The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 402 The most difficult thing
Gao Jiu and others guessed rightly. Hamada Yoshihito summed up his experience in dealing with Gao Jiu. He believed that it was impossible to rescue the besieged 18th Wing only by relying on the strength of the Yamamoto garrison.The reason why he urged the Yamamoto defense team to go to Shoucheng County as soon as possible was because he was worried that Gao Jiu would adopt the tactics of defeating each other and deal with the Yamamoto defense team first.

Gao Jiu used the tactics of ambush, Hamada Yoshiichi had to let the Yamamoto garrison speed up the march, so that Gao Jiu had no time to set up an ambush and enter Shoucheng County as soon as possible.Therefore, he acted both hard and soft, urging the Yamamoto garrison to enter Shoucheng County as soon as possible.

Before the reinforcements from Jinan arrived, the Yamamoto garrison stood firm in Shoucheng County, which could not only contain part of Gao Jiu's troops, reduce the pressure on the 18th Wing, but also prevent the Yamamoto garrison from going deep alone and being eaten by Gao Jiu.

On the way to Shoucheng County, Hamada Yoshihito was worried for fear of being ambushed. When all the Yamamoto garrison entered Shoucheng County, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After entering the city, Captain Hirata of the Shoucheng County Gendarmerie, Liu Shengyu and others warmly entertained Hamada Yoshito and the main officers of the Yamamoto garrison. After dinner, they attended the combat meeting hosted by Hamada Yoshito.

Yoshito Hamada discussed with several captains of the Yamamoto garrison and decided that the Yamamoto garrison would be stationed in Shoucheng County in the next few days, and let Captain Hirata and Liu Shengyu be responsible for food supply and maintaining public order in the city.

Captain Hirata was very dissatisfied. Originally, he had a good life in Shoucheng County. The Taohuashan guerrillas never troubled him. On the contrary, because the Taohuashan guerrillas were active in this county, no one else dared to be in Shoucheng County. Chaos in the territory.

The Yamamoto garrison entered Shoucheng County and caused a lot of trouble for Captain Hirata. Not only did they have to pay and provide food to serve these uncles, but they also had to work hard to maintain law and order in the city and strengthen the defense of the city walls and gates.

This is not the most important thing. When the Yamamoto garrison enters Shoucheng County, it is likely to annoy those uncles in Taohuashan. Once they come to fight the Yamamoto garrison, it will be a fire at the city gate, which will bring disaster to Chiyu. Shoucheng County Gendarmerie It will definitely be followed by disaster.

If the Peach Blossom Mountain guerrillas were annoyed from then on, I'm afraid there will be no such peaceful days in the future.

After the battle meeting was over, Captain Hirata called Liu Shengyu to his office, and he said with a sad face: "Liu Sang, the Yamamoto garrison has entered our county, do you think Gao Jiu from Taohuashan will come to attack us?" county seat?"

Liu Shengyu has a close relationship with Captain Hirata, of course he knows what Captain Hirata is thinking, he said: "I think it's likely to come."

Captain Hirata asked nervously: "If they really come to attack the county, what shall we do?"

Liu Shengyu understood what he meant, mainly because he was worried that he would offend Taohuashan because of this, and that Gao Jiuqiu would settle the score later.

He said: "Your Excellency, captain, with all due respect, the princes of the Yamamoto garrison are just passers-by, and they will leave sooner or later. As the saying goes, if you run away from the monk, you can't run away from the temple. Where can we go? I have offended Peach Blossom Mountain. From now on, our Can the day go on?"

Captain Hirata nodded and said, "Liu Sang, you are my friend. We are our own people. I won't hide it from you. I think so too. What do you think should be done?"

Liu Shengyu pretended to be embarrassed, and after thinking for a while, he said: "We have already raised food for the Yamamoto garrison, and it will be a big trouble if this matter gets to the ears of the Taohuashan guerrillas in the future."

Captain Hirata turned pale with fright. There was no way this matter could be concealed. They had made a fuss about the extra food and other supplies temporarily levied by the county government and the chamber of commerce.

He asked, "Liu Sang, give me an idea."

Liu Shengyu said: "There is nothing we can do about this matter. The superiors forced us to do this. My opinion is that we will not get involved in other things except these food and supplies. If the Yamamoto defense team still Want us to provide other help, we delay as long as possible.

