The most crucial thing is the lack of means of communication and liaison among the units of the Eighth Route Army, and the units below the regimental level are basically not equipped with radio stations. The two main regiments of the Ludong Army Division, each regiment had a radio station with the help of Li Ziyuan's light. This is already the only two regiment-level troops equipped with radio stations in the entire Taihang Military Region.

But even the two regiments were equipped with radios, which ensured communication with the corps divisional commands. However, the lack of power supply equipment, the inability to ensure the supply of batteries and spare parts, also caused the two regiments' radio stations to be unable to be turned on for a long time. As for the rest of the troops, they don't even have a radio station.

The Japanese army was attacked all the way, and they could use the communication means at hand to quickly gather reinforcements. However, the troops below the regiment basically did not have a radio station, and once they were surrounded by the Japanese army or encountered danger, including the mobilization of troops, they could only send extremely unreliable messengers to find reinforcements.

There was no radio station, and only communicators could be relied on to convey orders. This is better in peacetime, but in wartime, when anything can happen, not only is it very inefficient, but once the dispatched correspondent encounters an accident or is captured by a small group of Japanese troops, it is difficult to ensure that the order is conveyed smoothly, and there is also a danger of leakage.

The huge disparity between the strength of the enemy and our own and the backwardness of the means of communication have put the Ludong Army Division's anti-sweeping operation into a dangerous and predicament from the very beginning. Even the military region, which has already restored contact, has made great efforts to mobilize a number of elite troops to support the Ludong Military Sub-district, which is currently in the most difficult situation.

He also ordered some troops that had been transferred to the outer line to carry out large-scale sabotage operations on the rear of the Japanese army, especially the Baijin Railway Line and the Hanchang Highway, in order to cope with the anti-sweeping operations of the Ludong Army Division. However, the losses of the more than 50,000 troops dispatched by the Japanese army to the Taihang Mountains were not small under the sweep back and forth.

The units are desperately short of ammunition, and the casualties have not yet had time to be replenished. As the most important support firepower of the troops on the front line, the losses of light and heavy machine guns were great. The remaining machine guns were also rarely used despite the severe shortage of ammunition. The most critical thing is that the various units are in the stage of scattered activities and have not yet been regrouped.

At least until the sent correspondents find those who have been transferred to the outside line, they will not be used for the time being. Except for the troops who received the order early, or the troops who were secretly resting in Ludong. It will take quite a long time for other units transferred by the military region to arrive at their designated positions to participate in the battle, and this has further aggravated the dilemma of the Ludong Army sub-division's anti-sweeping operations.

Although the Japanese army dispatched tens of thousands of troops, plus the same number of puppet troops, swept away the Ludong Army Division. The main force of more than 40,000 Japanese troops who had swept the Taihang base area turned around and attacked the 24th Group Army, which was stationed in the direction of Lingchuan and Linxian, and was also the only army stationed north of the Yellow River in Chongqing.

The tactical attempt and determination of the Japanese army this time was very great, that is, to completely wipe out the resistance forces north of the Yellow River. It took advantage of the situation formed by the sweep of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, and took advantage of its mobilization of heavy troops to turn to the Ludong area to sweep, and under the cover of the smoke screen deliberately released, it launched an attack on the 24th Group Army, which had two miscellaneous armies.

However, although most of the Japanese army turned to the junction of northern Henan and southern Jin, these Japanese puppet troops who could be adequately supplied to sweep the Ludong Army subdivision were relatively compared to the brutal anti-sweeping operations that had just ended. At this time, the several participating troops found by the military region had less than five rounds of ammunition per capita, and the Eighth Route Army, which was exhausted, was still extremely sophisticated.

Lacking ammunition, in the previous anti-sweeping operations, the troops suffered heavy losses under the sneak attack and rapid penetration of the Japanese army, and part of the main forces that were the first to receive orders did their best. However, the only support that can be given to the Ludong Army Division is to contain part of the Japanese army and carry out sabotage warfare on the Handchang Avenue and the Nantongpu Railway Line, so as to create fighters for the Ludong troops to break through.

Fortunately, although the situation deteriorated quite quickly, after all, several leaders of the sub-district were experienced. Moreover, the division also expected that even in the new round of sweeps launched by the Japanese army against Taihang Mountain, the Ludong Military Division, which was closest to Changzhi, an important town in the southeast of Jin, seemed to be somewhat calm.

But this calm absolutely does not mean that the Japanese army will completely abandon the sweep of the Ludong area. Although the Japanese army was quite well disguised in terms of strategic intentions before it was deployed. However, several experienced leaders still noticed some anomalies. Just when the Japanese army was sweeping the Taihang Mountains, the military sub-district had already begun the evacuation and the fortification of important materials.

At the beginning, the head of the military division sent Li Ziyuan to attack the outside line, and a large part of the reason was also to deal with the situation. Therefore, although the speed of the Japanese army's transfer this time was extremely fast, the response speed of the military division, which had been prepared before, was not slower than that of the Japanese army. After the main target of the Japanese army's sweep was transferred to the territory of Ludong, the division also launched an operation in a short period of time.

It's just that there are flaws in the intelligence, which makes the division's action seem a little slow. Moreover, whether it is the higher-level Taihang Military Region or the military sub-district, the allocation of nearly 20,000 Japanese puppet troops dispatched to the Japanese army and the sweep of a Ludong Army sub-district is somewhat insufficient. Because of the 20,000-day puppet army, the Japanese army was enough to launch a sweep of the entire Taihang base area.

