The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 448 This task is handed over to you

The Independence Regiment seized a 21-type infantry gun, six mortars, [-] crooked machine guns, and more than [-] guns of various types. The ammunition has not yet been counted, and of course there are a large number of other military supplies.

Among these military supplies, there are also two radio stations. The head of the military division has always hoped to get a radio station. This will make them happy.

Not only that, this time a total of 36 oceans of money from the Japanese army were confiscated, and 18 oceans were allocated to the independent regiment.

Chen Zhiyong, Li Yao and the independent group suddenly became upstarts, and they finally held a celebration banquet in a grand manner, entertaining the Taohuashan guerrillas with dignity.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the Taohuashan guerrillas did not dispatch vehicles.After Li Chengwu received the order, he drove the convoy of the Taohuashan guerrillas from Taoyuan Town.The Taohuashan guerrilla team already had more than [-] vehicles. Gao Jiu and others seized another six trucks and five motorcycles in the copper mine and the county town this time.These vehicles were not distributed to the independent regiment, which strengthened the convoy of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Chen Zhiyong, Li Yao and the officers and soldiers of the Independence Regiment were envious when they saw the mighty convoy of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Envy is envy, they have nothing to do, because no one in the independent regiment can drive a car, and the area they are in cannot have such large equipment as cars, which will expose their targets. The officers and soldiers can only lament the Taohuashan guerrillas ox fork.

The Peach Blossom Mountain guerrillas were about to leave. Chen Zhiyong held Gao Jiu's hand and said excitedly, "Master Jiu, thank you so much. If you have any combat missions in the future, please be sure to bring our independent regiment with you."

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Definitely."

After speaking, he waved to the officers and soldiers of the Independence Regiment, and left with the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Chen Zhiyong and Li Yao sent Gao Jiu and the others away, and hurried back to the regiment headquarters to appreciate the spoils they had seized.

The Taohuashan guerrillas attacked the devil's copper mine, which really annoyed the senior officials of the Japanese 12th Army. The copper mine was directly under the headquarters of the 12th Army and was one of their small coffers.

The Taohuashan guerrillas had defeated many devils in the past, and for the 12th Army, the loss was not too great, because these troops could be replenished.

The situation at the Wangjiaao Copper Mine is different. This is the cheese of the 12th Army Headquarters. The Taohuashan guerrillas have moved their cheese, which really hurts them.

Jinan, the headquarters of the 12th Army.

The chief of staff, General Haneda, summoned the 114th Division, the 8th Division, and the Army's 3rd Air Force to prepare for the crusade against Taohuashan.

The Jinan Gendarmerie Command was also invited to participate in this meeting, and Hamada Yoshito was once again taken seriously.

General Haneda said angrily: "A small Taohuashan bandit armed forces has repeatedly caused huge damage to the Huang army. Taohuashan is a cancer of the Huang army's public security in Shandong. They must be resolutely and thoroughly eradicated."

After he roared for a while, he asked the officers who attended the meeting to express their opinions.

The head of the 114th Division, Suematsu Moji, also scolded the Taohuashan Yu team like General Haneda, but did not put forward any constructive opinions.

For him, hearing the name Gao Jiu gave him a headache, and he didn't have any confidence in defeating Gao Jiu, and he really didn't want to touch Gao Jiu's fate again.

Lieutenant General Honda Masai, the head of the 114th Division, looked at Shigeru Suematsu, the head of the [-]th Division, with sympathetic eyes, and just nodded in agreement without expressing any opinions.

Honda seems to feel that this matter has nothing to do with him, and with the attitude of being irrelevant, he is unwilling to fight the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Masai Honda, the head of the division, and Masai Akiyama, the head of the brigade, both came from the Hirosaki Non-commissioned Officer Academy in Japan. Masai Honda used to be the squadron leader of the student team in the school, and Akiyama was a student in his team. The relationship between the two is extremely close.After meeting with Gao Jiu, the head of the Akiyama Brigade quietly told Honda Zhengcai about his experience.

