But even Liu Yanlai and Chang Juan, the two of them did their best to transfer out some of the basic militia that they had lost a lot. However, under the circumstance that it was necessary to reorganize the Hubei County Brigade at the same time, Li Ziyuan could only be supplemented with seventy new soldiers. As for the remaining vacancies, the two of them really can't do anything.

In this anti-sweeping operation, Liang De, a traitor, was like a mad dog, biting everywhere. Under the leadership of this guy, the Japanese puppets took the Japanese squad as the backbone and strengthened the Hubei puppet plainclothes armed forces and garrisons. Under the circumstance that the main force of the division was pinned, it carried out a multi-channel infiltration attack on the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei.

The losses of the basic militia in the villages were also quite large in the anti-sweeping operations. Although it cannot be said that there is not one in ten, the casualties have reached one-third of the total. In addition, there are many people who were captured during the sneak attack of the Japanese puppet army, and their whereabouts are still unknown for various reasons.

Of course, the replenishment of soldiers is not timely, and there are certain reasons for Hubei itself. While the Japanese puppets launched a frenzied sweep in the eastern mountains, they also vigorously strengthened their control over the western plains of Hubei. Its so-called new law and order rectification plan has adjusted the original pseudo-self-defense group and the so-called love group.

In order to change the original lack of coverage and control, the people who were forced to participate in the competition were forced to fish for three days and dry their nets for two days. Its so-called armor protection system is not strictly enforced. He even changed the previous method of forcing only young and middle-aged people to participate, and forcibly organized all men under the age of 50 in villages and towns into self-defense regiments and love groups.

At the same time, the so-called cruel system of joint sitting of one person and the whole village was proposed. At the same time, some plainclothes personnel were dispatched to carry out large-scale destruction of the underground network painstakingly built in the western part of Hubei. After being exposed and arrested, Liu Yanlai's underground workers were beaten to death in front of the whole village, and the village where they were also fined a large amount of grain.

If we want to say that the entire Hubei County is a solid base area, there is absolutely no problem in expanding a regiment with the population base of Hubei. But the problem is that the current base area has retreated to the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei. The population base here is far inferior to that of the western plains, and it is now difficult to redevelop to the west.

In addition, the Japanese puppet army in Hubei took advantage of the opportunity of this sweep to expand its power in the mountainous areas east of Hubei. Along the highway from Hubei to Licheng and Ludong, several new strongholds were added and a part of the population was controlled, turning this part of the area into a guerrilla zone.

At present, it only occupies the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei, and the overall area is not large, and it is really unable to afford a large-scale expansion of new troops. Being able to mobilize more than 70 recruits is already the maximum number that two people can do. The reorganization of the county backbone guerrillas that reorganized in this way has to be pushed back for a while.

As the old battalion commander of the original Hubei Independent Battalion, Li Ziyuan naturally has a number of recruits that Hubei County can provide. So although only seventy recruits were given, and the hundred people that did not meet Li Ziyuan's expectations. But Li Ziyuan also knew that this was the best effort of the two of them.

Fortunately, after learning that Hubei could only provide 70 recruits, the military sub-district transferred 50 recruits to Li Ziyuan from other counties in the district, and transferred more than 40 personnel from the sub-district organs to Li Ziyuan, and reluctantly pulled up the other two companies.

In fact, the detachment that Li Ziyuan took over at the moment is already directly under the Ludong Army Division, and there is no Hubei in front of it. The replenishment of his troops should be the responsibility of the entire Ludong Military Division. It's just that at present, there is a huge shortage of soldiers in the entire base area, and they can only designate supplementary counties. However, although it is a bit of a patchwork, after all, the army has been reorganized.

At present, although the Japanese puppet army has an advantage in Hubei, it is only a long time of continuous sweeping, and the Japanese puppet army itself is quite tired. Under the condition that the entire Ludong Army sub-district was relatively calm, Li Ziyuan made certain adjustments to the establishment after he officially took office.

All the recruits were in place, and all the recruits were organized into a recruit company, and He Sanliang was personally responsible for completing the basic training. A platoon was drawn from each of the other two original companies, and two compendium companies were formed with some recruits. All the new and old soldiers were disorganized and regrouped, and a shelf company was formed.

The two compendium companies had He Huizhang and Liu Lianming as the two company commanders respectively, and Li Ziyuan explained to the two people separately. The company that He Huizhang was carrying was about to be organized into a mortar company. Although there is no cannon yet, Li Ziyuan asked him to find a way to make a prop for simulation training first.

And the company in which Liu Lianming served as the company commander was accurately positioned by Li Ziyuan as a guard reconnaissance company. He would rather risk weakening the front-line combat infantry with just a little strength and strength in his hands, and also positioned Liu Lianming's company as a reconnaissance company.

In fact, after the battle with the third Japanese spy force, the Japanese spy force made a very deep impression on Li Ziyuan. It is definitely not only the reason for the excellent equipment, but also the military quality and reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance capabilities of this Japanese army.

Being able to follow Liu Lianming for more than ten miles without being discovered is not something that can be done by being careful alone. If it weren't for Liu Lianming's sense of perceiving the abnormality, then it would be difficult for other people's bullets to fall on his head, and he didn't know who hit it.

