The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 1013 Chapter One Thousand and Seventeen
Later, the Japanese army had no choice but to bite the bullet and place a large number of troops in the position, resulting in heavy casualties.

Gao Jiu thinks that such a deal is very worthwhile, exchanging steel and explosives for the heads of the enemy soldiers, this deal is definitely a bargain.

The coalition troops didn't worry about ammunition at all. There was an arsenal in Nanyang City, and a large arsenal in the mountainous area of ​​Zhiyuan County, southwest of Shandong. Jiang Xiaomei was the first director of the factory, and she devoted a lot of her heart and soul to it.

Thinking of Jiang Xiaomei, Gao Jiu felt sad for a while, and hated the Japanese devils even more, commanding the troops to continuously consume the Japanese army's strength.

That night, Li Chengwu led two special warfare squadrons to leave Pingle County and prepare to go to Taoyuan Town.According to intelligence, the Japanese army established a large material depot in Taoyuan Town. Li Chengwu's mission was to destroy the Japanese material depot, leaving the Japanese army without food and ammunition, and speeding up the Japanese army's retreat.

Li Chengwu was the first to stay in Taoyuan Town since he went to Taohua Mountain.At that time, he was leading Shi Jianlong and Liang Shihu who had just surrendered. They were the third squadron of the Taohuashan guerrilla formed by the puppet army. They had been stationed in Taoyuan Town for a long time, and they were very familiar with the situation here.

At that time, in order to deal with unexpected situations, they even dug a tunnel underneath, which can be used just now.

Li Chengwu and others used the night to pass through the blockade of the Japanese and puppet troops and came to the vicinity of Taoyuan Town.

In order to find out the situation of the Japanese army's temporary stockpile, Li Chengwu took two special forces members into the tunnel and entered Taoyuan Town.

The exit of the tunnel was just under the barracks where Li Chengwu and the others lived. After leaving the tunnel, with the help of the moonlight, you can see that there are military supplies piled up like hills in the yard of the barracks.

Li Chengwu was not in a hurry to start. He looked around again and found that besides this yard, there were also a large number of supplies piled up on the street.After all, there are hundreds of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops here, and the reserves of materials are quite large.

Li Chengwu first killed the Japanese sentry on duty in the yard, and sent a special soldier back through the tunnel, and told the special fighters who stayed outside to bring barrels of gasoline and come back through the tunnel.

Li Chengwu and the others poured gasoline on the supplies piled up in the yard and on the street, lit a fire, and quickly went back to the tunnel.

Before the battle started, the residents of Taoyuan Town had been transferred to the anti-Japanese base area of ​​the underground party in advance, and Li Chengwu and others could wreak havoc at will.

The fire blazed up, and the Japanese officers and soldiers came out to fight the fire in a panic.

Soon after, the fire grew bigger and bigger, and even the surrounding houses were set ablaze, and the Japanese and puppet troops were unable to put out the fire at all.

Soon after, the fire detonated the ammunition piled there, and in the violent explosion, Taoyuan Town was basically razed to the ground.

Jinan City, the headquarters of the Japanese 12th Army.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the material depot in Taoyuan Town was burned down by the enemy, and the material supply is in a complete emergency," said the chief of staff.

General Haneda was very depressed, and he said: "What can we do if this continues? I have already said that Taohuashan is a hard bone, and attacking Taohuashan is definitely not worth the loss. Not only that, but if you offend Gao Jiu, there will be no peace in the future. day.

But Mr. Minister, he just refused to listen and insisted on going to Taohuashan.The Huang army has already suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and now that they are out of ammunition and food, is it necessary to let the soldiers go hungry and charge with empty guns? "

The chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, Commander, now is not the time to complain. Seeing that the troops are running out of ammunition and food, you should quickly think of a way. What should we do next?"

General Haneda said: "I really don't know what to do, I'd better report the situation here to the Front Army truthfully."

The chief of staff immediately drafted a telegram and sent it to the North China Front Army.

After reading the telegram, Do Feiyuan was very angry but helpless.He said weakly: "I never imagined that a small Peach Blossom Mountain would be as tough as a wall of copper and iron, and it would be so difficult to fight. Mr. Gangcun, what do you think we should do now?"

Do Feiyuan is really scratching his head now. He also thinks that the guys in the base camp are in the rear all day long. They don't understand the situation in front of them. They direct there blindly, which led to such an embarrassing situation in front of them.

He had no choice but to ask General Komura for advice.

