The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 255
Jiang Xiaomei, Zhang Quan, Yang Jiong and Wang Zhankui were all familiar with Gao Jiu. They had never seen him so nervous since they had known him for so long.

Jiang Xiaomei was affected by Gao Jiu's emotions, she asked nervously: "Brother Jiu, what happened? Did the devil's main force really go to Peach Blossom Mountain?"

Zhang Quan also became nervous, he said: "Master Jiu, our Peach Blossom Mountain now only has the No. 100 Squadron with the third leader, plus the guards have less than 2000 people, and they really can't stop more than [-] devils. Let's go back quickly."

Yang Jiong and Wang Zhankui also expressed that they would go to rescue Taohuashan together.

Gao Jiu shook his head and said, "The situation is much more serious than this. The main force of the devils did not go to Peach Blossom Mountain, they went to Zhiyuan County."

Everyone still didn't understand. They looked at Gao Jiu with puzzled eyes, and Wang Zhankui asked, "Master Jiu, it's unlikely, right?"

Gao Jiu said: "The main force of the Devil's 115th Regiment, if they don't come to fight Peach Blossom Mountain, they must be going to perform more important tasks. Think about it, everyone, they would rather abandon the infantry brigade at Yamaguchi, and what kind of tasks are they going to perform?" how important

In the southwestern region of Shandong, what else is worth the price they paid? "

Wang Zhankui said with some doubts: "What you said has some truth, but the newly formed 187th Division has a large number of troops, and behind it is the 41th Division of our 69st Army. It turns out that when the Japanese 63rd Regiment was stationed in Lu County, it was always there. Confronted with the 792 regiment and did not attack Zhiyuan County because they were not strong enough.

Now the 115th Wing of the Devils has only sent two brigades to support the county, which is unlikely. "

Gao Jiu said: "It's not just the 115th Wing, but the entire 128th Brigade. You see, the telegram said that the 128th Brigade did not stay in Tai'an, but continued to go south."

According to Gao Jiu's information, the 114th Division of the Japanese Army did not participate in the Battle of Wuhan, and the 128th Brigade had been operating in the southwestern area of ​​Shandong. They had no reason to go south to Xuzhou.

In the southwestern area of ​​Shandong, the Japanese army was able to use such a large-scale force as the 128th Brigade. It was impossible for the Japanese army to target a small Taohuashan guerrilla group and Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion. Their goal is self-evident.

When Gao Jiu said this, he took out the map from his backpack.

He pointed to a small station between Tai'an and Zaozhuang, and said: "Look, if the 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army gets off here, along this road, passing Yuanyao, Dingning and other counties, along the Daqing River , You can go around to the back of the newly organized 187th Division, as long as you occupy the Daqing River Bridge, you can cut off the reinforcements of the 69th Division.

The main force of the 128th Brigade attacked from the back of Zhiyuan County, and the commander of the 115th Brigade attacked from the northeast, which happened to form a siege of Zhiyuan County. "

"Oh, it's really like this, it's too bad." Wang Zhankui said anxiously.

He knew very well that the new 187th Division had just been formed, and its combat effectiveness was at its weakest.The strength of the Japanese 128th Brigade was comparable to that of the new 187th Division. With the same strength, the new 187th Division was definitely no match for the devils.

This matter is very important to Wang Zhankui. His current foundation is in the newly formed 187th Division. If the 187th Division collapses, the future of him and his brothers in the cavalry battalion will be over.

To some extent, Gao Jiu was even more nervous than Wang Zhankui.

The reason why Gao Jiu's Peach Blossom Mountain guerrillas were able to gain a firm foothold in Peach Blossom Mountain was because he had tried his best to create a relatively stable environment around Peach Blossom Mountain.

But this small environment is based on the overall environment of the Southwest region of Shandong.

Wang Jindong's new 187th Division is the largest anti-Japanese armed force in Southwest Shandong.Behind him is the powerful 41st Army.Therefore, the control of the Japanese and puppet troops on the southwestern region of Shandong was relatively lax.