However, in the company where Liu Lianming served as the company commander, Li Ziyuan only had two platoons of troops. But each of the seven squads of the two platoons had a firepower squad consisting of grenadiers and light machine guns. And Li Ziyuan tried his best to transfer a group of veterans to this platoon. Ensure two platoons and four combat squads, as well as a company directly subordinate squad composed of all veterans.

Li Ziyuan not only transferred Liu Lianming's company to a considerable number of veterans. In terms of armament, we have also transferred the company from within as much as possible to fully equip the company. Li Ziyuan transferred five of the dozen or so 100-type submachine guns captured by the third Japanese advance team to Liu Lianming.

Although the captured ammunition was not too many, each person could only be equipped with spare ammunition with two magazines. But the gun's extremely high accuracy makes it possible to barely use these bullets for a while. However, in the face of such a shabby ammunition reserve, Li Ziyuan could not sit idly by.

He ran to the military sub-district and the military district to hit the wooden bell, and the eight-millimeter southern pistol bullets captured by the military district and the military sub-district over the years were all crossed. Fortunately, this bullet, together with the southern pistol used by the Japanese army before, is really not loved by anyone because of its poor performance. There is still a certain reserve of ammunition captured by the troops over the years, although it is only a few hundred, but it is barely better than nothing.

As for Li Ziyuan's formation of an artillery company, it is not a blind guess. As soon as he returned to the Ludong Military Division, he received information that the Japanese army had unified the puppet garrisons in Hubei and Ludong counties and formed a joint garrison. Part of the strength of the puppet Jin Southern Founding Army was incorporated into this joint garrison.

In addition to a heavy machine-gun company, the new joint garrison also has an artillery company consisting of three Jin-made mortars. The overall strength and equipment were also greatly improved, and each squadron was armed with three light machine guns. However, the type of rifle is still quite messy.

I don't know where Wang Tieshi, the new captain of the joint garrison, got such great ability. This time, he was actually promoted, not to mention, and he also re-established an artillery company. After learning that this joint garrison was newly organized into an artillery company, Li Ziyuan was worried about it.

For Wang Tieshi, a Xiaoqiang who can never be beaten, Li Ziyuan also admires it a little. But don't look at the current Wang Tieshi is now well-equipped, and his troops and equipment have improved. But if there was no support from the Japanese army, Li Ziyuan would not have looked at this garrison.

But the problem is that dogs are easy to fight, but the owner behind this dog is a little difficult. Hit the dog, the owner is bound to come forward. His current strength is still a little worse than that of the Japanese army. Although in the case of lack of equipment, Li Ziyuan is very optimistic about the equipment of this puppet army.

But the comparison of the strengths of the two sides made Li Ziyuan still somewhat taboo. However, Li Ziyuan made up his mind to get the mortars of this joint garrison. As for the shells, you can get as many shells as you can. Mortars are not good for bunkers, but there is absolutely no problem with field fortifications.

The previous battle left too deep an impression on Li Ziyuan. At that time, if he had even a mortar that could suppress the Japanese machine-gun position, Guo Xiaoshan and Wang Changfeng might not have died. Thinking of Guo Xiaoshan, Li Ziyuan's heart ached for a while.

This time, Ma Yongcheng returned to Hubei with the remnants of the troops, and Liu Yanlai and Chang Juan, who did not see Guo Xiaoshan in the team, learned the news that Guo Xiaoshan had died. And when Ma Yongcheng told the two people that Guo Xiaoshan was sacrificing, he also reminded the two people not to mention Guo Xiaoshan in front of Li Ziyuan. 、

When Li Ziyuan returned to the acting head of the military sub-division and returned to Hubei with the troops for training, it was when several survivors of the unprecedented cruel sweep launched by the Japanese army met with each other. They all didn't dare to mention Guo Xiaoshan's name in front of Li Ziyuan.

But not mentioning it does not mean that it is forgotten. After getting information from the division, Li Ziyuan made up his mind to get these three guns in his hands no matter what. Even if you get one first, you can alleviate the situation of your own troops, which is now seriously insufficient in the number of light and heavy machine guns, lack of means of attacking fortifications, and too weak firepower.

Li Ziyuan has a great appetite, of course, it is also forced by the reality. Li Ziyuan knew that not only was there a lack of artillery, but even the amount of explosives was not much. In this case, when you build a stronghold with strong fortifications, you think you have too many soldiers. Li Ziyuan still decided that unless there was an order from his superiors, he still planned to focus on sports warfare in the near future.

Of course, the way of attacking tough battles must also be trained. Otherwise, once the superiors really have tactical deployments, they can't say that their own troops have not been trained in attacking fortified positions. So it's one thing to fight or not, it's another thing to train or not.

But Li Ziyuan still decided to find a way to get a batch of explosives, and at the same time find a way to find some people who are familiar with explosives. Guerrilla warfare is not static, and sometimes it is necessary to fight when it is necessary to attack fortified positions. The military order is like a mountain, and the superiors order to fight a tough battle, can you not fight?

However, this is just Li Ziyuan's plan, and I don't know when it will be realized. Under the situation that the entire military sub-district lacked such talents, Li Ziyuan could only meet them in a hurry. What Li Ziyuan can do now is only to plan in advance.