After making as careful a plan as possible, Li Ziyuan immediately began to deploy. You don't need to look at the yellow calendar to fight a war, and you can start implementing it immediately when you decide on it. Li Ziyuan's troops were divided into three routes, with Zeng Sheng responsible for besieging the Wangjiagou stronghold, and blocking the Qiaokou stronghold to send reinforcements under the command of He Sanliang.

He took three companies of troops and secretly deployed along the line from Donglinkou to Hejiayu. The two companies were ambushed fifteen miles north of Hejiayu, on the mountains on both sides of the improvised road connecting Hejiayu to Donglinkou, and the other company was personally commanded to besiege Donglinkou.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese puppet army spies, Li Ziyuan chose to act at night when he set off. He set out at midnight and demanded that he be at his assigned location by early morning. And put forward a special requirement for Zeng Sheng, that is, his troops must enter Wangjiagou Village before dawn.

Liu Lianming took his two platoons to change all civilian clothes, in accordance with Li Ziyuan's deployment and requirements. In the shortest possible time, he went out of the mountain through that steep secret passage, secretly infiltrated the western plain of Hubei, and launched an operation in the western plain of Hubei.

The task given to him by Li Ziyuan was very simple, not to ask him to destroy many enemies. Liu Lianming's mission was only twofold, one was to completely sabotage the puppet regime formed by the Japanese puppet in the western part of Hubei. The second is to create momentum, and the bigger the momentum, the better. Before Liu Lianming set off, Li Ziyuan specially gave him the right to act cheaply.

For those hardcore traitors, they can be suppressed on the spot without asking for instructions. The so-called township offices of the Japanese puppet army can take some necessary actions. If the Japanese puppet army tries to encircle it and cut off its retreat back to the mountains. If necessary, they can retreat westward into the jurisdiction of the Taiyue Military Region.

Liu Lianming's troops are all wearing civilian clothes at the moment, except for the military cap on their heads, they are all wearing civilian clothes. This is not a deliberate camouflage, but the current situation of the troops. Cotton military uniforms have not yet been issued, and judging from the current situation that is becoming more and more tense and the base areas are becoming more and more difficult, it is not known when they will be issued.

And the only single military uniform on his body has long been worn out, and there is no military uniform to replace at all. Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, in order to avoid the troops being frozen, they can only wear something. The old cotton jackets used by the peasants in the southeast of Shanxi Province are the current clothing and grooming of the troops.

Not to mention the troops below, even Li Ziyuan himself only has a cotton military shirt. As for the pants, Chang Juan, who really can't stand it, found someone to make a pair of crotch-free cotton pants worn by farmers in southeast Shanxi. The troops are like this right now, and if they want to disguise, they don't need to change into civilian clothes, and they can take off the general's hat.

As the first troop to set off, before the two platoons led by Liu Lianming set off at dusk, Li Ziyuan told Liu Lianming one last time. When entering that secret passage, be sure to keep it secret. That secret passage is at least for now, and it's not yet time for it to be exposed.

When bidding farewell to Liu Lianming, Li Ziyuan, who has always been on the battlefield, was a little abnormal, and even a little chattering, which made Chang Juan on the side purse his lips and be slightly happy. Looking at Li Ziyuan, who carefully explained Liu Lianming's precautions, Chang Juan suddenly remembered that when he came to Hubei, Li Ziyuan's old superior, Wang Cheng, was also chattering like this.

originally thought that Li Ziyuan was an unruly guy, but after such a long time of contact, Chang Juan found that Li Ziyuan's personality was far from what it seemed. On the battlefield, he is resolute and determined, but he does not lack a cunning side, and his wolf nature is quite heavy.

But when he got off the battlefield, he loved soldiers like children, and he could always mingle with the soldiers around him, and he never put on a fight. He ate whatever the fighters ate, and he never made it special. is righteous and emotional, and never leaves a wounded man behind on the battlefield.

Li Ziyuan in front of him made Chang Juan feel that she couldn't see the true face of this guy clearly. What kind of person is this guy, and how does he always attract his attention? Chang Juan suddenly felt that something was not quite right in her heart when she faced Li Ziyuan.

Thinking of this, Chang Juan looked at Li Ziyuan's gaze, which became soft and a little dodgy at the same time. However, after Li Ziyuan finally finished explaining Liu Lianming, he turned his head to look at the female county magistrate's shy and thoughtful gaze for a while, but he shouted out a very sinister sentence: "Hey, I said Changda County Magistrate, it's time for us to go, can we not be." ”

Hearing Li Ziyuan's very scathing words, Chang Juan, who felt that her mind was a little seen through, couldn't help but kick Li Ziyuan hard in annoyance, and then turned around to find Zeng Sheng and He Sanliang. Li Ziyuan, who was kicked inexplicably, covered the painful calves that were kicked, and could only sigh at the woman's heart and the needle under the sea.

Rubbing his calf that was kicked painfully, Li Ziyuan didn't have time to guess the reason why Chang Juan kicked him. Anyway, for him, he is used to joking with Chang Juan. Turning his head to look at the other cadres who were covering their mouths on the side, Li Ziyuan waved his hand very generously and gave the order to set off.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, Zeng Sheng took his county brigade and a platoon reinforced by Li Ziyuan to infiltrate Wangjiagou, which was already in ruins. On the second day, he first controlled the puppet army and two coolies who went down the mountain to fetch water, and directly cut off the water to the Japanese puppet army on the mountain. After discovering the anomaly under the mountain, the Japanese puppet army in Wangjiagou did not act as a shrinking turtle this time.