Without Wang Jindong's newly organized 187th Division, the entire southwestern Shandong area would have completely fallen into the sphere of influence of the Japanese army.They can take it easy and go all out to deal with the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Days like that would be miserable.

Not only that, without the newly organized 187th Division in Wang Jindong, Zhiyuan County, the channel between Taohuashan and the rear was completely cut off.In the future, if we want to transport supplies from the rear to Taohua Mountain, the difficulty will be much greater than now.

In any case, Wang Jindong's new 187th Division must be kept.

Jiang Xiaomei and Yang Jiong are now independent commanders, and they also have a basic judgment on the situation in the entire southwestern region of Shandong.In addition, Gao Jiu had told them many times about the importance of the Iron Triangle in Southwest Shandong, and they also felt that the problem was very serious.

After thinking clearly, Gao Jiu made up his mind. He immediately ordered the radio to turn on and sent a telegram to Wang Jindong himself.

Zhiyuan County.

As a regular field force, the radio stations in the Confidential Section of the newly created 187th Division will be on duty at any time.The telegram sent by Gao Jiu was received immediately.

The telegrams between Gao Jiu and Wang Jindong can be received by the radio operators of the newly established 187th Division, and according to the header of the telegrams, they know that it is from Gao Jiu of Taohua Mountain, but the content must be translated by Wang Jindong himself .

Seeing the urgent symbol marked on the back of the telegram, the radio operator hurriedly woke up the director of the confidentiality room, and the director of the confidentiality room hurriedly reported to Wang Jindong.

It is now 5:30 in the morning, and Wang Jindong was woken up by an urgent knock on the door. The director of the Confidentiality Office shouted outside: "Master, Master, there is an urgent telegram from Taohuashan Jiuye."

Wang Jindong woke up from his dream and heard the words of the director of the confidentiality room clearly. His first feeling was that Taohuashan was in danger and came to him for emergency help.

He was a little depressed. He had given great support to Taohuashan. He had asked Wang Zhankui, the head of the newly formed 24th Regiment, to personally lead the main force of the original cavalry battalion to rescue Taohuashan.Even if there were any more problems there, he might not be able to help much.

He took the telegram and asked the director of the confidential room to wait outside the door, took a Kangxi dictionary from the shelf, and began to translate.Just after translating the first line, cold sweat broke out on Wang Jindong's forehead.

He flipped through the Kangxi dictionary at a faster speed, and finally translated the entire message.As soon as his hands trembled, the telegram fell on the table.

While getting dressed, he called the director of the confidential room and the adjutant who were waiting outside the door. He asked the adjutant to notify the officers above the battalion commander in the city to hold a meeting in the war room of the division headquarters.

Ask the director of the Confidentiality Office to send a telegram to the troops of the 23rd Regiment in Lanxi County, informing them to strengthen their defenses.Send a telegram to the 69th Division, asking them to quickly send troops to rescue the Daqinghe Bridge.

Division War Room.

The officers of the 187th Division came to the war room very nervously. Wang Jindong took out Gao Jiu's caller and told everyone the content of the telegram.

The officers now trust Gao Jiu very much, and immediately began to discuss countermeasures.

At this moment, a call came from Beihuan Village, 15 miles south of Zhiyuan County, where there was a company from the 792nd Regiment.

When the company commander discovers the enemy situation, he should report to the battalion according to the regulations, and then the battalion will report to the regiment, and the regiment will report to the division level.But he found that the telephone line leading to the camp had been cut off.

There is a buried underground communication line left by the Shandong local army during the original Nationalist government period, which came in handy at this time.

When Wang Jindong answered the phone, he heard gunfire coming from inside. The company commander said in a panic: "Report to the division, a large number of Japanese troops have been found in the southeast, and they have already attacked the village."

Wang Jindong asked: "How many enemies are there? What number?"

The company commander said: "I don't know, there are too many devils. They...boom!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a violent shell explosion on the phone, and the phone was disconnected.

Almost at the same time, the commander of a battalion of the 23rd regiment stationed in Lanxi County also called, saying that a large number of Japanese troops had appeared outside the city and that the entire county had been surrounded.Fierce gunfire and explosions could also be heard over the phone.

