For Li Ziyuan, whether he can defeat the main force of this puppet 50th Division and prevent it from retreating south to Huguan is a key issue involving whether he can rest and recuperate with peace of mind after the war. In this case, it is necessary to take some risks. At this point, Li Ziyuan and He Sanliang coincide.

As for whether He Sanliang really explained Li Ziyuan, it is not likely. In fact, just as He Sanliang judged, Li Ziyuan had already made up his mind after the Battle of Luofengling. His previous hesitation was just because the losses of the troops in the First Battle of Luofengling were too great and they needed some support. Otherwise, he would have ended the battle in Luofengling a long time ago, and he would have quickly gone south to outflank the puppet army.

In the first battle of Luofengling, the troops captured so much artillery and ammunition. With Li Ziyuan's character, it is strange to be able to honestly sit back and wait for the main support. When did this guy really be so honest? Distressed troops are distressed troops, but once the fighter is suitable, he will definitely not honestly watch the battle there.

He Sanliang has seen Li Ziyuan quite thoroughly, and Li Ziyuan has always believed in He Sanliang's vision. After gaining He Sanliang's support, Li Ziyuan finally made up his mind and ordered Song Weiye's side to entangle this pseudo-50th division at all costs. This is the second time in this battle that Li Ziyuan has given Song Weiye an order at all costs.

In the battle of Luofengling before, in order to avoid being attacked on the back of the abdomen, Li Ziyuan once issued a similar order to Song Weiye. But in that battle, the puppet 50th Division did not move. From the beginning to the end of the Battle of Luofengling, the Puppet 50th Division always stuck to wait for reinforcements and did not dare to send reinforcements to the north.

In this situation, it cannot be said that this pseudo-50th division is entirely to blame. Under the long-term pressure of various forces, this puppet army, which has always been in a weak situation in terms of strength, was quite united internally before surrendering to the enemy. After surrendering to the enemy, in order to avoid being divided and disintegrated by the Japanese, the internal centripetal force was not weakened, but strengthened to a certain extent.

For these little miscellaneous players, no matter who they end up turning to, survival comes first. Only by holding each other together can they avoid being swallowed up by other forces, and these miscellaneous generals know better than anyone else. Therefore, the centripetal force within this unit is still quite strong.

So that the friendly forces were not in trouble, they were still there, but the speed of the rout of the puppet 38th Division was too fast. Before even a telegram for help was sent, the main force of the puppet 38th Division had collapsed. Until Li Ziyuan withdrew to the Jiuding Mountains to rest, the puppet 50th Division here did not know that the comrades over there had been defeated.

The sound of gunfire faintly came from Luofengling in the north, and they thought that their friendly troops were there to encircle and annihilate the Eighth Road. And they themselves are worried that the Eighth Road, which is good at encircling points and sending reinforcements, will outflank their own back roads when they go north. Therefore, they did not dare to act rashly.

At present, the main reason for the withdrawal of the puppet 50th Division to the south is that it received a telegram that Gaoping was under attack. One is anxious to return to the division to rescue Gao Ping, and the other is that the puppet army of the department is worried about staying here and continuing to be attacked by the Eighth Road. I also thought about withdrawing to Huguan and leaning close to the friendly and neighboring troops. As for why the puppet army in the north has not called back, they can't think about it.

And the puppet army division deployed in Huguan County once went south to try to rescue Gaoping during the Battle of Gaoping. Although it was the first to receive a telegram for help from the puppet 50th Division, after all, Gaoping was their old nest, and the arsenal of the dependents of the army and everyone with the same life was in Gaoping. Gao Ping lost it, which is tantamount to asking for everyone's life.

It's just that the puppet army of this unit, with the cooperation of a small number of Japanese troops, encountered two regiments of the blocking force before the southward rescue operation left the territory of Huguan. Under the stubborn resistance of the blocking troops, the puppet army of the department tried their best and finally failed to break through, blocking the defense line set up by the reinforcement troops.

The inability to break through the defense line of the main force actually means that the puppet army of the department has been unable to rescue Gao Ping. At the same time, it also represented several divisions of all the puppet Second Front Army that had penetrated deep into the Ludong area, and the retreat route had been cut off. In this situation, the commander of the puppet army of the ministry also reacted quickly.

Knowing that after Gao Ping was lost, he was exposed to the main force of the Eighth Road. Under the circumstance that other friendly and neighboring troops could not get closer to themselves in a short time, they immediately chose to shrink back to Huguan County. And use the last bit of time to desperately strengthen the city fortifications of Huguan. In this way, the pseudo-50th Division is still alone in Hubei.

After the first battle of Luofengling, this pseudo-50th division has actually become a lone army, which makes Li Ziyuan himself not want to let go of this pseudo-50th division. What's more, at the moment, when the main force has been rapidly moving north. With He Sanliang's support, Li Ziyuan gave up completely at the last trace of hesitation.

After giving the order to Song Weiye, because he was worried that Song Weiye's character of carrying out orders would not be discounted, he really wiped out the three battalions before the main force arrived. At that time, instead of being able to stop the puppet 50th Division, he put himself in. Li Ziyuan didn't care about bargaining with the Minister of Logistics here.

Leave all the wounded and baggage behind, and leave the last complete formed company, under the command of Zhang Zijian and Qian Peng, after covering the masses and supplies in Jiuding Mountain. He reduced the remaining troops to form a formed company and a downsized company, strengthened two mortars and one mountain artillery, and quickly moved south to prepare to join the three battalions.

