In fact, at present, the Japanese army has not yet been disarmed in the entire Chinese battlefield, and it still exists as a military group as a whole. Even as an army, the various units are still obeying the orders of their superiors and are still operating in an orderly manner. On the one hand, Chongqing did not allow the Eighth Route Army, which was closest to the Japanese army, to accept the disarmament of the Japanese army, and on the other hand, the main forces were far away from the rear.

The most elite troops are far away on the Yunnan-Burma border and even in the southwest. Transferring to Japanese-occupied areas, especially enemy-occupied areas such as North China, was not an easy task in terms of the extremely backward means of transportation of the armies of various Chinese factions at that time. In this way, an embarrassing situation arose, and Chongqing, which could not fill the vacancy of the Japanese army for a while.

On the one hand, we can only seize the time to dispatch troops and dispatch troops from the great northwest and southwest to the enemy-occupied areas, and on the other hand, we can only order the Japanese troops not to lay down their arms and maintain the continuation of the occupied areas. In addition to avoiding chaos in the enemy-occupied areas, they were more worried that the Japanese army's weapons, equipment, ammunition, and materials would fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.

The foreign war is over, and for some parties, it is time to lift the so-called internal troubles. This deployment of Chongqing, in addition to guarding against the communist army, is also guarding against other miscellaneous armies, and getting the Japanese army's weapons and equipment to become bigger and stronger, has become a new threat to him. It was precisely because of this order from Chongqing that the Japanese troops in various battlefields behind enemy lines were able to fight to the end.

However, compared with the stubborn Japanese army in Changzhi City, the Japanese troops stationed in the two counties of Hubei and Ludong were much more honest. On 21 August, the third day after Li Ziyuan issued his second ultimatum, the two county towns had no hope of foreign aid and had no food to sustain.

The most important thing is that Li Ziyuan, the commander of the Eighth Route who had caused them serious injuries, was right under their noses. Trapped internally and externally, knowing that he couldn't fight, and he didn't want to fight, he couldn't run, so he finally didn't carry out the orders of his superiors, but chose to open the city and surrender according to the requirements of the Eighth Road.

The main force of the 243rd Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, as well as a part of the 244th Infantry Brigade, as well as a part of the baggage unit and the engineer unit, totaling more than 1,500 people, surrendered unconditionally to Li Ziyuan's headquarters outside Hubei County and Ludong County.

These Japanese troops drove out of the two counties, and under the escort of the troops of the surrounding Ludong Army Division, surrendered to Li Ziyuan and the Ludong Army Division at the junction of the two counties. The Japanese troops who surrendered in the two counties surrendered more than 1,100 rifles, more than 60 light machine guns, and 13 Type 92 heavy machine guns.

Two infantry guns, two mountain guns, and four mortars. More than 100 military horses, 15 trucks, more than 1,000 artillery shells, and a large number of ammunition, steel helmets, gas masks, and other combat materials. The puppet troops stationed in the two county towns did not choose to resist and gave up surrendering. 1,500 rifles, 7 heavy machine guns, 73 light machine guns and a batch of ammunition were surrendered.

The 243rd Captain of the Independent Infantry, Murata Yazo Shaosa, handed over his saber to Li Ziyuan. The captain of the Japanese army, who had been in Ludong for more than half a year and had many bone-chilling pains in the battle with Li Ziyuan, looked at Li Ziyuan standing in front of him and was not as unconvinced as ordinary Japanese officers.

Instead, he lowered his head, which he once thought was high, and honestly accepted Li Ziyuan's arrangement. His subordinates were even more relieved after surrendering their weapons. Finally, I don't have to face this devil all day, and I can finally sleep peacefully.

Although their superiors repeatedly asked him not to allow surrender to the Eighth Road, they tried their best to retreat to Changzhi. But under the premise that you can't beat and can't run, there is no overnight food in addition. These Japanese soldiers still wisely chose to surrender, otherwise what would they do?

The Army, which once flaunted its might in China, no longer exists. The Japanese army in various places could not protect themselves under the attack of the Eighth Route, and if they did not surrender, would everyone starve to death here? The empire has been defeated, so don't let more Japanese blood be wasted here. What they should do more is to go back and rebuild their homes that have been bombed into ruins, rather than working for others here.

Therefore, this Murata Yazo Shaosa, after carefully analyzing the surrounding situation, gave the last order in his military career. It was also the first time since he became a soldier that he disobeyed the orders of his superiors. Surrender to the Eighth Route Army in the two counties, and hand over all weapons and supplies in exchange for the safe withdrawal of these people to Changzhi.

According to the order of his superiors, Li Ziyuan escorted all the Japanese troops who surrendered to him to the vicinity of Changzhi City. Prepare to send them away after solving the enemy of Changzhi. With the surrender of the Japanese army in the two counties, there was no Japanese in the entire Ludong area except for the Japanese prisoners.

Li Ziyuan cleanly cleared the Japanese puppet army in the Ludong Army sub-district, but the Japanese puppet army in Changzhi always refused to surrender. Although its headquarters was partially solved by the surrounding Eighth Route on the way to Changzhi. However, the enemy of the department still held on to the troops receiving from the western Jinxi side.

The movement of the troops in the Second War Zone in Jinxi has never been so fast. With the cooperation of the Japanese troops stationed in various parts of Shanxi and even the provision of means of transportation, they quickly approached the Japanese-occupied areas as quickly as possible. Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the military region was counterattacking the surrounding Japanese puppet army garrisons, and the strength of the troops of the four divisions was weak, they rushed to Changzhi with more than 20,000 troops.