Honda Zhengcai had heard of the reputation of the Taohuashan guerrillas for a long time, especially Gao Jiu, who was elusive. He could touch Akiyama's dormitory, and he could also quietly touch Honda Zhengcai's residence.Annoyed Gao Jiu, I'm afraid I will be like Ayumi Hamasaki back then, with no place to hide in this world.Therefore, he acquiesced to the secret agreement between Akiyama and Gao Jiu.

Now that he heard that he was going to Peach Blossom Mountain to find Gao Jiu's troubles, he had already made up his mind that he would not participate no matter what.

General Haneda was very angry at the humming and haha ​​of the two division heads, but it was not easy to attack.General Haneda is a lieutenant general, and the two division heads are also lieutenant generals.For the 12th Army, it was these two permanent divisions that supported the scene. If they were annoyed, the life of the No. 12th Army would not be easy in the future.

General Haneda felt a headache and didn't know how to proceed.At this time, he saw Yoshito Hamada, although every time this guy came up with bad ideas, he could still come up with some ideas after all.

He said: "Mr. Hamada, you are the most familiar with the bandits in Taohuashan. Do you have any suggestions for dealing with these bandits?"

Hamada Yoshitaka had already drawn up a set of combat plans. When he heard General Haneda's roll call, he immediately stood up. Just as he was about to speak, he found two division chiefs, two division chiefs of staff, and the commander of the 12th Army The other generals in the Ministry were watching him.

The eyes of this group of people look weird, conveying various signals, including contempt, anger, contempt, disgust, distrust, etc., all of which are not good words to say.

All the plans put forward by Yoshihiro Hamada, all the people who participated in the execution were unlucky, and every time only this guy was able to come back safely, some people even suspected that he was in collusion with Gao Jiu, a guerrilla from Taohuashan Yes, such a guy, who would dare to trust him?

Hamada Yoshito was a little scared, he turned his head to look at General Matsuda, General Matsuda had firm eyes, obviously supporting him.

Yoshito Hamada was in a better mood. He cleared his throat and was about to speak when someone interrupted him.

The head of the 114th Division, Suematsu Moji, said: "Hamada Yoshihito, what do you do as a super high-level section chief? Every time you provide information, there are many loopholes, and the combat plan you formulate is completely unreliable. .”

Speaking of this, he said to Chief of Staff Haneda: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, every time Yoshito Hamada formulates a combat plan, it is the beginning of a huge disaster for the Huang Army. If he formulates the combat plan, the 114th Division Orders from the 12th Army Command will be refused."

This time, Hamada Yoshihito was slapped severely in the face in public. His skin was originally fair, but now it became even paler, and then flushed with shame. He was tongue-tied and didn't know what to do.

The chief of staff of the 114th Division, Saburo Isoda, especially hated Yoshito Hamada. It was precisely because of Yoshito Hamada's plan that his brother-in-law, Shigesho Yamamoto, the commander of the 150th Infantry Regiment, was killed in Southwest Shandong.

Immediately following the words of division commander Suematsu Moji, Isoda Saburo said: "Hamada Yoshito, why every time you make a battle plan, it leads to huge losses for the Yellow Army? I doubt your loyalty to the Great Japanese Empire very much. Maybe you are the spy bought by Gao Jiu, who sent the soldiers of the Huang Army to desperation time and time again, and made the Yellow Army of Japan demoralized.

You'd better not report any plan. If your plan is implemented, the soldiers of the Huang Army will commit suicide. Our 114th Division will definitely not adopt your opinion. "

Yoshiichi Hamada was so ashamed by the training that he wished he could find a crack in the ground and get in.

General Haneda was also very embarrassed. Although he rationally believed that Hamada Yoshihito knew the situation of Taohuashan best, and the combat deployment he made was the closest to reality, what Moji Suematsu and Isoda Saburo said was also very reasonable. Hamada This guy Tian Yizhi is a disaster star, and now he is a little reluctant to listen to Hamada Yoshizhi.

General Matsuda is the most rational among this group of people. He firmly believes that only Hamada Yoshitoshi knows the situation of the Taohuashan guerrillas best. I think this is the only feasible way to deal with the Taohuashan guerrillas.

He said to Hamada Yoshito: "Sit down first."

