The three armored vehicles on the railway line also quickly completed the road driving state transition under the cover of firepower. Directly rushed down the railway line, and cooperated with the Japanese infantry who rushed off the car to counterattack Li Ziyuan's department. Li Ziyuan, who wanted to set up an ambush to catch a handful, was ambushed by the devil.

Although he had expected that the devil would definitely send troops to escort the car, Li Ziyuan did not expect that the devil would actually send so many troops. Although he has made some preparations for a possible counterattack by the Japanese army. But the development of the battle situation has far exceeded his original expectations.

The three unarmed armored vehicles of the Japanese army, Li Ziyuan had nothing to worry about. The two large guns in his hands are specially designed to deal with these armored vehicles. Besides, this is a slope, and these armored vehicles have no weapons, so they can only dry go down the slope. The problem was that the Japanese artillery fire was too fierce, and he was a little overwhelmed by the suppression.

It's just that Li Ziyuan can't figure it out that the devil has set up such a big game, how could he let go of the backbone group of Pingchuan in the south and focus on himself. The backbone regiment is a clear enemy on the side, and at most he is beating the side drum here, how can he put the main firepower on his head.

In fact, Li Ziyuan didn't know that the Japanese army noticed it as soon as the divisional cadre regiment was mobilized. After the basic regiment entered the periphery of Pingchuan, although Li Ziyuan's Hubei Independent Battalion never showed up. But at this time, Tsuruta Nunan, who was sitting in Hubei County, clearly knew that Li Ziyuan would definitely participate in the war.

To say that after nearly a year of fighting, among the Japanese troops in the entire Ludong area, there is probably no one else who knows Li Ziyuan's character the most except Tsuruta Numanan. Through the analysis of several battle cases, Tsuruta Numan is basically confident about Li Ziyuan's style on the battlefield.

And the experience of fighting with Li Ziyuan for nearly a year also told Tsuruta Nuan. Although this Li Ziyuan does not have many troops, he is bold and careful, and he dares to touch the dark place under the lamp. Tsuruta Numan believes that although Li Ziyuan's troops are not many, they are the number one killer of public security in the Ludong area. This guy's danger to the security of the Ludong region is even greater than that of other Eighth Route Armed Forces with more troops than him.

After careful consideration, as well as some information obtained from the interior of the Li Ziyuan base area in the eastern part of Hubei, Tsuruta Numan set his sights on the Baijin Railway line north of Hubei. With the lack of troops in his hands, Tsuruta Nunan's overall plan was to use his own deployment to defeat the most cunning Li Ziyuan's troops first, and get rid of this number one enemy before anything else.

Although Li Ziyuan made a series of moves in Hubei, he really opened up the situation that had been deadlocked. But some of his practices have also caused some controversy within his own people. Although Tsuruta Numan said that there was no way to take Li Ziyuan on the battlefield, he tried his best and took a variety of means to buy a nail in the territory of Hubei.

Although this nail does not know much about the intelligence of troop movements, there are still some things that can be mastered. When the sub-district backbone regiment enters the territory of Hubei, it needs to provide some supplies such as grain in the territory of Hubei. It was through these things that this nail roughly mastered the actions of the backbone regiment.

Therefore, Tsuruta Numan judged that since the main force of the Ludong Army Division of the Eighth Route Army appeared in Hubei and had already entered the periphery of Pingchuan. Li Ziyuan, who has always been unwilling to be lonely, will definitely not stay honest. The Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi Province has always regarded the Baijin Railway, which divided its so-called Taihang and Taiyue military regions, as a thorn in its side.

Then at this time, the Eighth Road entered Hubei, and it must have been aimed at the Baijin Railway. According to Tsuruta Nuan's experience in summing up the battle with Li Ziyuan's department, since there are other troops in charge of Pingchuan, the location where Li Ziyuan will attack is absolutely inseparable from the Baijin Railway. So he took advantage of Li Ziyuan's mentality and set a trap for Li Ziyuan.

The Japanese puppet army at Qiaokou withdrew, and all of them retreated into the Hirakawa stronghold, which was an adjustment made by Tsuruta Numan Nan based on this information. He knew that the forces of the line from Qiaokou to Pingchuan were scattered into two strongholds, and they could only be broken by each of the eight routes. Moreover, under the situation that there were no troops to defend the stronghold of Luoma, the Qiaokou stronghold was isolated and protruding east of Pingchuan, and it was impossible to hold it at all.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Tsuruta Numan reduced the Qiaokou Japanese puppet army to Pingchuan, concentrated the limited strength of the current garrison, and made every effort to ensure that Pingchuan, the most important stronghold of the Baijin Railway in Hubei. Moreover, as far as Wang Cheng's basic regiment and Li Ziyuan's independent battalion are concerned, Tsuruta Nuanan has always believed that Li Ziyuan, who does not know his whereabouts at the moment, has significantly greater destructive power.

Wang Cheng's subordinates, who have appeared, are clear enemies, and there is nothing to worry about for Tsuruta Numa. As far as Pingchuan's current fortifications are concerned, it is enough for Wang Cheng, who has no heavy weapons, to gnaw for a while. The Li Ziyuan department that has been hidden in the dark is his most unjudgmental opponent.

First solve Li Ziyuan's department, and then concentrate forces to outflank the backbone regiment in Pingchuan from the flank. Cooperate with the main force of the puppet garrison that is currently cowering in Pingchuan, and strive to solve all the Tuba Road in Hubei in one go. To this end, he mobilized a reinforced squad that had just returned from the front to escort the captured personnel, plus a patchwork of troops, and tried his best to draw some troops to piece together a squadron.

