Time was pressing, and Li Ziyuan didn't say anything after 'handing' Liu Lianming. After letting go of Liu Yanlai's shoulder, he turned around and immediately set off with the troops. And after Li Ziyuan set off with the troops, Liu Yanlai sighed softly, and didn't say anything more, taking the assembled backbone militia. and the first district team and Liu Lianming, who were forcibly 'drawn' out by him, turned around and left in the other direction.

Compared with Liu Yanlai, who was obviously a little heavy-minded, although Li Ziyuan felt a lot of pressure, he didn't have any bottom in his heart about how to fight this battle. He had carefully re-surveyed all the routes into the mountain at Luoma and Qiaokou.

Several routes into the mountains in the eastern part of Hubei, where minefields can be set up and can be used as ambush positions, have long been placed in his heart. How to fight this battle, he also has a certain number in his heart. I made careful preparations in advance, and I naturally didn't panic when it came.

After the more than 500 Japanese troops entered the mountain, he already had a certain idea in his heart as soon as he heard about the number of Japanese troops. Therefore, he led the troops without waiting for the new information from the front to come back, and rushed directly to his predicted target. After arriving at the route that so many Japanese troops had to take to enter Licheng from Hubei, Li Ziyuan immediately organized his troops and began to lay mines.

He did not deploy all the mines on the mountain roads, but deployed the pressure and tripping mines on both sides of the mountain roads as a counterattack site. Only nail mines were deployed on the mountain road, and they were not buried in the middle of the road, but on one side of the road. At the same time, in order to protect the real minefield, Li Ziyuan also buried some fake mines on the mountain road to "confuse" and "confuse" the Japanese army.

Li Ziyuan was very aware of his previous attack on the devils in the Qiaokou stronghold, and the little devils would definitely carry sappers with them when they went into the mountains to sweep the 'sweep' this time. Those earth-made mines of their own, although there are not many cast iron. But at present, every mine is precious, and how to maximize the power of these home-made mines is what you should do.

Therefore, when laying minefields this time, Li Ziyuan's deployment of each minefield was carefully calculated. All minefields are a mixture of true and false, supplemented by a large number of traps and other means. And make the best possible use of the terrain and the vegetation of the mountains on both sides, so as to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible when the number and power of the mines are limited.

Fortunately, Guan Li went to the sub-district to report this time, and in addition to receiving back a few boxes of mines made by the sub-military region, the sub-district also allocated a certain amount of yellow 'color' explosives to Li Ziyuan. Although these explosives were only captured by the main force during the attack on Zhengtailu some time ago, and the power was only ordinary yellow 'colored' ammonium nitrate explosives, they were already very good for Li Ziyuan.

After all, no matter how you say it, these yellow 'color' explosives are more powerful than the black fire 'powder'. Moreover, these yellow-colored explosives are the raw materials for the military industry that the military region urgently needs. Not to mention the local armed forces such as military subdivisions, it is impossible for even the main forces to have much left behind. These 200 catties of yellow 'color' explosives are already the largest amount that a military sub-district can come up with.

These yellow 'colored' explosives', Li Ziyuan did not have a little 'waste' fee. They were all used as chain mines and some special 'doors' to bomb the Japanese army's marching brigade. As for the mines used in other directions, they were still those made by himself and similar products issued by the divisions.

In addition to the real and false mine arrays, he and Guo Laosan researched together, on the slopes on both sides of the mountain road, they also constructed traps that were originally used to deal with the four 'legged' beasts, and also used to deal with these two-legged beasts. In addition to the normal traps, these traps also have a chain of traps modified with Rakfa mines and grenades.

With the previous experience of making those things with Guo Xiaoshan, coupled with Guo Laosan, a veteran of setting traps and beating stuffy sticks, Li Ziyuan is full of confidence in the traps he has laid this time. Fight hard, that's what a fool does, and he doesn't have the capital. How to inflict the greatest casualties on the Japanese army at the lowest cost is Li Ziyuan's real plan.

Because he was well aware of the gap between his troops and these Japanese troops in terms of equipment, firepower, and even the quality of individual soldiers. If he fought hard to the death, he estimated that he would not be able to hold out for half a day in the face of more than 500 pure Japanese troops equipped with three 'guns' of mountain guns, two 'Ting' heavy machine guns, and more than 10 'Ting' light machine guns.

Instead of fighting hard, it is better to use the advantages of the terrain to grind with them little by little. dragged this army from 'fat' to him, and then from thin to completely dragged him down. Anyway, there is still a distance of dozens of kilometers from Qiaokou Town to the junction between Hubei and Licheng, which is enough to make a secret knife by yourself.

However, the speed of the Japanese army's advance was somewhat beyond Li Ziyuan's expectations. He had just finished setting up a blocking position, and the Japanese scouts from Qiaokou had already approached his position. After receiving the report from the reconnaissance post, Li Ziyuan immediately divided his troops into three ways without any hesitation.

I took a force here to fight and block, and first entangled the Japanese army in front of me. One route, Guo Laosan and ten soldiers followed the road where they are currently located, all the way to the 'junction' of Licheng, and laid all the mines at hand at all the selected locations.

Anyway, when he surveyed the terrain, he took Guo Laosan, who knew the terrain of the entire eastern mountainous area of Hubei well. He wasn't worried that Guo Laosan would deviate. The remainder of the force was commanded by Chandford for mobile use and follow-up. This means that he does not have enough troops at hand, and if he does, he will resort to a series of ambushes.

