The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 489 Welcome to come to die
The artillery fire of the Japanese army was very fierce. Hundreds of various artillery bombarded wildly, smoke and dust billowed on Taohua Mountain, and gravel flew.

Thousands of Japanese troops rushed to the Taohuashan guerrilla positions all over the mountains and plains.

Although the militiamen of Fortress Village had fought some battles with the Taohuashan guerrillas before, facing so many enemies, many of them would inevitably feel a little nervous.They pulled the trigger desperately, for fear that the devils would rush up.

The members of the Taohuashan guerrilla team, especially those special forces members who had experienced hundreds of battles, seemed very relaxed. They almost had a light machine gun in their hands, and they fired down the bullets like a tide. The shells were fired everywhere, and the hillside was also blown up with smoke and dust.

There were a large number of officers and soldiers of the Japanese army. Although some people fell down, the rest were still desperately climbing up.

It is a pity that although they have a large number of people, the opponent has more bullets and shells. The intensity of the artillery fire they face is unprecedented.

Many Japanese officers and soldiers who survived by chance suddenly found that there were fewer and fewer people around them while crawling.

A squad leader of the Japanese army charged forward. After the explosion of the shells, he waved his command knife and loudly boosted morale, but he did not hear the soldiers responding to his shouts.

When he looked back, he was about to cry. Behind him were all the corpses of his officers and soldiers, and he was the only one rushing forward.

At this moment, a mortar shell exploded near him. His life was still high, but his thigh was injured. He knew that it was meaningless for him to go up again, so he scrambled back.

This time the Japanese attack lost hundreds of people. The Japanese commanders still did not believe in evil. They did not believe how much ammunition the enemy on the mountain had, so they organized another attack.

After one morning, each position in Taohuashan repelled three Japanese attacks on average.The loss of the Japanese army reached a staggering more than 2000 people, but they failed to break through a mountain.

Honda Zhengcai, the head of the Eighth Division, suddenly felt regretful. He thought Gao Jiu was surrounded in the mountains, and it was a good opportunity to completely eliminate Gao Jiu.Who would have thought that Taohua Mountain is so hard to crack? These are just a few hills around Taohua Mountain. There are still a few hills where Taohua Cave is located. If you want to attack, every hill is the grave of Japanese soldiers. Know how many Japanese troops will be lost.

Masai Honda looked at the towering mountains with a sad expression on his face.

Toshi Tada, chief of staff of the Eighth Division, was also shocked by the number of casualties. He said to the division commander Masai Honda, "Your Excellency, division commander, this battle cannot go on like this. If there are no heavy firearms to destroy the enemy's solid fortifications, It doesn't matter how many people go up."

Honda had no choice but to call the head of the 114th Division, suggesting that the offensive should be temporarily suspended to discuss new countermeasures.

The Japanese army held a teleconference this time, and the head of the 114th Division decided to continue the offensive.He thought that the Taohuashan guerrillas had such fierce firepower and consumed a huge amount of ammunition. He didn't believe that the Taohuashan guerrillas could have much ammunition and maintain such fierce firepower.

He believed that even if such a large number of Huang Jun took their lives, they would be able to consume the Taohuashan guerrillas.

He encouraged the commanders of the participating troops, saying: "After a whole morning's fighting, although our army suffered relatively large casualties, the enemy's casualties were not small, especially the consumption of ammunition. Work hard, the enemy will soon be unable to hold on."

The 167th Division of the Japanese Garrison and the Ninth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Group listened to his demagogy and launched a fierce attack again. As a result, the bloody reality told them that the enemy's ammunition reserves on the mountain far exceeded their imagination.This time, they lost hundreds of officers and soldiers in vain.

Among these Japanese officers and soldiers, the one who hated the Taohuashan guerrillas the most was the 45th Wing. Come back after acting.

The 8th Division was even smarter. They fired a burst of artillery toward the mountain. The officers and soldiers shouted a few times, but they stayed where they were.

This round of attack in the afternoon ended like this.

The Japanese army lost hundreds of people in vain and decided to take a temporary rest.However, the Taohuashan guerrillas disagreed. The mountain artillery and Type 92 infantry artillery hidden in the solid fortifications extended their muzzles out of the shooting holes and blasted at the Japanese troops on the surrounding mountains.The Japanese army had no bunkers on the hillside, and the number of them was dense. They were beaten to pieces and ran around.The artillery of the Japanese army was the focus of the Taohuashan guerrillas. The artillery positions were destroyed one by one, and many Type [-] infantry artillery and mortars were blown into scattered parts.

