The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 468 Gao Jiu's Routine

Jinan 12th Army Headquarters.

Chief of Staff General Haneda opened his eyes in the morning and heard bad news.The 3rd Division of the Public Security Army, which planned to participate in the siege of Taohuashan, encountered a serious attack last night. A cavalry battalion was completely wiped out by the special forces led by Gao Jiu and the local Eighth Route Army.The Yangzhuang stronghold was lost, and another company of security forces was lost, and the enemy showed signs of attacking Licheng, where the 3rd Division headquarters was located.

The troops planned by the 3rd Division were temporarily unable to gather in Jinan City, and asked for instructions to transfer a regiment that had already arrived in Jinan City back to its original station.

According to the current situation, the 3rd Division is no longer able to gather in Jinan City according to the original plan to participate in the next battle plan to attack Taohuashan.

Chief of Staff Haneda felt a little baffled, obviously Hamada Yoshihito reported that Gao Jiu was active around Jinan City, why did he suddenly go to Licheng, hundreds of miles away?Moreover, Gao Jiu also colluded with the local Eighth Route Army, causing the local anti-Japanese armed forces to show signs of revival.

Chief of Staff Haneda immediately called the Gendarmerie Command and asked General Matsuda to investigate the matter.

With such a big movement, all major garrisons in Jinan City were notified.The head of the 8th Division, the chief of staff, and the commander of the 3rd Air Force have now understood that Gao Jiu will take care of any troops that plan to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Taohua Mountain.They were all very fortunate that they had reached an agreement with Gao Jiu in advance, so that no major losses were caused.

They have already guessed that Gao Jiu's next target must be the 4th Division and the 114th Division of the Security Army.But none of them were willing to report this news to the 12th Army Headquarters, because it might expose the secret agreement between them and Gao Jiu, and they gloated a little, hoping to see the 4th Division of the Security Army, especially It was the 114th Division that was unlucky.

The 114th Division did not know the secret between the 8th Division, the 3rd Air Force and Gao Jiu. They saw Gao Jiu and others attack some targets outside Jinan City, and then attacked the 3rd Division of the Public Security Army .The combination of these goals is quite chaotic, they haven't figured out the rules, and they can't judge what Gao Jiu is going to do for a while.

The 114th Division has concentrated its main force in Jinan City. They are determined to attack Taohua Mountain, and they will be ashamed.

General Matsuda also felt a little puzzled when he received the notification.He immediately called and called Hamada Yoshito, and asked him to investigate the attack on the 3rd Division of the Security Force, and let him find out where Gao Jiu was.

After all, Yoshito Hamada was familiar with Gao Jiu, and he now understood that he had been tricked by Gao Jiu's Li Daitao.At this time, Gao Jiu is definitely not in Jinan City. He will not go to Licheng to attack the 3rd Division of the Public Security Army for no reason. The only reason is that the 3rd Division of the Public Security Army plans to participate in the siege of Taohua Mountain. Coming to Jinan this time, and appearing in Licheng again, is to disrupt the No. 12 Army's plan to attack Taohuashan.

Yoshito Hamada immediately suggested to General Matsuda to remind the headquarters of the 12th Army to issue a notice so that all units that were originally scheduled to participate in the attack on Taohua Mountain should maintain a high degree of vigilance to prevent Gao Jiu's attack.

General Matsuda is now a little less convinced of Hamada Yoshito's judgment. It was Hamada Yoshito who swore that Gao Jiu was near Jinan City, and now he affirmed that it was Gao Jiu himself who appeared in Licheng.

Matsuda is a serious and responsible person, but also a cautious person.He could no longer report the situation to the 12th Army Command based on Hamada Yoshito's judgment. He asked Hamada Yoshito to conduct an investigation immediately and must obtain accurate information.

