He Huizhang's words, Li Ziyuan said with a smile: "I said Lao He, why are you staring at such a little profit?" Our troops practice a supply system, and we have troops to solve everything for you. As long as you meet the standards, the organization will help you do the work. Why don't you have a home and ask for money? Didn't your brother have a good relationship in Pingchuan Town, right? ”

"Don't worry, when you get rid of the devils, you'll have everything. Sooner or later, bread will be there, and milk will be there. As for now, we are indeed a little poor here, not to mention the military salary, or the tail of food. But we have devils here to fight, and I think that's enough. ”

"When you go to the puppet army, there is a salary in the money, and the military salary set by the little devil for the puppet garrison is not low, I am afraid it is even higher than when you were in the national army. But is that a military salary? That was the reward for serving the devil and slaughtering the Chinese. No matter how much this military salary is given to you, don't you feel hot when you take your flowers? ”

"It's all stained with the blood of our own flesh and blood. You are not receiving the military salary of the devil, but the flesh and blood of our flesh and blood compatriots. Wangjiagou massacre, your brother was also present, but watching the devils slaughter their own flesh and blood compatriots, not only did you not be able to rescue your own compatriots, but also became an accomplice in the devil's massacre, didn't you feel guilty at that time? ”

"I know that you didn't ask to be a puppet army yourself, and you were forced to have no way. But even if you were at gunpoint at that time, the people would forgive you. But what did you do at the time? At least half of the bayonets on the people of Wangjiagou were stabbed into by you, and you really have no shame in your heart when you hold this military salary? ”

"I know that our Eighth Route Army is poor, and we don't pay military salaries, and we can't afford military salaries. But we are devils, even if we don't have military salaries, we have no shame in our hearts. Not only are we not afraid of people poking our backbones when we go there, but our descendants can also live with their chests held up without blushing for our current behavior. ”

"Lao He, you are also a veteran. You are also a person who has experienced several major battles, and you are no stranger to dealing with devils. But where are your military technology used? You did not use it on the battlefield of killing devils to save China, but you used it to help devils slaughter the Chinese. ”

Li Ziyuan's words He Huizhang lowered his head, and said after a long time: "Captain, I was arrested at the age of sixteen, and it has been almost nine years. I fought with you before the 77 Incident, no, it was the Red Army that fought, and I have been working with the devil since the 77 Incident. I don't know what the truth is, so I know that the chief will beat whoever he asks. ”

"The unit I was in was a ragtag army, not a descendant of the Central Army, and the commander's will was everything. Therefore, I don't understand many truths, I only know that when a soldier eats food and gets paid, he must obey the will of his superiors. Whether it was during the period of the national army or the puppet army, it was all done here. ”

"The commander told me to fight whoever I wanted, not only the Japanese, but also you allies. No one has ever told us what you said. And I don't care about the money, it's just a habit that I've developed over the years. After so many years, it has become customary to be paid as a soldier. ”

"In our team, those veterans only need to pay money, and they can be soldiers with whomever they want. Some people served as the Zhensong Army, the Shaanxi Army, the Henan Army, and finally the Northwest Army. In the Northwest Army, there was not only one faction that jumped over the slot, the Second National Army, the Third National Army, and the First National Army returned to the Shaanxi Army, disarmed, mutinied, and absorbed. ”

"My old company commander once jumped from the miscellaneous of the Northwest Army to the main force of the Northwest Army in two years, and finally followed his superiors to the Central Army and became a miscellaneous unit of the Central Army. Many of the brothers who were captured and became puppet soldiers were influenced by this habit. Because for us big soldiers, the will of the commander is everything. ”

"Captain, you said that where I got the silver in the puppet army, how can I not know? I didn't fight less with the devil before, the devil attacked Zhongtiao Mountain several times, and I followed the army to fight the devil, but I never had a soft hand. Although I was forced to be a traitor, I really didn't want to work for the devil. ”

"Although the military salary given by the puppet army is much more than the military salary that I received from the national army all day long, and I often can't pay it. I really didn't become a puppet army for military salary, if I were for military salary, I would have been a traitor a long time ago, I was just used to the life of receiving salaries when the time came. ”

Listening to He Huizhang's babbling explanation, Li Ziyuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Lao He, the past has passed, and now that we are back in the camp of resistance against Japan, we have to look forward, right?" I see that your brother not only has excellent artillery skills, but also this individual tactics are also very good, and he is a typical veteran on the battlefield. ”

"You've been a soldier for nine years, and you should know that a recruit will always be a recruit as long as he doesn't go to war for a day. After a big battle, the most casualties are the recruits. I hope you can show all your skills and help me train the troops. As for mortars, rest assured, sooner or later there will be them. ”

"Also, how to use mortars, you also teach me? I've been a soldier for so many years, and I haven't used that thing yet. Don't let us have a cannon when the time comes, but I, the captain, won't be able to command. Your brother will never let others see Lao Tzu's liveliness, don't forget that you are also a member of our Hubei Guerrilla Force now. ”

