The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 275 The True Knowing Oneself and Knowing the Other

Ning Wen and Mao Yuanju followed the Japanese Kono Brigade all the way, constantly harassing the Japanese army.The Kono brigade was in a hurry, so they could only keep a few soldiers behind to stop the two of them.

Seeing that the Japanese army did not dare to fight, and that the direction of the march was not Zhiyuan County, Ning Wen couldn't figure out what the Japanese army was going to do.
He was worried that this Japanese army was hiding some major action that would bring trouble to Gao Jiu and others, so he decided to go to find Gao Jiu and inform him of the news.Ning Wen didn't know the exact location of Gao Jiu and the others, but he knew that Zhiyuan County was the main battlefield, and Gao Jiu and the others would definitely be active in that area.

Ning Wen asked Mao Yuanju to continue monitoring the Japanese army, and he ran towards Zhiyuan County.Not long after, he saw smoke and dust billowing on the road, all officers and soldiers of the 187th Division.

When Ning Wen came to the road, the officers and soldiers of the national army knew his clothes, and the soldiers of the original 792 regiment saw Ning Wen, so they came over to say hello to him.

Ning Wen asked them about Gao Jiu, and a battalion commander of the 792 regiment sent a motorcycle to take him to meet Gao Jiu.

The motorcycle quickly caught up with Wang Jindong's car, and Ning Wen shouted, "Jiuye, I'm Ning Wen."

Gao Jiu signaled to pull over and got out of the car, Wang Jindong also followed.

"Master Jiu." Seeing Gao Jiu, Ning Wen greeted excitedly.

Gao Jiu knew that Ning Wen had a calm temperament and a well-organized way of doing things, so he was not too worried about him.But it was nice to see him come back safely.He said with concern: "Are you okay?"

Ning Wen smiled honestly, and said, "Thank you Jiu Ye for your concern, I'm fine."

Then, Ning Wen reported to Gao Jiu what he had experienced.

At this time, the officers above the regiment received the notice and rushed over one after another.

Ning Wen said: "The engineering brigade of the Japanese army has been attacked continuously by us, and now it has less than 400 people, and it is only 12 miles away from here."

Under normal circumstances, the devil's engineer brigade has 760 people. It has lost part of the battle with Han Zhihao and others these days, and lost another part when it was bombarded by the 69th Division of the National Army across the river. Just today, it was killed by Ning Wen and Mao Yuanju Seventy or eighty people were killed, and now there are only 400 people left.

Since Wang Zhankui was not in the regiment, Li Fengming, the deputy director of the Operations Department of the Ninth War Zone, is now acting as the head of the 24th regiment. He heard that there were only 400 people left in the engineering brigade of the Devils, and he couldn't help but want to eat up the Japanese army. Said: "Mr. Wang, don't let these little devils escape, let me take someone to eat them." After finishing speaking, he took a special look at Gao Jiu to ask for his opinion.

Wang Jindong also had the same idea, but the main force of the Japanese army was not here, so he was not sure which side to look at first?He asked, "Brother Gao, what do you think?"

Gao Jiu said: "As long as they are devils, they cannot be let go. Brother Wang, I suggest that Director Li lead the 24th regiment to eat them, and let us lead the rest of the troops to continue chasing the main force of the Japanese army."

Gao Jiu understood Li Fengming's good intentions to improve the relationship, and specially gave him a step down.

Wang Jindong nodded, and said to Li Fengming: "Director Li, I'll take the trouble for you to go."

Li Fengming was very excited, and he immediately said: "Thank you, Mr. Wang, don't worry, after eating this group of devils, I will lead the troops to catch up with the big ones, and will not delay my participation in the general attack against the devils."

Speaking of this, he specifically said to Gao Jiu: "Thank you, Mr. Gao. After this battle is over, I would like to invite Mr. Gao to drink. I hope Mr. Gao will show his face."

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Definitely."

The officers of the Ninth War Zone Observation Team knew that Director Li had a little unpleasantness with Gao Jiu. Seeing Gao Jiu's understanding, everyone was also very happy and smiled at Gao Jiu.

