The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 583 Gao Jiu is in Ruili

Historically, Ruili was once occupied by the Japanese, and local people of all ethnic groups were brutally massacred by the Japanese.This time Gao Jiu intends to change this period of history, he must firmly guard Ruili.

This morning, Gao Jiu called Director Ma, who set up Ruili's governance bureau, and asked him to mobilize the local people to build fortifications in the northeast of Ruili.

Director Ma fully agreed that he would be happy to do this.

In the past, the recruitment of civilian husbands was a very troublesome thing, and the common people were unwilling.Because the government recruits civilian husbands for free, and they even have to bring their own food for meals.Under such circumstances, everyone is naturally unwilling, and the result is a lot of complaints and curses.

Now working with Gao Jiu is different.Gao Jiu is rich, and ordinary people who come to build fortifications are the same as temporary workers. They make money and take care of meals for free.Director Ma opened his mouth, not only the local Han people were very active, but also the people of ethnic minorities were very happy.

Director Ma has mobilized thousands of people in a short period of time, and these people have almost accounted for more than half of the local labor force.

In order to be able to stick to Ruili for a long time, Gao Jiu asked his father, the King of Yunnan, for reinforcements through Long Yingyuan.

Since Gao Jiu came to Yunnan, whether it was the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway or the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, Gao Jiu had brought a large amount of income to the King of Yunnan.Gao Jiu's business in Ruili also paid a lot of taxes, which made King Yunnan very happy.

The King of Yunnan had heard of Gao Jiu's military strength before.Through Gao Jiu's battles against the French in Vietnam and the British in Burma, he was also recognized by the King of Yunnan.Hearing that Gao Jiu wants to defend Ruili, the King of Yunnan is of course eager to do so.So he sent a reinforced regiment, under the command of Gao Jiu.

The leader of the strengthening group is named Sun Kun, a native of Yunnan, he is a capable little man.He had admired Gao Jiu for a long time, and he was very happy to hear that he could work with Gao Jiu.

The officers and soldiers of the strengthening regiment have also heard of Gao Jiu's name, and they are all looking forward to meeting the legendary hero.

After the officers and soldiers of the strengthening regiment came to Ruili, they immediately felt a different atmosphere.

Gao Jiu hosted a banquet for the officers and soldiers of the reinforced regiment, announcing on the spot that starting from this month, in addition to everyone's original military pay, ordinary soldiers will be given two oceans of wartime subsidies each month, and officers will be paid according to their grades. Different, issued to oceans of varying quantities.Just this one made the officers and soldiers of the other reinforced regiment burst into cheers.

Then, Gao Jiu added two mountain cannons, 12 mortars, 50 light machine guns, 100 submachine guns, a large amount of ammunition and other supplies to the reinforced regiment, which greatly enhanced the reinforced regiment's firepower and improved their combat effectiveness. .

Sun Kun, the leader of the strengthening regiment, was very happy and expressed his resolute obedience to Gao Jiu's command.Gao Jiu asked him to take the troops to help the common people build fortifications.

During the construction of the fortifications, Gao Jiu also raised their food standards. There were at least two meals a day with meat, two dishes and one soup at noon, three dishes and one soup in the evening, and enough rice.There is a meal once a week, and you can drink.

The soldiers were overjoyed, they were eager to fight with Gao Jiu every day, and they were all very motivated.

Today's Construction Workers' Self-Defense Force has 1200 people. There are three brigades, one artillery squadron, one machine gun squadron, and one logistics squadron. It has 24 various artillery pieces, 50 rocket launchers, 100 various machine guns, and 1200 rifles and pistols. , powerful firepower, after the test of the war, it is already a powerful armed force, but it is still called the Construction Workers Self-Defense Force.

The reason why Gao Jiu did this was to express his attitude to the various forces: he has no political ambitions and does not want to build an army. Please do not worry about the various forces, and will not threaten their interests.

As the captain of the Self-Defense Forces, Tagawa leads the troops to strengthen training every day and is ready to go into battle at any time.

Guo Hengming led a squadron and stayed in Laojie, where the Kokang Self-Government Committee is located. Ruili included the Taohuashan Special Forces, a squadron of Wang Zhankui, a squadron of Zheng Sanpao, and a squadron of Li Chengwu, totaling 540 people.With such a strong strength in Ruili, everyone is somewhat looking forward to the Japanese army rushing to die.

