entered a critical moment, if his side can't stick the Japanese puppet army dispatched from Pingchuan firmly on the line from Qiaokou to Wangjiagou, and let this Japanese puppet army pull out, it is very likely that Li Ziyuan's side will fall short. Organized troops along the mountains and engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese puppet army.

After receiving Li Ziyuan's order to block for at least eight hours, this battle was so difficult for He Sanliang. The intensive firepower of the Japanese puppet army, as well as the repeated attacks with the Japanese army as the backbone and the puppet army as the main force, made He Sanliang, who was far less powerful than the Japanese puppet army, fight extremely hard.

This time, He Sanliang blocked the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army, and he was no longer as calm as when he blocked the Japanese puppet army in Qiaokou on the first day. After fighting hard for several hours, He Sanliang, who suffered a lot of losses in the face of the onslaught of the Japanese puppet army, received the ammunition and captured machine guns sent by Li Ziyuan, and learned that Li Ziyuan's side had been finished.

Immediately send a competent correspondent to ask for instructions that the Wangjiagou battlefield has become a chicken rib, and under the situation that the Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan is fully reinforced, there is no need to maintain the Wangjiagou battlefield at present, is it not to take advantage of the opportunity that the Japanese puppet army on the northern front has been cleared to withdraw the siege from Wangjiagou?

After receiving He Sanliang's report, Li Ziyuan hesitated. Immediately divide the troops in his hands into two, and Zhang Zijian will lead a reinforced company to control the line from Hejiayu to Donglinkou Road, and immediately organize manpower to dismantle the Donglinkou stronghold. And move in the direction of the fallen horse, looking for an opportunity to take away the fallen stronghold. He took two companies and rushed towards the flank of the Wangjiagou battlefield.

Before leaving, Li Ziyuan took out his notebook and quickly wrote a letter to the leaders of the military sub-district, dispatched one of his best correspondents, and immediately rushed to Ludong to report to the leaders of the military sub-district. Li Ziyuan's meaning is very clear, the main force of the Japanese puppet army in Hubei has been basically pulled out by himself. On the side of the military division, it is now possible to act according to the plan.

After sending out the correspondents, Li Ziyuan immediately took the two companies in his hands, one company for himself and one company for Ma Yongcheng, and did not take the road at all, and directly leaned towards the flank of the Wangjiagou battlefield. At this time, there was no longer any need to care about the arrangement of troops. As long as he can rush to the Wangjiagou battlefield before the Japanese puppet army breaks through He Sanliang's blockade, it will be a victory.

Li Ziyuan, with reinforcements, was rapidly retreating to the Wangjiagou battlefield. He Sanliang over there fought very hard. The Japanese puppet army dispatched from Pingchuan almost exerted all their strength in order to ensure that these three strongholds penetrated deep into the mountainous areas of eastern Hubei. Under the supervision of the Japanese army and the cover of artillery fire, the puppet army participating in the battle was forced to launch a group offensive.

The Japanese army divided its troops into two routes, constantly adopting shallow, deep and roundabout tactics, trying to cut off the connection between He Sanliang's department and Wangjiagou. Facing the bitter battle on He Sanliang's side, Wangjiagou's Zeng Sheng was slow to move. If it weren't for Chang Juan sitting there, I'm afraid Zeng Sheng would have withdrawn the siege without authorization.

It's not that Zeng Sheng is timid, it's the dense gunfire from He Sanliang's side that makes him feel that fighting so hard can only be a loss of strength in vain. Although his troops captured the equipment of the Japanese puppet army in Wangjiagou, the current equipment is still too poor. The number of bullets has also not been greatly replenished.

If the Japanese puppet army breaks through He Sanliang's resistance, then it is really fatal for himself who is far from recovering at the moment, when Li Ziyuan was the captain and battalion commander. He did not think that his troops now had the ability and capital to confront the Japanese puppet army head-on.

After the Japanese puppet army in the direction of Pingchuan was dispatched, Zeng Sheng repeatedly suggested that He Sanliang should withdraw the siege now and move closer to Li Ziyuan's side. But He Sanliang insisted that the blocking here was extremely critical to the overall situation. Before getting a new order from Li Ziyuan, there must be no retreat.

