After this battle, the situation in Hubei has been fundamentally improved in a short period of time. At least Li Ziyuan's pressure in Hubei was relatively much smaller for a period of time. Of course, the Japanese army was bound to retaliate afterwards, but for him, the move of pulling the tiger skin to make a big banner was a success. The Japanese army wants to retaliate, and I'm afraid it will have to be right.

In particular, the puppet Hubei County Garrison Brigade, plus an integrated squadron, was basically annihilated after this war, which was quite a heavy blow to the Japanese puppet army in Hubei. At least before the puppet garrison brigade is reorganized, the Japanese puppet army's control over the eastern part of Hubei will probably have a phased decline. This undoubtedly brought great convenience to his activities in the eastern area of Hubei.

Moreover, this time, the Baijin Railway Breaking Operation, which was mainly based on the sabotage war, had a large number of troops participating in the battle on the whole line. But it seems that so far, the Hubei Battlefield, the southernmost auxiliary battlefield, seems to have achieved the greatest results. No wonder even the division commander sighed that he, a half-apprentice in the Red University period, had done a beautiful battle.

Wang Cheng, who witnessed Li Ziyuan's growth step by step, knew that Li Ziyuan was truly mature after this battle. Although this guy in this battle, in turn mobilized his own divisional backbone regiment, and even let the main force cooperate with him in turn, it seems a bit anti-guest-oriented. But Wang Cheng knew that he would not have to worry about any area in the future.

Looking at the troops who were resting, Wang Cheng turned his head to Li Ziyuan and said, "You have to think about what to do next." After this battle, the Japanese army was bound to carry out a large-scale sweep and retaliation. The area you are in is the southwest gateway of the entire Taihang District, and it must also be the key area for the Japanese army to sweep. ”

"You have to seize the time to recover your strength as soon as possible before the Japanese army sweeps away. There is more than one Hubei County under the divisional troops, so it is impossible to only care about Hubei County. You must be careful, after this battle, the Japanese army's retaliation will definitely be very strong, you must be careful yourself, don't let the devil catch it again. ”

"Your kid's battle is earth-shattering, not only the division commander but even the deputy commander-in-chief are alarmed. The deputy commander-in-chief also personally sent a telegram to the military sub-district to inquire about the battle situation here. But he also got the main target of the devil's revenge on himself, don't die as soon as his temper comes up. I don't need to talk to you about the essence of guerrilla warfare, and try to avoid fighting to the death with devils. ”

"In order to cooperate with the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain, the First War Zone has now sent several troops to prepare to fight guerrillas in the southeast of Shanxi. I heard that there are still a few elites of the Central Army, which are the German armoured troops who fought in the Battle of Songhu. At present, the Yellow River has been crossed and is advancing to the southeast of Shanxi. ”

"You're here and there's a good chance you're going to run into them. The situation is delicate now, and it would be better to avoid them if we could avoid them. If you really can't avoid it, remember one sentence, let's not cause trouble, but we are not afraid of it. However, they come to the southeast of Jinjin, which can also relieve your pressure to a certain extent. ”

"They arrived in the southeast of Jinjin, and it is estimated that the little devils will temporarily turn their eyes from you to them. They are well-equipped Central Army, not our miscellaneous armies with earthen guns and artillery, and they don't even have a number. It's normal for devils to pay attention to something. Are you worried about them? ”

Speaking of this, Wang Cheng was silent for a moment, but changed the topic and said: "You should also prepare to evacuate, this is not a place to stay for a long time." The main forces, which had now achieved their strategic objectives, had begun to retreat one after another, with the exception of some units that were blocking the reinforcements of the Japanese army and those that were blasting bridges and roadbeds. Also, the bullets seized at the drop stronghold, you can keep them for yourself and don't hand them in for the time being. ”

For the old chief's advice, Li Ziyuan nodded slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "Old chief, I will hand in all the puppet army artillery team, but can their captain leave me?" If I guessed correctly, this guy should be a prisoner of war or a straggler in the national army, and his military quality is very solid. ”

"I'm short of people like that right now, and if I can stay, I can make a big difference. I don't want this person for nothing, I promise to help the division solve some of the shells of those five mortars. Old chief, you are also the God of Wealth, do you want to leave me some. We don't need a gun, someone should always leave me one. ”

Li Ziyuan's request, Wang Cheng hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and left the artillery captain for him. As for the five mortars and the other puppet artillery, Wang Cheng still took them all.

Although Wang Cheng asked Li Ziyuan to keep all the bullets captured in the Luoma stronghold. Even ordered Zeng Sheng to leave the ammunition he seized when he fell off the horse to Li Ziyuan. But together with the ammunition captured in Pingchuan Town, Li Ziyuan finally left only 30,000 rounds, and the rest was taken away by his old superiors.

There are other troops in the entire divisional backbone regiment, and he is still very clear about the shabby ammunition reserves. Although he handed in 10,000 rounds of ammunition last time, I am afraid that this battle will be almost consumed. After all, for Li Ziyuan, the big river has water, and his small river can be full.

Li Ziyuan knew very well that if the devil retaliated, he would definitely not take himself as his main target. In this attack on the Baijin Railway, the main forces of the military region and sub-divisions were almost dispatched. Including the 386th Brigade and the First Column of Decisive Death in the Taiyue Mountains west of Changzhi, their own guerrilla force can only be regarded as an inconspicuous little fly among the many tigers.

