Hearing Li Ziyuan's shout, the soldiers around him hurriedly adjusted their formation. The riflemen quickly retreated two units, and the Jinzao submachine guns and flower traps issued to the six platoon commanders, under Li Ziyuan's order not to feel sorry for the bullets, shot the Japanese troops who were trying to fight back to back, close together, and ready to fight bayonets again with short bursts, so as to facilitate their own fighters to flank the Japanese troops.

At this time, you can see the experience of the veteran on the battlefield. As soon as Li Ziyuan shouted here, the surrounding troops immediately understood that there was something wrong with them. Immediately, under the guidance of veterans, they quickly readjusted the formation according to the daily training of mutual cover. Although the 79 rifles in the hands of many fighters suffered a lot when fighting bayonets.

However, under Li Ziyuan's tactical arrangement, the casualties were reduced as much as possible. With veterans as the core, a cross cover is formed, and two against one of the scattered Japanese troops. There was also a precise pistol fire in between, and although it was not one-sided, the progress of the battle was much faster.

Although Li Ziyuan has always tried not to fight white-knuckle battles if he can. But when it comes to the need, he will never be ambiguous. Moreover, Li Ziyuan specialized in white-knuckle combat, and in addition to improving certain tactics, he also made certain other preparations.

He collected the Southern 14-style pistols in his hand, which no one liked to use, and took out a part of the 65 bullets, exchanged some with other troops, and distributed one to each squad leader. Although there are not many bullets, each pistol is equipped with a magazine as much as possible.

This kind of pistol, which is full of malfunctions and uses weak ammunition penetration, can still exert a certain power in this kind of close combat. At least it refers to the accuracy of which to hit, and the pistol bullets in close range seem to be dummies, and the lethality of a shot is absolutely uncomfortable, and there is absolutely no problem in close combat.

In addition to the Jinzao submachine gun in the hands of the platoon commander, it still took a big advantage. This time, in order to open up the situation in a short period of time, Li Ziyuan can be said to have made a bloody investment. took out all the Jinzao submachine gun bullets that were left in his hand. The original Jin-made submachine guns were all redistributed to the troops. It's just to don't suffer in white-knuckle battles when necessary.

In the face of the rushing Eighth Route Army, when the Japanese army, who was not afraid at all, was preparing for a white-knuckle battle with bayonets, they found that the pistols and submachine guns in the opponent's hands made it impossible for them to return fire at all. Every time the Japanese tried to form a tactical group back-to-back, they were scattered by a burst of pistol bullets. Or just as he was about to shoot, he was knocked down by a pistol shot.

It's so close and almost face-to-face that even a person with poor pistol marksmanship can basically hit. The eight-millimeter pistol bullet developed by the Japanese themselves is extremely poor. But in this close range, the great lethality under the unobstructed situation also allowed the Japanese to appreciate the power of their pistols.

The Jinzao submachine guns were used in conjunction with these southern pistols, and the riflemen took advantage of the fact that the Japanese were scattered, and they attacked one by two to assassinate the Japanese soldiers in front of them. Break up the Japanese troops that formed the tactical combination, and use two people to deal with one by attacking from the front and back, and the situation will be clear immediately. The speed of solving the problem has suddenly accelerated a lot.

Li Ziyuan's strange tactical arrangement played a big role in the melee. The Japanese army, which was already inferior in terms of troops, suffered heavy casualties in these two strange tactics developed by Li Ziyuan. In the end, seven or eight remnants of the Japanese army, who could no longer withstand the blow, desperately broke through to the stronghold of the fallen horse in the west.

As for the stunned puppet army of the platoon, they raised their hands cleanly when Li Ziyuan's headquarters rushed over. But even if Li Ziyuan came up with the corresponding tactics and ignored his relatively shabby ammunition reserves, this melee still lasted for nearly two hours.

After defeating the Japanese army, Li Ziyuan lifted the tarpaulin on the fifteen carts, only to be pleasantly surprised to find that ten of the fifteen carts were actually transporting ammunition. Not only did there be ammunition for Japanese-made light weapons, but there were also several carriages full of seventy-nine bullets. The remaining five carts were carrying some supplies.

Looking at these supplies, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate to leave the militia to clean up the battlefield and evacuate the materials and prisoners on the fifteen carts. He didn't even care about interrogating the prisoners, but just told Ma Yongcheng to interrogate them as soon as possible. He immediately turned around with his troops, in addition to ordering Zeng Sheng's company to immediately reinforce in the southwest direction.

With his second company, he went straight to the direction of the Hechuan stronghold with the weakest troops. Although the direction of the Hechuan stronghold is the weakest link in the strength of the surrounding Japanese puppet army, the blocking force deployed by itself is also the least one of several directions. At the same time, the Hechuan stronghold is the most prominent stronghold of the Japanese army to the east in the entire Hubei territory. If you don't pull out this stronghold, you will be too much of a threat to yourself.

Li Ziyuan defeated a squadron of the Japanese army so cleanly, which was almost unexpected by all the surrounding Japanese puppet troops. But when Li Ziyuan rushed to the Hechuan stronghold with the second company, Liu Lianming's side was already in danger. As the outpost stronghold of the Japanese puppet army's advance to the eastern mountains, the Hechuan defenders were said to have only one infantry squad of Japanese troops and one company of the puppet army.

But it's not that Liu Lianming, who has only one platoon in his hands, plus a district squad and some of the backbone militia, can resist for too long. Especially this time, the puppet army didn't know what medicine to take, and the intensity of the charge was quite high. The fight was also quite fierce, which put Liu Lianming under a lot of pressure.

