The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 330: Don't Believe It Can't Kill You
Gao Jiu looked at Wang Jindong curiously, wondering what the important reason he said was.

Wang Jindong went on to say: "The Ninth War Zone invited you to participate in the formulation of the combat plan, you'd better not participate in this matter.

The interior of the Ninth War Zone is very complicated. There are the Central Army, the Gui Army in Guangxi, the Dian Army in Yunnan, the Shaanxi Army in Shaanxi, the Sichuan Army in Sichuan, and the Northeast Army. They are all under the jurisdiction of the Ninth War Zone in name, but in fact they all have their own small calculations. .

To tell you the truth, Brother Gao, our 41st Army, including my new 187th Division, does not listen to the deployment of the Ninth Theater. Unless there is coordination from the top of the Central Army, the Ninth Theater can't command us at all.In addition, the combat effectiveness of most of the troops is relatively weak and cannot withstand the Japanese attack.

In this case, the battle plan is almost useless. You have participated in the formulation of the battle plan. No matter how good the battle plan is, it is difficult to implement it.Once something goes wrong, they will definitely shirk responsibility, and then you will be a ready-made scapegoat.

You have provided relevant information before the war and made a significant contribution to the battle in Wuhan. This matter should be closed as soon as it is good, and you should not get involved in the subsequent matters. "

Chief of Staff Liu said: "Yes, Brother Gao, you are an anti-Japanese hero. If you are used as a scapegoat, it will be a great blow to the morale of the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians across the country. It is better to stay in Southwest Shandong to fight against the Japanese army, and you will be able to achieve excellent results. , to boost the fighting morale of the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians. Therefore, my opinion is the same as that of the teacher, and I hope that you will stay in Southwest Shandong, Brother Gao."

Wang Zhankui also agrees with their opinions. He still has a grudge about the last time he was questioned by the observation group and the reporter group because of his previous status.He said: "Jiu Ye, if we do a good job in Southwest Shandong, we have already made a contribution to the Anti-Japanese War. Going to Wuhan to deal with those people with so many thoughts is exhausting and thankless. Why bother to ask for trouble?"

Gao Jiu also sees this problem very clearly. He also knows that although he has provided information about the Wuhan battle before the war, there is a huge disparity between the strength of the Japanese army and the national army. As well as combat intentions, the outcome of the Wuhan battle will not change significantly.

However, in the Battle of Wuhan, there were several very important nodes. For example, the Japanese army finally broke through the Xiaojieling defense line in the Ninth Theater, crossed the Dabie Mountains and approached Wuhan, which led to the final failure of the Battle of Wuhan.Gao Jiu hopes to remind the national army that strengthening defense in some key areas may not necessarily change the outcome of the entire Wuhan battle, but it can kill more Japanese troops and improve the situation of the Anti-Japanese War after the Wuhan battle.

He said: "What you said is very reasonable, but I still want to go to Wuhan. I personally have a lot of things to go to Wuhan to solve. Your reminders are very helpful to me. After I go, it is not important in the overall situation. Speak up and provide them with some references in local areas and specific battlefields."

Wang Jindong, Chief of Staff Liu and Wang Zhankui all knew that Gao Jiu was a smart person. Since they had already reminded Gao Jiu and Gao Jiu still insisted on going to Wuhan, they couldn't say anything more.

However, Wang Jindong hoped that Gao Jiu would help them blow up the Lanxi River Bridge before going to Wuhan.

Gao Jiu agreed to Wang Jindong's request, everyone studied for a while, and decided to take action tonight.

Afterwards, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to the Ninth War Zone, asking them to arrange a plane to Nanyang Airport the day after tomorrow to pick them up to Wuhan.

The last time Wang Jindong, Gao Jiu and others attacked the prisoner-of-war camp and took the Lanxi River Bridge, the Japanese army remembered the lesson from this time and increased the number of troops defending the Lanxi River Bridge to a reinforced squadron, investing a lot of manpower and material resources. Strong fortifications were built on the side and equipped with radio stations, which can notify the 37th Regiment of the 108th Division of the Japanese Garrison in Henan for support at any time. The 108th Wing has a fast mobile unit, and the reinforcements can arrive at the Lanxi River Bridge within two hours.