At two o'clock in the afternoon that day, the 4th Division of the Public Security Army also sent a telegram, saying that their division headquarters and their troops were attacked by Gao Jiu and the local Eighth Route Army, and suffered heavy losses. In order to protect themselves, they planned to go to Jinan's troops could no longer be dispatched, and the troops of a regiment that was already on the road were also directly transferred back.

By now, General Matsuda also understood what Gao Jiu's purpose was. He now believed that Yoshito Hamada's judgment was correct, so he reported the situation to General Haneda.

The head and chief of staff of the 8th Division and the commander of the 3rd Air Force received a notification from the 12th Army Command again, asking them to strengthen their defenses to avoid being attacked by Gao Jiu.Seeing the tragic situation of the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Security Force, they once again felt grateful for their decision.

Now planning to participate in the siege of Taohuashan's Japanese and puppet troops, only the 114th Division was not attacked by Gao Jiu.

Naturally, Gao Jiu would not let them go. Unlike the other targets, Gao Jiu's attack on the 114th Division was not as simple as just pretending.He's going to come for real this time and completely destroy the morale of the 114th Division.

Gao Jiu played a play with Zhao Wannian, commander of the 4th Division of the Public Security Army in Yongcheng, Lubei. Zhao Wannian pretended to be defeated and gave a batch of weapons to the Eighth Route Army, and transferred the troops planning to go to Jinan City back to Yongcheng. This prevented them from being transferred to attack Taohuashan.

Gao Jiu took care of the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Public Security Army, and returned to Jinan City.

Just as Gao Jiu started his operation, the Southwest Military Division of Shandong launched a fierce offensive against the Japanese and puppet troops.

Chen Yuehan commanded the county brigades, district squadrons, and district squads in each county, and launched a fierce attack on the regimes at all levels in the Japanese and puppet villages. To mobilize the masses and establish an anti-Japanese democratic regime.

Gao Hong and Jiang Xiaomei respectively led the first and second combat clusters of the Southwest Army Division to attack the county seat. With superior troops and strong fire support, they successively conquered two counties, Zhiyuan County and Lanxi County, and gained great momentum.

The Japanese and puppet troops in the county towns of other counties in Southwest Shandong asked for help from the Japanese troops in Jinan City.

After receiving a series of bad news, General Haneda, the chief of staff of the 12th Army, was furious, and held an emergency combat meeting to deploy a sweep against Southwest Shandong.

After the meeting started, he briefly introduced the situation in Southwest Shandong, saying: "The underground party armed forces in Southwest Shandong have launched a large-scale offensive, and two counties have already fallen. The situation there is really bad. Let the underground party's armed forces take down other counties, otherwise, the Huang army will lose control of that area.

Your Excellency the Commander requested that troops be dispatched to Southwest Shandong immediately to wipe out the underground anti-Japanese armed forces there. "

After General Haneda finished speaking, Lieutenant General Shigeru Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division, and Chief of Staff Saburo Isoda felt a little gloating.Saburo Isoda, chief of staff of the 114th Division, said: "The southwestern area of ​​Shandong is now the defense area of ​​the 8th Division. The 8th Brigade of the 15th Division is stationed in Tai'an. Why don't they send troops to stop the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party?"

The head of the 8th Division and the chief of staff are not happy anymore, the chief of staff Jun Tada

Hearing that the 114th Division was targeting them, he immediately said dissatisfiedly: "Isoda-kun, what do you mean? The 15th Brigade of our division is currently being attacked by the Ludongnan Army Division of the Eighth Route Army of the Underground Party. There is no way to mobilize troops."

He was right. Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Chen Zhiyong, the head of the Independent Regiment of the Southeast Shandong Army Division, in order to give the 8th Division a reason not to send troops, asking them to make a feint attack on the 15th Brigade of the Japanese Army.The head of the Qiushan Brigade claimed that the Eighth Route Army's offensive was so powerful that even Tai'an was under a huge threat, and it was impossible to mobilize troops.

Jun Tada continued: "Furthermore, even if we can mobilize a small amount of troops to go to Zhiyuan County, we still have to pass through the Taohua Mountain of the Gaojiu gang on the way.

