After a few boxes were taken away, Li Ziyuan raised his head to say that this man who started by gambling skills and had several ups and downs in the warlord melee. In order to raise the army and expand his strength, he not only sold drugs and printed counterfeit money, but as long as there was a profitable business, there was nothing he did not dare to do. He even did not hesitate to take risks and braved the world's condemnation to steal and excavate the Manchu Emperor's tomb, which brought irreparable losses to Chinese culture.

Now because of the perennial smoking of big cigarettes, he is as thin as a bamboo pole of the Tanglin thief. Li Ziyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely guarantee your safety." You can take your wife with you, and you can choose another orderly to take care of your life for the time being. The opium you smoke every day can also be kept for the time being. ”

"As for how to place you, I need to wait for orders from my superiors. But you and your men can rest assured that we will keep you safe. Our policy, as you are well aware, is never to torture and kill prisoners, including the lightly or seriously wounded. Okay, so let's do it for now. ”

This guy is used to seeing the world and can be called a person who has been through ups and downs for a long time. It is clear that they are now prisoners. Therefore, he seems to be very obedient to Li Ziyuan's arrangement. After Li Ziyuan finished speaking, he simply turned around and left.

He turned to leave, and the group of high-ranking officials of the puppet army behind him naturally did not dare to stay, and turned around and left after him. Fortunately, for this group of generals who first served as a ragtag army over there, and later became a puppet army. Although the property and troops were gone, the lives were saved. Those who are with their wives have also returned to themselves.

Looking at this group of puppet army generals who were more than ten years old in an instant, their backs looked very vicissitudes. Li Ziyuan shook his head, turned his head to He Sanliang beside him and said: "Tell the people in the Political Department that this person should be given certain preferential treatment in life, and his aunt and wife can also stay by his side for the time being." ”

"As for the captured puppet army officers, those with their wives by their side let them be together first. The rest of the matter will wait until the superior replies. You immediately transfer a battalion and transfer all these people to the Gaoping prisoner of war camp. There are also people who have asked the Political Department to select a group of young and middle-aged soldiers. It's still the old rules, no matter how good the veteran's oil skills are, don't want it. ”

"In addition, among all the captured personnel, all the graduates of the military academy will be singled out for me. I told the people in the Political Department that I only need graduates of regular military schools. I don't want any of those pheasant military academy graduates who taught some simple art of war and queues. ”

After explaining He Sanliang, Li Ziyuan turned his head to the staff officer beside him and said: "Send a report to the military region, we have captured the commander-in-chief of the puppet Sixth Front Army, and all the cultural relics requested by the superiors have been seized." I am now asked whether the person should remain with us for the time being or whether he should be sent to the military district headquarters. ”

"In addition, now the entire Jincheng direction has been roughly completed, and our department is carrying out the final encirclement and annihilation of the small number of remnants of the Japanese army that is still resisting you, and the spoils of war are being counted. Please tell us the next step of our department, whether to go north to reinforce Qinshui and Gaoping, or to temporarily rest and stand by. ”

After the staff officer had finished recording his dictation of the telegram, he turned and left. He Sanliang listened to the gunfire that was still ringing on Liu Haishan's side, and hesitated for a moment: "Are we giving some reinforcements to Lao Liu's side?" I saw that the gunfire on his side was quite sparse, but the remnants of the Japanese army had not stopped resisting. ”

"The second regiment suffered heavy casualties in Gaoping, and it was the main force in Qinshui. After continuous operations, there has been a great attrition. More than 1,000 enemies on his side are all Japanese soldiers, and I'm afraid this pressure is a bit too great for him. I'll see if a battalion is transferred from me, and I'll send troops but no one will come out. Otherwise, it is not a way to keep delaying like this. ”

Regarding He Sanliang's consideration, Li Ziyuan did not answer him immediately after pondering for a while, but came to He Sanliang's temporary headquarters with a telescope, raised the telescope and observed it in the direction of Liu Haishan, who was still fighting fiercely, for a long time, before putting down the telescope in his hand, turning around and saying to He Sanliang: "Not for the time being, I think Lao Liu can still bear it." ”

"I've asked all the artillerymen who came up to him to cooperate with him, and his side now has an absolute advantage in firepower. His side has now compressed the remnants of the Japanese army into two small spaces with a radius of less than 500 square meters, and there is already room for display in the transfer of troops. ”

"Besides, you don't know Lao Liu. At this time, his self-esteem was still unacceptable. If there is another half an hour, he will not be able to end the battle on his side, and it will not be too late to transfer people. Tell the rest of the troops to hurry up and clean up the battlefield. Mobilize a part of the troops to the surrounding area in the direction of Jincheng to clear the remnants of the surrounding enemy. ”

Li Ziyuan's resolute attitude made He Sanliang unable to say anything more. However, out of a cautious attitude, He Sanliang still transferred a battalion and deployed it to the direction of Liu Haishan to be ready to respond at any time. At this time, in the face of the frantic resistance of the remaining Japanese army, Liu Haishan was also anxious.

Now the gunfire in other directions has completely subsided. As for himself, he is still in a tug-of-war with the remaining hundreds of Japanese troops. Even if there is a huge difference in the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army and the puppet army, the problem is that the battle cannot be solved for a long time, and he is very much dragging the main force back, which affects the determination of the superiors to take the next step.