Afterwards, he said sincerely: "Generals! I can understand everyone's feelings. The Taohuashan bandits have indeed caused great harm to Huang Jun. It is inevitable for everyone to have emotions.

Yoshito Hamada is my subordinate, and I know him very well.Among all the people here, he has been dealing with the Gao Jiu Gang, and he is the only one who knows the situation best.He has a new battle plan, which I have read and which I think is feasible.

I suggest that you might as well listen to his plan, and discuss it around it, and you can raise any different opinions.

Yoshito Hamada's plan is for your reference only. If you think it is inappropriate, you can veto it. Generals, what do you think? "

General Matsuda has a very high level of self-cultivation, and he has won the respect of his colleagues in everything he does. Seeing his sincerity, everyone stopped talking.

General Haneda said again: "Hamada-kun, tell me about your plan."

Hamada Yoshito also felt that he was a little busy. He was originally full of enthusiasm and was full of confidence when making plans, but after the scene just now, he also began to feel a little discouraged, and he was really worried about himself However, if this plan fails again, I am afraid that I will have no place in the 12th Army.

He wanted to retreat, but, being called again by General Haneda, he had no choice but to stand up again.

He gritted his teeth, summoned up his courage and said: "The bandits in Taohuashan are not bandits in the usual sense, but bandits with special skills who have undergone strict training. Their individual combat skills are very superb. The soldiers of the Yellow Army are not inferior. They are good at all kinds of sneak attacks, and their equipment is excellent, far surpassing the regular troops of our Japanese Yellow Army."

Yoshito Hamada's remarks were a bit suspicious of his aspirations and prestige. If it was normal, he would definitely be reprimanded. However, everyone present was deeply impressed by the Peach Blossom Mountain guerrillas, so no one He cares about Hamada Yoshito's attitude.

Yoshito Hamada went on to say: "The bandit team in Taohuashan, especially their commander Gao Jiu, is good at various sneak attack tactics. When facing our army's large forces, they often come from unexpected places. The sneak attack on the Huang army constantly consumed the vital strength of our army, and our army usually had no time to counterattack, and the enemy had already left.

After our army encountered many attacks, its vitality continued to decrease, so that it was finally wiped out by the enemy. "

The words that Hamada Yoshito summed up made sense, and everyone listened to them, and everyone began to focus on listening to him continue.

Hamada Yoshito said: "The bandits in Peach Blossom Mountain have no more than a hundred core members. Now they have grown and grown, and there are no more than a few hundred people. The thousands of Huang Jun can't carry out effective strikes against them. Except for the enemy occupying In addition to favorable terrain conditions, there is another important reason."

Having said that, he paused, and the following is the main point of what he wants to say.

He looked around the crowd and saw that they were all staring at him, and then he continued: "When the Taohuashan bandits were fighting, they were good at using the power of other anti-Japanese armed forces. When fighting in Zhiyuan County, he used only the government The strength of the newly organized 187th Division of the Chinese Army also used the armed forces of the local underground party when fighting in other places.

They used these anti-Japanese armed forces to contain the main force of our army, and used the main force of Taohuashan bandits to carry out sneak attacks everywhere, making our army hard to defend. "

The commander of the 114th Division, Shigeru Suematsu, and Chief of Staff Saburo Isoda have all fought against the Taohuashan guerrillas. They also realized that during the battle, they encountered not only the hundreds of bandits in Taohuashan, Instead, a large number of other anti-Japanese militants, and even many ordinary people participated in it.

Originally, the number of troops of the Huang Army had an advantage, but in this case, it has formed a disadvantage overall.When fighting, they felt like they couldn't find a real opponent.

Hamada Yoshito's analysis won everyone's approval, no matter whether everyone likes Hamada Yoshito or not, they still couldn't help but nod frequently.

While speaking, Hamada Yoshito observed the expressions of everyone at the venue from the corner of his eyes. He saw everyone's recognition of him, and his confidence began to recover.

He said: "If you want to eliminate the Taohuashan bandits, there are two ways. The first way is to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress them. If the strength of the troops participating in the battle can reach the strength of a division, in the event of being attacked by other anti-Japanese militants Sometimes, a small number of troops can be separated to eliminate interference, and the main force can still maintain an overwhelming force to surround the bandit team in Taohuashan.

