Chapter 173: The Idea of Fishing in Troubled Waters

Looking at the mountains of loot, Li Ziyuan was also somewhat puzzled, how could there be so many weapons and materials seized this time. For more up-to-date chapters, visit: ะจะฉะฉ.(7)(9)XS.ัะžะœ. It wasn't until the interrogation of a puppet army prisoner that Li Ziyuan knew that these Japanese puppet soldiers were not only involved in the sweep themselves. When he went southeast from Lu, he was also ordered to carry a batch of supplies for the Okazaki detachment and the Japanese puppet army advancing west from Licheng.

The Okazaki detachment that marched east from Hubei was better, but the Japanese puppet army that advanced west from Licheng was because of the continuous sweeping, constantly fighting with the main force and local armed forces, and the consumption of ammunition and materials was quite large. Licheng was too far away from the Japanese-occupied area, and if a simple supplementary team was dispatched, it was easy to encounter an ambush by the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, at this time, in order to sweep the Taihang base area, the Japanese army in the southeast of Shanxi Province had already 'pumped' too many troops, and it was impossible to send a supply team to the special 'gate' of the Japanese puppet army in Licheng. Therefore, when the Japanese puppet army in Ludong went south to prepare for the rescue, it was ordered to carry a large number of supplies for the Japanese puppet army in several other directions.

It was precisely because they carried a large number of supplies that this Japanese puppet army did not continue to advance after dark, but chose to rest at night when the Eighth Route was better. Anyway, for them, the Okazaki detachment has been completely wiped out, and there is no need to rescue or not. The most important thing is to get the supplies that you carry to the hands of friendly troops safely.

As a result, Li Ziyuan, who had been following them cautiously like a wolf, had been waiting for this fighter for a long time. After a 'melee' battle, the Japanese puppet army suffered heavy losses and retreated in a hurry. This time, these things all fell into the hands of Li Ziyuan, which made Li Ziyuan very rich.

Of course, although Li Ziyuan looked very greedy for these weapons and equipment, he had no way to carry them all with him. If they were all taken away, his troops would not fight. The 'door' 92 infantry gun and Type 92 heavy machine gun, although they were also needed by Li Ziyuan's troops, were at least a burden in front of them.

There are so many Type 38 rifles and Jinzao 79 and 65 rifles, and Li Ziyuan has no way to take them all. Therefore, after replenishing the grenades and ammunition, Li Ziyuan wrapped all the captured ammunition and weapons in the captured oilcloth and found a hidden place to bury them.

However, all the seized weapons, ammunition and 'medicine' could not be taken away, but the seized food and other materials solved Li Ziyuan's urgent need. The entire eastern mountainous area of Hubei is full of wolf smoke at the moment, and there are Japanese puppet troops everywhere. At present, with the addition of Zeng Sheng's company, Li Ziyuan's troops now have more than 200 people.

At present, there are Japanese puppet troops stationed in the big village, and the small village has limited capacity and cannot provide sufficient supplies. After two or three days of consumption, there was not much dry food left with the troops. Moreover, since the Japanese army launched a comprehensive sweep of the Taihang base area, the reconnaissance plane has been dangling on the top of its head every day, lighting fires and cooking to make trouble for itself.

With so many supplies seized this time, it is just time to supplement my urgent needs. For at least some time, the troops will not have to worry about food and supplies. Although these biscuits, compressed dry food and other things are always not as delicious as hot rice. But in any case, it's much better than melon paste rice.

After fighting this battle, Li Ziyuan had already decided to jump to the outside line, once again enter the western plain of Hubei, and find a way to transfer the Japanese troops in the eastern mountainous area of Hubei out of Taihang Mountain. In order to reduce the losses of the Japanese army in the eastern mountainous area of Hubei, and to contain a Japanese army in the western part of Hubei as much as possible.

After replenishing the ammunition and food, Li Ziyuan did not take any rest. He led his troops to the northeast and marched more than 30 miles to the northeast, and then jumped into the territory of Ludong. Only then did he turn to penetrate from Ludong to the southwest, avoiding the two strongholds of Luoma and Qiaokou, which were stuck on his way out of the mountain. After a day's march into the Basongling area, Li Ziyuan ordered the troops to rest and be on guard.

Compared to the troops who are exhausted from continuous marching and fighting. Although Li Ziyuan was also very tired, he was a little sad when he looked at the familiar mountains in front of him. It was here that Li Ziyuan saw Shi Jin being bitten to death by the wolf dogs of the Japanese army. Shi Jin's sacrifice was like a thorn, always stuck in Li Ziyuan's heart.

In fact, in the face of this sad land, Li Ziyuan really didn't want to stay for a long time. If it weren't for the fact that the troops were already extremely tired and in dire need of a short rest, he would never have made any stay here. Touching the big tree, Li Ziyuan's eyes couldn't help but be a little moist. Shi Jin's simple smile has been echoing in front of him.