Li Ziyuan's words made He Huizhang nod and said, "Captain Li, you can rest assured." Since I've participated in the Eight Roads now, I'm definitely not going to hide my secrets, so you can look at me. However, this is used to using artillery, and the cold one is back to the infantry, which is somewhat unaccustomed. So, Captain, I'll be a grenadier for you. ”

"I haven't used that thing, but I know a little bit about it. Actually, to put it bluntly, it was a small mortar, but it didn't have an aiming mechanism. From the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, when I first engaged in war with devils, the infantry brothers in front of me were miserable by the little devils. ”

"Anyway, we don't have mortars, and even if we do, we can't afford to use them, so I don't think we can work hard to think about and ponder the grenadiers. Although the range of that thing is a little shorter, it is still no problem to fight machine gun fortifications. Without the advantage of firepower, the little devil is like a toothless tiger. ”

He Huizhang wanted to engage in grenadiers, but Li Ziyuan nodded and agreed. After He Huizhang left, Li Ziyuan opened the map and pondered carefully what he should do next. Of course, in a short period of time, at least until the troops complete their training, he will temporarily live in peace with the Japanese puppet army for a while. As long as the devil doesn't go into the mountain to take revenge, he will be happy to calm down temporarily.

These relatively quiet days lasted from the beginning of May to July. The actions of the Central Army in Jinnan did relieve Li Ziyuan of a lot of pressure. The eyes of the Japanese army in Changzhi were attracted by the troops of the First Theater in Jinnan, but they did not care about the small miscellaneous fish of Li Ziyuan for a while.

After all, the well-equipped Central Army is much more threatening than Li Ziyuan's guerrilla force of more than 100 people. They had guns and cannons, and the amount of ammunition was quite sufficient. The most important thing is that there are also many troops. Therefore, although Li Ziyuan successively destroyed three important strongholds of the Japanese puppet army in Hubei, the Japanese army still couldn't take care of Li Ziyuan for a short time.

However, when the time enters late June, the situation is different. As the situation in southern Jin gradually began to stabilize, the Japanese puppet army in the entire southeast of Jin began to constantly adjust its strength. Including Hubei County, the deployment of the Japanese puppet army began to increase one after another.

On 2 July, Li Ziyuan received a report from a small group operating outside the mountain that the Japanese puppet army, with the strength of two squads and with the cooperation of a reinforced squadron of the puppet Hubei County Garrison Brigade, escorted more than 200 people to advance from Pingchuan and Luoma to Qiaokou. Judging from the posture of the Japanese puppet army, it is obvious that they are preparing to re-enter the Qiaokou stronghold.

After receiving this information, Li Ziyuan didn't say a word, and immediately rushed to the periphery of Qiaokou with his troops. When he joined Liu Lianming, Li Ziyuan found that the Japanese puppet army in the two places had been stationed in Qiaokou. He is urging the captured people to rebuild the demolished fortifications and artillery towers.

This plan of the Japanese puppet army is obviously unacceptable to Li Ziyuan. If you can't find a way to drive them away before the Japanese puppet army completes the repair of the fortifications. Once the Japanese army re-entered Qiaokou, their route out of the mountain would be blocked again. His range of activities will once again be blocked in the mountainous area in the east of Hubei.

The most important thing is that the Japanese puppet army not only intends to re-enter Qiaokou this time, but also prepares to continue to advance its stronghold to the east from its movements. The Japanese puppet army was going to put the bayonet directly on his chest. This is undoubtedly absolutely unacceptable to Li Ziyuan.

From the moment he arrived at the periphery of Qiaokou, Li Ziyuan knew that this battle had to be fought, otherwise he would be in trouble again. However, Li Ziyuan also knew that his troops were far from being able to fight the Japanese puppet army. How to fight this battle, he still has to think about it.

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Li Ziyuan took him to the commanding heights northeast of Qiaokou, and Guan Li and Liu Lianming, who were observing the enemy's situation, cautiously withdrew down the mountain. The Japanese puppet army deployed at Qiaokou this time, obviously pushing the cordon to the east by a short distance. Surveillance posts have also been deployed on a number of commanding heights east of Qiaokou. This time, the mountain where they observed the enemy's situation was right under the nose of the devil, and if one was not careful, the target would be exposed.

After descending the mountain, Li Ziyuan gathered all the cadres together, and after putting on a posture on the ground that the Japanese puppet army was currently deploying, Li Ziyuan pointed to the simple deployment map on the ground and said: "The strength of the devil who came to Qiaokou this time is a reinforced squadron of the puppet garrison brigade and two full squadrons of the Japanese army. ”

"We are at a disadvantage in terms of firepower, and we are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops. If we attack, we don't have that ability at all. As for the infiltration offensive method we adopted before, judging from the current deployment of the Japanese puppet army, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. The little devil has suffered two losses in a row, and this time he will definitely take some precautions. Once again, we will take the method of infiltration, and we will suffer a loss. ”

"Our recruits have only been trained for less than two months, and they are still far from my goal, so the recruits cannot be put into combat for the time being. Therefore, I decided not to fight them to the death, and adopted the old method of luring the snake out of the hole, looking for fighters in the middle of the movement to concentrate firepower to destroy one of them. ”