Faced with Liu Lianming's somewhat incomprehensible questions, Li Ziyuan told directly without thinking: "This is not our brother army, this should be made up by devils." Don't look at their makeup, they are all in our military uniforms, and the weapons are all used by our main force. ”

"But if you look closely, the weapons that these so-called fraternal troops are carrying. A troop of more than 100 people, with heavy machine guns and grenadiers, is our unit so luxurious? The rifles are also all medium formal rifles, and several light machine guns are Czech machine guns and Belgian machine guns. ”

"Have you seen the company of our main force, which can be all Chinese rifles? If all of them were Hanyang-made or Jin-made rifles and 38 styles, I might think it was our people. But with such a well-equipped company-level troops, there is not even a regiment in our main force. ”

"You are also a person who has been in the old army, and you yourself said that the company of our old army has such good equipment? Not to mention our Taihang Military Region, that is, all the troops of the Eighth Route Army together, how many units have heavy machine guns and so many light machine guns in the first-level troops? Those light machine guns are enough for the number of troops in one of our battalions. ”

"And the radio they are carrying, we don't have a radio station in any regiment. A troop of more than 100 people still carries a radio station? And that radio station is not the type used by our troops, it is a standard radio used in the Japanese army strongholds. ”

"Most of these people are carrying long guns, and if there were headquarters offices, they would be more short guns. Even in the Guard Corps, there are a bit more rifles in number. In a carefully look at this unit, are all the actions with the style and characteristics of the Japanese army? These devils do pretend to be quite similar, but the details are still a little worse. ”

Li Ziyuan's voice fell, Liu Lianming observed it carefully and nodded, following Li Ziyuan's guidance, he also saw a certain problem. After understanding Li Ziyuan's intentions, Liu Lianming led the troops to follow, and after quietly following the front at a certain distance, he followed cautiously behind.

After Liu Lianming left, Ma Yongcheng and Zeng Sheng came to Li Ziyuan's location, and when they saw the brother troops in front of them, the two of them were also a little stunned. Ma Yongcheng looked at Li Ziyuan, who was holding a telescope and carefully observing the brother troops in front of him, but he didn't have any words, but he asked the same question as Liu Lianming.

"Lao Li, do you want to send someone to contact us, we are also looking for the division. The brother troops in front should be part of the division headquarters. Lao Li, if we don't think of a way, we won't be able to meet with the division headquarters at the time specified by the superiors, so I think it's better to send one to contact us. ”

Regarding Ma Yongcheng's words, Li Ziyuan shook his head and put away the binoculars, pulled out the fast and slow machine in his holster, unloaded the magazine and looked at the bullets inside. He just turned his head to Zeng Sheng and said, "Order the troops, wrap the towel around your left arm as an identification mark, and prepare for battle at the same time." These are not our brother troops, they are disguised by devils. ”

Li Ziyuan didn't explain too much about the disbelief of the two people at the same time, but said lightly: "The military uniforms on our troops are so good?" It's all cotton military uniforms? Even the troops of the headquarters organs and division headquarters are not mostly crotch-free pants and two-and-a-half feet? Our troop wears such a fitting uniform? ”

"When I was studying at the party school, the headquarters office next to the party school had not yet changed its clothes, and I was still wearing an old cotton jacket. Even if the weather is getting hotter now, where can we get so many single uniforms during the current anti-sweeping operation? At most, the cotton inside the cotton clothes is taken out and temporarily replaced by the single clothes. ”

"Such a small army is wearing cotton cloth, and it is a single military uniform made of foreign cotton cloth, I really can't think of our army being so magnanimous? If I'm not mistaken, the fabric on their bodies is the same as the single military uniform of the Japanese army, except for the difference in color, the texture is the same as that of the single military uniform on the Japanese army. ”

"And that leggings, it's not the style of our troops, it's almost the style of the Japanese army's leggings. You two are looking at their guys, and is that radio station the same as our troops? Get ready for battle, I'm afraid this group of spies is not what we encountered before, and it was disguised by pseudo-plainclothes teams. Judging by the tactical movements, it should have been made up by the Japanese army. ”

Unlike the explanation of Liu Lianming, Ma Yongcheng was a fatal weakness in military command. As for the characteristics of the Japanese army's tactical movements, he did not grasp it as well as Liu Lianming, who had been rushing to the front line. Instead of grinding and chirping with this guy to explain the tactical characteristics of the Japanese army, it is better to distinguish from the military uniform.

As soon as Li Ziyuan explained this, Ma Yongcheng and Zeng Sheng both understood. It's just that Zeng Sheng said with some hesitation: "Battalion commander, there is not much time left before the superiors designate it." We're going to have to delay some time here. And the order to join the division headquarters? ”

Zeng Sheng's concerns, Li Ziyuan sighed. This guy is still a little rigid, and he is really a little worried about the Hubei Independent Battalion handed over to him. If He Sanliang was here, or even Qian Defu was still there, he would never ask such a stupid question.

