Listening to the advice of the two leaders, Li Ziyuan nodded slightly, and after standing up and saluting, he turned around and left the divisional headquarters. He led his troops to take advantage of the last gap before the Japanese army closed up, and drilled out the encirclement circle that had not yet been formed by the Japanese puppet army that was advancing from north to south. Secretly lurked along the Baijin Railway, hiding on the spot and waiting for the appearance of fighters.

The 36th Division transferred a considerable part of the troops that had been sweeping in the Taihang Mountains to the territory of the Ludong Army Sub-district to capture the Japanese troops under Li Ziyuan's command. The eight roads they were looking for did not actually retreat into the deep mountains as they judged.

And right under their noses, they waited for an opportunity to bite off a piece of flesh from them again. Moreover, the hidden standby location chosen by Li Ziyuan is in the area at the junction of Ludong and Hubei. It was also the area that was most damaged by the Japanese puppet army during the summer sweep.

At the beginning of Liang De's rebellion, the work of the entire first district was almost uprooted. Although after the end of the summer anti-mopping operation, this is the focus of Liu Yanlai's work. But the problem is that the entire district has been so badly destroyed that there is almost no one in ten village powers. In addition, after the end of the summer sweep, the Japanese puppet army significantly increased its control over the area where District 1 was located.

At present, after Li Ziyuan uprooted the Japanese puppet army stronghold in the eastern mountainous area of Hubei, the Japanese puppet army has not yet taken care of restoring the stronghold here. Liu Yanlai's reconstruction work is far from complete at present. On the contrary, it has become a place where the lights are dark for both the Japanese puppet army and the Eighth Route Army.

As for the reason why I chose to be here, in Li Ziyuan's words, the more dangerous the place, the safer, and the place where it is dark under the light is the most reliable. At present, the Hubei County Party Committee and the county government, which are following the activities of Li Ziyuan's department, are also secretly remobilizing the surrounding people and preparing to cooperate with Li Ziyuan in the war.

Fortunately, although because of a mouse droppings, the entire pot of soup in the first area was almost completely ruined. But after all, after many years of work, the foundation of the masses is still there. Li Ziyuan chose to hide here and wait, and the temporary difficulties were not completely impossible to overcome. Of course, in the process of hiding and standby, Li Ziyuan still chose not to enter any village.

Just when the Japanese puppet army was repeatedly pulling nets to clear and sweep the entire Ludong Army sub-district, especially the mountainous area in eastern Hubei, the key area where Li Ziyuan's department was active. Li Ziyuan led his detachment, but it was hidden in the border area between Hubei and Ludong, in the shallow mountainous area east of the Baijin Railway.

In addition to the truth that the lights are dark, Li Ziyuan has never given up the idea of robbing the Japanese puppet army and storing the batch of grain in Changzhi. He took so much painstaking effort that he even risked the whole army being surrounded under Changzhi City, and attacked Changzhi City three times, not just for this batch of grain. If this grain is transported from under his nose, then won't all his hard work be in vain?

Li Ziyuan believes that if this battle can be won, it will definitely kill two birds with one stone under the current circumstances. It can not only solve the problem of the survival of the troops and surviving the spring famine in the coming year. It is also possible to transfer the Japanese puppet army that swept the mountainous areas of the Ludong region back from the mountainous areas to minimize the losses in the eastern mountainous areas.

Fortunately, Li Ziyuan was not used for a long time to hide and standby. One day after Li Ziyuan evacuated Changzhi City, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Taiyuan issued an order that this batch of grain stored in Changzhi must be transported out of Changzhi within two days because of the fear that this batch of grain stored in Changzhi would be attacked again.

And after receiving the order from the army headquarters, he also knew that these grains were a hot potato. If the 36th Division, which was still a matter of time sooner or later, had not been transported, this operation was unusually rapid. A large number of migrant laborers were forcibly requisitioned, and all the grain was loaded onto the train within a day.

However, I also knew that the Eighth Route sneak attack on Changzhi City this time, I am afraid that the main target was the 36th Division commander Imamura Shintaro Osa, in addition to sending some troops to escort it, he also ordered the garrisons of various strongholds along the way to strengthen the garrisons along the Baijin Railway along the way.

At this time, he didn't know that his eyes were red, and Li Ziyuan, who was still staring at this batch of grain, was hiding and waiting for Shintaro Imamura along the Baijin Railway. According to the judgment of inertia, it is still believed that the heavy troops drawn by the 36th Division are now sweeping the so-called Ludong Army subdivision of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Road in Ludong must have taken refuge in the mountains, and the threat to the Baijin Railway Line in Ludong is unlikely to be too great. The focus of defense should be on the section of the road north of Ludong. Therefore, although he also made some preparations, he quickly shifted his focus to the sweep of the Ludong area.

After all, the Japanese also have a good face, and compared to these grains, how to make a shame as soon as possible is what the 36th Division should do. In particular, Major General Hanaya Masa, who was sent by the First Army to supervise the battle, basically did not point fingers at the command of the 36th Division. But where His Excellency the Major General sits, there was a lot of pressure on the 36th Division.

The main attention of the 36th Division was on how to catch Li Ziyuan. For the protection along the Baijin railway line, although it has not been completely abandoned. But the focus of attention is not left unfocused. Even the limited attention is placed on the section north of Ludong.