Within the narrow encirclement, the Taohuashan bandits were unable to maneuver quickly and give full play to the power of their elusive guerrilla warfare. The Huang Army could continuously shrink the encirclement and finally wiped them out completely. "

General Haneda weighed which main force could be mobilized, and mobilized the strength of one division at a time. This was a big move, and it was not an easy task to mobilize troops from various places for assembly.

He said, "Talk about the second method."

Yoshito Hamada said: "The second method is to use the method of the Manchukuo Kwantung Army to deal with the underground party's anti-union forces, adopt the method of merging villages and villages, and transfer the people around Taohuashan to other areas, so that The bandits in Taohuashan were out of contact with the common people and could not get supplies, so they were forced to go out to fight.

Our army mobilized elite troops to establish a solid stronghold on the main roads in the Taohua Mountains, blockade them, and continuously consume their vital forces. The strength of the bandits will gradually weaken, creating conditions for our army to encircle and wipe out them. . "

Needless to say, the two methods Hamada Yoshito mentioned would be extremely severe challenges for Gao Jiu and the others under normal circumstances.

Especially for the latter method, if the people in the 17 villages around Taohua Mountain are all relocated away, the supply of materials in Taohua Mountain will be greatly restricted, and the guerrillas will just sit and eat. Fighting passively due to problems, the Japanese army waited for work with solid firepower. Every battle of the Taohuashan guerrillas would be a tough battle, and they would not be able to take advantage of fast and mobile operations.

Everyone at the meeting agreed with Hamada Yoshito's point of view. Everyone found that General Matsuda was right. Everyone really didn't know the Taohuashan guerrillas, and they couldn't come up with a better solution than Hamada Yoshito.

Perhaps because of the hostility towards Yoshito Hamada's proposal all the time, Saburo Isoda, chief of staff of the 114th Division, still raised doubts.

He said: "The combat plans you proposed before sounded very clever, but the final result proved that they were all traps, ruining the lives of all the officers and soldiers of the Yellow Army who went to the battle in vain.

The same is true of the methods you have proposed now. I think they are still just ideas on paper.

First of all, it is not an easy task to relocate the people around Taohua Mountain.There is also a problem of resettlement for these people, they are unwilling to move away, so we can't wipe them all out. "

When Isoda Saburo said these words, even he himself felt a little strange. The 114th Division had participated in the Nanjing Massacre, and it was very easy for them to massacre people.

However, Gao Jiu has already said that a person who slaughters innocent people, even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, will be hunted down thoroughly. Thinking about the fate of Ayumi Hamasaki and Shimada, he really dare not take this risk now .

Everyone present obviously thought of this point, Gao Jiu's method of appearing and disappearing was a great shock to everyone, no one wanted to provoke Gao Jiu, and lived in hiding all day long.

Isoda Saburo saw the expressions of everyone, and he said directly: "Hamada Yoshito, I will leave this matter of relocating the people to your special high school, would you like it?"

In the Northeast, the Japanese invaders forcibly drove out the people, and the people would be killed if they disobeyed.Taohuashan is different here, Gao Jiu will never agree to massacre innocent people.

"This, this...,"

Yoshito Hamada is the most familiar person with Shimada and Ayumi Hamasaki. At the beginning, he tried his best to protect Ayumi Hamasaki. In the end, Ayumi Hamasaki was still killed. Let him do this. He really didn't have this courage.

He was tongue-tied and faltering, not knowing how to answer Isoda Saburo's words.

Isoda Saburo said sarcastically: "Hamada Yoshito, you can't even implement the battle plan you made. We people don't know as much about the bandits in peach blossoms as you do. How can we implement it?"

The meeting was at an impasse, and Chief of Staff Haneda saw that the meeting could no longer be discussed for the time being. He said: "How to deal with the bandits in Peach Blossom Mountain, everyone should go back and think about it, and wait until the next meeting. Let's discuss, let's stop here for today's meeting."

(End of this chapter)