However, despite the fact that most of the captured heavy weapons were buried, only the firepower configuration that did not affect the mobility of the troops was retained. and changed the original plan, leaving the excess ammunition behind. In addition to the spare ammunition for the heavy machine guns, most of the excess ammunition was also buried, and the troops were basically as lightly armed as possible.

But even so, it is necessary to carry, and it is the military uniforms and medicines that the division urgently needs, and there are still a considerable amount. In particular, the uniforms, as well as a few small cannons, mortars, and mountain guns, as well as ammunition, occupied almost all of the pack horses in a limited number. Even heavy machine guns can only be carried by soldiers on the march.

At the same time, Li Ziyuan's establishment is still a bit large, and his infantry regiment of two battalions is now equipped with more than a dozen heavy machine guns, as well as mortars, mountain artillery, and small artillery, and this firepower configuration is almost catching up with the compendium division. Even if Li Ziyuan has tried his best not to affect the mobility of the troops, this establishment is still a bit large in the absence of enough pack horses.

Although the weight of the Krupp mountain cannon was very light, the weight of more than 400 kilograms was still a bit cumbersome for Li Ziyuan's troops. Especially in the case of mountain warfare, this weight is definitely not light. But Li Ziyuan can't afford not to bring a door, who can guarantee that he doesn't need to fight a tough battle?

The mortar thing is okay to fight field fortifications, but in the face of those permanent and semi-permanent fortification groups, the power is still much worse. Without this mountain artillery, once you need to attack the fortifications, how many people will you have to fill in to blow up a pillbox? Therefore, what should be brought can only be carried.

At the time of transfer, you have to face the battle at any time. Even if most of the non-essential supplies are reduced, it still affects the flexibility of the troops. But these things are the most urgent need from the superiors. He Sanliang thinks that it is better to find a way to let the superiors respond in Changzhi.

He Sanliang's suggestion, Li Ziyuan thought about it, but finally did not agree. He once heard from the communications staff officer of the military region that the Japanese army's radio station had a very strong ability to monitor. At present, the Japanese army is sweeping the entire Ludong, and there is also a rumor in Huguan at the moment. The Japanese army will definitely mobilize radio stations to monitor this area.

At this time, it is better to try not to turn on the radio station if it is not turned on. Once the Japanese army locks down the approximate location of the radio station's activities, I am afraid that before I have time to transfer, the surrounding Japanese puppet army will pounce. And if the code is deciphered by the Japanese army, then the transfer becomes a death.

I just have such a set of passwords, and there are no other backup passwords, who knows if the Japanese army will have deciphered it? This transfer is very risky, and all I can do is to eliminate all the factors that will cause major risks as much as possible. Everything is based on the safe transfer of troops, and everything else is put aside for the time being.

Seeing that Li Ziyuan did not agree to get in touch with the military subdivision, He Sanliang did not say anything. Li Ziyuan's concerns, although he was a little unimpressed. The Japanese military does conduct radio surveillance, but the focus is not necessarily on a regimental unit. The occasional radio signal may not have been taken seriously by the Japanese army.

However, in military operations, it is necessary to keep it secret as much as possible, and He Sanliang is still very clear. Chance does occur, but he is also very aware of the truth that it is necessary to avoid turning chance into necessity as much as possible. So Li Ziyuan rejected his proposal, and He Sanliang didn't insist.

Li Ziyuan not only did not get in touch with the military sub-division, but when he was about to be transferred, the entire line of action was kept secret to the end. It was not until the troops were about to set off that the cadres of the various battalions and companies knew the direction of the transfer of the troops. As for the soldiers and local cadres who followed the troops, Li Ziyuan still chose to keep it secret to the end.

For those captured puppet soldiers, Ma Yongcheng wanted to mobilize them to participate in the Eighth Route Army, but was stopped by Li Ziyuan. These puppet soldiers are not those who are either paid to support their families, or are puppet garrisons that have been pulled by the Japanese army. It is not a unit that surrendered to the enemy from the Chongqing side like Wang's puppet Second Front Army.

These puppet armies were adapted from the original indigenous militia after surrendering to the enemy. And a considerable part of these militia groups were formed by local tyrants using clans as bonds. Among these people, the concept of region and clan is far more than that of their loyalty to the country and the nation.

As early as when he caught these former local recalcitrants, Li Ziyuan had interrogated them. It was found that all the officers were basically the same surname. In other words, basically all officers come from a family. Even the soldiers, most of them, were the children of a clan.

Such a puppet army composed of clans as the backbone, for the sake of the so-called clan concept, has even surpassed some miscellaneous armies with strong centripetal force. The interests of the so-called clan are more important than anything else in their eyes. As for the country, except for some people who have read books, it is far less important to them than the clan. The family law is far greater than the national law, and the ancestral hall is more important than the capital.

In particular, those so-called patriarchs, who are themselves the head snakes of a place or the so-called gentry and big families, have strong power. No matter how the king's banner changes on the city, these people can stand. They use blood relatives and marriages to weave a dense network of relationships with each other that is difficult to break, and they are quite united when they are external.

