Chapter 166: Restless Li Ziyuan
Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan's eyes rolled and looked at Wang Cheng, who was somewhat unwilling. ΡΡΡ.(vii) (ix) x.S.ΡΠΎΠΌ The update is so fast. took out a map from the satchel beside him and said to Wang Cheng: "Old chief, this time you are only a reserve, in fact, you don't have to be too depressed." Just because there is no chance here does not mean that there is no chance in other directions. β
"You see that the Japanese puppet army that is currently at the junction of Hubei and Ludong is fighting fiercely with our blocking troops, and desperately reinforcing this side, isn't this an opportunity? Although I don't know how many people the main force has assigned to be there, judging from the current situation on the battlefield, at least one regiment is indispensable. β
"And the main forces are all in the battle, our divisional troops should not sit idly by. Now the division commander has your two battalions, plus the Ludong Independent Battalion, if you add a regiment of the main force to block the Japanese reinforcements, it will not be very easy for the Japanese puppet army to break through the blocking line in a short time. β
"Even if a part of the troops is left to protect the sub-district organs and prefectural committees, and to clamp down on the Japanese puppet army in other directions, at least one battalion of troops can still be obtained. According to my previous understanding, although there can be more than 200 devils, the main force should still be a puppet army. In other words, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese puppet army along the way is still limited. β
"If you really send a large force, come to a fully formed Japanese infantry brigade. Our troops in this direction, even if a main regiment has a relative superiority in strength and an overall inferiority in firepower, it is difficult to ensure that it will be blocked for such a long time. β
"Old chief, you are very clear about the comparison between the combat effectiveness of our troops and the formed units of the Japanese army. The gunshots rang out for so long, and the troops participating in the battle at the bottom of the hill here did not react at all. It shows that the Japanese army over there is simply not able to break through the blocking reinforcements of the blocking troops. β
"If you take this formed battalion, in the situation of stalemate between the two sides, from the flank to the Japanese puppet army over there, do you think there is still a chance? Let's take advantage of the opportunity of the main force here to concentrate our forces on a guy and give him a black tiger to dig out his heart, what do you say? β
"Old chief, this is our territory, when it comes to the familiarity of the terrain, don't look at the little devil with the cooperation of the puppet army, but it is still not familiar to us. The battlefield here is over, and I think you can concentrate this battalion in your hands and outflank the back of the devils. Fight him in a series of battles, and come to a war of annihilation. β
Looking at Li Ziyuan, who had just finished the first battle and was obviously a little restless, and was here to encourage himself to make persistent efforts, Wang Cheng glared at him and said, "I don't know the ghost in your stomach?" Don't you just want to take advantage of the opportunity of the main force here to enjoy the shade under a big tree? Take advantage of the opportunity of the main force here to solve as many Japanese puppet troops in Hubei and Ludong as possible. β
"If you can defeat the Japanese puppet army that is currently at the junction of the two counties, at least in a short time, you can let go of your hands and feet in Hubei. But I'm not as bold as you, the deputy commander-in-chief and the division commander are here, and they do a thing that will be cut first and then played. β
"Don't be arrogant, you kid, your eyelids are so narrow, you're here to figure it out. This time, the Japanese army carried out a considerable sweep, and the number of troops and equipment dispatched far exceeded that of previous times. You are well aware of the tactics of the Japanese army, and the various units have clear objectives, meticulous coordination, and considerable planning. β
"Although the Japanese puppet army in the north does not have a large force of other Japanese puppet armies around it, this does not mean that the Japanese puppet army in other directions is not moving closer to this aspect. When have you ever seen a Japanese army that fights a Japanese army and the Japanese army on other sides does not desperately reinforce it? If there is such a Japanese puppet army isolated, the headquarters can still wait for your reminder. β
"This is not a matter of annihilating that part of the Japanese army, but a matter of adjusting the overall battle situation. The higher authorities have their own considerations, and the entire deployment should be based on the overall situation, and it is impossible to look at only this side. Now the entire Taihang base area is full of wolf smoke, and the Japanese puppet army is encircling us from many sides. β
"Let's not talk about the puppet army, you know the speed of reinforcements of the Japanese army. Once the battle over there is at a stalemate, there is a good chance that our troops will be encircled. Do you know how many troops the headquarters has mobilized to block in order to solve your enemy here? In addition to the troops at the 'junction' between Hubei and Ludong, there are at least three regiments behind you to support the flank of the entire battlefield. β
"With such a large-scale transfer of our troops this time, the Japanese army has not reacted at all, do you think it is normal? Don't forget that there are also devil reconnaissance planes in the sky, which roam around the sky all day long. Every move on the ground is difficult to hide from their thief's eyes in the sky. It is not difficult to defeat the Japanese puppet army at the junction of Ludong and Hubei, but the follow-up reaction of the Japanese army must be taken into account. β
"The current situation is very complicated, and the intensity of the Japanese army's retaliation this time is obviously beyond our prejudgment. In the previous stage of the operation, our main force not only suffered abnormal fatigue, but also suffered great casualties. β
"Your little bit of caution is still put away for the time being, the superior must have the superior's consideration. What to do next, you still have to obey the orders of your superiors. You are a soldier and remember that the part is always subordinate to the whole. Just because you're in a position of local armed forces doesn't mean you're free to move. As for your priority now, you must first prepare to prevent retaliation from the Japanese army. β
"This time, the Japanese army suffered such a big loss, and with the habits of the Japanese army, it is bound to retaliate. The Japanese army invested in the southeast of Shanxi this time to sweep the 'sweep', not counting the puppet army, there are at least more than 10,000 troops. The loss of more than 500 people was not a pain in the bones for the Japanese army. Therefore, you must be careful, don't be caught by the Japanese army again. When I'm gone, I'll leave you with a formed company. β
Seeing that Wang Cheng was not moved by his own words, Li Ziyuan 'touched' and 'touched' his nose, and it was difficult to say anything else. And during the conversation between Wang Cheng and Li Ziyuan, the main force under the mountain had completed the final settlement of the Okazaki detachment. Basically none of the Japanese puppet troops who participated in the war slipped through the net.
