In response to Wang Dong's reply, Li Ziyuan nodded, then turned his head to all the former puppet soldiers who stayed to participate in the Eighth Route Army, and shouted loudly: "What I said just now was not only to him alone, but to all of you. Because from the day you decided to join the army, you were all Lao Tzu's soldiers. ”

"Remember, from now on you are no longer a puppet army fighting for tigers, but a glorious anti-Japanese fighter. You are defending this country, defending this nation, defending your brothers and sisters, your fathers and sisters. Straighten your loins forever. If your waist can't be straightened, don't say it's Lao Tzu's soldier when you go out. ”

"There is not a single coward in Lao Tzu's soldiers, and none of them are miscreants. Standing up is a mountain, and falling down is also a ridge. Touch your crotch to see if you're all guys with eggs? If not, if it is a eunuch or a girl, Lao Tzu will not force it. If there is, even if it is death, it must be given to Lao Tzu to move forward. ”

After Li Ziyuan finished speaking, all the former puppet soldiers who participated in the Eighth Road quickly lifted up the anger in their hearts. Almost all of them straightened their bodies, and some of the waists that had collapsed were straight. His face turned red one by one, and his face was full of excitement. One by one, he screamed and screamed, and he couldn't wait to fight the devil with a bayonet now.

Seeing these former puppet soldiers, the morale that had been a little low was stirred up by themselves. Li Ziyuan turned to the second battalion commander beside him, and deliberately raised his voice and said, "Give them weapons, and they must be distributed according to the weapons they originally used." If it was the machine gunner, let them pick up the mobile gun, and if it was the mortar gunner, he would send it to He Huizhang. ”

"Those who fight well and perform well should be the squad leader, and the platoon commander should be the platoon commander. If they have the ability to be the head of the regiment, there is no problem for Lao Tzu, the head of the regiment, to give it to them. No matter what their background, as long as they can fight devils, Lao Tzu will never discriminate."

However, after explaining to the commander of the second battalion, Li Ziyuan whispered to Zhang Zijian beside him: "If these people are disrupted and distributed, you can't all add them to the second battalion, and you can't give them all to your battalion." I asked the second battalion to draw two fighters from each squad and add them to your first battalion. After the second battalion is filled, the rest will be replenished to your first battalion. ”

"The gap in your battalion is too large, and it is difficult to replenish the formation in a short period of time. The situation is tense, and we can't do without a favorable fist in our hands. So first complete the second battalion, and your first battalion will restore two formed companies first. Lao Zhang, you are a veteran, you should know this reason. ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's explanation, Zhang Zijian, who quickly figured out his intentions, immediately nodded to indicate that he understood. These people have all completed their training, and there should not be any major problems in military technology. But politically it is not completely reliable, and it needs to be thoroughly explored. Therefore, it is best to take it apart and use it separately, which is the safest approach.

The gap in his own battalion was too large, and now it could only be compressed into a reinforced company of five platoons. To complete the replenishment, at least two hundred new recruits are needed. Although the artillery company and the heavy machine gun company still have redundant personnel, if they want to integrate these two units that Li Ziyuan has painstakingly cultivated into infantry operations, let alone whether Li Ziyuan agrees or not, Zhang Zijian himself will not do it.

They were all veterans, and because of the weak support firepower of the troops, they suffered too many losses on the battlefield. Heavy machine guns are not even down, but the training of artillery is too difficult. With no equipment and no extra shells for training, it can almost be said that the whole regiment is cutting back on food and clothing to train an artillery soldier for the troops of one regiment.

The cannon said that as long as there is a battle, there is a possibility of capture. But artillery is not something that can be trained in a short time. Let Zhang Zijian incorporate these artillery into his own battalion, and he will not agree to it first. However, Zhang Zijian is not in a hurry, as long as the troops are there and the local government is there, when the situation turns dangerous, it will only take half a month to replenish.

Therefore, as for Li Ziyuan to give priority to supplementing the second battalion with the most complete structure and the strongest combat effectiveness, Zhang Zijian himself was surprised by Li Ziyuan and did not have any ideas. Although he is a little slippery, he can still understand some things.

After seeing Zhang Zijian's knowing expression, Li Ziyuan just smiled and turned his head to Ma Yongcheng and said, "You will work with Lao Zhang in a while to assign this batch of soldiers." At the same time, let the political work cadres register the home addresses of these people in detail and at the same time, they should feel their foundations. If this group of people is trained, they will all be good fighters. ”

After explaining the two of them, Li Ziyuan raised his head but saw Liu Lianming waiting for him over there, and hurriedly walked over a few steps. Seeing Li Ziyuan coming, Liu Lianming didn't talk nonsense, and directly reported the investigation. But the first piece of news is not good news.

The reconnaissance personnel who went out did not find the Huguan Independent Battalion, nor did they find the troops of the Fourth Division, which were supposed to be in Huguan. At the same time, the scouts sent out to find the third battalion were not able to cross even the road from Huguan to Changzhi. There is also the worst news, that is, the surrounding Japanese puppet army is mobilizing troops and forming three roads to encircle Shililing.

