Speaking of this, Liu Yan came to look at Li Ziyuan before continuing: "If you can get this batch of food, at least you don't have to rack your brains to find a way to ensure the food supply of your troops." With these tens of thousands of stone grain in hand, your brother doesn't have to be sad all day long. ”

"Dude, didn't you say that last year's drought was even worse? Only when you have food in your hands can you not panic in your heart. How about it, can we find a way to get this batch of food? When the time comes, the two of us will split it in half. You know that devils don't eat coarse grains, so this batch of grain shipped to Taiyuan is fine grain except for a small part. ”

"The grain stored in Changzhi City, we have no way to break through the fortified Changzhi City. But the grain that the devil transports by rail, we have to think of a way. The devil is eating and drinking over there, we're hungry here, can your brother watch it? ”

"The troops in your hands now are not a battalion at the beginning, but a regimental unit of five companies. Lao Zeng's newly formed Hubei County Brigade is in a worse situation than yours now, and it is far from forming combat effectiveness at present. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to you to strike the wooden clock. ”

After listening to the two pieces of information provided by Liu Yanlai, he was also anxious about the food problem at this time, and he couldn't take care of Li Ziyuan, who was a sworn enemy of Tsuruta Nuan, and was quite interested in the second information. After pondering for a while, he said, "Okay, just do it." ”

"In this way, the two of us will work together. You get the exact time when the train will pass through Hubei, and at the same time be ready for the mobilization of migrant workers. If this grain is in its hands, it must be transferred in the shortest possible time. Your brother is right, why are the devils over there with big fish and meat, we can't even eat melon paste and rice here? ”

"At present, our situation is so difficult, and food is so tight, why should we feed these two-legged beasts with this precious food? Snatching the people's food, I Li Ziyuan can't do it. can rob the food that these little devils snatched from us, and I, Li Ziyuan, are absolutely unambiguous. ”

"But your brother must remember that this information must be accurate, and there must be no mistakes. The current vitality of our troops is far from recovering, and we absolutely cannot afford to toss it. If you kid doesn't figure out the situation, if I act rashly, it will kill me. ”

"Also, you try to find a way to find out if you can find someone who can play explosives or work as a miner among the Henan refugees who have entered Hubei. I'm in dire need of talent right now, and it's too much trouble to fight railroads without explosives. Also, I need all the information about the puppet army in Hubei right now. ”

After Li Ziyuan nodded, Liu Yanlai nodded without hesitation: "Okay, I'll find a way to solve the problem of intelligence and migrant workers." Your request is not high, I think among the tens of thousands of refugees in the entire Hubei territory, as long as you are patient to find it, there should be no problem. It's really not good, Lao Tzu will go to Changzhi and Taiyuan to find it for you. ”

Liu Yanlai's attitude froze Li Ziyuan. Looking at Liu Yanlai, who had a firm attitude, Li Ziyuan touched his chin and said, "Then it's decided, you go to get the intelligence, and I'll take care of the rest." However, you also have to be mentally prepared, and I will start to set up some arrangements in advance. ”

In response to Li Ziyuan's answer, after Liu Yanlai nodded, he suddenly remembered something: "You pick a few people with the best skills for me, and equip them with good guns and some bullets." I've got to find a way to get rid of Liang De, this guy caused us too much damage in the last sweep. ”

"This guy has recruited so many cadres to go into the water and mutiny this time, and the situation that the entire Hubei County has finally opened up has almost been ruined in his hands. Most of the food and materials that had been fortified were found by him and destroyed by the Japanese puppet army. He is the first batch of cadres in Hubei, and he is so familiar with us that he is almost unguardable. ”

"Even the Ludong County Party Committee and the Prefectural Party Committee have also suffered considerable losses. In this anti-sweeping operation, our Ludong Prefectural Committee, the sacrificed propaganda minister can be said to be sacrificed in the hands of this guy. It was precisely this guy who led the Japanese puppet army and outflanked the back road of your current army that caused such a big loss. ”

"After the end of the Japanese army's summer sweep, the military division's hoe and traitor department tried to get rid of this guy several times, but they were unsuccessful. I was also worried too much at the time, if we could get rid of him firmly, maybe we wouldn't have suffered such a big loss in this sweep. This guy is too cunning and knows and is too familiar with us. If we don't kill him, we'll have no rest. ”

"Recently, this guy has been carrying more than a dozen plainclothes agents, with the assistance of several traitors, and has always been operating around several newly established strongholds of the Japanese puppet army in the mountainous areas east of Hubei, specifically identifying people who have gone out from the mountains to the plains. In just this period of time, several traffic officers of our county party committee and prefectural party committee have been exposed and arrested. ”

"Just last month, a cadre who went to the Taiyue Military Region through Hubei was also identified by this guy. If it weren't for the alertness of our escort personnel and the rescue of this cadre when the puppet army started, the loss would have been too great. This guy stays and is definitely a hidden danger for us. ”

"I'm looking for a chance to get rid of this guy and solve our troubles once and for all. Even if I, Liu Yanlai, sacrifice, as long as I can get rid of this guy, it will be worth it to reopen the secret communication line in Hubei. But I don't have a suitable person in my hands, and you know Lao Zeng's county brigade, at least at the moment, I can't find this kind of person. ”