That day Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui came back from surveying the terrain, and saw a neatly lined up team at the entrance of the trading company.

After Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui and the others saw the situation clearly, they couldn't help laughing.

This team is all female soldiers, there are more than 30 people, all of them are dressed in the uniforms of female soldiers of the national army, with the logo of health soldiers on their arms, and they all look heroic.

A young female officer leading the team was wearing a well-tailored military uniform with a belt around her waist, a pistol pinned to her waist, and her chest was high.

When she saw Gao Jiu, she gave him a military salute in a decent manner. The posture of the military salute was quite standard, but her soft wrist was playfully bent, showing the softness and cuteness of a woman.

She is Long Guobi, and she said in a crisp voice: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the field service team of the commercial company is reporting to you."

Gao Jiu returned the military salute to her very seriously, and said, "Relax."

Long Guobi turned around and shouted to the female soldiers: "Relax, and now Commander Gao will give you a lecture."

In Ruili, the Taohuashan guerrillas and the Yunnan Army Reinforced Regiment set up a joint headquarters, with Gao Jiu as the commander-in-chief.

Long Guobi also didn't want to be idle, so she selected 36 female students from Gao Jiu to form a women's field service team, mainly providing medical services.Since these female students did not have uniform uniforms, Long Guobi got a batch of uniforms for female soldiers of the national army from his father, but there was no military rank mark on them.

At the beginning, Gao Jiu disagreed with the female soldiers participating in the war, so Long Guobi went to find Long Yingyuan and forced him to intercede with Gao Jiu, otherwise, he would have to look good to him.Long Yingyuan had no choice but to come to Gao Jiu to say good things for his precious sister. Gao Jiu agreed to Long Guobi's request and set up a field women's service team.

However, he did not allow them to go to the front line to participate in the rescue, but only let them stay in the hospital in Ruili to provide medical services.

Gao Jiu came to the front of the team, gave a military salute to the female soldiers, and said with a smile, "Students, hello!"

Those female soldiers were all young students of prime age, and when they saw the idols they had admired for a long time, their little faces flushed with excitement.They shouted in a melodious and neat voice: "Hello, Commander-in-Chief."

Gao Jiu delivered an impassioned speech, affirming their patriotic spirit and encouraging them to grow and progress in work and study.If you encounter any difficulties in life, you can report to the captain Long Guobi, and the trading company can help them solve them.

After Gao Jiu finished his speech, he gave a military salute to the female soldiers, and was about to turn around and leave when a round-faced female soldier shouted, "Report to the commander-in-chief, we have a request."

Gao Jiu asked curiously: "What is it, tell me."

The round-faced female soldier said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, we ask the commander-in-chief to take a photo with us."

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Okay! Come here."

The female soldiers cheered and surrounded Gao Jiu.Naturally, Long Guobi couldn't suffer, she squeezed in, clinging to Gao Jiu, and stood by Gao Jiu's side.

Wang Zhankui learned photography two years ago. Later, he likes to take pictures no matter where he goes. Now his photography skills are quite good.He came to the front and took several photos for everyone, saying that after washing, he would give everyone a copy.

After taking pictures, Gao Jiu was about to leave when someone said, "Commander."

Gao Jiu saw that the person calling him was a very handsome little girl, her face flushed, and she looked at Gao Jiu timidly.Seeing Gao Jiu's eyes looking over, he lowered his head shyly, then summoned up his courage and looked at Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu asked, "What's the matter with you?"

Don't look at the little girls chattering just now, it's because they are so many.But now this little girl was going to talk to Gao Jiu alone, she was very shy and became timid.

Gao Jiu encouraged her and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

The little girl took out a diary from her pocket, and said timidly, "Commander, please sign it for me."

"And I."

"And I."

Those little girls took out their diaries one by one and asked Gao Jiu to sign them.

Long Guobi didn't expect that these team members under her would hide such a trick, which caught her by surprise.However, she didn't care about this, because she had plenty of opportunities to meet Gao Jiu and get an autograph, which was a breeze.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the little girls, Gao Jiu would definitely not let them down, so she picked up a pen and signed her name on the title page of the diary.

Suddenly, a little female soldier burst into tears.It turned out that she had prepared a diary in advance, but when they were assembled, she panicked and forgot to bring it. Seeing that everyone got the commander-in-chief's signature, she was angry with herself and felt wronged, so she couldn't help crying up.

After thinking for a while, Gao Jiu walked up to her, and signed his name on the collar of her white shirt with a pen.

