Li Ziyuan didn't expect that he just wanted to make a little wind and have a little storm in Hubei. The small wind brought out by the wings of the fan this time finally caused a storm in the entire southeast of Shanxi, sweeping the entire Taihang Mountains in the southeast of Shanxi.

However, it has created considerable preconditions for the main force to finally win the victory in this anti-sweeping operation, and the price to be paid is also extremely heavy. Li Ziyuan's Hubei Independent Battalion, together with the troops left in the mountainous area, can only make up one company at the moment. The casualties among cadres at all levels were not light, and the number of veterans, in particular, was quite large.

Facing the troops that were almost completely disabled this time, Li Ziyuan did not regret it. His own troops were indeed disabled, but his own interspersed operations mobilized and contained a large number of troops of the Japanese puppet army. It not only created fighters for the main force to encircle and annihilate the enemy in the eastern mountainous area of Hubei, but also greatly reduced the damage caused by the Japanese puppet army to the eastern mountainous area of Hubei.

After returning to the military division, Li Ziyuan learned that he had finished the battle on the periphery of Pingchuan. Why did the elite of the Japanese army bite themselves to the death, and even did not hesitate to weaken the troops that swept in the Taihang Mountains and transferred back to the mobile troops entering the mountains. While encircling and annihilating his own strength, which was no more than a reinforced company, an infantry brigade reinforced with two heavy guns was dispatched.

The battle on the outskirts of Pingchuan not only destroyed the Japanese army's plan to use chemical weapons in the process of sweeping, but also killed Major General Masafumi Yamanouchi, the commander of the infantry of the 36th Division. Although this Major General Yamanouchi Masamumi was not killed by Li Ziyuan himself, he was also the first major general-level officer of the 36th Division to be damaged in battle.

The most critical thing is that the enemy engineering department of the military region has obtained intelligence from within the First Army of the Japanese army. This time, Li Ziyuan successfully set up an ambush, not only killing a Japanese major general, but also sabotaging the Japanese army's plan to use chemical weapons. It also eliminated a special unit transferred from the Kwantung Army to experiment with new chemical weapons.

And this special unit of the Japanese army, which was formed in northeast China and specialized in chemical weapons research, was learned about for the first time in the military region and even at the headquarters. The headquarters attached great importance to this information and made a special report to the central authorities. At the same time, the same warning was issued to other major base areas behind enemy lines.

It was also the death of Major General Yamauchi Masafumi after being infected with poison gas, and the loss of the mysterious chemical warfare troops transferred by the Japanese army to the Kannai battlefield, that made the Japanese army like a mad dog, and did not hesitate to mobilize a large number of troops to chase Li Ziyuan's small army and bite it. Thus breaking through the main forces and creating quite a fighter.

In fact, there are some things that the intelligence department of the military region has not found out, except for the fact that Major General Yamanuchi Masafumi was killed in battle, and the chemical troops transferred from the northeast to the Kannai battlefield were attacked and suffered heavy losses before they could be put into the battlefield. The reason why the 36th Division pursued Li Ziyuan was that the Japanese army did not dare to publicize it.

That is, the Japanese army was secretly formed in northeast China, specializing in the research and testing of new chemical weapons, and it was also top secret within the Japanese army. This Japanese unit, together with another unit also formed in Northeast China and also highly secret, was a top-secret killer weapon prepared by the Japanese army for future large-scale wars.

Even within the 36 th Division, only a few senior officers at or above the rank of senior officer knew about the chemical warfare unit that was transferred to the battlefield in Kannai to test new chemical weapons and under different climatic conditions and battlefield environments.

Within the First Army, which occupied Shanxi, only a few relevant personnel knew about it. The attack on this chemical warfare unit made the Japanese military top brass very worried, and the information and actual situation of this mysterious unit were leaked. This is also the reason why, when he learned that the convoy had been attacked, Major General Yamauchi Masafumi did not hesitate to rush to the scene of the attack in person with the respect of his own major general.

It is also the reason why Major General Yamauchi Masafumi is in a hurry to quickly transfer the materials on the convoy. After the death of Major General Yamanouchi, in order to completely eliminate Li Ziyuan's department, in order to redeem the shame of a major general's death in battle, and to kill people as soon as possible to recover the information that may have been leaked.

Under the strict orders of the First Army and the reason that it was eager to retaliate internally, the 36th Division dispatched a large number of troops to look for Li Ziyuan's headquarters. In order to prevent Li Ziyuan's troops from flowing out of Hubei, in order to weaken the deployment of troops in the mountainous areas east of Hubei.

These special cases are all military district intelligence departments, and it is unlikely that they will be able to get them. But even the little information made the military region pay considerable attention. After all, no one knows what the scale of the similar troops transferred by the Japanese army into the pass is, and in which direction these poison gases will be used next time.

In particular, when the Japanese army was sweeping the base areas behind enemy lines, the use of poison gas in combat was more unscrupulous than on the frontal battlefield. Even on the periphery of the stronghold, poison gas was sprayed every day to prevent sneak attacks by various units of the Eighth Route Army. Even if the intelligence in this area is scalpy, the headquarters does not dare to take it lightly.

