The goal of this Japanese sweep was very clear, that is, to capture the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the headquarters of the 129th Division, and to disintegrate the living conditions of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains. Therefore, in addition to directly penetrating the core area of the Taihang base area with a part of the army, the scorched earth policy was also implemented in the entire Taihang base area. In the entire Taihang base area, in the Japanese army's sweep, every village was on fire.

The Japanese army painstakingly created such a play, I am afraid that the comer is not good. It's just that I want to adopt a scorched earth approach, and it won't make the Japanese army spend so much money. What the real intention of the Japanese army was for this move was difficult for Li Ziyuan to judge for a while.

However, Li Ziyuan also faintly felt that the Japanese army under the mountain should have a lot to do with the battle when he broke through under the cross ridge. It's just that the Japanese army did this, instead of directly pulling the net to sweep, how much it had to do with his battle under the cross ridge, Li Ziyuan couldn't judge for a while.

But Li Ziyuan still knows one thing, the people under the mountain must be saved. It's just that the speed of this Japanese army is quite fast, and before He Sanliang's troops can return to their positions, this Japanese army has already entered the village. The squad leader who led the team down was surrounded by a few soldiers, even if they were nailed all over their bodies, they couldn't stop many Japanese soldiers.

If he can shoot a warning, he is already doing what he can. If you want him to delay the Japanese army for a long time, it is better to wait for God to open his eyes, and it is still possible for these Japanese puppet troops to retreat by themselves. It's just that these villagers who are now in danger, how to save themselves is a difficult problem, and they lose sight of one or the other.

The villagers at the foot of the mountain are in danger, but there are still more old, weak, sick and disabled people on their side, and there is even a mother who is giving birth. How to save it, you must think of a way to get the best of both worlds as much as possible. Even if it is a sacrifice, you have to think of a way.

Li Ziyuan was desperately trying to think of a way on the mountain, and the villagers who were fighting the fire at the bottom of the mountain were caught off guard by the Japanese soldiers who went and returned. Except for the militia in the village, who had some military training, and covered some of the villagers to stand out, most of them were blocked back to the village by the Japanese army.

After the Japanese army in the dark rushed into the village, with the light of the fire in the village that had not yet been extinguished, Li Ziyuan found out that this Japanese army was a squadron? There is at least one Manpo, plus an infantry squadron that is not fully formed, plus more than 300 puppet troops. Not only two heavy machine guns were carried, but also a 92 infantry gun.

Judging by the capacity of this village, the squad leader who has been observing here should not be mistaken. Originally, there should have been only one squadron here, and the extra Japanese puppet troops should have been reinforcements transferred by the Japanese army from nearby. From the time he found out that there were Japanese troops in this village, Li Ziyuan knew that this Japanese army was definitely not isolated.

The Japanese are crazy and not crazy enough to put a squadron here alone. Li Ziyuan bet that if the Japanese troops in Yamashita Village were really just a squadron, he wouldn't have to work so hard to find brother troops everywhere. When those brother troops saw this piece of fat, as long as they had enough troops, they would definitely come over.

During this period of time, the anti-sweeping operation was quite difficult for everyone, and I am afraid that there was not enough ammunition in hand. The sweep of the Japanese army has always been one ring after another, and the Japanese troops from all walks of life are quite meticulously connected. Moreover, the Japanese army did not have the kind of friendly troops in trouble and did not move like a mountain. encountered the enemy all the way, and several ways poured out to help.

Coupled with the superiority of the Japanese army in terms of strength, firepower, and means of communication, it is difficult to find suitable fighters unless the troops of the entire Taihang Military Region are concentrated. Especially with this kind of large-scale sweep by the Japanese army, it is very difficult to find fighters. If there really was a squadron operating alone, it would have long since become fat in the eyes of the princes of all parties who were eager to replenish ammunition.

It's just that no matter how many Japanese troops come to be now, it doesn't matter how they came to be. These Japanese puppet troops, both in terms of firepower and the number of troops, have far exceeded the number they can bear. Looking at most of the villagers who were blocked back to the village at the bottom of the mountain, Li Ziyuan at the moment was helpless.

If it's really just a squadron, you can still figure out a way. But now that the Japanese puppet army has so many more at once, there is really nothing he can do. Moreover, Li Ziyuan found that there was something wrong with those puppet soldiers, all of them had Type 38 rifles, crooked handles, grenadiers, and two Type 92 heavy machine guns.

The ammunition carrying gear on his body is also a full set of Japanese military standards. Judging from the movements, it also seems to be quite well-trained, far from being comparable to the various puppet armies he has encountered. That is to say, except for the military uniforms on their bodies and the lack of steel helmets, the rest of them are almost exactly the same as the Japanese army.

When did the Japanese army be so generous and equip the puppet army with such sophisticated weapons? There is also such a well-trained puppet army, and Li Ziyuan is still the first time he has seen it. From the deployment and search of these puppet troops after entering the village, all the tactical applications were almost exactly the same as those of the Japanese army. To say that this is a puppet army, Li Ziyuan is somewhat unconvinced.

Just when Li Ziyuan on the mountain was guessing the true identity of these puppet soldiers, the Japanese troops under the mountain faced the villagers who were blocked back to the village, squeaking and screaming, trying to force the villagers to hand over the cadres of the Eighth Route Army that might exist in the village, as well as the food and materials that had been cleared by the fortified wall.

