Chapter 288: Li Ziyuan's Determination

Mutual communication is weak and relies on extremely unreliable human communication for most of the time. Once the troops are independent, it is more of a test of the commander's own judgment. This is the difference between a modern army and an army whose technical capabilities are still limited to those of the last century.

Without radio, there would be no vertical and horizontal communication, and they would have to fight alone. And when a strong enemy is around, it is undoubtedly even more frustrating to not get any news from the superior and friendly troops. And the relatively unfamiliar terrain in this area, in the absence of detailed and reliable maps, is also a headache for Li Ziyuan.

On the way to retreat, in order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese puppet spies, or encountering the Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan did not dare to enter the village at all. Li Ziyuan knew that even if the Japanese army had already swept the location, it was difficult to ensure that there were no secret agents left behind to find the target they wanted to capture.

Therefore, Li Ziyuan retreated all the way, and did not dare to enter any village at all. And in the current situation of the Japanese army's sweep, he could not find the local government and local forces. Without the support of the local armed forces and the government, it would be more difficult for him to find a higher authority.

The most important thing is that this area is too unfamiliar to Li Ziyuan. There is its own local armed forces, there is a local government, and he is almost blinded. It's not like it's in Hubei, where every mountain and water he is in control with his eyes closed. Without the support of the local government and the armed forces, Li Ziyuan could only rely on his own judgment for everything.

I don't know where my brother's troops are operating at the moment, which is undoubtedly my biggest weakness. One side has easy access to radio and can receive air support at any time. One side is now deaf, and even more so blind because he has no source of information. This kind of situation in which the balance is seriously tilted to one side makes Li Ziyuan like a pit viper in his hand, but he can't break his wrist as a strong man.

It's like playing an online game decades later, where one side belongs to a local tyrant player who has a cheat in hand and can summon support at any time. On the other hand, he can only rely on his own cultivation ability to support ordinary players. This kind of unfairness is so helpless.

was frequently made by Tsuruta Nuan's actions, and it was a little big Li Ziyuan who made his heart angry. Several times he tried to concentrate his forces and fight a battle with the Japanese army who had been biting behind him. But seeing these non-combatants covering around him, Li Ziyuan hesitated for a long time and finally gave up.

He was not afraid of the Japanese puppet army of less than 200 people behind him, but the key to the problem was that people had radio stations. Once entangled, they can call for reinforcements at any time. And at the moment, he doesn't know what exactly the brother troops are transferred to. No matter how many Japanese troops came, they could only fight alone.

Of course, as soon as the battle started, Li Ziyuan believed that as long as there were brother troops around, he would definitely take the initiative to come over. But the biggest problem now is that I don't know if there are fraternal troops around. Of course, there will definitely be some militias and small local forces.

However, Li Ziyuan, who is a local armed force at the moment, is still clear about the combat effectiveness of most of the district-level troops. Even if these people come, it is difficult for them to be an effective help. It's not even possible that these personnel who have not carried out coordinated operations will mess up the battle.

If it were his own team, Li Ziyuan would not have any hesitation, just mess with him. Even if the devil's reinforcements arrive, he has a way to get out. But right now there are so many non-combatants who don't even have guns, and most of them haven't even touched a gun.

When the time comes, the devil will summon support, but he will not be able to defeat or leave. It's okay to wipe out your own army here, but what about these people? Could it be that he rescued them in order to send them to the prisoner of war camp of the devils intact? If that's the case, isn't the price you paid before in vain?

But the feeling of being bitten like this by a hungry wolf behind him is very bad for Li Ziyuan. What worries him the most is that if he can't get rid of the other party's tracking at all times, once the other party uses the radio to gather friendly and neighboring troops to outflank and block him, then it will be too difficult to get rid of the opponent with the forces he has at hand.

It's just that despite hesitating all the time, Li Ziyuan is constantly looking for favorable terrain along the way, ready to fight such a battle at the right time. At least let the Japanese army behind him stop being so bold and unscrupulous to intersperse their flanks, and come up from time to time to engage in such a guy.

As for being bitten by this Japanese army, Li Ziyuan did not complain about his old superior. The old superiors were able to use no more than a reinforced battalion, and the firepower configuration was not as good as the strength of a Japanese brigade, to attract away a Japanese brigade that was not satisfied with the formation at that time, and he had already done his best.

According to the gap between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army in terms of the quality of soldiers and weapons and equipment, especially the gap in logistics support. Even in the face of a dissatisfied Japanese infantry brigade, it takes the strength of a regiment to confront it. With the strength of a reinforced battalion, there is no problem in fighting a defensive battle.

But this kind of encounter is somewhat difficult for his old superior. With the Japanese army's ability to march in the mountains, even if everyone has the same strength, it is difficult for his old superior to take advantage. So Li Ziyuan didn't complain about his old superior, and he left a tail when he lured the Japanese army away.

Since he was commanding his old opponent Tsuruta Numan on the battlefield at that time, Li Ziyuan also knew that things were not so simple. That guy treats himself as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and he will not let go if he does not bite himself and put himself to death.

