Compared with the puppet army division commander who was extremely remorseful after the war, he had already made up his mind before this battle to weaken Li Ziyuan of the department as much as possible. From the planning to the implementation of this battle, it can be said that it has taken considerable painstaking work. He used this puppet army's eagerness to retaliate before, and dragged this puppet army around at the junction of Ludong and Hubei for two days.

At the same time, with sparrow warfare and movement warfare, coupled with the tactics of cold guns and cold artillery, the company and platoon were used as a formation day and night to carry out harassment operations against this Japanese puppet army. is to completely drag this puppet army apart and solve one more of its creation fighters. But the performance of the puppet army was somewhat unexpected to him.

Although the puppet army was exhausted, it was not dragged apart. Although the artillery behind it gradually fell behind because of the difficulty of the mountains, it did not lag too far behind. The straight-line distance between the two puppet armies has never exceeded ten miles. In other words, the distance between the puppet artillery and its main forces that fell behind is still far from enough.

At the same time, the puppet artillery that fell behind also marched with the remaining Japanese troops who had suffered their own blows. Although the Japanese army had only one squadron of infantry, and one squadron of mountain artillery. However, if we do it now, although the Japanese army has not many troops, its combat effectiveness is obviously much stronger, and it will seriously delay the time and progress of the battle.

The performance of this puppet army really disappointed Li Ziyuan, who was bent on weakening himself to a certain extent and wanted to make persistent efforts. The most important thing is that the unexpected performance of this puppet army not only frustrated Li Ziyuan's plan, but also put Li Ziyuan under considerable pressure.

For Li Ziyuan, the Japanese puppet army that has now entered several counties under the jurisdiction of the Ludong Army is not a part of his face. Although at present, the puppet armies of other ministries are under the resistance of brother troops, and the speed of progress is not fast. But that doesn't mean you can rest easy.

In particular, the order given to him by his superiors was to drag all two divisions of Wang's puppet Second Front Army, not just the 50th Division of the puppet army in front of him. Zhang Zijian, who only has two companies and one county brigade in his hands, can buy himself three days at most. In other words, by tonight at the latest, I must complete the turn.

But among the two puppet armies, if you can't greatly weaken one of them. With the overall disadvantage of his current absolute strength and firepower, he will not be able to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors at all. The requirements of the situation forced Li Ziyuan to pull his teeth again.

However, although the status quo of the Japanese puppet army in front of him did not reach Li Ziyuan's ideal state. But after winning the first battle, the large number of weapons and equipment captured, as well as sufficient ammunition, made Li Ziyuan have a lot of confidence to pull out his teeth again. And the current situation of the exhaustion of the Japanese puppet army in the face also made Li Ziyuan decide to do it again.

Of course, Li Ziyuan, who has always adhered to the battlefield, must be careful and careful. Although the original plan was changed temporarily, it did not mean that he would attack hastily. For the plan of the entire battle from the beginning to the end, although the time was a little rushed, with the cooperation of He Sanliang, Li Ziyuan was still painstaking.

Not only did he choose the time of the attack, but he uncharacteristically chose it during the day. And in terms of time, it is not the most exhausting dawn after a night of tossing and turning. Instead, it is placed in the middle of the day, when the weather is the hottest and the day is the most sleepy.

At this time, not to mention the Japanese puppet army who was tossed the night before. It is quite easy for ordinary people to get sleepy in the sky, under the most intense time of the day under the sun. Even the Japanese army, which has always been known for its tenacity, will choose to march in the shade or rest temporarily at this time.

Li Ziyuan chose this time of attack in order to be unusual. Take advantage of the fatigue of the Japanese puppet army itself, and the moment when it is extremely sleepy. While achieving maximum tactical suddenness, it is also possible to shorten the battle time as much as possible and achieve the maximum results.

As for the choice of terrain, Li Ziyuan took great pains. The terrain he chose to shoot was on a gourd-shaped terrain at the junction of Hubei and Ludong. In other words, the terrain he chose was a mountain flat in the shape of a turning in the confrontation between two mountains.

In this kind of terrain, the Japanese puppet army is generally the easiest to let down their vigilance. Because although the area of this mountain flat land is not large, it is also forty or fifty acres. The mountains on both wings are not only not very high, but also tend to be quite gentle. The mountain roads on both sides of the plain are also slightly opener.

However, Li Ziyuan chose the ambush here, not just to paralyze the Japanese puppet army. However, although this flat land can give full play to the firepower of the Japanese puppet army, it is within the fire coverage of mortars and heavy machine guns in his hands. Although it is conducive to giving full play to the firepower of the Japanese puppet army, it is also conducive to exerting his firepower for him, who is very confident at the moment.

It's just that Li Ziyuan, who has increased a lot of confidence this time, and this sneak attack on the artillery of the Japanese puppet army is only a part of his target. The focus of his choice of targets is still on those little devils. Otherwise, He Huizhang, who had returned from this operation, received an order that when the fire was fired, the shells of the two 82 mortars that participated in the battle would all be smashed on the heads of the Japanese soldiers.

In this battle, after winning the first battle and capturing a large amount of equipment, especially the two 82 mortars captured, the firepower is more sufficient. Li Ziyuan adhered to the old method of insufficient troops and making up for it with firepower, concentrated firepower to the greatest extent, and fought a battle that could be called a local tyrant in the Eighth Route Army.

