He Huizhang's words were like an empowerment for Li Ziyuan: "Indeed, there is no need for me to 'force' this Japanese army to retreat in Hubei." , the latest chapter access: ШШШ.79xs.СоМ . As long as he buys enough time for the Li Cheng side to prepare, there is no need to entangle too much time with this Japanese army. ”

After patting He Huizhang's shoulder appreciatively, Li Ziyuan changed his previous somewhat impetuous mentality and said: "You are an old man, you are really a complete old fritter." As soon as we hit here, the superiors are not blind, and they will definitely notice the abnormal movement on the Hubei side. You're right, as long as you buy enough time for your superiors to respond, it will be enough for us. ”

"Why should I drill that bull's horn, or should I not change everything. Well, as a bonus, since you want this 'very' crooked trick, then it's yours to use. But your grenadier is one of our main firepowers. I don't care how you use this 'fair' crooked handle, but your grenadier canister can't be broken. ”

Li Ziyuan's words, He Huizhang smiled and didn't say anything. Holding this light machine gun, which had now become a repeating rifle, he took a soldier with grenades on his back and turned and ran towards another hill that was intended to be an ambush point.

Looking at He Huizhang's back, Li Ziyuan shook his head, turned his head and raised the telescope again, looking at the Japanese army below the mountain. After observing for a while, Li Ziyuan turned his head to Guo Xiaoshan behind him and said, "Xiaoshan, go and tell your father, it turns out that the plan to fight the Japanese artillery first will make a change first." ”

"The other Japanese soldiers don't care about him, let him find an opportunity to knock out the guy with the radio on his back. After knocking out the guy with the radio on his back, he didn't care about anything else. Let him find an opportunity, and the Japanese officer wearing a tweed military uniform and a command knife knocked me off. The rest of the Japanese soldiers, even if they hit me, they didn't have to worry about it. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan stopped Guo Xiaoshan, who was about to go to his father after hearing his order, took out a Japanese non-commissioned officer telescope from the satchel beside him, stuffed it into Guo Xiaoshan's hand and said: "After you find Lao Guo, stay by his side and make an observer for him." When necessary, you should be a secondary 'shooter' for the gun. ”

Taking the telescope stuffed by Li Ziyuan, Guo Xiaoshan pouted and said, "Captain, I will tell my old man about this new order of yours." However, if you find him an observer and a secondary 'shooter', you should send someone else. I am your correspondent and want to stay by your side. ”

Facing Guo Xiaoshan, who was stubborn and made it clear that he didn't want to leave him, Li Ziyuan slowed down his tone as much as possible: "Xiaoshanzi, you are now a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, and according to your military age, you are now considered a veteran, you should know that our troops are disciplined on the battlefield." ”

"Besides, all the cadres and soldiers of our army add up to their marksmanship, who else can be a good partner with your father besides you? When it comes to the tacit understanding with your father, who else is more tacit besides you? Be obedient, and don't forget that you are now a soldier and have it your duty to obey orders. ”

Listening to Li Ziyuan's serious tone, as well as the unusually serious expression on his face. Guo Xiaoshan hesitated, although he still didn't want to leave, but finally nodded to show that he obeyed the order. After Guo Xiaoshan left, Li Ziyuan ran to the next ambush point with his binoculars.

At the same time that Li Ziyuan took two soldiers and quickly rushed to the next ambush point. The Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain also cautiously continued to advance eastward under the opening of the way with several pack horses in front. Despite the fact that several pack horses opened the way, they did not step on a single mine during the next few kilometers of the march.

The two reinforced squads marching along the mountain terrain on either side of the mountain road did not encounter any traps or attacks. But Kencho Okazaki and his subordinates still didn't dare to be careless. Still maintaining a fighting posture and moving forward cautiously, not daring to relax even for a moment. When encountering a place where there may be ambushes, he even does not hesitate to use artillery fire to test the firepower.

And Li Ziyuan, who had already rushed to the east of a cliff on the south side of the mountain road, looked at the cautious Japanese soldiers in the telescope, and a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. On this cliff of about 500 square meters adjacent to the mountain road, almost all the explosives he had on hand were covered with almost all the explosives.

All the explosion points on this cliff were designed by Li Ziyuan himself, and once detonated, it would form a downpour composed of large and small stones that could cover more than 100 meters of mountain roads. At this moment, the second squadron commanded by Chandford, carrying all the machine guns, had secretly lurked behind this group of Japanese troops along another mountain road.

However, before entering this small canyon with the most complex terrain and a length of nearly two kilometers on the way to Licheng in the entire Hubei to Licheng. Looking at the steep sides of the canyon, the covering teams on the mountains on both sides, and the complex terrain in the south that can only be withdrawn. Kenaga Okazaki frowned, and ordered his subordinates, who had shortened by a large margin, to stop advancing.

Instead of entering the canyon immediately, he sent a team of spearheads first. At the same time, the only remaining 'strong' heavy machine guns and two reinforced 'strong' machine guns were also added to the side of the mountain road, and the muzzles of the guns were directly pointed at the mountains on both sides of the canyon, mainly the mountains that had been withdrawn from the south to cover the flanks of the team.

Despite the mountainous terrain to the south of the canyon, this section of the road is difficult to navigate. However, Kencho Okazaki did not have any carelessness about this mountainous area. The artillery in the back also built temporary artillery positions. With two 'guns', a fire suppression group was formed. And took the method of 'alternate' cover, ready to quickly pass through this canyon that looked extremely dangerous.