It was just when this column was taken by Li Ziyuan to drive the snake out of the hole, and the three dozen Changzhi City forced out a military column full of grain, when the grain was loaded. This time, the three dozen Changzhi followed behind Li Ziyuan, and the Changzhi Independent Battalion, which had made a fortune, sent people to send the information to Li Ziyuan.

However, other units in the military sub-division have already switched to anti-sweeping operations, and they are already lacking in skills. After making a detailed report to the higher authorities, the military sub-district approved the carjacking operation to be carried out by Li Ziyuan's unit. In the words of the political commissar of the military region, since Li Ziyuan has already made a beginning in this matter, then don't bother others at the end, he still has to wipe this ass.

Li Ziyuan, who received the order, was not ambiguous, but his heart relaxed. If there is a military sub-division to protect its own back road, then this operation will have a certain amount of protection for itself. Judging by the intelligence from all sides, the strength of the devil's escort will not exceed one squadron.

Judging from the firepower and strength of his current troops, it will not be a problem to deal with it with the cooperation of military subdivisions. It's just that the military region ordered itself to recapture the grain wagons at the same time, and at the same time to destroy the Baijin Railway in Ludong to the greatest extent, so that the Japanese army could not use the Baijin Railway in a short period of time, but it gave Li Ziyuan a little headache.

However, Li Ziyuan, who had no time to think about it, received information that the train transporting grain had already left. Immediately began to set up, concentrating two companies plus the only anti-aircraft machine gun as the main attacking force, and the rest of the troops along the flanks of the ambush area to prepare for the blockade.

At this time, in order to cooperate with Li Ziyuan's ambush, the military sub-division concentrated an independent regiment and several county local armed forces, and fought seven battles in Ludong in two days.

On the fifth day after Li Ziyuan beat Changzhi City three times, the grain train that was forced out by Li Ziyuan by Li Ziyuan took the tactics of driving the snake out of the hole, and slowly drove out of the Changzhi Meridian Gate Station with the cooperation of a rolling car. Under the cover of a squadron of Japanese troops, after passing several small stops along the way, they slowly drove into Li Ziyuan's ambush circle.

Looking at the small locomotive that was pulling this train because it was full of grain, it was pressed and slowly rolled into the front rolling car without bearing the load, and the rear train with three flat cars full of Japanese soldiers slowly drove into his binoculars. Under the corners of Li Ziyuan's mouth, a cold smile appeared.

Just when the rolling car in front of the train drove into his sight, Li Ziyuan slashed down. One of the sapper fighters beside him shook the electric detonator that had been converted from a wire and a telephone. After a loud bang, the rolling car in front of it, along with the rails, was blown up into the sky by fifteen kilograms*.

And after this violent explosion, dense gunfire rang out on this section of the Baijin railway line. The Japanese troops on the grain train were suppressed to death under the intensive firepower. The front of the train escorted behind was paralyzed on the railway line by Zhou Tong using the 37 infantry gun, which was blown up with one shot.

Zhou Tong, who was born in Shanxi, is very good at calculating, he knows that the Eighth Route Army is poor, and every shell is quite precious. These captured shells in his hand, although they seem to be quite a lot. But in the absence of additional sources, perhaps a small battle could be wiped out.

A mountain gun without shells is not as useful as a single-shot rifle. So before the battle, after careful calculation, he definitely used the Taisho 11th year infantry gun to hit the small locomotive that pulled the train. In Zhou Tong's opinion, although this kind of three-seven cannon is a little less powerful, it is still no problem to hit this kind of small locomotive.

Although this kind of anti-aircraft artillery was not equipped in large quantities by the Jin Sui army, Zhou Tong was no stranger to it. Although this kind of infantry artillery is already old, it is basically powerless against tanks. But in the environment of field warfare, there was no problem in dealing with the civil fortifications of the Chinese army, which itself lacked armored weapons.

Not only did the Japanese army use it massively on the Chinese battlefield, but also used grenadiers against the machine gun positions of the Chinese army. Moreover, the Northeast Army of that year also copied some of them. Zhou Tong thought that the Sanqi armor-piercing blasting shells fired by the cannon were enough to penetrate these small locomotives on the Baijin railway line.

For Zhou Tong's insistence, Li Ziyuan got Zhou Tong's promise that he could stop the train with one shot. He also boldly delegated power, agreed with and supported the opinion of this old artilleryman. Li Ziyuan's letting go made Zhou Tong grateful for Li Ziyuan's trust, but also had a certain amount of pressure in his heart.

In the few days when Li Ziyuan was lurking along the Baijin Railway, Zhou Tong repeatedly pondered that only a hit could be fatal. When the small train drove into his shooting range, Zhou Tong personally took aim. Using armor-piercing blasting shells, the first shot accurately hit this small train that was not moving fast, the most critical boiler position.

Although he is not a railroad worker, he is far less familiar with railroads than a serious railroad worker. However, as the former head of the artillery squad of the Jin Sui Army, the king of Shanxi, who had always paid attention to the abacus, used part of the troops of the Jin Sui Army as workers in order to save road construction expenses, and participated in the construction of the Tongpu Railway.