The mountain forest at dawn was very quiet, and Li Ziyuan was not in a hurry to shout everyone up. After a day of training and a long march, everyone was exhausted. Today we still have to climb the mountain, and there is still a fifty mile to catch. After dark, we have to intersperse with Pingchuan Town, and I am afraid that there will be no more time to rest in between.

After wiping his face, Li Ziyuan silently walked to a big tree on the edge of the mountain stream, pondering what to do next. The secret in Wang Tieshi's ancestral tomb, he made up his mind that he must see it. But this is only part of the plan, and the real focus should be on the battle in Pingchuan Town.

Li Ziyuan knew very well that even with Zeng Sheng's company, the comparison of the strength of the enemy and our army was at a disadvantage. In terms of firepower, the two units together are inferior to the pseudo-garrison brigade. Coupled with the tight defensive system inside and outside Pingchuan Town, there is no possibility of a strong attack. If you want to take Pingchuan Town, you can only find a way to outwit it.

I carefully recalled the last time I attacked Pingchuan Town, the internal and external fortifications of Pingchuan, and the deployment of the Japanese puppet army. The branches in Li Ziyuan's hands kept scratching around on the ground. And in his mind, from luring the snake out of the hole, to making up and infiltrating, he has worked hard to figure out all kinds of tactics, but he has never grasped any points.

Until everyone got up, Li Ziyuan, who didn't figure out anything about it, simply made up his mind to wait until Pingchuan. Anyway, with Zeng Sheng's troops joining, his strength is much greater than before. If the tiger can be transferred away from the mountain, it is best to print out the Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan.

Li Ziyuan, who had made up his mind, after having a hasty breakfast in the army, followed Guo Laosan's ass and began to climb the ladder. After waiting for the top of the mountain, seeing the way down the mountain, Li Ziyuan was really glad that he didn't go over the mountain overnight last night. The way down the mountain is much steeper than the road up the mountain.

After telling the troops to pay attention to safety and asking the troops to go down the rope with the crooked machine gun and spare ammunition, Li Ziyuan was the first to follow Guo Laosan and began to climb down the mountain. Although the road down the mountain was only a few hundred meters, it took Li Ziyuan and his troops more than an hour to finally reach the foot of the mountain.

After crossing the ladder, I quickly crossed the first line of heaven that could only allow one person to pass sideways. Looking at the sky, Li Ziyuan gritted his teeth and refused Zeng Sheng and Chang Juan's request to take a break, and led his troops to rush towards Fuhu Temple at the speed of a forced march. Li Ziyuan's attitude was very resolute, and he was resting at Fuhu Temple, and he had to rush to the mountain pass before evening.

From Fuhu Temple to Pingchuan, there are still more than 20 miles of plain areas, and the green gauze tent is far from rising at present, and it is difficult to achieve a concealed march. Moreover, it is less than a day before the main force and divisional troops assigned by Wang Cheng to attack the Baijin Railway on the whole line.

If the Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan could not be contained before the main force started, the actions of the main force on the Baijin railway line would be greatly affected. So although he also knew that the troops were tired, Li Ziyuan still refused to rest for even half an hour. The reason for the speed of soldiers, he Li Ziyuan is still very clear.

Fortunately, in the end, he was born in the poor Eighth Road, and he has never used any means of transportation, and he has almost trained a pair of iron feet. Although the fifty-mile mountain road is only a general point, the principle of running a dead horse in the mountain is common in that mountainous area. But still before dusk, I rushed to Fuhu Temple.

When he arrived at Fuhu Temple, Li Ziyuan looked at the sky and gave the order to rest for two hours. Let the troops slap a sharp and cushion a hungry stomach. The most important thing is to be mentally ready to start the night action. However, after arriving at Fuhu Temple, what made Li Ziyuan very relieved was that Guo Laosan did not leave the team and go back as originally said.

Looking at Guo Laosan, who was silent, Li Ziyuan asked for thirty rounds of Hanyang-made rifle bullets from Liu Lianming, and then drew twenty rounds of ammunition from Zeng Sheng's troops, walked up to Brother Guo and said, "Brother Guo, thank you this time." We are poor, and we don't know how to thank you. This bullet is a little reward. ”

Seeing the fifty rounds of ammunition handed over by Li Ziyuan, Guo Laosan only took twenty rounds, and pushed the rest back for Li Ziyuan. After a long time, he said: "I don't know what you did to Xiaoshan, so that Xiaoshan has to follow you with all his heart." However, following you, it was the first time since his mother left that I had seen this child so happy. ”

"You guys are going to war, can I rest assured that such a child is here? That's it, as soon as this kid leaves, I'm left alone, and there's no meaning. If I stay in your team, I can protect my children. Don't be blind to your Captain Li's thoughts. ”

"Although I am old, these eyes have not yet reached the point of old and dizzy. Although you are very good to Xiaoshan, you still want to leave me behind. Okay, I'll stay as long as you wish. How many people who are fathers will rest assured that their children will go to the battlefield? ”

"But let's say it first, if you're like the team of the commander and the commander in the past, if you can't do anything but send money and harm the common people, then you won't turn your face when I take Xiaoshan away. Don't say that you people are coming, even if you are double, in this deep mountain and old forest, you can't leave me. ”