Looking at Li Ziyuan, who was a little sad, Qian Defu, who knew what he was thinking in his heart, walked up to him with an open can of beef 'meat' and a few pieces of Japanese-style biscuits: "Captain, don't think too much, let's eat something first." Only when we have accumulated enough 'fine' strength can we avenge Lao Shi and them. โ€

Hearing Qian Defu's persuasion, Li Ziyuan patted the big tree in front of him, but he didn't accept the canned food and biscuits, and was silent for a long time before saying, "Old Qian, do you think my original choice was right or wrong?" If we fought to the death at that time, even if we couldn't save Lao Shi and them, we could let them suffer less when they left. โ€

"But I didn't do anything, just there and watched them being bitten to death by the wolfdogs of the Japanese army. Even if he gave Lao Shi a shot and relieved his pain, he didn't do it, so he made a turtle with a shrunken head. Old money, I can't convince myself. โ€

The desolation and pain in Li Ziyuan's tone, Qian Defu could hear it. After hesitating for a moment, Qian Defu said: "Captain, I don't understand the big truth. In terms of comradeship, you did have some choices at that time. But if you look at the big picture, you didn't make a mistake at that time. โ€

"We are brave for a while, although we can solve some problems. But under the circumstances, if we act hastily, nothing will be left behind except for the annihilation of a whole army. Let's fight to the death, although we can relieve the pain of Lao Shi and them, but it is precisely in the hands of the little devil. โ€

"Captain, the little devil wished we were going out and fighting them. At that time, even if we were in pain, it was our only choice to endure it. I once heard that a storyteller said that there is a knife on the head of the word ninja. Often the more critical the time, the more you have to compare, who can endure more. โ€

"I'm not like you and the instructor, both are literate people. I haven't read a book, and I learned the braille I learned in the army after joining the army. I don't understand the truth, I only know that we have not been afraid of anyone on the battlefield, but we can't take the 'chicken' egg and hit the stone. Captain, you don't have any other choice in the circumstances. โ€

Qian Defu's persuasion, Li Ziyuan smiled bitterly a few times but didn't say anything more, just silently looked at the few trees in front of him in a daze. As for Li Ziyuan's silence, Qian Defu, who didn't know how to open Li Ziyuan's heart knot, could only stuff canned food and biscuits into his hands.

Although he was very tired, this night was still a sleepless night for Li Ziyuan. Li Ziyuan did not stay long in Basongling, and immediately after dawn led his troops south into the plains of Hubei. With the cooperation of Zeng Sheng's company, Li Ziyuan's confidence is quite sufficient.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that almost all of the Japanese puppet troops in the entire Hubei territory were transferred to Taihang Mountain to sweep the 'sweep', and the Japanese occupation area of the entire Hubei County was empty. Li Ziyuan, who entered the Shangdang Basin, carried out a 'interspersed' operation throughout the plains, and began to clean up the Japanese puppet grassroots political power and organizations in the Japanese-occupied areas from north to south.

In addition to destroying the Japanese puppet grassroots political power and organizations in the Japanese-occupied areas, Li Ziyuan's move created conditions for the work of the new county party committee. Another major reason is that it is late autumn now, and the weather is getting cooler day by day. The troops were still wearing single clothes, and they were in dire need of cotton 'flowers' and cloth to make winter clothes.

And cotton 'flowers' and cloth are now strategic materials under the tight control of the Japanese army and the blockade of the Taihang Mountains. The limited population in the mountainous areas alone is simply not able to solve the much-needed winter clothing of the troops. Li Ziyuan is not the kind of person who passively waits for the allocation of materials from his superiors, and it is his creed to do it himself.

Therefore, Li Ziyuan took advantage of the current favorable situation of the Japanese puppet army in Hubei, and the main force was still in the Taihang Mountains. In the plain area in the western part of Hubei, which is rich in natural resources, large-scale sabotage warfare and 'riot' disturbance warfare were carried out. On the one hand, it solves the problem of winter clothing, and on the other hand, it destroys the grassroots political power and organizations of the Japanese puppet.

Li Ziyuan took the lead in opening the knife, which is Yangshukou, the largest and most prosperous town in the north of Hubei County. Although the highway from Hubei to Ludong was curbed here, the Japanese puppet army did not station heavy troops. Perhaps it is very close to Hubei County, and the Japanese puppets have only deployed more than 20 puppet policemen here.

And this point of defensive strength is almost a piece of cake for Li Ziyuan's department. Maybe more than 20 Japanese soldiers are difficult to bite, but the combat effectiveness of more than 20 pseudo-policemen is basically negligible. After the troops arrived at the periphery of Yangshukou and determined that there was no Japanese puppet army stationed in the town, Li Ziyuan immediately launched an attack after cutting off the telephone line from Yangshukou to Hubei County.

After almost easily defeating a pseudo-Hubei County Police Station here, Li Ziyuan led his troops into this large market town in the entire Hubei County, second only to the county seat and Pingchuan. Although it is not as prosperous as Pingchuan, as the important place leading to Ludong in Hubei, the Yangshukou line is still quite lively.

After entering the market town, Li Ziyuan, in addition to the hardcore 'traitors' on the list from Liu Yanlai before he suppressed the anti-sweeping 'sweep', the first thing Li Ziyuan did was to raise winter clothes. Of course, it was too late to do it first, but although there were no ready-made ones, there was a large stock of cotton 'flowers' and cloth.

Moreover, in several merchants, there are also some stocks of winter clothes customized for the puppet army in Hubei. For these spots that have already paid for them, Li Ziyuan of course confiscated them unceremoniously. If the rest was insufficient, they used the cash seized from the tax office set up by the puppet Hubei County Government to buy some cotton 'flowers' and cloth on the spot, and then mobilized the masses to make them after they were withdrawn to the base area.

After raising enough cotton 'flowers' and cloth and some winter clothes, he shot the pseudo-police chief here and got rid of a few hardcore 'traitors'. Li Ziyuan, with his troops, quickly withdrew from Yangshukou and turned to the direction of Hubei County in the west. However, during the interrogation of the director of the pseudo police station, Li Ziyuan, who got some quite important information, had a rather bold idea.

After the battle at Yangshukoukou, Li Ziyuan asked Zeng Sheng to take a platoon and change into the military uniform of the Japanese puppet army. Adopt the method of 'touching' the fish in troubled waters, and take advantage of the fact that he has cut off the phone from the mouth of the poplar to Hubei County, and the Japanese puppet army in Hubei County does not know for the time being, and he has already killed the time difference between the mountains and the snake.