The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 404 Deep sense of powerlessness
Saburo Isoda, chief of staff of the 114th Division, said worriedly: "Your Excellency, Commander, now without the support of the aviation force, the reinforcements of the Yamamoto Garrison have been completely lost. Even the Fourth Division of the Security Force has been attacked. Those two There is no longer any regiment, so there is only one infantry regiment of our 114th Division left, and we can no longer take risks in Peach Blossom Mountain.”

The head of the 114th Division, Moji Suematsu, remembered the 128th Brigade. The entire brigade was wiped out by Gao Jiu, and only the 56th Regiment was sent to Taohuashan, obviously to die.He said: "I think so too. You should give the 56th Regiment an order now to stop their advance, and at the same time build fortifications on the spot to prevent enemy sneak attacks."

Chief of Staff Isoda Saburo knew the seriousness of the matter, and he immediately went to the telecommunications room in person and issued an order to the 56th Wing to stop advancing.

After sending the telegram, he returned to the office of Division Chief Suematsu Moji and said, "The telegram has been sent, but how to explain it to the army headquarters?"

Suematsu Moji said: "Let's go to the military headquarters together and explain to Chief of Staff Haneda in person."

Isoda Saburo said: "You are right in thinking, it is not too late, let's go now."

The two were about to go out when the phone rang. After Isoda Saburo answered the phone, he put down the phone and said to Moji Suematsu: "Just in time, His Excellency Chief of Staff Haneda informed us to go to the military headquarters for a meeting."

The meeting room of the 12th Army Headquarters.

General Haneda, Chief of Staff of the 12th Army, General Matsuda, Commander of the Gendarmerie Command, Shigeru Suematsu, Commander of the 114th Division, Saburo Isoda, Chief of Staff, Akiaki Takayama, Chief of Staff of the Fifth Division, Makio Yokota, Commander of the Third Air Force, and several senior generals from the 12th Army Headquarters held a meeting to discuss the situation in Taohuashan.

Chief of Staff Haneda announced the opening of the meeting. The topic of the meeting was how to rescue the besieged 18th Wing. He asked everyone to express their opinions.

The Chief of Staff of the Fifth Division Takayama Qiuming said anxiously: "Your Excellency, the 18th Regiment of our Fifth Division was surrounded by Taohuashan. Now it has run out of ammunition and food, and there are still a large number of wounded. If we don't rush to rescue, They couldn't hold on any longer, please, Chief of Staff, order the reinforcements from all walks of life to speed up their march."

Makio Yokota cried and said dissatisfiedly: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, Jinan Airport has received serious damage, and the Third Air Force has also suffered unprecedented losses. We are now unable to reinforce the 18th Wing."

Haneda frowned and said nothing, he looked at Suematsu Moji, motioning for him to speak.

Moji Suematsu said: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, our 114th Division can no longer go to Peach Blossom Mountain. Now the only reinforcements left are our 56th Regiment. If we go to Peach Blossom Mountain, we will not be able to rescue the 18th Regiment. It will also kill the 56th Wing."

Isoda Saburo added: "Yes, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, we have received a telegram from the 56th Regiment saying that all the roads from Jinan to Taohuashan have been dug up, and motor vehicles have even been cut off. Including horse-drawn carriages, they cannot pass through, nor can heavy firearms and baggage, without artillery and baggage, this battle cannot be fought at all.”

Yang Jiong personally commanded the militiamen of the independent battalion, mobilized more than 8000 local people, dug a lot of big holes on all the roads, and filled them with water if possible. Even if no one attacked them, the first The 56th Wing will not be able to reach Peach Blossom Mountain in a short time.

Then it was the Gendarmerie Command's turn. General Matsuda was in a bad mood. What he wanted to say was bad news, and he really didn't want to say it.

He said helplessly: "The headquarters of the Fourth Division of the Public Security Army stationed in Yongcheng has been attacked by a large number of militants. The original plan for the Fourth Division to deploy two regiments to reinforce Taohuashan is temporarily impossible. It is really unexpected. , Gao Jiu's energy is so great, he was able to mobilize so many anti-Japanese armed forces in the northern Shandong area."

Having said that, he shook his head helplessly.

Seeing that everyone meant that it was impossible to rescue the 18th Regiment, the chief of staff of the Fifth Division, Takayama Qiuming, was impatient. He stood up and said emotionally: "What do you mean by this? Could it be that you are standing there with your eyes open?" Seeing the 18th Regiment besieged in Peach Blossom Mountain, do you want to die?"

Now the only reinforcements are the 114th Regiment of the 56th Division. When Takayama Akimen spoke, his eyes were fixed on the division commander and chief of staff of the 114th Division.

Saburo Isoda saw him pointing the finger at him, and said, "It's not that we don't go to the rescue. The real difficulty lies here. We can't take the 56th Wing in for nothing, right?"

Gao Shan Qiuming was very angry. He reached out and patted the table hard, and said angrily: "What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Originally, it was the task of your 114th Division to fight Taohua Mountain. It was all your idea. What are you doing? Long-distance raid, let our 18th regiment rush over from Qingdao, and then you just let go of it?"

