After several years of fighting, the Japanese army already had a considerable understanding of the habitual tactics of the Eighth Road. After all, with the shrewdness of the Japanese, from three or seven years to four or three years, they still can't figure out the tactics and tactics of the Eighth Road, as well as the biggest weakness of the Eighth Road, then they are no longer called devils, and they have become a group of stupid pigs cultivated by Japan in batches.

In the eyes of the Japanese army, the weaponry and ammunition replenishment capabilities of the Eighth Route were indeed inferior to those of Chongqing. The ability to survive behind enemy lines, as well as the ability to turn around and fight with a stick, is far from being comparable to the Chongqing Army. He defeated the Chongqing Army of the three armies of Linxian and removed a confidant.

It is easy to defeat Lin County, but it does not mean that he can really control it. Once the Eighth Road enters these territories, I am afraid it will be a wedding dress for others. These Eighth Routes are not the Chongqing Army, once they are allowed to enter the territory of these counties in southern Jinnan, then the Japanese army's determination to completely control the territory of southern Jinnan will basically be in vain.

Even if it is controlled, that is, it controls the county seat and the traffic line. As for the vast countryside, most of it will be controlled by the Eighth Road. The problem is that the county seat cannot be controlled, and the vast countryside cannot be controlled, which means that the control area is unstable. In the county seat and on the highway, no grain will grow. If you can't control the vast countryside, the Japanese will go hungry just like that.

These eight-way roads are extremely hateful, you can't find anyone when you hit him, but he is always looking for opportunities, taking advantage of your slightest carelessness to sneak attack. If they were allowed to infiltrate the territory controlled by the former Linxian side, the Japanese troops occupying these places would never be at peace. In view of the rapid erosion after the end of the previous Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese army fought well in advance this time.

The First Battle of Xiyaogou was definitely a wake-up call for the Japanese. At present, the large forces of the imperial army are still sweeping in Lingchuan and Linxian, and these eight roads dare to attack the heavy military areas. If you wait until the Imperial Army withdraws, what will you do? Didn't it turn them upside down?

Therefore, the First Army strictly ordered Tsuruta Numanan to cooperate with the Jinnan side to block this eighth road, and absolutely not let them enter Lingchuan and the area south of it. Under the strict orders of the First Army, even if Tsuruta Numan was reluctant, he could only lead his troops south and cooperate with the Japanese puppet army in Lingchuan and Huguan to fight.

Looking at the several planes circling in the sky and cooperating with the battle, he knew that once he obeyed the order to go south, it would be equivalent to making a gap for Li Ziyuan's subordinates. And his entire clean-up plan, which can basically be described as a complete failure so far, can only sigh that this eight roads are too cunning. It's just Tsuruta Nunan's emotion, and Yano Shaoza beside him doesn't care at all.

The troops were at the junction of Huguan and Binh Thuan, and there was no trace of this Eighth Road at all. His troops stayed at the junction of Huguan and Binh Thuan, that is, they did not enter the Binh Thuan area to sweep, nor did they go south to sweep the Huguan area. It is strange that the First Army, which has always had a tight force, was satisfied with this situation.

This stubborn Tsuruta Numa Nan Nakasa, mobilized a large number of troops to guard an ambush circle that was empty and waited for a whole day and a night, and nothing was caught. On the contrary, a big hole was pierced in the south, not to mention the headquarters of the First Army. Several captains who were transferred by him this time were also quite dissatisfied. What's more, the 35th Division in the south will not be satisfied.

This time, after receiving an order from his boss to turn to Husaki, Yano Shaosa didn't show anything on his face, but in his heart, he faced the opinion of this Tsuruta Nakasa, but he dropped a level. After the Tsuruta Department went south, other Japanese puppet armies that were originally in the border area between Huguan and Binh Thuan also moved south quickly.

With the cooperation of several planes dispatched by the air force, they searched everywhere for the traces of the sneak attackers. In particular, the headquarters of the 35th Division, which was worried that the Eighth Route would take advantage of the situation to enter Lingchuan and pose a threat to its rule in Jinnan, searched particularly hard, and even surpassed Li Ziyuan's old opponent Tsuruta Nunan.

However, although the Japanese army said that it had set up three blockade lines in Huguan, the focus was on the south. For the sweep in the territory of Huguan, only one part of Tsuruta Numan was left. However, in view of the fact that the troops of Tsuruta Numanan were somewhat insufficient, the headquarters of the First Army transferred four infantry squadrons and one mountain artillery squadron to Tsuruta Nunan, and the detachment formed was heading south in the starry night.

At this moment, Li Ziyuan, who had been transferred back to Shili Ridge again, did not know that he had transferred the sight of Hetian Nuanan back to Huguan again through the battle of Xiyaogou. Not only was Tsuruta Numan attracted back by him again, but even the Japanese troops in the direction of Lingchuan, who were originally half-hearted, were also sending troops to look for him everywhere.

But for Li Ziyuan, although he didn't know that the Japanese army, which had been stimulated by him again, was now mobilizing troops everywhere to encircle the territory of Huguan. But Li Ziyuan also knew that Shili Ridge was not a place to stay for himself. With so many materials to transfer, it is impossible to leave no trace. The change in the situation will not allow you to stay in the Ten Mile Ridge for too long.

After returning to Shililing again, Li Ziyuan's first order was to send the captured military uniforms to everyone. The whole army replaced all the cotton military uniforms that were still worn on their bodies with single military uniforms. As for the cotton clothes that had been replaced, which were already tattered and full of lice, they were all burned.

