The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 624 Mi Army Advisory Group

Xue Dongsheng defected to the enemy, embarrassing the commander of the Ninth War Zone.He now regrets that he left Xue Dongsheng a way out, now it's over, Xue Dongsheng's behavior severely slapped him in the face.

The commander personally talked to other senior generals of the 21st Corps, hoping that they would not be influenced by Xue Dongsheng.

The military command is also very worried that other units of the 21st Corps will follow Xue Dongsheng and defect to the enemy.They stepped up surveillance of every general of the 21st Corps with heavy troops.

The influence of Xue Dongsheng's defection to the enemy is very bad. The commander of the Ninth War Zone plans to get rid of him to save his face and at the same time prevent his subordinates from having the hidden danger of defection to the enemy.

The Military Commission was also very angry about this, and demanded that the military command immediately deploy an assassination operation to get rid of Xue Dongsheng.

Regarding how to get rid of Xue Dongsheng, Deputy Commander Zhang suggested to the commander that this matter should be left to Gao Jiu.So, the commander-in-chief called Gao Jiu himself.

The military commanders are well aware of Xue Dongsheng's matter, so of course they don't need to intervene in this matter. They know that Gao Jiu will definitely take action to get rid of Xue Dongsheng.However, Gao Jiu was not in a hurry this time. He just persuaded the commander of the Ninth War Zone and the military command to control the troops of the 21st Corps, saying that Xue Dongsheng is a lost dog. He'll be kicking him out like a mangy dog ​​in no time.

After Xue Dongsheng surrendered to the enemy, the Japanese army was very interested in him. After all, he was a lieutenant general commander of the national army, and this status could be used to make a big fuss.They warmly entertained Xue Dongsheng and promised that as long as he can bring over some national army troops, the Japanese will let him be the commander of the group army, and the Japanese will supplement the insufficient troops.

Xue Dongsheng took refuge in the Japanese, so naturally he had to present a certificate of honor.He sent people to secretly contact the trusted generals whom he single-handedly picked up, hoping that they would follow in his footsteps and surrender to the Japanese.

Due to the careful precautions taken by the government, only Xue Dongsheng's brother-in-law took away a battalion of troops.

The Japanese were greatly disappointed with Xue Dongsheng, and immediately changed their expressions towards him, and never mentioned a word about being the commander of the army group.

Gao Jiu asked the military command to monitor Xue Dongsheng's movements, wait until the Japanese gave up their protection, and then calmly get rid of him.

The commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone has been very depressed recently, so many things happened in a row, and then the Americans slapped him in the face severely.

The Americans sent a large amount of weapons and equipment, and along with this batch of weapons and equipment, came another Mi Army advisory group.

These Americans were not restless at all. They were a little disappointed with the Central Army troops in the Ninth Theater, and went directly to visit the 20th Corps of the Sichuan Army.After communicating with the generals of the Sichuan Army, they put pressure on the Military Commission to transfer a large number of US military equipment from the National Army to the Sichuan Army.

Now not only the commander-in-chief has a dull face, but even the big shots feel very aggrieved, thinking that these Americans don't give him face, he instructed the Military Training Bureau of the Military Command, please don't be distracted by these rice army advisors, or go all out Train the national army central army units thoroughly.

Unexpectedly, these Americans don't give face, saying that the 21st Corps is equipped with so many American equipment, and after their training, it can't achieve decent results. It really damages the reputation of the Mi Army Advisory Group.

The Military Training Bureau of the Military Command had no choice but to spend a large amount of rice gold to bribe the officers of these advisory groups, which suppressed their dissatisfaction.

Colonel Wei Deman, the head of the Mi Army's advisory group, learned from the Sichuan Army that the actual commander of the battle was Empress Gao Jiu, and he was very interested in Gao Jiu, so he visited in person.

Accompanied by Ouyang Xue, Gao Jiu entertained Wei Deman.Weidman took a liking to the young couple, who spoke fluent English.

Before this visit, Weidman did a lot of homework.He did a lot of research and learned that Gao Jiu had won many large-scale battles, so he asked Gao Jiu for advice.

Gao Jiu truthfully described the several major battles he commanded, from the analysis of the enemy's situation before the battle, the layout of the battle, the tactics adopted during the battle, etc., and took the trouble to give a detailed explanation to Colonel Weidman.