Isoda Saburo was a little bit wronged, so he was also a little guilty. He didn't know how to answer, when he heard Takayama Akiaki say that it was all your idea, he immediately said: "You are wrong, this battle The plan is not our idea, whoever comes up with the idea, who do you go to."

He originally wanted to say directly that it was Yoshito Hamada's idea, but because of General Matsuda's face, he didn't say so.

Regarding the issue of responsibility for this matter, General Matsuda had already mentioned it at the last meeting, and now Saburo Isoda brought up this matter again, which made General Matsuda very dissatisfied.Fortunately, he was highly educated, so he just glanced at Saburo Isoda and didn't say anything.

Seeing the quarrel at the venue, Chief of Staff Haneda was also angry, and he shouted: "Shut up!"

Saburo Isoda and Akiaki Takayama saw that the boss had spoken, so they didn't dare to continue arguing. They glared at each other and sat down.

Chief of Staff Haneda was also very upset. He knew that the 18th Wing had to be rescued.According to the tradition of the Japanese army, no matter which troops are in danger, they must rescue each other.However, he is currently short of troops, and there is really no good way.

He said: "Now we only talk about how to rescue the 18th Wing. I hope you can offer suggestions."

Everyone chatted and discussed for more than half an hour, and thought of many ways, but they were not very reliable.

Saburo Isoda, chief of staff of the 114th Division, said: "I do have an idea, but let me state in advance that I don't mean to shirk my responsibility, I'm just discussing the matter as it stands, and please don't suspect my motives to those involved."

Chief of Staff Haneda said impatiently: "I've already said that we only discuss the rescue of the 18th Wing. You can say what you think."

Saburo Isoda said: "With all due respect, with the current strength of our army, the 18th Regiment cannot be rescued at all. Even if the 56th Regiment rushed to Taohua Mountain, it would only be for that damned Gao Jiu to come back." Add a record.

My opinion is that the 18th Regiment must rely on its own strength to resolutely break out of the encirclement, and can use the night to break out of the encirclement in one direction. Although they will suffer a lot of casualties during the breakout process, at least there is still a glimmer of life.

In order to cope with the breakout of the 18th Wing, the 114th Wing of our 56th Division can continue to advance towards Taohuashan to contain the enemy's forces. "

Akira Takayama was furious, but he had thought of every possible solution. The solution mentioned by Isoda Saburo was probably the only feasible solution at present. Moreover, he heard that the 114th Division would continue to send the 56th Regiment to Peach Blossom Shan, restraining the enemy's strength, his complexion also improved a little.

He said: "Even if this method is adopted, the cooperation of the air force is still needed before the breakout. First, supplies must be airdropped to the besieged 18th Wing. Otherwise, breaking out would be impossible."

When Makio Yokota heard that he wanted to send his air team to Peach Blossom Mountain to drop supplies, his head immediately grew bigger, and he hurriedly said: "This is impossible, my air team has already lost more than 20 planes, and the airport has also been destroyed. They were blown up, and I couldn't complete this task."

Seeing Yokota's refusal to send planes to drop supplies, Takayama Akira became impatient again. He said, "Jinan's airport has been attacked. Can we send planes from Qingdao? Qingdao is only 500 kilometers away from Taohua Mountain. Why can't it be done?" where?"

Yokota Makio said: "What do you know? The plane took off from Qingdao and flew over Taohuashan and could only stay there for a few minutes. The enemy has a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, so it is impossible to accurately drop the air, and the target cannot be seen clearly when dropped from high altitude. Most of the supplies will fall into the hands of the enemy, and it is better to say that it is sending supplies to the enemy than sending supplies to the 18th Wing."

There was another quarrel in the venue.

Chief of Staff Haneda has experienced many battles and encountered various complicated situations, and he can calmly deal with them.He really didn't expect that a small Taohuashan guerrilla would make him feel so powerless.He had a premonition that the 18th Wing was in danger.

He really had no choice but to adopt Isoda Saburo's opinion and asked Yokota Makio to do his best to airdrop supplies to the besieged 18th Regiment.

After the meeting adjourned, Yokota was on his way back to the Third Air Force, considering how to carry out the order to drop supplies to the besieged 18th Wing.He was really afraid of Gao Jiu now, he received the call from Ning Wen in the middle of the night, his words were full of threats, he believed that he didn't just talk and let it go.

The Third Air Force has three airports in Shandong. The Taohuashan guerrillas can attack the airports in Jinan, as well as the airports in Qingdao and other places. The Taohuashan guerrillas can hide in the mountains at any time, but Hengtian Shepherd can’t Carry the airport on your back?There is also the headquarters of the Third Air Force, and it is impossible to guard against thieves for a thousand days. If Gao Jiu is annoyed again, I am afraid that I will live in fear every day in the future.

