The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 374 Buy a pair of cloth shoes for the brothers

Peach Blossom Mountain.

Zhang Quan received a telegram from Gao Jiu, summoned the big and small leaders in the cottage, and excitedly announced the big boss's harvest in Wuhan.

Everyone was very excited when they heard that the master had obtained millions of French coins in Wuhan, as well as the equipment of three standard infantry regiments, as well as some other materials and equipment.

Feng Xiucai immediately urged Zhang Quan to send troops to Zhiyuan County to transport these materials back to Taohua Mountain.

Zhang Quan said: "You tell everyone in the village the news. Master Jiu said that when he comes back, he will raise everyone's wages and improve welfare benefits. However, everyone can't be idle. He asked everyone to participate. Great military training, when he comes back, there will be a big competition for the whole village. The competition includes military technology, cultural learning and other business skills, etc. Those with excellent grades will be rewarded, and their salary and other benefits will also be improved. .

Master Jiu was very serious this time. He said that those who do not work hard and have poor test scores will be criticized and punished. "

Guo Hengming said: "That's how it should be. Master Jiu is working hard outside. If the people at home don't train well, I'm really sorry for Master Jiu."

Before dinner, Zhang Quan gathered all the people in the cottage, and announced the harvest that Master Jiu had achieved outside, and the news that he would raise the treatment of all the people in the cottage again after Master Jiu came back.

Everyone was jubilant, Feng Xiucai was rich and generous now, and he said: "In the future, the food standard will be raised to another level, each meal will be added with one dish, and the meat standard will be raised by one or two per person per day."

After speaking, he looked at the crowd with a smile, waiting for their cheers.As a result, there seemed to be little reaction, only sparse applause.He figured it out after a little thought. It turned out that Taohuashan's food standard was already very high, and all these guys ate their bellies round. If they didn't exercise well, they would hardly be able to walk.Therefore, it is not very attractive to them to improve the food level a little bit.

At the dinner table, Du Shengxi said with some embarrassment: "We have achieved such a great development in the cottage, basically relying on the money and supplies obtained by Master Jiu alone, let's not be idle, go out and grab some back .”

Guo Hengming also had this idea, and said: "Didn't Master Jiu say that there is going to be a big competition, I suggest that we pull out the special forces team for training, on the one hand to improve the technical and tactical level in actual combat, on the other hand, Some money and supplies were also seized and returned.”

Feng Xiucai disagreed. He said, "Didn't the boss say before he left that after the war in Wuhan is over, the devils will mobilize their troops and return to Shandong, and our life will be difficult by then. Let's take advantage of this opportunity." Intensify military training and hoard supplies for a period of time to deal with difficult situations in the future."

Gao Jiu had indeed raised this issue with them more than once before, so Zhang Quan hesitated, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I think so, other affairs in the cottage should be done according to Master Jiu's instructions, and the third master He and everyone from the Sidang family brought a special warfare unit and went to Yu County for some activities. I was responsible for the military training of the people left behind in the cottage, and Feng Xiucai was responsible for hoarding food and other supplies."

Everyone agrees with this opinion.So, they split up and started to act.

Southwest of Hefei.Tanxi County.

This morning, Gao Jiu and others came to the outskirts of Tanxi County, and heard gunfire from a distance. Gao Jiu told Ning Wen to stop, and he jumped onto the roof of the car. Nine hands set up a pergola and looked into the distance.

Gao Jiu saw about 1500 meters away, a group of officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army were running towards this side, and about half a squadron of devils were chasing them.

Gao Jiu jumped off the roof of the car. At this time, Wang Guimin, Jia Liu and others had also got off the truck. After Gao Jiu briefly explained the situation to them, he said, "Let's help these Sichuan Army brothers. Ning Wen, Ning Wu You go to the east, Li Xiaoshan, Jia Liu, you go to the west, Wang Guimin, you stay here in the truck and are responsible for protecting the radio station."

Wang Guimin had already heard Gao Jiu say that the Japanese army had more than a hundred soldiers, and he wanted to step forward to help. However, he knew that his individual skills were far behind those of these special forces, so he had to be honest. The field stood by the car.

Not long after, the rout of the Sichuan Army came over. They saw Jia Liu and others ambushing by the side of the road, and their footsteps were a little hesitant.At this time, Jia Liu shouted: "Run, you keep running forward."

A leading officer of the Sichuan Army continued to flee with the rout soldiers, and the devils soon caught up.

The leader of the Devil Squadron saw a car in the distance, and it could be seen that it was a military truck of the national army, and it was very likely that other national troops would be here.But he didn't hesitate, on the contrary, he was very happy. If he could capture a car, the victory this time would be even greater.Howling, he ordered the soldiers to quicken their pace.

When the devil entered within 150 meters, Gao Jiu took the lead in shooting, and the first shot killed the devil's squadron leader. Then, Jia Liu and others also fired one after another. Within 150 meters, even Jia Liu could Can hit the target with a gun, not to mention top experts like Ning Wen, Ning Wu and Li Xiaoshan.