The other little female soldiers all cast envious glances at her.

The little girl was very excited, her face was full of smiles, but suddenly she felt a little sad again, she said: "I want to keep this dress, but I only have two clothes in total, and the one was washed. After that, there will be no replacement."

Gao Jiu said with a smile: "This is easy. Girls like to be clean. I will ask each of you to give you two more clothes and more underwear. You can ask your captain if you have any requirements. I will try my best to satisfy you."

The little female soldiers cheered for a while, and their small faces bloomed like a sea of ​​flowers, which made the male soldiers dizzy.

Especially those special forces members, most of them haven't solved their personal problems yet, looking at these flower-like little female soldiers, their hearts are full of expectations.

The pace of war is approaching.

Soon after, news came that the Japanese 28th Brigade had arrived in Lishui Town, 52 kilometers away from Ruili.

This morning, the vanguard of the 28th Brigade of the Japanese Army sent a team of cavalry scouts to search in the direction of Ruili.

At a place 15 kilometers away from Ruili, they were attacked by cold guns. Five people were killed on the spot, and the rest fled back.

These Japanese scouts were very responsible, and they did not return to their original troops.After getting out of danger, they waited for pedestrians to pass by on the road. They stopped many pedestrians and asked about Ruili's situation.

After they mastered a certain amount of information, they returned to the station and reported to their superiors.

Katayama, head of the 28th Brigade of the Japanese Army, after listening to the report, asked in surprise, "Are you sure that Gao Jiu is in Ruili?"

The scouts answered in the affirmative.

The head of the Katayama brigade immediately sent a telegram to report to the division headquarters.

The Division Headquarters quickly replied to the telegram, asking the No. 20 Eighth Brigade of the Japanese Army to stand by and not move forward without an order.

It was the Taohuashan Special Forces led by Liang Shihu who led the attack on the Japanese scouts, and they also sent someone to report to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu immediately convened a combat meeting, and the meeting decided that the Yunnan Army Reinforced Regiment would rely on fortifications to carry out frontal defense.Two special warfare squadrons, Wang Zhankui and Li Chengwu, carried out mobile defense on the left and right wings, and Zheng Sanpao's special warfare squadron was the reserve team.

"Gao Jiu is in Ruili."

This is a very important piece of information. The head of the Katayama Brigade reported it to the head of the 15th Division, the head of the 15th Division reported it to the Japanese Fifth Army, and the Japanese Fifth Army reported it to the Southern Dispatch Army.

An emergency meeting was held with the commander, chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, commander of the Fifth Army, chief of the Special High Section, and commander of the Eighth Air Force of the Southern Expedition Army.

The commander of the Southern Dispatch Army said: "Section Chief Watanabe, please introduce Gao Jiu's situation in Ruili."

Yuichi Watanabe, the head of the Special Higher Course, pushed the glasses on his nose and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, Gao Jiu must be in Ruili. The local people in Ruili support Gao Jiu very much, and our spies cannot enter that area.

We only know that Gao Jiu has a trading company there, but the exact strength of the troops is unknown.However, according to the trajectory of his recent activities, we can make a rough judgment on his strength.

Gao Jiu fought the French in Vietnam and the British in Burma. The troops he led all set out from Ruili. The special forces under him should have no less than 500 troops.

The trading company he belongs to has a construction company under it, and those construction workers have also received military training, and the number should not be less than 1000.

According to personnel reports, there is still a part of the Yunnan Army in Ruili, with a strength of about one regiment. "

After listening to the report of the head of the special high school, everyone was silent for a while.

The total strength of the enemy in Ruili was no more than a few thousand people. If it was other troops, the Japanese army could be sure to defeat them or even completely wipe them out as long as they dispatched a single infantry brigade.

However, there is Gao Jiu, an existence that cannot be offended.

The commander of the Southern Dispatch Army, the chief of staff, and others were all familiar with the name Gao Jiu.However, they had not dealt with Gao Jiu directly, and they were a little uncertain, so they held this meeting.

"What advice do you have?" asked the commander.

The chief of staff said: "The plan to send troops to attack Yunnan has been formulated. Capture Ruili and cut off the Yunnan-Burma Highway is an important part of this battle plan. I suggest discussing the feasibility of capturing Ruili first."

The commander nodded and asked, "Mr. Qingchuan, are you sure that the Fifth Army can take advantage of Ruili?"

(End of this chapter)