The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 396
In the meeting room of the gendarmerie, Liu Shengyu saw Yoshito Hamada, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said, "Your Excellency, Section Chief, Liu Shengyu, the commander of the public security army in Shoucheng County, salutes you!"

Yoshito Hamada nodded to Liu Shengyu kindly, and said cordially, "Liu Sang, we meet again, how are you lately?"

Yoshito Hamada went to encircle and suppress Peach Blossom Mountain with Liu Shengyu, and he had a good impression of him, and now it was time for employing people again, so his attitude was extraordinarily friendly.

Liu Shengyu pretended to be flattered, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Excellency, Section Chief, for your concern."

Although Yoshito Hamada is now the head of the super senior section of the Jinan Gendarmerie Headquarters and has already reached the rank of Colonel, he is well-trained and rarely puts on airs in front of his subordinates. This is very close to General Matsuda, and this is also Matsuda One of the reasons the general admired him.

Captain Hirata of the gendarmerie saw that all the military and government officials in the county had arrived, and said to Yoshito Hamada: "Your Excellency, Section Chief, please give me instructions."

Yoshito Hamada said: "Now the Japanese Yellow Army is suppressing the bandits in Taohua Mountain. The bandits have been reinforced, and the Huang Army has encountered a little difficulty. I hope you can organize troops to reinforce the Yellow Army troops that encircled and suppressed Taohua Mountain. "

This is what Captain Hirata is most afraid of. Usually, he never provokes the Taohuashan guerrillas.Now, a regiment of the Huang Army is surrounded by others. He has only a few dozen military policemen under his command, plus a few hundred security forces. Going to Peach Blossom Mountain is not enough.Don't say whether the Japanese 18th Regiment can be rescued, even if the Japanese 18th Regiment can successfully break through, but they are guest troops, and they will leave Taohua Mountain sooner or later. After they leave, a small Shoucheng County has not been killed by the guerrillas in Taohuashan.

Captain Hirata has the intention not to go, but in terms of affiliation, Yoshito Hamada and him both belong to the same system of the Gendarmerie Command. It can also be said that it is his immediate superior, Yoshito Hamada who ordered things, he still Dare not to implement it.He pondered for a while, and said: "Your Excellency, the section chief, it is said that your orders must be carried out, but our gendarmerie can only draw [-] or [-] people. Liu Sang's security forces are short of food and ammunition. What combat power, I'm afraid it won't work if we go there.

Once a heavy loss is suffered, the security of the entire Shoucheng County will be greatly affected.Do you think you can arrange for us to do some other work? "

What Yoshito Hamada was waiting for was his words. He knew that these guys would not dare to go to Peach Blossom Mountain to die, and he didn't intend to let these people go to Peach Blossom Mountain to fight. bar.If you speak directly, these guys will definitely try to evade it, so you must deliberately make it difficult for them first, so that these guys will be obedient.

In order to strengthen the effect of intimidation, Hamada Yoshitaka said in a deliberately embarrassed way: "I'm afraid this won't work. The Gendarmerie Command has issued an order to let the gendarmerie and security force brigades in the counties around Taohua Mountain go to rescue Taohuashan who is under siege. The Yellow Army. If you don't go, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain this to the higher authorities.

Yoshiichi Hamada did not say "you can't explain to the higher authorities", but said that he "hisself" has no way to explain to the higher authorities. There is something in his words, which means that this matter should give him a reason to explain to the superiors.

Sure enough, Captain Hirata hurriedly said after hearing this: "Your Excellency, Section Chief, you are very familiar with the situation in our county. Please explain this matter to the higher authorities."

Hamada Yoshihim pondered for a while, and then reluctantly said: "It is really not easy for you to stick around the bandits' lair in Taohua Mountain for a long time. How about this, you raise some food and grass to provide supplies for the Huang army. "

Captain Hirata breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that they were not allowed to go to Peach Blossom Mountain to die.He hurriedly said: "Thank you, Mr. Section Chief, for your understanding. Don't worry, we in Shoucheng County will go all out to provide food and grass support for Huang Jun."

Next, everyone discussed the details related to raising food and salaries.

After the meeting, Captain Hirata invited Hamada Yoshito to his office, took out part of the money he had collected, and honored Hamada Yoshito.

