Regarding the commander's solicitation of opinions, Li Ziyuan pondered for a long time before saying: "Commander, if you ask my opinion, my opinion is to give up Hubei County, but to control Pingchuan in our hands. As for the reason, it is obvious, first of all, in terms of transportation, the geographical location of Hubei County is far inferior to Pingchuan. ”

"And Pingchuan is the northeast gate of the western plain of Hubei, and even the entire Shangdang Basin into the Taihang Mountain. By controlling Pingchuan, we have an overwhelming strategic advantage over the entire Shangdang Basin. Moreover, it is in an offensive position, and it can enter the grain production area of the Shangdang Basin at any time. ”

"Retreat can be defended, forming a strategic situation with Pingchuan as the strategic frontier and sticking to the mountainous area. Moreover, as long as Pingchuan is controlled in our hands, we will thoroughly open up contact with our army in the Changzhi area. Compared with sticking to Hubei, controlling Pingchuan in our hands is more suitable for our army's combat style. ”

"And Hubei County's most important position is actually a gateway of Changzhi City on the edge of the Taihang Mountains, and the real strategic position is far from being comparable with Pingchuan. By controlling Pingchuan, we can overlook the western part of Hubei, which is convenient for better control of the western part of Hubei. ”

"Another point, Hubei County is too close to Changzhi City. The 14th Brigade of the Independent Infantry, unless they don't even want to sleep, they will definitely not sit idly by and watch Hubei County control our hands. It is true that the Japanese army has now shown a declining trend, and the strength of the First Army is far less than that of the first half of the year, but the entire logistical support capability is still not comparable to us. ”

"If they bring back the troops who have gone south to fight, we will basically have no power to fight back in terms of ammunition supply alone. Chief, controlling Hubei County in our hands actually has a better reputation. For us, it does more harm than good. ”

"Fighting a war of attrition will do us more harm than good. Rather than control a county town that is at most a threat to Changzhi, but in fact has no real name, and fight a war of attrition with the Japanese puppet army, it is better to retreat to the next best thing and control the real strategic point Pingchuan in our hands. ”

"Controlling Pingchuan is equivalent to controlling the western plain of Hubei, and even the entire Shangdang Basin is wide open to us. Even if the devil regains Hubei County, what can he do? As long as we control the surrounding rural areas, it is not the same as being locked up. The most important thing is this 14th Independent Infantry Brigade, a total of three independent infantry brigades. ”

"This time we are basically equivalent to solving an infantry brigade, and we have already let them go out of ten. If we give them Hubei County, it will inevitably disperse their forces even more and further aggravate their lack of troops. When the time comes, we won't fight as much as we want, we will fight him wherever we want. They wanted to concentrate their forces, but they couldn't. ”

"Chief, recovering a county seat, especially a county like Hubei County, which is close to the core city of the enemy-occupied area, apart from a burst of cheers, there are not many benefits that can really be implemented. Rather than stubbornly defending a county town and wasting our own troops. It is better to come to a mercury dump, firmly control the vast countryside, and trap the Japanese puppet army in the county seat. ”

After Li Ziyuan's words were finished, the commander pondered for a long time, and after glancing at the political commissar, he nodded and said, "Okay, just do it according to your opinion." Give up the county town of Hubei that has been recovered, and instead control Pingchuan in our hands. You've grown up and started to have a strategic vision. If you can see it this way, it means that you are truly mature. ”

"I'll hand over the Ludong region to you, don't be confused, you kid. Don't forget, the lesson of being attacked by devils that year. At that time, you were only with a local army, but now you are given a division. The burden is heavy, and the mind and vision must keep up. ”

"A regimental commander, there is a regimental commander's duties. The head of a military sub-district must have the duties of the head of the military sub-district. As a regimental leader, it is more responsible for one point. But as the commander of a military division, you are responsible for one side. You must distinguish the difference between them. ”

"This time, you were transferred to the Ludong Army Division as the deputy commander, and in the absence of the new commander of the division, the general in charge of military work was personally appointed by our political commissar. I hope you kid don't embarrass the political commissar, you must lead the team and make full use of the results of this battle. ”

Speaking of this, the commander looked at Wang Tieshi's corpse over there and said, "What are you going to do with it?" I think it's more appropriate to send it back to the family. In this way, it not only gave other Japanese puppet military and political personnel a deterrent, but also showed the strict discipline of our Eighth Route Army. Do people die and pay off their debts? ”

What else can Li Ziyuan say about this arrangement of the commander? Besides, it's useless for him to keep this rotten flesh. Rather than having to spend the effort to bury it himself, it is better to return it to his wives. Let the traitors of all sizes in the entire Ludong region come to see what the result of selling their lives to the devil is.

Thinking of this, Li Ziyuan asked people to find a few of Wang Tieshi's personal guards from the pile of prisoners. In addition, he found a fellow who drove a donkey cart and asked them to load Wang Tieshi's body and transport the body back to Ludong County to Wang Tieshi's family. As for the other captives, Li Ziyuan has not taken care of them for the time being.

After the troops participating in the war gradually withdrew, Li Ziyuan breathed a sigh of relief. He came to the old squad leader, who was busy burying the martyrs, and looked at the rows of martyrs' corpses wrapped in white cloth and covered with straw mats. Personally ask for a shovel to dig a resting place for the martyrs.