The most difficult thing about blowing up the Lanxi River Bridge is that the main pier is extremely strong and requires a lot of explosives to destroy it.Even though Gao Jiu had conducted field investigations and learned about the structure of the pier, it would take a long time to destroy the defenders of the bridge, send people down from the bridge, and plant explosives on the pier.

In other words, it is almost impossible to eliminate the defenders of the bridge, install explosives, evacuate personnel, and detonate the bridge within two hours.This series of headaches cannot be solved by Wang Jindong and others, so they hope Gao Jiu will complete this task.As for how to complete it, Wang Jindong and the others believed that Gao Jiu would have a way.

After research, Wang Jindong and others handed over this task to Wang Zhankui's newly formed 24th Regiment, and strengthened them with an artillery company.

After discussing with Wang Zhankui, Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui decided to set off at midnight, the artillery unit would use automobiles, and the rest would ride horses to the Lanxi River Bridge, where they would launch an attack on the Lanxi River Bridge in the early morning of tomorrow.

After formulating the battle plan, Wang Zhankui will implement the rest.Gao Jiu came to the guest room and enjoyed the two-person world before the war with Xiao Yatong.

Xiao Yatong has always been concerned about Gao Jiu. Since Gao Jiu killed a Japanese officer last year and fled Jinan City, she has experienced days of worry and fear.Later, Gao Jiu reappeared in Jinan City, turning the world upside down in Jinan City. Xiao Yatong experienced many times of fear and fear. Now she is used to it and knows that since she chose Gao Jiu as an anti-Japanese fighter, she must learn to accept him. The fact that you have to go to the battlefield to fight bloody battles.

Regarding Gao Jiu's going to the battlefield soon, Xiao Yatong did not dissuade him, and did not even say something to remind him to be careful and pay attention to safety. These words have no practical meaning, but will make the atmosphere tense. Just pick up some light topics to talk and laugh with Gao Jiu, let Gao Jiu enjoy the rare warm time before the war.

Gao Jiu likes Xiao Yatong's wisdom and generosity very much, he thinks this is the real tacit understanding and spiritual connection.

In the evening, they visited the Drum Tower, and then went to a restaurant to eat local specialties.

After dinner, Gao Jiu had to go to Linchuan Town ahead of time, he was clear in his mind, although Xiao Yatong was very calm, but he knew that after he left, she would definitely worry about him and couldn't sleep all night.In order to prevent her from being lonely, Gao Jiu specially went to Wang Jindong and found a few novels from him, so that Xiao Yatong could pass the lonely time.

Xiao Yatong also enjoyed Gao Jiu's thoughtfulness very much. The reason why she liked Gao Jiu before was because she had gotten used to Gao Jiu's care over the years.

As a celebrity who attracts everyone's attention, people who pursue Xiao Yatong are like crucian carp in a river. At that time, Xiao Yatong and Gao Jiu had no sense of love. She also had a brief relationship with those suitors, but subconsciously, She can't feel the tacit understanding of the heart, this feeling can only be felt when Gao Jiu is by her side, and this is also the basis for the love between them.

Xiao Yatong took the book Gao Jiu handed over, and smiled sweetly.

Gao Jiu said goodbye and was about to leave, Xiao Yatong couldn't help but said, "Take care of yourself."

Gao Jiu looked at her lovingly, stretched out his hand, and gently stroked her hair.

Xiao Yatong grasped Gao Jiu's big hand, and gently pressed it against her fair cheek.

At this moment, Gao Jiu felt that the world was so beautiful, and he hoped that he could hit the Japanese invaders hard, drive them out as soon as possible, and fully enjoy their peaceful, peaceful and happy time.

At midnight, Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui took the same car, led the cavalry battalion and the reinforced artillery battery, and headed towards the Lanxi River Bridge.

5 am.Gao Jiu and others came to a place 2000 meters away from the Lanxi River Bridge, and the troops stopped advancing.

Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui, the commander of the artillery company and the main officers of the cavalry battalion went to the Lanxi River Bridge for investigation.

It was just dawn and it looked gray.Wang Zhankui could only vaguely see the black outline of the bridge, but Gao Jiu had already recorded it there with a notebook.Even without the infrared function of Gao Jiu's eyes, the night vision ability is still much higher than that of ordinary people.

Not long after, Gao Jiu handed the notepad to Wang Zhankui, and Wang Zhankui moved closer to his eyes and saw the sketch on it.

On the northeast side of the bridge, which is the side where Gao Jiu and the others are, a total of four blockhouses were built at the head of the bridge. These blockhouses were lined up, and between the blockhouses were fortifications piled up with sandbags.They have observed it before, and although they cannot see it now, they know that there are still many trenches there.

Then, everyone squatted down with their backs facing the direction of the bridge. In order to avoid exposing the target, they put raincoats on their heads, turned on the flashlight, and read the labels on the sketch map.

Wang Zhankui said, "Master Jiu, how do you think this battle will be fought?"

Gao Jiu originally planned to lead a special force to attack the Japanese army from the southwest side of the bridge according to the last tactic, but this time he only brought Ning Wen, Ning Wu and Li Xiaoshan, the number of them was too small.For the rest of the cavalry battalion, it was too risky to take them there. Once they were intercepted on the other side of the river and encountered the siege of the Japanese army, everyone would die.

Gao Jiu said in a low voice: "My opinion is, didn't we bring four Bofors mountain cannons this time? This time, relying on these four mountain cannons, we will first take down the bridgehead in front, and then use the cannon's shield to Push the cannon directly from the bridge to force the attack, and use the artillery to destroy the Japanese fortifications on the other side. The Japanese army has no heavy weapons and cannot resist our attack. Let's try to take the bridge within 40 minutes, and then spend another 40 minutes to install the explosives. Before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, blow up the bridge. This time we will use our cannons to bully these little Japanese."

When the artillery company commander heard that his artillery company played the leading role in this battle, he immediately became excited. He said confidently: "Master Ninth, don't worry! The little devil's reinforced concrete bunkers, others can't do anything to them. In my cannon It’s absolutely vulnerable in front of you.”

No one had any opinion on this battle plan, so Wang Zhankui issued a battle order, and the various ministries immediately began to prepare, and launched an attack on the Japanese army on time at 7:[-].

In summer, it dawns early, and at 7 o'clock in the morning, the sky is already bright.The sun shines from the east, and the green weeds are spread on the ground like a carpet, and all kinds of wild flowers are blooming brilliantly, just like the embroidered patterns on the carpet.The dewdrops on the petals and grass blades are shining in the sun, and the wilderness is peaceful and serene.

"Da da da da".

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom." The peaceful and beautiful atmosphere of the field was broken by the roar of guns.

In order to quickly destroy the enemy's defensive position, Gao Jiu commanded the four-door Bofors artillery of the artillery company, and directly advanced to a distance of only 150 meters from the enemy's position. He aimed the artillery at the enemy's bunker and fired directly, preparing to quickly destroy the enemy's Bunker.

As for the Japanese troops behind trenches and bunkers piled up with sandbags, they suppressed fire with machine guns and attacked with mortars.

The fierce machine gun fire and numerous mortar attacks effectively suppressed the Japanese troops hiding in trenches and behind sandbags, making it difficult for them to fight back effectively.

The Japanese army hiding in the bunker began to fight back, and the bullets hit like the wind, making the anti-shield on the cannon jingle.

The artillery company commander personally debugged a cannon. He aimed the muzzle at an enemy bunker, and pulled the gun rope with confidence.

With a "boom", the shell accurately hit the enemy's bunker.He shouted excitedly: "Well done! Damn it, let me show you how powerful I am!"

However, when the gunpowder smoke from the shell explosion cleared, he carefully observed the Japanese bunker, and was immediately dumbfounded.

He saw that although the shell directly hit the enemy's bunker, the enemy's bunker was not destroyed. He couldn't see clearly, and it seemed to be intact.The artillery company commander was dumbfounded, and after a while he cursed: "Damn it."