Its internal unity is far greater than that of an ordinary army. Especially this puppet army, it also comes from a place where wars are frequent in northern Henan and the people are strong. They are tied by clan and blood, and they hold an army tightly together. In the eyes of these people, there is no country or nation, and some only have a blood relationship passed down from their ancestors.

Decades later, people do not understand that this clan concept is far greater than the interests of the country and the nation. I have never been in contact with how powerful this kind of local clan is. It was not until after the founding of the People's Republic of China that this situation was finally completely broken through land reform and successive political movements. But at the moment, this situation cannot be completely changed in the short term.

Such soldiers are usually difficult to mobilize, and even if they are barely mobilized, the chances of becoming deserters are very high. With that time to waste on them, it would be better to focus that energy on those former POWs. Now, it is much better to let these former prisoners of war completely integrate into their own troops than to mobilize these prisoners.

As a result, of the nearly 200 or so puppet soldiers who were captured, only 17 or 8 had studied and resolutely followed, and the rest of them still had to stay. In order to prevent these people from following him, as well as running out in advance to report the news to the Japanese army. Before Li Ziyuan transferred, he tied up all these people.

Anyway, the weather is getting hotter and hotter now, and these people will feed the mosquitoes at most. And it's not a deserted place around, and it won't be long before someone comes to let them go. Seeing Li Ziyuan coming to this set again, Ma Yongcheng could only smile bitterly.

This guy will come to this hand every time he is about to transfer, which is somewhat contrary to the discipline of the Eighth Route Army not to mistreat prisoners. However, Ma Yongcheng, who also knew that the situation was urgent, did not bother with Li Ziyuan in this matter. Anyway, these puppet soldiers will not suffer any crimes. Tie it up, and the safety of the troops comes first.

As a military commander, Li Ziyuan has a strong sense of time. At eight o'clock in the evening, Li Ziyuan and his troops set off immediately without the slightest delay. The whole army moved rapidly in a northwesterly direction according to the marching sequence he had drawn up. None of them spoke, and no one smoked.

And just four hours after Li Ziyuan left Shililing, a Japanese puppet army arrived at the place where Li Ziyuan was resting. And it was none other than Li Ziyuan's old enemy Tsuruta Numan who commanded this force. After receiving the order to go south, this old man not only left the troops of the 36th Division from Hubei to replace him.

It was also quite slow when it came to action, and it took nearly a day to get to Shili Ridge after receiving the order in the early morning. It's just that when passing by Shili Ridge, when he saw the reckless mountains here, Tsuruta Numanan's heart suddenly moved. I pounced on the northern front, and I never waited for the person I wanted to wait.

Maybe the Eighth Road's previous northward action was a false shot for itself. If the armed force that attacked Xiyaogou was the one who was waiting for him. So these guys, will they give themselves a trick. When you evacuated Xiyaogou, you hid in Shililing, which is not far from Xiyaogou?

Based on his own understanding of the commander of the Eighth Road, this possibility is by no means impossible, and it can even be said to be extremely large. That guy has always been good at making noise, and has repeatedly used the tactics of darkness to lurk under the nose of the imperial army. Once the imperial army slackened a little, it was like a poisonous snake, suddenly came out and bit hard and then quickly escaped.

Thinking of this, Tsuruta Numan ignored the opposition of the accompanying Yano Shaosa, and took the troops under his command, risking being ambushed, and went straight into the hinterland of Shili Ridge. Sure enough, after entering the hinterland of Shili Ridge, he didn't go far before he found what he was looking for.

Looking at the puppet soldiers who were tied to the trees one by one, they were already listless, whether it was Tsuruta Numan or that Yano Shaosa, their faces were extremely ugly. Especially Tsuruta Numa, who came to the front line to lead the command, his face was gloomy as if he was about to drip water. These puppet soldiers tied to trees clearly told them that the sneak attackers had been hiding in Shili Ridge before.

And after getting the puppet army's attack on Xiyaogou is a force of eight roads, and their commander seems to be surnamed Li, Tsuruta Nuan's face is even more ugly. After learning the news, Tsuruta Numan was speechless for a long time as if he had been struck by lightning.

At this moment, the face of Tsuruta Numanan is not only ugly, but there is also a trace of extreme embarrassment in his heart that is difficult to express. I wanted to wait for the rabbit, but I didn't expect that this eight-way would actually give me a golden cicada shell. also slapped himself in the face with a hard face. He set up an ambush in the north, and he actually gave himself such a sudden in the south.

This time, he actually slipped out from under his nose again, and he mobilized so many troops, but he was never able to catch his trace. This result is tantamount to a great shame for Tsuruta Numa. At this time, his face was even more ugly than having someone bring him seventeen or eighteen green hats.

Tsuruta Numa's face was even more ugly than being cuckolded. Yano Shaosa beside him, although the feeling of humiliation is not as strong as that of Tsuruta Numa, his face is also quite unsightly, as if he has eaten a pound of. The cold air coming out of his body made the officers and soldiers behind him feel a burst of coldness.