Before the Japanese army reacted, Gao Jiu and the others fired at least three shots. More than a dozen devil officers, machine gunners, and grenadiers were immediately killed by Gao Jiu and the others.

The sudden blow made the Japanese army into a mess. They hurriedly lay down on the ground and began to look for targets to fight back.

Jia Liu and others were skilled in tactics. They fired a shot to change places, and every time they fired a shot, a Japanese soldier would be shot.

Gao Jiu was even more outrageous. Every time he stopped, he would fire two shots in a row. Those Japanese officers and soldiers lying on the ground who were shooting were still shot in the head.

After 3 minutes, except for the devils who had concealed objects to block the bullets, all the devils whose bodies were exposed outside were wiped out. Even those devils who were hiding behind the concealed parts did not dare to show their heads and shoot.

Gao Jiu and the others simply stood up and walked towards the devils.

The devils sensed that something was wrong, and some people raised their guns riskily. Before they could aim at the target, the other side had already shot them, killing them.Some devils shot in a hurry. Wherever they hit the target in the panic, the bullets flew to nowhere.

Feeling that Gao Jiu and others were approaching step by step, although the devils were very tenacious, after losing the commander, machine gunner and grenadier, they finally collapsed when they saw their companions dying tragically one by one. He took out his rifle and fled in a panic, screaming.After someone took the lead, they got up and ran desperately towards the way they came from. Many devils also threw away their guns.

At this time, there were only more than 40 devils left. Gao Jiu and the others were even more happy. They chased the escaped devils with bullets, knocking them down one by one like they were shooting moving targets.

The living devils were terrified, and they just ran away desperately.After all, they have a large number of people. After running 200 meters away, the accuracy of Jia Liu, Li Xiaoshan and others' hits was much lower. As a result, more than a dozen devils ran to a distance of 300 meters, and Li Xiaoshan and others were powerless. up.

Gao Jiu didn't bother to chase them, so he just stood there and shot the escaped devils one by one.The farthest devil had fled 400 meters away, but was still shot dead by Gao Jiu.

Wang Guimin hid behind the car and saw the scene in front of him. Even though he knew that Gao Jiu and the others were very skilled, he did not expect to be so powerful.

Just after the battle between Gao Jiu and the others started, the defeated soldiers of the Sichuan Army stopped and watched the whole killing.The leader of the Sichuan army, Zhou Yan, has a dark round face and is half a head taller than the average Sichuanese. Seeing this scene, his eyes widened and he said in surprise: "Ge Laozi, this battle is a What did you fight for? I had a battalion, and was chased and beaten by the devils. There were only a few of them, and in less than 10 minutes, I killed more than half a squadron of devils."

In fact, the brothers of the Sichuan Army were still very brave in fighting, and their combat effectiveness was also very strong, but they hadn't replenished for a long time, not to mention heavy firearms, even the rifles in their hands were almost out of bullets.In front of the well-equipped devils, they had no choice but to run away to save their lives.Zhou Yan said while walking towards Gao Jiu and the others.

The officers and soldiers around him were also very surprised, and they all got up from the ground one after another and followed him.

Zhou Yan walked towards Gao Jiu. He didn't know Gao Jiu's identity, so he said carelessly from a long distance away: "My brother, thank you all."

Walking up to him, he saw the military rank mark on Gao Jiu's collar, which turned out to be a colonel of the national army.In order to facilitate the execution of tasks, Gao Jiu put on the colonel's uniform of the national army.

Zhou Yan hurriedly stood at attention and saluted according to the rules in the army, and said: "Hello, sir, Zhou Yan, the battalion commander of the 31st Battalion of the 98th Regiment of the [-]st Division of the National Army, salutes you!"

After seeing Gao Jiu return the military salute, Zhou Yan said solemnly again: "Thank you, sir, for saving your life."

The officers around him saluted together and said, "Thank you, sir, for saving your life."

Seeing that there were only so few of Gao Jiu and the others, Zhou Yan said in amazement: "Sir! You are really amazing, with just a few people, you have wiped out so many devils."

Having said that, he asked hesitantly, "Sir, may I ask your surname?"

These people are members of the 20th Army. Gao Jiu has no need to conceal his identity in front of them. Just as he was about to introduce himself, Jia Liu raised his thumb and said proudly: "Listen well, this It's my Taohuashan Gao Jiuye."

"Master Gao Jiu of Peach Blossom Mountain?" Gao Jiu's reputation is so resounding that all officers and soldiers of the national army have heard of it.Zhou Yan looked at Gao Jiu again, and praised: "No wonder, who is so powerful? It turned out to be the famous Gao Jiu."

After finishing speaking, he stood at attention and saluted again, and said, "Master Jiu, thank you for saving your life."

The officers under him followed suit and saluted Gao Jiu again.

Gao Jiu said: "You are Commander Yang's subordinates, I am going to see your Commander Yang, you go and take the weapons of those devils, and then take me to meet your Commander Yang."