Gao Jiu and the others were observing the firing effect of the artillery. Seeing this situation, Gao Jiu couldn't help frowning.He said to Wang Zhankui: "The devil's bunkers are too strong. It seems that it will be difficult to destroy them in a while."

Wang Zhankui said: "I don't believe it anymore. No matter how strong it is, it is only made of steel and concrete. If it can't be broken by one shot, then keep hitting it. I don't believe it can't be broken."

Wang Zhankui shouted loudly, "Fight again."

The artillery company commander did not believe in evil, and directed the gunners to continue firing towards the bunker.

Gao Jiu observed carefully and found that after the shell hit the bunker, although it didn't blow up the bunker, it could at least blow up the one-foot-square concrete. Go down, and the devil's blockhouse will be smashed in a while."

At this moment, the characteristic sharp whistling sound of mortar shells was heard in the sky.

In this battle, Gao Jiu and the others made the mistake of empiricism again. They did not fully know the enemy and themselves. They did not expect that the Japanese bunker was built so strong. The thickness of the reinforced concrete actually reached nearly 1 meter.

Gao Jiu and the others originally thought they could quickly knock down the enemy's bunkers, so they dared to push the cannons to such a close distance. They didn't expect to be unable to take down the enemy's bunkers for a while, but were bombarded by Japanese mortars and bombs. barrel blow.

The artillerymen and grenadiers of the Japanese army were well-trained, and after a short test firing, they quickly reached the vicinity of the artillery of the national army.

A mortar shell exploded next to one of the guns, knocking it over, killing a platoon leader and three soldiers instantly.

"No, let the artillery withdraw quickly." Gao Jiu shouted hastily.

Wang Zhankui also hurriedly shouted: "Hit me hard to suppress the enemy's firepower."

The cavalry battalion brought 24 mortars, and the gunners fired at full force and fired shells at the Japanese positions, effectively suppressing the Japanese firepower.However, the artillery and grenadiers of the Japanese army hid in the trenches and still fired from time to time, posing a great threat to the artillery of the national army.

The artillery company commander hurriedly commanded the artillerymen, tied the artillery behind the prepared horses, drove the horses to pull the cannons, and retreated quickly.

As soon as the battle started, it was a bad start. Not only did it fail to destroy the enemy's bunker, but it also lost a mountain artillery, killing four artillerymen.

Wang Zhankui said anxiously: "Jiuye, I didn't expect this to happen. The devil must have asked for help. If things go on like this, the bridge will not come down."

Gao Jiu also thought that the original plan would not be able to complete the task. He thought about it carefully and said, "Stay here and stare. Continue to use mortars and machine guns to suppress the enemy's firepower. I'll figure out a way."

In order to avoid artillery casualties, the artillerymen withdrew to a distance of 500 meters from the enemy's positions.

The artillery company commander was very discouraged, sat down on a shell box, took off his hat and fanned it there.The temperature at this time was not high. He was sweating a lot because he ran down in a hurry, and because he was angry.

The artillerymen also sat staggeringly on the ground, not even bothering to set up the cannons.

Gao Jiu came over and walked over. Seeing the artillerymen like this, he was not angry. He encouraged them and said, "Brothers! Pull up your spirits, set up the cannons, and continue bombing the devils. I don't believe I can't kill them."

The artillery company commander said weakly: "Jiuye, why are you still shooting? At such a short distance, it is useless to directly hit the devil's bunker. At such a long distance, it is difficult to directly hit the enemy's bunker. The shell is next to the bunker. Explosion, it's not like tickling someone, it's a waste of shells."

Gao Jiu smiled lightly and said, "That's not necessarily true, you just set up the cannon for me."

For Gao Jiu, the artillerymen respected them very much. They cheered up to carry out Gao Jiu's order and set up the cannon again.

Gao Jiu came to a cannon, observed it for a while, and adjusted the scale and direction of the cannon himself.He said, "Reload."

