The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 625
The headquarters of the Sichuan Army was temporarily set up in Jingmen County. Gao Jiu, Commander Yang and others waited comfortably for a few days, but they didn't find the troops of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army coming to attack. Gao Jiu felt a little strange.

The 9th Corps of the Zhongyang Army is now besieging Shayang County. The main force of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army has rushed to reinforce.

Therefore, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to the military command, asking what the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Zhongxiang was doing.

Before the military command could reply the telegram, the troops stationed in front sent a message saying that the troops of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army had been dispatched and they had already exchanged fire with the Japanese army.

After learning the news, Gao Jiu felt relieved.

With the trench excavator, Gao Jiu dug a large number of trenches at the front, and with the help of civilian husbands, he dug a lot of cat ear holes, using Japanese methods to deal with the Japanese.The Japanese small-caliber artillery posed no great threat.

Gao Jiu didn't even bother to go to the front line to watch, and chatted with Commander Yang and others there.

At this time, the military command replied to the telegram, saying that the main force of the Japanese 3rd Division was still in Zhongxiang City, and there were signs of marching towards Jingmen, reminding Gao Jiu to pay attention.

Seeing that the actions of the Japanese army were similar to what he expected, Gao Jiu felt more at ease.

There was about a regiment of Japanese troops in front of the Sichuan army. They launched two fierce attacks. After being repelled, the speed of the attack slowed down.From one hour interval to two hours, five hours.

On the second day, the Japanese army did not launch an attack throughout the morning.At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, another attack was launched, but the attack was not as violent as before.

Zhong Xiangcheng.

In Zhongxiang City, Li Weimin, the major leader of the Zhongxiang Working Group at the Jingzhou Station of the Military Command, is a shrewd and capable young man.During this period of time, they have been under a lot of pressure. In order to obtain the intelligence of the Japanese army in time, they are always under high tension.

Li Weimin is only 28 years old and has a strong body, but these days, his face is pale and his whole body has lost a lot of weight.

That night, he had just been in a daze for a while when he was woken up.

The special agents in charge of monitoring the actions of the Japanese army reported that they had just discovered that the main force of the Japanese 3rd Division had moved, but it was strange that their direction of advance was not in the direction of Jingmen, but in the direction of Jingzhou.

Li Weimin immediately asked the operator to send a telegram and report to the military command headquarters.The radio operator set up the radio, ready to send a report.

Li Weimin had already drafted a telegram, and he was about to speak with the telegram when suddenly gunshots came from outside.

A team member in charge of security in the yard shouted: "Team leader, it's not good, the Japanese are coming."

That was all he yelled, and then there was a yell, obviously hit by a bullet.Immediately afterwards, the gate of the courtyard was kicked open.

Li Weimin knew that the telegram could not be sent out, so he asked the operator to put away the radio quickly, pulled out his pistol, stood at the door and looked out, and saw a group of Japanese soldiers rushing into the yard. He hurriedly shot out, the Japanese soldiers They also shot at him.

The radio operator held the radio and stuffed it under the bed. At this moment, the glass of the rear window of the house was shattered, and several guns came in. The radio operator died on the spot.

Li Weimin knew that the Japanese army had come prepared, and he must not be able to get away. He didn't want to be a prisoner, so he raised his gun and rushed out towards the gate.

The Japanese army shot at him randomly, and he was shot at least a dozen times, and died on the spot.

In fact, before the start of this battle, the Japanese army had already followed them.

When the battle just started, the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army received an order to defeat the Sichuan Army troops in the direction of Jingmen and attack the 9th Corps of the National Army from the north.

When the 3rd Division was preparing to implement this battle plan, the superiors suddenly issued an order to prepare them to turn to Jingzhou.

A few days ago, the Japanese army was still preparing for the transfer of troops, so they were not in a hurry to get rid of these military commanders.

At this time, in order to cover up the real movement of the Japanese army, they began to close the net and destroyed the Zhongxiang working group of the military command.

This morning, Gao Jiu, Commander Yang and others listened to the battle report from the front line and felt that there was no problem.Everyone was idle and bored, so Gao Jiu proposed to play mahjong instead.

Commander Yang has a 105mm howitzer in his hand, and has always wanted to try it out, but their troops haven't had time to train, and they won't be able to play with it for a while.