After Ning Wen led Li Fengming and others away as a guide, Wang Jindong smiled and said, "Brother Gao, do you know what I admire most about you? You have such a broad mind, no wonder everyone is willing to make friends with you."

Wang Jindong was deeply touched. At the beginning, he had raised eyebrows at Gao Jiu, but now the two have become life-and-death friends.

Chief of Staff Liu said with a smile: "Brother Gao's character is nothing to say, but I admire him very much. Master, brother Gao is very heroic, and there is nothing to say about his popularity with women. Hehe."

Wang Jindong said: "That's right, my wife said that Minister Lin's daughter has a deep love for Brother Gao. After this battle, if Brother Gao doesn't dislike her, I am willing to go to the Lin family to ask for marriage for you. Haha."

Gao Jiu really didn't have such thoughts, he smiled and said: "The army is in chaos, I don't think about these things yet, little brother."

Gao Jiu had already received the information, knowing that the main force of the Japanese army had fled with light clothes, but he was not in a hurry to let the 187th Division rush to catch up with the Japanese army and fight it decisively.Wang Jindong was a little worried about this, he asked: "Brother Gao, aren't you worried that the devil really escaped?"

Chief of Staff Liu said: "Yes, I am also very curious. Now that our army is strong, why don't we hurry up and destroy them?"

Gao Jiu said: "Brother, Chief of Staff Liu, do you know why the devils don't stand by in Xincheng County and wait for help?"

Wang Jindong said: "They should be worried that they won't be able to defend because of insufficient ammunition."

Gao Jiu said: "If the devils really stick to Xincheng County, how long do you think it will take to wipe them out?"

At this time of the battle, Wang Jindong and others were very excited, and did not seriously consider this issue. After careful consideration, they discovered that there were almost 3000 Japanese soldiers at this time, that is, the Japanese wounded were in the city. , can also play a large role.If the Japanese army really sticks to Xincheng County, the 187th Division will fight this tough battle, even if they have the upper hand in artillery fire, if they want to attack the city, they will suffer heavy losses.

Even if they entered the city, with the tenacious fighting spirit of the Japanese army, they still had to fight street battles in the city. It was really an extremely difficult thing to eat up all these Japanese troops, and the battle might be protracted.

Wang Jindong and Chief of Staff Liu really couldn't figure it out for a while, Chief of Staff Liu said: "Is it because they are worried that they won't be able to wait for reinforcements?"

Wang Jindong also felt that there was a reason for this. He looked at Gao Jiu to see what he had to say.

Gao Jiu said: "There is some truth to what you said, in fact, this is not the main reason.

If the Japanese army really stood by in Xincheng County and waited for reinforcements, the Japanese superiors would definitely not sit back and watch their entire infantry brigade be annihilated by our army, and they would definitely try every means to come for reinforcements.

Although it is not easy for reinforcements to arrive in a short period of time, it will not exceed ten days at the latest.In these ten days, are we really sure that we can completely annihilate the Japanese army in the city?
Before the 128th Brigade of the Devils came to Shandong, they participated in a series of battles such as the capture of Nanjing, Yangzhou, and Suzhou. It can be said that they were invincible, and they were very arrogant in their hearts.

Although the current battle situation is unfavorable, their organizational system is still basically intact, so they only want to be able to get out of the battle and replenish after returning.I can conclude that at this time they did not report the actual situation on the battlefield to their superiors.

They believe that our main force is behind them, and relying on their own strength, they can completely break through the obstruction of the small forces in front.Therefore, I will not choose to stand by and wait for help.

The reason why I advocate slowly following up is to keep them in this state of mind.In order to be able to get out of the battle quickly, when they encounter attacks along the way, they will continue to send out small troops, or leave the wounded to cover their main force to escape.In this way, the number of their main force will continue to decrease little by little without knowing it.

By the time they fully awakened, their strength was already pitifully small.At that time, it is time for us to completely annihilate them. "

Wang Jindong nodded frequently, and said with emotion: "Brother Gao, your understanding of devils is so deep that you have seen their bones. The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy, in terms of knowing the enemy, brother, I really want to thank you very much." study."