The mortars in Li Ziyuan's hands are not the ones that were strengthened to Zhang Zijian, and now there are four in his hands, and the number of shells is quite sufficient. Therefore, Li Ziyuan gave an order to the two mortars that were responsible for supporting the attack force, and concentrated firepower and shells to hit the Japanese army first.

If it weren't for the two mortars captured before, plus a fairly sufficient number of shells, Li Ziyuan might not have made up his mind to fight this battle in the current situation. At present, under the situation that He Huizhang has a sufficient number of hands, and even some are overwhelmed, can Li Ziyuan's character always be confined to the previous petty fights?

Li Ziyuan not only put all the mortar fire in his hand on the head of the Japanese army after taking the initiative to break off. Moreover, He Huizhang was ordered to leave some spare ammunition without any restrictions on the use of the rest of the shells. The only requirement was that all his shells fall on the heads of the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese artillery, in particular, was his top priority.

On the contrary, in the face of the divided puppet artillery, as well as a puppet army company covering the artillery, plus a baggage company composed of prisoners who were dismissed by Li Ziyuan on the spot, Li Ziyuan only chose to deal with them with a reinforced company reinforced with two heavy machine guns. But Li Ziyuan demanded an attack on the puppet army, and as soon as the battle started, it would hit the position of their artillery.

The Japanese puppet army that was divided by Li Ziyuan, although the puppet army had a lot of troops, there was only one infantry company with weapons. The remaining artillery, only a dozen rifles and a couple of pistols. The rest of the baggage brigade, which was formed from the dismissed prisoners, did not even have a rifle.

Under the cover of Li Ziyuan's concentration of two heavy machine guns, a reinforced company suddenly launched a fierce attack. It didn't last long at all, and it was completely defeated. Except for the twenty or thirty people who were killed, basically all of them were captured, and the artillery was captured by the whole organization.

Two Taisho six-year mountain guns, four state-made 82 mortars. One Breda 20-mm cannon plus two 37 flat-fire guns, all the artillery with the accompanying shells. and a group of mules and horses with cannons, which completely fell into the hands of Li Ziyuan. At the same time, six light machine guns, plus more than seventy rifles, were captured.

As for the prisoners of the baggage team who didn't even have guns in their hands, they were dismissed by Li Ziyuan on the spot before. I don't know if I was unlucky enough to get home, or if I didn't look at the yellow calendar before participating in this sweep, and this time I was a prisoner again. However, these people may have had experience last time, and as soon as the eight-way charge sounded this time, they honestly squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

It was clear that their division commander executed several prisoners who had been released by Li Ziyuan, warning the officers of their actions. Instead of boosting their morale, it made their morale even lower. In addition, there are no weapons in hand, so there is no idea of resistance. Li Ziyuan's solution to the battle of the puppet army's artillery can be described as a quick battle with a knife and tofu.

Compared to the small cost of solving the puppet army, the main casualties of this battle were incurred during the battle against the Japanese army. Li Ziyuan cooperated with a complete battalion of mortars and a large number of light and heavy machine gun firepower, and achieved the suddenness of the start of the battle. However, under the stubborn resistance of these Japanese troops, they still paid the price of most of the casualties.

However, after Zhou Tong, who followed Li Ziyuan's activities, directly used the mountain artillery of the captured puppet army to participate in the battle, the casualties in the battle were much smaller all of a sudden. In addition to Zhou Tong's own training personnel, Zhou Tong also carried his shell gun and forced the captured puppet artillerymen to fire together.

Although these puppet army captives beat their own comrades, they were obviously a little unable to do it. But what kind of person is Zhou Tong, he is also a veteran oil. The mentality of these guys is quite clear. So he didn't let these puppet artillerymen fire at their comrades, but let them concentrate their firepower on the recalcitrant Japanese troops.

These captured puppet army captives were a little hesitant when they heard that they were allowed to fight the Japanese. But under the coercion of Zhou Tong's barge gun with the nose wide open, he finally chose to obey. And under the gaze of veterans like Zhou Tong, they didn't dare to play any tricks. Honestly, he turned his gun and fired at the Japanese army.

The Breda 20-mm cannon was leveled at the first time and opened fire directly at the Japanese position. With the participation of mountain artillery, the battle process against the Japanese army on this side suddenly accelerated a lot. One squadron of Japanese infantry artillery, except for a few guys who escaped by pretending to be dead, were basically all dealt with.

The remnants of an infantry squad of the Japanese army put up a stubborn resistance in a small hill. was used by Zhou Tong to capture the Taizheng six-year mountain artillery of the puppet army, and the two salvos were directly solved. The vast majority of the two Type 92 heavy machine guns and the more than 20 Type 96 light machine guns carried by these Japanese soldiers were captured.

Of the four 41-type mountain guns carried by the Japanese artillery squadron, in addition to two that were blown up by the dying Japanese artillerymen themselves, the remaining two were also captured by Li Ziyuan. The number of artillery captured in this battle, plus the mortars and flat-fire artillery at hand, was enough for Li Ziyuan to form an artillery battalion.