The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 504 All for the Anti-Japanese War

At midnight, Gao Jiu led his troops to surround the county seat.

Gao Jiu deployed [-] Taohuashan guerrilla members on the east and west sides of the county seat, and Gao Jiu led [-] members to attack the south gate.Wang Zhankui, Zheng Sanpao, Jiang Xinshan and his son led others to ambush near the north gate.

The battle broke out soon after, and soon there were violent gunfire from the east, west, and south sides of the county town.

Jiang's father and son and others saw that their guerrillas were arranged to a position more than two miles away from the county seat. They couldn't hit the county seat here at all, so they didn't understand what they were asked to do here.

Wang Zhankui didn't explain to them, and sent ten team members to shoot in the direction of the county town about 100 meters away from the north gate of the county town.

On the east and west sides of the county seat, although there were only 60 team members on each side, they carried a lot of machine guns and mortars.They launched a feint attack towards the county town, pinning down part of the Japanese and puppet troops.

At the south gate of the county seat, the guerrillas hid behind makeshift bunkers and fired fiercely towards the city wall.

Before the battle started, Gao Jiu led Tian Chuan, Ning Wen, Ning Wu, Jia Liu and Li Xiaoshan to hide behind a canal only 50 meters away from the city wall.

Afterwards, Gao Jiu started his divine operation.

Gao Jiu kept throwing grenades towards the places where there were people on the city wall. The Japanese and puppet soldiers on the city wall couldn't see his presence at all, and they were blown to pieces.In a short time, the Japanese and puppet troops on a section of the city wall that was nearly [-] meters long were all blown up.

Gao Jiu took Tian Chuan and others quickly to the bottom of the city wall, threw out the flying claws, and climbed up.After reaching the city wall, several sniper rifles in their hands blocked the city walls on both sides, and the Japanese and puppet troops could not get close at all.

Soon, more than 100 guerrillas climbed the city wall and attacked towards the city gate.

The special forces members near the city gate saw that the guerrillas had captured the city wall. They fired a few bombs at the city gate with the bazooka, blasted the city gate, and rushed in towards the city gate.

The guerrillas entered the city so quickly, and the Japanese and puppet troops in the city panicked.

When the battle just started, based on the fierce firepower outside, the Japanese squadron leader knew that he had encountered the main force of the Anti-Japanese Army.According to his experience, it can be judged that there are at least two regiments of enemy troops outside. If we judge only from the firepower, the two regiments, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, do not have such powerful firepower.He didn't know where such a powerful enemy came from, and he already had a strong sense of fear in his heart.

He didn't expect the enemy army to break through the south gate so quickly. He knew that the county town could not be defended, so he prepared to lead the troops to evacuate.

Judging from the gunshots, there are enemies on all sides, but the gunshots near the north gate are messy and sparse. Moreover, he believes that there are a large number of Japanese and puppet troops in the north of Cangzhou City. troops.Therefore, he judged that the north was where the enemy's defense was weak, so he ordered to open the north gate and break out in the direction of Cangzhou.

Gao Jiu's tactic was encircling three and missing one. The general method of this tactic was to launch an attack from three sides, and deliberately leave a gap on the other side to let the enemy troops leave.

The reason why Gao Jiu arranged for a small number of people to fire guns near the north gate was because he believed that the encirclement should not be too deliberate.There is no sound near the north gate, which will easily arouse the suspicion of the enemy troops. The quieter it is, the less the enemy will dare to go there.

Facts have proved that Gao Jiu's judgment is correct.The panicked Japanese army opened the north gate and fled towards Cangzhou City.

It was cloudy today, and the visibility at night was extremely low. Although Jiang Xinshan and his son could feel the Japanese and puppet troops fleeing in this direction, they couldn't see the situation on the road clearly, and they couldn't strike the enemy accurately.

Wang Zhankui and his special forces were ambushing on the side of the road, ready to ambush.Jiang Xinshan and his sons and their guerrillas were a little puzzled, thinking that these people could see clearly at night, and they were overwhelmed with admiration. Learn how to improve your night vision.

The Japanese and puppet troops fled along the road in a panic, and many people smelled a strong smell of gasoline.But at this time, everyone has already ignored these things, and only cares about running away desperately.

Suddenly, a mortar shell flew over. After the shell exploded, flames ignited on the road and on both sides of the road, and the figures of the Japanese and puppet troops were fully exposed.

It turned out that in order to be able to see the enemy's situation clearly at night, the special forces team members sprinkled gasoline on the road and both sides in advance.The gasoline seeped into the soil, and it was difficult to volatilize cleanly for a while. After encountering an open flame, it immediately burned.

The special operators did not carry so much gasoline, and only poured a shallow layer on the ground. The fire was not so big that it could not burn people.However, the large area of ​​fire can completely expose the situation of the Japanese and puppet troops.