There is no way, a person can go seven days without food, but it is impossible to go without water for three days. The most important thing is that without water, even food cannot be cooked. In order to avoid being starved by being deprived of water and food, the Japanese puppet army on the mountain reacted quite quickly this time. Concentrate your forces at the first moment and go down the mountain to fight for water.

In order to defeat these bold people in one go, they rushed to harass their own dirt eight roads. The Japanese puppet army in the Wangjiagou stronghold did not hide or hide it, and under the command of a Japanese soldier Cao, not only dispatched most of the troops, but also brought out two light machine guns.

In the face of the Japanese puppet army who went down the mountain to fight for water, Zeng Sheng was not ambiguous. It used a few pine cannons to rely on the ruins of Wangjiagou. After putting these guys into the village, they used a meal of iron sand and crushed stones to give these Japanese puppet soldiers a warm welcome.

Of course, it is not easy for these earthen cannons to kill people. A large amount of iron sand that can be densely shot at close range is enough to make the people next to it lose their combat effectiveness. After the first round of earthen artillery firing, Zeng Sheng's headquarters, which was ambushed in the village, came another salvo of grenades and rifles.

The puppet army that participated in the first round of the battle was fired by these pine cannons mixed with grenades and rifles, and they were disgraced at close range. When the puppet army that entered the village wanted to retreat, they were outflanked by Zeng Sheng's department who was ambushed behind them, and a grenade and rifle salvo were outflanked from behind, except for a team leader who ran back, the rest of the people stayed in the village.

Zeng Sheng's deployment of street fighting was made by He Sanliang himself. Abandon the battle at the entrance of the village and place the main ambush line in the village. Use the ruins and narrow streets in the village to camouflage the pine cannons to form crossfire. At the same time, Zeng Sheng's main force No. 2 Squadron was placed in a mobile position, and once the Japanese puppet army entered the village, the No. 2 Squadron made a detour and then closed the door and beat the dog.

And the veteran platoon left by Li Ziyuan, He Sanliang suggested that it be placed in the reserve position. If the Japanese army makes a move, they will outflank the Japanese army, and if the Japanese army does not make a move, it will be used as a reserve. Although Zeng Sheng was not satisfied with He Sanliang's deployment, he finally accepted He Sanliang's suggestion under Chang Juan's suggestion.

He Sanliang's deployment is to pinch the Japanese puppet coordinated operation, in the face of Zeng Sheng's Tubalu, the first wave of attack must be the mentality of the puppet army. As a result, the entire combat deployment was precisely in accordance with He Sanliang's deployment. Moreover, this kind of battle is more suitable for the accelerated growth of new troops than picking soft persimmons.

Seeing that the puppet army was unprofitable, Imamura's troops only ran out of one captain. The Japanese army, who was eager to recover the water source behind them, simply went out this time. The Japanese troops in the stronghold on the South Mountain carried a crooked handle and went directly to the source of Wangjiagou. In the end, it is the Japanese army, and its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the puppet army. The punch was accurate and ruthless, and the county brigade of Zeng Sheng couldn't even lift his head.

At this time, the veteran platoon left by Li Ziyuan played a key role. This platoon, which had been lurking and did not participate in the battle first, immediately outflanked the Japanese army after the Japanese troops in Wangjiagou were dispatched. After first defeating the Japanese machine gunners, they launched an attack from behind, and the Zengsheng County Brigade in front of them drove out this Japanese army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, this Japanese army hurriedly burst out from the flank and fled back to the stronghold on the South Mountain. After repelling the water grabbing operation of the Japanese puppet army, Zeng Sheng immediately organized his troops to lay a circle of mines around Nanshan in accordance with Li Ziyuan's prior deployment. With pine cannons and mines, plus cold guns, the Japanese stronghold on the South Mountain was directly blocked.

The Japanese troops who fled back to the Nanshan stronghold, after discovering that they could not break through the siege of Tuba Road under the mountain, immediately used the telephone lines that had not yet been cut off to ask for help from the Japanese puppet troops in Qiaokou and Hejiayu. And the actions of the surrounding Japanese puppet army also confirmed He Sanliang's judgment. The Japanese puppet army in Qiaokou immediately dispatched after receiving the call for help, but the Japanese puppet army in Hejiayu did not move.

The blocking troops under the command of He Sanliang resisted along the line from Qiaokou to Wangjiagou. In the end, he is a veteran of positional warfare, and in the process of blocking, He Sanliang alternately covered, and fought with nearly 100 Japanese puppet soldiers who came to help. Relying on the favorable terrain to generalize the troops, the squad is formed to adopt the method of alternate cover. Mines cooperate with cold guns to continuously kill and injure the reinforced Japanese puppet army.

In the fierce battle for most of the day, Qiaokou dispatched nearly 100 days of puppet troops and only advanced less than two kilometers. As the main attack, the puppet army suffered a lot of losses. After three rounds of attacks, the puppet garrison that attacked the main attack suffered losses but did not make any progress. Even if the Japanese army was replaced to participate in the war, it would still not be able to make progress.

In the first day of fighting, except for the line from Wangjiagou to Qiaokou, which was in full swing, the rest of the entire eastern Hubei area was deserted. Compared with the reinforcements dispatched by Qiaokou, whose progress was blocked, the Japanese puppet army that could only sit in Wangjiagou and watch the sky at the moment was quite miserable.

After the water source was cut off, there was another fatal factor. Because today is still the time for several surrounding villages to give supplies to the Japanese puppet army in Wangjiagou. At present, these Japanese puppet troops are besieged in the Wangjiagou stronghold, and their supplies cannot be delivered. The supplies of these Japanese puppet soldiers can still last one meal at night.