The chief of staff of the 36th Division, who was in a hurry, on the one hand, urged the troops who had left the city to return as quickly as possible, and on the other hand, the Japanese puppet troops concentrated in the city quickly went out of the city to counterattack, and it was necessary to ensure the safety of Dongguan. In order to prevent this eight-way force from infiltrating into the city before the reinforcements arrived, when there were not many troops left in the city, and what bad impact would it cause.

The headquarters of the 36th Division in the city urgently armed the expatriates in the city, as well as the so-called public officials of the Japanese puppet. In the absence of enough guns, a few were issued to each person*, regardless of whether they could be used or not, and the city's gendarmerie were being sent to defend the city walls. As for how to learn to use it*, let's talk about it when we get to the place.

On the one hand, it was strictly ordered that the troops that had been transferred back from the Ludong area must rush back to the territory of Changzhi within four hours. At the same time, the Japanese puppet army in Ludong and Hubei counties was ordered to immediately move west to outflank the back road of the Eighth Road. As for the position of these Japanese puppet troops who are still sweeping in Ludong now, it is not something that they should consider as commanders.

Li Ziyuan swept through the east and southeast of Changzhi City, destroying most of the Japanese puppet army strongholds here. The hypocrites in this area have killed a group of heinous criminals. In particular, the shooting of the captured captain of the Japanese puppet army's puppet night attack in Handian can be said to have pulled out a cancer of the Japanese puppet army in the south of Changzhi.

Under Li Ziyuan's efforts, the entire Shangdang Basin was completely chaotic in a short period of time. The Japanese puppet army in the Ludong area began to retreat one after another after receiving orders. The Japanese puppet army in Changzhi City simply closed the city gate and did not go out before the reinforcements returned, and let Li Ziyuan toss outside Changzhi City.

In order to ensure the safety of Changzhi Castle, all the troops originally deployed in the northern and southern outskirts of the city, which had not yet been attacked, were reduced back to Changzhi. He also ordered the Japanese puppet army in the west of Changzhi and the Japanese puppet army in Xiangyuan in the north to quickly reinforce Changzhi City from the west and north.

However, the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold in the west of the city was safely transferred back, but the Japanese puppet army in the north of the city was on the way to retreat to Changzhi. Just outside the Beiguan Railway Station in Changzhi, he was attacked under the noses of the Japanese army in Changzhi. The main force of the puppet Changzhi garrison, which was withdrawn from the north, was completely annihilated, along with two detachments of the Japanese army.

Looking at the firepower displayed by the Eighth Road outside the city, the officers of the regimental headquarters of the 36th Division who came to the city to watch the battle were dumbfounded. Is this the legendary eight-way with the legendary extremely poor equipment? Judging from the firepower, the Eighth Route that sneaked up outside the city had to have at least one brigade of troops. Just watching the battle and watching the battle, before the reinforcements from all walks of life arrived, the Japanese troops in the city did not dare to send troops to rescue after they were killed.

Even this battlefield is right under their noses, or even close at hand. However, before the troops sent out to rescue the southeast could not rush back, the troops in the city, including the military police, were mixed and scattered, and there were only more than 200 Japanese troops, and they were really unable to rescue. If these more than 200 troops were to be dispatched, there would be no one to guard even the regimental headquarters of the 36th Division.

When the Japanese army sent out to reinforce the southeast, the army composed of baggage troops, engineers, and even artillery and gendarmes, after running and almost vomiting blood, finally got rid of the entanglement of the two companies of Li Ziyuan's department and rushed back to Changzhi. It turned out that the eight roads that were fought in Dongguan and Beiguan were extremely violent, but they disappeared without a trace.

This time, no matter what happened outside the city, the headquarters of the 36th Division would not dare to send troops again. Anyway, this Eighth Route will not stay in Changzhi forever, and when they withdraw, this Changzhi City is still under the control of the Japanese Imperial Army. As for the moment, let's wait until the sweeping force retreats.

For Li Ziyuan, the Japanese puppet army in Changzhi City did not go out, which was in line with his ideas. Knowing that as soon as he appeared in the Changzhi area, the Japanese army would definitely mobilize troops to return to help, and he wanted this time difference. If the Japanese puppet army is transferred back, he will still play a fart.

However, although Li Ziyuan said that he was quite happy outside Changzhi City, he only shook a shot on the periphery of Changzhi City. After firing a few shots at Changzhi Chengguan, he moved north. Before the Japanese brigade that swept the Ludong area rushed back, an ambush circle was set up thirty miles east of Changzhi along both sides of the road from Changzhi to Hubei.

Li Ziyuan knew very well that if he tossed in the Shangdang Basin, the Japanese puppet army in Ludong was bound to rush back quickly. The difference between the two sides, both in terms of strength and firepower, is too great. Especially behind himself, there are still some Japanese puppet troops in Changzhi City. He's setting up an ambush circle here, just to make the movement bigger.

His plan was very clear, if it was a small Japanese army, it would be fought and closed quickly. If it's a large Japanese army coming, then stab him and move as fast as you can. Take advantage of the opportunity created by the mobilization of Japanese troops to turn north or southeast back to the Ludong area.

Li Ziyuan set the ambush site less than two kilometers away from Hubei County. The highway from Hubei to Changzhi is here because it has to pass through a small bridge. If the Japanese army returned with mechanized means, the convoy would inevitably need to slow down here. In addition, although the terrain here is flat and not suitable for ambushes, it can also be used to maximize surprise attacks.

