After the bombing of the ammunition depot of the Fire Temple, and the ammunition consumed in the previous winter sweep in the Taihang Mountains, the ammunition stock of the entire 36th Division has dropped to a dangerous point. The 36th Division carried out the sweep of the Ludong Army Division on its own.

To participate in the sweep of the Japanese army, only the ammunition left over from the original sweep of the Taihang Mountains could be used. This led to a serious shortage of ammunition for the Japanese puppet army that participated in the sweep. Even the Japanese army had only thirty rounds of ammunition per infantry, plus one* equipment. Light and heavy machine gun bullets, equipped with ammunition did not meet the standards set by the Japanese army.

The reinforced artillery, except for the shells of the 92 infantry guns, was barely sufficient. The most effective mountain artillery is that each gun can only be equipped with fifteen shells before departure. For this number, it would have to be the 36th Division, and in the absence of military operations in other directions, it would be able to barely guarantee supplies.

On the contrary, it was a puppet army drawn from other counties, and the ammunition was still sufficient. For the first time, the puppet army with 79 rifles was equipped with 50 rounds of ammunition per person higher than that of the Japanese army. However, the puppet army using 65 rifles, in addition to the 20 rounds of ammunition per person, the excess ammunition was withdrawn to supply the Japanese army who was in a situation of shortage of ammunition.

At this time, the Japanese army, which was eager to replenish ammunition, also did not care about the Jin-made 65 bullets, which accounted for a large proportion of the ammunition used by the puppet army, and always looked down on the quality. For the Japanese army, which is currently short of ammunition, as long as its Type 38 rifle can be used, it is good ammunition.

Although the First Army was also pumping ammunition from the Taiyuan ammunition depot, it was also pumping ammunition to the 36th Division. But the problem is that whether it is transported by road or rail, it takes a certain amount of time. However, the North China Front Army passed through the Handan-Changzhi highway, and a batch of ammunition transferred from Hebei was successively attacked by the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei and Taihang.

The 36th Division's lack of ammunition was temporary, but the Eighth Route Army had never had enough ammunition. These ammunition trucks transported through the Handchang Highway have become fat in the eyes of all units of the Eighth Route Army along the way. The convoy transporting ammunition was attacked continuously as soon as it set out from Handan.

The ammunition transported by more than 40 trucks had not yet reached the hands of the 36th Division because it had been robbed and more than half of it had been lost. Despite the efforts of both the North China Front and the First Army, it will take a great deal of time to replenish the rest of the ammunition, especially the most urgently needed shells, except for the first batch of 50,000 rounds of ammunition delivered by plane.

Under the circumstance that it was also necessary to leave some ammunition for the rear alert troops to avoid being attacked by the Eighth Route and had no ability to resist, the Japanese troops participating in the sweep were generally underequipped with ammunition. This was the first time that the 36th Division had carried out the sweep without replenishment of ammunition.

However, even when the ammunition was already seriously insufficient, heavy troops were still mobilized to sweep the entire Ludong area, which also showed how much the 36th Division hated Li Ziyuan at this time. After a lot of effort, I finally found out the true identity of the Eight Roads who attacked Changzhi City.

For the relatively strict Japanese army, although Imamura Shintaro judged that it was Li Ziyuan who attacked Nagaji this time, and also made certain arrangements for his own judgment. But if the First Army is to agree with its own judgment in order to provide the most urgently needed support for the 36th Division at the moment, it still needs to be evidenced by the intelligence system.

After shooting two pseudo-plainclothes captains, the chief of the special high section of the Changzhi gendarmerie was also forced to commit suicide. The intelligence staff officers of the 36th Division, who took over temporarily, finally confirmed Imamura Shintaro's judgment on the third day after Li Ziyuan took over the entire 36th Division's intelligence system at full speed.

After receiving the evidence of the 36th Division and the report on the entire course of the battle, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, who was in charge of the entire Japanese army stationed in Shanxi at this time, also gasped. However, a regiment-level Eighth Route actually dared to go deep into Changzhi City, which was the most tightly controlled by the Japanese army in the entire southeast of Jin.

It also set off such a big storm and made a dignified lieutenant general division commander angry. What is the origin of this Li Ziyuan, who dares to be so bold? However, the commander of the First Army obviously did not think that it was appropriate to involve too many troops for the sake of a regiment-level unit on the Eighth Route.

In the just-concluded winter sweep of the Taihang Mountains, the troops of the First Army participating in the battle were already quite exhausted. At this time, in order to be no more than a regiment-level Eighth Road, too many troops were dispatched again, which was undoubtedly a challenge to the military might of the Japanese Empire.

Although Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadaichi gave the 36th Division some assistance in other aspects, such as sending Major General Hanaya Masa, chief of staff of the First Army, to Changzhi to take charge of the 36th Division's pursuit and killing operations before the new division commander of the 36th Division took office. At the same time, the 36th Division, which is currently short of ammunition, will be given a part of the ammunition to be replenished as much as possible.

It was also agreed that the 36th Division would be greatly increased, and that the reward for the leader of the Eighth Route would be offered. It was also agreed that the 36th Division would be dispatched to participate in the sweep plan under the condition that its own troops were insufficient. However, Imamura Shintaro's request for the troops stationed on the Shota Line to dispatch part of the troops to cooperate was rejected by Yoshimoto Sadachi without the slightest hesitation.