With a wave of his hand, Zhou Yan ordered his soldiers to seize the devil's weapons.The officers and soldiers ran over happily.

Not long after, the officers and soldiers returned to Zhou Yan with the captured devil's weapons and formed a neat queue.

Zhou Yan ordered the team to set off, and he accompanied Gao Jiu towards Tanxi County.

After arriving at the county seat, Zhou Yan first went in to report the news.

Hearing that Gao Jiu was coming, Army Commander Yang personally led the senior officers to greet him at the entrance of the military gate.

Seeing Commander Yang coming out in person, Gao Jiu also hurriedly got out of the car and walked over quickly.

Commander Yang and his generals all looked at Gao Jiu curiously, wanting to see if this well-known figure in the world was superhuman.

Although they had already heard that Gao Jiushi was young, they were still very surprised to see him.

However, Gao Jiu's tall and straight figure, as well as the sturdy temperament exuded from his body, were in line with their imagination.

They have heard a lot about Gao Jiu's deeds. Although they have not seen it with their own eyes, Gao Jiu is the person whom the Chief of Staff of the Ninth War Zone went to meet in person. I have to be convinced.

Gao Jiu's current status is the Colonel Special Commissioner of the Ninth War Zone. According to the rules in the army, he first stepped forward to salute and said, "Hello, sir, Gao Jiu, the special commissioner of the Ninth War Zone, is here to report."

After returning the salute, Army Commander Yang took a step forward to hold Gao Jiu's hand, and said enthusiastically, "Commander Gao, you saved my soldiers as soon as you came. I really don't know how to thank you."

Gao Jiu said: "You're welcome, they are all anti-Japanese soldiers, as they should be."

Commander Yang introduced the main generals of the 20th Army one by one.

In the national army system, everyone attaches great importance to the etiquette of welcoming and sending off, and the 20th Army is no exception.Commander Yang has already prepared a reception banquet for Gao Jiu,

In the temporary banquet hall, Commander Yang said a little embarrassedly: "Commander Gao, our Sichuan army is poor, our conditions are limited, and our hospitality is not good. Please forgive me."

Gao Jiu saw that there were indeed some patchwork dishes on the wine table, which looked rather shabby.

Gao Jiu thought of Zhou Yan and other officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army he had seen, wearing shabby military uniforms and soldiers wearing straw sandals on their feet. Looking at the scene in front of him, he really sympathized with these Sichuan Army brothers.

The soldiers of the 20th Army came out to fight far away from their hometowns, and their main supplies were still brought from their hometowns.The Ninth War Zone is not rich, and there are many troops below, so they can only give priority to the protection of the Central Army, so they are only given the meager ammunition supplies of the 20th Army, and there are no other supplies at all.

The 20th Army hadn't been paid for five months, and the officers and soldiers only had this worn-out military uniform on their backs, and they couldn't even get a pair of cloth shoes, so the officers and soldiers had to wear straw sandals for marching and fighting.

Gao Jiu said with emotion: "It's really not easy for the brothers in the Sichuan Army. In order to defend your home and country, you stay away from your hometown, fight on the battlefield, lack guns and ammunition, and suffer from hunger. Even in this difficult situation , You fought fiercely on the Songhu battlefield, bloody battle in Xuzhou, and you stubbornly resisted the most powerful permanent division of the Japanese army here without any supplements. This spirit is really worthy of my admiration."

Speaking of this, he took out 3 French coins from his pocket and said, "Commander Yang, all officers! Brother, I got some rewards. This money is a little bit of my heart, brother. I used it to buy a pair of cloth shoes for the brothers. Bar."

Commander Yang wanted to be polite, but he couldn't, because the 20th Army was too poor, and with this money, the current predicament could be greatly improved.Without refusing, he reached out to take the money order from the high school, and said gratefully: "Commander Gao, I call you Brother Gao. On behalf of all the soldiers of the 20th Army, thank you brother for your generosity."

After finishing speaking, Commander Yang stood at attention and saluted Gao Jiu. The majestic lieutenant general had tears in his eyes. The generals of the 20th Army were also very moved and saluted Gao Jiu together.

Gao Jiu hurriedly returned the gift, and said, "You sirs are welcome. I will report the situation of your 20th Army to the Chief of the Ninth War Zone. I will try to help you solve part of the problem of weapons, ammunition and supplies."

Commander Yang and the others were even happier. Although the food and drinks at the banquet were simple, the atmosphere was very warm.

The reason why Gao Jiu did this was that on the one hand, he really sympathized with the plight of the brothers in the Sichuan Army. On the other hand, he wanted to complete the next combat mission with the 20th Army, and it was very necessary to establish a good interpersonal relationship.

In this way, when Gao Jiu met the generals of the 20th Army for the first time, he won their trust, and the next battle was easy to fight.

After eating, everyone came to the war room of the 20th Army.The chief of staff of the 20th Army briefed Gao Jiu on the current situation between the enemy and us.

(End of this chapter)