The Japanese army couldn't bear such a blow, and retreated to the back of the mountain. Even so, the artillery of the Taohuashan guerrillas still refused to give up.

There were too many Japanese troops, and the artillery of the Taohuashan guerrillas still killed many Japanese troops even if they fired blindly.

The Japanese commanders were almost crying too. What they wondered was that the bandits in Taohuashan seemed to have endless ammunition, and their firepower could maintain such a fierce level from beginning to end.

What they didn't know was that Gao Jiu had hoarded countless ammunition, plus their own bullet production line. Although there were not so many shells, the amount of bullets stored was astronomical.There were no more than tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers around, and they killed one Japanese on average. Even if 500 rounds of bullets were consumed, Taohuashan's bullets were still more than enough.

In the Taohuashan guerrilla headquarters, Feng Xiucai complained about the ammunition consumed and complained from time to time.

Gao Jiu said with a smile: "These idiots are willing to exchange their lives for our ammunition. If they think this deal is worthwhile, let them do it."

Everyone in Taohuashan is very happy. It is all thanks to the presence of Master Jiu, who has money, weapons and ammunition. It feels really good to have a lot of money.

The heavy losses made the Japanese army dare not continue to attack during the day, and they decided to carry out sneak attacks at night.

That night, the Japanese Army Organization Department
The Taohuashan guerrillas threw a large number of torches from the shooting holes, and the Japanese army lost troops and generals, but still did not achieve any results, and lost hundreds of people in vain.

Early the next morning, the head of the 114th Division received reports from various units. According to statistics, within a day, the total loss of Japanese troops reached an astonishing [-] people.In other words, the strength of an entire infantry regiment was lost in this way.

The head of the 114th Division was a little dumbfounded. He didn't know how to fight the next battle.He asked the headquarters of the 12th Army to order the Third Air Force to dispatch planes to carry out the bombing. He did not believe that the fortifications of Gao Jiu and others could withstand the bombing of aerial bombs.

The commander of the Third Air Force Yokota Makio hated and feared Gao Jiu. He heard that Gao Jiu was surrounded in Taohua Mountain, and he was ready to move, hoping to kill Gao Jiu.

After receiving the order to bomb Taohuashan, he discussed it with several of his cronies.Those cronies all know that Taohuashan has a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, and the range is higher than the altitude at which their current bombers fly. Everyone is reluctant to carry out such a mission.

Some people say that if you want to bomb Taohua Mountain, you can't hide from the anti-aircraft weapons on the top of Taohua Mountain. If you force the bombing, you will suffer heavy losses.

Someone also persuaded Mufu Yokota that that guy Gao Jiu was elusive, and if he couldn't kill Gao Jiu this time and was hated by him, the life of the Third Air Force would be even more difficult in the future.Think about it, even the majestic Prince Chaoxiang Palace can't hide from Gao Jiu's black hands, and the Third Air Force can't hide from Gao Jiu's revenge at all.

Yokota Makio finally accepted the advice of his cronies. He was extra careful, not only to bomb Taohuashan, but also to leave room for explaining to Gao Jiu in the future.

He sent bombers to form a formation to bomb, but the first team of this bomber formation only had four bombers. He wanted to test how fierce the anti-aircraft firepower of Taohuashan was?

If these four planes can complete the bombing mission, then the large fleet behind will violently bomb Taohuashan.If the front four planes were destroyed, he immediately ordered the planes behind to turn around and fly back to the airport.

In this way, there was an explanation to the headquarters of the 12th Army, and it also left room for negotiation with Gao Jiu in the future.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the long-awaited air force of the Japanese officers and soldiers around Taohuashan finally arrived, and four bombers flew over the Taohuashan guerrilla garrison.

The pilots of these four Japanese bombers were not fools either. They understood that letting these four bombers bomb first was to use their lives to test the anti-aircraft firepower of Taohuashan.Although these four guys also have the spirit of Bushido, they still don't want to lose their lives in vain.So, they flew as close as possible to the edge of the Taohuashan guerrilla position, and controlled the altitude of the plane to the highest altitude it could reach.

