The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 247 Unexplainable

Taoyuan Town.

The security force led by Li Chengwu, Shi Jianlong, and Liang Shihu stationed in Taoyuan Town is nominally the Fourth Squadron of the Shoucheng County Security Force Brigade, but in fact it is the Third Squadron of the Taohuashan Special Warfare.The team consists of 72 people, equipped with four mortars, 12 light machine guns, three sniper rifles, and one rifle made in Hanyang. The security brigade is even tougher.

Although the overall quality of the third squadron is not as good as that of the first and second special warfare squadrons, they often go to the mountains to participate in rotation training, and their overall quality is better than that of ordinary Japanese field troops.

The third squadron was equipped with 20 war horses and seven cars seized last time. Gao Jiu specially sent brothers Ning Wen and Ning Wu to Taoyuan Town to teach them car driving skills and reserve driving talents for the Taohuashan guerrillas.

That evening, Gao Jiu, Du Shengxi and Tian Chuan's sniper team came to Taoyuan Town.

Li Chengwu and others were very happy to see Gao Jiu. They accompanied Gao Jiu to the team members' room and met with the team members.

After Gao Jiu came back from Wuhan, he passed by Taoyuan Town, but at that time he was too busy to talk with the team members.This time he gave some gifts brought back from Wuhan to the team members.

Due to the long distance from Wuhan, I couldn't bring too many things with me. I just brought some chewing gum from the United States to the team members.

Master Jiu is really awesome, the team members all admire Gao Jiu very much.Seeing the head of the family thinking about them, everyone felt very satisfied, and greeted Gao Jiu affectionately one by one.

Gao Jiu asked the team members some problems in life, and told the team members that no matter what difficulties they had, as long as Taohuashan could help solve them, they would definitely help them solve them.

The team members live a good life here. Due to the convenient location, they are even more prosperous than the people in Taohuashan.Everyone said that there was nothing missing, but some team members were homesick and wanted to go back and have a look.

Gao Jiu understood everyone's feelings, and he explained to Li Chengwu, Shi Jianlong and Liang Shihu, so that they could control it by themselves, and they could take turns to arrange it under the condition of ensuring the safety of the team members returning home.

Afterwards, Gao Jiu returned to the squadron headquarters accompanied by Li Chengwu and others.

Li Chengwu smiled and said, "Jiuye, you went to Wuhan and brought gifts for all the brothers. Are there any of us?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Can I forget you? I brought it for you."

Li Xiaoshan took out several boxes from his backpack and gave each of them a copy.

The three of them opened the box and saw that there was a razor inside, and there were many spare blades inside.None of them have used it, and they don't know how to use it for a while.

Gao Jiu took the razor in Li Chengwu's hand, put a blade on the handle, and showed them a demonstration.

He said: "This is a good thing. This kind of blade is called Geely blade. It is made in the United States. It is very sharp and easy to use. Let me demonstrate it to you first."

As he spoke, he picked up the razor, shaved the beard on his chin, which was not long by itself, and then told them the precautions for use and storage.

Li Chengwu and the others usually shave their beards, and they do it by themselves.When the beard grows, I cut it with scissors, polish the bayonet, and shave hard, often leaving bloodstains on the mouth and chin.

After arriving in Taoyuan Town, there is a barber here. Sometimes they will spend some money, and when they go there to shave their heads, they will ask them to shave their beards.

Li Chengwu had been with Gao Jiu for a long time, and he understood Gao Jiu's concern for his brothers very well, so he thanked Gao Jiu with a smile.

Shi Jianlong and Liang Shihu were very happy to see that the Zhang family thought of them and did not regard them as outsiders, and even felt a little flattered.

Gao Jiu and others chatted for a while, and then began to talk about business.At this moment, Liu Shengyu and Li San came.

Li Chengwu and others accompanied Li San to another room to chat, while Gao Jiu and Liu Shengyu talked alone.

Gao Jiu took out two Marlboro from his backpack and handed them to Liu Shengyu.

Marlboro was first produced in the United Kingdom and registered in the United States in 1908. It was a world famous cigarette before World War II.Due to the shortage of supply during World War II, foreign sales were simply stopped, and they were exclusively supplied to government departments and military systems, so they were not available on the market at all.

A pack of Marlboros can fetch two oceans on the black market, and even that is hard to come by.

Carter Rogers specially brought a batch of Marlboro to China. Using this as a gift is better than directly sending Dayang or rice yuan.Gao Jiu was concerned that Liu Shengyu was a smoker, so he specially ordered two from Rogers.