The guerrillas on both sides of the road in ambush opened fire violently at the enemy.

The guerrillas of Jiang Xinshan and his son consisted of more than 60 people. The machine guns given to them by Jiang Xiaomei and Gao Jiu twice added up to more than 30. The two of them had a light machine gun and fired wildly at the Japanese and puppet troops. It was so enjoyable.

Although there were only more than 1000 guerrillas ambushing here, their firepower was too fierce. About 2 Japanese and puppet troops who escaped from the city were basically wiped out in less than 100 minutes.Thanks to the darkness, the Japanese and puppet troops fled in all directions, and about [-] people managed to escape from the battlefield.

Wang Zhankui and others didn't bother to chase the fleeing Japanese and puppet troops, they entered the county directly through the opened north gate.

There were a small number of Japanese and puppet troops left in the county who had no time to escape. They threw away their guns and found a place to hide. The remaining few Japanese troops were quickly wiped out.The guerrillas soon took control of the entire county.

According to the habit of the Taohuashan guerrillas, they would evacuate the county seat soon after they searched the county seat, but this time Gao Jiu decided to stick to the county seat and provide cover for the underground anti-Japanese troops who participated in the riot.

Next, they are about to usher in a vicious battle, which is something that cannot be helped, and some things must be done.

After occupying Cangxian County, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Jiang Xiaomei, asking her to notify the Anti-Japanese Army in Northeast Hebei through the underground party organization to move closer to Cangxian County, and the Taohuashan guerrillas would cover them to retreat to the direction of central Ji. Request the Jizhong Military Region to send the main force to respond.

The Jizhong Military Region decided to send the main force of the Fourth Army Division to Cang County. The leaders were Commander Cui Zhenshan, Head of the First Regiment Wang Shuanzi and others.

The last time they followed Gao Jiu to fight against the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Army, the troops made a fortune.It's a pity that they couldn't take all those weapons, ammunition and supplies by themselves, and handed over almost half of them.

I heard that Gao Jiu came to Hebei and asked the Jizhong Military Region to send troops to cooperate in the battle. Many troops in the Jizhong Military Region wanted to cooperate with Gao Jiu in combat. As a result, Cui Zhenshan said that he was familiar with Gao Jiu, which would be more conducive to mutual cooperation. , and finally took this task into his hands.

Cui Zhenshan, Wang Shuanzi and others led more than [-] main forces of the Fourth Military Division of the Jizhong Military Region to rush to the Cang County area day and night.

The anti-Japanese armed riot launched by the underground party in Northeast Hebei besieged six county towns guarded by the Japanese and puppet troops. None of the county towns were captured, but they suffered serious losses.

When they were worried about the way out of the rioting troops, they received an order from the higher-level party organization, saying that the troops of the Gaojiu Taohuashan Guerrilla Army would be responsible for the cover, and the troops of the Jizhong Military Region would be responsible for supporting them, and asked them to lead the troops participating in the riot to Cang County. Close in direction, and then retreat to the southwest.

The underground party immediately dispatched a large number of correspondents to inform the troops participating in the riot to move towards Cang County.

There were a large number of troops participating in the riot, and they were distributed in different regions, so their actions were quite slow.Gao Jiu and the others had no choice but to stay in Cang County, waiting for their arrival.

Soon after, Jiang Jing and others rushed to the county seat of Cang County.After seeing Gao Jiu, Jiang Jing said shamelessly: "Mr. Gao, the fact proves that your warning is correct, I..."

Speaking of this, he remembered the heavy losses suffered by the anti-Japanese people who participated in the riots, and was so sad that he shed tears.

Gao Jiu didn't blame him. After all, Jiang Jing was a young man with no experience in military work, but his anti-Japanese enthusiasm was unquestionable, so there was no need to criticize him.

Gao Jiu comforted him and said: "Anti-Japanese War itself is a difficult undertaking. It is normal to pay a price, even shed blood and sacrifice. You don't need to blame yourself. As long as you can learn lessons and make continuous progress, it is enough.

I am not familiar with your troops participating in the riot. I hope you can stay here temporarily and assist me in arranging their retreat. "

Jiang Jing is a loyal underground party member and a staunch anti-Japanese fighter.Seeing that Gao Jiu trusted him so much, he insisted on staying until the last troops participating in the riot were safely evacuated.

The armed riots launched by the underground party in Northeast Hebei did make the Japanese and puppet troops flustered at the beginning.As the anti-Japanese armed forces in various places retreated one after another, the Japanese and puppet troops began to launch a frenzied counterattack.

The 132nd Division of the Japanese Garrison deployed two infantry regiments, one division of the Peace Army, and a large number of local gendarmerie, peace army local troops, and security forces. The total strength reached more than 9000 people. anti-Japanese armed forces.