Among them, the Japanese puppet army, which had the largest number of troops, was advancing north from Lingchuan. Judging by the situation, it should be that after completing the scattered sweep of the Linxian side in Lingchuan, the sweep will begin to the north. But judging from its current situation, it is obvious that Shililing is the core. That is to say, after the Japanese army completed the operation on the Linxian front, it had turned to the north and began to sweep.

After listening to Liu Lianming's report, Li Ziyuan directly opened the map, and according to Liu Lianming's report, he roughly marked the route of the three-way Japanese puppet army. Looking at the encirclement route of the Japanese puppet army on the map, Li Ziyuan clicked on the map and said: "The Japanese puppet army reacted very quickly, and it was surrounded in such a short time." ”

"It's a pity, I was thinking of resting here for two days, but now it doesn't look like it's going to work. The depth of Shili Ridge is too narrow, and the room for maneuver is not large, which is not suitable for us to stay too long. It seems that we can't stay here any longer. You immediately tell the commissar and the deputy head of the regiment and immediately prepare for the transfer. ”

After Liu Lianming went over to inform Ma Yongcheng and Zhang Zijian, Li Ziyuan asked Da Li to find He Sanliang. After He Sanliang arrived, after looking at He Sanliang, whose face had calmed down during this time, Li Ziyuan did not talk nonsense, and directly reported the changes in the situation to He Sanliang.

Li Ziyuan's voice fell, and He Sanliang, who had somewhat recovered, frowned very tightly. He clicked on the map and said, "Commander, we now have two choices, one is to follow the route you said and take a detour back to Hubei." Either go south, enter the first line of the suburbs and Dingshan to hide and wait, and look for suitable fighters to strike the enemy's rear supply lines. ”

"We are now exhausted from continuous battles, but the Japanese troops who have continuously swept our Taihang base area are also exhausted. What's more, they have just finished fighting against Lin County, and they are even more tired compared to us. Moreover, the Japanese army advancing from south to north belonged to the 35th Division stationed in Kaifeng. It shouldn't be too hard, we still have fighters to find. ”

"However, I think Tsuruta Numu would have expected both of these routes. You can see that the Japanese army advancing from east to west is directly encircling this side from Linxian. If I'm not mistaken, now the road between Huguan and Binh Thuan has been blocked by the Japanese puppet army. We still adopt the original plan, I am afraid that we will run headlong into the ambush circle of the devils. ”

"To the south, it may be difficult to enter the line of the suburban Dingshan. I think that since the Japanese army on the southern front has completed the operation against the Linxian side, a large number of troops have been freed up. Behind it, there will definitely be some troops left. However, this is not necessarily specially prepared for us, I guess the Japanese army does not want to be taken advantage of by us after defeating the Linxian side and leaving them busy in vain. ”

"So, I think the only option we have now is to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese puppet army has not yet fully completed the encirclement. From Shili Ridge to the southwest, then jumped out of Huguan from the hundred-foot line, entered the Shangdang Basin to the north, and jumped to the rear of the Japanese puppet army. Come to a Ming Xiu plank road, but in fact, it is Mingdu Chencang"

"With the shrewdness of Tsuruta Numasu, I will definitely have a rough idea of our current strength. Therefore, he would not have expected that we would dare to do the opposite at this time, and dare to follow the last gap in his circle and enter his rear Shangdang Basin to carry out activities. However, this requires a time lag and sufficient deception. ”

Speaking of this, He San nodded at the puppet army captives who wanted to go back and said, "Perhaps, we can use these guys to help us release some smoke and guide Tsuruta Numan to misjudge the situation." Create a certain number of fighters for our actions to ensure that our actions are as concealed as possible. ”

After He Sanliang finished saying what he thought in his heart, Li Ziyuan pondered for a long time. I patted him on the shoulder very excitedly and said, "Lao He, it seems that your head is still sober." My idea is similar to yours, let's follow your idea and start implementing it right away. ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's encouragement, He Sanliang smiled a little unnaturally, but he didn't say anything more. I just held a pencil in one hand and a ruler in the other and started working on the map. After Li Ziyuan finished explaining the transfer order, He Sanliang had already completed the homework on the map.

In fact, there was nothing to prepare, and the lightly armed troops said they would go. After the troops were assembled, Li Ziyuan took the remaining prisoners who refused to stay, and inserted them directly to the southwest. walked so openly, without the slightest consideration for the feelings of those puppet soldiers who refused to be good.

However, before leaving, the machine gun platoon commander who was competing with Wang Dong found Li Ziyuan: "Regiment leader, can you give me that Wang Dong." Give me some time, and I promise to give you an absolutely qualified machine gun squad leader in training. This kid is very spiritual, and he does have some talent for making machine guns. ”

Seeing that this platoon commander wanted someone, Li Ziyuan remembered that Wang Dong was assigned to the first battalion, not to the second battalion where he was. However, for this request, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate and said: "Since you want someone, then give it to you, and I will tell Deputy Head Zhang." I also have a request, though. ”

"You can't just cultivate one of him, and one seed can't harvest an acre of land. I want the whole regiment of machine gunners, all of whom have to be at your level. Also, after this battle is over, I am going to transfer you to the regimental headquarters and serve me as an operational staff officer. You have to figure out a replacement for yourself, or your battalion commander will have to slap the table with me. ”