Although the Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan took the lead with two armored vehicles and tried to counterattack. But an armored car was hit by a flat-firing seventy-five-mm mountain artillery shell and fell directly on the position. There is no way for this kind of mountain artillery to deal with regular tanks, and even if a shell hits, it is basically impossible to destroy a real tank.

It can deal with this kind of armored vehicle with an armor thickness of only a few millimeters, and even if it cannot be destroyed with a single shot, the impact force generated by the explosion of the shell will also stun the crew inside. The 75-millimeter mountain artillery shell, although slightly off, exploded at a distance of half a meter to the right of the front motive part.

In addition to the occupants of the car being stunned, the motive was also damaged. Seeing that the situation was not good, another armored car loaded with Wang Tieshi and the Japanese squad leader in Pingchuan, and took advantage of the opportunity of the fierce battle between the troops of the basic regiment in the west and the Japanese puppet army dispatched from Hubei County, and ran away in the direction of Hubei County.

And a battalion in charge of pinning down Hubei County, with the cooperation of the 20-mm small cannon, knocked out two Japanese armored vehicles in a row, and the Japanese puppet army in Hubei County was also completely honest. The divisional backbone regiment took advantage of this situation and successfully took Pingchuan. and carried out large-scale sabotage of the Baijin Railway south of Pingchuan.

After the main force of the 36th Division urgently transferred by the Japanese army from Zhongtiao Mountain returned, only the roadbed of the Baijin Railway in the Ludong area remained. The units of the Eighth Route Army that participated in the sabotage battle have already collected their troops and returned to their camps. The shortcomings of the Japanese army's excessively long front and insufficient troops, which led to the neglect of one at the expense of the other, were undoubtedly exposed in this battle.

Although in this battle, the entire Ludong Army Division achieved great results and all units gained a lot, but Li Ziyuan became the most depressed person among the troops participating in the battle. This battle was too much for him and became a loss-making business. The original idea of hitting a train and getting some ammunition eventually came to naught.

Although Wang Cheng handed over the captured Murata rifle and all the stockpiled ammunition to Li Ziyuan after taking Pingchuan. But looking at these old guns in front of him, Li Ziyuan felt that his heart was still bleeding. These grandparents' rags are far from being able to make up for the pain in his heart.

Looking at the statistics of casualties and ammunition consumption, Li Ziyuan couldn't wait to give himself a few big mouths, when would these losses be replenished. Although the loss of ammunition is a bit painful, it is somewhat compensated. But the more than forty soldiers who sacrificed made Li Ziyuan's heart ache for a while. In this battle, Li Ziyuan was really hurt, almost painful.

The artillery fire invested by the Japanese army in this battle allowed the soldiers who died in this battle to pass the wounded soldiers. In addition, among the wounded who were rescued after retreating, there were several who were not rescued because of their injuries. The sacrifice of more than 40 people, Li Ziyuan's distress twitched for a while.

For Li Ziyuan, who was distressed and couldn't even eat in the face of the number of casualties, Liu Yanlai and Chang Juan didn't know how to persuade them. I can only cooperate with Ma Yongcheng and He Sanliang to try our best to investigate the captured personnel of Zhongtiao Mountain, and find a way to make up for Li Ziyuan's gap as soon as possible.

In fact, for the investigation of Ma Yongcheng and He Sanliang, Liu Yanlai and Chang Juan were even more anxious than Ma Yongcheng. This is called more than 1,000 people, and even if there is a pound of grain per person for eating and drinking a day, it will cost thousands of pounds of grain. It is now in the stage of spring famine, and the matter of raising these grains has also made the two people's heads as big as a fight.

Before they were captured, these prisoners were basically in a state of food shortage. The Japanese army, which had always been accustomed to abusing prisoners of war in the prisoner camps and basically did not treat Chinese prisoners of war as human beings, naturally would not let these more than 1,000 men with military training eat too much and make trouble for themselves.

Before these captives got on the bus, each of them had been captivating with two fist-sized acorn flour steamed buns a day, two bowls of so-called porridge that could even show the figure of a human being, and the food was scarce. Not only is malnutrition common, but they are basically hungry and have difficulty walking.

From the Baijin railway line to the eastern mountainous area of Hubei, it takes several hours to walk only a few dozen miles. If it weren't for Liu Yanlai, who got the news, he urgently mobilized a batch of grain to be boiled into sorghum rice porridge and sent to the location. Let these thousand people eat a little to recover their strength, and it is estimated that half of these people can enter the mountain.

After barely entering the mountain, the daily food consumed by these people was like a heavy stone, which weighed down the two of them a little bit. In addition, the basic regiment that is now resting and adjusting its structure in Hubei and preparing to return to northern Shaanxi, as well as its own independent battalion in Hubei County.

The problem of eating these thousands of people and horses has put considerable pressure on the mountainous areas in the eastern part of Hubei, which is not wealthy. Although Wang Cheng seized a batch of grain after taking Pingchuan, and Li Ziyuan sent a platoon and a second company to collect some grain from the western plains, the quantity was limited after all.

Under the Japanese army's policy of feeding the war with war, no one had much surplus food in those years. The troops sent by Li Ziyuan only raised 10,000 catties of grain in the western part of Hubei after several fundraising. This food is barely enough for more than 1,000 mouths to eat for seven or eight days.

And the military region, which is also studying how to deal with the more than 1,000 captured personnel, has not come up with a very good method for the time being. It can only temporarily replenish some grain for Hubei County, and the rest has to wait for the research and processing decision of the superiors. It is obvious that the addition of these captured personnel to the army is somewhat unrealistic, and the superiors also have their own concerns.