Of course, it is impossible for the Japanese army to set up this trap for him to set up a train at the moment. Therefore, he directly used a train to Taiyuan to transport prisoners of war from Zhongtiao Mountain to carry out this anti-ambush war. As for the Chinese prisoners of war who were locked up in this stuffy tanker, as long as they could eliminate the Tuba Road in Hubei, even if they died, there would be no big problem.

These prisoners of war were the first batch to be escorted to the Taiyuan prisoner of war camp during the Zhongtiao Mountain Campaign, which was not yet completely completed, or to be screened and replenished to the Nanjing side to form an army, or to be transferred to other places to serve as laborers. With the whole line of Zhongtiao Mountain now transferred to the purge, the number of prisoners of war will be more and more, and it will not be worse than these thousand people.

Anyway, the Chinese killing the Chinese is the thing he is most willing to see. Regardless of whether he was injured by mistake or what the reason, the more these military-trained Chinese who are still resisting die, the better it will be for him. In particular, these prisoners of war can also be used as a meat shield to mine and block the hole of a gun when necessary.

Not only that, but in a situation where it was impossible for the forward artillery to be withdrawn back. Tsuruta Numan also transferred some of the weapons and ammunition that had arrived in Changzhi and were captured during the Battle of Mt. Nakajo, and used some of the artillery personnel left behind in Changzhi to temporarily form an artillery squadron.

With the maximum concentration of firepower, Li Ziyuan's department was completely wiped out in one go. As for whether Li Ziyuan will be successful, Tsuruta Numan is still very confident. He didn't think that this guy with a big appetite and greed would be tempted by a train full of weapons and ammunition.

As a result, this guy's careful calculation was really successful by him, and Li Ziyuan was indeed caught off guard by him. After receiving a telegram from the train, Tsuruta Numanan, who was sitting in Hubei County, gave an order to a Japanese soldier in command of the train, and ordered to eliminate Li Ziyuan's troops at all costs.

Fortunately, although Li Ziyuan was caught off guard by the devil, he still made certain preparations in advance. As soon as the devil squadron got off the train, an infantry squad that immediately launched a counter-assault from the front stepped directly into the minefield he had set up along the railway line, and was blown up and one person turned on his back.

If it weren't for the minefield he planted the night before, Li Ziyuan, who was pressed by the Japanese artillery fire at this time, and couldn't raise his head, I am afraid it would have been quite dangerous. Li Ziyuan, who adhered to the Eighth Route Army's tradition of fighting in close combat, chose the ambush position 200 meters away from the railway line, which was more of a high ground than a hillside.

With the tactical literacy of the Japanese army, coupled with such a fierce artillery cover, it could rush over in a few minutes. It was also this minefield where Li Ziyuan's calculations were very accurate that allowed the Japanese army's counterattack momentum to be blocked, and gave Li Ziyuan, who saw that the situation was not good, a few minutes to adjust his deployment.

But just as Li Ziyuan said, a mine that is fixed after being planted is dead. After discovering that the minefield on the side of the railway line was actually planted by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese troops on the car directly cleared out two passages with explosives.

He Sanliang, who was suppressed by artillery fire and couldn't raise his head, could only watch as the results of the work of the night before were directly destroyed by the Japanese army's explosives. said to Li Ziyuan: "Battalion commander, I'm afraid we have been tricked, and we have been calculated by the little devils, where is the firepower that the Japanese army should have?" ”

"Where did this little devil come from: the Shanghai-made Krupp Mountain Cannon and the Chinese-made 82 Mortar? And the anti-aircraft gun, if I heard me correctly, should be the Italian Breda 20-millimeter gun. The devils love to use our Czech machine guns, but they don't like to use this Shanghai-made Krupp mountain gun. ”

He Sanliang's words, Li Ziyuan rolled his eyes and said, "Where did these weapons come from, do you still need to ask?" It must have been captured by the devil from Zhongtiao Mountain, and it was directly used on us. Grandma's, Lao Tzu fights birds all day long, but he didn't expect to be pecked by birds. I said how did the devil give up the stronghold of Luoma and Qiaokou, and it turned out to be waiting for us here. ”

"Lao He, we can't be passive here. If we continue to defend here, we can only let the devil's artillery knock us out one by one. You immediately take the fire platoon of the second company and He Huizhang, detour behind the devils from the back, and knock out their artillery. ”

"As long as the Japanese artillery is defeated, we may not have a chance to turn the tables. Fortunately, Lao Tzu only put one company here, otherwise Lao Tzu would not have two backhands. Remember, you have to get as close as you can to make sure you hit it fatally. The devil's firepower is too strong, and the terrain here is not favorable. Once the devil notices, we really won't have a chance to turn it over. ”

After He Sanda nodded and turned around to go down to arrange, Li Ziyuan raised the fast and slow machine in his hand. Raising his hand towards the minefield that had been cleared at the moment, and once again under the cover of fire from the flatbed truck behind him, the Japanese soldiers who launched the charge fired a burst of fire, knocking down the two Japanese soldiers who were rushing ahead.

Turning his head to Guo Laosan, he said: "Old, don't waste bullets to fight ordinary devil soldiers, pick up those with sabers." Even if you can't beat the officers, those military cowards will do. If your brother can, knock out their gunners and heavy machine gunners for Lao Tzu. Even if you can't knock them out, at least reduce their rate of fire. ”

After explaining that Guo Laosan picked up the saber to fight, Li Ziyuan picked up a one-kilogram explosive bag made by He Sanliang, which was mixed with a large number of iron nails and broken glass, lit the fuse, and threw it down the terrain. Using the smoke cover from the explosion, he quickly shifted his position with a machine gun crew around him, and pulled the trigger on a tactical group at the front of the Japanese army.