Li Ziyuan, who hated iron but not steel, looked at Dong Ping's somewhat gray face when he said this, but he didn't stop his topic. On the contrary, some accentuated the tone: "Also, the second point you said. I see that you still haven't really seen this force clearly. ”

"Yes, everyone wants to keep some of the good weapons, or they want to keep them in their hands. I will also make some small calculations, but there is a bottom line, and not everything is hidden and tucked. Eating with oil in their mouths, watching their brother troops not even drink soup, that is not the style of our troops. ”

"In a battle, there will always be troops who gnaw bones, and there will always be troops who eat meat. If the troops who eat meat leave everything they have captured, what will happen to the troops who gnaw bones? Just like this battle of Jiuding Mountain, without the cooperation of the brother troops, the Japanese puppet army in other directions was dragged down, can we achieve such a big victory? ”

"I handed over most of the loot, but can we all eat so much loot? If nothing else, do you still have the captured artillery and light and heavy machine guns with you? Lao Dong, I know that you have been in the ragtag army all along, and you have suffered enough of being choked over there. ”

"There are some things that have become natural in habits. But on our side, there is no such intrigue over there. As long as you obey orders and listen to commands, no one will hold you by the neck and refuse to give you provisions. And no one will surround you and disarm you at every turn. ”

"Don't always think about things over there, or something. The most important thing for you now is to correct your mentality and truly integrate into this army. Instead of thinking about the east and the west, thinking crankily all day long, and doing things timidly. ”

"You and Lao He are both from that army, you have to learn more from him. Correct your mentality and position, and don't always be arrogant. Mentality determines fate, if your mentality can't be adjusted in time. Lao Dong, you can't stay in this army anymore. Remember my words, you are not a member of the 40th Army now, but a cadre of the 18th Group Army. ”

Li Ziyuan said this and stopped the topic. After looking at the soldiers who were carrying supplies outside, he frowned and pondered for a long time before he spoke: "This matter is over here, you don't want to reveal it to anyone else." When I went back, I said that when I came to see the terrain, I found the materials in this hidden cave. ”

"You are a practical military cadre, and I don't want you to ruin you as a person because of your crankiness. Remember, don't say anything when you go back. I know that the old squad leader is a person, and he won't make a mistake with you in this matter. Something, it's going to rot in the stomach. ”

Hearing that Li Ziyuan took the responsibility, Dong Ping looked at Li Ziyuan with some gratitude and nodded solemnly. In fact, Dong Ping also knows that this matter is not only here, but also over there. Once this matter is lifted, that army will not be able to keep itself.

If it weren't for Li Ziyuan taking the responsibility today, I'm afraid that what was waiting for him would be dealt with seriously. Dong Ping opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Li Ziyuan waving his hand: "You don't have to say anything, I am now your regiment leader, and the responsibility that should be borne for you will naturally be borne by you." ”

"I don't need you to thank me or thank me, we don't pay attention to this here. If you really want to thank me, you can really integrate into this army as soon as possible. Take out all your skills and help me bring the soldiers well, even if you are grateful to me. Also, the problem of the reconnaissance company, you hurry up and solve it for me. ”

After listening to Li Ziyuan's words, Dong Ping nodded silently: "Please rest assured, I will definitely go all out." Don't think nonsense, do a good job in the Eighth Route Army. We should strive to be like Chief of Staff Ho and contribute all our strength to the development and expansion of the troops. ”

Regarding Dong Ping's answer, Li Ziyuan only muttered an official article, and did not continue to spin on this topic. Instead, he raised his binoculars and looked at the surrounding terrain. After putting down the binoculars in his hand for a long time, he said to Dong Ping, who had already opened the paper homework over there: "The location of this village is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

"To control this village is to control the surrounding area of land in a radius of dozens of square kilometers. Heavy weapons are erected here, which can suppress more than ten surrounding hills. These devils really fucking know how to choose places. Regardless of when, traitors are the most hateful. If there was no traitor to lead the way, how could this little devil touch here? ”

After Li Ziyuan finished speaking, Dong Ping nodded and said, "Yes, if the troops hadn't risked their lives to climb up from the cliff in the back mountain, we wouldn't have been able to take down this mountain at all." Even if it is besieged, it will cost a lot of money and consume a lot of time. ”

"Although this group of devils only carries a light machine gun, they can suppress the surrounding area within a thousand meters just by relying on the terrain here. Coupled with the devil's snipers, we have no way to move at all within a kilometer distance. At that time, it was a movement to the back mountain, and it was all carried out at night, and there was no way to get close to it during the day. ”

"Actually, we are also very glad that firstly, this group of devils does not carry much ammunition, and secondly, they do not carry mortars and heavy machine guns, otherwise we would not be able to move within two thousand meters. And even if you touch the mountain, the price you pay will be greater. The houses here are all made of stone, and it can almost be said that they are a ready-made fortress complex. ”