After careful consideration, Hengtian Shepherd decided not to provoke Gao Jiu. As for the order of the 12th Army Headquarters, he decided to follow the yin and yin, and just fool around.

After returning to the office, he called one of his cronies and asked him to secretly make some arrangements for the captain of the transport aircraft brigade who was about to go to Peach Blossom Mountain to perform the airdrop mission.

The Third Air Force suffered heavy losses, and the pilots were unwilling to go to Taohua Mountain to perform missions. The crew members of the transport plane who were in charge of going to Taohua Mountain to perform the airdrop mission dared to take a trip to Taohua Mountain after receiving hints from their superiors. .

Peach Blossom Mountain.

Hyogo Nakajima, the captain of the 18th Regiment, who was surrounded by Peach Blossom Mountain, was in such a bad mood that it was impossible to use the word bad to describe it.

He received telegrams from the headquarters of the 12th Army, all bad news, and one was worse than the other.

The Third Air Force was attacked at the airport in Jinan and suffered heavy losses; the reinforcements from the Yamamoto Garrison were wiped out, and the reinforcements from the Fourth Division of the Public Security Army were also unable to come. The reinforcements from the 56th Wing were also hopeless. They have to rely on themselves to break through.

The only good news is that the Third Air Force will come to drop supplies again.

In order not to shake the morale of the army, Nakajima only told several major commanders the bad news that the reinforcements could not arrive, and asked them to deceive the officers and soldiers, saying that the reinforcements would arrive soon, and that the air force would come to drop supplies.In any case, the morale of the officers and soldiers must be guaranteed, and they will persist until tonight to break through.

At noon that day, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army had not eaten for almost two days, and the supply of drinking water on the mountain could not be guaranteed.

The deceit of Nakajima Hongo and the officers had a little effect, and the officers and soldiers were all looking forward to the air force's transport plane flying in quickly.

At exactly 1:18 noon, the officers and soldiers of the 40th Company finally heard the long-awaited roar of the plane.According to the agreement with the Third Air Force, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army used [-] people on the two hills to form two "ten" characters as the airdrop marks.

Not long after, two transport planes flew over. The guys didn't seem to see the "ten" mark on the mountain. At an altitude of 4km, they began to drop supplies by air, and then flew away in a circle.

The Japanese soldiers on the two hills watched helplessly that most of the supplies in the sky fell into the distance, and almost none of the supplies could fall on the two mountains. The airdrops that fell on these two mountains swarmed away.

This is Yokota Mufu's plan to have both. He did not send bombers to bomb Gao Jiu's guerrillas, showing that he would no longer fight against Gao Jiu.Let the transport plane carry out high-altitude airdrops and give most of the supplies to Gao Jiu, which also shows his kindness to Gao Jiu, and hopes that Gao Jiu will not trouble himself again in the future.

In any case, the Third Air Force has executed the order of the No. 12 Army Command and completed the airdrop mission, which can be regarded as an explanation.

As for how much supplies the 18th Wing can get, that's not what Yokota Makio considered.

Gunshots rang out on the mountain. It was the officers who fired to disperse the hungry soldiers in order to stop the looting of supplies.The surrounding anti-Japanese troops were not idle either. They saw the chaotic Japanese troops on the mountain, and fired at the Japanese troops again.

There were very few boxes that fell on the mountain, there were only three in total, and several boxes fell on the mountainside. The devils rushed down from the mountain to snatch the supplies. The anti-Japanese army on the opposite mountain took the opportunity to attack them, causing another The Japanese suffered heavy casualties.

After paying the casualty price of more than 30 people, they finally grabbed two more boxes.

Hongo Nakajima and the others opened the boxes with great anticipation. There were two boxes containing bullets for Type 38 rifles, one box containing mortar shells, and only two boxes containing food. It's only two hundred catties, which is a drop in the bucket for the more than 200 Japanese soldiers currently on the mountain, and one person can't even get one or two.

In any case, having something is better than nothing, and Nakajima asked the wing to personally supervise the distribution of food, and at the same time sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 12th Army, accusing the Third Air Force of irresponsible behavior.

The 12th Army Command questioned Yokota Makio. Yokota Makio plausibly said that the Taohuashan guerrillas had a large number of anti-aircraft weapons. The Air Force risked their lives to carry out such a mission. The Ministry has nothing to do about it.

Not only is Yokota Mufu unwilling to work hard, the 114th Division is also acting. In order to prevent being hit by Gao Jiu, the 56th Regiment used the guise of filling the dug-out road to grind foreign workers there for a whole day. Time, only less than 1 km forward.

The Japanese army has actually abandoned the 18th Wing. Whether it is dead or alive depends on the 18th Wing's own fortune.

The officers and soldiers of the 43th Regiment of the Japanese Army trapped on the two mountains of No. 44 and No. 18 each had a bite of food, but when they finished eating, their hunger became stronger. However, everyone Anyway, I recovered a little strength.

Nakajima was ordered by me to distribute the ammunition dropped by the air, and he made up his mind to break out of the siege at midnight tonight.

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