An artilleryman pulled the breech bolt and loaded a shell into it. Gao Jiu grabbed the breech rope.Seeing that he was about to launch, everyone hurriedly covered their ears.

Gao Jiushen pulled his hand, and with a "boom", the muzzle of the gun flashed with flames, and then a puff of smoke was emitted. A shell tore through the air and flew towards the enemy's position whistling.

The artillerymen saw a cloud of smoke rising from the enemy's bunker, and it was obvious that the shell hit the enemy's bunker.

The artillery company commander shouted excitedly: "Master Jiu is mighty!"

Gao Jiu said: "Brothers! Listen to the command and fire together."

Gao Jiu adjusted the remaining three cannons one by one, and said to the artillery company commander: "You continue to command."

The artillery company commander gained confidence, commanded the gunners to load up the artillery battle, waved the small flag in his hand, and loudly issued a shooting order: "Get ready, let go."

"Boom, boom, boom!" Almost at the same time, the three cannons fired together, and the three shells flew towards the enemy's position, and even hit an enemy bunker at the same time.

Gao Jiu observed that this time it obviously had an effect, and a lot of cement was blown off the bunker.

After observing with the binoculars, the artillery company commander said excitedly, "Jiuye, it works. The bunker has been knocked down. It's a big piece of cement. You're right, I don't believe they can't be killed."

After finishing speaking, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, hit me hard!"

"Boom, boom, boom!" The cannon kept firing shells.

When the artillery shell was fired for the sixth time, after 18 consecutive explosions, the Japanese bunker was finally blown down.

Seeing this scene, Wang Zhankui shouted excitedly: "Well done, Master Jiu is mighty!" He knew that the reason why the artillerymen were able to shoot so accurately was because of Gao Jiu's command there.

After the artillerymen destroyed the enemy's first blockhouse, Gao Jiu adjusted the artillery himself and started shooting at the second blockhouse. After a short time, he destroyed the devil's second blockhouse, and then the third blockhouse. .

Seeing this situation, the leader of the Devil Squadron knew that the bridgehead on this side could not be defended, and that if he continued to defend it, he would die in vain. Therefore, he gave an order to retreat by phone, and the remaining Devil officers and soldiers ran onto the bridge. Run towards the other side of the bridge.

The reason why the devil's squadron leader gave such an order was because although he didn't know why the enemy came to attack the bridge, he believed that as long as the enemy was not allowed to pass through the bridge, he would be considered as having completed the task. The bridge can be recaptured.

As for the enemy wanting to blow up the bridge, it is completely impossible, he does not believe it, they are guarding this side of the bridge, blocking it with firepower, the enemy still has the ability to climb down from the bridge, and put it on the pier. Explosives, that's obviously a living target.He believed that no matter how stupid the enemy was, they would not be so stupid.

Seeing that the Japanese army had withdrawn, Wang Zhankui commanded troops to occupy the Japanese army position northeast of the bridge. At this time, 50 minutes had passed since the start of the battle.

Wang Zhankui said: "Jiuye, I'm afraid it won't work if we go on like this. If we want to occupy the bridgehead on the other side, we have to go over the bridge. According to the way we fought just now, we won't be able to fight for another hour. By then, the devil's reinforcements will definitely be gone." We've arrived, if it doesn't work, let's withdraw first, and look for opportunities later."

To be honest, he knew in his heart that there would be no chance in the future.After they withdrew this time, the Japanese army will definitely rebuild the bunker, and it will be even stronger, and it may be possible to add iron plates to the front.If Gao Jiu hadn't been here, the battle would have been impossible. No one had the ability to ensure that the shells hit the enemy's bunker directly from such a long distance.Not only that, the Japanese army may also send more troops to guard the bridge.

Gao Jiu felt that what he said made sense. He also believed that before the arrival of enemy reinforcements, it would be difficult to destroy the enemy troops on the other side. The task of placing explosives on the bridge piers and blowing up the bridge would be impossible.

Seeing Gao Jiu groaning there, Wang Zhankui said, "Master Jiu, if you feel in trouble, you should withdraw your troops and go back first."

(End of this chapter)