Liu Shengyu is a man of knowledge, seeing Gao Jiu thinking about himself, he felt warm in his heart.He said gratefully: "Master Jiu, you are really a good friend. You have traveled all the way to Wuhan, and you are still thinking about this little hobby of mine. Thank you so much."

Then, Liu Shengyu reported to Gao Jiu about his participation in the combat meeting of the 115th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

In order to encircle and suppress the Taohuashan guerrillas, this time the Japanese 115th Regiment came out in full force.

日军标准步兵联队编制：联队本部（包括通信队、运输队等）224人；3个1091人的步兵大队；1个89人的速射炮中队。

There are 3747 people and 526 horses in the whole alliance.

The 115th Regiment came with two complete infantry brigades, and even the newly rebuilt Yamaguchi Infantry Brigade also participated in this combat operation.

There is also an engineering squadron attached to the 114th Engineering Wing, with a total strength of about 500 people.

In the temporary headquarters of the 115th Wing in Pingyue County, Liu Shengyu and others participated in the combat meeting.

After entering the meeting room, Liu Shengyu saw an acquaintance - Yoshito Hamada.In the past, when Yoshito Hamada was a senior staff officer in the 63rd Regiment of the Japanese Army, he led a team to encircle and suppress Taohua Mountain, and he almost discovered the location of Taohua Cave.

At that time, Liu Shengyu led the security forces to cooperate with Hamada Yoshito's actions. In those days, Liu Shengyu entertained Hamada Yoshito with delicious food and drinks. Hamada Yoshito had a good impression of Liu Shengyu, and the two had a little friendship.

Hamada Yoshito saw Liu Shengyu coming in, smiled and nodded at him.It was not easy for Liu Shengyu to greet him across the long table, so he smiled and saluted him.

Soon after, the meeting began, and the new commander of the 115th Infantry Regiment, Kotaro Mikiba, presided over the combat meeting.

After the meeting started, the Wing Attached to the 115th Wing firstly introduced the identities of the participants.

The regiment attache is an official position set up in the regiment of the Japanese army. The regiment attache is responsible for assisting the regiment leader in handling daily affairs. It is not equal to the deputy captain. The rank of this position is a captain. Responsible for the daily life of the captain.

Liu Shengyu paid special attention to Hamada Yoshito's identity. As far as he knew, the 63rd Regiment of the Japanese Army had already left Southwest Shandong. He didn't understand why he appeared here?
Soon, Liu Shengyu knew that Yoshito Hamada had been transferred from the 63rd Regiment, and now he was the chief of the intelligence department of the Special High Section of the Japanese Gendarmerie Command in Jinan.

The meeting decided that, in view of the precedent of the entire Japanese brigade suffering heavy losses in the past, in order to prevent the Taohuashan guerrillas from adopting the tactics of defeating each other, the entire Japanese regiment this time gathered together and headed towards Taohua from the direction of Pingyue County. Mountain attack.

They asked the Gendarmerie of Pingyue County and Shoucheng County and the security forces to assist the 115th Regiment in providing material support, and at the same time block the valley entrance into Taohua Mountain to arrest the stragglers of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas.

To be honest, after listening to this battle plan, Liu Shengyu thought it was very ordinary, even a little ridiculous. The Japanese army came with so many people, why didn’t they go to surround Taohuashan? With such a big action, wouldn’t they be afraid that the Taohuashan guerrillas would get wind of it? run away?
He really wanted to ask questions in order to find out the true intentions of the Japanese army.However, Gao Jiu once asked him to try not to attract the attention of the Japanese to him, so as to protect his own safety.So he set his sights on Hirata, captain of the Shoucheng County Gendarmerie, who attended the meeting with him.His eyes were full of doubts, and he signaled Captain Hirata to ask questions.

Although Captain Hirata was not very proficient in military affairs, he also felt that the problem was serious, so he asked to speak.

He said: "Your Excellency, Captain, I have a question: the Yellow Army brigade marched to suppress Taohua Mountain, and the bandits on Taohua Mountain are afraid of the great military might of our Japanese Yellow Army, so they will definitely escape.

The bandits on Peach Blossom Mountain are powerful. The gendarmerie teams of our two counties are in charge of blocking the entrance to the mountain. If they come at us, our force is weak and our combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of your regular army of the 115th Regiment. I'm afraid they can't stop those powerful bandits. "

When he said this, the captain of the gendarmerie in Pingyue County also raised the same question.

He said: "Yes, the 63rd Regiment of the Huang Army used to suffer from them. Our gendarmerie has only a few dozen troops and no heavy weapons. It really can't stop those tough bandits. If they follow us escaped from the defense zone, we may not be able to bear this responsibility."