However, the terrain is flat, and maximum tactical suddenness can be achieved. But the ambush for Li Ziyuan also brought some trouble. At present, the green gauze tent is still far enough to be high, and the low crops cannot provide a hiding place for the troops. The troops set up an ambush here, and it was almost impossible to hide.

In addition to the right side of the road, between the road east of the small bridge and the farmland, a distance of more than 100 meters from the road stood up, only to the shallow ditch of the important people. The only ambush sites that could be provided for Li Ziyuan were a small village of more than ten families on the side of the highway and a cemetery.

This kind of terrain is definitely not an ideal terrain for any army that wants to ambush. Because there are too few places to hide within sight. And it is a little too close to the two counties of Hubei and Changzhi. It is less than 30 kilometers away from Hubei County.

However, Li Ziyuan did the opposite, placing the artillery and regimental heavy machine guns in the village, and the two companies of the first battalion reinforced the heavy machine gun company of the first battalion in the shallow ditch. Once it started, it would suppress the rear half of the Japanese army with firepower, and outflank the rear of the Japanese puppet army as the situation depended. The two companies of the 2nd Battalion were ambushed in the small village, and as long as the Japanese troops came, they concentrated their firepower.

Another company and two heavy machine guns were ambushed south of the bridge, in a small cemetery. After the battle began, the Japanese army marched in a sequence of firepower. During the deployment, Li Ziyuan repeatedly confessed that he did not hear the sound of the charge, and all the people were not allowed to charge.

From the small bridge, which was only more than ten meters long, a batch of * was buried 200 meters to the east. In addition to tripping and pressure mines, there were also dozens of American-made anti-tank mines. It's just that this thing is basically no one who can use it except Wang Jun. Li Ziyuan asked Wang Jun to bury this piece on the road about 50 meters west of the bridge.

It is only more than 100 meters away from the small village where Li Ziyuan is located. It was within the range of fire in the village, so Li Ziyuan set this place as the bottom of the entire ambush circle. As long as the Japanese car hit a mine here, then it happened to block the road.

On that narrow bridge, the width of the car was calculated and the two sides were buried*, including the road to the west of the bridge. Wang Jun, who received the order, was born in a military academy in the end. Not only in accordance with Li Ziyuan's order, mines were laid on the west side of the bridge and on the bridge. Even on the road east of the bridge, after careful calculations, more than a dozen compression mines were buried on both sides of the width of the car traffic and under the chassis of the car.

When a Japanese convoy is attacked, it is generally covered by a car. In particular, under the highly concealed car, it will become a cover that the Japanese army can use. Perhaps wanting to show his hand in front of Li Ziyuan, Wang Jun painstakingly designed this minefield according to the general marching distance of the Japanese army's automobile convoy, as well as the length and width of the trucks used by the Japanese army.

Wang Jun's hand made Li Ziyuan very satisfied. It's just that Wang Jun doesn't know that the better he does, the more impossible it is for Li Ziyuan to let him go back. This kind of engineer talent is not to mention the Ludong Army Division, even the military region does not have a few. Those who are self-taught are too far from the quality of this formal training. Not many people can calculate this minefield.

Before he knew that he had left Shililing for four hours, he was discovered by Tsuruta Numan when he was lurking in Shililing, and immediately reported to the 36th Division. After receiving the report from Tsuruta Nunan, the 36th Division, which was full of soldiers and trees, and Li Ziyuan, who had already drawn troops from the troops that swept Ludong, were somewhat unexpected.

Although the Japanese forces were scattered throughout Ludong, it took a lot of time to gather, assemble, and move in. Especially for those Japanese troops scattered in the mountains, it takes a lot of time to get from the mountains to the location of the road where they can be transported by car. However, the cars dispatched by the Japanese army saved the reinforcements a lot of time on the road.

Just as Li Ziyuan had just completed the preparations, the Japanese army's automobile fleet had already appeared on the road over there. More than 50 trucks, loaded with a large number of Japanese troops and carrying three mountain guns, were heading towards Changzhi City at full speed. At the head was a Japanese armored vehicle, and the trucks behind it formed a long line.

Looking at the convoy in front of him, Zhang Zijian, who was beside Li Ziyuan, was a little worried. There were thousands of these Japanese soldiers, could they eat them all in one bite? Regarding Zhang Zijian's worries, the speed and strength of the first batch of Japanese reinforcements were also unexpected by Li Ziyuan. But now that he has opened the bow and has no turning back, he gritted his teeth and still made up his mind to fight.

When the armored car rushed across the small bridge first, the truck behind it could only reduce its speed due to the limitations of the bridge. The entire convoy was on both sides of this small bridge, and there was a large gap between them. Li Ziyuan was very satisfied and put down the telescope in his hand, this situation was quite beneficial to his ambush warfare.

The wider the distance between the Japanese convoys, the greater the chance of dividing their marching columns. Even if you don't plan to eat them all in one bite, you can still solve them as much as possible. The Japanese army of thousands of people, if the hedgehogs are gathered together, there is really no way to do it themselves. Especially when the Japanese troops on the convoy were obviously extremely vigilant.

This group of Japanese troops who took trucks to reinforce Changzhi, although they rode in trucks. But all the Japanese troops have always maintained a strict vigilance. Not only the Japanese soldiers on the truck, but also the muzzle of the rifle in their hand was always pointed at the sides of the car. Even when passing by the hidden graveyard of the company of the 2nd Battalion, the machine guns on the armored cars that were opening the road in front of them made a fire test to that side.