After the remnants of the enemy in Gaoping City were wiped out, Li Ziyuan didn't even care about counting the results. Leaving two independent battalions under the command of He Sanliang to clean up the battlefield and clear out the scattered enemy forces. He commanded the troops, regardless of the fatigue of continuous battles, and after simply adjusting the somewhat disrupted structure, he went sideways in the direction of Qinyang.

The scouts sent out by the reconnaissance company, with the cooperation of the local armed forces, have found out that two regiments and one battalion of the puppet army have been dispatched from Qinshui to reinforce the army, and they are now circling around Qinshui and Gaoping. Since arriving there in the early hours of this morning, there has been no further progress in the morning.

As Li Ziyuan expected, after receiving the order to dispatch, the puppet army of the unit moved quite slowly. Most of the day has passed, and he has not yet left the territory of Qinshui. Even when they arrived at the junction of the two counties, they did not make any reinforcements, even tentative reinforcements.

And the puppet army of this department is the closest one to Li Ziyuan now among the puppet army that has been reinforced from multiple ways. After letting this puppet army march for a while, Li Ziyuan did not have such a good heart when he returned to his original station. For Li Ziyuan, since he has already done the first year of junior high school, then don't be afraid to say fifteen again.

He concentrated his old troops, plus the Lubei detachment and the Hubei independent battalion, plus an independent battalion of the fourth division, and quickly interspersed to the west. Li Ziyuan's order to the troops was not to be afraid of sacrifice and fatigue, and to make persistent efforts to strive for greater victories. Completely liberate the Zezhou Basin and give a satisfactory explanation to the people of the entire Zezhou Basin.

As for the main force of the participating troops of the Fourth Division, which promised to settle the battle by noon today, but the gunfire has not stopped, Li Ziyuan is basically no longer thinking about it now. It's just that before moving west, he told the deputy commander of the fourth division, who was too heavy, to speed up his action.

After completely eliminating the enemy in front of him, he deployed all his forces to the south on the spot, preparing to cooperate with the main force to encircle and annihilate the enemy reinforced in the south. Considering the character of this old man, Li Ziyuan not only left He Sanliang behind when he left, but also left him a radio station.

Just when Li Ziyuan commanded the westward advancing troops, regardless of the fatigue of continuous battles, they quickly advanced westward. The main force of the military region that has set up an ambush in the south has also completed the change in its strategic deployment. Except for one that is rushing to the direction of Qinshui, but has not yet arrived, the main force has already started a fierce battle with reinforcements.

In particular, the puppet army reinforced by Yangcheng, because it strengthened the all-mechanized march from Jiaozuo and Jiyuan, and had already caught up with a brigade of Japanese troops from Yangcheng. Not only is the number of troops the largest among the Japanese puppet armies that have been reinforced by multiple routes, but it is also the strongest one because of the strengthened combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.

The military region commanded five main regiments to strengthen the local armed forces, and was engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese puppet army of this unit. With the support of the Japanese army, the puppet army fought quite tenaciously. Although there were only two regiments in strength, the battle could not be resolved in a short period of time. In particular, the military region still has to leave a part of its troops to monitor the enemy in the direction of Jincheng.

At present, almost the entire Zezhou Basin is full of fierce battles. The rapidly reinforcing Japanese troops from all walks of life are also gathering around Jincheng. Only Gaoping, where the battle had largely ended, and the direction of Qinshui, where the scheduled troops had not yet arrived, were relatively calm. But Li Ziyuan, who is naturally belligerent, where will he continue to calm down there?

Li Ziyuan relied on his geographical location to get closer to the advantage of reinforcing the puppet army from Qinshui. Carrying forward the style of continuous marching and combat, he preemptively rushed to meet the enemy of the unit in the middle of Qinshui and Gaoping when the brother troops were still advancing rapidly, and with the cooperation of the first part of the Gaoping local backbone armed forces.

After encountering this puppet army, he was not ready to fight at all when he saw this puppet army. Li Ziyuan directly ordered to concentrate all the light and heavy machine guns, as well as mortars and the two mountain guns he carried for fire cover. Most of the troops of the whole army were bayonet and were about to retreat, but they were suddenly attacked by the eight roads that suddenly fell from the sky in front of them, and the puppet army was stunned.

At the same time, with a part of the troops, outflank the puppet army of the department, cut off the channel for the puppet army to shrink back to Qinyang. At this time, these puppet soldiers didn't expect that the Eighth Route would come so quickly. When the *, which had not yet had time to be corrected, fell in their own ranks, this puppet army reacted.

After the gunfire on Gao Ping's side gradually subsided and began, this puppet army originally thought that it would turn around and retreat to Qinshui. The Eighth Route still has to clean up the battlefield, and it has to rest and adjust the organization, so it won't be killed again in such a short time. He should be able to calmly withdraw to Qinshui before the eight-way U-turn on Gaoping's side, so the main focus of these puppet troops is on preparing to slip away.

At this time, in the face of the offensive of the eight-way tiger descending the mountain, these were not ready for battle at all, just like Li Ziyuan's judgment at the beginning, coming out for reinforcements was just for a show. When Li Ziyuan's department suddenly inserted diagonally, the puppet army, which had not even expanded the battle formation, was unable to cope with the battle at all.