Liu Lianming's idea made Li Ziyuan ponder. After pondering for a while, he said, "It's not appropriate for you to do this." In this way, you send me someone who is familiar with him, and I will let Liu Lianming solve this guy. This guy is cunning, we have to kill with one hit. Otherwise, if you don't do it once, if you want to find this guy again, you can only go to Hubei County. ”

"Getting rid of him is not only to solve the troubles, but also to give a warning to the other guys who were dragged into the water by him. There are also warnings from some unstable elements within us. Now we are in the most difficult period, and some bad trends must be stopped. ”

"Lao Liu, you have some problems that others can't say, only I can. Chang Juan didn't come today, just the two of us. Let me tell you again, there are some things that you must not be merciful about. If you had listened to me at the beginning, why would you be so troubled now? The easiest thing for a fortress to be breached is to be breached inside, so I don't need to teach you this sentence. ”

"Now our own conditions are so difficult that in many places we don't even have enough to eat. Coupled with the seduction of Japanese puppet military money and beautiful women, some people who are not strong-willed are easily dragged into the water. And these traitors are even more harmful to us than the Japanese army launched a sweep in some respects. ”

"Liang De must be eliminated, otherwise I don't know how many more people will be pulled into the water by him. However, you don't have to say anything to exchange yourself for him. For Hubei, you, the secretary of the county party committee, are much more important. Why do you compare yourself to a bed bug? ”

Listening to Li Ziyuan's criticism, Liu Yanlai let out a long sigh and said, "Lao Li, my intestines are about to repent. Anyway, if your brother can get rid of this traitor, he'll solve my biggest problem. This guy is very valued by devils because of his performance in this sweep. ”

"Now the traitors are gathered again. In the plainclothes team of the pseudo-Hubei, he can already compete with Liu Kaishan's hardcore traitor. And this guy is now very close to Wang Tieshi, and it is estimated that the two of them want to join forces to deal with Liu Kaishan. Man, I'll send you when I get back, but your brother must be quick to start. ”

Liu Yanlai urged, Li Ziyuan nodded. After sending Liu Yanlai away, Li Ziyuan took a platoon of Liu Lianming and immediately set off from the garrison to the periphery of the three strongholds of Wangjiagou, Donglinkou and Hejiayu, where the Japanese puppet army was currently located. Li Ziyuan's first choice of target was the Wangjiagou he was familiar with.

For Li Ziyuan, getting rid of Liang De, a traitor, is just a grass and a rabbit. His real goal was to attack these three strongholds that extended from Luoma and Qiaokou and wedged into the interior of the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei. One is to solve the current problem of insufficient weapons and equipment, and the other is that these three strongholds pose too much threat to the mountainous areas in the eastern part of Hubei.

The Japanese puppet army set out from these three strongholds, and could go east to the core of the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei. Moreover, these three strongholds are exactly in a line, stuck in the middle line of the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei. The Japanese puppet army controlled this line and directly divided the entire eastern mountainous area of Hubei into two.

These three strongholds were connected with the two strongholds of Luoma and Qiaokou behind them, and it could almost be said that they completely blocked the starting point of the attack from the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei to the Baijin Railway. It also greatly weakened the base areas in the eastern mountainous areas of Hubei and controlled the already not very rich human and material resources in the eastern mountainous areas.

If these three strongholds are not destroyed, it will be difficult for one's own troops to develop in the densely populated and resource-rich areas to the west, and one's own troops will not be able to continue like this all the time. Although its own combat area is no longer limited to a single Hubei County. However, the problem is that the strategic position of Hubei is quite important in the entire Ludong Military Division.

This is not only the southwest gate of the Taihang Base Area, but also the core area of the Taihang Base Area behind it, and it is also the connection point between the Ludong Military Division and the two divisions in the south. Otherwise, the superiors would not have reorganized their own troops, and after they were reorganized, they would be transferred to Hubei to rest and replenish.

The Ludong Army Division, which bore the brunt of the summer sweep in May, and was also one of the key areas of the Japanese army's sweep, suffered heavy losses, and it can even be said that it suffered the greatest losses among the several divisions under the Military Region except for the main force. The casualties and losses of the two regiments, as well as the local armed forces belonging to the counties, were significant.

The Japanese army launched a winter sweep of the Taihang Mountains in late October, perhaps because it was believed that the Ludong Army Division had been defeated. Therefore, the Ludong Army Division was the only target that was not targeted by the Japanese army in this sweep. Only more than 1,000 Japanese troops were dispatched, and they cooperated with the puppet army to go around the territory of Ludong, and then went to the two divisions in the north.

The Japanese army made such a move, although it reduced the losses of the Ludong Army Division. But invisibly, there is also the meaning of contempt for the Ludong Division. The higher authorities also took into account that the Ludong Army Sub-district had not yet recovered its vitality, and did not issue any combat missions to the Ludong Army Sub-district during the autumn anti-sweeping operation.

Although Li Ziyuan did not know that the goal of the Japanese army's autumn sweep was to snatch the autumn grain that had just fallen from the Taihang Mountains, so as to completely destroy the foundation for the survival of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains. Hubei and even the entire Ludong Military Sub-district were the hardest hit areas by the drought, and the Japanese army had no interest in this place at all.