The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 449 Exploring the Peach Blossom Cave

On the way back to the Gendarmerie Command, General Matsuda did not accuse Hamada of cowardice.Among the Japanese soldiers, he is one of the few truly standard soldiers, and he does not advocate the massacre of innocent civilians.

Matsuda is a firm-willed person and has always maintained a high degree of trust in Hamada Yoshito.Seeing Hamada Yoshihito feeling a little frustrated, he said: "Hamada-kun, it is expected that the meeting will not go well, and don't rush for success on how to wipe out the Taohuashan guerrillas. You have to continue to study and deal with the Taohuashan guerrillas According to the team's strategy, strengthen espionage work, and get as much information as possible about Gao Jiu and others.

Now, the Huang Army is encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army in the north and east of Shandong, and it is temporarily unable to mobilize a large number of troops to encircle Taohuashan.

Let's wait for another chance. Once the Yellow Army can draw a large number of troops, I will try my best to persuade the commander of the army and Chief of Staff Haneda to mobilize heavy troops to attack Taohuashan.

The area of ​​Taohua Mountain is not too big, so Gao Jiu's old lair should be found.As long as their lair is taken away, they will lose their foothold in Peach Blossom Mountain. When they become rogues, it will be relatively easier to deal with them. "

Yoshito Hamada was very grateful for General Matsuda's understanding and support.He said sincerely: "Thank you, Your Excellency, Commander, I will definitely fulfill my duties in my humble position and fulfill my mission."

Peach Blossom Mountain.

According to Gao Jiu's judgment based on various situations, the Japanese army will not attack Taohuashan in a large scale for the time being.However, Gao Jiu did not dare to be careless in the slightest. He knew that the Japanese army's large-scale attack on Taohua Mountain would come sooner or later. He must seize this relatively peaceful time and strengthen the construction of Taohua Mountain.

Gao Jiu instructed to continue to increase the construction of light and dark firepower points on the mountains around Taohua Mountain.With so many fortifications built, a lot of manpower is needed to defend them.

In order to solve this problem, Gao Jiu planned to withdraw the militiamen from the surrounding villages to the mountains when the war started, let them enter the fortifications, and free up the main force of Taohua Mountain to conduct mobile operations.

In order for the militiamen to get familiar with the fortifications of Taohua Mountain as soon as possible, Zhang Quan arranged for the militia captains of each village to visit the areas they were planning to defend, and organized militiamen from each village to come to Taohua Mountain in turn to familiarize themselves with the use of the fortifications in advance.

After making these deployments, Gao Jiu always felt that there were still some problems.He was worried that if the main force of the Taohuashan guerrillas were all surrounded in Taohuashan, they would be wiped out by the Japanese army sooner or later just by fighting the Japanese army for consumption.

He hoped that there would be a secret passage, so that when the encirclement of the Japanese army was formed, the main force could be quietly transferred to the enemy's rear, and the Japanese army would be caught off guard.

This morning, Gao Jiu called Liang Baoguo, who was in charge of the construction of Peach Blossom Mountain, and asked, "I made an arrangement for you before, to find a new exit in Peach Blossom Cave, did you gain anything?"

Liang Baoguo said: "Master Jiu, we have searched for all the places that can be found in Taohua Cave, even if there is a depression as big as a bowl, we have carefully inspected it, and there is really no other way out."

Zhang Quan said: "Yes, Master Jiu, I have already organized people to knock all the walls of the cave, and they are all solid, and I have not found any other hollow places."

Gao Jiu once thought of making another passage from the mountain to the outside, but the cave is surrounded by hard rocks, so it is simply unimaginable to make a passage that can jump out of the Taohua Mountain's defense circle.

Gao Jiu was also a little discouraged, he said, "Brother Baoguo, go get busy first."

Liang Baoguo didn't leave right away, he said, "Master Jiu, it's not that there is no exit at all, the underground river in the cave may lead to the outside of the mountain."

It is not that Gao Jiu has not thought about this point. Since the water of the underground river can pass through the cave, there must be a passage, and the river surface is not exposed around. This underground river may be very long. The channel can lead to the outside of the mountain.

Gao Jiu once planned to enter the underground river to explore, but the straight-line distance from here to the exit of the river outside the mountain is almost 6 kilometers, and there is no guarantee that this underground river will lead directly to that river.