Hamada Yoshito left the gendarmerie, and did not leave Shoucheng County immediately, but came to Liu Shengyu's security force brigade in person.

Liu Shengyu was very surprised to see Hamada Yoshihito coming to the headquarters of the Security Force Brigade in person.He put on a look of being flattered, and hastened to warmly receive Hamada Yoshito.

Hamada Yoshito told Liu Shengyu about their friendship, saying that he admired Liu Shengyu very much, and let him ask him directly if he had anything to do in the future, and he would definitely help him.

Liu Shengyu really wanted to find out what Hamada Yoshihito would do next with the Taohuashan guerrillas, but Gao Jiu had repeatedly told him that his main task was to lurk here.Yoshito Hamada is the head of the special high school, so Liu Shengyu will of course be more careful when talking to him.

Facing the friendly attitude conveyed by Hamada Yoshito to him, Liu Shengyu acted flattered, and hurriedly took out two large yellow croakers to honor Hamada Yoshito.

For a captain of the security force in Shoucheng County, Yoshito Hamada couldn't see it at all.The reason why he condescended to come to the security army brigade and wasted his spittle on Liu Shengyu was because he came to pay him respect.

Yoshihiro Hamada has already had a premonition that the 18th Regiment of the Japanese Army is more than good. As the planner of the battle plan and one of the organizers of the attack on Taohuashan, he bears the unshirkable responsibility.

He had not served long in the Jinan Gendarmerie Headquarters, and no one above except General Matsuda was willing to speak for him.Not only that, there are not a few people staring at the position of the head of the super high class, and many people will envy and hate him for being the head of the super high class.

This time, if something goes wrong with the 18th Regiment of the Japanese Army, someone will definitely make trouble. He wants to make some money from the bottom, and when he returns, he will honor his superiors and avoid being held accountable.

Hamada Yoshihito left Shoucheng County satisfied after earning enough oil and water.

Liu Shengyu was concerned about the safety of Peach Blossom Mountain, so he analyzed and judged Hamada Yoshihito's purpose in coming to Shoucheng County.However, he didn't know much about the situation of the upper echelons of the Japanese army, and he couldn't figure out what Hamada Yoshito was going to do for a while.He decided to report to Gao Jiu about Hamada Yoshito appearing in Shoucheng County.

Liu Shengyu called Li San, the adjutant, and asked him to go to Sun Ji's grocery store to find Sun Yongan, and through Sun Yongan to report what happened in Shoucheng County to Gao Jiu.

Hill No. 67.

Gao Jiu received Sun Yongan's telegram and felt that something was a little unreasonable.Hamada Yoshitaka knew that even though he had raised food and salaries in Shoucheng County, he couldn't transport it to Peach Blossom Mountain, so why did he do this?
Gao Jiu told everyone his doubts and asked everyone to put forward their own ideas.

Wang Zhankui and Guan Lie were not familiar with the enemy situation of this generation, so they did not express their opinions.Wang Guimin has been appointed as the combat staff of the Taohuashan guerrillas. In order to integrate into the Taohuashan guerrillas as soon as possible, he has long been familiar with the internal affairs of the Taohuashan guerrillas, as well as the surrounding environment and enemy situation.After the siege of the 18th Regiment of the Japanese Army began, he was thinking about Japanese reinforcements.

He first said: "Jiuye, I'm new here, so I don't know the situation clearly enough. I want to express my opinion first, and please forgive me if I'm wrong."

Gao Jiu still recognized Wang Guimin's military talent, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to become the combat staff of the Taohuashan guerrillas, in fact, his assistant.He smiled and encouraged: "Everyone can speak freely, if you have any ideas, just say it."

Wang Guimin said: "The Japanese army raised food and salaries in Shoucheng County, and with their strength in Shoucheng County, it was impossible to transport the food and salaries to Taohua Mountain, and the 18th Regiment of the Japanese Army, which was surrounded, could not send troops out to transport them back to this part of the country. Food and pay.

Since the 18th Wing of the Japanese Army could not get this batch of rations, this shows that this batch of rations was not prepared for the 18th Wing of the Japanese Army. "

Gao Jiu nodded and said, "That's right, you can continue."

Wang Guimin was encouraged, and his thinking became more active. He said: "According to the characteristics of the Japanese army's operations, they will definitely send troops to reinforce the 18th Regiment.

