After listening to the battalion commander's complaints, Li Ziyuan shook his head, and said in a very disapproving tone: "Okay, don't get cheap and still sell here." The army cannot be trained by training alone, and no matter how good the steel is, it needs to be sharpened. And although your soldiers are mainly recruits, this cadre is different. ”

"Although your troops are mainly recruits, at least a few company and platoon cadres, I can see that they are definitely veterans who have experienced actual combat. At least one of your three company commanders is an old Red Army cadre. The remaining two, if I'm not mistaken, one of them should have worked in the Jin Sui army. With such a foundation, what else do you have to complain about? ”

"When I first went to the Hubei guerrillas, all the veterans were upgraded and pulled away. The troops are also all new recruits, and the equipment is worse than you are now. Half of them had guns, and half of them didn't even have broadswords or spears. The most important thing is that there is a shortage of cadres, and there is no one to help me train new recruits. Three captains, two of whom came out of the Armed Forces Committee. ”

"On this basis, Lao Tzu didn't bring it out hard? Training is for battle, not for watching, your troops are fighting a little ugly today, but if you don't go through these trials, they will be recruits no matter what time they come. There aren't many of these devils, so what's the matter with you being a whetstone. Also, the two machine guns that the devil threw away, don't tell me you don't want them. ”

"Okay, you leave two platoons for Lao Tzu. You and the rest of the troops, go to the pass at once. The devil's reinforcements should be almost there. I have more than 30 people at the pass, and if a large army of devils rushes over, we will be attacked on our backs. I'll give you another machine gun, and when these devils are done, I'll give you another Type 92 heavy machine gun. ”

"This group of Japanese spies must be wiped out cleanly and thoroughly. If you change to an ordinary devil, even if you are fierce, there is actually nothing to worry about. When it comes to our territory, it's up to them to fight it. Even if you let it go, it's not a big threat to us. ”

"But this Japanese army is different, almost all of them can speak Chinese. And all the actions are imitated by us. If you don't tell them carefully, you can't tell that they are disguised by Japanese soldiers. If it weren't for Lao Tzu to transfer them out this time, the organs and personnel scattered at the headquarters would have been threatened by them. ”

"They are in the midst of the Japanese army's sweep, and they cooperate with the Japanese army's large forces, which is a serious threat to us. Our division headquarters even has headquarters, and we may face their threat at any time. If they run back and recover, it will be another trouble. There are only a thousand days to be a thief, so there are a thousand days to prevent thieves? ”

"You go to the pass and stand up, and I'll deal with this Japanese advance team here. I'm going to try to get it as fast as I can, but even if the sky falls before my side ends, you'll have to resist the pass. Your troops can't charge, and if defensive warfare isn't enough, then it's not a big deal to keep such troops, even if they are locally armed. ”

"With such a unit without combat effectiveness, I think it is better to disband and pull it down on the spot, so as to save delays on the battlefield and affect the fraternal troops. What the Eighth Route Army needs is troops that can fight tough battles, and it doesn't need a bunch of tofu scum that occupies the establishment and is useless. ”

Li Ziyuan's words came out, and it was clear that he was agitating the generals. But the problem is that everyone is leading the troops, and they are looked down upon so much, and no one can stand it if they are replaced. Even the commander of a local independent battalion could not accept that his unit was looked down upon by others, even if it was a brother unit.

The battalion commander, who was stimulated by Li Ziyuan's last sentence, glared at Li Ziyuan with red eyes. But it was quite rare to say nothing, and after leaving two platoons for Li Ziyuan, he rushed towards the pass with his own troops. Looking at the back of this battalion commander and his troops, Li Ziyuan shook his head and focused on the follow-up attack.

It is better to send a general than a radical general, and both of them are battalion-level cadres. If the superiors do not specify who is in command in advance, then everyone is at the same level. The chief of staff obviously did not want to meddle in this matter, and left the matter to himself to solve. At present, among the troops participating in the war, they are mainly other people's troops. This has become a very thorny problem, if you don't straighten out the command relationship, this battle is so fought?

Simply, Li Ziyuan was divided into two. Anyway, there is a fierce battle in both places right now, and it can be regarded as a quick knife to cut through the mess if you provoke people over there. It's just that the main attack task must be carried out by itself, and this independent battalion does not have this combat effectiveness at least now. Although there were only a few dozen Japanese troops on the mountain, they were all serious Japanese troops.

At present, he is sticking to the favorable terrain, to put it bluntly, he has a previous charge, and his own people can run away, and he handed over this little Japanese army on the mountain to them, Li Ziyuan is really a little worried. Therefore, Li Ziyuan adopted the method of agitation and sent the battalion commander to the pass.

However, after the battalion commander left, he always felt that the problem was solved so quickly, and with the previous attitude of the chief of staff, there was something somewhat wrong there. Judging from the situation on both sides, although it will cost a certain amount of casualties to attack the fortification, it is a piece of fat. That guy agreed so happily, Li Ziyuan always felt that something was wrong.

No matter how bad the combat effectiveness of his troops is, he will not be unmoved in the face of such a piece of fat. There is also the attitude of the chief of staff this time, and he actually became a shopkeeper, which is not the consistent style of the chief of staff. It's just that the change in the battle situation didn't make Li Ziyuan think too much. The problem at hand is to deal with the remnants of the Japanese advance team on the mountain first.