When they arrived at the target, they saw the rain of bullets all over the sky, and the three bombers were knocked down on the spot, and the remaining one fled desperately, throwing the bombs down while fleeing.

Not only were these bombs not thrown at the position of the Taohuashan guerrillas, some fell into the valley, and some fell on the opposite hillside. This is where the Japanese army gathered. Three or forty people were killed on the spot, and the Japanese army was directly killed. of a captain.

The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army couldn't laugh or cry, and they couldn't complain about the air force brothers, who also suffered heavy losses.

Seeing this situation, the bomber fleet of the Third Air Force turned around and returned to Jinan Airport without saying a word.

Yokota Makio immediately reported to General Haneda, saying that under such circumstances, even if all the planes of the Third Air Force went to bomb and lost all of them, they would not be able to destroy the Taohuashan guerrilla positions.

Although General Haneda felt sorry for the infantry, the air force could not lose in vain, so he had no choice but to agree to Yokota Makio's request that the air force no longer participate in this offensive operation.

General Haneda said to Lieutenant General Sakai, Chief of Staff of the North China Dispatch Army with some frustration: "Your Excellency, you have also seen that it has always been not that our 12th Army has not tried its best to wipe out the Gaojiu gang, but that this bone is too strong. It's a tough nut to crack. You are here, so please guide me."

Originally, the chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army thought that the Japanese army in Shandong was making a big fuss, and that tens of thousands of Japanese troops would be used to deal with a small Taohuashan guerrilla.By now, he really understood the helplessness of the 12th Army.

Sakai suggested a long-term siege of Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas. He didn't believe how long the materials on their mountain could support the bandits on the mountain.He thinks that it won't be long before Gao Jiu and the others will collapse due to lack of supplies.

Chief of Staff Haneda said with a wry smile: "It's useless at all, have you heard about it? Gao Jiu extorted 100 million oceans from Prince Chaoxiang Palace this time. He has plenty of money, and the supplies he reserves will last for several years." .We used so many troops to encircle and suppress Gao Jiu, the consumption of ourselves was too great, and we couldn't last for a few days.

However, if such a large number of troops were not used to carry out the siege and reduce the number of troops, the troops participating in the siege would probably be wiped out by Gao Jiu in a short time. "

The chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army was also scratching his head. As a senior general, he had fought all his life and had never encountered such a situation.

Chief of Staff Haneda said: "I'm afraid there is only one way, and that is to call in the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade of the North China Dispatch Army and use heavy artillery to bombard the fortifications of Taohuashan."

The Second Heavy Artillery Brigade has hundreds of artillery pieces, some of which are heavy artillery with a caliber of 240 cm.Although the fortifications of the Taohuashan guerrillas were strong, they still couldn't withstand the bombing of such large-caliber artillery.Moreover, the range of these artillery pieces is very long, reaching [-] to [-] kilometers. They don't need to enter the mountain, they can bombard Taohua Mountain from a long distance.

The entire North China Dispatch Army has only this heavy artillery brigade, and they are usually reluctant to use it.The chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army could not do this, so he asked General Haneda to draft a report detailing the importance of using the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade, and he would report to the commander of the North China Dispatch Army.

The commander of the North China Dispatch Army was very angry. He was very dissatisfied with the 12th Army and thought they were incompetent.He also thought it was a joke that the 12th Army used tens of thousands of troops to deal with a small Taohuashan guerrilla.Now, they still want to use the North China Dispatch Army's housekeeping treasure, the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade, which is even more difficult for him to accept.He refused without hesitation.

The chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army, the head of the 114th Division, and the officers above major general who participated in this operation jointly explained the situation to the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, and once again requested the use of the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade to come to support.

In the end, the commander of the North China Dispatch Army approved the use of the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade.

In order to deal with the small Taohuashan guerrillas, the Japanese army paid such a large capital that the Taohuashan guerrillas were in danger of being destroyed.

The battle at Taohuashan touched the hearts of all the people in the country. The anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the underground party base areas and the rear area were all worried about Gao Jiu and others.

To deal with a small Taohuashan, the Japanese army dispatched tens of thousands of horses, as well as the air force and heavy artillery units. Everyone was not optimistic about the future of Taohuashan, and felt that the Taohuashan guerrillas might be wiped out by the Japanese this time.

The underground party and the government were unwilling to see the Taohuashan guerrillas wiped out, so they took active actions.