In other words, if a person enters the water, he must dive at least 6 kilometers in the water, which is absolutely impossible for ordinary people, and even Gao Jiu dare not try it.

As for exploring caves, has Gao Jiu done it before? He carefully recalled the similar science and education films he had watched, and saw that after those expeditions dived into the underground river, they would encounter new caves on the way.He guessed that the passage of the underground river flowing through Taohua Cave could not have been so narrow all the time, and there might be new caves on the way, so he made up his mind to try it.

Gao Jiu said, "Let's go! Let's go to the underground river together."

Everyone followed Gao Jiu to the underground river in the cave. Everyone saw that the underground river flowed through the cave. The place above the water was less than a foot, and the bottom was dark, which looked very eerie.

When Gao Jiu rescued Ouyang Xue, he had dived under the Daqing River for a long time; when he hit the Yujiang Bridge with a bomber, he also had the experience of diving for a long time, so he decided to give it a try.

When Gao Jiu expressed his thoughts, everyone's expressions changed drastically. They were worried that Gao Jiu would have a problem. Gao Jiu was the backbone of Peach Blossom Mountain. Without Gao Jiu, Peach Blossom Village would be finished sooner or later.Everyone persuaded Gao Jiu not to take risks.

Everyone was very sincere and worried about his safety.Feng Xiucai was so anxious that he was about to cry. He said, "You can't take this risk, master. If something happens to you, we, what can we do?"

Speaking of this, his tears really flowed out.

The mood of the crowd was already very tense and heavy. When Feng Xiucai cried, everyone couldn't help the tears falling down, and Jia Liu simply burst into tears.

Gao Jiu was very moved by everyone's friendship, but he smiled and said, "What are you doing? Why is it like crying for a funeral? I understand everyone's worries, but once the devils come to besiege Peach Blossom Mountain, if our main force can't Jump out in time, Taohuashan will be captured by devils sooner or later, and everyone will die at that time.

I thought that this underground river must lead to the outside of the mountain, as everyone has seen, the inside of our current Peach Blossom Cave is uneven, and I think the cave that this underground river passes through should be the same. There must be holes.

Even if we can't get to the outside of the mountain, it is still a way out to evacuate the people from Taohua Mountain to the cave in the middle of the mountain through the underground river at critical times.

Don't worry, everyone. After I go into the water, I will stay underwater for a while. If I don't see a new cave, I will return directly. "

Everyone wanted to persuade them again, but Gao Jiu said decisively: "Okay! This matter is settled like this, let's start preparing."

Everyone worked together and prepared two waterproof flashlights for Gao Jiu, tied a thin rope around his waist, and hung two bells on it, and agreed that Gao Jiu would go to a safe place as soon as he arrived. Pull the rope to inform everyone, so that everyone can rest assured.

Gao Jiu went into the water, everyone watched him enter the water, and soon disappeared.Everyone was very nervous, staring at the water, afraid that they would never see Gao Jiu again.

Gao Jiu entered the water, took a picture with a flashlight, and found that the depth of the water was about 1.5 meters.He stood at the bottom of the water with his nose just above the surface of the water. After walking about four or five meters forward, he found that the top of the cave in front had drooped down and was completely submerged in the water.He dived to the bottom and swam forward.

He swam forward in the water for a full 5 minutes, but still did not reveal the hole, so he had to continue swimming.The more he swam, the more chilled he became, because such a long distance had already surpassed the ability of ordinary people to hold their breath. Even if there was an open space in front of him, except for Gao Jiu, no one else could swim over.

Gao Jiu continued to swim forward, and at about 9 minutes, the cave in front of him emerged from the water.

Gao Jiu breathed hard, feeling that the air was still relatively fresh.So, he pulled the rope around his waist and shook it vigorously.

In the Peach Blossom Cave, everyone was staring at the water, seeing that Gao Jiu hadn't moved for seven or eight minutes, everyone couldn't help feeling worried.Fortunately, everyone knew that Gao Jiu had the ability to stay in the water for at least half an hour without breathing, so he didn't panic too much.