Although Liu Yanlai, who is currently the political commissar of the county brigade, is not in place, Chang Juan, who has been fully authorized by Liu Yanlai, also supports He Sanliang's attitude. Although Chang Juan said that he did not understand military affairs, Li Ziyuan said when he was about to divide the troops, whether the line from Wangjiagou to Qiaokou could hold back the Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan and Qiaokou was the key to the success or failure of the entire battle.

Once this side cannot effectively hold back the Japanese puppet army in the two places, let the Japanese puppet army in these two places free up their hands to go north. Then the entire battle plan this time is not only in danger of complete failure. The troops participating in the battle from Hejiayu to Donglinkou in the north will also face the danger of being attacked on their backs.

Li Ziyuan's words, Chang Juan remembered very clearly, she insisted that before getting Li Ziyuan's order, the Wangjiagou battlefield must not give up. Faced with the tough attitude of He Sanliang and Chang Juan, as well as He Sanliang's practice of sending a correspondent to find the main force, Zeng Sheng finally chose to acquiesce.

However, Zeng Sheng only agreed to transfer the platoon left by Li Ziyuan to him under the command of He Sanliang. For the time being, his own county brigade will not consider participating in the blocking operation. And Zeng Sheng also made certain adjustments when he was deployed. withdrew most of the troops to the periphery of Wangjiagou.

Only two squads were left in front to reinforce part of the base militia, and the siege tactics continued. Zeng Sheng did this, and put his county brigade in a posture of advancing and retreating. Once He Sanliang's side could not withstand the onslaught of the Japanese puppet army, his side could immediately withdraw to Beishan and retreat along Beishan to the deep mountainous area east of Wangjiagou.

Chang Juan was extremely dissatisfied with Zeng Sheng's approach, but He Sanliang laughed. He knew that after receiving his report, Li Ziyuan would definitely adjust his deployment in the shortest possible time. Although the current resistance battle is hard to fight, after all, it has not yet reached the end of the mountain.

I was holding out for two to three hours, and there was no big problem when Li Ziyuan's reinforcements arrived. Li Ziyuan sent someone to send him a thousand rounds of ammunition at this time, as well as a light machine gun, indicating that the battle on his side should be going relatively smoothly. He Sanliang clearly knew that as long as Li Ziyuan's side successfully resolved the battle, the whole situation would be completely alive.

At present, he and the Japanese puppet army will see who can survive the last few hours. Whoever can survive will win this battle. Not to mention that he still has a certain amount of troops in his hands, even if he runs out, as long as he can reverse the entire territory of Hubei, it is worth it to be passive since the summer anti-sweeping operation.

The differences here, Li Ziyuan, who was leading the troops to march towards this side, didn't know it at the moment. But knowing that the situation was critical, he kept urging the troops to speed up their actions. It was not until he had already arrived at the position that he was only a mountain away from the Wangjiagou battlefield that Li Ziyuan ordered his troops to immediately disperse and prepare for battle.

After approaching the battlefield, Li Ziyuan did not take immediate action. Instead, they left the troops and quickly ascended the mountain on their own. After arriving at the top of the mountain, when Li Ziyuan raised his telescope to observe the mountain, he found that there were nearly 300 Japanese puppet troops under the mountain. More than 100 Japanese troops and nearly 300 puppet army troops made Li Ziyuan's brows furrow slightly.

Looking at the strength of the Japanese puppet army under the mountain and the light and heavy weapons dispatched by the Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan knew that this was the Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan. Putting down the telescope in his hand, Li Ziyuan quickly formed a battle plan in his heart. At present, the focus of the Japanese puppet army is in the east, which means that their main attack direction is the hills that He Sanliang is firmly defending.

This is a rather difficult opportunity for yourself. What I have to do is not to eliminate how many Japanese puppet troops there are, but to give the Japanese puppet army under the mountain a blow in the shortest possible time. Now there are two heavy machine guns in his hand, although the strength is about the same as that of the Japanese puppet army, but Li Ziyuan, who is much better equipped with weapons, is very confident.

After going down the mountain, Li Ziyuan called He Huizhang beside him and told him directly, and after contacting the Japanese puppet army on the other side of the mountain for a while, his task was to go straight to the enemy's artillery position regardless of other directions. As long as it is a mortar that takes away the Japanese puppet army, he congratulates the chapter and wins.