The reason why Gao Jiu and others let the anti-Japanese armed forces participating in the riots to gather in the Cang County area was because these troops could not go to the Jizhong area in a dispersed manner. Otherwise, if they were attacked on the road, they would easily collapse and be massacred by the Japanese and puppet troops. .

Let these people gather in the Cang County area, reorganize them, and arrange their evacuation in an organized manner, so that they maintain relative organizational discipline and superior strength, and the local troops of the Japanese and puppet troops will greatly reduce the threat to them .

But in this way, Cang County became the main target of the Japanese and puppet troops.Gao Jiu decided to stick to the county seat, attract the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops, and achieve the goal of covering the retreat of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces.

The reason why Gao Jiu did this was not purely for the underground party.Those who participated in the riots, even if they were from the government, even if they were civilian anti-Japanese armed forces, Gao Jiu would do the same.After all, these people are China's anti-Japanese armed forces, and they cannot be lost in the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops in vain.

Although fighting positional warfare is not the strong point of the Taohuashan guerrillas, such a battle can easily cause a large number of casualties, but the man has to do something, Gao Jiu still decided to fight this battle.

In order to achieve the goal of stalling the enemy, Gao Jiu made the following deployments: First, he asked Wang Zhankui to lead 200 cavalry into 10 combat groups to harass the Japanese and puppet troops respectively, and delay their attack speed as much as possible.

Second, Zheng Sanpao and others were sent to the surrounding areas to purchase food immediately with the help of the underground party organization in order to prolong the time of persistence.

Third, some anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians who participated in the riots were mobilized by the underground party to assist the Taohuashan guerrillas to repair the fortifications and strengthen the city defense.

This morning, it turned out that a police chief from Cang County brought Ning Wu to a family in the county, and found a man in his 30s from the hole in the wall. The man's name was Huang Wei. The grave robber has been caught by this sheriff before.

Soon after, Huang Wei was brought in front of Gao Jiu.

Huang Wei was frightened and trembling, and when he saw Gao Jiu, he knelt down on the ground.He begged: "Sir! I used to do tomb robbery before, but I really changed my mind. Now I'm doing a small business honestly. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to the neighbors to investigate."

Gao Jiu smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, I'm not looking for trouble with you today, I need your help with something,

Get up. "

Huang Wei felt relieved when he heard this, stood up, nodded and bowed his head, and said, "Sir, what's your order?"

Gao Jiu said: "You have done tomb robbery before, and you must have experience in digging tunnels. You must also be very familiar with the geological conditions in Cang County. I would like to ask you to take our people to dig a tunnel out of the city, and it will be done. There are many rewards for this matter, well, I will reward you with 100 oceans."

Since Huang Wei was arrested last time, he has been relatively honest recently, and his life has become very tight. 100 oceans are very tempting for him.

He immediately said: "Sir, I really don't know how to talk about other things, but I'm not bragging about digging tunnels. Under the same circumstances, I can be three times faster than others."

Gao Jiu asked Jia Liu to bring the map of Cang County, and asked, "I want to dig a tunnel from the city to the outside of the city. This tunnel is at least three miles away. Which direction do you think should be dug?"

Digging tunnels is not an easy task. One is to understand the geological conditions, avoid places with shallow groundwater, and avoid hard rocks, and the soil should not be too soft.There is another difficulty, which is to solve the problem of tunnel ventilation. The tunnel should not be too long, and there must be a place for ventilation at intervals, otherwise people will easily suffer from hypoxia inside.These situations are difficult to complete without professional guidance.

Huang Wei is well aware of the topography and geological conditions in this area, and he suggested excavating from the southwest direction of the city.

Gao Jiu asked Jiang Jing to help, and asked him to take Huang Wei to pick dozens of strong and strong men for a reward of 50 yuan per person, and secretly dig a tunnel from a house near the southeast wall of the city.

The county seat of Cang County is not comparable to Taohua Mountain, and it is impossible to have such strong fortifications that can resist shelling.It is impossible for Gao Jiu and others to stick here for a long time. He must think of a retreat route in advance.

The anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians who participated in the riots continued to gather in the county seat of Cang County.Jiang Jing played a very important role. He temporarily organized these anti-Japanese people according to the army's establishment, designated commanders at all levels, and sent troops from the county brigade to escort them. In this way, batches of anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians have The retreat began in sequence.

Gao Jiu arranged for Jiang Xinshan and his son to lead their guerrillas to evacuate together, but they firmly disagreed and must stick to the county with Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu couldn't resist them, so he agreed to their request and arranged for Tian Chuan to be responsible for protecting the safety of Jiang's father and son.

The underground party could not just watch Gao Jiu and others fight alone. They also took away 500 combat backbones to accept Gao Jiu's command and stick to the county together.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon that day, the vanguard of the Japanese army appeared in the north of the city. Gao Jiu decided to give the Japanese army a blow first.

He took Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others, as well as 100 special forces members, to meet the Japanese army.

(End of this chapter)