In the face of the Japanese puppet army sent reinforcements from the Hechuan stronghold, Liu Lianming fought quite hard. If Li Ziyuan came more slowly, I am afraid that Liu Lianming would be broken through here. In particular, there were Japanese troops in the Hechuan stronghold, which was a new situation that had not been discovered during the previous reconnaissance.

Under the supervision of the Japanese machine guns, the company of the puppet Jin Southern Founding Army was very imposing. Under the cover of a heavy machine gun, the attack was launched in turn. Although this puppet army privately cooperated with Li Ziyuan's department, the business was once very prosperous. But now, under the threat of the Japanese army's guns, they can only fight for their lives.

Although the terrain was very favorable to the position chosen by Liu Lianming, the disadvantage in troops also made Liu Lianming fight very hard. Especially after the Japanese army saw that the puppet army was unable to make a breakthrough for a long time, they personally went into battle to launch a fierce attack on Liu Lianming's flank position. The flanks, which were mainly defended by the backbone militia, appeared to be quite difficult.

Seeing that Liu Lianming was in danger here, Li Ziyuan did not take over Liu Lianming's flank position. Instead, he immediately commanded the troops, reversed the flank of the Japanese puppet army, and launched a counterattack against the Japanese puppet army dispatched by Hechuan from the flank. first defeated a company of the puppet army that cooperated with the operation, and then concentrated its firepower on the Japanese squad.

Facing Li Ziyuan's subordinates like a tiger coming out of the mountain, the Japanese puppet army dispatched by Hechuan could not withstand the blow. In the case of the retreat from the base, it has been sealed. The few remaining Japanese soldiers left behind the puppet army and retreated all the way to the north. Li Ziyuan arranged for the troops to collect the weapons of the puppet army, and on the other hand, he led people directly to the Hechuan stronghold.

A squad of the puppet army left behind in the Hechuan stronghold, when they saw the Eighth Route Army rushing over, they simply raised their hands and surrendered. After seizing the Hechuan stronghold, Li Ziyuan immediately left behind the district squad and militia attached to Liu Lianming to sabotage the Hechuan stronghold. He took his troops with him and prepared to rush to the blocking position to the south.

And it was only at this time that Li Ziyuan found out that the new puppet army in the Hechuan stronghold came from Pingchuan at dusk yesterday. This Japanese squad was very strange when it came, and it was wearing the uniform of the puppet army when it came. It wasn't until this morning that he changed into his military uniform.

At the same time, not only Hechuan, but also all the eastern mountainous areas of Hubei, in the strongholds of the puppet Jin Southern Founding Army, the Japanese army suddenly stationed troops. Moreover, when they were stationed, they were all wearing pseudo-army uniforms, and after they were stationed in various strongholds, they cut off wired telephone contact as soon as possible, and tightly sealed the news.

Not only does he not go out of the gate, but he also strictly prohibits the puppet army from leaving the stronghold. Even at night, wearing the uniform of the puppet army, he took over all the sentinels of the puppet army. It wasn't until Li Ziyuan's side started that the puppet army was released and the weapons were returned. After receiving this information, Li Ziyuan immediately felt that something was wrong.

And just when Li Ziyuan had just defeated the Japanese puppet army dispatched from the Hechuan stronghold, the chief of the divisional operations section of the Japanese puppet army who blocked the stronghold of Luoma in the west and the Japanese puppet army on the line from Qiaokou to Pingchuan in the south sent people to send information almost at the same time. In the report, both of them clearly told Li Ziyuan that the Japanese puppet army on both sides was constantly increasing its troops.

In particular, He Sanliang, who was in the direction of falling off the horse, reported that the Japanese mobile troops who had sent reinforcements from Hubei County had arrived at the battlefield by car and were attacking He Sanliang's blocking position under the cover of artillery. After the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the pressure on He Sanliang's side increased sharply.

Reinforcements from Hubei County to the fallen Japanese army, after receiving a report that part of the troops were attacked between Luoma and Hechuan. didn't even get out of the car, so he took the car directly to the location where He Sanliang blocked it. When they came up, under the cover of two mountain guns, they launched a continuous charge towards He Sanliang's blocking position.

He Sanliang commanded a company of troops, with the cooperation of the basic militia and the first district squad, although relying on favorable terrain and minefields to resist steadily. However, under the situation that the Japanese army had an absolute advantage in firepower and troops, He Sanliang's blocking battle was extremely difficult.

Although Li Ziyuan quickly redeployed the weaponry, he strengthened the captured Type 92 heavy machine gun, plus the Type 92 heavy machine gun he carried, to He Sanliang's side. However, the disadvantage in overall firepower and troops made He Sanliang still fall into a bitter support.

The situation on the side of the chief of the divisional operations section was even more serious, and all the Japanese puppet troops on the entire line from Pingchuan to Qiaokou were dispatched. Under the full cover of several mountain guns and 92 infantry guns, they launched a mad attack on the blocking troops. Moreover, the Japanese troops dispatched had a fully integrated brigade. The chief of the divisional operations section asked him how the battle was going on his side, and whether he could retreat?

Li Ziyuan did not expect the Japanese mobile troops in Hubei to reinforce so quickly. I didn't expect that the Japanese army on the front line of Pingchuan would actually increase its troops to a brigade. In this way, the initiative that Li Ziyuan originally held in his hands was reversed in an instant. The speed of reinforcement and the large number of troops of the surrounding Japanese troops made Li Ziyuan passive in the overall battle situation.

If he hadn't preemptively defeated the Japanese squadron and seized the Hechuan stronghold, what would have awaited him would have been surrounded by the superior Japanese puppet army. After receiving reports on the battle situation from two sides, Li Ziyuan had the feeling that the entire Ludong and even the Japanese puppet army in the southeast of Jin Province were now concentrated on the entire battlefield.