At this time, he followed Liu Yanlai and brought the former militia to come, his stomach was already a little nostalgic, and he looked silent but in just a few days, there was a white-haired husband under the brim of his hat. Looking at the bodies of the martyrs lined up neatly on the ground, Chang Juan wanted to comfort her husband, but was dragged by Liu Yanlai.

Li Ziyuan and several regiment leaders took matters into their own hands and buried the martyrs one by one. After the burial of all the martyrs who had sacrificed their lives, Li Ziyuan gathered the rest of the troops and fired three shots to salute the martyrs collectively. In this battle, the Japanese puppet army in the entire southeast region of Shanxi Province was terrified.

Since the end of this battle, the Japanese puppet army in the entire Ludong region has retreated to a few limited strongholds. The Ludong area was originally divided into a somewhat messy base area by the Japanese puppet army's stronghold, and it was basically connected into a whole piece. Especially in the eastern mountainous areas, there is no longer a single stronghold of the Japanese puppet army.

In the territory of Hubei, there is a lonely county left. The grain-producing areas in the western region have completely changed their colors. The Japanese army that led it to re-enter the county seat of Hubei could not even get out of the county seat at all. In particular, the puppet army was basically served in one pot, and a squadron faced the western plain area of Hubei, which was not even pepper noodles.

After the battle, the military region transferred six recruit companies to Li Ziyuan's department. The captured puppet army was also handed over to more than 300 people of Li Ziyuan's department, and the establishment of Li Ziyuan's department was restored. With the Ludong area, which is one of the granaries of the Taihang base, it has been completely restored. According to the order of the military district, the first regiment was expanded from the C regiment to the B regiment of two battalions.

Although most of the captured artillery was handed over to the military region, Li Ziyuan's headquarters still left three 60 mortars. Moreover, the weapons of Wang Tieshi's pistol company were also left by Li Ziyuan. Although he knew that it was for the successor to make a wedding dress, Li Ziyuan still kept the best weapons.

The trembling leader led the team back, relying on the sudden explosion of character, barely struggling to get a life back from the battlefield. But the old arms and legs were also tired, plus the old waist flashed, and it took half a month to lie on the bed to regain independence.

This guy is really scared, and he is not forgiving people in addition to the years. His biggest wish now is to honestly stay in Hubei County until he is transferred. Therefore, after he returned, he sent someone to bring Li Ziyuan, ten boxes of six or five bullets, twenty boxes of seven or nine bullets, and a batch of *.

After the Battle of Qiaokou, the military region finally accepted Li Ziyuan's opinion. The county town of Hubei, which was too prominent and close to Changzhi City, was abandoned, and the defense line was set on the Pingchuan line. However, the Ludong Army sub-district was required to organize a military engineering team to strengthen its control over the western plain area of Hubei and do a good job of cooperating with the Changzhi Independent Battalion.

And just a week after the Eighth Route Army retreated, he narrowly escaped in the Battle of Qiaokou. But when he fled with two guards, the former 243rd independent captain who flashed his old waist returned to Hubei County with a squadron on a stretcher.

Because of his old arms and legs, he was tired when he was running for his life, and at the same time flashed his old waist. After returning to Hubei County, facing the emptiness, there was not even a puppet policeman standing guard. The troops re-stationed in Hubei County couldn't even make up the food for a meal, and they had the heart to cry on the spot.

This old man who was really scared returned to Hubei County the day after he returned to Hubei County. He sent people to the base area of the Eighth Route Army with ten boxes of 65 bullets, as well as 5 boxes of 79 machine gun bullets, two boxes of 77 heavy machine gun bullets, plus 10 boxes of northeastern-made guns*, plus a letter with extremely earnest wording.

The old man's letter was full of pleading. What he meant was that as long as the Eighth Route Army was not attacking Hubei County, he promised to easily leave the county seat for half a step, and was willing to live in peace with the Eighth Route Army. He only needs Hubei County, and other territories can be ceded to Balu, and everyone will still be better in the future than the well water.

Even if there was an order from his superiors to sweep, he would notify the Eighth Route Army in advance. And in the future, he can use weapons and ammunition to exchange food with the Eighth Route Army, and everyone can sit down and discuss the specific exchange price. The bullets and the ten boxes* that were sent with the letter were in the hope of being exchanged for a batch of food.

In order to show the sincerity of his side, he decided to pay first and then receive the goods. In the end, it is the origin of the shopkeeper of the soy sauce factory, and the things that this guy planned to exchange in the letter can be said to be quite clear. Each bullet, each *, how many catties of coarse grain can be exchanged, how many catties of fine grain, are clearly written.

In addition, if the Eight Roads can take out more food, or meat and other food, in exchange for other weapons, it is not impossible for everyone to sit down and discuss. For example, light machine guns and rifles, they can all take out a part. But there is a premise for this, that is, don't attack the city in the eight ways.

The captain of the Zhongzuo Brigade was still in the letter, clearly telling Li Ziyuan. China and Japan are friendly neighbors separated by a strip of water, and they are both brothers of the same culture. In the past, they didn't understand each other, so that there were some unnecessary misunderstandings. Now, even if we can't coexist together, it's better to coexist peacefully.