In fact, Li Ziyuan himself didn't know that he ignored the changes in the battle situation this time and the small number of troops left. I made up my mind to completely eliminate this Japanese advance team, in addition to solving the future problems once and for all. Another key reason is that his troops have suffered such heavy losses this time, and he is looking for a fire outlet.

He is a fully formed and well-equipped independent battalion, which has been fighting continuously since he began to fight with the Okawa Momoyoshi Advance Team, and has been fighting continuously until now, and he is no longer even disabled. If it weren't for the cross ridge, although the two brother troops were not much, they both added a little strength.

His troops can now be basically said to have been basically cleaned. Although the weapons and equipment he worked so hard to get were basically lost, Li Ziyuan didn't care much. But the casualties of the troops were so large, especially the loss of old bones, Li Ziyuan had no place to vent his anger at the moment.

For an army, old bones are fundamental. The excessive loss of old bones indicates that the old foundation of this army has basically been wiped out, and this is undoubtedly extremely unfavorable to the combat effectiveness and recovery of a unit. No matter how big the losses of the troops are, as long as the old foundation is in the vitality, it will recover quickly. But if the old foundation is exhausted, the recovery of the combat effectiveness of this unit will be quite slow.

Although the real reason for his great losses was that there were certain reasons for this Japanese advance team, the main reason was the continuous combat of the troops. But at the moment, Li Ziyuan also knows his own shortcomings, and he has no strength at all to compete with the Japanese field troops. So, the target of venting is on the remnants of this advance team.

At this time, Lieutenant Zhu Gu, who had already gone up the mountain and was resisting Li Ziyuan's attack, did not know that he had actually become the target of Li Ziyuan's anger. It can even be said that if he and his advancing team are not wiped out, Li Ziyuan will definitely not give up.

And just when Li Ziyuan temporarily mixed the two platoons left behind with his own troops, preparing to adopt the method of using the old to lead the new, and launch a final attack on the remnants of the Japanese advance team on the mountain. On the other side of the pass, dense gunfire sounded, and the shells covered Wang Changfeng's position at the pass.

Hearing the sound of the cannonball exploding at the pass and the swishing sound of the cannonball breaking through the air, Li Ziyuan's heart couldn't help but sink. In addition to the Japanese standard brigade artillery 92 infantry guns, as well as some mortars. It was also mixed with at least two Type 94 mountain guns belonging to the Devil Division, and the shells fired broke the air and ballistics.

The Type 94 mountain artillery belonging to the artillery of the Devil Division appeared here, which indicated that the main force of the surrounding devils had already partially broken through the blocking line of the surrounding blocking troops. Although it is not much, the range of two Type 94 mountain guns is enough to cover this small mountain basin.

Looking at the non-combatants who were descending from the mountain over there and had not yet finished withdrawing, Li Ziyuan hesitated for a short time in his heart, gritted his teeth and did not make any delays. Immediately towards the remnants of the advance team led by Lieutenant Pig Strata on the mountain, a final attack was launched.

The battle on this side must be resolved as soon as possible, and once the battle drags on, it will only do itself more harm than good. Judging from the artillery dispatched by the Japanese army, even if reinforcements are received on the pass side, they will not be able to withstand it for long. If the pass is broken through before he can deal with these Japanese troops by himself, then he will have to give up his intention to completely destroy this Japanese army.

But the experience of breaking through the headquarters this time made Li Ziyuan never think about letting this Japanese advance team get out of here alive. There is only one way to dispel the Japanese from copying this tactic, and that is to completely eliminate them cleanly. Let the Japanese army think that this tactic is not worth the loss for them and give up.

However, compared to Li Ziyuan's brief hesitation, the lieutenant of the pig stock on the mountain was like a stimulant after hearing the dense gunfire coming from the pass. not only stubbornly resisted Li Ziyuan's attack, but even constantly organized counter-charges, trying to stick to Li Ziyuan, who was now attacking and being upside down.

Previously, it was Li Ziyuan who controlled the favorable terrain and used the advantage of the terrain to resist the attack of the lieutenant of the pig stock. At the moment, it was just the opposite, the lieutenant of the pig stock used the small hill under his control to constantly resist Li Ziyuan's attack on the relatively rugged terrain.

The direction of the Taihang Mountains in this area is very steep, and large and small cliffs can be seen everywhere. At the beginning, Li Ziyuan chose this terrain to stab the Japanese soldiers who had been biting him behind him, just to avoid being attacked in the abdomen and back. But the current Li Ziyuan never imagined that he would also be limited by the terrain and would not be able to solve the battle in a short time.

This small hill is not large, but the terrain is steeper than the mountain that Li Ziyuan originally controlled. The Japanese controlled the flat land on the top of the mountain, and the route of the feint from the foot of the mountain was only a small road. The most important thing is that although the area of this small hill is not large, it is separated from the two wings of the mountain by two rain fissures more than ten meters deep.

If you attack from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, you can only attack from the front, and you will not be able to make a detour from both flanks at all. The terrain behind the mountain is a cliff more than ten meters high left by a quarry left by an unknown age. The most important thing is that the terrain that can be used for attack on the front is also quite unfavorable.