After the group of spearheads passed through the canyon quickly and safely under the cover of the infantry squad on the mountain to the north, Kenaga Okazaki did not give up his caution. When the follow-up troops passed, the method of lengthening the marching army column and using the squad as a formation to 'handover' the passage was adopted.

If he kept adopting this tactic, Li Ziyuan really wouldn't have a chance to start. After all, the limited number of standard explosives in his hands could not be "wasted" on such a small amount of Japanese troops. It's just that the development of the situation can't give Ken Okazaki too much time, so that he can pass through this canyon slowly and slowly.

Just after a third of the troops had already passed, but there was no reaction in front. After Kencho Okazaki looked at the hands on his watch, Kencho Okazaki gritted his teeth, and commanded all the rest of the men and horses to enter the canyon except for the machine guns that constantly 'fired' at the south side of the mountain and 'shot' at short points to cover the passage of the brigade's men and horses, and a 'gate' as the mountain gun on duty.

The more than 100 Japanese troops who had already passed in front of them immediately dispersed on the spot to control the exit of the canyon. and form an effective fire suppression in the depths of the front and the canyon behind it. Once there is a situation in the canyon, you can immediately open fire to cover the troops in the canyon and force them out of the canyon.

However, after entering the canyon, Kencho Okazaki did not let his guard down, and changed the jumping 'alternate' cover to a continuous leap. Under the cover of fire from the mountains on the north side of the canyon, they tried to quickly pass through this section of the canyon, which is about two kilometers long. Despite careful arrangements, the topography of this canyon still worries Kennaga Okazaki.

In fact, if Kencho Okazaki still adopts the tactic of jumping 'handover' to cover and quickly pass through this canyon with a squad as a formation, Li Ziyuan really has no way. You can't use all these precious explosives to blow up those infantry squads of more than 30 Japanese soldiers. Kencho Okazaki's change of tactics instead gave Li Ziyuan, who was almost about to give up, a rare opportunity.

Just when Kencho Okazaki changed his tactics and decided to pass quickly. At this time, Li Ziyuan, who was hidden in a crack in the canyon, did not hesitate at all, and personally lit the fuse of the explosive 'medicine' buried in the cliff. It's just that it's easy to go down the mountain, but it's hard to go up the mountain, although the three warriors on the cliff are desperately pulling the rope tied to Li Ziyuan's waist. The cypress that grows on this crack can also give Li Ziyuan some cover. But the action here was still discovered by the Japanese troops on the opposite hill.

The Japanese troops on the opposite hill reacted very quickly, and as soon as Li Ziyuan moved upwards on this side, the machine guns on that side hit directly. Fortunately, where Li Ziyuan was, the firepower of the light machine gun could only barely reach it, and the threat was not too big. And the 'Ting' heavy machine guns deployed by the Japanese troops outside the gorge could not reach here.

But even so, Li Ziyuan's arm was cut by a stray bullet, and his face was also injured several times by the stone chips splashed by the bullet. When Li Ziyuan was dragged up the cliff, his face was covered with scratches, and the blood flowing from the opening on his arm also dyed the entire sleeve red.

After being dragged up the mountain, Li Ziyuan took a few soldiers around him without stopping at all, and immediately left the cliff quickly. And just as Li Ziyuan turned a mountain beam on his front foot, a violent explosion occurred at the location of the cliff. Violent explosions, despite painstaking design, shock 'waves' were directed at the other side of the cliff. But the huge shock still shook Li Ziyuan to a big heel.

This section is about 500 meters long, and it is a cliff that must be passed from the eastern mountainous area of Hubei, and Li Ziyuan has already aimed at it. As early as the previous time after the Japanese army finished sweeping the mountainous areas in eastern Hubei, he sent people to secretly dig out several security explosive "guns" on this cliff. It's just that there was no yellow 'color' explosive 'medicine' before, and Li Ziyuan, who only had the less powerful black fire 'medicine' in his hand, has not been used.

This time, Li Ziyuan made a lot of determination, and after adding one-third of the yellow 'color' explosives allocated by his superiors and adding the mines he had on hand to make mines, the remaining black fire 'medicine' was buried on this cliff. He didn't want to blow up the entire cliff, but to use the power of the explosion to turn the stones on this stony cliff into a rain of stones that could kill people.

And Li Ziyuan's hard work was not in vain this time, more than 100 kilograms of yellow 'color' explosives 'medicine' plus a large amount of black fire 'medicine' turned the stones on this cliff into a rain of stones. The big ones were hundreds of catties, the small ones were a few kilograms, and countless large and small stones, like heavenly 'women' scattered 'flowers', smashed their heads and faces towards the Japanese troops down the mountain. This effect is exactly what Li Ziyuan needs.

The Japanese brigade that was marching in the canyon was hit by the rain of stones that fell into the sky for a while, and suffered heavy casualties. A stone several kilograms in size smashed on the head under the impact 'wave' formed by the explosion, and the head broke and bled out, which was good. Even the Japanese soldiers wore steel helmets, but stones, large and small, smashed them to the ground.

Even if he was not stoned to death, this fist-sized stone was enough to smash a person into a brain concussion. What's more, although a large number of stones are a few kilograms, there are not a few tens of kilograms, or even hundreds of kilograms. As long as those stones are touched, the best result is a fracture.