I recently learned about the deployment of Japanese troops in Shandong. The main force of the Japanese army in Shandong is the 114th Division of the Japanese Army. Go to some security forces.But judging from the direction they came from, the food and salaries raised by Yoshito Hamada for Shoucheng County were obviously not prepared for their troops.

Therefore, I think they should be prepared for other Japanese reinforcements. I don't know where their other reinforcements will come from? "

Gao Jiu nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable, and I think so too. There should be another reinforcement from the Japanese army."

Yang Jiong used to work as a secretary of the Shoucheng county government, so he is more familiar with the situation in this area. He said: "There is also the Japanese Yamamoto garrison in the east of Shoucheng county. Could it be that they are sent to reinforce it?"

Jiang Xiaomei is now a relatively mature military commander. She said: "I think it should be them. The Yamamoto garrison of the Japanese army is the closest to Taohuashan. They are the local garrison. It’s not a system, if you want them to come for reinforcements, you need to add some extra rations to them. From this point of view, Hamada Yoshihito’s behavior of raising rations here is very reasonable.”

Huang Shuigen also expressed his opinion. He thought that what Jiang Yingchang and Commissar Yang said was reasonable.

The garrison of the Japanese army is a kind of local garrison, mainly used to guard railways and important roads. The number of them matches the importance of the target they are guarding.

The Yamamoto garrison has a total strength of more than [-] people and is responsible for guarding the Jinan-Tai'an section of the Jinpu Railway.The headquarters of the garrison was in Tai'an, and there were two Japanese brigades stationed near the station in the east of Shoucheng County, with a total strength of about [-] people.

For such a long time, the Taohuashan guerrillas never went to the railway to trouble them, nor did they send troops to Taohuashan, and the two sides have been living in peace.

Gao Jiu thought that the analysis of the three heads of the independent battalion was reasonable, and he said: "You are right, although there are contradictions between the local garrison and the field army of the Japanese army, in this case, they are very likely to send troops. Come to rescue the besieged Japanese troops in Taohuashan."

Suddenly thousands of Japanese reinforcements appeared, and Wang Zhankui and Guan Lie couldn't help but feel a little worried.Yang Jiong and Huang Shuigen also felt that the Japanese army had too many troops, and felt that this battle was not easy to fight.

Huang Shuigen suggested: "Jiu Ye, why don't we quickly attack these devils who are surrounded. After we kill them, our actions will be more convenient. We can advance, attack, retreat, or defend. Otherwise, we will be in danger of being attacked."

Jiang Xiaomei had great trust in Gao Jiu. She looked at Gao Jiu and said confidently, "Brother Jiu, we will listen to you whatever you say."

Gao Jiu said with a smile: "That's fine, if the devils from the Yamamoto garrison want to make trouble, let them show some color. We at Taohua Mountain have never troubled the railway before, since they want to start this way, then why not?" Don't blame us for going to the railway to make a fortune in the future."

Gao Jiu's relaxed words made everyone feel at ease, and everyone couldn't help laughing.

They knew that if the Yamamoto defense team provoked Gao Jiu this time, it would be poking a hornet's nest, and they would only have to cry in the future.I'm afraid they are not the only ones who are unlucky, and the Japanese troops passing by on the railway may also be implicated.

Next, according to the enemy's reinforcements, Gao Jiu sent reinforcements from Jinan and Tai'an, and made corresponding combat deployments:

A battalion of Guan Lie's independent regiment and militiamen from 17 villages totaled 3700 people, and continued to surround the Japanese troops trapped on the 43rd and 44th hills.

An infantry battalion and a cavalry battalion of Wang Zhankui's 24th regiment were deployed on the north side of No. 67 mountain, preparing to block the Japanese reinforcements sent from Jinan.

The Taohuashan guerrillas and Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion were deployed to the east of No. 66 mountain, preparing to meet the Japanese reinforcements coming from the direction of Shoucheng County.

Since the Yamamoto garrison is relatively close to Taohua Mountain, Gao Jiu decided to deal with the Japanese reinforcements first, and then cooperate with Wang Zhankui's troops to attack the Japanese reinforcements coming from Jinan.

In order to delay the advance speed of the Japanese reinforcements coming from the south of Jinan, Gao Jiu asked the militiamen of the independent battalion to destroy all the roads on the way of the Japanese army and harass the Japanese army along the way.

