Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan turned around and pointed to the village and said, "Wait a while, after we introduce the devils into the village, we will bluff and retreat in the northwest direction." I remember that in that direction of the village, there was a family that should have no courtyard wall and could quickly rush out of the village. ”

"Outside the village is a low hill, and in a moment we will withdraw from the village in that direction. You will bury the road in the village, as well as the northeast direction to Lao Tzu*. After we entered the village, we dragged the devil around in the northwest direction. When they broke out of the village and crossed the open field, they were dragged into the mountains to move northeastward, and then they turned northwest again to evacuate. ”

"When burying mines, we must be true and false, and lay more fake mines and chain mines. Also, the road leading to the transfer of the wounded and civilians in the back mountain must not be mined. You tell the people who go up the mountain with firecrackers not to make any noise yet. When we rushed out of the village and turned to the northeast, we let them start the fire. ”

"You divide the rest of your forces into two routes, one for you and one for me. After withdrawing, I led the devil into the village, and you used the house to ambush at the entrance of the village. Remember, don't touch the devil's artillery position. Also, I'm leading the devils to the northwest, and you can find a way to touch their guards after the main force of the devils enters the village. ”

"Remember, when you're looking for a hidden house, don't fucking look for one that's not reliable, isolated, and surrounded by tall courtyard walls. If you are looking for a house, you must be able to hit and run. The more inconspicuous the house, the safer you are, don't fight after touching it, immediately evacuate to the northwest, and we will meet at the foot of the northwest mountain. ”

Li Ziyuan explained his plan, and the guard platoon commander pondered for a while and said: "Chief, I am not strong in burying mines, and I don't have any * in my hand." However, there are a lot of militia captains in this village, and he is also an old militiaman, and he has been on the honor list of our Taihang Military Region's mine-laying heroes. ”

"In this way, I am here to cooperate with you, and I think the work of laying mines should be done by the militia. They are poorly equipped and poorly trained. Allowing them to stay here will only increase the number of casualties. Rather than let them be buried here in vain, it is better to play to their strengths and let them do their old job of burying mines. ”

This guard platoon commander was very calm, but it was a little unexpected for Li Ziyuan. But for this is still very pertinent, let the people who are good at it do what they are good at, instead of wasting this pointlessly here, this is what a commander should do. Since someone made a better suggestion, Li Ziyuan agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Anyway, they are ready to retreat into the village, and it is true that these militias will not be able to play to their strengths if they stay here. After Li Ziyuan agreed, the guard platoon commander immediately asked the militia captain to let him arrange it. His guard platoon did not have *, but the militia in this village was not good because of the guys in his hands, and the number of iron mines issued by his superiors and stone mines made by himself was quite large.

There are more than ten basic militias in this village, and the guys who are serious are five Jin-made 79 rifles. The rest were some earthen guns, or simply carried a large knife and spear. Perhaps considering that the field hospital was hidden in this village, the superiors issued them dozens of arrow-made mines*, plus a large number of stone mines that they processed and made themselves.

As the backbone militia of the base area, this village has never been a ghost. However, the backbone militia in this village has repeatedly cooperated with the backbone armed forces in other areas to carry out anti-sweeping operations, and it can be said that they are familiar with the idea of burying mines. The only pity is that most of the *are still loaded*, and the stone is made of stone with very little lethality.

As the guard platoon commander said, they were poorly trained and poorly equipped. Fighting tough battles, positional warfare, that is, a rabble. But if they play the tactics of * war and sparrow war, it is still their strong point. Removing them and arranging* is a measure of use.

After listening to Li Ziyuan's arrangement, the militia captain also went out and took out all his family assets under Li Ziyuan's promise to change his gun after the war, and did not say anything about taking more than a dozen militiamen down to arrange. Li Ziyuan asked Da Li, who had learned to lay mines with the reconnaissance company, to follow.

If you set up a simple minefield, it won't make much sense. That kind of simple minefield, which is just a waste of precious *, may not be able to kill and injure many Japanese puppet soldiers. Now that these are ready to be arranged, it is better to let them play as much as possible and reduce some of their burdens.

Da Li had learned the tricks he had researched in the reconnaissance company, and letting Da Li assist the militia in laying mines would increase the effectiveness of these mines, which were not very lethal. It's just that Li Ziyuan didn't know that he was somewhat wrong in his judgment this time. The tricks of others in Bray are much stronger than Da Li. The things he figured out, these militiamen were better at than him.

The militia is poorly armed, poorly trained, and has fewer ammunition. They also have to take on the task of covering the transfer of their local masses and running back. Fight a tough battle with devils, they may not be opponents. In the absence of improvements in weapons and training, they have developed a set of tactics in accordance with the characteristics of their tasks and the sources of weapons they may obtain.

If Li Ziyuan put them on the position, I am afraid that even a small squad of the Japanese army will not be able to withstand a single attack. If you want to talk about playing this kind of mine-laying tactics, after these years of anti-sweeping experience, these militiamen have already played a variety of tricks, and they are no worse than Li Ziyuan's reconnaissance company to go there.