Even if the old boss tries his best, this guy will never let go of himself. Not only the grievances between himself and that guy, but also these non-combatants around him are definitely a piece of fat in the eyes of that guy. It was already the best effort of the old superiors to lure away the dissatisfied Japanese army, otherwise his current situation would be even worse.

If you don't knock off this tail behind you, it's always a threat to yourself. When the group has entered the territory of Shexian County, into a small mountain basin. After carefully looking at the surrounding terrain, when his patience had been completely exhausted and the threat of the Japanese army behind him was getting bigger and bigger, Li Ziyuan finally made up his mind to fight.

At the very least, let Tsuruta Numan dare not detour himself so blatantly. Li Ziyuan belongs to the kind of person who does what he says, and since he has made up his mind, there is nothing to say. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army behind him had not bitten it for the time being, he immediately began to arrange.

He hid all the non-combatants he was carrying in a relatively safe col, leaving a platoon to protect them and control the two paths leading to the col. He concentrated three companies with only more than 100 people left at the moment, and the soldiers were divided into two ways to prepare to fight back.

When the small Japanese troops once again detoured to their flanks, ready to give themselves another bite. Li Ziyuan took advantage of the terrain to concentrate the second and third companies along the right flank of the basin, and set up a small ambush circle on the commanding heights of the only one that could enter the basin and overlook the entire small basin between the small mountains.

At present, the relatively complete company, commanded by Wang Changfeng, seized the mountains on both sides of the pass into the basin and blocked the pursuing troops of Tsuruta Numanan behind him. In this battle, Li Ziyuan concentrated the largest forces he could concentrate, just to be able to fight quickly, and ruthlessly gave Tsuruta Nuanan a guy.

When the small Japanese army unit responsible for clamping down on Li Ziyuan's movement speed, carrying a heavy machine gun, came up again in a roundabout way, ready to give Li Ziyuan another bite. Looking at the strength of about two detachments of the sneaky Japanese army, Li Ziyuan pulled out his fast and slow machine and replaced it with a new magazine, but he did not rush to give the order to attack.

When the Japanese army formed a three-person battle group, they were desperately climbing to the top of the hill where they were located, that is, the commanding heights where they could overlook the entire basin, in order to find a suitable place to set up heavy machine guns. Seeing that the distance between the two armies was less than fifty meters, Li Ziyuan flattened the body of the gun and directly hit it with a burst of fire.

Li Ziyuan took the lead, and the soldiers around him and on both wings also fired one after another, and pieces of grenades also fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers who were climbing the mountain. And the two light machine guns that Li Ziyuan carried in hand were also under Li Ziyuan's order, regardless of ammunition consumption, and tilted the rain of bullets towards the Japanese army.

In particular, the Czech light machine gun that was responsible for hitting the Japanese heavy machine gun team, with the cooperation of several soldiers in the surrounding area throwing grenades, the first burst of fire knocked down half of the Japanese heavy machine gun team. Although the remaining Japanese troops reacted extremely quickly, they turned around and were about to retreat down the mountain.

But Guo Xiaoshan, who was beside Li Ziyuan, shot a few shots and directly knocked down all the remaining members of the heavy machine gun team of the Japanese army. This Type 92 heavy machine gun, which had brought Li Ziyuan a lot of trouble, was left unattended before the first shot was fired this time.

Obviously, he didn't expect Li Ziyuan to be waiting for his Japanese army here, and he was turned around by the sudden opening of fire this time. By the time the Japanese army had turned around from the sudden blow and suffered more than half of the casualties, Li Ziyuan had already rushed down with his troops. The situation was tense, and Li Ziyuan did not have time to entangle with this Japanese army here.

How to completely wipe out these more than 30 Japanese troops in the shortest possible time is what he wants to do the most. After a round of firepower was over and the Japanese troops in front of him were scattered, Li Ziyuan directly led his troops to charge. There was no chance for this Japanese army to shoot at him.

Li Ziyuan raised his hand and used the fast and slow machine in his hand to defeat a crooked Japanese machine gunner who was preparing to fire, and was the first to rush into the battle sequence of the Japanese army. Under the cover of Guo Xiaoshan behind him, he picked up a Type 38 rifle casually, and easily pulled out the upper bayonet of the devil's corpse.

Without the slightest hesitation, he directly stabbed a Japanese soldier who broke through Guo Xiaoshan's blockade and rushed over first. And the fast and slow machine in the hands of Li Ziyuan was at the same time as solving the Japanese light machine gun group. The soldiers beside him also rushed over with rifles with bayonets on them.

At this time, the two light machine guns behind him were also changed to short bursts, and the Japanese troops who tried to gather together and resist were constantly scattered. While all the soldiers rushed out, they also shot the Japanese soldiers in the thigh before jumping out to make contact with the Japanese army according to Li Ziyuan's request.

The two Japanese detachments were only about 30 people, and they were already at a disadvantage in terms of strength. Although the disadvantages are not obvious. But at the beginning of the game, he first lost the initiative of this little force, and he could resist Li Ziyuan's hands. As soon as the two armies came into contact, the formation was disrupted.