The independent battalion can mobilize more than 1000 militiamen. To complete the destruction of the road, there are still insufficient manpower, and a large number of civilians need to be mobilized to participate in the road-breaking operation.

In order to encourage more people to participate in the road-breaking operation, Gao Jiu took out another 1 oceans and handed it to Yang Jiong, asking him to use the money as a reward for the people who participated in the road-breaking operation.

Yang Jiong resolutely declined this time. He said: "The people in the enemy war zone have been ravaged by the Japanese army. They will definitely support the fight against the devils."

Gao Jiu thought about it and felt it made sense.

The underground party is good at doing mass work and is very experienced in this regard.They mainly want to give full play to the subjective initiative of the people.

Gao Jiu believes that Yang Jiong should be worried that mobilizing the masses this time will make a lot of money, so the next time the masses are mobilized, there will be no more money to make, and it will be difficult to mobilize the masses.

When Gao Jiu was about to praise the independent battalion for mobilizing the masses, Yang Jiong said with a smile: "Master Jiu, we won't collect the money, but there is still some time before the harvest of autumn grain, and the people's homes don't have enough food." There are too many, after the war, can you support our independent camp with some food?"

Gao Jiu liked Yang Jiong's pragmatic attitude very much. He said with a smile: "No problem, you can promise the people that as long as they go to participate in the road-breaking activities, each person will give them 20 catties of food. After this battle is over, you You can send people to Peach Blossom Mountain to bring back the food for your independent battalion and the common people."

In order to strengthen the firepower, Gao Jiu asked Li Chengwu to take people back to Taoyuan Town to bring over the eight [-]-type infantry guns and shells that had been seized.In addition, let him purchase all kinds of meat and vegetables that can be purchased in Taoyuan Town, so that the officers and soldiers participating in the war can eat well.

Li Chengwu was about to set off when Gao Jiu stopped him again.He said: "Cheng Wu, after you go back, ask the blacksmith to make some tin horns. In addition, Liu Defu has a gramophone at home. His eldest son is studying in Japan, and there should be some Japanese records at home. Bring them with you."

Jiang Xiaomei asked curiously. : "Ninth brother, what do you want these for?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "You will know when the time comes."

After finishing these things, Gao Jiu asked people to bring the two French Hotchkiss 1930-style 13.2mm anti-aircraft machine guns up the mountain.At the same time, all the machine gunners who had participated in shooting down planes were called over and explained to them how to judge the altitude of enemy planes, how to set the lead, and how to set up machine gun positions for air-to-air shooting.

He planned to train these machine gunners who had already experienced actual combat, and then send them to various mountains to organize the machine gunners there and prepare for the next air strike and airdrop operation of the Japanese army.

Everyone's analysis was correct. Hamada Yoshito really went to find the Japanese Yamamoto garrison. On the one hand, he sent a telegram to General Matsuda, asking him to persuade the 12th Army Command to issue a reinforcement order to the Yamamoto garrison.On the one hand, I personally do the work of the Yamamoto garrison.

He believes that although the current strength of the Taohuashan guerrillas and their reinforcements can encircle the 18th Regiment, if reinforcements are sent from Jinan and the troops from the Yamamoto garrison are added, the Japanese army will regain its strength. Advantage.This will not only save the 18th Wing, but also eliminate the Taohua guerrillas and other anti-Japanese armed forces in turn.

Hamada Yoshito hopes that this will be the result, so that not only will he not bear the responsibility for failure, but he will become a hero in the eradication of Peach Blossom Mountain.

Now that the situation is critical, Hamada Yoshichi wanted to go to the headquarters of the Yamamoto garrison in Tai'an, but it was too late. He decided to go to the Shoucheng County Railway Station and mobilize the garrison there first.

Jinan, the headquarters of the 12th Army.

General Haneda, chief of staff of the No.12 Army, received a report from General Matsuda, and he immediately convened a military meeting to study how to reinforce the besieged Japanese 18th Regiment.

After the meeting started, when General Matsuda reported the relevant situation, the Japanese generals who participated in the meeting all cast dissatisfied eyes on him.

Invited to the meeting, Yokota Makio, the commander of the Japanese Third Air Force, had a bad temper. He was the first to lose his temper.

He stood up and said angrily: "I really don't know what your Gendarmerie Command is doing, what bullshit information did you provide?"

(End of this chapter)