The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 600 Carrots and Sticks
After receiving the report from Toshiyu Tanaka, the Sixth Army Command of the Japanese Army ordered the 37th Division of the Japanese Army to be ready to reinforce the 42nd Division at any time, and ordered the Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army to provide air support to the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army.

Tian Zhong Minyu felt very satisfied after receiving the report from his superiors. He took a telescope to observe the enemy's position for a while, and said contemptuously: "These reckless Zhina people dare to take the initiative to attack my dignified army!" The 42nd Division just gives us a chance to annihilate them. This time I want to let them know how powerful our Yellow Army is."

The chief of staff standing beside him also said very easily: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, is right. Usually when the Huang army goes to attack the Zhina army, they are invincible. It is really not easy to catch up with them. How dare they Take the initiative to come to the door, this is a great time to eliminate them."

Tian Zhong Minyu said: "The order will go on, and all the ministries will stick to their positions to hold back these Zhina troops. When the reinforcements from the 37th Division arrive, the whole army will attack and wipe out these Zhina troops in one fell swoop."

Gao Jiu understood that in order to be able to encircle and annihilate the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army, the first thing to do is to block the reinforcements of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army and prevent the Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army from participating in the battle.

This battle is very important, not only related to the life and death of tens of millions of victims in the south of Henan, but also the life and death of the Iron Triangle area.Gao Jiu didn't dare to be careless.

In order to block the reinforcement of the Japanese army, Gao Jiu resorted to all means.

In order to prevent the Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army from participating in this battle, Gao Jiu still adopted the method of courtesy first and soldiers later. He sent a telegram to Yokota Makio, promising to provide Yokota Makio with 100 pieces of anti-Japanese medicine and [-] million yuan in five-yuan coupons , Let him get the Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army.

At the same time, Gao Jiu asked Zhang Quan to lead the Taohuashan Special Forces to the Rongcheng area, ready to attack the airport of the Japanese Fifth Air Force.

Not only that, Gao Jiu also mobilized a large number of anti-aircraft guns, and set up eight anti-aircraft gun positions in the direction of the Japanese Fifth Air Force airport.

Regarding the 37th Division of the Japanese Army, Gao Jiu first sent someone to send a letter to the Chief of Staff.Although the chief of staff has never met Gao Jiu, they can be regarded as old friends. He is the captain of the 63rd Regiment. Gao Jiu 20 oceans.

This time Gao Jiu, as an old friend, persuaded him not to participate in this battle.Gao Jiu promised to give the 37th Division 1 sticks of anti-Japanese medicine and 20 yuan in five-yuan Zhongshu coupons.

To be on the safe side, Gao Jiu and the 41th Division of the 69st Army set up a blocking position to prevent the 37th Division from not listening to advice and coming for reinforcements.At the same time, Jiang Xiaomei's independent brigade was deployed behind the 69th Division. On the one hand, it was responsible for encircling the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army, and on the other hand, it was ready to respond to the 69th Division.

After finishing these things, Gao Jiu held a combat meeting to encircle and wipe out the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army.

After the meeting started, Gao Jiu said: "Generals! Now our army has surrounded the 42nd Division of the Japanese army. The Japanese army did not take the initiative to attack. They wanted to be a bait to attract our army because they were waiting for the Japanese army's 37nd division. The reinforcements of the [-]th Division want to come to a center to bloom and wipe out the main force of our army."

When Gao Jiu said this, everyone whispered, obviously worried about the arrival of Japanese reinforcements.

Gao Jiu said: "Since the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army wants to be a bait, let's eat it.

I will be responsible for the reinforcements of the Japanese army, and you will go all out to surround the 42nd Division of the Japanese army. "

Hearing that Gao Jiu was able to stop the reinforcements from the Japanese army, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Today, the number of troops surrounding the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army is more than twice that of the Japanese Army, with strong firepower, and all the troops have now built fortifications.Although they were not sure of breaking through the Japanese defense line, they still had confidence in self-protection.

Among these people, quite a few people also kept an eye on them. When they were preparing to attack the Japanese army, they did not work hard and conserved their strength. If the battle did not go well, they were ready to flee at any time.

Gao Jiu knew that to deal with this group of mobs, they must have tactics acceptable to them, as well as iron discipline.

Gao Jiu said: "The 42nd Division of the Japanese Army has a strong fighting force, and a strong attack will cause a lot of casualties. This time, the battle is not in a hurry to launch a general attack on the Japanese army, but to adopt a slow-moving tactic, gradually narrowing the encirclement, and making the troops evenly formed. One body, like a noose, finally hanged the Japanese army.