No matter how much coercion and temptation were used, no one answered the villagers who were blocked back into the village. The Japanese army was quite annoyed and angry, and tied up more than a dozen young adults among the villagers and tied them to trees. The Japanese army tied these young men to a tree, and even fools knew what they wanted to do.

But at this time, He Sanliang's side did not start for a long time. Seeing that the dozen or so young adults who were tied up were about to be slaughtered, Li Ziyuan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead. I kept thinking about how to save this crisis at the moment.

The Japanese troops at the bottom of the hill had already picked up their bayonet rifles, ready to use the dozen or so young men as targets for assassination. Other Japanese soldiers were tying up the women in the crowd one by one with ropes. Dense gunfire suddenly rang out from the north side of the village, and two light machine guns that suddenly fired knocked down the puppet troops on the periphery.

Hearing the gunshot, Li Ziyuan couldn't help but be stunned. This is not He Sanliang's troops, He Sanliang's troops do not have so many light machine guns, and the direction is also a little wrong. Could it be that he was ordered by the headquarters to pick up his brother troops? Judging from the intensity of the gunshots, it is not quite the same.

Just when Li Ziyuan was a little puzzled, it was his brother's army over there. The Japanese puppet army that suffered a sudden blow at the foot of the mountain was also a little chaotic. Leaving behind the people who were blocked back to the village, as well as the dozen or so corpses that were killed, they quickly withdrew to the southwest. Looking at the situation under the mountain, Li Ziyuan felt that something was wrong.

Even if the blow over there was sudden, in terms of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. There are two dissatisfied squadrons plus more than 300 puppet troops, as well as the Japanese puppet army that is not weak in firepower. didn't show his tenacious side, so he retreated in such a hurry, which is obviously too abnormal.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, Li Ziyuan is still quite clear. Even if it is attacked suddenly, whether it is turned to defense or counterattack, its reaction speed is superb. With the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, if it was so easy to defeat, would this war of resistance still be so difficult?

Thinking of this, Li Ziyuan stopped Ma Yongcheng, who saw the arrival of his brothers' troops and was excited about to go down the mountain. Instead, he ordered the troops around him to prepare for battle immediately, and repeatedly ordered all the people not to emit any fireworks, let alone make any noise and go down the mountain.

Stopping Ma Yongcheng, who wanted to go down the mountain, Li Ziyuan didn't give any explanation, and raised the telescope to look down the mountain. At this time, the Japanese puppet army, who fled in a hurry, actually threw all the machine guns in the village. And the team that led the team into the village was a team of more than 100 people, and at least one reinforced company was dressed in a full set of Eighth Route Army dresses from military uniforms to weapons.

Under the light of the bonfires lit by the Japanese army and the raging fires in the village, the uniforms of these Eighth Route Army soldiers clearly indicated their identity. And when these Eighth Route Army were cleaning up the battlefield, they seemed very casual. When moving the corpses of the killed puppet soldiers, he actually refused the help of the villagers, and did it all by himself.

Although these so-called Eighth Route Army were very hidden, Li Ziyuan still took advantage of the raging fire in the village to see several people gesturing carefully with each other, as if they were communicating with each other. Seeing this, Li Ziyuan's eyebrows couldn't help wrinkling. These people's movements are too suspicious, they don't look like their own people.

When these Eighth Route Army moved the corpses, the captured weapons seemed to be casually handy, but they seemed to be intentionally placed next to the corpses. The Eighth Route Army's habit of cleaning up the battlefield, Li Ziyuan is still quite clear. In the case of sufficient time, the Eighth Route Army, which lacked everything, basically only left a pair of pants for the Japanese puppet army that was killed.

But these people cleaned the battlefield so sloppily, the weapons were not collected, and the ammunition on the corpses was not removed. It was even forbidden to approach the militiamen who wanted to touch the 38-style rifles used by the puppet army. These suspicions, which are difficult to find if you are not careful, made Li Ziyuan have serious doubts about the true identity of this unit.

Li Ziyuan ignored Ma Yongcheng, who was a little dissatisfied with himself because he did not join forces with the brothers under the mountain. Instead, he raised his binoculars and looked down the mountain, and he was very patient and carefully observed. When I saw a person dressed as a cadre, he was getting close to the villagers.

Li Ziyuan took advantage of the bonfire beside him to shine his whole body very brightly, and looked at this guy with a telescope. He looked under his feet and over his head, and watched carefully for ten minutes. If two people face each other, Li Ziyuan's face may be attached to him.

Li Ziyuan, who had been observing for so long, put down the binoculars and said to Ma Yongcheng beside him: "These people under the mountain are not our own people. The devil is singing a play to us under our noses. Since this fraternal unit started here, I felt that something was wrong with the reaction of the Japanese puppet army. ”

"The speed of the Japanese puppet army's retreat is too fast, so many Japanese puppet troops have no resistance at all, and it is absolutely abnormal to retreat. Even if he was beaten in a circle, after such a long time, he faced an opponent with just such a small number of troops. hasn't launched any counterattack yet, do you think this phenomenon is still a devil you know? ”

"The combat power of this little devil, you are no stranger to it. In addition, when these people were cleaning up the battlefield, their actions were obviously not in line with the reality of our army. It's so sloppy, I haven't seen that unit of our army, which doesn't even take off the bullets from the corpses of the enemy when cleaning the battlefield. ”