Although the old bottom has been revealed, Li Ziyuan's old face has not changed at all. However, for Guo Laosan's words, Li Ziyuan said very solemnly: "Brother Guo, I am here to assure you that you are free in the team. As long as you don't join the enemy and become traitors, you and Xiaoshan can come and go freely. ”

Li Ziyuan's assurance, Guo Laosan said: "If I wanted to be a traitor, I would have been a traitor a long time ago, why wait until now?" Although I can't read, I also know that it is intolerable to be a traitor betraying his ancestors. I have done everything in my life, but I have never been a traitor or betrayed my ancestors. ”

Guo Laosan's words, but Li Ziyuan smiled and didn't say anything. After returning the remaining bullets to Zeng Sheng, he found a large tree and sat down. Looking at the dilapidated Fuhu Temple in front of him, there has long been no monks. In my heart, I was still thinking about how I should fight this battle.

The disparity between the forces of the enemy and the enemy is huge, and the disparity is even greater if the two strongholds of Luoma and Qiaokou are added. This operation was again an operation in the core area of the enemy-occupied area, and this battle was really difficult to fight. If you don't plan it well, your troops will be dumpled by the enemy.

Looking at Li Ziyuan, who was leaning against a big tree and was silent, Zeng Sheng and his instructor glanced at each other and came over. Zeng Sheng said first: "Lao Li, I see that your brows are furrowed so tightly, do you feel that this battle is a little difficult to start?" Along the way, I was also thinking about how to fight this battle in order to mobilize the enemy army and preserve our own living forces. I just pondered it for a long time, but I didn't figure it out. ”

Hearing this, Li Ziyuan smiled a little bitterly: "I have been thinking about Pingchuan all the way, is this decision a little hasty at the beginning?" But now that the bow is open, there is no turning back, and it has arrived here, so I can only bite the bullet. However, there is no way. ”

"I pondered it carefully, and I felt that judging from the deployment of the Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan Town, a strong attack would definitely not work. However, it is still possible to lure the snake out of the hole and fight an ambush in the shallow mountains east of Pingchuan. But how to lure out the Japanese puppet army, I haven't thought about it yet. ”

"Although the strength of the Japanese army in Pingchuan is not large, the number of puppet troops is still quite large. That Wang Tieshi is not only a hardcore traitor himself, but also controls the troops very tightly through various means. In addition, its department is well-equipped, and it is not so easy to gnaw. ”

"Moreover, the straight-line distance between Pingchuan Town and Qiaokou is also a little too close, not to mention that there is a highway connection between the two. Once the Japanese puppet army at Qiaokou is launched, it will rush to the outskirts of Pingchuan to reinforce in a short time. If we can't make a quick decision, once we are stuck by the Japanese puppet army, we are likely to be in a situation of being attacked by the enemy, and then we will be stealing chickens and rice. ”

Li Ziyuan's voice fell, but Zeng Sheng said disapprerovitically: "Old Li, don't worry too much." We have four light machine guns in our hands, and with six or five rifles and grenades with plenty of ammunition, I don't think there's much of a problem in fighting a war of annihilation in a short time. ”

"The number of Japanese troops in Pingchuan Town is not large, and the defense is still dominated by puppet troops. I think as long as the number of Japanese troops dispatched is not large, or it is not dispatched, relying on our current firepower to use the terrain, not to mention a squadron of puppet troops, even another squadron should not be a big problem. It's just that I have two Czech machine guns, the number of bullets is a little less. ”

Regarding Zeng Sheng's words, Li Ziyuan shook his head and said, "The problem of your two Czech machine gun bullets is easy to solve." I also buried more than a dozen Czech rifles and a few boxes of ammunition on the outskirts of Pingchuan Town. As long as we can touch the periphery of Pingchuan Town, your little thing will not matter. ”

"The problem is that this Hubei puppet garrison is not an ordinary puppet army. Although this combat effectiveness is slightly inferior, it is quite well-equipped. There were not only heavy machine guns, but also several mortars. That Wang Tieshi's control over the troops is also quite a set. This puppet army did not collapse in one fight, but still had a certain combat effectiveness. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan pondered for a while and said: "In this way, Lao Zeng adopted the tactics of luring the snake out of the hole and setting up an ambush in a mobile way, which is a prerequisite condition. As for how this battle should be fought, let's wait until we reach the periphery of Pingchuan to decide how to fight. Grandma's, I don't believe that a living person can suffocate urine? ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's idea, Zeng Sheng and his instructor were speechless. Is there such a thing as rushing forward in this war? But the matter has come to this point, and even if the two of them oppose it, it will not be possible. can only follow Li Ziyuan's thinking, and when the time comes, he will make up his mind depending on the development of the situation.

Compared with the speechlessness of Zeng Sheng and his instructor, Li Ziyuan was very cautious to let the machine gunners of the two armies carefully check their weapons. In particular, the crooked-handled machine guns used by one's own troops that require strict maintenance in order to exert their power must be carefully inspected.

No matter how determined he was, these machine guns were the main support firepower of his troops. The Czech machine gun is a bit more solid, and if the two crooked handles with the largest number of bullets go wrong at a critical moment, it will be really troublesome. Therefore, Li Ziyuan didn't even fake others, and carefully inspected the two crooked handles one by one before he was relieved.