Of course, this puppet army commander who clearly knows how many materials are stored in Xiyaogou, also knows why this eight-way firepower is surprisingly powerful. Xiyaogou has hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition alone, as well as a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars. Although the Eighth Route on the opposite side did not have an advantage in strength, it was obviously not much less than itself.

His troops said to be a regiment, but the actual strength was a thousand men. Even with the addition of one battalion and two platoons, the strength of the army is only more than 1,300 men. And the infantry squadron of the Japanese, the commander of this pseudo-colonel knew that this colonel could not even command a private in the family. Those Japanese came to supervise the war, not to contribute.

The relative superiority of troops, and the other side used the weapons snatched from the West Kiln Ditch to form such a dense machine gun fire. Even if you have an artillery advantage, it will be difficult to gnaw it down in a short time. It's just that for him, there is no way back at the moment except for hard work.

He knew very well that if he wanted to retreat, the Japanese squadron leader behind him who was watching the battle with a saber would not hesitate to drop the saber on his neck. Don't look at that dude as just a captain, he is a colonel. But for himself, these guys are the ancestors or the emperor.

It's just that more than a dozen heavy machine guns in front of the eight roads, plus a large number of light machine guns, hit accurately and ruthlessly*. The layered firepower network made the offensive launched by this old man hard-headed, as if he had drilled into a network of fire. The troops that launched the attack were knocked down in pieces.

In order to knock out the machine gun fire of the opposite eight-way, the face of the artillery company commander under his command was swollen by him. But the machine gun fire on the opposite side is still hot and vigorous. In fact, it cannot be said that his subordinates and the Japanese artillery they cooperated with did not work hard, but no matter how many shells were consumed, they could not knock out the machine gun fire of the opposite eight-way.

Every time the artillery bombardment was completed and the infantry attacked, the machine gun fire on the opposite side never decreased. This not only made this pseudo-army commander suffer great losses, but also made him and the strengthened Japanese army a little confused. Your own artillery consumes so many shells, why is it not effective at all?

In fact, the Japanese puppet army didn't know that Li Ziyuan, who was quite fast in front of him, was chased by this puppet army at a very fast speed with the cooperation of the Japanese army. Knowing that if he doesn't cut off this tail, unless he throws away all the captured materials, he can only be stuck by this guy in the case of lack of transportation capacity.

Therefore, Li Ziyuan, who immediately made up his mind to fight, immediately based on his current firepower and ammunition, which were not ordinarily sufficient. Although in terms of heavy firepower, it is not as good as the firepower of others with the help of Japanese artillery. However, when the number of light and heavy machine guns far exceeded the establishment, he immediately developed a set of combat plans.

A company under his command was deployed on the spot, and the temporary repaired field fortifications were used as the first line of defense. Covering the troops commanded by Zhang Zijian, they immediately rushed to repair part of the fortifications and communication trenches at a distance of 150 meters behind them. And the part that Zhang Zijian snatched from the West Kiln Ditch* was quickly buried in the forward position.

Li Ziyuan personally commanded the front-line defense to buy time for Zhang Zijian to repair the fortifications. And after being caught up by the puppet army, he also knew that he was a little greedy this time and caused a big trouble. He also knew that if the fortifications could not be repaired in the shortest possible time, under this relatively flat terrain, the troops would encounter the Japanese artillery fire in a short period of time, and Zhang Zijian, who was extremely killed, moved quickly.

After Li Ziyuan used close combat to repel several attacks by the puppet army, the trenches on this side have been built. After receiving the report, Li Ziyuan led his troops and took advantage of the gap between the artillery fire of the Japanese puppet army to cover with the full cover of He Huizhang. Immediately retreated into the trenches behind him, and at the same time set up all the machine guns that had been concealed.

The several attacks of the puppet army also allowed Li Ziyuan to understand the true level of this puppet army. I have a great understanding of the tactical level of this puppet army. The tactical level of this puppet army is not generally poor. In other words, he is brave, indeed very brave, and dares to fight close combat with the Eighth Route Army, and even fight with bayonets, this is the first time he has encountered it.

But except for the frontal group attack, there is basically no flanking and breaking through on the flanks. There is also no trapezoidal configuration for the offensive of the troops, let alone a focused offensive direction. It's basically an attack from there, and it's not the dead-eyed tactic he broke through here.

Charge in a swarm, but only repel one of their attacks. It takes a long time to reorganize the attack. There are quite a few people in the puppet army, and their marksmanship is still very good. But for the most part, the level of shooting training and *throwing training is very poor.

In particular, the tactical literacy of officers at all levels can be said to be almost non-existent. The level of command, at best, is the organization of a squad offensive. At the time of the attack, the order of attack was disjointed, and there was almost no coordination between the infantry and artillery. There were quite a few light and heavy machine guns, but when it came to fire suppression, there was no focus at all. When attacking, it will be a flat push.

The only advantage is that you dare to fight in close combat, and you dare to fight against yourself*. When necessary, he even dared to fight with himself with a bayonet. The command level of officers at all levels is not good, but there is still control over the troops. Even if the attack is broken, it will not disperse every time. This was a bit unexpected by Li Ziyuan, this was the first time he had seen this kind of strange puppet army.