As a result, a shell landed in the team and directly knocked down a large area. In addition to the sweeping light and heavy machine guns, this puppet army was directly disrupted. By the time these puppet soldiers reacted, the eight roads over there had already rushed over with a rifle with a bayonet on it, accompanied by a loud charge.

The puppet army that was caught off guard was basically powerless to fight back. In such a situation, there is no longer any tactic to talk about. Dividing, outflanking, and encircling, like chasing ducks, beat these puppet armies into a daze, and all that remains is to beat and rush.

Liu Haishan's troops took the lead, carrying forward the tactics of slamming and rushing to the extreme. The originally tired troops, the sound of gunfire was like a stimulant. Before the puppet army could react, the bayonet was already pressed to the chest. After a fight, a regiment was basically defeated without much fighting.

The remaining regiment, which did not have time or dared to care about the friendly forces that were about to collapse in an instant, fought and retreated all the way towards Qinshui, trying to get rid of the Eighth Route attacking like a mad tiger in front of them. But in terms of Li Ziyuan's character, since they have all come out, it is not easy to leave.

By the time the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Ludong Regiment, which had outflanked them, arrived on both sides and flanked them, the pseudo-legion had not resisted much longer than their friendly forces. Although it did not collapse at the first touch, it only lasted less than an hour before it was completely defeated. By the time the two regiments reinforced by the military region arrived, Li Ziyuan's headquarters was already cleaning up the battlefield.

Large piles of captured weapons were piled on one side, like a hill, and light and heavy machine guns were neatly arranged in a long row. From the deputy division of the puppet army who led the reinforcements to the two regiment commanders, and then to the thousands of prisoners who did not miss the net by the third-level officers of the battalion, company and platoon below, they squatted on the ground honestly, holding their heads in both hands.

Several middle- and high-ranking officers of the puppet army sat on the ground, looking at each other, not knowing why they were like this. Even if it's a few thousand fucking pigs, it's not that fast to catch. These are thousands of heavily armed soldiers, not much less than the other party, how could they collapse so quickly?

The commanders of the troops who rushed over to reinforce expressed serious dissatisfaction with Li Ziyuan's behavior of crossing the line. The combat area designated by the superiors for you is Gaoping County, you kid is not good to stay in Gaoping County, and go to other people's bowls to catch some fat meat to eat? The superior designated the enemy who is responsible for this area, and now you have solved it first, what are we going to eat?

Seeing that the leader of the brother unit who led the team was very dissatisfied, Li Ziyuan did not have any annoyance but smiled, and whispered a few words to the old man who was robbed of his job. I saw that after pondering for a while, this old man gritted his teeth and turned around with the troops, and went directly to the direction of Qinshui County.

Looking at the brother troops rushing to the direction of Qinshui County, Ma Yongcheng said with some worry: "What did you say to him?" Don't challenge the deployment of your superiors again and again, we are an army, not a trader. You kid don't do too much, do you want to be on top of that code for the rest of your life? ”

Regarding Ma Yongcheng's worries, Li Ziyuan waved his hand and said, "Old man, you don't have to worry too much. It is estimated that the head of the military region had expected this situation a long time ago, otherwise knowing that we had already taken Gaoping, I would definitely not be able to hold my breath, and I would not have transferred the two regiments back in search of another target. ”

"This time, the whole army has been reorganized, and the scale of structural adjustment is very large. At this time, the military region launched the Jincheng Campaign, and its main intention was to train troops. It is advisable to chase the poor and not sell the name of the overlord, and there is basically no much suspense in this battle at this time. ”

"At this time, to expand the results of the battle, the superiors will only think that you have a strong intention to take the initiative to fight, but will not actually say anything. Moreover, what the higher authorities have to do this time is not only to train the troops and test the results of the whole training. What is more important is to eliminate the main force of the Wang puppet Sixth Front Army and purge the Japanese puppet army in the entire Zezhou Basin. ”

"I don't believe that in the plan of the military region, Qinshui, which is located at the southern junction of the two military regions of Taiyue and Taihang, and whose strategic position is quite critical, is not within the military region's operational objectives this time? The combat intentions of the elder brother will not be made clear to us all. But we ourselves can't be honest with one one and two two. ”

"Besides, let's eat the meat in other people's pots, and we have to compensate others somewhat. This pseudo-ninth division has been stationed in Qinshui for almost a year. Now this Qinshui City has become an advance base for the puppet army of this unit, which is advancing to the east of our Taihang base area and to the west of our Taiyue Military Region. ”

"There are quite a few weapons and ammunition in the city, as well as food reserves. Now the main forces of the defenders are here, and the actual strength there is less than a battalion. Let's give them such a big piece of fat, isn't it also beneficial to adjust the relationship with the brother troops? Don't worry, old man, the superiors won't say anything about this matter. ”

Li Ziyuan's strong words were reasonable, and Ma Yongcheng shook his head helplessly: "Then what should we do now?" Is it going south, or is it back to Gaoping? The troops are now fighting continuously, and they are already quite tired. The establishment also needs to be readjusted now, and I think it is better for us to withdraw Gaoping for the time being. At least let the troops breathe and rest even for a few hours. ”

What surprised Ma Yongcheng was that Li Ziyuan, a militant, did not make any objection to his suggestion. This made Ma Yongcheng a little startled, but he also knew that Li Ziyuan had never been an honest man, and even suspected that Li Ziyuan must have other purposes in mind this time.