Don't worry, if someone wants to hold you accountable, I will tell my friends and I will be able to keep you. "

Captain Hirata believed in Liu Shengyu. The reason why he was able to stay in Shoucheng County and was promoted to a higher rank was all thanks to the help of Liu Shengyu's friends.

He said, "Yaoxi, I'll leave this matter to you."

Liu Shengyu went on to say: "As for Taohuashan, after this battle is over, let's spread the word and say that we are willing to have a good relationship with Taohuashan. Taohuashan has many eyes and ears, and this news will definitely reach them. See what conditions they ask from time to time, and if you can agree, help them solve a little bit.

It's been so long, I think you can understand that Taohuashan has never come to trouble us.They just want to live in peace with us, and the well water will not interfere with the river water, so they will not raise excessive conditions. "

Hearing this, Captain Hirata felt more at ease. He said, "Let's do it this way. If there is any situation, the two of us will discuss it in time."

After leaving the gendarmerie, Liu Shengyu returned to the headquarters of the public security army. He asked his adjutant Li San to inform Sun Yongan of the information obtained from the military meeting, and asked him to report to Gao Jiu the information related to the Yamamoto garrison.

Gao Jiu and the others were on their way to march, and received a telegram from Sun Yong'an, knowing that the Yamamoto garrison was indeed going to guard the county seat, and they continued to go to Shoucheng county seat according to the original plan.

11:25 p.m.Gao Jiu and others led the troops to the outside of Shoucheng County.

According to the information provided by Liu Shengyu, after the Yamamoto garrison entered the city, they were exhausted from the long-distance march, and they did not expect that Gao Jiu and others would bring the main force to Shoucheng County, so they only sent a small number of troops to take over the four city gates , A small number of patrols were sent on the four walls, and the guards of the city walls were handed over to the security forces and the police brigade.

Hearing this situation, Jiang Xiaomei said: "Ninth brother, since this is the case, with Liu Shengyu's help, our people can easily enter the city, so why not fight into the city to eliminate these devils."

Guo Hengming also thought it made sense, he said: "Yeah, Master Jiu, the Yamamoto garrison team is new here, and they are not familiar with the situation in the county. Our people are led by the security forces and Sun Yongan, so why not just eliminate them in the city?" Devil."

Wang Zhankui also felt that this was an opportunity. He said: "Since we have internal support, why not go into the county town and deal with the Yamamoto garrison in the city. After these devils are dealt with, only the reinforcements in the direction of Jinan will be left, so it will be easier to deal with them." Therefore, I also propose to change the original battle plan.”

Both Du Shengxi and Huang Shuigen agreed with this opinion.

Gao Jiu also thought it was a fighter opportunity, but he didn't make up his mind right away.The more battles he has fought, the more careful he is now, and he still needs to think carefully.

He said: "Let's think about it carefully, if we attack the county tonight, what problems might we encounter?"

This is a good procedure for researching problems. When a plan is decided, all participants should consider the problems they may encounter in the process of implementing the plan, and make a plan in advance, so that the completion of the plan is guaranteed. bigger.

Everyone raised questions in a hurry, and then discussed the solution together. In the end, they came to the conclusion that attacking the county tonight has a great chance of winning.

Gao Jiu still hasn't made up his mind right away, he has one more thing to consider:
Although the Yamamoto garrison came with three brigades, each brigade had only 700 people. They were garrison troops, and they were not as good as the Japanese field army in terms of equipment and training.

The troops brought by Gao Jiu were the Taohuashan Special Forces, Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion, and Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion.Coupled with the cooperation of Liu Shengyu, it is not very difficult to eliminate the Yamamoto defense team.

The key question is, after this battle, what state should Shoucheng County be in?What Gao Jiu wanted most was to maintain the previous state, with Captain Hirata's gendarmerie and Liu Shengyu's security forces continuing to guard the county.

However, if the Yamamoto garrison is eliminated in Shoucheng County, it will inevitably affect the gendarmerie in Shoucheng County and Liu Shengyu's security force brigade.

After conquering the county seat, the Yamamoto garrison was wiped out, and the gendarmerie in Shoucheng County and Liu Shengyu's security force brigade remained intact. Would trust them again.

If the Japanese army sent a new gendarmerie captain and re-established a security force, the Taohuashan guerrillas would lose control of Shoucheng County, and Li Chengwu's Taohuashan No. [-] Squadron would have no way to continue hiding in Taoyuan Town up.If this is the case, it seems to be a bit of a loss.