Now nearly an hour has passed since the final settlement time set by Li Ziyuan for himself, and the higher authorities have mobilized most of the artillery to themselves. But at the moment, his side is still in a fierce battle, which also makes Liu Haishan's face very unbearable.

But although he felt that his face was damaged, Liu Haishan knew that the more he arrived at this time, the more he could not be impatient. More than half of the troops have now suffered casualties, and if they make a mistake in judgment, they may completely lose their vitality. You must be calm, this is the minimum requirement for a commander.

Holding a telescope, Liu Haishan, who had been carefully observing the Japanese army in front of him, pondered for a long time before saying to Zhou Tong beside him: "Old Zhou, how many shells do you have there?" Can you put the cannon on the bayonet, and I will take out the heavy machine gun fire points of the Japanese troops in front. And suppress the fire points of light machine guns, covering the multi-way assault of my troops? ”

In response to Liu Haishan's question, Zhou Tong, who was also holding a telescope next to him, was silent for a while and said: "Regiment commander, I see if this is the case, I will use a mortar to support you in attacking one of the two Japanese troops." You leave the rest to me, and I'll smash the pot and sell iron this time, and give you a fire cover. ”

"The devils are now exposed to the wild, with only simple makeshift fortifications, and they haven't even had time to dig anti-artillery holes. Now is the best time for me to use my firepower, and this time we have captured a few mountain cannons from the puppet army, which is exactly what to use here. There is not much time left for us now, and it is not a matter of face to delay it. ”

Zhou Tong's words, Liu Haishan, who was a little sick and rushed to the hospital at this time, nodded directly without thinking about it. He completed a small tactical adjustment at the front line, and transferred half of his troops from Zhou Tong's selected target to join the other battlefield. Liu Haishan has completed tactical adjustments, and Zhou Tong has also completed the adjustment of the firing positions of several mountain guns.

Just after Liu Haishan withdrew the last soldier, Zhou Tong's raised hand slashed down fiercely. A few mountain guns came up with a four-shot rapid fire, and more than a dozen shells accurately exploded on the Japanese position. Zhou Tong brought out this time, except for some Japanese-made original shells, most of them were second-hand shells turned over in that warehouse.

The more powerful Japanese-made original artillery shells were basically consumed during the previous continuous battles. Now he still has more than 100 rounds in his hand, the Feitian powder cannonballs made by the old Jin Suijun. The number of shells seized from the Japanese puppet army this time is not clear at the moment. But the more than 100 shells that were not powerful enough, Zhou Tong had already made up his mind to shoot them all at once.

Although these shells made of fertile field powder were very powerful when attacking the fortifications of the Japanese puppet army, they were very inadequate. But in this situation, where there are only improvised fortifications, the lethality is still sufficient. Zhou Tong fought extremely generously, and more than 100 shells were all smashed in a small space of no more than 500 square meters, and the lethality can be imagined.

And more than 100 shells were used in such a small space, and although his style of play could not be said to be the last in the Eighth Route Army, it was absolutely unprecedented. After all, in most troops, the approval of the military commander is required to make a shot*. He fired more than 100 rounds in one go, and the mountain artillery shells that the Eighth Route Army could not make by themselves were too luxurious.

However, although it seems to be a bit big-giving, the result is quite satisfying. More than 100 shells fell, and the Japanese position facing Zhou Tong was already a mess. The troops that attacked together had met with little resistance. The remnants of the Japanese army, although still trying to resist stubbornly, had little time left for them.

Here, Zhou Tong solved one of the two troubles for Liu Haishan, and the remaining Liu Haishan was much easier. He reduced the force to three battalions into three reinforced companies. The whole regiment was loaded with bayonets, and under the cover of most of the heavy machine guns and mortars of the whole regiment concentrated behind them, a bayonet came directly to solve it.

After a white-knuckle battle, Liu Haishan looked at the corpses of the Japanese soldiers in the place, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Grandma's, these devils came out of the regular division in the end, and they are much more difficult to bite than the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade. Not only did he spend a lot of time in this battle, but he also paid a great price.

Seeing that there were a lot of casualties around him for a while, and the three reinforced companies could only be organized into two companies now, Liu Haishan did not have a trace of joy in his heart. In addition to being glad that Li Ziyuan left him an iron-clad army, he was more worried about the number of casualties.

Just when Liu Haishan was secretly sad because of the excessive casualties, there was a sudden patting motion on his shoulder. Turning his head to look at Li Ziyuan behind him, Liu Haishan gritted his teeth: "Lao Li, you have left me an iron-clad army that is invincible and invincible, even if it is fought to the last soldier, it will not collapse." ”

"From this point on, I have to thank you, the former head of the regiment. A regiment that had already suffered one-third casualties was gnawed down in the face of nearly 2,000 Japanese troops. This level of technique and tactics is rare in the whole army. These devils are all regular divisions of the Japanese army, not the so-called garrison brigades. ”

"Even if at least a third of them are non-combatants, such as baggage soldiers, this is a real devil after all. The fact that we were able to achieve a final victory under the condition that the strength of the troops was roughly equal shows that the combat effectiveness of our troops is absolutely superb. Lao Li, I, the commander of the regiment who has been ready-made, really thank you for leading the soldiers so well. ”