Chief of Staff Liu said: "Brother Gao, it's bad luck for the devils to meet you. I really don't know how many wicked things their ancestors did to make them suffer such great retribution. Hahahaha."

"Hahahaha." Wang Jindong also laughed out loud.

The Japanese army continued to flee. Zhang Quan's No. [-] Squadron, Guo Hengming's No. [-] Squadron, and Li Chengwu's No. [-] Squadron, under the command of Gao Jiu's telegram, continued to harass the Japanese army.

Gao Jiu originally arranged for Wang Zhankui to join Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion after an ambush, and prepare to stop the enemy at last, but Wang Zhankui did not do so.

For so many days, Wang Zhankui has been fighting with Gao Jiu, and he has learned a lot about Gao Jiu's routines.He couldn't help taking the cavalry battalion, and together with the special forces from Taohuashan, continued to attack the Japanese army.

In order to protect the safety of the main force, Shigesho Yamamoto and the regiment leaders sent small troops to entangle with the enemy when they were attacked by the enemy to cover the main force and continue to move forward.

In this way, their troops changed from 2200 to 2100, 2000, and 1800... When they arrived near Sanduozhuang, they discovered that the organizational system of the entire brigade was still intact, and most of the officers were still preserved. down, but there are not many soldiers in hand.Adding up the entire brigade, there are only 1300 people left!

And they found that they didn't get rid of the enemy's main force, because they were constantly attacked on the road, and they couldn't turn in at a high speed at all.

When they crossed Sanduozhuang and were blocked by Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion and a reinforced battalion of the national army that came earlier, they realized that their thinking was completely wrong.

After consultations, Shigesho Yamamoto and others made up their minds to find favorable terrain and stand by for help.They remembered the Sanduozhuang they had just passed, and immediately turned around and retreated, occupying Sanduozhuang. At this time, Sanduozhuang was already empty.

Yamamoto Shigesho and others centered on Sanduozhuang and began to dig trenches and build fortifications around the village.And reported the situation to the 114th Division and asked for tactical guidance.

Jiang Xiaomei and others were not in a hurry to attack, they just watched the Japanese army from a distance.

At 4:30 p.m., Gao Jiu, Wang Jindong and others led the main force to the battlefield and surrounded the remnants of the Japanese 128th Brigade.

At 7:00 in the evening, Li Fengming and others ate up the Kono Brigade of Japanese engineers, and led the main force of the 24th regiment to rush over.

So far, the 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army has been surrounded by Wang Jindong's 187th Division, Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas, and Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion.

Jinan.

Lieutenant General Shigeru Suematsu, head of the 114th Division, received a telegram from Shigesho Yamamoto and others. The news was like a bolt from the blue to him.Since the 128th Brigade successfully carried out this campaign, he has been waiting for the good news from Obauf. This is a matter of course for him. Obauf has never disappointed himself before.

For two consecutive days, Obauf reported the situation to the division every day. There was no bad news, but he said that the enemy's position would be conquered soon and the 187th division of the national army would be completely wiped out.

Who would have thought that things would suddenly turn around. The 8000th Brigade, with more than 128 people, has only more than 1000 people left, and it is still surrounded, and it will soon run out of ammunition and food.

The 114th Division has made great achievements in battle, and the head of the division, Shigemoji Suematsu, is full of ambition. He would never have imagined that the 128th Brigade under his command would fall into this situation.

Although the telegram has reported that Oboff was seriously injured and was often in a coma.Suematsu Moji still wished he could be captured immediately and hacked to death with a single knife.

Chief of Staff Isoda Saburo was also very shocked when he heard the news. He said anxiously: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, we must rescue them immediately. Now their organizational system is still there. As long as we can rescue them and supplement them, we will help them." It is not considered a major loss for the division."

Commander Shigeru Suematsu understood this truth. If the entire 128th Brigade was wiped out, it would be a very serious event in the history of the Japanese army.He said helplessly: "Our division only has the strength of the 56th Regiment here. What can we do to save it?"

Chief of Staff Isoda Saburo said: "We have to go to the rescue no matter what, my opinion is to send the 56th Regiment to attack Zhiyuan County and force the enemy to return for help.