Therefore, Gao Jiu had to solve a problem, that is, not only to eliminate the Yamamoto garrison, but also to keep the Japanese gendarmerie in the county and Liu Shengyu's security force brigade.

Gao Jiu raised this question again and asked everyone to give their ideas.

This matter is too difficult to handle, and everyone feels very headache.

Du Shengxi said: "Jiuye, why don't we just occupy this county seat and organize Liu Shengyu's security forces into the Taohuashan guerrilla team we voted for? It's better to hold this county seat than to live in the mountains."

Jiang Xiaomei also hopes to do a big job. If she can occupy a county, the influence will be greater, and it will be much more convenient to recruit troops. She agreed with Du Shengxi's opinion and said, "Ninth brother, after the county is conquered, Liu Shengyu can't be in the county anyway." If we stay here, we might as well kill the devil’s gendarmerie and let the security forces join the Taohuashan guerrillas.”

Guo Hengming disagreed with this point of view. He said: "Shoucheng County is too close to the railway line, and may be attacked by devils at any time. Fighting on the plains is not the specialty of our guerrillas. The county will be lost sooner or later."

Everyone was chattering and having different opinions.In this case, Gao Jiugangang was required to act arbitrarily.

After serious consideration, Gao Jiu finally thought of a solution.He finally made up his mind to attack Shoucheng County tonight, wipe out the Japanese Yamamoto garrison, and at the same time keep Liu Shengyu from revealing his identity as much as possible.

Gao Jiu immediately sent a telegram to Sun Yongan, asking him to meet Liu Shengyu and tell him the arrangements for tonight.

The night was deep, and Shoucheng County was shrouded in thick night, everything was so quiet and peaceful.

1am.Liu Shengyu, Li San and others led the guard platoon from the Security Force Brigade to the city wall.

Hamada Yoshito did not trust the gendarmerie, security force, and police brigade in Shoucheng County. In addition to arranging Japanese patrols on the city wall, he also let the security force and police brigade mix to guard the city wall, so as to allow the They spy on each other.

On a fence in the southwest of the city, a small unit of the Security Force Brigade was guarding, and six pseudo-policemen were sent to guard it with them.

Liu Shengyu and others came over, pretending to check the defense of the troops, and patrolled the city wall.When they came to the six pseudo-policemen, Li San gave the order to do it, and the officers and soldiers of the guard platoon rushed up, and four or five people dealt with one of the pseudo-policemen. took them.

Liu Shengyu and others continued to patrol along the city wall, and solved two fake policemen one after another.In this way, the more than 500-meter-long city wall was controlled by Liu Shengyu.

Liu Shengyu and others did not immediately send a signal to the outside of the city, because they still had to deal with the devil's patrol.

Liu Shengyu and others had already mastered the patrol rules of the devil's patrol team. They knew that in five minutes, the devil's patrol team would arrive.

He pretended to be patrolling the city defense here, and when he saw the devil's patrol team approaching, he walked over to meet them.

After the two sides exchanged the password, the devil's patrol team did not have any doubts, and continued to walk forward in line.

Liu Shengyu and the others also continued to move forward. When the two sides passed each other, the officers and soldiers of the guard platoon attacked the devil again. Three officers and soldiers of the guard platoon dealt with a devil. The devil was caught off guard and was also quickly attacked. Solved it.

Later, Liu Shengyu raised a flashlight covered with a red cloth and sent a signal to the outside of the city.

Soon a small group of people approached the city wall. Li San and the others had already tied the rope to the battlements, and those people climbed up along the rope.

Gao Jiu was the first to come up.

"Jiuye." Liu Shengyu excitedly came forward.

"Brother Liu." Gao Jiu also extended his hand enthusiastically.

The two exchanged briefly, and Liu Shengyu asked Li San to take people to meet the anti-Japanese army outside the city, and lead them to attack the three brigades of the Japanese army. Liu Shengyu led the guard platoon to the Japanese military police headquarters.

The first group to climb up the city wall was Guo Hengming's No. [-] Special Warfare Squadron. They were led by the security forces to seize the west gate of the city.

Soon after, Guo Hengming and others arrived at the west gate of the city. They wore Japanese military uniforms and swaggered towards the Japanese guarding the west gate.

