Although this Japanese army, after being cut into three sections, desperately rushed left and right, trying to gather the scattered troops and break through in the direction of Pingchuan. On this narrow mountain road, the two sides fought in a melee. At this time, what light and heavy machine guns have long been useless.

Along both sides of the mountain road, there were two armies fighting bayonets everywhere. The Japanese army's white-knuckle warfare has been painstakingly trained, but in the face of the eight roads, which also have worked hard in this area because of the lack of ammunition, everyone's level is at best half a catty to eight taels. However, the inferiority in troops was irreparable by the Japanese army.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, all the Japanese squadrons were wiped out. After completing the battle against a Japanese squadron, the divisional commander of the rapid Japanese army, who knew that he had definitely pursued and could not retreat, did not pursue the retreating Matsuyama Soyuemon, and began to gather troops and clean up the battlefield one after another.

The artillery on the Japanese side was cut off, although they blew up most of the artillery. But it can be regarded as losing the entire artillery, and a formed squadron dispatched was completely surrounded and annihilated. Coupled with the previous loss of part of the troops, the more than 500 Japanese troops who attacked Li Ziyuan's headquarters this time were almost two-thirds wiped out.

And Wang Tieshi, who was left behind by the Japanese army to cover behind, was rushed to pieces at the same time as the puppet army participating in the war. He didn't care about his ass, commanded the troops around him who had not yet collapsed, and after a rapid contraction, he fought and retreated all the way, taking advantage of his familiarity with the terrain and retreating in the direction of Pingchuan.

However, in the face of the Eighth Route Army rushing from all directions at the same time, although Wang Tieshi said that he was familiar with the terrain, the problem was that people were also familiar with the terrain. As for the equipment, everyone is about the same, and the will to fight is far superior to his garrison. Although it was not interesting enough for the Japanese army to flee first, they took away part of the Eighth Route reinforcements. But the problem is that there are still many people left to deal with him.

By the time this old man took advantage of the familiar terrain, he dodged left and right and barely avoided the eight roads that surrounded him, slipped out of the gap, and finally retreated to Pingchuan Town. The hundreds of puppet troops he dispatched this time are already one in ten. Several mortars were lost, as were all light and heavy machine guns. This old man almost became the commander of the light pole at once.

The plan of the Black Tiger that the Japanese army painstakingly formulated this time was about to succeed, but it was ultimately a failure. The Japanese puppet army that participated in the war almost lost most of the troops participating in the war, which can be described as stealing chickens and rice. And the reinforcements of the eight road departments have gained a lot.

In fact, the plan formulated by the Japanese army itself was quite rigorous. But there were a few things they didn't expect, and the plan ultimately failed on these points. One is that after receiving Li Ziyuan's telegram, the actions of the commander of the military division were beyond the expectations of the Japanese army.

Although in a short period of time, the division did not judge that the Japanese army was feint in Ludong at the same time. However, under the critical situation on Li Ziyuan's side, the division commander only left the Ludong Independent Battalion to contain the Japanese puppet army in Ludong, and concentrated the main force of the military division to bypass the Japanese army's blocking line, and it can almost be said that he was dispatched to reinforce Li Ziyuan.

As for Li Ziyuan's character, the division commander is still familiar with it. As long as this guy never arrives at the last moment, he will never complain. This time, he received a telegram from Li Ziyuan asking for help, and although he only asked for reinforcements from the health department, the commander of the division still smelled something different from this telegram. The rapid reinforcement of the troops of the army division was not expected by the Japanese army.

In addition, one of the biggest mistakes of the Japanese army was to limit the possible reinforcements of Li Ziyuan's troops to the territory of the Ludong Army Division. But he didn't expect that a regiment of the main force would rest and celebrate the New Year at the junction of Licheng and Hubei. As soon as the gunfire rang out on Li Ziyuan's side, the regiment of the main force would know.

The commander of the main regiment was the old superior who cooperated with Li Ziyuan very well on the Cross Ridge battlefield at the beginning. Received a report from the troops below that the gunfire was dense in the direction of Li Ziyuan's station, and the location of the headquarters was in flames. In the absence of a radio station, this old superior did not bother to ask his superiors to immediately gather troops and come over for reinforcements.

Although it was a little far away from Li Ziyuan's headquarters, there were no Japanese puppet troops to stop them along the way. The speed of reinforcements was very fast, although it was slower than Li Ziyuan's subordinates, but it was slightly earlier than the arrival of the troops of the military division. And when Li Ziyuan was trapped on the mountain, there was no way to contact his troops.

It was this old superior who took the initiative to take over the command and commanded most of the battles before Li Ziyuan's immediate superiors arrived. At the last moment, he quickly judged the situation, made the most appropriate deployment, and snatched Li Ziyuan, who was about to be eaten by the Japanese army.

If it was in the middle of the night, with the situation that Li Ziyuan's troops did not even have a person to coordinate the operation at the moment, and could only fight on their own, Li Ziyuan's life would really not be able to escape. After all, Ma Yongcheng's ability is not good, you can ask him to write and talk about it, but if you let him command a battle, it is still a little difficult.

Missing these two points, especially not expecting the surrounding troops, the speed of reinforcement was so fast, it was the most fatal wound of the Japanese army's sneak attack. The Japanese army has always held that the means of communication of the Eighth Route have always been weak, and not only are the regimental-level units not equipped with radio stations, but even the means of wired communication between the units are not many.