His meaning is very clear: the 1500-strong reinforced brigade of your dignified regular army has been killed by others.It is simply a joke to count on dozens of troops from our gendarmerie to stop those tough and wolf-like Taohuashan guerrillas.He didn't dare to directly mention the disastrous defeat of the 115th Wing, so he mentioned the former 63rd Wing.

The captain of the regiment, Kotaro Kanba, had an ugly expression on his face. Although he was transferred from another regiment, he was still very angry that a small gendarmerie captain dared to question his battle plan.

He said: "You don't need to worry about this, you just follow the plan. The Yellow Army will send a mobile force, and it will definitely support you when the time comes."

Captain Hirata was rather cunning, he had already seen that Kotaro Kanba might be going crazy, so he kept silent knowingly.

The captain of the gendarmerie in Pingyue County has a relatively straightforward personality, or he has no discernment.He was worried that he would take responsibility, and then said: "Your Excellency, Captain, Nuoda is a mountainous area of ​​peach blossoms. There are countless roads that can enter and exit the mountain from our Pingyue County. How do we guard it? Once we really encounter bandits breaking through, how to do it in time?" Inform the large troops of the Yellow Army? How can your mobile troops arrive in time?"

As expected, Kotaro Ganba became impatient. He said, "I have my own arrangements for the overall battle plan. It's not your turn to question it. You just need to carry out your own tasks well."

The captain of the gendarmerie in Pingyue County was really a bit of a stickler. He said stubbornly: "The bandits in Taohuashan, if they really escape from the base guard area, what should the base do?"

"Bageya Road." Chiba Kotaro finally lost his temper.He waved his fat palm and slapped the table with a "bang", which made the teacups on the table jingle.

He pointed at the captain of the Pingyue County Gendarmerie, and was about to give a severe reprimand when Yoshito Hamada stopped him.

Hamada Yoshito said: "Your Excellency, Captain, please calm down. Let me explain this matter to him."

Yoshito Hamada said to the captain of the Pingyue County Gendarmerie: "Your Excellency, the regiment captain, has already formulated a careful combat plan for how to wipe out the bandits in Taohuashan. You just need to complete the tasks assigned to you. If you encounter You should capture or annihilate the stragglers of the Taohuashan bandits. When you encounter a large group of bandits, you can avoid them if you can’t stop them. You won’t be held accountable, understand?”

The captains of the two gendarmerie teams were relieved to hear this.The bandits escaped, and they didn't have to be responsible. Now it's easier to handle, and their pressure is much less immediately.So both of them said they had no opinion.

Liu Shengyu could not see through what tricks the devil was playing.He felt that he should find out the real intention of the devil, so as to remind Gao Jiu to take precautions.

It's not his turn to be the captain of the Security Force to speak here. If he forcibly steps forward, it may arouse the suspicion of the Japanese.So, he quietly whispered a few words into Captain Hirata's ear.

Yoshito Hamada saw Liu Shengyu's move.He said, "Liu Sang, if you have anything to say, you can say it directly."

Liu Shengyu pretended to be terrified and said: "Reporting to the majesty, the humble post is just a small security army captain, is it appropriate to speak here?"

Hamada Yoshihito smiled, encouraged him and said, "Liu Sang, it's okay, you are Huang Jun's friend, so feel free to say anything."

Liu Shengyu said: "There is one thing that I can't understand. The bandits in Taohua Mountain are making a lot of trouble. The Huang Jun's tactics can certainly scare them away, but these bandits have escaped now. When the Huang Jun's large troops leave, they What should I do when I come back?"

As soon as he said this, the two captains of the gendarmerie and the captain of the security force in Pingyue County expressed the same concerns.

Yoshito Hamada said: "You don't have to worry. The reason why the bandits in Taohua Mountain are difficult to destroy is because they occupy such a complicated terrain as Taohua Mountain. It is of course good to be able to directly destroy them with a large force of the Huang Army when they are attacking Taohua Mountain. Even if they can't be wiped out for a while, they can be driven out of the Peach Blossom Mountains. They have lost their resting nests, and hundreds of men, women, and children have entered the plains. How can they survive?

Don't worry, Huang Jun has made up his mind this time, and must completely destroy their lair, destroy their stored food and other materials, and drive them to the plains.Even if the first stage of this campaign is a success. "

Hearing this, Liu Shengyu was really sweating for Gao Jiu and the others.This strategy is not innocuous. If Gao Jiu's Peach Blossom Mountain guerrilla team loses the stronghold to recuperate and live on the plains, the team may really collapse soon.

Liu Shengyu was secretly worried about Gao Jiu, when Hamada Yoshihito suddenly asked him a question, which startled Liu Shengyu immediately.

(End of this chapter)