The tension of the situation did not let Li Ziyuan stay here longer. Fastest update access: щщщ.79XS.сОΜ. After being rejected by himself and following him to the battlefield, Li Ziyun, who was not very reluctant, was thrown to Liu Lianming, who was also facing Li Ziyuan's spicy sister and had a sad face. Li Ziyuan took the binoculars and went to the front position.

At this time, the torches of the Japanese puppet armies that pulled the net on three sides had begun to be extinguished one after another as the sky gradually brightened. However, the successive extinguishing of torches does not mean that the Japanese puppet army will stop pulling nets and sweeping 'sweeps'. Although Li Ziyuan's position is not the commanding heights around here, the relatively high position allows him to clearly see the movements of the Japanese puppet army under the mountain from the telescope.

As the sky brightened, Li Ziyuan could clearly see a large number of Japanese puppet troops on three sides who were clearing mountains from side to mountain. It is gradually advancing towards its own position. And the bottom of the mountain has advanced to the south of himself from the position where he fought early yesterday morning. At this time, the Japanese army, which was building an artillery position, was also nervously adjusting the "firing" boundary of several "guns".

Just as Li Ziyuan was carefully observing the movements of the Japanese puppet army under the mountain, the roar of planes came from the sky. With the loud roar of the aircraft engine, two Japanese reconnaissance planes appeared in the sky over Basongling. Constantly swooping and circling, carefully reconnoitring the entire Eight Pine Ridge area.

Looking at the two Japanese reconnaissance planes that were bullied by the sky and the ground and had no air defense weapons, and the flight altitude was almost rubbing the mountain, and even the pilot's face could be seen clearly, Li Ziyuan was depressed in his heart. If it weren't for the scruples of the surrounding Japanese puppet army, as long as he concentrated a few 'Ting' light machine guns in his hands to form a 'crossing' firepower, and calculated the amount of advance and the flight trajectory of the aircraft, he would definitely be sure to get him.

Although it is not necessary to knock down two fights, there is no problem in knocking down one. Since crossing the Yellow River to join the anti-Japanese battlefield in North China, although it has also been bombed by Japanese planes many times. But like today, the Japanese plane is so arrogant, almost flying against the mountain, Li Ziyuan is the first time to encounter it.

But right now, Li Ziyuan could only stare at the two planes, hovering back and forth over his head, but he had no choice but not to say anything. It is also necessary to restrain the troops, especially the recruits, not to be 'surprised' by these two planes. Fortunately, the more than 30 recruits have also honed some of them in the past few days.

Although I had never seen a plane flying so close, I had seen Japanese planes circling over my head many times a few days ago to reconnoitre, and I had a certain sense of familiarity. Although these two Japanese planes flew too low, they also brought a certain amount of panic to these recruits. But after all, there was no 'messy' running around in the face of the plane like the first meeting.

The Japanese puppet army under the mountain was eyeing him, so that no matter what he thought, he could only put it aside for the time being. If you really stab him regardless of it, as soon as the gunfire goes out here, the Japanese artillery shells over there will immediately hit him. With the quality of the Japanese artillery, they will definitely be able to determine their position in the shortest possible time, based on the sound of gunfire alone.

At that time, the troops, which had not yet experienced the baptism of Japanese artillery, could not 'mess' themselves into a 'mess'. So no matter how arrogant these two planes are, Li Ziyuan can only stare dryly. Fortunately, his location is relatively remote, and even if he flies against the mountain from the sky, it is difficult to find their location.

However, these two Japanese planes hovering above Li Ziyuan's head, closely paying close attention to all movements on the ground, and constantly informing the Japanese troops below the mountain of the situation within the observation range, were only the first trouble Li Ziyuan encountered. The problems that Li Ziyuan encountered next were far greater than the troubles caused by these two planes.

Just when Li Ziyuan kept whispering to the troops not to move. However, under the guidance of these two planes, the Japanese artillery at the bottom of the hill began to conduct fire reconnaissance at all suspicious locations within the 'firing' range. Unfortunately, the location where Li Ziyuan was hiding was within the range of the Japanese army's fire reconnaissance.

Although the Japanese, who had always been stingy and tight-hearted, only fired a dozen shells at suspicious locations under the direction of the planes to test the fire reconnaissance. But even these shells that fell on the left and right of Li Ziyuan's position brought Li Ziyuan a certain amount of trouble.

A few shells that did not 'fire' accurately at the point, in fact, were purely blind 'shots', but exploded around the latent position chosen by Li Ziyuan. Not only were the recruits a little panicked, but even the veterans were a little flustered. Recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of machine guns, this is in other units. In Li Ziyuan's troops, most of the people didn't even suffer from shells, let alone the recruits, and even most of the veterans were a little panicked.

Fortunately, Li Ziyuan was squatting there, holding a telescope in his hand to observe the enemy's situation, and he didn't move like Mount Tai. The constant explosion of shells around him didn't seem to have any effect on him. And according to his previous deployment, most of the recruits were concentrated around him.

At this time, the example of the leader is undoubtedly the best way to boost morale. Li Ziyuan's performance made most of the recruits finally stabilize after the initial panic. The veterans and semi-veterans over there also slowly settled down under Qian Defu's constant encouragement. There was no 'messy' running around the mountain, revealing one's location'.