Your 114th Division, an entire brigade was wiped out there. If our small number of troops act rashly, it is very likely that they will suffer heavy losses.Under such circumstances, how did the 15th Brigade encircle and suppress the underground party and anti-Japanese armed forces there? "

Hearing this, Moji Suematsu, the commander of the 114th Division, felt that he was slapping himself in the face. He said, "What are you talking about? At the beginning, our division suffered losses in Southwest Shandong. At that time, there were people who knew Take the entire 187th Division in the new formation, and now there are only a few Tuba Roads there, how can the situation be the same?"

Toshi Tada, chief of staff of the 8th Division, said: "Since you say so, there is no new 187th Division with tens of thousands of people there, so you should send another brigade to fight!"

The 114th Division and the 8th Division were arguing fiercely with each other, and the commander of the Third Air Force, Yokota Makio, sat aside, happily watching their jokes.

Chief of Staff Haneda couldn't stand it any longer, and said, "Stop arguing. How can a dignified senior general of the Huang Army quarrel like shrews on the street? What's the problem, what's the problem? You have to have the demeanor of a senior general of the Huang Army .”

Seeing that Chief of Staff Haneda got angry, these people who were arguing stopped.

Chief of Staff Haneda said: "There is still a considerable distance between Jinan City and southwestern Shandong. It is difficult for the army to rush for reinforcements as soon as possible. Yokota-kun, the air force of your 3rd Air Force should go to support the Yellow Army troops there."

Makio Yokota had already prepared himself mentally. Hearing that Chief of Staff Haneda called his name, he hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, we don't know anything about the situation of the enemy there. The enemy troops in that area are equipped With a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, we will suffer huge losses if we rush forward.

There is another situation that I am going to report to you. After the combat meeting was held last time, we actively deployed the plan to bomb Taohuashan. maintenance.

Who knew that a batch of engine oil in our inventory had quality problems. After adding this batch of engine oil, the performance of the aircraft was greatly affected.Although we cleaned it in time, there was no qualified engine oil for filling.

In this case, the plane cannot take off rashly, otherwise it will be destroyed.We have already made a report to our superiors and requested that a new batch of engine oil be shipped as soon as possible. Before the arrival of this new batch of engine oil, our 3rd Air Force is temporarily unable to perform combat missions. "

Makio Yokota knew that these people in the army were not very knowledgeable about the technical aspects of the air force, so he could just make up a few excuses to delay the execution of the mission.

Sure enough, General Haneda didn't know much about the technical aspects of the Air Force, so he had no choice but to say: "You clear the fault as soon as possible to ensure that the aircraft can perform combat missions as soon as possible."

Yokota Makio was very happy when he heard what Chief of Staff Haneda said, but on the surface he said with trepidation: "Hey! My brother, Chief of Staff. I must urge my subordinates to take the time to maintain the plane."

General Haneda took great pains to personally formulate a battle plan to sweep Southwest Shandong. The plan has not yet started, and the various units of the Japanese and puppet troops who plan to participate in the siege of Taohua Mountain have been restrained by Gao Jiu, and they can't even mobilize their troops. , which made him feel overwhelmed.

At this time, he suddenly remembered that the 114th Division of the Japanese Army, the main force that attacked Taohua Mountain this time, had not been harassed by Gao Jiu, and their main force had already concentrated in Jinan City, with a total of more than 6000 troops. People, such a strong force is enough to wipe out Southwest Lu.Now the situation in Southwest Shandong has been corrupted, and if reinforcements are not sent there, I am afraid that it will all become the territory of the underground party.

He said to Moji Suematsu, the commander of the 114th Division: "Matsumoto-kun, the situation in Southwest Shandong has reached the point of collapse. In view of the current situation, your troops have been assembled, and the 114th Division will be dispatched immediately. To wipe out the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party in Southwest Shandong."

(End of this chapter)