Report the situation to the 12th Army Headquarters and ask them to mobilize Tai'an's Yamamoto garrison and Zaozhuang's Zaozhuang garrison for reinforcements.

Early tomorrow morning, request to send the air force to bomb the enemy's positions and airdrop supplies for the 128th Brigade.

As long as the 128th Brigade can hold on for ten days, the 127th Brigade of our division can rush to the battlefield, and this battle can be turned into victory. "

What he said was impassioned, but he had no confidence at all in his heart.Just imagine, there are only more than 1000 people left in a huge brigade in just three days.Now that they are almost out of ammunition and food, how can they hold out for ten days in front of a powerful enemy?

The head of the division, Moji Suematsu, said helplessly: "Well, you can report this matter to the headquarters of the 12th Army."

After Yamamoto Shigesho and others entered Sanduozhuang, they found that there was no one in the village. They felt very bad, but they couldn't see anything weird for a while.

Since last night, Shigesho Yamamoto has been fighting. After running for a day, he couldn't help feeling thirsty, so he ordered the orderly to get him some water to drink.

Soon the orderlies came back and said that there was no water in the water tanks. They went to fetch water from the wells, but found that the wells in the village either contained dead animals or human and animal feces, and they were not drinkable at all.As for food, even a single grain of rice could not be found.

It turned out that after Guo Hengming and others assisted Jiang Xiaomei in annihilating the Invalids Squadron that the Japanese army had reinforced the supply troops, they received Gao Jiu's order to evacuate the villagers in Sanduozhuang and made a series of arrangements in the village.

Shigesho Yamamoto was extremely angry, but he didn't know how to vent his nameless anger.

He had already received a telegram from the Chief of Staff of the 114th Division, ordering them to stick to Sanduozhuang, and they must persist for ten days.

Shigesho Yamamoto smiled wryly. In this situation, let alone ten days, I'm afraid he won't be able to last for three days.

The captains of all the alliances came over, all of them looked very depressed.

Shigesho Yamamoto certainly couldn't show his frustration at this time.He forced a smile on his face and said to everyone: "Everyone, I just received a telegram from His Excellency the Division Commander. He said that reinforcements have been dispatched, and they will arrive here in a few days. Moreover, a plane will be sent tomorrow to provide us with supplies. , and at the same time use aerial bombs to severely teach the surrounding soldiers. Please cheer up and fight hard until the arrival of reinforcements. Please!"

In the temporary command post of the 187th Division in the west of Sanduozhuang, Gao Jiu, Wang Jindong, Wang Zhankui, officers of the 187th Division, the observation group, and Jiang Xiaomei and others gathered together in a relaxed and warm atmosphere.

Wang Jindong said with a smile on his face: "Everyone, the 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army attacked our department three days ago. How arrogant they are. Now, there are only more than a thousand of them left, trapped in the tiny place of Sanduozhuang in front, and Ammunition and food are exhausted.

Such a reversal is a miracle! "

"Yeah yeah."

"It's really like a dream!"

Everyone was talking excitedly.

Wang Jindong said: "It all depends on everyone's sincere unity, heroic fighting, and Brother Gao Jiu's careful planning, to be able to achieve today's situation. Now, Brother Gao, please deploy the next stage of combat operations."

Gao Jiu said: "The Japanese army has already started to build field fortifications, and they want to stay here for a long time. After tomorrow morning, the Japanese army will definitely dispatch the air force to provide supplies for the remnants of the Japanese army and bomb our army at the same time. Therefore, our army cannot let the Japanese army survive. It’s time to wipe them all out tonight!”

Afterwards, Gao Jiu gave a detailed tactical explanation.

After hearing this, everyone was very excited, saying that according to this style of play, the Japanese army will definitely be able to win tonight.

After everyone discussed for a while, Wang Jindong said: "Brother Gao, please issue a combat order."

Gao Jiu said with a smile: "Brother Wang, you are the supreme commander here, and it is up to you to give orders."

Wang Jindong said: "That's good! I won't refuse."