Of course, Li Ziyuan did not consciously risk his own life here, and the shrapnel flying everywhere didn't matter who he was. Even if it only explodes in the periphery, every scattered shrapnel may kill him. And those fragments of small shells, even from tens of meters away, can be lethal.

He braved four 'shots' of shrapnel to crouch behind a bush, risking his life to hold a telescope to observe the enemy situation down the hill while the surrounding shells continued to explode. It's not because of how brave he really is, but because there's no way around it. At this time, he, as a military commander, could only stabilize the morale of the army in this way.

Recruits are afraid of artillery, and this is a phenomenon that no unit can avoid since the birth of artillery. The lethality of the shells, and the loud noise produced when they explode. For recruits who have completed all their training but are still on the battlefield for the first time, it is undoubtedly a severe test of willpower.

Very few recruits pass this test for the first time. Unless it's on the training ground, it's already tested. At present, no army in China has the luxury of using a large number of artillery shells to train new recruits on the battlefield.

Even the wealthy Central Army does not have this ability. What's more, the Eighth Route Army, which is poorly equipped, has no fixed source of ammunition and ammunition, and does not even have a few mortars in the whole army? From the day Li Ziyuan joined the Red Army, when fighting against opponents on any front, this army was the side that suffered from shells.

It is even more impossible for Li Ziyuan's unit, which does not even have a 'smallest' caliber cannon or even a substitute explosive 'charge' package, to complete this kind of training. What's more, most of the people in his troops have only received the most basic training. There are also more than 30 recruits, who have only completed the training in using rifles and throwing grenades, and have not even carried out live rifle 'shooting'.

It is not uncommon for a frightened unit on the battlefield to break its own ground. One can sweep away ten, and ten can sweep away a hundred. It is not uncommon for a company to break down the defensive positions of a regiment. Although there were not many shells from the devils, the caliber of only two '75 mountain guns and a few 'guns' infantry guns was not large.

But for these recruits, who have seen artillery for the first time, the power of the god of war in modern times. These cannons, which are not large calibers, are still quite terrifying. It is necessary to stabilize the mood of these recruits under artillery fire so that they do not overwhelm themselves. Li Ziyuan can only take a risk, choosing between his own safety and the safety of his position and the target of exposure.

In a situation that all recruits can see, with a fearless 'spirit' that dares to fly everywhere but deceives you, crouches and raises binoculars to observe the enemy's situation. What else? Some of these recruits who were already crawling on the ground in fright, and didn't dare to move, Li Ziyuan didn't know how long they could hold out without collapsing.

If it is not possible to stabilize these recruits, who occupy the majority of the current troops, and are also suffering from shells for the first time, in the shortest possible time. Once these recruits collapse, they will no longer have to fight this battle, and they will collapse themselves.

But fortunately, although he took a certain risk, Li Ziyuan still won the bet. He used his composure, at the very least, to quickly stabilize the mood of most of the recruits. At this time, the exemplary and leading role of the leader is still quite crucial. Li Ziyuan insisted there, and the mood of the recruits began to gradually stabilize one after another.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the artillery shells carried out by the Japanese army for fire reconnaissance only fell around Li Ziyuan's position, and did not directly fall on the position. If the Japanese artillery shells smashed directly on Li Ziyuan's position, in the face of the bloody rain or severed limbs and stumps from the shells, it is really difficult to say whether these recruits who are still quite poor in psychological quality will completely collapse.

When the time comes, don't say that Li Ziyuan is just taking risks, and play an exemplary role here. Even if he was pierced into a hedgehog by shrapnel all over his body, he may not be able to control these recruits who are extremely frightened in their hearts, and they will have a complete collapse from psychology to physiology. Especially now that he doesn't even have enough cadres, the number is insufficient. In the army, the old man is the one who leads the new, but the number of veterans is seriously insufficient, and it is difficult for him to use the veteran to control the new soldiers.

The Eighth Route Army has always been known for its strong political ideology, but it is necessary to give him enough time to do political work. The more than 30 recruits mobilized in the third district had only taken the simplest political education classes. For other things, Li Ziyuan has not had time to educate. They have not had time for systematic military training, and there is no political education to keep up, and it is already remarkable that these recruits have been able to hold on to this day and have not run a single one.

Li Ziyuan took his own risk, and when there were Japanese planes in the sky to reconnoiter and Japanese firepower on the ground, he quickly stabilized the mood of the recruits who were bombed by artillery shells for the first time. There was no major 'commotion' or 'chaos' in the entire position, let alone 'exposing' their own targets, so the Japanese puppet army's firepower test that allowed the 'disorderly' bombing of the mountain failed to achieve results.

The failure of the firepower test, coupled with the periphery of the position chosen by Li Ziyuan, the terrain was relatively much more precipitous. Although the Japanese troops under the mountain quickly completed the encirclement and outflanking, the search operation around Li Ziyuan's position was delayed. In other directions, an empty Japanese puppet army pounced, although it was gathered at the foot of the mountain where Li Ziyuan was, but it was still in a situation of immobility for a while.