Colonel Weidman admired Gao Jiu very much, and he proposed Gao Jiu's assistance to prompt the national army to carry out another large-scale offensive campaign.

Gao Jiu had no objection, and said that as long as the Mijun Advisory Group could do the work of the high-level officials of the Tong government, he would be willing to help.However, he put forward a condition, that is, to allocate an American 105mm howitzer regiment to Commander Yang's Sichuan army.

The way of thinking of Americans is different from that of Chinese.Gao Jiu heard that they would go directly to the Military Commission and suggest launching an offensive in Yichang.

Gao Jiu pointed to Wei Deman, saying that instead of going to the Military Commission, go directly to the commander of the Ninth War Zone.

The commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone has been holding back his anger recently. He really wants to fight a good battle to change some of the criticisms that have been raging about the Ninth War Zone in society.Weidman's suggestion was exactly what he wanted, so he reported the plan to launch the campaign in the direction of Yichang to the Military Commission.

The Military Commission also doesn't want to be looked down upon by the Americans. They want to fight a battle in an upright manner, so that the Americans can see the majesty of the Central Army.So the battle was decided.

The campaign policy formulated by the Ninth Theater was that the 20th Corps of the Sichuan Army blocked the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, the 12th Corps of the Central Army blocked the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, and the Ninth Corps of the Ninth Theater attacked Shayang County.

The Americans pursue big ships and cannons. They are rich and powerful, and they prefer to fight with dignity like this.It's just that their appetite has grown a little bit, and they demanded not only to capture Shayang County, but also to advance the national army's front by at least 50 kilometers.

In exchange for the previous agreement with Gao Jiu, Colonel Weidman asked the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater to assign a 20mm howitzer regiment to the 105th Corps of the Sichuan Army.

When formulating the battle plan, Deputy Commander Zhang specifically solicited Gao Jiu's opinion.Gao Jiu said that the battle still depends on your Ninth Theater, but he will stay in the 20th Corps of the Sichuan Army to ensure the safety of the Central Army's flanks.

Soon after, Commander Yang, Gao Jiu and others came to the headquarters of the 20th Corps again.

Seeing dozens of 105mm howitzers parked outside the headquarters compound, Commander Yang was delighted from ear to ear.He said: "Brother Gao, you always think of me, brother, I really don't know how to thank you."

Gao Jiu said with a smile: "Brother Yang, you are being polite, my brothers don't speak foreign words."

The war is imminent, how to deal with the Japanese Air Force is still a very difficult thing.Gao Jiu has no problem with this, the Japanese will not come to bomb the Sichuan army.But he was very worried that the troops of the national army would encounter large-scale air strikes by the Japanese air force, which would disrupt the deployment of the ninth theater.

He personally went to the Aviation Committee, met with Ouyang Xue's cousin, and persuaded her to sacrifice the large-scale air force in her capital.
First, air raids were carried out on the Japanese air force airports in Jingzhou and Zhongxiang.First destroy the Japanese air force.

To be honest, the aviation committee's family property is not much now, and the wife can't help but feel a little distressed, and said to Gao Jiu: "Brother-in-law, I only have this little family property now, if I lose too much, things will not be good in the future It’s done, you can’t ignore it.”

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Cousin, don't worry! I have ordered 50 B24 Liberator bombers from the United States, and they can fly to Chongqing early next month."

Madam smiled and said: "Since you are so straightforward! Then I will go all out."

Madam personally found the famous Flying Fleet of the US Air Force, and together with Gao Jiu studied the plan to attack the Japanese military airport.

Xue Dongsheng saw that the Japanese hated him less and less. He was eager to express himself, so he secretly contacted some cronies in the national army, and learned that the ninth war zone was about to launch a large-scale offensive plan. The Japanese army immediately became nervous. stand up.

The Japanese army first replenished the troops of the 3rd Division, and secretly transferred the 112th Division from Changsha.The number of Japanese troops gathered on the front in the direction of Yichang reached more than 10.

Commander Yang, the chairman of Sichuan Province, is not in vain. He ordered the recruitment of many civilians and is building a large number of fortifications.The main task of this battle he discussed with Gao Jiu was to hold his ground and stop the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army.

Accompanied by Army Commander Yang and the Deputy Commander, Gao Jiu went to the front of the position. When he saw the civilian men sweating profusely digging trenches, he felt that the efficiency was too low.