In order to reduce casualties, under the cover of artillery fire, the various ministries relied on the existing fortifications, adopted the method of soil work, dug trenches, and gradually moved forward.The distance advanced every day should not exceed 80 meters at most, and the minimum should not be less than 50 meters. After stopping the advance, immediately strengthen the offensive,

Push the artillery forward to suppress the enemy's firepower and prevent the enemy from counterattacking. "

The generals of the various troops were worried that Gao Jiu would command blindly and let the soldiers charge forward blindly, which would inevitably cause a lot of casualties.

Gao Jiu's method can effectively reduce casualties. He only advances tens of meters a day. It seems that the progress is slow, but it takes less than a week to advance the trench to the place where the Japanese army is connected, where there are many people and firepower. With a fierce advantage, fight hand to hand to destroy the enemy.Everyone has no opinion on this method of combat.

Gao Jiu saw that there was no objection from the crowd, so he nodded towards Li Fengming.

Li Fengming stood up and said: "In this battle, all the ministries come from different units. Everyone must be worried that some people will be passive, slow down, or even run away. In order to eliminate everyone's worries, we must formulate battlefield discipline.

After the battle starts, orders and prohibitions must be followed, and ministries are not allowed to act without orders.In the face of the counterattack of the Japanese army, they must not retreat without authorization, let alone leave the battlefield without authorization, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law. "

Everyone here is actually worried about this. Every army does not want to move forward desperately, while some people just sit back and watch the tigers fight, and even run away at critical moments, exposing their flanks to the enemy.

Wang Jindong felt a little uneasy, and asked: "Chief Li, it's not enough to just emphasize battlefield discipline like this. Are there any specific measures?"

Li Fengming said: "I have already discussed with Commander Gao, and in order to prevent anyone from violating battlefield discipline, I decided to organize a supervisory team.

Each army will deploy a reinforced company of 200 people to form a supervisory team and adopt the method of mutual supervision.For the sake of fairness, everyone will draw lots to decide which supervisory team will supervise the other troops. "

"Okay, this method is good, I agree."

"I agree too."

The generals said one after another.Everyone hopes that this is the case, so that their own supervisory team can supervise their own people, and they will not be able to kill them.Mutual supervision is different.In this way, everyone's hearts are also at ease.

In order to strengthen everyone's determination, Gao Jiu said: "Generals! Usually everyone is used to preserving strength, and I can understand this. I can assure everyone that as long as we win this battle, we still need weapons and equipment, brother I will never treat you badly.

Everyone is a good brother, but brother, I still put the ugly words in front.Everyone also understands that on the battlefield, if one unit leaves the battlefield first, it will lead to the collapse of the entire front and ruin the lives of brothers in other units.

Therefore, for all of us, no one should have the idea of ​​preserving strength, and we must fight to the death without retreating.

I also know that if any of the generals here really runs away, the 200-man supervising team will not be able to stop you.However, if there is someone who has done something wrong to everyone, this hatred will be considered with everyone. I swear that I will hunt him down with all my strength. I can guarantee that there is no place for him in this world. "Speaking of this, Gao Jiu swept towards everyone with serious eyes.

Everyone felt the murderous look in Gao Jiu's eyes. Everyone knew that those Japanese, whether it was Shimada, Hamasaki Ayumi, the commander of the Japanese Second Air Force, or even Sakai, the deputy chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army, or even the Japanese Prince Chaoxiang, the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, no one can escape Gao Jiu's clutches.

Everyone also understood that if Gao Jiu was really annoyed this time, he would have no choice but to die.Instead of this, it is better to fight the Japanese desperately.

After figuring this out, everyone present gave up their illusions and made up their minds to follow Gao Jiu to win this battle at all costs.

"Commander Gao, you treat our Northeast Army as your own brother. Our 93rd Division will never do anything wrong to your brother. Don't worry, even if only one person is left in our 93rd Division, we will never take a step back. Yes." Yang Zhenyuan, commander of the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army, said.

Seeing Yang Zhenyuan's statement, Zhang Jizu, the commander of the 228th Division of the Northwest Army, patted his chest and said: "Commander Gao, our Northwest Army is not a coward. Even if the entire division is wiped out, I will charge up with a big knife alone Fighting with the devil."

The division commanders of the two miscellaneous troops both expressed their opinions, and the others also expressed their bloody battle to the end.

Among the crowd, the generals of the Southwest Military Division did not speak.Wang Jindong didn't say a word either.However, Gao Jiu trusted them very much.

Seeing that the morale and morale of the army were good, Gao Jiu said with a smile: "Very well, I know that everyone is a good brother. Don't worry! As long as I kill the 42nd Division of the Japanese army, I will never treat you badly, brother."

