And Li Ziyuan also knew very well in his heart that the Japanese puppet army that rushed to the hospital was equipped with a reinforced infantry squadron of a mortar squadron, and the puppet army also had more than 300 people. Not only does it have an absolute advantage in firepower, but it is actually not very weak in terms of troops. Even if those puppet armies are weak in combat effectiveness, they are not scarecrows after all, and they can still fight with the Japanese army supervising the battle.

Under such circumstances, the superiors only sent reinforcements from a reinforced battalion, indicating that a large number of enemy situations must have been discovered in other directions, and the superiors' current use of troops to kill a little is somewhat overstretched. Otherwise, in accordance with the Eighth Route Army's consistent tactical principle of concentrating superior forces, it would have sent not a reinforced battalion but a regiment.

The appearance of the enemy situation this time was quite sudden, under the realistic conditions that the troops were stationed in scattered places and the means of communication and liaison were even more backward. The troops stationed farther away, not to mention, may not be able to receive an order for reinforcements, and even if they do, they may not be able to arrive in time. In the case of the limited strength of the surrounding troops, being able to send a reinforced battalion to reinforce it is enough to show that the superiors have done everything they can.

Maybe for the superiors, if they can block the Japanese army's sneak attack on the field hospital on their side and protect the field hospital, it will be in place. After all, with limited troops, no one can ask themselves to do more. But just let go of this Japanese puppet army, will you be willing?

Thinking of this, Li Ziyuan looked at this reinforced battalion equipped with two Type 92 heavy machine guns and seemed to have okay firepower, and Li Ziyuan touched his chin. But he did not immediately make up his mind, but carried a telescope to the blocking position. For Li Ziyuan, this determination is still to observe the actions of the Japanese army after discovering reinforcements.

No matter how big the east hill is, it can only put the strength of one company. At the same time, Li Ziyuan also saw from the hastily field fortifications of the position that this reinforced battalion had just arrived, and this blockade was also a hasty response. It is estimated that it will be ten minutes earlier than the Japanese puppet army chasing from the mountain, and will reach the top of the mountain ten minutes earlier.

After Li Ziyuan arrived, the battalion commander who led the battalion wanted to continue to increase troops to the blocking position, but he directly rejected it. Although the troops on the mountain at the moment have only one vanguard company. But for this Dongshan, which is not large in area, the strength of one company is already enough. If you put too much, you can only send food to the Japanese artillery.

Although reinforcements had apparently arrived from the Eighth Route on the mountain, Hideo Ikeda at the bottom of the mountain was clearly not giving up. After the vanguard was knocked down, he immediately adjusted his deployment. With the support of artillery fire that arrived later, they immediately attacked the hill where Li Ziyuan was located.

And with a force, using a mountain pass on the right flank of Dongshan to try to penetrate behind Dongshan. Seeing the deployment of the Japanese puppet army under the mountain, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Li Ziyuan's mouth. He had already seen that the commander of the Japanese puppet army under the mountain, who had changed his previous steady and steady deployment, and even adopted a roundabout tactic of dividing his troops that was not suitable at the moment, had obviously become impatient.

Seeing this, Li Ziyuan called the battalion commander and pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said: "The devil is not familiar with the terrain and the number of reinforcements we are not clear, so he actually took the risk of dividing the troops to try to detour our right flank, which shows that the devil is a little impatient now, and now it is time for us to solve the problem." ”

As soon as Li Ziyuan's voice fell, he immediately understood what the problem Li Ziyuan wanted to solve was. The battalion commander hesitated for a moment and said, "Chief, shouldn't we use the terrain to block for a while, consume as much of the devil's living force as possible, and fight back?"

Regarding the question of the battalion commander, Li Ziyuan shook his head directly without thinking of it: "Actually, the devil was stimulated by us in the village, and he was eager to retaliate before attacking. And judging from the actual situation now, for this Japanese puppet army, it is the best policy to retreat immediately. ”

"Now this devil is carried away by anger, if you wait for that devil commander to calm down. With the quality of a devil junior officer, he will immediately understand what he should do most at the moment. So man, if you follow your idea, we probably catch them by the tail. ”

"It doesn't matter to us to fight a rout. But before the enemy situation is completely clear, letting this Japanese puppet army escape, no matter which direction it flees, will cause a chain reaction. Therefore, this Japanese puppet army must defeat them as much as possible. ”

"Even if they can't be wiped out, they must be ruthlessly peeled off a layer of skin, so that they dare not continue to stay in the base area. Also, you may not know me before, or you may not have heard of me. But I'm telling you both today, there's something wrong with me. That is, this battle is either Lao Tzu will not fight, and if he wants to fight, he will be beaten to an earth-shattering one. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan looked at the battalion commander and instructor in front of him who were a little pensive after listening to his words, and said with a smile: "You are afraid of a bird." With one reinforced battalion and four and a half formed infantry companies, if even a few hundred Japanese puppet troops who have been exhausted after a long march and battle can't handle it, this fucking shame will be a big shame. ”

"Also, if you look at your troops, only one-third of the Type 38 rifles are made, and the rest are Jin-made 65 rifles and Hanyang-made rifles. The four infantry companies combined had only six light machine guns, an average of one light machine gun per company. The Japanese puppet army under the mountain not only has a mortar squadron, but also so many sophisticated equipment waiting for us. ”