The underground party in Shandong, taking advantage of the Japanese army's transfer of a large number of troops to Taohuashan, launched a fierce attack on the Japanese and puppet troops in various parts of Shandong.

On the national side, in addition to ordering the 41st Army to block the Japanese 38th Division in the direction of Henan from attacking Southwest Shandong, it also took a rare risk of taking a special action.

The government has a limited number of air force aircraft, and they mainly adopt defensive tactics to prevent Japanese bombers from bombing important targets of the government.Therefore, the national air force is mainly equipped with fighter jets, with a small number of bombers and aerial bombs. During the entire Anti-Japanese War, bombing actions against the Japanese army were extremely rare.

At Ouyang Xue's request, the government took the risk of using six bombers to take off from Nanyang Airport and fly to Peach Blossom Mountain.

The Japanese army did not expect that a small Taohuashan guerrilla group would allow the government to use the air force for support, so they did not get the information in time and sent fighter jets to intercept it, but they were bombed by the government air force.

The Japanese army around Taohuashan was very dense. The Japanese army lost more than 400 people in this bombing.

This is not the most important thing. The military command pays close attention to any information related to Taohuashan. After they learned that the Japanese Second Heavy Artillery Brigade left Beiping for Taohuashan, they immediately notified Gao Jiu by telegram.

After Gao Jiu got the news, he said with a smile: "Little Japan really thinks highly of our Peach Blossom Mountain, and is willing to pay such a big capital."

Gao Jiu originally planned to rely on the strong position of Taohuashan to hold back the Japanese army for a while and consume more Japanese troops.When such a situation arises, action must be taken in advance.

Gao Jiu planned to leave Taohuashan and launch a counterattack against the Japanese army.Before leaving Taohua Mountain, he still had to tell the Japanese army clearly that he was in Taohua Mountain.

On this day, after repelling a Japanese attack, the loudspeaker on the top of the hill broadcast Gao Jiu's speech.

Gao Jiu said in Japanese: "Japanese devils, you are welcome to come to Peach Blossom Mountain to die. I am in Peach Blossom Mountain. If you have the ability, you can attack in. You'd better be able to attack, otherwise, after I go out, I will be fine. Let's go meet you."

The purpose of Gao Jiu's speech was to tell the Japanese army that he was in Taohua Mountain and stimulate them to attack desperately so that the guerrillas could use the strong fortifications to destroy more Japanese troops.

In addition, Liu Shengyu provided the news that Gao Jiu was in Peach Blossom Mountain, which is also a necessary means to protect Liu Shengyu.

The Japanese army heard Gao Jiu's speech. The Chief of Staff of the Eighth Division Tada Hayao personally took Gao Jiu's call, and of course Hamada Yoshito, who was very familiar with Gao Jiu's voice.Now that the Japanese army has confirmed that Gao Jiu is in Taohuashan, they are really worried that if Gao Jiu cannot be eliminated this time, they will be severely retaliated by him in the future.Therefore, the Japanese army was determined to capture Taohuashan.While they were waiting for the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade, they continued to attack Taohuashan, using their lives to consume Taohuashan's ammunition.

Gao Jiu was happy to see the success, and asked Zhang Quan, Wang Zhankui and others to command the Taohuashan guerrillas, using various ammunition to harvest the lives of the Japanese soldiers.Gao Jiu went down the river from Peach Blossom Mountain and quietly left Peach Blossom Mountain.

Gao Jiu only took Jia Liu, Ning Wen, Ning Wu, and Li Xiaoshan to leave Taohua Mountain from the underground river. He first got in touch with Li Chengwu.

Li Chengwu, Shi Jianlong, and Liang Shihu welcomed Gao Jiu at Liuxinzhuang, fifteen miles southeast of Taoyuan Town.

After the simple greetings, Li Chengwu said with great anticipation: "Master Jiu, the devil's headquarters is located in our barracks, and we have buried a large amount of explosives there in advance, and we are waiting for your order from Master Jiu. Send those devils to the west."

Shi Jianlong and Liang Shihu were also proud of their preparations. Shi Jianlong said, "Jiuye, as long as you give an order, the custody will kill all those devils and high officials."

Liang Shihu also said: "Yes, Master Jiu, the headquarters of the devils has been blown up, and the devils who besieged our Peach Blossom Mountain will definitely withdraw."

(End of this chapter)