However, Li Ziyuan, who was still very clear about the intention of his superiors to promote Zeng Sheng, said patiently at this time: "Old Zeng, when we received the order, we only knew that the division headquarters was active in this area, but do you know where the division headquarters is moving now?" We don't have a radio station in our hands that can directly communicate with our superiors, so where can we go to the division headquarters? ”

"And I don't trust anyone at this time, now there is a special team of the Japanese puppet army here, and the surrounding Japanese puppet army is also advancing rapidly here. If we act rashly, we are likely to run into the arms of the Japanese army. There is even a possibility that the Japanese puppet army sent someone to disguise themselves as a correspondent sent by their superiors and bring us into their ambush circle. ”

"Rather than wasting a lot of time looking around the area, you might even be fooled. It's better to fight a battle here, if the division headquarters is really active here, they will find it themselves when they hear the gunshots. Moreover, this group of spies is here, and it should be aimed at the division headquarters. ”

"And I bet the division headquarters is not far from here. As soon as the gunshots rang out on our side, the division headquarters itself would send people to find us. Go for execution, rest assured that you can't delay the convergence with the division headquarters. If this battle is fought well, it may be able to solve the biggest problem for the superiors. ”

"Of course, as soon as the gunshots sound here, it is also possible to recruit the nearby Japanese puppet army brigade. But for us, instead of stumbling around to find the divisional headquarters, it is better to take the risk this time. At least when the time comes, whether we should fight or withdraw, the initiative is in our hands. ”

Li Ziyuan's attitude is very clear, this battle is settled. Li Ziyuan had already expressed his position, and Ma Yongcheng and Zeng Sheng did not say anything more. When the troops were ready, Li Ziyuan found all three company commanders by his side. A line was drawn on the ground: "Judging from this group of spies, they are coming from the south, and the direction of travel is from south to north. ”

"And from the topography of this area, it belongs to two mountains and one ditch. This terrain is a good ambush terrain, so this group of spies must be on guard. Once the fight starts, I am afraid that it will delay a lot of time. I mean we're not going to fight here, we're going to push a little bit north after their butts. ”

"If they hadn't changed the direction of their travel, they would have walked about seven or eight miles on the map, and there was a river beach with slightly open terrain. Up the river, there is a small village. When we get there, this spy force will definitely relax a little bit of vigilance, and we'll do it right there. ”

After Li Ziyuan's general deployment was finished, Zeng Sheng on the side said: "Battalion commander, if we follow this plan, then how will we fight at that time?" The terrain there is a bit open, and the devils have more ammunition than us. If there is a stalemate, if the Japanese troops in this vicinity come, then we will be passive. ”

Zeng Sheng was worried, Li Ziyuan shook his head and said: "Since these devils are dressed up as our people, then I think they must be planning to fish in troubled waters." And if we are not sure that we are a high-level command organ, they will definitely not take it lightly even if they encounter us. ”

"Such a small army of more than 100 people, with makeup so deep into our base area, their tactical intentions should still be higher-level organs. Therefore, when encountering us, before touching the target they want, they will hide their intentions as much as possible. ”

"Our small army, people won't look at it. What I mean by that is to take advantage of their mentality and get as close as possible to the fight. We have an advantage in troops, and our technical and tactical level is not too bad. There is still a certain certainty in melee combat with these devils. ”

"However, the strength of a battalion can also make them taboo. So I took the first company to go up, the second company was responsible for detouring their flank, and the third company set up a guard in the southeast direction into the mountain. If it is found that reinforcements from the Japanese army have arrived, they will immediately start a blockade on the spot. ”

Li Ziyuan's style on the battlefield has always been absolutely not muddy. Now that you have made up your mind, there will definitely be no delay. After completing the deployment, Li Ziyuan led the troops to follow cautiously, behind the enemy disguised as his own troops, and approached the preset battlefield little by little.

However, the Japanese planes that kept crossing the sky made it very difficult for him to cover the last ten miles of the road, and he was almost not discovered by the Japanese planes hovering in the sky several times. and the Japanese spies in front of him, the distance is widened little by little. Fortunately, Liu Lianming is still very effective, taking advantage of the ability of his direct platoon to maintain a distance from the Japanese army.

After approaching Li Ziyuan's preset battlefield, Li Ziyuan took a company to simply lift his camouflage and swaggered directly towards the Japanese army in makeup. This group of Japanese spies was very cautious, and the guard post was placed quite far away during rest. As soon as Li Ziyuan approached, he was discovered by his guard post.

In fact, when Li Ziyuan made up his mind, he decided to take a series of adventures himself, but neither Ma Yongcheng nor Zeng Sheng agreed. But what Li Ziyuan meant was to delay as much time as possible to buy time for the second company's roundabout. The second point is that Li Ziyuan also wants to get as close as possible, wanting to touch the bottom of these guys.

Therefore, Li Ziyuan did not care about Zeng Sheng's request to replace himself and lead a company of commandos to press up from the front. Instead, he personally led a company to contact the Japanese army, just to buy a certain amount of time. Zeng Sheng is the kind of person who does not go out of shape when he executes orders, and he is still less flexible in doing this kind of work, so it will be counterproductive for him to estimate that he can't do it.