"Are we just going to watch this group of equipment run away? If you don't get your hands on those equipment, who are you worth? To be honest, not to mention your own troops, even this lone army broke in, which is almost equivalent to the Japanese puppet army sent to the door, you are sorry. ”

"Now that the superiors have handed you over to me to command, then I am now your regiment commander, and Lao Tzu's order is heaven. I have never been soft on dealing with disobedient cadres on the battlefield. Now I order, with a reinforced company, led by the battalion commander, to take a small road and outflank the Japanese artillery positions from the left flank. ”

"Immediately after knocking out the artillery positions of the Japanese army, turn around and attack from the outside in. After the troops that went straight into the devil's artillery position were fired, the deputy battalion commander led a company to directly make a left hook from the left flank of the position and hit the waist of the Japanese puppet army's position. ”

"When the time comes, I will take the troops that are blocking from the front and press down directly from the front. Remember, you have to disrupt the battle sequence of the Japanese puppet army at the first time. In a word, don't be afraid to disrupt the war, and the more chaotic the Japanese puppet army, the better. As for the Japanese puppet army of more than 100 people who detoured to our right flank, a company was reinforced by the instructor, and I took the rest of the troops to entangle them first. ”

"I give you all the militia in the village, they are familiar with the terrain and the tactics of sparrow warfare are very strong. I don't care how you fight, but there's one thing you keep in mind. After the frontal counterattack is fully launched, this Japanese puppet army must not have a single soldier and Lao Tzu appear on the frontal battlefield. ”

After Li Ziyuan's general deployment was finished, he raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist, and said to the several battalion cadres in front of him: "If you don't have any opinions, immediately go separately to implement them." The troops who detoured the Japanese artillery position had to rush to the position within half an hour at the latest. ”

After listening to Li Ziyuan's words, the battalion commander pondered for a while, then glanced at the instructor beside him and said, "Chief, we have no other opinions on your deployment. It's the combat position of the instructor and the deputy battalion commander, can it be reversed? There is a chief officer on your side, and it is better to cooperate with your command. ”

Regarding the opinions put forward by this battalion commander, Li Ziyuan glanced at him and immediately understood his thoughts. It should be that the military ability of the instructor of this battalion is a little weak, and it is still a little inappropriate for him to command alone. After understanding the battalion commander's idea, Li Ziyuan didn't say anything. He just nodded, and waved his hand to show that he agreed with him.

Seeing Li Ziyuan nodding, several cadres immediately went separately to carry it out. The commander of this reinforced battalion, with a reinforced company and the leader of the village militia himself, passed behind a pine forest on the left flank of Dongshan. In the thick of grass, I found a path that was already covered by thatch, and it was impossible for unfamiliar people to see it, but it led to the Japanese artillery position.

After the detour troops set off, Li Ziyuan smiled and said nothing. After carrying the telescope to the blocking position again, he immediately withdrew a heavy machine gun. The battalion had a small amount of ammunition, more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition, despite the reinforcement of two heavy machine guns. Now it's a good fight, but when I fight back, I'm dumbfounded.

Coupled with the fact that the Japanese mortars were quite intensive, these two heavy machine guns were estimated to be half of the heavy machine gun configuration of their regiment. Just like this, one of the two heavy machine guns was blown up, and it is estimated that their regiment commander had to stomp his feet in distress and scold his eighth-generation ancestors. Besides, if you don't do some drama, how can you let the devil continue to bite this hook?

Among the commanders of the devils, except for a few hot-headed times, most of the officers who have undergone rigorous training are not stupid people. If they don't make the play more realistic, how can they bite the fishhook and buy themselves enough time to deploy in place?

After Li Ziyuan returned to the front-line position, he decisively withdrew a heavy machine gun. He also ordered that the heavy machine gun left behind could only fire short bursts, which immediately gave the impression that the Japanese puppet army under the mountain was short of ammunition. At this time, the meat was almost cooked, but now the duck was about to fly away. Irritated and a little frenzied, Hideo Ikeda rejected his subordinates' suggestion to retreat.

Not only did they tell the artillery not to feel sorry for the shells, but they also concentrated their forces and launched a round charge. Indicating that the roundabout troops had made contact with the Eighth Road, the fierce gunfire that rang out in the direction of the right flank of Dongshan at this time did not discourage him. For Hideo Ikeda at this time, he will definitely not give up if he doesn't catch the cunning guy on the mountain.

Regarding Hideo Ikeda's madness, Li Ziyuan responded very calmly, in order to buy time for his roundabout troops to be interspersed in place as much as possible. Despite the rain smashed by the Japanese army, he couldn't even lift his head. But the more frantic the Japanese offensive under the mountain, the happier Li Ziyuan became.

Time passed minute by minute, five, ten, fifteen, twenty, and half an hour, Li Ziyuan kept holding a telescope and looking at the Japanese artillery position under the mountain. But when 30 minutes passed, nearly 40 minutes had passed, and the troops who had rounded the Japanese artillery position had not yet arrived, Li Ziyuan was somewhat anxious.

He didn't believe that the battalion commander would lead the team to escape, but ten minutes had passed since the time he had specified, and the detour troops had not yet arrived, and Li Ziyuan was a little worried that they had encountered some accidents along the way. But the unusually calm direction of the detour made Li Ziyuan a little confused.