In fact, seeing these militiamen, except for a few seriously injured, basically none of them were killed, and it was not only Wang Jun who breathed a sigh of relief. Although Li Ziyuan said that the expression on his face was very serious, he was actually greatly relieved in his heart. I sent these guys who had no experience in big battles to the battlefield like this, causing heavy casualties, and the superior leaders couldn't spare themselves when they turned around.

However, although he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Li Ziyuan was also determined to thoroughly rectify the discipline of the militia under the division and strengthen their training. A village militia is a good reserve infantry squad. The militia of a district is a good reserve infantry company.

Throw out the older ones, and the rest of them will not be a problem to form one or two platoons. The militia of several counties in Ludong was enough for him to form a reserve of several battalions. The fact that so many reserve soldiers are not out of production is a valuable asset for the entire Ludong Sub-district and even for the entire Taihang Military Region.

Li Ziyuan made up his mind to implement this method at least in the Ludong area. Thinking of this, looking at the ashamed militiamen in front of him, a strange smile appeared on the corner of Li Ziyuan's mouth. And the people around him who were familiar with him, seeing the smile on the corner of his mouth, couldn't help but look at these guys in front of him with some pity.

Just when Jianchuan Kojiro broke through here, the first and first regiments of the second regiment and the Lubei detachment over there had already completed the encirclement and annihilation of the last two echelons of the Japanese puppet army, and they were seizing the time to clean up the battlefield at this time. For the first time, the Lubei detachment, which fought side by side with the Second Regiment, a regiment of the whole division, fought quite resolutely and tenaciously in order to fight for a breath in front of the main force.

Its performance, even to a certain extent, surpasses that of the B group. In addition to the Lubei detachment's approach, which seemed to be going crazy, the Japanese puppet army's baggage and heavy weapons units that remained behind did not withstand the attack in the first place. Their mountain artillery only had to shoot a few shells before it was served in a pot.

Although the puppet army transferred from Hebei is stronger than the Shanxi puppet army, it can't withstand such a blow like a mad tiger. Coupled with the cooperation of a group of attack troops behind it, the third echelon of the Japanese puppet army was the first to be defeated under the attack from both sides. Most of the Japanese army was killed in battle, more than a dozen were captured, and most of the puppet army surrendered.

The third echelon was defeated, and the puppet army in the second echelon was fighting a white-knuckle battle with a regiment of main forces. After the puppet corps commander who led the team was killed, he really couldn't bear a bayonet charge, and these puppet troops, who did not occupy the advantage of terrain and troops, also surrendered one after another when they saw that the situation was not good.

Although it took some more time to solve the second echelon, it did not take much time. On the contrary, it was the Japanese puppet army in the first echelon at the front, because Li Ziyuan changed the deployment in the battle, and Jianchuan Kojiro personally supervised the battle, and it lasted the longest. It wasn't until Kojiro Kenkawa left the puppet army and drove away on his own that these puppet troops disarmed and surrendered.

The Japanese puppet army gathered up to grab the grain, when they set out, there were only a few veterans from the oil stragglers, and after losing their weapons, they looked for a gap and drilled out. It turned out that the Japanese puppet army forcibly requisitioned the carts to prepare for the transportation of grain, which was just used to transport the wounded and booty.

The 243rd Independent Brigade of the Japanese Army dispatched from Hubei County had no intention of desperately reinforcing at all. It was only after receiving slight resistance that he retracted back to Hubei County at the first time. The captain of the Japanese army, who had been beaten honestly a long time ago, had to make a move to reinforce due to the orders of his superiors. But as soon as he was blocked, he immediately shrank back.

Obviously, the captain didn't want to take his egg and hit it against the rock. He had a squadron outside of artillery fire and the support of friendly troops. To confront a reinforced battalion with plenty of ammunition, he simply didn't have that confidence. He sent reinforcements just to cope with the errand.

This guy's actions stunned the reinforcements who received Li Ziyuan's tough order before the war and were ready to fight to the death. If it weren't for Li Ziyuan's repeated explanations before the war that he was not allowed to attack the city, maybe this battalion commander would have been ready to take advantage of the devil's mentality and directly attack Hubei County.

With the annihilation of the Japanese puppet army that came out to grab grain, the Japanese army mobilized the main force of the newly formed puppet army, as well as the only mobile strength of the 14th Brigade of the Independent Infantry, and launched the autumn grain rush and sweep, which ended in such a hurry. More than 1,000 puppet troops, more than two squadrons of Japanese troops, plus heavy machine guns and artillery, only a few people ran back.

Just a few lucky guys, when they fled in the direction of Hubei County, most of them also crashed into the arms of the blocking troops. It's a fulfillment of the strength that is useless, and the reinforcements who are depressed there. More than 30 puppet troops and seven or eight Japanese soldiers, although there are a few less, but after all, it is better than being empty-handed.

More than 300 people were killed in the puppet army, and all the rest were taken prisoner. In addition to those killed, the Japanese captured sixty or seventy people, including the lightly and seriously wounded. In this battle, the Japanese army in the Ludong area was completely defeated, and the idea of using the autumn harvest to grab a good winter was used. This time, the Japanese puppet army went out to grab grain, and it officially became the last time that the Japanese puppet army took the initiative to attack in the Ludong area.