Li Ziyuan rushed the reluctant Da Li to help, which was actually a superfluous move. If these militiamen can change to the standards *made* in Li Ziyuan's hands, the tricks they can play and the lethality they can create, I am afraid that even Li Ziyuan's reconnaissance will be dwarfed even when he comes.

Looking at the back of Da Li and the militia who went to Bray, Li Ziyuan also shook his head a little and was speechless. He knew that these minefields, which were mainly home-made*, were unlikely to hold back the Japanese army for too long. It would be nice to have more* to increase the power of the minefield. It's just a pity that the only * in his hands now can only be used for frontal defense.

After the militia captain went down to deploy, Li Ziyuan calculated that even the wounded in his hands were now, and there were only more than 20 troops left. They simply abandoned one of the two hills, and took advantage of the gap between the Japanese artillery fire to concentrate their forces on the slightly further back of the two hills.

This hill is slightly higher than the hill in front of it from the terrain, and even if the devil mounts his heavy machine gun on the hill in front of him, he will not be able to threaten his retreat. Even though the entrance to the village was behind the hill, what little defensive depth it had been lost to retreat to the hill.

Once this hill is lost, the Japanese puppet army can rush into the village. With limited troops, Li Ziyuan couldn't take care of the forward position. If you continue to fight like this, two more charges will be over. Concentrating on holding on is the only thing I can do now.

With one platoon plus more than a dozen wounded, it can be said that it is already the limit to be able to hold on to this time. Of the more than ten basic militiamen, Li Ziyuan didn't dare to let them go to the front line at all, and the artillery fire dispersed as soon as it came. With their military qualities, they are indeed not suitable for fighting such a hard-fought battle.

The only thing that was somewhat unexpected to him was the high military quality of this guard platoon. It can even be said that the military quality of this guard platoon far exceeded his imagination and expectations, and it was no worse than ordinary field troops.

I think that as a guard unit that is not a field unit and is not a key target, their military quality can only be said to be average. As a result, after a fierce battle during this time, the result was really beyond his expectations. At least the military qualities of this platoon are no worse than his troops. This is also the only capital that Li Ziyuan can hold on to until now.

But how high the military quality of this platoon is, after all, there is only one platoon of troops. With that little ammunition, if it weren't for the terrain advantage, I am afraid it would not be able to hold much time. If he didn't give up the hill in front of him and continued to fight with the tactics of filling up with oil, this platoon and the more than 10 wounded would not be able to hold out for long.

And Li Ziyuan knows better that the wounded and villagers who have been evacuated to the mountain should not have gone far. The only thing he can do now is to try his best to take away this Japanese puppet army. Otherwise, once this Japanese puppet army is allowed to rush up the back mountain, those wounded will be as difficult to survive as the villagers.

As for when the reinforcements will arrive, Li Ziyuan has no idea in his heart. The entire Eighth Route Army's units below the brigade level basically do not have a radio system, and there are not many units that can communicate with telephones. When the correspondent sent by the military region finds the troops below and completes the assembly, the devil knows how long it will take.

The most important thing is how big the scale of the Japanese army's operation is, whether this Japanese puppet army broke through to the base area alone, or whether there are Japanese puppet troops from other directions to cooperate. Now I don't know at all that if the surrounding troops are pinned down by the Japanese puppet army attacking from other directions, then the arrival of reinforcements is even more far away.

Li Ziyuan, who has been dealing with the Japanese army for several years, knows very well that every action of the Japanese army will not be isolated. At least on the periphery of the battlefield, there will definitely be Japanese puppet armies from other directions to cooperate. I can't figure out the surrounding troops, but they have been pinned down by devils dispatched from other directions.

Gunshots rang out one after another in several directions, although faintly, but more or less clearly audible told Li Ziyuan that the Japanese puppet army in front of him was definitely not the only one that went deep into the base area. In the case that reinforcements may be dispatched in the vicinity, it is not known when they will be able to arrive. Instead of counting on others, you should count on yourself.

The Japanese puppet army adjusted its deployment, which won Li Ziyuan a certain amount of respite. After receiving the signal from the militia captain who came down the mountain that the minelaying had been completed, he desperately repelled an attack by the Japanese puppet army by relying on platoon guns and more than 40 captured guns*.

Li Ziyuan repelled the attack of the Japanese puppet army again, and the remaining more than ten soldiers, taking alternate cover, cautiously retreated down the mountain into the village entrance. It's just that the retreat speed on his side is not slow, and after another attack was repulsed, the other side readjusted the deployment of troops at the bottom of the mountain.

The puppet army, which had never been able to make a breakthrough, was ready to be replaced by the Japanese army, ready to launch the final blow. But he has always been paying attention to the Japanese puppet army here, and the speed of reaction is not slow. As soon as Li Ziyuan retreated into the entrance of the village, half of the soldiers led by the guard platoon commander entered the hidden position, and the Japanese puppet army over there had already followed and pursued.