Commander Komura said: "This battle can no longer be fought like this. Our army has no air support, and Gao Jiu's bombers bomb our army every day, causing a large number of soldiers to die every day. Now the frontline troops are about to run out of ammunition and food. , this situation cannot continue.”

Doi Yuan said, "I know all of this. Just tell me what we should do now?"

Komura said: "Now that the army has surrounded Peach Blossom Mountain, we must take it down no matter what. Otherwise, not only will we not be able to explain to our superiors, but it will also seriously damage the morale of our army. Give the front line a death order and let them No matter the cost, Taohuashan must be taken down.

As for the logistical supplies, this task should be handed over to the security forces to complete, and let them send heavy troops to protect the transportation line.

As for them being hit by Gao Jiu, it doesn't matter how many people were killed or injured.They should also be ordered to die, and their chiefs should be punished if they lose their supplies. "

Dohido thought this was the best way now, and he said, "Okay then, just give the order."

There were four divisions of the Japanese army besieging Peach Blossom Mountain. After receiving the death order from Commander Komura, the division heads also knew that if Peach Blossom Mountain was not taken down as soon as possible, they would be forced to die under the serious shortage of supplies. There is only one way of retreat.

Seeing that the enemy was right ahead, the division heads were not reconciled.Their subordinates had already lost so many soldiers, so it was really unacceptable to go back in such a disheartened manner.

They issued a death order to their subordinates, asking them to take Taohuashan at any cost.

At two o'clock in the afternoon that day, each of the four divisions of the Japanese army dispatched a reinforced infantry regiment, and under the cover of artillery fire, they launched a general attack on Taohuashan at the same time.

The Taohuashan guerrillas and underground party officers and soldiers guarding the mountain couldn't help feeling their scalps tingling when they saw the Japanese soldiers swarming up like locusts from the mountain.

There were too many devils coming up this time, and they couldn't help feeling a little worried.

The soldiers also knew that only by defending Taohua Mountain can everyone survive, so everyone mustered up their courage, loaded their bullets, and made preparations to repel the Japanese attack.

Under the cover of a large amount of artillery fire, the Japanese army began to charge up the mountain.

The guerrillas and officers and soldiers of the underground party opened fire violently at the Japanese army. The Japanese soldiers fell down row by row, and rushed up row after row, until the officers and soldiers were a little soft.

At this moment, the violent Japanese shelling suddenly started again.

Under normal circumstances, in order to avoid accidentally injuring their own people, the artillery of the Japanese army would stop shooting when the troops charged.

But this time is different. In order to lay down the position as soon as possible, the commander of the Japanese army did not care about accidentally injuring his own soldiers, so he directly ordered the artillery to open fire and bomb the defenders' positions. This time, the casualties of the guerrillas and the officers and soldiers of the underground party The speed has increased.

The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army took the opportunity to storm upwards.

Zhang Quan was impatient, and he didn't care about so many, so he ordered the artillery positions deployed on the reverse slope to shell violently towards the front of the position.

The artillery shells of the enemy and us flew around on the hills and slopes, and the casualties on both sides increased sharply.

After fierce fighting, the Japanese army finally couldn't bear the huge casualties and began to retreat.

The guerrillas and officers and soldiers of the underground party had just breathed a sigh of relief, but found that a large number of devil soldiers suddenly came up from the mountain.

It turned out that in order not to give the defenders on the mountain a chance to breathe, the Japanese army organized another infantry regiment behind the infantry regiment that had just been deployed.Seeing that the Japanese troops in front had retreated, they immediately replaced them and continued to attack the mountain.

After all, the number of defenders on the mountain is limited. After this period of fighting, there were many casualties, and the strength of the troops was stretched, and there was no ability to rotate them.The officers and soldiers were very tired and continued to fight the Japanese army through gritted teeth.

The artillery of the Japanese army summed up the experience after the last shelling, and this time the artillery was more accurate. Their artillery was able to explode 30 meters in front of their troops, causing serious damage to the underground party armed forces and special forces. It suffered heavy casualties and effectively supported the Japanese attack.

The Japanese army quickly rushed to the top of the mountain. The defenders on the mountain could not resist the enemy's attack, so they had to retreat along the traffic trench.

In this way, the first line of defense around Taohuashan was broken by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army occupied the outer defense line of Taohua Mountain, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was boosted. They were not tired enough and continued to advance into the depth of Taohua Mountain.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Quan knew that the Peach Blossom Village could not be defended, so he had to follow the final plan to evacuate all the people in the Peach Blossom Village, climb up the main peak of Peach Blossom Mountain, and enter the Peach Blossom Cave.