After joining the three battalions, seeing the current situation, Li Ziyuan was also completely relieved. In fact, the resistance of the three battalions lasted only more than three hours. The main force originally deployed in the territory of Huguan two regiments to block the reinforcement troops, and some local armed forces of the four divisions, have been biting the Huguan puppet army all the way to the city of Huguan.

The rest of the main forces fighting in Gaoping had already moved north in the final stage of the Gaoping campaign before the end of the battle. By the time Li Ziyuan got in touch with the military region, a regiment that had gone north in advance had already entered the territory of Hubei at the speed of a forced march. When Song Weiye received Li Ziyuan's order, this regiment was already less than 50 kilometers away from the puppet 50th Division.

The main force moved so fast, and Li Ziyuan didn't expect it before. Only six hours after Song Weiye's delayed battle began, the vanguard battalion of this regiment had already arrived on the battlefield under the command of the deputy commander of the department. made Song Weiye's burden lighter a lot at once.

By the time Li Ziyuan arrived, the chief of staff of the military region commanded the two regiments that arrived later, and after merging one regiment of the vanguard unit, the strength of the total three regiments had already completed the encirclement of the rest of the puppet 50 th Division. Just when Li Ziyuan rushed to the battlefield with his troops, the chief of staff, who took over as the commander of the Taihang Military Region, also arrived with a regiment of the main force.

After Li Ziyuan joined the 3rd Battalion, there was actually no point for him to interfere in the puppet 50th Division. The main force of the Military Region, which had already rapidly moved north after seizing Gaoping, was already about to receive the main force of the puppet 50th Division, which had been attacked by Gaoping and was rapidly retreating southward but was delayed by Song Weiye's layers of blockade, and was encircled at the junction of Hubei and Huguan.

And to Huguan County, formed a situation of pinching. However, in the face of the current Huguan County, the main force that intends to fight quickly is also somewhat of a headache. At present, the remnants of Wang's puppet Second Front Army have no hope of rescuing their trapped comrades no matter what.

But since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers, and the tall and thick city wall outside the county has become a barrier that is difficult to overcome when the main force is attacking the city. At this time, there was not only a division of the puppet army in the city, but also most of the puppet Huguan garrison that slipped back to Huguan County as soon as Li Ziyuan ate the puppet fifty division.

There are also the puppet Huguan plainclothes team, as well as a dissatisfied squadron and gendarmerie of the Japanese army stationed in Huguan, plus a variety of other Japanese puppet armed forces such as puppet police and self-defense regiments. Not counting a puppet army division with a total structure of 4,000 people, the other Japanese puppet forces have more than 1,000 people.

Although except for the formed puppet army division and a dissatisfied squadron of the Japanese army, the rest of the puppet armed forces are not strong in combat. But the problem is that if these people hide behind the city walls, they can still fire cold guns outside. Poor field combat ability does not mean that these guys are just as bad as shrunken turtles.

At present, Huguan County is not thinking that in the face of the great enemy's pressure, the main forces of the Eighth Route have gone to deal with the Japanese puppet army that has invaded Ludong, and there is no strength to sneak attack him. When the main force launched an attack in the early morning, it was almost unguarded and still singing and dancing.

Not only did everything inside the city not enter the city, but the arsenal outside the city did not withdraw into the city. The pseudo chief of staff who stayed at the headquarters was still sleeping with his little wife in his arms. The commander of the puppet army who was guarding the reconstruction of Gaoping County was still smoking a big cigarette in his house. What should a division left behind do or what should it do, it can be said that the entire defense system is tight on the outside and loose on the inside.

From the time the main force arrived at Gaoping to the end of the entire offensive operation, it took only 12 hours. Its speed was so fast that the surrounding Japanese puppet army did not even have time to rescue. It's just that the Gaoping Campaign was fought with great joy, but with the end of the Gaoping Campaign, it can be said that the entire strategic intent of the military region has been exposed.

The consequence of scaring the grass and snakes is that the Japanese puppet army in the entire southeast of Jin is now a soldier. The entire Huguan was now built into a strong fortress in a short time by the Japanese puppet army, together with the captured laborers. This is definitely a hard nut to crack for the main force that lacks firepower to attack the fortification.

If the price paid is too great, even if he captures Huguan County and completely annihilates the Japanese puppet army in the county, Li Ziyuan feels that there is no big meaning. At present, the troops concentrated around the Huguan battlefield are the essence of Taihang District. If the one-time loss is too large, it will be more than worth the loss.

However, how to fight this battle, Li Ziyuan also knew that he had no room for mixing. So after he arrived at the battlefield, he stayed honestly there. Because he also knows that the current combat effectiveness of his troops is actually extremely limited, and the troops have reached the limit of what they can bear.

At this time, Li Ziyuan's headquarters not only had the rest of the troops except for the third battalion, but also a battalion reinforced by the division had already suffered two-thirds of the casualties. And because of the continuous fighting, it is already extremely exhausting. Seeing that the main force of the military region had arrived and taken over the operation of the puppet 50th Division, Li Ziyuan also consciously did not participate in it.

Fortunately, after going south to meet with the military region, Li Ziyuan finally contacted the military division headquarters. After receiving the order of the military sub-district to return to Hubei on the spot to rest and recuperate, Li Ziyuan breathed a sigh of relief. The division issued this order, which means that the battle situation in other directions has also stabilized.