According to this characteristic of this puppet army, Li Ziyuan's side did not follow the practice of the Eighth Route and put the puppet army fifty meters before fighting. Instead, light and heavy machine guns were fired from a distance of 100 meters, and rifles were fired from a distance of 70 meters. Within thirty meters, * greeting tactics.

In order to avoid the artillery fire of the Japanese puppet army, especially the extremely accurate Japanese artillery fire, Li Ziyuan strictly demanded that the light and heavy machine guns adopt the tactics of alternate fire when firing. All the heavy machine guns were organized into two groups, and together with the machine guns that Zhang Zijian snatched out and used on the spot, a total of six machine gun fire teams were formed.

Two machine-gun teams fired at a time, and after firing three hundred rounds of ammunition, they had to be immediately moved to a new fortification. After the first wave of machine guns stopped firing and began to shift positions, the second wave of machine guns fired. And so on to ensure that the machine gun was not knocked out too much by Japanese artillery fire.

Previously, under his orders, when Zhang Zijian was building a blocking position, the machine gun fortifications were nearly doubled. Don't worry about the transfer of machine guns, there are no reserve positions to use. He didn't know the level of artillery of the puppet army, but Li Ziyuan was still clear about the level of artillery of the Japanese army.

At present, the number of artillery dispatched by the Japanese puppet army, coupled with the quality of the Japanese army's artillery. It is not possible to do it within an hour, even if those captured heavy machine guns are added, it is estimated that there will not be a single heavy machine gun left under this kind of field fortification. So he took this approach, which could not only ensure that the fire would not be interrupted, but also that his machine guns would not suffer too much loss.

As for He Huizhang's mortars, he ordered them to adopt guerrilla tactics to harass the artillery of the Japanese puppet army behind them. Let the Japanese artillery not be able to suppress their machine guns with all their might. Battlefield practice has proved that Li Ziyuan has developed such a tactic, and under the condition that there is sufficient ammunition and a sufficient number of machine guns, the lethality of this kind of army with a very low level of tactics is quite amazing.

After several rounds of charges, almost two of the four battalions carried by the division were crushed. This puppet army commander, a former militia in northern Henan, always saw that his old subordinates and his hardcore henchmen were knocked down in pieces, and his heart was almost bleeding, so he almost cried directly.

These people are all their own old backgrounds, and the officers at all levels are basically their own people. If it runs out, how will I explain it to my family when I go back? The most important thing is that if you want to replenish it, you will have to look at the face of the Japanese in the future. Whether the Japanese can replenish themselves or not, I'm afraid only God knows.

But knowing that they could not recapture these materials, the Japanese would never be able to spare themselves. So even if the heart is bleeding, you can only bite the bullet. Even if it is exhausted, the Japanese may replenish themselves in the case of their own hard work. If you don't fight, what awaits you may be to lose your head.

Although I also know that in the current era when there is a gun is the king of grass, if you run out of troops, you may be nothing, and the Japanese will no longer support you. But when it comes to head safety, everything in the future is a trivial matter. The gun is gone, isn't his life still alive? If there is a fate, everything is possible.

On the one hand, he organized the troops to attack continuously, and on the other hand, he scolded the guy who lost the supplies in his heart. If the guy who was screaming and screaming with two bags of flour on his shoulders right now was standing in front of him. He wouldn't hesitate to pull out his own one* and shoot the guy who was going to erode his old capital.

Even if this guy was their commander's brother-in-law, he wouldn't hesitate in the slightest. has lost all the money to take care of his family, and his brother-in-law will only steal fun, and there will definitely be no sympathy. It's just that at the moment, this guy who can be used for his anger and can be a scapegoat doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, so he can only rush upward.

In the face of Li Ziyuan's strange tactics in many charges, coupled with a large number of machine gun fire, he suffered heavy casualties. The intensity of his attacks had become weak, and the Japanese were clearly only in the situation of supervising the army over there. By the time He Sanliang arrived with reinforcements, he had even decided to transfer a company that stayed behind to protect his back to join the battle.

However, although the reinforced regiment of the puppet army that attacked suffered heavy casualties under Li Ziyuan's machine gun fire. By the time He Sanliang arrived, he had already lost nearly half of his troops. The person who served as a guard in Xiyaogou, although it was not his descendant, was also his sworn enemy and top boss, and the remaining person of the company who was sent to escort his brother-in-law was even pushed down by him and beaten to the front.

But under this guy's desperate attack and the intensive artillery fire of the Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan was also stuck here. Although even if He Sanliang did not arrive, there would be no danger in a short time. But after a long time, the reinforcements of the surrounding Japanese puppet army arrived, and those waiting for Li Ziyuan would also be surrounded.

After listening to what happened to Li Ziyuan, Ma Yongcheng, who knew that Zhang Zijian was not the kind of greedy person, said with some curiosity: "How many materials are there that can make the old horse tempting?" Lao Ma is a slippery head, but the severity of the matter can still be distinguished. I'm afraid the number and variety of things that can make him interested will not be too small. ”