After receiving a report from Hubei County, and the only Japanese soldier who ran back. The commander of the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in the southeast of Jinjin, Major General Yoshiyoshi Yoshikawa was immediately angry and vomited blood. The last bit of his mobile force had been completely lost in this battle.

In the future, the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade was almost unable to take half a step out of the stronghold, except for honestly staying in the stronghold. And this depends on the eight roads of Taihang Mountain, and he doesn't want to take the initiative to pull out his stronghold. At least now if Balu takes the initiative on a large scale, he will have no power to fight back.

Major General Yoshiyoshi Yoshikawa, who was powerless to return to the sky, together with his 14th Independent Infantry Brigade, could only stay in his own defense area honestly so far. In order to concentrate part of the forces as much as possible, at least Changzhi City cannot be attacked by the Eighth Road. The helpless Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi could only take advantage of the fact that the Eighth Route had not yet taken the initiative to attack, and gave up some of his strongholds to shrink his forces again and again.

In contrast to the depressed Major General Yoshiyoshi Yoshikawa, after the troops participating in the war withdrew to their original stations, at a summary meeting attended by cadres at and above the regimental level held in the military sub-district, Li Ziyuan's move of letting the militia participate in the war was still criticized by many cadres, despite the fact that he won a great victory this time. In particular, Liu Haishan, who was very dissatisfied with the performance of these militiamen, said something very politely.

Li Ziyuan's involvement of militiamen without formal training even alarmed the military region. At this operational meeting, the military region specially dispatched the director of the political department to take the lead, and an investigation team led by the chief of staff of the military region also rushed to attend the meeting. The leaders of the military regions attending the meeting were also a little surprised that the cadres at all levels reacted so strongly to Li Ziyuan's approach.

In the face of the accusations of this part of the cadres, Li Ziyuan did not say anything at the beginning of the meeting, but just listened silently. After all the cadres finished speaking, Li Ziyuan spoke: "To be honest, it is indeed very inappropriate tactically to let these militiamen participate in the war. ”

"But in this case, we can't just look at things from a purely tactical perspective. As a cadre at and above the regimental level and a middle-level commander of our army, I think everyone should have a corresponding strategic vision. When looking at problems, you can't just see a little bit in front of you, you should take a long-term view. ”

"A lot of people may say, what kind of strategic vision is it that you let some militia with no formal training go into battle? Didn't you take an egg and hit it on a stone? Although these Japanese soldiers are not as good as in previous years, they are Japanese soldiers after all. What's more, the combat effectiveness of these puppet armies is not bad, at least much stronger than the original Wang Tieshi's department. ”

"Isn't it a death to let militias who have not received formal training fight such an enemy? But what I want to say is that although the word militia is preceded by a civilian character, the word behind it is still a soldier. Because they have the word soldier in their name, it means that they are also soldiers, not just people. ”

"What the militia is is a decision made by the headquarters based on the environment we are in and our ability to provide for the people. In other words, it is a troop that hides among the people and is not separated from the masses and from production. It is true that they have not put down their hoes, but they also hold guns in their hands, which is the biggest difference between them and ordinary people. ”

"The current situation, not to mention last year, has changed significantly from the first half of this year. Now there is an increasingly obvious gap in the strength of the enemy and us. The strength of the Japanese army was constantly being reduced and weakened, and it had basically completely lost its offensive capability. Therefore, our vision must not remain unchanged for 10,000 years. ”

"Don't talk about our military region, that is, we are a Ludong Army subdivision, all the main forces and local armed forces are combined, and there is only one second regiment that is a regiment. The rest are either regiments of type B or detachments of regiments of type C. Such strength simply cannot meet the needs of the changing situation. ”

"Of course, after several years of natural and man-made disasters, the capacity of the base area to withstand it has reached its peak. Even if the grain-producing areas of Ludong have been completely recovered now, it will take some time for the entire Ludong region to recover. The base areas still can't support too many people who are out of work, that is to say, they can't afford to feed too many troops. ”

"This raises the problem that we can't afford to support it now, which means that the army will not be able to expand on a large scale, at least this year. However, the situation is changing dramatically, and we need to be prepared to expand at any time. Perhaps many of you think that there are no local armed forces in the expansion of the main forces? Isn't it possible to solve the problem if those independent battalions are directly integrated into the main force? ”

"But have you ever thought about the system of cooperation between the main force of our army and the local troops? Local armed forces are the main source of the expansion of the main force. Once the main forces need to be expanded and the local armed forces are upgraded and pulled away, what about the replenishment of the local armed forces? ”

"Is it too late to get on the sedan chair and pierce the ears and eyes, and make it all up with new soldiers? From a peasant to a preliminarily qualified soldier, can you come down in a few months? In this case, the militia, which is both military and civilian, and has a large number, has become the best force to fill the vacancy. ”

"First, the militia shoots and knows how to use it. Second, they have all experienced the sweeps of the Japanese puppet army over the years, and they all have some combat experience. They are at least better than ordinary young people who need a long time for shooting training. ”

"It's just that the difference is that the militia, which has always been mainly based on guerrilla warfare, mainly to cover the rebellion of fellow villagers, has not participated in this kind of hard-fought battle. As long as they can be tested once on the battlefield and trained for a short time, they will become our best and most qualified reserve army. ”