At the same time, cleaning the battlefield has become the eight ways of experts, and even during this time, even the battlefield has been cleaned clean. The bullet casings on the ground were carefully swept away. For the Eighth Route Army, which was unable to manufacture bullet casings, these bullet casings had to be sent to the Ministry of Military Industry after the war to be used to reload bullets.
Although reloading bullets cannot be compared with original bullets, and because of process problems, it is difficult to use machine guns. However, for the Eighth Route Army, which had no fixed supply source and was so poor, these reloading bullets at least solved a considerable part of the source of ammunition 'medicine'. And for the Eighth Route Army, which did not have a large number of machine guns, it would be good if these reloading bullets could be used on rifles.
Especially in the case that it is very difficult to capture the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese army, these reloading bullets can solve the source of a considerable part of the ammunition. And in the case of a small number of machine guns, the need can also be partially met by capturing and buying them from the puppet army.
In fact, it's not that reloading bullets can't really be used on machine guns, it's just that the Eighth Route Army lacks a standard type of "fire", "medicine" and bullets that can meet the needs, and these things cannot be produced and manufactured by the current Ministry of Military Industry. The machine gun is unusable for the reloading 'medicine' produced with limited materials and is not of good quality, and it may be good to partially meet the use of rifles.
At the end of each battle, the perimeter of the battlefield must be carefully cleaned and all bullet casings that can be collected must be handed back. Even if the battlefield cannot be cleaned on the spot, after the war, people must be sent back to the battlefield, collect as many bullet casings as they can find, and send them to the Ministry of Military Industry to change the ammunition 'medicine'.
Any unit of the Eighth Route Army can be said to have become an expert in cleaning up the battlefield. In a short period of time, not to mention weapons and ammunition, even bullet casings scattered on the battlefield, they were basically cleaned. The belts and cartridge boxes on the corpses of Japanese soldiers were quite popular.
With the completion of the battlefield cleaning, that is to say, at this time, the Japanese army was ready to pass through the eastern mountains of Hubei and use it as a surprise soldier to use it as a sneak attack on Licheng, the hinterland of the Taihang base of the Eighth Route Army, a detachment of more than 500 people, together with the territory of Hubei, reinforced more than 50 Japanese troops and more than 200 puppet troops, except for the wounded left the day before, the whole army was wiped out.
That Kennaga Okazaki Nakasa, together with the guards around him, resisted desperately until the last moment, but they could not change the outcome of their entire annihilation. This Kencho Okazaki Nakasa was completely reduced to parts by a mortar shell and the guards around him. Let him avoid the need to give an 'explanation' to his superiors after the annihilation of the whole army.
Seeing that the main force under the mountain had completed the battle and had cleaned up the battlefield, Wang Cheng immediately gathered his troops and prepared to return to Ludong. The battle here has ended, but the battle situation in Ludong, which has become the focus of the Japanese army's 'sweep' this time, still makes him a little worried.
There are several organs and prefectural committees in the sub-districts, as well as a large number of non-combatants. At present, there are so few troops around the division, and Wang Cheng is somewhat worried. This time, because the territory of Ludong was the location of the Ludong Military Division, it was the top priority of the Japanese army's sweep among the counties under the jurisdiction of the entire Ludong Division.
In addition to the Japanese puppet army originally stationed in the Ludong Army sub-district, there are two other Japanese puppet armies who are also carrying out a sweep in the mountainous area of Ludong. If it weren't for Li Ziyuan's risky battle, the current military sub-district would have no way to support him at all. Now that the battle has ended, Wang Cheng has no need to continue to stay in Hubei.
Seeing that the old chief was leaving, the main force also gathered the troops and was preparing to evacuate. Li Ziyuan, who knew that Ludong's current situation was not good, did not make any reservations. He also 'handed over' the 'gate' that he had captured yesterday, and the mountain artillery that no one in his own troops would use at all, to the main force to take away.
Although Li Ziyuan also longed for his troops to have a 'gate' mountain cannon, his own troops could not guarantee the supply of artillery shells, and no one would use them. Even if this 'door' mountain cannon is left by itself, it will become a pile of scrap metal because there is no cannonball replenishment and no one will use it. He Huizhang is a good hand at playing mortars, but mountain artillery is not something he can handle.
The most critical problem was to fight guerrilla warfare in the mountainous areas, and although the weight of this '41-type mountain cannon' was very light, it was still too cumbersome for Li Ziyuan's unit, which did not have many people. What's more, even the entire Eighteenth Army can't solve the supply of artillery shells, let alone his small army?
Now that the mountain cannon has been 'handed over', Li Ziyuansuo's 'sex' will also be a good person to the end. Let Wang Cheng take away the weapons of the company that stayed, except for a 'strong' Czech light machine gun and all machine gun bullets, the rest of the Hanyang-made, Jin-made 38-style rifles, Jin-made 79 rifles and other miscellaneous firearms.