The focus of the Japanese army's next retaliation will not be on itself, it is estimated that it will still be on the divisional troops and the main force, and some things are still very clear to the devils. And with so much ammunition, it also limited its own movements. If he is handed back by the devil, then it is better to hand over the military division, he is not the kind of person who wants to swallow all good things by himself.

The divisional troops have more capital, and he has more confidence in his activities in Hubei. Besides, there are only so many troops in him, what are he doing with so many bullets? The most important thing is that Li Ziyuan captured so many weapons and ammunition in Pingchuan Town, he himself privately left 10,000 rounds of ammunition, plus these 10,000 rounds of ammunition, it is almost the same for him.

After Wang Cheng left with his troops, Li Ziyuan took a look at the Japanese puppet military fortifications that had been dismantled into a flat land, and then withdrew with his troops. Luoma Town, where the Luoma stronghold is located, is the richest town in the mountainous area of the eastern part of Hubei. The Japanese puppet army will not give up here, and if they don't leave, they will stay and be beaten?

After withdrawing to Taihang Mountain with the troops and the captured booty, as well as the group of migrant workers from Hebei, Li Ziyuan made certain adjustments to the establishment of the troops. In the process of adjusting the establishment, Li Ziyuan focused on enriching the first squadron of his current part-time captain. The second squadron, on the other hand, left a certain number of formations, ready to receive and train new recruits.

After Chang Juan's mobilization, among the more than 100 rescued Hebei migrant workers, except for the older ones who were repatriated to their homes, more than 90 young and strong people basically stayed. Li Ziyuan combined this group of migrant workers and more than a dozen recruits mobilized from the vicinity of Luoma to form a recruit squadron, led by Qian Defu to conduct recruit training.

Even so, this Hubei guerrilla force, which was supposed to be formed by locals, became mainly composed of Hebei people. But for Li Ziyuan, who is hungry for soldiers at the moment, he can't care about anything else, and it's better to not be worthy of the name than not to have no additional soldiers.

With so many recruits replenished at once, apart from the fact that the cadres were a little nervous, there was no shortage of weapons. The weapons of the Japanese puppet army in Luoma Town, Li Ziyuan can keep them. Zeng Sheng, who had received a lot of benefits from Li Ziyuan, did not fight with Li Ziyuan in this matter. He also adjusted a batch of weapons and equipment from within himself and handed them over to Li Ziyuan.

However, after careful consideration, Li Ziyuan made certain adjustments in weapons and equipment. The first squadron now has replaced all of its weapons with shorter Czech-style rifles, except for Liu Lianming, who can only use Hanyang-made rifles, while the first squadron has replaced them with Yuannian-style or Hanyang-made rifles made from Wang Tieshi's inventory.

The original 38-type and Jin-made 65-caliber rifles were all adjusted to the second squadron and the recruit squadron. After all, most of the puppet army still use 79 rifles, and it is much better to get 79 bullets than to capture 65 bullets from the Japanese army. Moreover, although the Type 38 rifle has a long range and high accuracy, the low lethality of the 65 bullet at close range is also a problem.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Ziyuan still reequipped the first squadron with 79 rifles. And although the Czech rifles are better, the bullets of these rifles are more difficult. In addition to Wang Tieshi's puppet army, other puppet armies on the battlefield in the southeast of Jin Province are generally based on 65 rifles or Hanyang.

And this time, he gave that guy's inventory to Lian Pot, and the rest of the weapons were in his hands. Even if the little devil is re-examining this guy and asking him to re-establish the pseudo-garrison brigade, it is impossible to equip him with a Czech rifle, it is estimated that it is mainly made in Hanyang. All were reequipped with Czech rifles, which put more pressure on the supply of ammunition.

Therefore, except for the first squadron, the other weapons of the first squadron were replaced with Hanyang-made or Gong-made 79 rifles. The two Czech light machine guns left behind were also issued to the 1st Squadron. The original Japanese-style rifles were concentrated in the second squadron and the recruit squadron. The recoil of the 65 rifle is small, which is more suitable for recruit training.

As for the Water Rifle, there is no place to deal with ammunition on its own. Once the ammunition he got from Wang Tieshi was exhausted, there was no place to replenish it. Moreover, the water rifle is too long and bulky, longer than the 38 big cover, and it is not suitable for mountain activities. So Li Ziyuan simply handed over all the water rifles.

However, this time, Li Ziyuan left three of the captured grenadiers and one hundred of the captured grenadiers. When this thing is used in ambush warfare, the machine gun that fights devils can be called the first weapon. Mortars don't have their turn to use them, and it's nice to have grenadiers.

On the one hand, Li Ziyuan constantly watched the movements of the Japanese puppet army outside the mountain, and on the other hand, he seized the time to train the troops in order to prepare for the retaliatory sweep that the Japanese puppet army might come at any time. It's just that what makes Li Ziyuan a little strange is that the Japanese puppet army has not moved. Moreover, after their own retreat, the Japanese puppet army abandoned the Qiaokou stronghold and withdrew to the front line of Pingchuan Town after the entire blockade line.

At present, the strength of the Japanese puppet army in Hubei is shrinking, whether it has anything to do with the elite of the two central armies in the first war zone in the south and whether it has anything to do with entering the southeast of Jin. But the calm of the moment is too important for him, who needs a lot of time to train recruits.