He said: "I command:

The 792nd Regiment, the 24th Regiment, the 23rd Regiment, and the teams directly under the division headquarters were responsible for the east, west, and south sides respectively, and the Taohuashan guerrillas of Brother Gao and the independent battalion of Battalion Commander Jiang were in charge of the north.

At 9:20 tonight, the whole army launches a general attack on the Japanese army! "

9:00 p.m. sharp.Guo Hengming looked at the peaceful Sanduozhuang under the moonlight, with tears in his eyes, and he was extremely sad.

This afternoon, Guo Hengming brought the special forces members of the Second Special Warfare Squadron to Sanduozhuang. They gave the villagers of Sanduozhuang [-] yuan per household and told them that after the battle, they would help them The houses were rebuilt and the villagers were persuaded to leave Sanduozhuang.

They not only destroyed wells, pots and stoves and other living facilities, but also planted a large amount of explosives in the village.

After laying the explosives, Guo Hengming encountered a problem.He knew that after the Japanese army entered Sanduozhuang, they would definitely dig trenches around the village, and the detonating lines they laid would definitely be discovered by the enemy.

Therefore, a team member is required to ambush in the village and detonate the explosives.This is a mission with a narrow range of deaths, or ten deaths without a life.

The special forces members get along day and night, fight and live together, and establish a deep relationship.Since someone had to take on this task, the team members took the initiative to ask themselves to take on this dangerous task.

No matter which team member Guo Hengming sent to perform this task, he felt very embarrassed.He decided to draw lots and let everyone resign themselves to their fate.

Guo Xiaofen is a distant relative of Guo Hengming, who calls Guo Hengming his second uncle.He is thin and fair-looking, just like his name, a bit like a girl.

He was a poor child whose parents died early, and he grew up with a blind grandmother who ate a lot of food.Later, he worked for the landlord's family and suffered a lot of humiliation.

The sinister environment made him very humble, and he was usually taciturn. Even in the crowd, it was difficult to feel his presence.

After Guo Hengming became a company commander in the national army, Guo Xiaofen's situation improved somewhat.When Guo Hengming sent someone back to recruit soldiers last time, he specially brought this child to Peach Blossom Mountain.After arriving at Peach Blossom Mountain, Guo Xiaofen seemed to be a different person. He was very diligent every day with a smile on his face, and seemed to have endless energy.He is also a member of the Special Forces, and he trains very hard every day. When others are resting, he still takes the initiative to help others do what he can. Everyone likes him very much.

Just this afternoon, during the attack on the Japanese army, the Japanese army fired a grenade, causing him to be seriously injured. His right eye was blind, half of his face was bloody, his spine was injured, and his legs lost feeling.

When he first started drawing lots, he asked himself to be the first to draw.When everyone saw him like this, they all disagreed with him participating in the lottery.However, he was very emotional and insisted on participating in the lottery.

Guo Hengming couldn't persuade him, so he had to agree to his request.When he was drawing lots, he grabbed all the balls of paper at once and put them in his pocket.

Under the surprised eyes of everyone, he pulled out the shell gun at his waist and pointed it at his temple.With tears in his eyes, he said: "Second uncle, brothers! I have a humble life. I used to live like an ant. Since I came to our Peach Blossom Mountain, I feel that I have lived like a human being. Although such a beautiful day is short, I Also very satisfied.

Now that I have become a useless person, I can't do anything for the cottage, so just leave this task to me. "

No matter how everyone persuaded, Guo Xiaofen refused to put down the shell gun in his hand.

In the end, Guo Hengming had to agree to his request.

At this moment, Guo Hengming's beautiful smiling face appeared in front of Guo Hengming's eyes, and the tears couldn't stop flowing down.

In an abandoned vegetable cellar in Sanduozhuang, Guo Xiaofen saw the hands of the watch pointing to 9:20 with the help of a glimmer of moonlight shining through the gaps in the cover of the vegetable cellar.There was a smile on his face, and his eyes were so pure and clean.He said: "Jiuye, Second Uncle, brothers and sisters in Taohuashan, I really want to be with you forever. I'm leaving, you live happily, goodbye forever."

After speaking, he pressed the push rod of the detonator without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)