Moreover, the speed of the Japanese advance, as well as the new tactics adopted, were also underjudged. If it weren't for Li Ziyuan's telegram, even the military division was almost bitten by the sudden movement of the Japanese army. After finding that he was surrounded by the Japanese puppet army, the military subdivision, which was somewhat slower in action, began to break through.

In response to the strategy of the main force to launch a sabotage battle on the periphery, the 1st Regiment of the Left Army Division took advantage of the relatively sufficient ammunition left by Li Ziyuan and the reinforced firepower after the replenishment of the captured weapons, concentrated on a point in the Japanese blockade circle and beat it to the death, tearing a narrow passage hard.

In the face of the Japanese troops who immediately swarmed and tried to block the breakthrough road, the covering organs and the masses rushed desperately to break through. The military sub-district organs and the Ludong Prefectural Committee finally covered a part of the local cadres and masses to break through to the territory of Licheng before the Japanese army completed the final encirclement.

However, after this battle, more than half of the casualties of the group covering the breakthrough of the army sub-district organs and the masses were lost. In cooperation with the operation of the first regiment, the Ludong Independent Battalion also lost a third. Only the battalion that followed Li Ziyuan to fight, a company formed by compression, still maintained complete combat effectiveness.

However, the sub-district organs and some people rushed out, but the Hubei County Party Committee and the county government led by Liu Yanlai and Chang Juan were blocked in the encirclement. Liu Yanlai, who failed to stand out after looking for opportunities many times, finally got out of danger after meeting Liu Lianming's reconnaissance company on the way to transfer.

It's just that the so-called getting rid of danger does not mean that you have broken through to safety, but at least it is relatively safe with the troops. Because of Li Ziyuan's current situation, and to go there in order to be better than this guy's previous situation. Even in addition to having more protection troops, it is not as good as Liu Yanlai's original situation.

At least the Hubei basic guerrillas led by Liu Yanlai and Chang Juan, although they have worse weapons and more non-combatants, are also short and capable and easy to transfer. After converging with Li Ziyuan, such an Eighth Route that remained in the encirclement of the Japanese army, the goal was quite obvious.

Especially after the divisional organs and a regiment broke through, Li Ziyuan's department became the target of the surrounding Japanese puppet army. Coupled with the purpose of this Japanese puppet army sweep, Li Ziyuan himself unfortunately became one of the main targets, and even he was the core target of the Japanese army's sweep of the Ludong Army Division.

Not only did the Japanese soldiers who dispatched from Qiaokou bite him to the death, but other Japanese puppet troops around them also kept pounced and bit like wolves. At present, the number of Japanese puppet troops around him even accounts for nearly half of the Japanese army's investment in the sweep of the Ludong Army Division.

And in the face of a large number of Japanese troops who were biting on themselves to the death, and constantly adopted roundabout and interspersed tactics with superior forces, trying to outflank him. Li Ziyuan, who could only fight and retreat all the way, although he tried his best, the situation was never alleviated, and even the Japanese army that had been biting him behind him could not be completely shaken off.

This plus the puppet army had 2,000 men, including 1,34 Japanese troops, and reinforced with two mountain guns and two mortars. Not only did they have an absolute advantage in firepower, but they also surpassed Li Ziyuan's troops in terms of troops. Coupled with the response of the surrounding Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan never found the fighter to cut off the tail.

Along the way, Li Ziyuan bit Li Ziyuan and did not let go of this Japanese puppet army, not only desperately pursuing along the way. And it is posted everywhere that those who catch Li Ziyuan will be rewarded with 100,000 yuan, and it doesn't matter if they live or die. Or other troops do not fight, only the slogan of the 2nd Independent Regiment of the Ludong Army Division. The Japanese planes in the sky also chased Li Ziyuan's troops all the way, throwing the same slogan.

So following Li Ziyuan is not a good thing. However, Liu Yanlai is still quite courageous and determined. After joining forces with Li Ziyuan, he handed over Chang Juan and the non-combatants of the Hubei County Party Committee to Li Ziyuan. Ignoring Li Ziyuan's persuasion, he took a few guards and correspondents, as well as the Hubei County Brigade, to return to the Japanese encirclement.

His attitude is very firm, he is the secretary of the county party committee in Hubei, and it is a dereliction of duty not to stay in Hubei at this time. Especially when there are still a large number of people who have not been able to rush out. It is safe to follow Li Ziyuan's actions by himself, but what about those people?

Those non-combatants who didn't even have guns, as well as the essence of some of the local staff in Hubei, he couldn't take the risk with him, so he handed it over to Li Ziyuan to cover them and rush out. In his words, these people survived, and even if he sacrificed, he had the capital to make a comeback. And he can't leave at this time, he has to stay and persist and fight.

However, Liu Yanlai insisted on going back, but he didn't agree with Chang Juan's idea that he would also go back. His meaning was very clear, Chang Juan was a lesbian, and it was not appropriate to stay at this time. At present, the situation in Hubei is too complicated. Not only are a large number of Japanese puppet troops sweeping, but there are also a large number of Japanese puppet plainclothes agents searching for local cadres.

Chang Juan is a lesbian, and with the virtue of the Japanese army, once there is an accident, it will be extremely cruel for Chang Juan. Therefore, Liu Yanlai thinks that Chang Juan and other local cadres are safer to move with Li Ziyuan. And with her, there are also people who follow Li Ziyuan's actions.

When persuasion failed, Li Ziyuan gritted his teeth and transferred a squad from the reconnaissance company to him, and made up for 100 rounds of ammunition per person as much as possible. A batch of bullets was distributed from the troops and handed over to the county brigade that followed Liu Yanlai back. Tell this squad leader that if there is an accident, even if he runs out, he has to protect Liu Yanlai.