Chapter 150: The Price

Caught in a minefield, lying down to avoid bullets may hit a mine, and if you don't lie down, you can only take bullets head-on. ัˆั‰ัˆ.(vii) (ix) x.S.ัะพะผ The update is so fast. was brought down by a magazine of the machine gun that Li Ziyuan suddenly fired, and directly knocked down more than half of the people. And when the rest of the people were dodging the machine gun fire from Li Ziyuan, they stepped on the remaining mines.

Even if Li Ziyuan planted these mines, they were all made of black fire 'medicine' that he made himself. However, the black fire 'medicine' improved by Li Ziyuan, although the 'sexual' ability is still not as good as the yellow 'color' explosive', at least it is much more powerful than the original. Even if the unlucky guy who went to the mine was not dead for a while, he also lost his combat effectiveness by exploding.

The Japanese puppet army was erected at the foot of the mountain, and the heavy machine gun that was brought with it when it "stood out" to pursue only had time to fire a dozen bullets, and was blasted into the sky by a grenade in the hand of He Huizhang, who had already been aimed. The three "strong" light machine gunners had already fallen on the mine when the machine gun was erected, and was directly disemboweled.

Under Li Ziyuan's upper and lower attacks, when the Japanese puppet army fled back, there were only two or three kittens left. As for the rest of the people, along with the equipment and ammunition they carried, they were all left by Li Ziyuan. Thousands of rounds of ammunition and dozens of rifles, plus two 'Ting' Jin-made 79 light machine guns, plus one 'Ting' crooked machine gun, made Li Ziyuan make a small fortune.

This time, the Japanese puppet army, which suffered a lot of losses, immediately learned to be obedient, and no matter how Li Ziyuan teased during the entire campaign, he resolutely did not step out of the fortifications at all. As soon as there was wind and grass on the periphery, they desperately opened fire to suppress it. And Li Ziyuan also took advantage of this opportunity to unhurriedly improve the 'shooting' level of his subordinates, and used this actual combat situation to train some tactics.

The live-ammunition 'shooting' training has also been further upgraded from platoon guns to 'precise' and accurate 'shooting' attacks. In order to encourage the training of new recruits, Li Ziyuan specially prepared several Japanese canned food. Whoever hits the 'shot' hole in the Japanese artillery tower will be rewarded with a piece of canned 'meat' at the time of eating. Whoever can throw a grenade into the bunker will be rewarded with a can.

Under Li Ziyuan's fishing-style reward, the level of 'shooting' of the troops continued to improve rapidly. Moreover, Li Ziyuan was also very willing to invest, and in order to improve the troops' 'shooting' level, he also took out one-third of the bullets he had on hand, and used them all in this kind of 'shooting' training under almost actual combat conditions.

And this kind of training, which is close to actual combat conditions, is still very beneficial to the growth of new recruits. If it weren't for this opportunity, Li Ziyuan would be reluctant to take out so many bullets to create this kind of actual combat atmosphere. He also had the luxury of taking the ammunition 'medicine' that he didn't have much at hand to simulate a real combat training recruit.

Since the Japanese puppet army in the Qiaokou stronghold cooperated so well, if he didn't make full use of this opportunity, wouldn't he Li Ziyuan suffer a big loss. The result is that no matter how Li Ziyuan teases the Japanese puppet army, the Japanese puppet army in Qiaokou just won't come out, and there is a big pair of you who can come, anyway, Lao Tzu is resolutely not going out.

The Japanese puppet army in Qiaokou stronghold became a shrinking turtle, although because of the lack of explosives and heavy weapons, it is unlikely that Li Ziyuan will pull out the bunkers and artillery towers of these Japanese puppet troops one by one. But Li Ziyuan, who was not willing to let them stop, raised fat in the bunker and turret, took advantage of the cover of night 'color' and led a few veterans to constantly lay mines outside Qiaokou Town and around the Japanese puppet military fortifications.

From bullet mines, which were made from bullets, to tripping and compression mines that he himself made from crockpots. The Japanese puppet army in the fortifications on the outskirts of Qiaokou did not even dare to go out of the big 'gate' of the fortifications. Even urine and urine can only be thrown out of the 'shooting' hole after going up inside the turret. Around the outer fortifications of Qiaokou, it is simply stinking.

Compared to the Qiaokou stronghold, the Luoma stronghold is much more stopped. After Li Ziyuan only disturbed him once, he directly used mines to confine down the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold. After suffering several losses in a row, the Japanese puppet army in the fallen stronghold also became a shrinking turtle.

However, Li Ziyuan also knew that the current Japanese puppet army turtles did not come out, not because they consciously showed weakness. It is because the Japanese troops in Hubei County were basically transferred to reinforce the direction of Zhengtai Road. The strength of the Japanese puppet army in the entire territory of Hubei has been empty to an extreme.

At present, there are only seventy or eighty Japanese troops left in the entire Hubei territory, and most of the strongholds are mainly puppet troops. After the end of this battle, I am afraid that the Japanese puppet army will definitely retaliate. Therefore, while trying to continue to make black fire 'medicine', he continued to strengthen military training.

Li Ziyuan, who was a novice in military history in his previous life, never expected that this Hundred Regiments Battle would last so long. When the second stage of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments was basically over by the end of September, Li Ziyuan finally reached a stage where he was satisfied with the military quality of his troops.

By the end of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, Li Ziyuan's troops withdrew. Those soldiers who once couldn't even shoot a platoon of guns and could shoot bullets away at a distance of 50 meters have practiced their marksmanship well. Tactical maneuvers under enemy fire and the construction of field fortifications were all exercised.

Of course, the cost of training under such real conditions was not without it, and under the intensive machine-gun fire of the Japanese puppet army, two soldiers were killed and more than ten soldiers were wounded. This price is not small, but Li Ziyuan believes that the price is still worth it. In any case, their own troops can now be pulled out to fight at any time.