With the limited support of Yoshimoto Sadaichi, Major General Hanaya Masa, who arrived in Changzhi, adopted a basic non-interference approach to the actions of the 36th Division. So that while Shintaro Imamura got the maximum authorization, he was a little inadequate in the use of troops. In the end, we can only find a way to increase the number of garrisons that were originally scheduled to be deployed.

In order to avenge the division commander who was now bedridden and half-paralyzed, and to bring shame to the 36th Division, Shintaro Imamura transferred all the troops that could be mobilized under the condition of ensuring the stability of the rear. For the limited support of the First Army, Shintaro Imamura was very dissatisfied.

However, some of the funds brought by Hanaya are the amount of money that Kinmura Shintaro used to offer a reward. The original bounty for Li Ziyuan's head was directly raised to a new level. For Li Ziyuan's head, the original price has more than doubled.

As long as the person who can kill Li Ziyuan, no matter what identity or person, the notice of rewarding the ocean of 200,000 yuan will be pasted almost all over the entire Ludong area. Moreover, it is not the counterfeit currency of Shanxi, which no one recognizes except in the occupied areas, nor is it the Chinese legal tender that has begun to depreciate sharply, or any other currency, or the current ocean of white flowers.

The proclamation also clearly indicated that if the defectors were in need, the Japanese army even proposed that the ocean could be directly converted into gold. Those who are willing to serve the new regime in Nanjing will be directly awarded the rank of major general. Those who did not want to serve the Nanjing government could be escorted by the Japanese army to live in Tianjin, Beiping, or Shanghai.

The Japanese army, which has always been stingy, even if it attracts certain forces to go into the water to become traitors, the Japanese puppet regime rarely dispatches this price code, and this price code is generally at least at the group army level, where it is Li Ziyuan's turn to be a small regiment-level cadre. If it weren't for the stroke that he was angry at Jingguan this time, Changzhi City would have been attacked three times and would have been regarded as a great shame by the 36th Division.

In addition to mobilizing a large number of garrisons and cooperating with the thousands of Japanese troops dispatched to carry out a comprehensive sweep of the entire Ludong area. The price of Li Ziyuan's head was directly upgraded to the commander of the group army. Within a year, the price of Li Ziyuan's head had almost doubled.

Faced with the high bounty of the Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan laughed at himself after learning the latest price of his head, and laughed at himself that he may now be the most valuable person in the entire Taihang Mountains, and he is now a mobile bank. However, he also laughed at the little devil for being too stingy, money is useless to the Eighth Road, if you want to give an army equipment, you can still consider it.

However, self-deprecation is self-deprecation, and in the face of vowing to eat himself alive, Li Ziyuan knows that the situation he is facing is not optimistic. Judging from the information received from the military region and the military sub-divisions, the 36 th Division is going to make great efforts to clean itself up. And in this situation, it is not easy to achieve one's predetermined goal and pull out another tooth.

After withdrawing to the Ludong Army Division, he faced the Japanese puppet army that followed and swept wildly. Li Ziyuan urgently consulted with several leaders of the military sub-district, and other units of the Israeli military sub-district seized the fighter planes to carry out anti-sweeping operations. And the swept Japanese puppet army will be attracted to leave the Baijin Railway as much as possible.

With the cooperation of the local militia, his own detachment waited in concealment along the Baijin Railway, looking for an opportunity to extract his teeth and take back this batch of grain. Looking at the two leaders of the division with worried expressions on their faces, Li Ziyuan smiled and said, "Chief, I'm fine." ”

"The devils will definitely think that after we stab them in the ass, they will retreat back into the deep mountains and old forests. In the vicinity of the Baijin railway line, it is not necessarily necessary to focus on clearing and sweeping. As long as I play fast and close quickly, there is basically no big problem. My troops now have sufficient ammunition and equipment, and even if they are surrounded by devils, it will not be a big problem to rush out. ”

Looking at the confidence on Li Ziyuan's face, the sub-district political commissar shook his head and said, "It's good to have self-confidence, but you can't be so-so." Since the beginning of spring this year, the continuous sweeps of the Japanese army have caused heavy losses to the main forces. In particular, the Japanese puppet army has just finished the winter sweep, and the main force also needs to rest for a while before fighting. ”

"Therefore, this time the 36th Division swept the Ludong area, and we will not be able to get too much support from our brother troops. You are alone in the activities around the Baijin Railway Line this time, so you must be more careful. If something is really impossible, don't force it to do it. In a word, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no material to burn. Your head is worth a lot of money right now. ”

Regarding the political commissar's somewhat uneasy advice, Li Ziyuan looked at the two leaders in front of him, and said with a gloomy expression on his face: "Please rest assured, I will definitely do my best to complete the task and preserve my strength." The two chiefs should also be more careful, the sky is dark, the night is long, and there are many wolves. ”

"The divisional headquarters has a radio, and the target is much larger than ours, so you must bring a competent force with you in this operation. I left all this British equipment I had captured for a regiment. Ammunition, I'm leaving a part. In five days at most, I promise to bring back the devils who swept the eastern mountains. ”

Li Ziyuan cared, but the commander waved his hand: "You don't need to worry about us, you are acting independently along the Baijin Railway, and the situation you face is much more difficult than ours." The political commissar is right, stay in the green mountains, and don't worry about running out of wood. You kid must give Lao Tzu back alive, and the troops must also bring Lao Tzu out completely. ”