Regarding the extremely high evaluation of the old chief, Li Ziyuan touched his head and just smiled, and didn't say anything. It can be said that the various units participating in the military region have captured a lot of them. Not counting the captured weapons and equipment, just the capture of Li Ziyuan's troops in Hubei County, as well as the large amount of cloth raised, are enough for the troops to change their outfits in time in the coming spring.

This time, the Japanese puppet army swept a lot of Hubei County, and almost completely fell into the hands of Li Ziyuan. For this sweep, the Japanese puppet army mobilized a large number of baggage was completely captured by Li Ziyuan. In addition to the confiscated traitor property, Li Ziyuan and all the troops participating in the war made a fortune this time.

In particular, a large number of Japanese puppets imposed a strict blockade on the base areas, and the shortage of medicines, dry batteries, kerosene, and other materials, as well as a batch of medical equipment, effectively alleviated the urgent needs of the troops. Li Ziyuan handed over a full ton of * to the military region, which also allowed the military region's arsenal to have a period of time and no longer have to worry about the source of *.

The full 300,000 counterfeit coins were handed over at one time, as well as a large number of Guangyang, Jin banknotes and other funds, which also made the life of the military region not so tight in the four or four years that had come. However, a lot of supplies are still stored in various villages in the guerrilla zone in the western part of Hubei, and it will take some time to transport them back.

When mobilizing the masses in Hubei County to transfer, Li Ziyuan sent people to buy the materials that could not be transported by various merchants at the market price as much as possible. Anyway, so many counterfeit coins were seized, and they couldn't be taken away for a while. Back in the base area, this counterfeit currency cannot be circulated.

And Li Ziyuan knows better how long these counterfeit coins have a lifespan. Rather than holding it in your hand and being useless, it is better to cash it out as soon as possible. Except for those antique calligraphy and paintings that are now worthless for Tubalu, who can't even eat, the rest are basically bought as long as they are useful to the base area.

After secretly transporting it out of Hubei County, it was stored in various surrounding guerrilla areas. In addition to giving the masses a certain amount of compensation, Li Ziyuan also took into account the expansion of the influence of the Eighth Route Army. This batch of materials has greatly alleviated the urgent need of the Taihang base area. In particular, the batch of grain stored around Hubei County is very useful for welcoming the upcoming spring famine.

The funds and materials that should be handed over to the military region, Li Ziyuan arranged for the old squad leader to complete the transfer as soon as possible. More than a dozen Japanese prisoners of war captured in this battle were also handed over to the military region. These Japanese prisoners of war, Li Ziyuan is useless to keep, but a burden.

Not only do you have to send a large number of people to guard it. According to the standards of the General Headquarters on the treatment of Japanese prisoners of war, the treatment of more than 10 company cadres and the food standards of deputy regimental cadres is really a heavy burden. In Li Ziyuan's opinion, it is better to raise so many devil prisoners of war than to raise a dozen big mules.

As for the other puppet army prisoners, they should be dismissed according to the policy, and those who are unwilling to leave should stay. Except for a part of the seized cigarettes handed over to the military region and the headquarters organs, the rest were given favors by Li Ziyuan and given to each of the regimental commanders a few cigarettes.

At present, the cadres at all levels of the Eighth Route Army, although they are not very old, most of them are a group of smokers. It's common to go without sleep for days and nights when a battle starts, and coffee is not something that ordinary people can drink. Although the domestic production of tea is very large, it cannot afford to drink it in Balu.

As a result, smoking has become the catalyst for most military cadres to keep their heads clear during the battle. Li Ziyuan gave a few cigarettes to the heads of each regiment of the troops participating in the battle. This made the heads of the regiments, who were cleaner than their faces in their pockets and could only smoke leaves many times, all of them were happy.

But in this battle, although Li Ziyuan's troops achieved a lot of results, their own casualties were not light. The sneak attack on Changzhi Airport, and the subsequent breakthrough of the main force, the second battalion, which undertook the most important task, suffered nearly half of the casualties. The casualties of the 1st and 3rd battalions also amounted to a third.

The battle to defend Hubei County, although it only lasted for most of the day. Moreover, Li Ziyuan can be regarded as having exhausted all his tricks, and is even considered by some cadres to be a bit of a loser. However, under the superior artillery fire of the Japanese puppet army, the casualties of Li Ziyuan's troops were also quite large.

The main casualties occurred in the first round of attacks of the Japanese puppet army and the tactical counterattack that went out of the city. But if you want to talk about breaking your muscles and bones, that's still far behind. But to say that the tip of the knife is bent is not too much. Fortunately, there were not many casualties and serious wounded, most of them were lightly wounded.

The fact that this battle was able to achieve this result is directly related to the fact that the tactical level of the troops has improved very quickly through training that has been carried out day and night some time ago, and it can even be said that no matter how much work has been done. The extensive use of the new tactics has made it possible for the troops, although the casualties are not light, but they are far from the point of losing their vitality.

Moreover, the puppet army prisoners captured in Hubei County, as well as the mobilized recruits, were basically able to make up for the casualties. As for ammunition, although more than 60,000 rounds of ammunition were consumed in a lavish manner, more than 100 rounds of mountain artillery shells were consumed. But the amount of seizures is far greater than this consumption.

At least Japanese-style mortars, in the next two years, even if there is no capture, Li Ziyuan does not have to worry about the problem of shells. As for the number of six or five bullets, it is enough for Li Ziyuan to change all of them into Japanese weapons, and the kind of offensive and defensive battles in Hubei County are being fought twenty times.

