Under the circumstance that the main source of ammunition relied on seizure, Li Ziyuan could only delineate weapons and equipment according to the source of ammunition. Most of the puppet army and Japanese army in Shanxi were still dominated by six-five-caliber Jin-made and Japanese-style weapons. It is not that there are no weapons of seventy-nine caliber, but that there are not too many of them.

The Japanese army replenished ammunition for the puppet army, and it was also extremely strictly controlled. In particular, the seventy-nine bullets, which were not used much, were more strictly controlled. The little savings of the army now are all painstakingly accumulated by Li Ziyuan. Compared with the six-five bullets, the seven-nine bullets are not very sufficient.

In addition to some of the captured Chinese army weapons on the battlefield, most of the Japanese army still used their own standard of 65 bullets. After all, compared with relying on captured 79 bullets to fight, it is not a reliable thing to love the situation of having a strong military production capacity. In the Shanxi battlefield, there are not too many chances of being captured.

Plus seventy-nine bullets, which themselves are divided into several models. The weapons used by the puppet army are more Hanyang-made and Yuannian types that can only use old-fashioned round-headed bullets, and there are not many formal and Czech types. And the Chinese formal and Czech style simply can't use the old-fashioned round-headed bullet. If you use it forcibly, it is easy to get stuck.

Hanyang can use neutral bullets, but the gun has to be modified to a certain extent, and it is also easy to explode. Coupled with the picky machine guns, the limited 79 original ammunition is guaranteed to be used by the first battalion, which is quite rich. But with the addition of three battalions, the number is not somewhat insufficient.

In particular, there are still quite a lot of Czech machine guns that can only use original bullets. Li Ziyuan could not but after careful consideration, the 79 bullets were only guaranteed to be used by the machine guns of the first battalion. The 77 caliber bullets used in the Type 92 heavy machine gun are basically the same.

Therefore, Li Ziyuan would rather be misunderstood by his subordinates, but also ensure that the machine gun bullets are used enough and have a certain amount of surplus. In his opinion, a heavy machine gun without bullets is not as good as a rifle with a bayonet. Therefore, the 3rd Battalion was not equipped with either the 79 heavy machine gun or the 92 heavy machine gun.

Instead, he chose the 65 bullet that could use the Type 38 rifle, the Meiji 38 Type heavy machine gun. After all, it is much easier to capture 65 bullets now than it is to capture 79 and 77 mm bullets. This is the status quo of the Eighth Route Army, and the priority in the use of weapons is not whether they are easy to use or not, but whether they can guarantee the source of ammunition.

Even if it is the old sleeve, Hanyang-made and Yuannian-style old guns, as long as they can ensure that the ammunition is sufficient, Li Ziyuan will replace the guns of his troops with these old guns. This is just a helpless choice in the absence of reliable supplies and a reliable source of ammunition.

In addition to the complete equipment of the troops, Li Ziyuan also had more than 100 Manlixia rifles in his hands, as well as a batch of Jin-made rifles and Hanyang-made, four-year rifles as reserves. But the number is not too much, and there are only more than 400 together. But that's enough for him to equip a battalion when he needs it.

If it weren't for the seizure of hundreds of guns this time, the inventory would have been really exhausted when the expansion was carried out. Now that Li Ziyuan's troops are pulled out, almost the entire military region is envious. During a training session, he met another regiment by chance, and the weapons and equipment of Li Ziyuan's department almost did not starve the cadres and soldiers of that regiment to death.

Sixty rounds of bullets per soldier and two for each person made in the Tohoku and Japanese*. The base number of bullets for light machine guns is 800 rounds, and the base number of bullets for heavy machine guns is 2,000 rounds, which is unique in the whole military region. For this reason, Li Ziyuan was criticized by the commander at the rectification meeting of the military region.

These lightly armed weapons were carefully wrapped in tarpaulins and transported to the spot where the mountain shells were first found to be hidden. As for the Hubei Independent Battalion, Li Ziyuan has already transferred a batch of Hanyang-made and Jin-made Type 38 rifles, so there is no need for Li Ziyuan to supplement them.

By the time the recruits left the company in November, Li Ziyuan's troops had completely recovered. At present, Li Ziyuan's regiment has three battalions and seven companies directly under it, plus one platoon directly under it, and the total strength has reached 2,000 people. As long as you pull it out, you can fight a tough battle at any time.

The last quarter of 1943 was very quiet for Li Ziyuan. When it came to the autumn harvest season, it was extremely rare for the Japanese army not to launch a sweep. And at the end of December, with the full coordination of the Nanjing side, the Japanese finally nodded. The second front army of Wang's puppet army, which had been reorganized, finally drove from the southeast of Jin to northern Jiangsu.

Those who were transferred to Gaoping were those who had defected to the enemy from the Linxian side, and the Sixth Front Army, which was now subordinate to Wang Puppet and expanded by the New Fifth Army, was stationed. It's just that don't look at the formation of this front army is very scary, but the department is under the conscious control of the Japanese army, and it is basically changing the soup without changing the medicine.

The soldiers are still those soldiers, and there is not much more. It's just that I changed my number and armband, and I haven't even changed my military uniform. The only change was that the Japanese army was equipped with some British equipment and issued a few mortars to this front army, and the overall strength was far inferior to that of the second front army that was transferred.

The puppet army to which the Tanglin thief belonged, after several blows in the Battle of Linnan, originally retreated in the area of Huaxian County. After Wang's puppet Second Front Army was transferred, the unit was transferred by the Japanese army to the Shanxi-Henan border area. However, this old man, who relied on his gambling sex and had several ups and downs, has experienced a lot of ups and downs.