Relying solely on personnel to transmit intelligence and information is not only untimely and reliable, but also quite inefficient. When outflanking Li Ziyuan's headquarters, the Japanese army scattered the accompanying plainclothes team members to deal with the correspondents sent by Li Ziyuan for help. But because Li Ziyuan fought Changzhi City three times, although he carried a radio station, he used it very rarely.

The Japanese army made a lot of calculations, but did not expect that in Li Ziyuan's hands, there was a radio station and password for direct contact with the Ludong Army Division. As a result, the Japanese army made an erroneous judgment on the speed of reinforcement of the surrounding Eighth Route Army. led to this sneak attack, which ended in defeat at the last moment.

Compared with the Japanese puppet army that retreated in a hurry, Li Ziyuan, who had just escaped from danger on the mountain, was very annoyed. What kind of battle is going on under the mountain now, and how many troops have rushed to reinforce it, Li Ziyuan is still unclear at the moment. The post-war summary of the Japanese army was a matter of the Japanese army, and the post-war summary of its own troops was still a little early.

But as early as the first * exploded, he judged that it was his own troops arriving. This kind of play with a few rapid shots at every turn can't be done by anyone other than He Huizhang, a loser. This kind of wasteful cannonball play can only be done by that guy He Huizhang.

It's just annoyed that he's annoyed, and now he can't even stand up, so he can only stare dryly at the hair* that exploded on the heads of the rapidly retreating Japanese puppet army. As soon as he got out of danger, he was worried about his meager family background, and whether he would be consumed by the loser Li Ziyuan.

It wasn't until he saw Ma Yongcheng and Zhang Zijian, who were guided up the mountain by Da Li and came to him, that Li Ziyuan's mood improved. and Ma Yongcheng are separated for only a short day, but for the two of them, it is like a world apart. Especially Li Ziyuan, who escaped death, was still very happy to see Ma Yongcheng.

Seeing Ma Yongcheng and Zhang Zijian who came up the mountain with pale faces and a few steps, although the injury on his leg made him unable to stand up. But Li Ziyuan was still eager to know the current situation of his troops. Although from the sound of guns and cannons around him, Li Ziyuan knew that his troops should not have suffered any losses. But the actual situation, I still have to understand it.

And Da Li, who rushed up the mountain with the counterattack troops, saw Li Ziyuan, who wanted to struggle to stand up. Hurriedly rushed over with another fighter and put Li Ziyuan on a stretcher. Ma Yongcheng also hurried over in a few steps, squatted beside Li Ziyuan, and comforted Li Ziyuan who wanted to get up.

Looking at Li Ziyuan, who was injured, Ma Yongcheng, who knew what he wanted to ask, immediately spoke: "The troops did not suffer any losses, but they were entangled by a small group of Japanese puppet troops, and the speed of rushing over was a little slower. It took a lot of effort to repel the harassing Japanese puppet army, and the troops were too scattered to cause the reinforcements to be untimely, and the losses of the troops were not large. ”

"When your side fought, the troops of the various companies were preparing to eat. As soon as the gun went off on your side, and after receiving a report, everyone knew that there was a problem on your side, and they could still take care of food there, so they concentrated their troops and rushed over after dropping their jobs. However, judging from the situation of the people in the station after drinking water, it seems that we are the one who is poisoned. ”

"The rest of the troops, basically without any losses. Only one platoon of the third company, which was responsible for guarding the southeastern direction, was also poisoned because it was stationed alone. However, except for the artillery company stationed in the east, the rest of the troops were harassed by the Japanese puppet army at almost the same time. ”

"It was Lao Zhang's county brigade that learned about the situation here, and only after arriving did they cooperate with us to defeat the harassing Japanese puppet army in the shortest possible time. and copied the path, avoiding the blocking line of the Japanese puppet army, so as to arrive in time. And that old superior of yours, this time thanks to the news that he also came to reinforce him. ”

"If it weren't for him, with my military literacy, I wouldn't have rescued you, but put yourself in. Fortunately, although it was a little late, I finally snatched your brother in time. By the way, the troops of the military division have also arrived, and they are now encircling and destroying the remnants of the enemy. ”

Ma Yongcheng, who met Da Li at the foot of the mountain, already has a certain understanding of the situation. And after discovering the anomaly on the side of the headquarters, he also grasped a certain situation when he moved his troops. So as for what Li Ziyuan wanted to ask, he directly gave the most detailed answer.

Hearing Ma Yongcheng's words, the big stone in his heart was put down. However, thinking of He Sanliang's side, where the gunfire had long since subsided, Li Ziyuan grabbed Ma Yongcheng's hand and said directly: "How is the situation on Lao He's side?" Judging from the route of your reinforcements, you should have met with Lao He first. How's that, have you found Lao He them? ”

Li Ziyuan asked Lao He, Ma Yongcheng shook his head and said, "When we arrived at Lao He's position, there was no one alive. Lao Zhang and the others carefully examined, only to find that in addition to the two gunshot wounds on his body, there were also several external wounds from the Japanese bayonet stabbing Lao He, and he was still breathing weakly. ”

"When we came, we were meeting the sub-district commissar who had arrived with a doctor. Lao He, I have already handed it over to the head of the division. As for whether it can be rescued, I don't know very well. Lao Li, our losses this time are too great, and we must sum up the lessons and lessons. ”

"Not only the locations of the various troops, but also the devils have figured it out. And they were able to poison the well right under our noses and cause such a big poisoning incident. If it weren't for your brother's previous order, and our troops would have used the water from the well, I'm afraid you and I would have been poisoned by now. ”