However, when the unit was preparing to continue to occupy Hubei County to the east, Li Ziyuan, who had just completed accepting the surrender of the Japanese troops in the two counties, immediately commanded the post headquarters to launch and meet the battle without fear. The Jin Sui Army, which was swaggering eastward, broke out in a fierce battle at the junction between Changzhi and Hubei and Ludong counties, and Li Ziyuan's department, which had concentrated almost all the troops.

In the battle, Li Ziyuan adopted the tactics of blocking his head, cutting off his tail, and cutting off his waist, and after 36 hours of fierce fighting, he had a slight advantage in troops. The two main divisions of Hubei and Ludong were completely annihilated and the two main divisions of Hubei and Ludong were completely annihilated, and the puppet army under the command of the division was formed into a temporary column.

didn't know that in fact, Li Ziyuan, who fired the first shot in the Shanxi battlefield of the Liberation War, fought this battle with joy. The two main divisions of the Jin Sui Army strengthened the artillery, and incorporated the puppet army of nearly 9,000 troops. Li Ziyuan concentrated the troops of the whole division and mobilized part of the militia, as well as a regiment of the fourth division to urgently go north.

It was completely annihilated between Hubei and Changzhi and Ludong counties, a triangle with a small area. In terms of combat deployment, when the strength of the troops was roughly equal, Li Ziyuan used the results of his training in the Ludong Army Division to the extreme. With two independent battalions and more than 2,000 militia mobilized, the two divisions of the Jin Sui Army sent by Changzhi to block the reinforcements of the Jin Sui Army.

He commanded all the rest of the troops, and with the cooperation of some militiamen, he surrounded and annihilated a reinforced division of the Jin Sui Army, which had strengthened more than 7,000 mountain artillery pieces, and more than 2,000 puppet troops, and captured all the officers above the regimental level in the department. Twelve mountain guns, more than 30 mortars, and more than 300 light and heavy machine guns were seized.

The two divisions of the Jin Sui Army of the Ministry urgently came to the aid of Changzhi to the east, and the two independent battalions commanded by He Sanliang and most of the militia were blocked layer by layer, and after receiving the information that Li Ziyuan and the enemy of Changzhi had started. The commander of the 4th Division personally commanded the emergency reinforcements of the 1st Division of the 4th Division, and after joining the ranks of blockades, he was unable to reach the battlefield until the end of the battle.

On the contrary, under the resistance of the troops of the Eighth Route Army participating in the battle, most of the divisions were lost, and they could only reluctantly withdraw to Changzhi and hold on behind closed doors. Li Ziyuan's battle made the Jin Sui army, which had seized Changzhi, take a step eastward to seize the grain producing areas around Changzhi, not to mention completely shattered, but lost a large amount of vital force.

Li Ziyuan's battle can be said to be a great gift for the newly established Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Military Regions. And laid a good foundation for the subsequent battle of Shangdang. Even the division commander who had just returned to the Taihang Mountains from northern Shaanxi couldn't help but sigh at Li Ziyuan's wonderful battle.

And with the return of the division commander and political commissar who went to Yan'an, they returned to the command position. On 20 August, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, which is responsible for commanding Taihang, Taiyue, Southern Hebei, and Hebei-Shandong-Henan, officially announced its establishment. The four field columns of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Taihang, and Taiyue were established, and the situation in western Shanxi became more and more complicated after the seizure of Changzhi.

However, in this situation, among the Taihang Columns, which were mainly established by various units of the Taihang Military Region, there was no figure of Li Ziyuan. In the ensuing Shangdang Campaign, he finally officially served as the commander of the division, and the troops of the Ludong Army division participated in the battle as the local backbone armed forces.

Originally, in October, when the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army formed the sixth column based on the troops of the Taihang Military Region, one of the three brigade commanders was scheduled. However, at the insistence of the then commander of the Taihang Military Region, he was finally left in the Taihang Military Region to undertake combat missions

In the words of this veteran leader of Li Ziyuan, the elite soldiers and strong generals are all organized into the main force to attack on the outside, so I have to leave someone who can fight. The Taihang Military Region overlooks the Pinghan Line in the east, controls northern Henan in the south, and Linfen, the most important control area of the Jin Sui army in southern Jin, to the west. Two field columns have been formed in one military region, which means that the vast majority of the main forces of the entire Taihang Military Region have been withdrawn.

More than half of the best military cadres have also been transferred. If there are not a few who can fight, once the main force attacks from the outside, what will happen to the Taihang Military Region that is attacked on three sides? At present, the Taihang Military Region is the most stable military region in the entire Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Military Region. Compared with the southern Hebei and Hebei-Shandong-Henan provinces, which are tug-of-war from time to time, it undertakes the task of the rear of the entire outer line attack troops.

He also had to face the attacks of the Jin Sui army from time to time, and undertook certain combat missions. Although most of the troops have been upgraded and pulled away, the entire Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region has fought several major battles, but the Taihang Military Region has not been left behind every time, and has always participated in the war with local backbone armed forces. If all those who can fight are transferred, what will the military region do when it faces a strong enemy?

This old man didn't know what method he used, maybe his reasons were really sufficient, and in the end he actually persuaded the political commissar of the military region with great powers. Under the nod of the political commissar, Li Ziyuan could only reluctantly continue to stay in the Taihang Military Region in the end. He was successively transferred to the commander of the Taihang No. 1 Division, the commander of the independent brigade of the Taihang Military Region, and the commander of the independent No. 1 brigade.

Although he has always been in a key position, after all, it has been a long time and he has not won a big battle, which makes Li Ziyuan a little depressed. I can only look at my old comrades-in-arms, and the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Field Army, which followed the outside line to attack, successively participated in the Longhai Road operation and the attack on southwest Lu, and the battle was more exciting than the other.