Before surrendering to the enemy, he was no stranger to the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain. In the 39th year, he also sent hundreds of machine guns of the Eighth Route Army that he intercepted from the Central Army. The Eighth Route Army also supported him in winter clothes when he was in the most difficult time. At least before he surrendered, there was at least no major friction between the two sides. They get along with each other quite well.

Of course, it may also be that after surrendering to the enemy, there were more people beaten by the Eighth Route Army. A battle of Linnan almost hurt his vitality. Therefore, after this old man entered the southeast of Jindong, he can be described as very cautious and cautious. He put only one regiment in Gaoping, the northernmost part. The main force retreated at the junction of Shanxi and Henan.

In addition to taking Jincheng as the core, most of the focus of the deployment of troops was placed along the highway from Jincheng to Jiaozuo. In other words, he deployed his troops in an entire formation in a turtle-like shape. Gao Ping was his outstretched neck, and the rest of the troops shrunk into a ball.

The reason for this posture is that this dude, who is used to dancing on a few eggs, doesn't want to be too stiff with the Eighth Route Army. The little capital in his hand is really not easy to accumulate. So this old man put his own headquarters in Jincheng, where he lived for three years after the Central Plains War.

As for the northeast of his jurisdiction, which is also the core area of the Taihang base area of the Eighth Route Army, Lingchuan did not even release a single soldier. Lingchuan can be said to have basically given up by him. Even in the mountainous areas of several other counties, only a few forward warning strongholds have been put up. It put on a posture of stubbornly defending the plains of the Jinnan Basin, and the mountainous areas resolutely refused to touch.

Jincheng used to be the place where he started for the second time, and he used to make a windfall here. In addition, it is located in the Jincheng Basin, and the products are also quite rich, which can be described as quite rich compared with the original Henan station. So this somewhat superstitious old man put his headquarters in Jincheng.

After entering Jincheng, this guy can be described as very honest. Just stuck to his own defense zone and didn't take a single step. Even his family members who accompanied the army did not move to the southeast of Jin, but stayed in Jiaozuo in Henan. This old man, who even dared to dig in the Qing Dongling, was really scared after the Battle of Linnan.

This old man is very honest, and Wang Tieshi, who is on Li Ziyuan's flank, is also honestly unwilling to take half a step east. The surrounding situation was quite calm, allowing Li Ziyuan's department to survive a very stable winter. It's just that Li Ziyuan's hope for a peaceful Spring Festival may be disappointed again.

In the past year, there was information from the military sub-division that the Japanese puppet army in the entire Ludong area and in Ludong had been mobilized quite frequently before the Spring Festival. It is very likely that the Spring Festival will be used to launch a new sweep in the Ludong area. The military sub-district asked Li Ziyuan's subordinates to stop preparations for the New Year and make every effort to prepare for battle, so as to avoid falling into passivity when the time comes.

Although he did not receive any information from Wang Tieshi, Li Ziyuan attached great importance to this information from the military sub-district. Immediately complete the assembly of troops, as well as the distribution of ammunition. The 24th and 30th of the Chinese New Year's Eve were very calm until the 29th, which is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

The Japanese puppet army mobilized more than 5,000 people, including more than 2,000 Japanese troops and 3,000 puppet troops, with some artillery and cavalry, and suddenly launched a sweeping operation against the Ludong Army sub-district from the east and north. Judging from the deployment of the Japanese puppet army, their focus is on Li Ziyuan's department in Hubei.

There were more than 500 Japanese troops from Hubei County, and more than 3,000 people belonged to the puppet security independent division. Towards the line of Qiaokou and Luoma, towards the eastern mountainous area of Hubei. The main force of Wang Tieshi's department was concentrated in Ludong. It was responsible for blocking the junction of Ludong and Hubei, and squeezing Li Ziyuan's troops towards the core area of the Japanese army.

In the south, the Japanese army reinforced the strength of a brigade and coordinated the strength of a division of the puppet Sixth Front Army. Launched a tentative attack on the territory of Huguan to contain the fraternal forces south of Huguan from reinforcing Ludong. It's just that the progress of the puppet army is extremely slow, making the Japanese army a lone force to break in.

This time, the Japanese puppet army obviously came to Li Ziyuan's department, and even on the armored vehicles in which they participated in the sweep, it was written that they would fight Li Ziyuan and not play other eight-way slogans. Along the way, it was also advertised everywhere that as long as Li Ziyuan could be caught, there would be a heavy reward for both dead and alive people.

Li Ziyuan's two consecutive ambushes at the eastern foot of the Taiyue Mountains caused the Japanese army to suffer a lot. In particular, more than 100 recruits were wiped out after Li Ziyuan's sneak attack in the process of changing guards. In the ensuing pursuit battle, he was caught off guard by Li Ziyuan again, and the losses were quite heavy.

What the Japanese army could not accept the most was that the troops of the Taiyue Military Region took the opportunity to attack and pulled out almost all the strongholds of the original Japanese puppet army that penetrated into the eastern foot of the Taiyue Mountains, and the Japanese puppet army was completely squeezed out of the eastern foothills of Taiyue Mountain. The situation in the entire Taiyue Mountains has undergone a fundamental change, and the gateway to the west of the Shangdang Basin has been opened.

The stronghold that used to blockade the Taiyue Mountains became the advance point of the Eighth Route into the Shangdang Basin. The Shangdang Basin has become a place where the eight roads come and go. If the Japanese army wants to sweep to the two major base areas in the east and west, once the eight routes on the two flanks form a strategic coordinated operation, the rear of the Japanese puppet army will become more unstable.