Overall, it's a good deal. According to Li Ziyuan's estimate, after the end of this battle, the Japanese puppet army may not have the strength to launch such a large-scale sweep against the Taihang base area in less than half a year. In particular, the puppet security independent division was completely annihilated by the main force of the military region, and there was a big gap in the defense area of the Japanese puppet army in Ludong.

However, Li Ziyuan was faintly worried about whether Wang Tieshi's guy would take the opportunity to expand his strength at this time. After all, the puppet army in his hands now has become the strongest force in the Ludong region and even in the entire southeastern Shanxi region. You must know that most of the puppet garrisons in the entire counties in the southeast of Shanxi Province suffered heavy losses this time because they participated in the Hubei County operation.

Wang Tieshi, whose strength has almost not been lost, has now become the strongest puppet army in the southeast of Jin Province with the strength at hand. It is estimated that at the moment, even the Japanese army has to increase its dependence on him. After his own strength rises, it's really hard to say whether this guy can be as honest as he is now.

It seems that as long as he is in the Ludong area for one day, he must strengthen his precautions against this guy. At least he can't let his strength exceed the range of his control. If this guy doesn't bang, he will never be honest. After Liu Kaishan was killed in this battle, this guy became the largest local snake in Hubei County and even in the entire Ludong region.

When the troops retreated, Li Ziyuan rode on his horse and pondered while pondering what to do next. And the Mongolian horse under him may know that his master is thinking about things now, although his eyes are looking directly at the group of oceanic horses in front of him who captured the Japanese artillery, but he is much more honest in his movements.

After the troops retreated to their original station, Ma Yongcheng, who had already returned from studying at the party school and specially greeted him, told Li Ziyuan that Chang Juan was wounded in the anti-sweeping operation. When he was leading the local front team to rescue the wounded, he was suddenly attacked by the scattered personnel of the Japanese puppet army.

Chang Juan led a part of the militia, and in order to cover the wounded and migrant workers, fought with more than 30 Japanese soldiers for more than an hour. If it hadn't been for the arrival of the Military Region Guard Regiment when he heard the news, Chang Juan would have almost lost his strength. It's just that although the person snatched it, he was hit by a cold gun in the chest.

A 65-5 bullet from a Type 38 rifle entered Chang Juan's left chest. Although the head of the military region has ordered the general hospital to make every effort to rescue people, the people are still not out of danger. Hearing the news, Li Ziyuan, who was drinking water, didn't know that his water cup fell to the ground.

Looking at Li Ziyuan, who was a little out of shape, Ma Yongcheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Lao Li, go see that girl." She's the most needed for you now, and there are a few of us in the army. I have already asked for a few days of leave with the military sub-district, and the sub-district has granted you five days of leave. ”

Ma Yongcheng's voice fell, and Li Ziyuan did not hesitate at all. With Zhang Yuhu, carrying some nutritional products and medicines from Hubei County, he rode his war horse and rushed all the way to the general hospital. Li Ziyuan left in such a hurry that he even forgot some things that he was going to do with Ma Yong before leaving.

Except for the occasional rest of the horse's foot strength on the way, Li Ziyuan was not even willing to waste time drinking saliva. The journey, which would have taken more than a day to arrive, was completed in half a day. By the time he arrived at the General Hospital of the Military Region, the two men and the two horses were as if they had been fished out of the water.

Fortunately, Li Ziyuan's horse did have excessive hormone secretion. But this authentic Mongolian horse is really quite a miracle horse. Compared with the Oriental horse under Zhang Yuhu that captured the Japanese army, this horse was indeed very tired. But after arriving at the General Hospital, it was much better than Zhang Yuhu's Toyo horse, which almost ran off and could barely stand.

Li Ziyuan was also an acquaintance in the General Hospital of the Military Region, and after turning over and dismounting, he grabbed a nurse and asked Chang Juan's ward directly. When the nurse was first dragged by Li Ziyuan, she was taken aback. However, after seeing that it was Li Ziyuan, he was greatly relieved, and he kindly took Li Ziyuan outside Chang Juan's hospital room in person.

Chang Juan is a female cadre, so she still enjoys a high salary, and a separate ward is arranged. After coming to the outside of the ward, Li Ziyuan, who was anxious, pushed the ward open and walked in directly. It was only when he entered the ward that he found that Tang Qiao, who had a big belly, was scrubbing Chang Juan's body.

The temperature in the ward was very warm, so there were almost no clothes on her body except for Chang Juan. Even Tang Qiao took off the padded jacket on his body and wore it quite thinly. Although these two women have a close relationship with him, Li Ziyuan was still stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.

Li Ziyuan, who had a big red face, saw Tang Qiao, who heard the movement, and when he turned around and saw him, he hurriedly covered Chang Juan with the quilt, and could only retreat back as quickly as possible. Seeing Li Ziyuan retreating with a red face, carrying nutrition and medicines behind him, Zhang Yuhu, who almost didn't keep up, was a little surprised.

Although he was quite worried about Chang Juan's injury, Li Ziyuan still maintained great restraint. It wasn't until Tang Qiao walked out of the ward that Li Ziyuan opened his mouth to ask about Chang Juan's injuries. And after seeing Li Ziyuan, the expression on Tang Qiao's face can be described as mixed, complicated and a little distracted. It wasn't until Li Ziyuan said it twice that Tang Qiao reacted.