After returning to his residence, he drew a blueprint, and then flew to Chongqing to find Lin Wenhan himself.

Lin Wenhan saw a strange giant on the blueprint drawn by Gao Jiu.He asked, "Gao Jiu, what is this?"

Gao Jiu said: "This is a trench excavator. Such a trench excavator can support thousands of civilians to dig trenches, and the size of the trenches is absolutely standard. Please arrange it with your father-in-law, and hurry up for production .”

Lin Wenhan personally accompanied Gao Jiu to the arsenal, and let the engineers of the arsenal look at the blueprints. The engineers admired Gao Jiu's ideas and thought it would not be difficult to modify such a trench excavator. There are ready-made tank chassis, as long as they are processed with alloy steel For some knives, change the operating system, and it should be able to be successfully modified soon.

Gao Jiu stayed in the arsenal for a day, personally answering some difficult questions from the engineers, and then flew back to Yichang.

The military command continued to transmit information to the headquarters of the Ninth Theater. When the commander of the Ninth Theater learned that the total strength of the Japanese army had increased to more than [-], the commander hesitated again.

Wei Deman and others of the Mi Army Advisory Group are all militants. They believe that the Ninth War Zone has a full 25 troops on the front line, so they keep saying something that belittles the Ninth War Zone.

The commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone was forced to help but decided to launch an offensive campaign as scheduled.

Under Lin Wenhan's personal urging, the work of modifying the trench excavators in the arsenal progressed very quickly, and 12 units were modified in a short time, and then sent to Yichang by ship.

The generals of the national army were overjoyed to see that the trench excavator dug out the standard and standardized trenches very quickly, and even the officers of the Mi Army Advisory Group were also very interested in this.

After they learned that this thing was invented by Gao Jiu, they became more interested in Gao Jiu.Weidman personally called Gao Jiu and said that he would send the blueprint back to the United States. He believed that with the strong industrial capabilities of the United States, better trench excavators could be produced soon.

Gao Jiu readily agreed, and asked the members of the Mi Army Advisory Group to copy a blueprint at the arsenal in Chongqing.

In the early morning of this day, the battle of Yichang finally started!

The prestigious flying hu team really lived up to their reputation. Based on the accurate information provided by the military command, they raided the two airports of the Japanese army in Jingzhou and Zhongxiang at night. Among them, the heavy bomber B24 Liberator showed its great power. The Japanese airfield was basically destroyed.

After getting this accurate news, the commander of the Ninth War Zone ordered an attack on the Japanese army.

Since the 11th Division of the Japanese Army was the key target of this attack in the Ninth Theater, the commander personally took the position in the Ninth Corps, and immediately mobilized the troops of the three armies to launch an overwhelming offensive against the Japanese army.

Since the Japanese army had obtained information in advance, they dug a large number of trenches and deployed heavy troops for defense.Today's central army is receiving American-style equipment training. Seeing that the Japanese army blocked their way, they immediately used large-caliber artillery to bombard them violently.

The Japanese also used artillery to fight back, but compared with the 92mm howitzer equipped by the Japanese, the Japanese Type 105 infantry artillery is much inferior.

Soon after the battle began, the Japanese army fell into a passive situation, and soon most of the artillery was destroyed.

The troops of the national army saw that the enemy's artillery fire had weakened, so they charged again!

The national army had a large number of troops and strong firepower. Although the Japanese army resisted tenaciously, they still couldn't resist. Soon the two forward positions were broken through, and then the national army came to the outskirts of Shayang County. .

The Japanese army here has been operating here for a long time, digging a lot of cat ear holes in the trenches. Although the artillery of the national army was fierce, they still survived tenaciously.They repelled two attacks of the national army in a row, causing a large number of casualties to the officers and soldiers of the national army.

At this time, members of the flying hu team sent by the Aviation Committee drove the B24 Liberator bomber and violently bombed the Japanese positions.

As long as the huge aerial bombs fell near the trenches, even the Japanese soldiers hiding in the cat's ear holes would have difficulty surviving.

The officers and soldiers of the Central Army used to be suppressed and beaten by the Japanese army because their equipment lagged behind the Japanese army. Now that they are equipped with beautiful weapons, they finally feel proud and avenged their revenge.They quickly rushed to the enemy's position, wiped out the remaining Japanese troops in the trenches, and soon surrounded Shayang County.

(End of this chapter)