The Japanese army swarmed in from all directions and occupied the airport, living quarters, and factory areas in Taohuashan. Even the arsenal fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

If it was not prepared in advance, the explosives were detonated in the arsenal during the retreat, otherwise, the secrets of many advanced weapons in the arsenal would have fallen into the hands of the Japanese army.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Zhang Quan looked at the ghost soldiers all over the mountains and plains, and felt extremely sad when he saw that the Taohua cottage he had worked so hard for many years was occupied by the Japanese army.He began to regret that he didn't listen to Gao Jiu's words, which led to such a tragic result.

The saddest one was Feng Xiucai.He has already regarded this place as his own home, and he has poured a lot of effort into every plant, tree, brick and tile in the mountains.Seeing the fire and the billowing smoke in the buildings below the mountain, his heart was bleeding, and he couldn't help crying.

The Japanese army finally occupied most of Taohuashan. The officers were ecstatic and rushed to report the victory to their superiors.

General Haneda heard that Taohuashan had been captured, and hurriedly reported the good news to the North China Front Army Command.

Doiyuan and Gangcun were very pleased to receive such good news, and immediately ordered a banquet to celebrate the victory.

Yoshiichi Hamada had been to Peach Blossom Mountain and knew the topography there. He thought that Peach Blossom Mountain was lost entirely, and the main peak should not have been captured.

He said: "Your Excellency Minister, Your Excellency Commander, I'm afraid it's not the time to celebrate now. The main peak of Peach Blossom Mountain is their last lair. We must take down the main peak, otherwise, I think it will be nothing to win Peach Blossom Mountain."

The commander of Gang Village understood what Hamada Yoshito meant, and gave the frontline troops a death order, telling them to take down the main peak of Taohua Mountain, completely annihilate the guerrillas who stayed in Taohua Mountain Village, and destroy their lair in Shandong.

After the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army occupied Taohuashanzhai, they were indeed very excited.But it didn't take long for them to realize that they were happy too early.

The main peak of Peach Blossom Mountain is the highest peak in Peach Blossom Mountain.A large number of fortifications were built on the mountain, and a large number of artillery were deployed on the top of the mountain.

The artillery has a wide field of vision and is condescending. The Japanese troops below the mountain are all in the sight of the defenders, and there is no place to hide.The Japanese army in Shandong did not have an air force and could not carry out aerial bombing, so the defenders on the mountain had an absolute geographical advantage.

The Japanese army could not see the defenders on the top of the mountain, and they were completely passively beaten. The defenders fired shells continuously, causing a large number of Japanese casualties.

Of course, the commanders of the Japanese army were not willing to be passively beaten. They all knew that only by taking down the main peak of Taohua Mountain could they change the situation of being passively beaten.So they organized their forces and launched an attack on the mountain.

When breaking through the outer positions of Taohuashan, the Japanese army succeeded by relying on superior forces and tactics of coordinated infantry and artillery.Now they also want to copy this tactic to attack the main peak, but they find that it doesn't work at all.

The main peak of Peach Blossom Mountain is really too high. The Japanese artillery can't reach the top of Peach Blossom Mountain's main peak if they are in the valley outside or on the top of the mountain.

If the artillery is advanced to several surrounding hills, the artillery and even anti-aircraft machine guns of the defenders on the top of the hill can wipe out the Japanese artillery.

It can be said that the artillery of the Japanese army could not play a role at all under such bad terrain.They can only rely on soldiers to risk their lives to attack the top of the mountain.

The terrain here is much more dangerous than the terrain on the surrounding mountains just now. The road to attack the mountain is very narrow. The defenders can block the attack road with only one or two machine guns. No matter how many Japanese troops there are, they will not be able to send them. use.

After the Japanese army tried and lost hundreds of soldiers, they realized that it was impossible to take the main peak of Taohua Mountain.

The commander of the Japanese army had no choice but to report the situation here to his superiors.

The news reached the headquarters of the North China Front Army. Doi Yuan said: "The Peach Blossom Village has been breached, and the remaining enemy troops have shrunk into the caves on the mountain. According to reports, there are not many remaining defenders and logistics personnel. They fled into The cave cannot get foreign aid, as long as I trap them, they will starve to death in a short time. I want to see, how long can they last?"

(End of this chapter)