Dong Ping's answer, Li Ziyuan did not answer him immediately. I just raised the binoculars again and observed for a long time before saying, "You said that here, how about making a hidden spot for the Hubei local county party committee and county government?" Every time the Japanese puppet army swept up, they had to stay on the inner line and hold on. ”

"The terrain here is rugged and hidden, and if you just go down the mountain, you can't even find a village on the mountain. These devils, along with the traitors who led them the way, have been solved by us this time. Here, it has become a secret that the Japanese puppet army does not know. Moreover, the terrain here is extremely defensive, and a rifle can hold the passage up the mountain. ”

"The local armed forces have weak firepower and ammunition, and if they withdraw here in a critical situation, they can avoid losses. If necessary, you can choose to go into that cave and hide inside. I think this is a good location as a hoarding point for our materials and a hiding point for local cadres in Hubei. ”

Li Ziyuan's train of thought, Dong Ping pondered for a moment and said: "But the head of the regiment, this place is handed over to the locality, and we can't use it as a material reserve place." Let's go here, although the party, government and army are not separated. But after all, it is a place, and it is easy to cause unnecessary trouble when the time comes. ”

"My suggestion is either to serve as a reserve base for our wounded and rear supplies, or as a temporary hiding point for local cadres. It is better to choose one of the two, and it is best not to cross. This avoids excessive losses once exposed. ”

"We are not a pure local armed force, and if this is a strong point for local cadres, it is inevitable that there will be idle people. In this way, it is easy to expose here. It is quite unfavorable for our fortified materials. Commander, if you ask my opinion. My answer is that it's best not to have both. ”

In fact, when Dong Ping said this, he didn't understand Li Ziyuan's thoughts. And it's not just him, but also Qian Peng, Zhang Zijian and others who resolutely opposed Li Ziyuan coming here before. He Sanliang saw some problems, but he didn't break them. Li Ziyuan insisted on coming here, of course, because he didn't want Yang Jing to embarrass Ma Yongcheng when he was leaving.

It is indeed to find a new hiding place for the stockpiled supplies and the wounded. But there is another reason, which is for Chang Juan's consideration. Others don't know how long this war will last, but Li Ziyuan, who has been a man for two lifetimes, knows very well that this war will take two more years to end.

Even at the end of the war, it was not the Japanese army that had been completely defeated on the Chinese battlefield. Until the end of the war, the Japanese army had the upper hand in the Chinese theater. Although this advantage is already very small, the Japanese army still maintains the ability to attack, at least for the time being.

Although the original 36th Division of the Japanese Army was transferred and replaced with a newly expanded division, the quality of its weapons and personnel had declined. Moreover, the newly expanded divisions and regiments are obviously not as dense as before. However, this does not mean that the quality and equipment of the Japanese army, especially the superiority in supply, fell behind the Chinese army.

Its tactical level and equipment level are still far higher than all of China's armed forces. Especially for the Eighth Route Army, which was poorly equipped and had even less ammunition, the Japanese army's superiority in weaponry and supply was still quite obvious. This gap is something that the Eighth Route Army will never be able to make up for.

Chongqing's US aid is still a drop in the bucket, and even if all the troops are replaced with American-made weapons, they will not allocate a single shot to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. In the face of the Japanese army, until the end of the war, the Eighth Route Army still did not change the situation of lack of guns and ammunition, and was unable to confront the Japanese army head-on.

This has also caused Japanese sweeps to be quite frequent, at least in the second half of this year, and may still be quite frequent in the next year. Especially in the spring ploughing and autumn harvest seasons, the Japanese army's sweeps will definitely continue. In addition, the Japanese army is now constantly expanding the puppet army to make up for its lack of troops.

Although the combat effectiveness of the puppet army is somewhat inferior, the equipment is far from being comparable with the Japanese army. But most of these puppet armies are local snakes, fighting in their own hometown, which is extremely familiar. The threat and destruction of the battlefield behind enemy lines even surpassed that of the Japanese army to a certain extent.

Chang Juan is a lesbian with only one guard by her side. The local staff around her either did not have guns themselves, or they had some pistols. Not only is the military quality not good, but also not a combatant himself. The local armed forces in Hubei are insufficient, and their combat effectiveness and equipment are insufficient. There is only a public security squadron of more than 50 people, which is slightly stronger in combat.

Its own troops are mobile units of the military region, and if they say they will be pulled away, they will be pulled away. At that time, Chang Juan only had a county brigade with weak combat effectiveness and poor equipment. The lack of a reliable hiding spot is quite dangerous for Chang Juan, as a local government, who can only insist on operating on the inside line, including other local cadres.

The terrain is secluded and controls the commanding heights of the perimeter. The surrounding area is surrounded by vast mountains, and there are still dozens of miles away from the highway, and the room for maneuver is quite large. Once the situation is unfavorable, Chang Juan brings her local cadres and armed forces to come here to conceal and insist, which is a pretty good choice.