At this time, the bell rang, which meant that Gao Jiu had found the next exit of the underground river, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, everyone felt that this was meaningless. After diving for such a long time, all the people in Taohua Mountain did not have this ability.Everyone wanted Gao Jiu to come back and stop exploring, so they pulled the rope vigorously, trying to tell Gao Jiu to give up this exploration.

Who would have thought that after they pulled a few times, the rope would become loose. It seemed that Gao Jiu had untied the rope over there.Now, everyone had no choice but to wait patiently for Gao Jiu to come back.

Gao Jiu continued to swim forward, and found that the cave in front was getting higher and higher, the water surface here became wider, and the water level also dropped, so he simply climbed onto the river bank and continued walking forward.

Not long after, Gao Jiu saw an extremely spacious cave in front of him. He took pictures around and found that the space here was very large. Although it was not as large as the main cave of Taohua Cave, the visual area reached more than 2000 square meters.
The cave is very dark, but the air is very fresh, which shows that at least some gaps in this cave lead to the outside of the mountain.

Gao Jiu didn't have time to investigate the cave now, so he continued to walk along the water.At the front, the cave became narrower and narrower, and the river continued to flow into a narrow cave.

Gao Jiu really wanted to continue exploring, but he was worried that if he stayed here for too long, he would make the people in Taohua Cave anxious.So, he returned.

In the Peach Blossom Cave, everyone was watching the water nervously, and finally saw Gao Jiu's head protruding from the water.

Everyone hurriedly pulled him out of the water, and wrapped a thick towel around his body.

Gao Jiu said: "About 10 minutes away from here, there is a not-so-small cave that can accommodate thousands of people without any problem."

Zhang Quan said regretfully: "It's good to be the head of the family, but it's a pity that none of us can swim past it except yourself."

Gao Jiu laughed and said, "Can a living person be suffocated by urine? Let's have the arsenal process a closed metal cabinet. I'll go over there and install a winch. When the time comes, our people will hide in the metal cabinet. From there Wouldn’t it be enough to pull it over? In such a short time, the air in the metal cabinet is enough for everyone to breathe.”

When Gao Jiu said this, everyone became excited.

Wang Zhankui said: "Jiuye, this is great. If we can't hold on in the future, we will sneak through the bottom of the water, and the devil will have nothing to do with us."

Everyone was also discussing, and their emotions were very high.

Gao Jiu said: "I didn't have time to check the cave I went to just now, let's notify the arsenal to process this metal cabinet now, and when the time comes, more people will go to check the cave, maybe we can find the exit, so we will have an extra life-saving channel."

Jia Liu immediately said: "Jiuye, I'm going to the arsenal right now." After speaking, he ran away without a trace.

Gao Jiu said: "Ask someone to prepare some dry food for me. I will continue to explore that cave now to see where this underground river leads to?"

Everyone disagreed, and they all said that after the metal cabinet was completed, some people would go there, and then gradually explore one by one.

Gao Jiu also didn't want to make everyone worry, so he agreed with everyone.He got dressed, went out of the Peach Blossom Cave with everyone, and returned to the Juyi Hall.

It is very easy for an arsenal to process a sealed metal cabinet.Soon after, a metal cabinet that can accommodate four people at the same time was processed.

Du Shengxi personally led three special forces members into the metal cabinet to test how long they could hold their breath inside.

They stayed in the tin cabinet for a full 15 minutes before they began to feel a little suffocated, so they knocked on the tin cabinet, and the people outside let them out.

Gao Jiu was always thinking about continuing to explore the final exit of the underground river, so he immediately ordered people to make preparations. They carried the tin cabinet into the Peach Blossom Cave, and came to the side of the underground river. Gao Jiu first brought a thick rope, Dive into the dark river again.

Du Shengxi, Jia Liu, Ning Wen, and Ning Wu got into the metal cabinet and brought some tools with them.Everyone tied the rope to the iron ring outside the metal cabinet, and shook the rope vigorously to notify Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu pulled the rope vigorously. Although the metal cabinet was heavy, due to the buoyancy in the water, Gao Jiu was still able to pull the metal cabinet through this section of the underground cave relatively easily.

Next, everyone used the metal cabinet to go back and forth many times, and transported more than 20 people including Zhang Quan.They took out the flashlights from the tin cabinet and scattered to find the exit of the cave.

Gao Jiu dived into the underground river again, looking for the next exit of the underground river.

(End of this chapter)