In this almost devastating explosion, the leader of the Japanese squadron who led the team, and the captain of the Japanese military police in Changzhi were blown up with only half of their heads left. And when two huge explosions fell, the mountain was full of wailing Japanese soldiers with nails and porcelain shards, as well as mutilated corpses everywhere.

In fact, these Japanese troops were a little too anxious, according to the Japanese army's own tactics, even if Liu Lianming set up a lot of means, it would not be such a big loss. But there is no way, the chief of staff of the army is blown up in front of him, where is the face of the dignified 36th Division? Coupled with the continuous attacks, these Japanese soldiers were as angry and eager to retaliate.

As a result, the Japanese troops who participated in the search were like a group of hungry wolves that had been hungry for half a year, and they came up to adopt a posture of outflanking on both flanks and attacking on the other. And in terms of troop input, there is no use of any tactics at all. This time, on the contrary, the Japanese army adopted the usual dragnet tactics during its sweep.

The formation was very dense, and at the same time, there was no reconnaissance of the area where the sneak attackers were located. He did not send anyone to check whether the enemy had laid out a minefield. didn't expect Liu Lianming to leave them a delicious meal when he was leaving. As a result, none of the figures were caught, and they suffered heavy losses.

Was sent out to search for that damn one, and fired such a shell. But the general chief of staff sent the troops of the heavenly guys. Dead and wounded, and empty-handed, he returned with a batch of unlucky people, or covered with nails, or blown up and broken, as well as dozens of corpses and sacks of human remains.

This period of time itself was stimulated by the continuous blows, coupled with the attack on the grain train and the death of Hanaya Masa. After seeing the search force with heavy casualties, Shintaro Imamura, who was even more stimulated, felt that his heart was aching for a while.

He could clearly tell that it was not the 82 mortar that was used in large quantities by the Chinese army, but the 99-type 81-millimeter infantry curved gun of the Imperial Army. Because although this kind of cannon has a shorter range, it is lightweight, short and concise, and can be easily transferred by one person.

If he Imamura Shintaro is not mistaken, this Type 99 infantry curved gun. It should be the one that was lost in the two mortars carried by the Eighth Road when the first division search wing was camped in the west of Hubei some time ago. Because except for the search wing, the other units were not equipped with such lightweight, but short-range mortars.

That is to say, after this mortar was captured by the cunning Eighth Road, he used it to attack himself again, and also killed the chief of staff of the First Army who came to Changzhi for operational guidance. Facing the corpse of Major General Hanaya Masa, although extremely reluctant, Shintaro Imamura could only truthfully report to his immediate boss, that is, the headquarters of the First Army.

After all, when a major general officer dies in battle, not a second lieutenant officer dies, and it is not something that you can hide if you want to. After drafting the telegram to the First Army with trembling hands, Otaro Imamura, who was pale, almost fell headlong on the spot. And the officers of the regimental headquarters of the 36th Division were also looking at the hapless chief of staff with pitiful eyes.

However, in the end, it was trained by the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, although it has suffered a lot of blows during this time. But knowing that he had basically said goodbye to the army and that not going to the military court was already an extrajudicial favor to himself, Imamura Osa was free and easy at this time.

He was going to use the last bit of time he had not yet been dismissed to capture the hateful Eighth Route Officer and tear him to pieces. The base camp must be held accountable, and the division commander who is lying on the hospital bed at the moment is the first person to be responsible, and the base camp may not be able to exterminate itself.

However, this Eighth Route officer insulted himself again and again, and regarded the 36th Division as nothing, but he absolutely could not let it go. This is not only an insult to him, the chief of staff of the Great Sa, but also an insult to the 36th Division and even to the entire Imperial Japanese Army, which is absolutely intolerable.

Who fired this cold cannon, Shintaro Imamura doesn't have to think about it. Except for that Li Ziyuan and his bold subordinates, there would never be anyone else who could do such a thing without samurai demeanor or even boldness. Shintaro Imamura has already made up his mind that as long as his boss does not remove him from his post for a day, he will dig Li Ziyuan out even if he digs three feet into the ground.

Compared with Shintaro Imamura, who was stimulated to go crazy, Li Ziyuan, who jumped to the west of the Baijin Railway, took advantage of the Japanese army to mobilize heavy troops to encircle him, and swept the Japanese puppet army strongholds in the western part of Hubei, the eastern part of Changzhi and the southeast of Ludong with great fanfare. The Japanese puppet army set up a stronghold in the western part of Hubei, and at most five were taken in one night.

In the face of the Japanese puppet army stronghold in Luxi, especially the stronghold garrisoned by the puppet army alone, Li Ziyuan was extremely ruthless this time. Only ten minutes are given to think about it, and if you don't surrender, you can shoot directly. Where have those puppet soldiers seen the formation of the Eighth Road? After Li Ziyuan set up the mountain cannon, facing the muzzle of the black hole, many strongholds were frightened and surrendered on their own initiative.

When sweeping Luxi, Li Ziyuan still accepted some of Liu Lianming's previous suggestions. As far as possible, the Japanese puppet army and the puppet army of different factions were treated differently. Some of the puppet soldiers didn't even disarm, they just took all the ammunition.

The attitude of the Japanese army towards the puppet army has always been to tightly control, contain each other and divide and rule. The best treatment is the pseudo-garrison system, because these puppet armies are all formed by them, whether it is weapons and equipment, ammunition, or salaries, they are the best, and they are basically guaranteed.