However, Zhongtiao Mountain was defeated this time, and all the troops that broke through there at the moment have basically withdrawn to the south bank of the Yellow River. Even if you want to hand it over, there is nowhere to hand it over. In the end, after several considerations, the superiors still tried to mobilize a group of officers in the ranks, except for artillery, engineer and other technical officers, to stay.

The remaining officers and veterans who were determined to return to their own units were unified into an officer corps, which was handed over by the Taiyue Military Region to the only army that broke north to the Taiyue Mountains after the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, and now it has actually been disabled by only a few thousand troops. There were more than 500 prisoners of war left, and the family divided a part of it and digested it.

However, the more than 50 artillery soldiers who cooperated with Wang Cheng in the battle were held in Wang Cheng's hands. Even though he had already received an order to return to Yan'an, when Wang Cheng left with the basic regiment, he took away the 75 mountain gun, along with the 20-mm small cannon and more than 50 artillery pieces, after consulting the military region.

The lieutenant who wanted to return to his unit was almost kidnapped by Wang Cheng. Since joining the Red Army, Wang Cheng, who has been bombed by shells, likes these artillerymen too much. Although there was only one old mountain cannon, and there were few shells left after the battle of Pingchuan, Wang Cheng was still reluctant to let go.

The superiors also considered that although this mountain cannon was a small mountain cannon, it was inconvenient to carry in the Taihang Mountains. After the end of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese army moved frequently in the southeast area of Jinjin, and it is very likely that a large-scale sweep will be carried out in the southeast area of Jin. It was not easy for the troops to switch to the mountain cannon with them, and finally agreed to his request.

Not only was this mountain cannon taken away by the backbone regiment, but even the artillery regiment of the headquarters was brought back to northern Shaanxi this time. In the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, this artillery regiment that started by picking up abandoned mountain artillery of the Jin Sui Army basically ran out of shells at hand. Cannonballs are such high-tech gadgets that you can't make yourself.

The remaining mountain artillery did not have shells to use, and it was dangerous to stay in the Taihang Mountains, and even these bulky mountain artillery were still a burden to the troops to a certain extent. Therefore, the higher authorities also transferred the artillery regiment back to northern Shaanxi for rest and recuperation this time. Wang Cheng returned to northern Shaanxi with the backbone regiment this time, and he had the task of escorting this artillery regiment along the way.

The artillery regiment of the headquarters was transferred back to northern Shaanxi, so it was not interesting to leave this small mountain artillery alone. Therefore, the superiors approved Wang Cheng to take the mountain gun and artillery away, but the mortar, which was now more needed by the troops, was retained. The superior's approach made Li Ziyuan even more depressed.

He had already targeted these dozens of people, but Wang Cheng even took the pot away. Although Li Ziyuan didn't dare to say anything, he was still very reluctant in his heart. Although Li Ziyuan did not have the ability to feed a single artillery, he still wanted to keep all these artillerymen.

If a cannon is captured in the middle of the battle, it will not be useless. It's like when I hit Pingchuan, I captured the Japanese 92 infantry guns, but I could only figure out how to use them. In a hurry, it is not allowed to fight, and it can only be blown up when retreating.

On the battlefield, especially when attacking fortified positions, if there is a cannon, how many casualties should be reduced? Even if it is impossible to fight guerrilla warfare with you with a mountain cannon, if you can capture a cannon, you can bury it first after it is used up. When you get the shells, can you dig them out and use them again?

He didn't expect to stay with that mountain cannon, and even if he did, he wouldn't have a place to get shells. But when the more than 50 artillery pieces were in Pingchuan themselves, they were only loaned to the backbone regiments. But now not only is the cannon gone, but even the artillery has been taken away by his brother-in-law, which makes Li Ziyuan very annoyed.

Although he secretly hid a mortar, there were more than fifty shells. But there is no way to shoot a mortar horizontally, and when it is critical, there is a mountain artillery that is useful? Besides, his basic regiment has been transferred back to northern Shaanxi, and he has been on the front line, so there is still a chance to capture mountain artillery.

If this bit of artillery is left, it will be like planting a seed, and sooner or later it will sprout. But now that I have sent the pot out, I have even brought the dishes and chopsticks away, which is a little unpleasant. I despise my elder very much in my heart, this kind of Li Ziyuan, who even took the pot away after eating, didn't give his brother-in-law a good face at the district farewell party.

But fortunately, the artillery was taken away by Lian Guo, but after Ma Yongcheng's neat mouth, coupled with the assistance of He Sanliang and He Huizhang. Before the military district decided to take it out, more than a hundred prisoners were mobilized. The more than 200 recruits of the garrison who were handed over by Wang Cheng and captured in Pingchuan Town were also mobilized by Li Ziyuan and left more than 50.

Faced with such a result, Li Ziyuan's previous pain was somewhat comfortable. But with the full strength of the troops, new problems have arisen. This establishment is full, and the weapons are enough to clear the old foundation. The problem is the amount of ammunition, which is now somewhat insufficient.

Li Ziyuan was reluctant to incorporate the Murata 22 rifle, which had more ammunition, into his troops. This has some problems, on the one hand, the ammunition of the old rifle is sufficient, but Li Ziyuan does not like to use it. On the one hand, the rest of the weapons, Japanese-made rifles are better. But the number of ammunition for the seventy-nine rifle is somewhat insufficient.