The Japanese Yamamoto garrison in the city had just entered the county. Not only did they not know the Japanese military police in the city, but the three infantry brigades did not know each other. This created an opportunity for Guo Hengming and others to attack in disguise.

At the entrance of the side room at the gate of the city, there was a sentry of the Japanese army. He saw a group of Japanese soldiers approaching, asked the password, and continued to stand guard there without finding any problems.

Guo Hengming and others walked directly towards the city gate. The sentinel was a little puzzled, so he went up to him. Seeing the captain's rank on Guo Hengming's uniform, he stood at attention and saluted, wanting to ask them the purpose of coming here.Before he could speak, a special forces member behind Guo Hengming rushed up and cut his throat with a knife.

The rest of the special forces members rushed into the ear room and wiped out the Japanese soldiers in a squad inside with bayonets in the bed.

The gate of the city was opened, and Wang Zhankui, Jiang Xiaomei and others drove into the city with a large army.

The three brigades of the Japanese army were stationed in two middle schools and a wood processing factory in the city. Wang Zhankui and others, led by the security forces, went to besiege the three brigades of the Japanese army.

With the cooperation of Du Shengxi, Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion came to the No. [-] Middle School in Shoucheng County. Du Shengxi led the special forces team to kill the Japanese sentries first.Jiang Xiaomei led the soldiers from the Independence Battalion to rush in.

The cavalry battalion led by Wang Zhankui attacked the devils in the No. [-] Middle School in the county, and Gao Jiu led the Taohuashan Special Forces and the security force brigade led by Li San to attack the Japanese army in the carpentry factory.

The battle started quickly, with gunshots and explosions.

Japanese Gendarmerie.

After entering the city, Yoshito Hamada lived in the Japanese Gendarmerie. He was sleeping soundly when he was awakened by the sudden gunshots and explosions. He put on his clothes twice and ran out of the room, wanting to see what's going on.

Captain Hirata was also awakened by the chaotic sounds in the city. He ran out while buttoning up his buttons, and met Yoshito Hamada head-on.

Hamada Yoshito asked: "Captain Hirata, what happened in the city?"

How does Captain Hirata know what's going on?However, he was familiar with the topography of the city. From the sound of gunshots and explosions, he could tell that the three brigades of the Yamamoto garrison had all been attacked.

He said in a panic, "It's probably because Gao Jiu brought people into the city and is besieging the Yamamoto garrison."

Hamada Yoshito didn't know the situation outside, and he didn't dare to go out rashly. He ordered Captain Hirata and the military police he brought to strengthen the defense. He ran into the room by himself, picked up the phone and wanted to inquire about the situation of the Yamamoto garrison.

Before making the call, he had a premonition that he might not be able to make the call, because under normal circumstances, when the Yamamoto garrison encountered an attack, someone would call to inform him.

Sure enough, there was no sound from the receiver of the phone, and it was obvious that the phone line had been disconnected.

Yoshiichi Hamada dropped the phone and came outside the door, when he heard gunshots coming towards the gendarmerie. It was obvious that the anti-Japanese army had come to fight the gendarmerie.

Yoshito Hamada didn't know anything about the situation outside, and he didn't know how many anti-Japanese troops were coming towards the gendarmerie.He knew the combat effectiveness of these gendarmes under his command, and counting on them having a hard time defending the gendarmes, he couldn't help feeling a little flustered, and began to think about escaping from the gendarmes.

Captain Hirata had never fought in a war, and he was already at a loss when he encountered such a situation. He saw Hamada Yoshihito, ran over in a hurry, and asked in a panic: "Your Excellency, the Anti-Japanese Army is coming. What do you think?" How to do?"

Hamada Yoshiichi was not familiar with the terrain of the enemy situation, and he was counting on Captain Hirata to have some clever tricks. Seeing him like this, Hamada Yoshiichi wanted to step forward and give him a slap in the face.

Yoshizhi Hamada was worried about being surrounded by the Anti-Japanese Army while staying here, and also worried about encountering the Anti-Japanese Army when he went out, so he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

At this moment, Liu Shengyu ran in with a team of security forces. He also looked very embarrassed, his clothes were buttoned wrong, and he didn't wear a hat on his head.

Seeing Captain Yoshito Hamada and Captain Hirata, he hurriedly shouted: "Your Excellency, Section Chief, Captain Hirata, Gao Jiu has entered the city."

(End of this chapter)