The current Li Ziyuan troops, the whole army has a set of cotton cloth, and the standard Chongqing side 24-style military uniform. In addition to the absence of armbands and badges, there is no rank markings on the neckline, and there is no cockade on the cap. At first glance, I thought it was the regiment from Chongqing.

Compared with the Taihang District, which is currently in extreme difficulty, compared with the other Eighth Route Army units, at least the color and style of military uniforms are unified. Of course, there are only two people in the whole regiment who have not been changed, that is, Li Ziyuan and Da Li beside him, who are still wearing the gray military uniforms of the Taihang troops.

Look at the troops who are fighting continuously, hurrying, and exhausted. Li Ziyuan hesitated, but still asked people to prepare the meal immediately, but he told the cooking class not only to be fast, but also to cook an extra hundred and fifty people. Li Ziyuan's order made all the cadres stunned, and they didn't understand what Li Ziyuan was going to do.

And after receiving Li Ziyuan's order, the secretary general of the regiment headquarters rubbed his hands, opened his mouth very dissatisfied, and said: "Li Ziyuan, you dog, how can this regiment commander be a leader, how can food be so wasted." We only have so much food, and we can save a little food and last for two days, where we can stand your extravagance. ”

"There are dozens of bags of white noodles, and they have to be kept for the wounded and sick, and they can't move at all, Lao Tzu told you, don't look at you as the head of the regiment, this white noodles are not allowed to move. The millet and sorghum we have on hand, plus black beans to clean and clean, can last a few days. If you eat all of them, what will Lao Tzu give to his brothers in two days? ”

"Zhang Zijian was a dog loser on that dog day, so much white flour was burned. It's not good for you to learn from that guy, and you prefer to learn from him the methods of a loser. If we were as big as you, how many days would we be able to hold on? You're a shit, this regiment leader is not qualified. ”

"With so many soldiers, why do you cook for so many people? If you don't make it clear to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu won't cook this meal. You waste your own food, Lao Tzu can't take care of it, but you can't waste the food on the army. Don't look at you as the head of the regiment, I am still the secretary of the party branch of the regiment organ. ”

The words of this veteran secretary of the department have been accustomed to the old soldiers of Li Ziyuan's troops. But for those former puppet soldiers who have just joined the army, as well as those former Chongqing officers and soldiers who are following now, they are all stunned from top to bottom. A secretary who dares to talk to the chief like this is called a criminal no matter where he goes.

Even if you don't shoot them there, you can get a military stick indispensable. This is a sir, he is a little warrant officer, how dare we speak? What is the identity of this old man who is in his forties and fifties, full of Sichuan dialect, could it be the father of this chief who dares to talk to the chief like this.

These people looked at Li Ziyuan, who had a black line on the side, but he was a young face of twenty-one or twelve years old. I was looking at the secretary's wrinkled face, a forty or fifty-year-old face. In addition, the two of them have Sichuan accents in their voices, so they all insist that this secretary who is so bold and dares to offend, even if he is not the father of the regiment leader, is definitely his elder.

Li Ziyuan didn't know that for a while, these new soldiers around him found such a father for himself in an instant. However, he was not angry at the vulgar and even swear words that came from the secretary's mouth. Of course, he couldn't get angry with the veteran secretary because of these few words.

Don't look at a regiment head or a secretary between two people, but this kind of dialogue has long been used to it. No way, when Li Ziyuan was a soldier, he was the cooking squad leader. Not to mention Li Ziyuan, who only joined the Red Army in three or five years, even Wang Cheng, who is more qualified, is here, and he does not dare to get angry with this old secretary general.

After glaring at the side, those veterans who knew that this veteran with old qualifications, old age, and older age, known as the third elder, secretly laughed: "Old squad leader, do you think I am the kind of loser who has a meal and no rice bucket?" We will have guests later, you don't prepare more, what will the guests eat? ”

It's just that Li Ziyuan lowered his value, but the secretary didn't seem to appreciate it and said: "Li Ziyuan, I know that you kid has a lot of flowers, but don't come here with Lao Tzu, what kind of guests are there in the barren mountains and mountains here?" Let me tell you, this grain is related to the question of whether the brothers have combat effectiveness, and Lao Tzu cannot waste a single grain. ”

For this person, don't look at it as a Sichuanese, but he has participated in the Red Army since the Hubei-Henan-Anhui period. Although he didn't serve as a soldier for two years because of his old age, he changed from an infantry squad leader to a cooking squad leader, and he was still a cooking squad leader in the Eighth Route Army. It was not until the 2nd Independent Regiment of the Ludong Military Division was officially established that he was promoted from the military division to the chief of the division and became a veteran of the head of the gang.

No matter how vulgar the scolding is, Li Ziyuan will not be angry. Not to mention Li Ziyuan, even the commander of the military division is here, and in front of this veteran with old qualifications, he has no qualifications to be angry. Because this veteran was in the Red Army, he successively served as a division commander and Wang Cheng's squad leader.

Although because of his age, he only took the commander for more than a year. And Wang Cheng, who joined the army a year later than the commander, only took it for two months, and then went to change his career to become a cooking squad leader. But no matter what, he has been a commander and Wang Cheng's squad leader. The commander of the division, every time he saw this old squad leader, he was respectful, and he took the initiative to salute when he met.

In the army, it is usually judged by the level of the position, but the seniority is also quite important. This old secretary took the division commander and Wang Cheng, even if it was just a day, but he also served as their squad leader, and his qualifications are there. Even the divisional commanders met with an old squad leader.