Therefore, with the approval of the commander-in-chief, this information was reported to the major base areas as soon as possible as an urgent circular. Of course, what the superiors do, it is not the turn of the body wrapped like a zongzi at this time, and at this time he is recuperating from his injuries in the General Hospital of the Military Region, and there are brigade commanders and divisional commanders and political commissars, and at the same time Li Ziyuan, who came to see him, was worried.

Li Ziyuan didn't expect that the angry words that the brigade commander said after the siege was really not angry words. Before the withdrawal of the main force, when the brigade commander came to visit him, he once again proposed to transfer him back to the 385th Brigade. The brigade commander's approach undoubtedly embarrassed the divisional commanders and political commissars who were also present and came to visit Li Ziyuan.

But in front of the two old comrades-in-arms, especially in front of the commander of his old subordinates of the Fourth Front Army, this brigade commander had no scruples about speaking. During the war years, people still had more straight rectums, what to say.

When the divisional commander was a company instructor, the brigade commander was a regimental-level cadre in the four fronts. Therefore, the brigade commander came to the hospital this time, and he chose this time, and directly proposed to transfer Li Ziyuan in front of these two people. Fortunately, Li Ziyuan finally decided to stay and insisted on the spot in Hubei. In his words, if you fall from there, you will get up from there.

Looking at the stubborn Li Ziyuan, the brigade commander finally shook his head, but still respected his choice. However, before leaving, the brigade commander still told Li Ziyuan not to be hasty when he made up his mind now, but to discuss more with his superiors, and not to be so preemptive.

The higher authorities have their own considerations, and the entire operational deployment should be aimed at the overall situation, and it is impossible to target only a certain region. He Li Ziyuan has made a lot of contributions this time, but the whole operation has also made the superiors very passive. Almost by his baton, the mobilized regiment turned.

It is obvious that the brigade commander is well aware of Li Ziyuan's preemptive move, mobilizing the main force to cooperate with his anti-sweeping operations, but the brigade commander did not break it. But the brigade commander's advice before leaving, also warned Li Ziyuan in disguise, some things can't be there at once.

The brigade commander's words made Li Ziyuan very embarrassed. The brigade commander saw it, which means that the commander-in-chief and the division commander also saw it. The commander-in-chief and the division commander, this is not so much a warning as a reminder through the mouth of the brigade commander. Li Ziyuan, who was exposed, looked a little embarrassed.

Li Ziyuan also knew that if there was a little accident in his plan this time, if the speed of the main force was a little slower, he might be in that small village. But for Li Ziyuan, as long as the damage to the mountainous area east of Hubei is mitigated, everything is worth it.

However, Li Ziyuan knew that the brigade commander wanted to transfer himself back to the main work, and he must have discussed it with the division commander and obtained the division commander's consent. Otherwise, as a brigade commander, he would not act rashly at this time. Even if the commander is his old subordinate, the brigade commander will not be so disrespectful of other people's opinions.

Although the transfer at this time is not as cumbersome as it would be after a few decades, and it is not as complicated as it would be a few decades later. But basically there are some formalities, at least the nod of the superiors, and some formalities issued by the political department. The brigade commander wanted someone, at least the division commander or the political commissar nodded.

But Li Ziyuan thought twice and decided to stay in Hubei. He's been fighting and living here for almost two years. Although it is a little hard, the mountains and rivers here have already produced a certain feeling for him. Besides, the cadres and the environment here are familiar, and they can fully display themselves.

Li Ziyuan decided to stay in Hubei, and the brigade commander did not force him, but left with a trace of regret. After the brigade commander left, the division commander and the political commissar glanced at each other, looked at Li Ziyuan and said, "Do you have any ideas for the next step?" The two of us studied it and wanted to transfer you back to work in the sub-district, which is now lacking cadres like you. ”

To tell the truth, for the divisional commanders and political commissars, if it is said that in the war, Li Ziyuan is indeed a rare talent, who has a flexible mind and dares to do things when it is critical. The more difficult the work of opening up local armed forces, the more necessary it is for such military cadres to dare to fight and do things.

At least in the current units of the Ludong Army Division, cadres like Li Ziyuan are still irreplaceable. Before Li Ziyuan took office, the military struggle in Hubei had always been in a disadvantaged situation. In less than a year since Li Ziyuan arrived, he tossed a piece of the world in Hubei.

Not only did it firmly control the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei and build the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei into a stable base area, but it also opened up space in the western grain-producing area of Hubei that was firmly controlled by the Japanese puppet army. Before, the brigade commander proposed to transfer people, and the two of them were still a little worried that Li Ziyuan would nod.

However, Li Ziyuan has many advantages as a cadre, but the shortcomings are also too obvious. Let's not talk about other things, just this practice of always taking a good sword to the side, which makes the two of them very often frightened. Although the previous fight against the Okazaki detachment was a great achievement in this anti-sweeping operation, this practice was also a severe test of the endurance of his superiors.

The anti-sweeping battle in the military sub-district and even in the Taihang base area went so smoothly. The autumn sweep launched by the Japanese army ended so quickly, Li Ziyuan should be the first to say. But his practice of trying to drag the main force in no matter what the deployment of his superiors was, also made these two really under a certain amount of pressure.

After the war, the political commissar of the military region, who had always been known for his severity, beat these two very hard. Although the division commander and commander did not say anything, he was somewhat dissatisfied. The deputy commander-in-chief was even more angry, criticizing them for not listening to the opinions of their subordinates. Let these two really carry a big black pot for Li Ziyuan.