Li Fengming was also very happy, and he was also very emotional.To be honest, he had no confidence in these rabble at all.It's Gao Jiu's wealth and wealth, coupled with his great reputation, that can make these guys work hard.

Next, Gao Jiu invited all the generals to a banquet, and then asked them to go back and make preparations.The whole army will officially launch an attack on the Japanese army starting at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.

After the banquet, Jiang Xiaomei came to bid Gao Jiu farewell.Gao Jiu reached out and gently stroked her hair, and said softly, "Sister! Be careful."

Jiang Xiaomei smiled brightly, with a pretty face, the smile bloomed like a flower.Gao Jiu looked a little dazed, and kissed her without waiting for her to speak.

Jiang Xiaomei said, "Ninth Brother, take care too." After speaking, she turned and left.

Gao Jiu looked at Jiang Xiaomei's back and felt a dull pain in his heart.He felt indebted to this girl who loved him deeply.

He sighed and shook his head helplessly.

Makio Yokota took advantage of Gao Jiu, and after receiving Gao Jiu's telegram, he sent his adjutant to Rongcheng again to work for the Fifth Air Force.

The Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army was hit by Gao Jiu at the airport last time because he shot down the transport plane Gao Jiu was on. He was not willing to let Gao Jiu do it again.

He also got a lot of benefits from Mufu Yokota, and this time Gao Jiu gave so many benefits, he decided to follow the good advice and not support the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army.

However, he has received an order from his superiors to send him to reinforce the 42nd Division.He couldn't disobey his orders, so he asked Yokota Makio's adjutant to get in touch with Gao Jiu, and the two sides could cooperate to play a play.

Yokota's adjutant sent a telegram to Yokota on the radio of the Fifth Air Force.Yokota Makio quickly returned a telegram, saying that Gao Jiu had sent a special force near Rongcheng's airport, allowing them to pretend to attack Rongcheng's airport.

The commander of the Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army broke out in a cold sweat, thanks to his promise that Gao Jiu would not support the 42nd Division, otherwise, the Fifth Air Force would suffer heavy losses.Maybe Gao Jiu would come to Rongcheng and kill him as the commander.

He discussed with Gao Jiu through Mufu Yokota, and asked the Taohuashan Special Forces to attack the airport and destroy a few planes under maintenance. It would be better to blow up a few big holes on the airport runway as a show, so as to give him a reason not to send troops .

The 37th Division of the Japanese Army also received an order from its superiors to prepare to reinforce the 42nd Division, and the troops were ready to go.

At this moment, Gao Jiu sent a letter to the chief of staff.

The chief of staff was very depressed, he didn't understand why Gao Jiu came back again.Knowing that Gao Jiu couldn't afford to provoke him, he persuaded the head of the division again not to trouble Gao Jiu.

After deliberation, the head of the division and the chief of staff decided to accept the gift from Gao Jiu and send a close friend to meet Gao Jiu. The two sides would put on a show so that they could give an explanation to their superiors.

At 8 o'clock in the morning the next day, various ministries of the Allied Forces launched an attack on the Japanese 42nd Division.They first launched a shelling attack on the Japanese army.

The artillery of the Japanese army also launched a counterattack, and the two sides played ping-pong-pong very lively, but because the troops were hiding in the trenches, the casualties were not large.

Tian Zhong Minyu didn't pay attention to the troops of the national army at all.He saw that the enemy was only shelling and not launching an attack, which added to his contempt for the enemy.

But not long after, he discovered an abnormality.The forward position reported that the enemy was digging trenches and gradually approaching the Japanese position.

Tanaka Minyu also felt that something was wrong, so he came to the forward position in person.He picked up the binoculars and looked forward, and saw dust flying in front of him, but he couldn't see a person.

He asked suspiciously, "What are these damned Jinar people doing?"

The chief of staff next to him also felt that something was wrong. He said worriedly: "Your Excellency, the situation is not good. The enemy has a large number of troops and the artillery fire is also very fierce. If the enemy approaches our trenches, this battle may be difficult." It's not easy to fight."

Tanaka Toshiyu originally counted on his troops to dig trenches, and wait until the enemy launched an attack from the open, so as to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers.Now that the enemy army adopts such tactics, it is difficult for them to kill the enemy. When the trenches of the two sides are close and the soldiers are close to each other, the enemy's superior force will prevail.

He said: "Chief of staff, immediately send a telegram to the army headquarters, requesting tactical guidance, asking the 37th Division to approach our headquarters, and requesting the air force to bomb the enemy's positions.

(End of this chapter)