Wang Jindong said: "Stick to the county seat, stick to it and wait for help." Then he hung up the phone.

The situation was very urgent and chaotic, and the enemy's situation was unknown. The officers of the 187th Division were very nervous. They all looked at Wang Jindong, waiting for his decision.

After all, Wang Jindong is an experienced general. Seeing the nervousness of the officers under him, he took a deep breath and first calmed himself down.

He said: "Don't panic, the Japanese army has dispatched a whole brigade with a huge force, what we can do now is to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and immediately order all the troops to stay where they are.

The devils have not yet reached the far county seat, and there is still time to strengthen the defense.Immediately ordered all the troops around the county to shrink back to the vicinity of the county, relying on the fortifications around the county to defend.

If the outer positions are lost, as a last resort, the troops will withdraw into the city and defend the county.

Immediately report to the military headquarters, and at the same time send a telegram to Commander Song of the 69th Division, asking them to send troops to come for reinforcements. "

Wang Jindong issued a series of orders and saw the nervousness of the officers.He laughed: "

Don't be afraid, everyone, devils are nothing special.In the telegram sent by brothers Gao Jiu and Commander Wang just now, they said that they had eaten up the Yamaguchi Infantry Brigade of the 115th Regiment of the Japanese Army and wiped out thousands of enemies. "

After the officers heard the news, they were really shocked.They believe that conveying this good news to the officers and soldiers under them at this time will definitely greatly improve the morale of the officers and soldiers.

Wang Jindong was very satisfied to see that the morale of the officers had been boosted.He continued to encourage: "Brothers! Brother Gao and the others can defeat the devils, and our 187th division is not easy to bully. Let's fight the devils here and let them know how powerful our Chinese soldiers are.

Time is tight.Get started now! "

"Yes!" The officers left in a hurry after receiving the order.

Seeing the officers leave, Chief of Staff Liu said with some hesitation: "Master, the devils have come prepared for this long journey to the west. I'm afraid the reinforcements from Commander Song and the others are not counted on."

Wang Jindong sighed and said: "You are right. I deliberately concealed the news that the Japanese army might capture the Daqinghe Bridge in advance, but I didn't want to create panic. Fortunately, most of the main force of our 187th Division is concentrated in Zhiyuan Around the county town, they should be able to hold on for a while, as for how to recapture the Daqing River Bridge and reinforce Zhiyuan county town, we can only rely on Master Song and the others."

Chief of Staff Liu said: "Fortunately, our 187th Division has established a joint combat system with the Taohuashan guerrillas. Brother Gao and the others will not stand idly by."

Wang Jindongliang said with relief: "You are right, this is the main reason why I decided to stick to it and wait for help. I believe that as long as we can hold Zhiyuan County, after Brother Gao and Brother Zhankui arrive, we should cooperate internally and externally." , there must be a way.”

At this moment, Gao Jiu's telegram arrived again. The telegram was jointly sent by Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui. The two battalions of Wang Zhankui's 115th Regiment withdrew to Zhiyuan County to strengthen the defense force of Zhiyuan County and prevent the enemy from breaking through.

Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion, Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas and Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion are all coming to help.

After reading the telegram, Wang Jindong said with a smile: "Brother Gao is a lucky general, I believe we will turn the crisis into safety."

Chief of Staff Liu also felt comforted in his heart, and a trace of blood returned to his pale face.

The enemy's situation soon became clear:

The Japanese army has surrounded Lanxi County, and the main force is encircling Zhiyuan County.

Commander Song of the 69th Division sent a telegram saying that the Japanese army had occupied the Daqinghe Bridge, and he was organizing two regiments to reinforce Zhiyuan County immediately after the Daqinghe Bridge was recaptured.

Chief of Staff Liu said happily: "Thanks to Brother Gao who sent a telegram in time, buying us time to strengthen our defenses, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."

At this time, the 41st Army sent a telegram. After reading the content of the telegram, Wang Jindong frowned tightly.

(End of this chapter)