After nearly three months of hard training, the appearance of the troops has basically taken on a new look. However, as far as Li Ziyuan was concerned, after receiving the notice from the sub-division that the main force had completed its respective combat missions, he immediately made preparations for a counter-sweep. The Japanese puppet army suffered such a big loss, it was basically impossible not to retaliate.

Hubei County, where he is located, is the southwest 'gate' household of the Taihang base area. If the Japanese troops in Changzhi and Yuncheng enter the Taihang base area from the southwest, Hubei County is a must-pass place. How to guard this big 'gate' and buy time for the base area to do a good job of warning and clear the strong wall, Li Ziyuan also carefully considered.

Especially now that the autumn harvest is approaching, protecting the grain that is about to be harvested has also become a problem that Li Ziyuan must consider. The retaliatory action of the Japanese army this time will definitely be carried out at the same time as the food grab. According to the report of the battle situation from his superiors, Li Ziyuan knew that the greater the results of the battle, the greater the retaliation of the Japanese army, so he had to be as prepared as possible.

After receiving the notice from his superiors, Li Ziyuan immediately withdrew to Lijiawa's second district with his troops, in addition to leaving surveillance posts outside the two strongholds. After withdrawing to the second district, Li Ziyuan lost his troops to Chang Juan and Guan Li. Tell Chang Juan and Guan Li that after letting the troops rest for three days, they will be transferred to a state of imminent battle.

He took Liu Lianming, Guo Laosan, and He Huizhang with them, on the one hand, to continue to build mines by all means, and on the other hand, they continued to choose preset positions along the highway from Pingchuan to the mountains. And Liu Yanlai also took the people of the new county party committee to study with Li Ziyuan the next step that may be necessary for the anti-sweeping 'sweeping' operation.

Although Liu Yanlai is equivalent to being pushed up by Li Ziyuan, this guy is still quite capable. After taking office, he not only sent people to "get" a batch of weapons and ammunition that Li Ziyuan had buried when he withdrew to the base area, and forcibly "get" them back under the noses of the Japanese puppet army, but also added more than 50 recruits to Li Ziyuan one after another.

Although the intelligence system of the new county party committee is still in the process of being reorganized, it has played a very important role to a greater or lesser extent. It was precisely with the new intelligence that Li Ziyuan was relieved and bold to confine down the Japanese puppet army there outside the strongholds of Luoma and Qiaokou. Regarding Liu Yanlai's work performance after taking over as acting secretary, Li Ziyuan can even be said to be not generally satisfied.

As for the punishment and criticism of pushing Liu Yanlai up and carrying it, Li Ziyuan didn't care too much. For him, as long as he can solve the plight of the troops, this is stronger than anything else. As for the superiors who want him to concurrently serve as the secretary of the county party committee, Li Ziyuan has never thought about it.

What are you kidding, I'm a military cadre, and I'm not good at doing local work. Besides, you can't do your own sin and bad luck. If you do a good job, the satisfaction of the superiors will be even worse. In case the superiors say that you Xiao Li is doing a good job, then turn into a local cadre, then wouldn't you be unlucky?

His interest is to lead troops to fight, not to engage in mobilization or requisition of food. If you have that time, it is better to pay attention to the training of the troops. If he let himself be the secretary of the county party committee, Li Ziyuan would be afraid when he thought about it. As long as you don't let yourself do it and don't let yourself leave the army, you can carry this punishment on your back, and it's not a big deal.

After Liu Yanlai arrived in Lijiawa with the cadres of the first and third districts, Li Ziyuan convened a joint meeting of cadres. Prepare for the next stage, the Japanese puppet army may take retaliatory actions, and carry out the deployment and preparation. This kind of anti-sweeping and 'sweeping' action would have been very difficult without the cooperation of local cadres.

However, when he met Liang De, the secretary of the district party committee of the first district, Li Ziyuan found that the secretary of the district party committee did not give him any good face. As for why the secretary of the district party committee gave himself such a face, Li Ziyuan had some numbers in his heart. Obviously, this old man is still quite dissatisfied with his promotion of Liu Yanlai to the position of secretary of the county party committee.

Although the Eighth Route Army is a little poorer at present, whether it is a local cadre or a military cadre, it can basically be promoted and demoted. After all, people in this era are still much simpler. And being a cadre means that there is no oil and water, but there is a great opportunity for sacrifice.

It cannot be said that there are no official 'fans', but there are very few of them. And the secretary of the district party committee in front of him should be one of these very few people. He was seriously dissatisfied with himself for pushing Liu Yanlai to the position without recommending him. This face should be thrown to yourself.

In fact, the most important reason why Li Ziyuan forcibly pushed Liu Yanlai but did not push it was because his impression of the district party secretary was not very good. Among the three districts in Hubei County, although the first district is not as rich and the area as the third district, the conditions are much better than the second district.

But since he came to work in Hubei, not only has he not received any supplies and soldiers from his first district, but he has not been able to meet the secretary of the district party committee very often. His first district is strategically important, but the situation is the worst of the three.

Every time the Japanese puppet army made a big move, the secretary of the district party committee always disappeared out of thin air, and he couldn't find his figure. The last time he jumped out of the outside to fight, his first district committee seemed to have disappeared. In many cases, he preferred to fight guerrilla warfare in his own area in his own jurisdiction, where the overall situation was better and relying on the territory of Ludong with the Ludong Independent Battalion.

Not to mention that compared with Liu Yanlai, even compared with a 'female' comrade like Chang Juan, this person is too far behind. For such a person, Li Ziyuan looks down on him very much. Not to mention recommending him to be the secretary of the county party committee, if he had this right, he would directly remove this guy.