As for those who were originally in a mess, or pulled up a team under the banner of anti-Japanese resistance, but they had never fought against the Japanese army, and the Japanese army took the initiative to take refuge in the small miscellaneous armed forces as soon as they came, they were also treated well. Because these people are all authentic local snakes and are familiar with the local situation, the Japanese army can be regarded as a different eye for these dogs that are still useful.

The most untrusted by the Japanese army were the troops of the former Chongqing government that were incorporated by the Japanese army. In the eyes of the Japanese army, these people are cunning and duplicitous. Let them stay in the rear to be responsible for law and order rectification, and it is okay to deal with the Eighth Route Army, but if they are pulled out to fight against the Chongqing side, these people will be extremely unreliable.

Therefore, the Japanese army naturally used these people. Even if you can't pull to the front and fight against the Chongqing government army, you can still fight against the Eighth Route as your own thug. But the Japanese army was also more wary of these people from the bottom of their hearts. Not only is it not allowed to change its weapons and equipment, but it has always been strictly controlled in terms of ammunition and salaries.

Just like the Jinnan Jianguo Army, which is active in the southeast of Shanxi, the treatment and the replenishment of weapons are far inferior to the garrisons in various counties. has even been repeatedly transferred to the pseudo-garrison that has been disabled by Li Ziyuan many times. Its own strength has been repeatedly weakened, and the comparison with the strength of the garrison has repeatedly declined.

The Japanese will treat them differently, and Li Ziyuan will treat them differently as well. What's more, this puppet Jinnan Founding Army once gave itself some help. I still have to do my best to work on this puppet army. Besides, in this puppet army, there are many eyeliners planted by superiors. If you want to do too much, you won't be able to kill your own people.

Li Ziyuan showed mercy to the Jinnan Jianguo Army, whose strength had been sharply reduced at present, and the entire establishment was less than 2,000 people. Only ammunition was collected, not even weapons and equipment. However, in addition to treating differently to win over this puppet army, Li Ziyuan also had other reasons for doing so.

At present, this puppet Jinnan Founding Army not only has few machine guns, but also is equipped with weapons mainly Jin-made weapons when it surrendered to the enemy. In addition, there are old sleeves and Hanyang-made rifles that I don't know where I got them, and some Gongzao-style rifles. To be honest, the quality of Jin-made weapons, even if they have the same caliber, is still too poor compared to similar Japanese-made weapons.

In particular, the Jin-made weapons of the Jinnan Founding Army have been worn out greatly because of their use for many years. At this time, Li Ziyuan, whose appetite was already a little raised, was really a little unsightly. The only eye-catching Jin-made submachine guns and Jin-made shell guns are difficult to replenish because of the special caliber of bullets. Instead of seizing a bunch of tattered equipment, it is better to keep it as a favor.

But for the puppet army belonging to the puppet garrison, it was a killer, not only disarming all of them, but also executing several notorious figures. As for the pseudo-plainclothes squads and pseudo-night raid squads in the counties to which the entire Luxi area belongs, they were directly executed on the spot after being caught.

For these agents of the intelligence system, Li Ziyuan is subordinate and will not show mercy. Compared with the ordinary pseudo-garrison force, as long as it is not a heinous crime, it is simply disarmed, and it is basically dismissed on the spot. However, for these most harmful plainclothes teams and night raid teams, the secret service is basically to catch one and kill the other.

On the contrary, Li Ziyuan's attitude towards those low-level traitors of the pseudo-local regime, mainly the township security chief, is still very clear. As long as he agrees to serve the Eighth Route Army, he can't open the net. But for those who are desperate to be traitors, Li Ziyuan will not show mercy.

Li Ziyuan, who went deep into the activities west of the Baijin Railway, made the entire Luxi Japanese puppet army a soldier for a while, and the puppet army was even more panicked. What made Imamura Shintaro vomit blood even more was that there was also a problem within his division. The 36th Division, which served as a garrison at an important stronghold on the Baijin Railway Line, was disarmed by a group of military policemen and tied up.

With the strength of a whole squad, relying on strong pillboxes and heavy machine-gun fire, even a battalion's eight-way offensive can hold out for a while. But at the moment, not a single shot was fired, and together with the more than 20 members of the Ludong plainclothes squad and the two squads of the Ludong garrison, they were disarmed by more than 20 gendarmes with a small team.

The puppet army who was drinking and gambling was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face. Even the Japanese soldiers who stayed behind for a meal and drink because they were not sent to sweep were beaten and could not get out of bed for several days. The squad leader had several broken ribs and half of his teeth knocked out. All weapons and ammunition were confiscated.

The superior of this squad directly reported the report to the division headquarters. Serious dissatisfaction was expressed with the gendarmes' act of disarming, tying up and beating the units below them. He also threatened that if the military police of the division and regiment were to act in such an impudent manner, they would reserve the right to act in the defense of their dignity.

And what annoys Shintaro Imamura even more is that it's not just this stronghold that has been raided by the military police, and has found all kinds of excuses to disarm. There were also several other Japanese puppet troops stationed in remote strongholds, which were disarmed by the gendarmes who suddenly appeared on the pretext of checking combat readiness. At present, the troops stationed in various parts of the entire 36th Division have reached an extreme point of dissatisfaction with the gendarmerie.