However, under the circumstance of limited troops, Li Ziyuan could only adopt the tactics of mobile ambush. As much as possible, weaken the strength of the Japanese detachment, and buy time for yourself and the main forces that have been sent to report. He wanted to leave all this Japanese brigade in the mountains and mountains east of Hubei as much as possible.

After Guo Laosan left, Li Ziyuan immediately commanded the troops to enter the preset position that had been selected and camouflaged a long time ago. And Li Ziyuan, who went up the mountain here, took the troops and just prepared for battle. The Japanese army over there, as a battle group of the vanguard force, had already appeared in his sight.

Li Ziyuan did not give the order to fight the vanguard of the Japanese army, but just quietly watched the vanguard of the Japanese army pass through his ambush circle in battle formation. He left a big meal for this group of Japanese scouts. After this group of Japanese scouts passed through him, he would greet them with someone from Qian Defu. Li Ziyuan himself put all his 'fine' strength on the Japanese army.

It's just that although he has been mentally prepared, looking at the more than 500 Japanese troops and more than 300 pack horses that appeared in the telescope, Li Ziyuan also gasped a little. This is more than 500 pure Japanese troops, but it is not the 'mixed' formation of the Japanese puppet army that they faced in the past. Whether he could hold them back before this Japanese army entered Licheng, Li Ziyuan was not sure how much confidence he had at this moment.

But for Li Ziyuan now, he knows that he has opened his bow and has not turned back. In this battle, even if they fought it out, they had to stop the Japanese army before they entered Licheng. Li Ziyuan, who had made up his mind, after giving the order to prepare for battle. Li Ziyuan did not use his own shell gun, but personally dragged a 'Ting' crooked handle and aimed the muzzle of the gun at the Japanese brigade down the mountain.

At this time, to the north of his ambush site, there was already a faint sound of gunfire. Li Ziyuan knew that it was the two district squads led by Liu Yanlai, and the basic militia of the two districts had already started an 'exchange' with the Japanese puppet army dispatched from Hubei. There is not much time left for himself, this is Li Ziyuan's first thought.

Li Ziyuan, who was on the mountain, was ready for battle. The Japanese brigade, which also heard the faint sound of gunfire coming from the north, also significantly accelerated the pace of action. The commander of the Japanese army at Yamashita knew very well that the appearance of gunfire meant that there was no secret to this combat operation.

This is the base of the Eighth Route Army, and the enemy occupies the right time, place, and people, and the most important thing is the advantage of a large number of people. If the Eight Roads from other directions arrive when they hear the sound, although they are not afraid, they will also 'reveal' their intentions to act. Once the Eighth Route Army besieged from all sides, he would not be able to complete the orders 'given' by his superiors.

Therefore, after the sound of gunfire from the north, the commander of this Japanese army did not stop, but accelerated the speed of action. He wanted to take advantage of the Tuba Road in Hubei and was attracted by the opportunity to cooperate with the troops from the north, so he rushed directly to the territory of Licheng in one fell swoop. But just as the Japanese army accelerated the pace of action, a crisp gunfire immediately disrupted the pace of the Japanese army under the mountain.

After this gunshot, the Japanese troops, who immediately scattered and prepared for battle, stepped directly into all the mines that Li Ziyuan had planted on both sides of the mountain road that could be used as bunkers. All of a sudden, there were explosions at the bottom of the mountain, and the unlucky guy who won the bid but couldn't die for a while, and the screams of wailing spread throughout the valley. And the Japanese army, who thought that they had been ambushed, immediately returned fire in all directions.

It was only a 'chaotic' shot that passed, and the Japanese troops under the mountain realized that they had just stepped into a minefield. As for the result of the gunshot, there was only one Japanese soldier who didn't know what he stepped on, holding his foot that had been knocked off half of his foot by a bullet. As for the valleys around the mountain road, not to mention not even a single figure, not even a ghost.

Watching himself fall into a panic, the wounded soldiers who were killed and injured by the bombing, and the unlucky guy who was the only one who won the bid. Kencho Okazaki, who was in charge of commanding the Japanese raid, was quite annoyed. As soon as he entered the mountain, before he could achieve any results, he lost a dozen soldiers and two pack horses.

Although some of the Na Striker scouts did not go unattacked when they passed through this place, they came over and stepped into a minefield. But it doesn't mean that this Kennaga Okazaki will give up moving forward. He immediately brought up the sappers behind him and opened the way in front, and he followed with a large group of men and horses.

At the same time, in order to avoid the mountains on both sides, there may also be an ambush on the dirt road. As well as entering the territory of Li Cheng before the main force of the Eighth Route found itself entering the mountain, Okazaki Kenchang ordered two infantry squads to immediately go up the mountains on both flanks and spread out along the two flanks to ensure the rapid passage of the brigade.

But the infantry squad on the left flank had just gone up the hill and was advancing eastward along the slopes. Before the infantry squad could go fifty meters, they stepped on the trap with honor. First, a trap used to catch wild boars directly left a tactical team in front of more than ten people with only two-thirds left.

The other third of the people were 'inserted' into the sharp wood cut in the trap and struggled in pain. looked at the Japanese soldiers in the pit who were not dead for a while, and their front and back were all ** through the chest. The remaining 20 or so Japanese soldiers, under the supervision of the squad leader, could only bypass this trap and continue to advance, although they were frightened.