Although their original artillery unit said that this new type of weapon is not a problem in operation, they cannot do it accurately to hit the target.This kind of large-caliber howitzer is not aimed by the naked eye, but needs to go through a series of complex calculations before being able to work out the shooting elements such as the scale and direction required for shelling.

The usual procedure for shooting large-caliber artillery is to first send scouts and calculators to move to a forward position 1 km away from the target, or even a closer distance. First, the scouts will determine whether the target is accurate, and then measure the distance, temperature, humidity, Various data such as air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction are provided to the computer soldiers, and the computer soldiers calculate through complex formulas, and finally can obtain the scale and direction, and then provide them to the artillery positions more than ten kilometers away.

Various types of artillery have different calculation formulas. At present, the Sichuan army has not mastered these 105mm howitzers, so they cannot be used for the time being.

The deputy commander said with some regret: "It would be great if our cannons could be used."

Hearing this aroused Gao Jiu's compulsion, and said, "That's fine, let's use these cannons to teach those devils a lesson."

He asked the Sichuan army to set up the artillery positions, and brought Ning Wen, Ning Wu, Jia Liu and others to the front position.

Gao Jiu's eyesight is excellent, he doesn't need to get too close to the Japanese soldiers.He found a small high ground, and after observing the situation of the Japanese army, he casually reported shooting Zhu Yuan.

At the rear artillery position, Army Commander Yang, Deputy Commander and others were waiting for Gao Jiu's news.
An artillery battalion commander ran over to report: "Master Jiu has news."

Commander Yang said happily: "Then hurry up and fight!"

The artillery battalion commander ran to the front of the artillery position and shouted loudly: "Standard 52, direction 204."

Immediately the artillerymen sprang into action, adjusting the guns and loading them.

The commander of the artillery battalion waved down the small flag violently and shouted: "Fire."

"Boom, boom, boom, boom." Dozens of 105mm howitzers spit out flames together, and the earth trembled.

The Japanese army has also encountered artillery fire from the Sichuan army these days. The performance of those mountain artillery is similar to that of the Type 92 infantry artillery, so the Japanese army did not take the artillery fire from the Sichuan army too seriously. They simply built artillery bunkers.

Unexpectedly, a large group of large-caliber howitzers suddenly flew in the sky, directly covering the artillery positions of the Japanese army.

Under normal circumstances, due to too many parameters involved in this kind of long-range artillery, the shooting parameters calculated for the first time are not accurate enough under normal circumstances. Correction, and sometimes even two or more corrections are required to accurately hit the target.

If it is other national artillery units, bombarding the Japanese artillery positions can also give the Japanese artillery a chance to escape. Although the artillery cannot be moved temporarily, at least the artillery can escape.

Gao Jiu was really wicked. The shots he reported were absolutely accurate. A few rows of shells hit the target directly.

This time, not only were all the artillery pieces of the Japanese army destroyed, but the artillerymen were also basically wiped out.Not only that, but the explosion of the shells caused the death of the Japanese Type 92 infantry shells. Those shells flew randomly, causing heavy casualties to the surrounding Japanese troops.

The officers and soldiers of the Sichuan army guarding the forward positions cheered excitedly when they saw that their artillery was so powerful.

Although the captain of the Japanese army was an infantryman, he was no layman in artillery.He didn't know where so many large-caliber artillery shells flew from, and he couldn't understand that they could directly cover his artillery positions without test firing.

You know, even direct-pointing artillery such as the Type 92 infantry gun is also subject to test firing.

The captain of the Japanese army was stunned, and he stood there for a long time without slowing down.

The Lian Biaofu was also very surprised, suddenly he remembered something, and said in horror: "Your Excellency, Lian Captain, I am afraid that Gao Jiu did this again."

In the last battle of Yichang, the 3rd Division suffered a big loss and lost an entire brigade of troops. Of course, the Japanese army would inquire about the situation of the commander who commanded this battle.

They really didn't expect Gao Jiu to appear here again this time.Without saying a word, the Japanese regiment commander ordered the troops to retreat.

Seeing that the Japanese army was retreating, Gao Jiu kept providing new shooting elements to the artillery.

Dozens of howitzers kept chasing the Japanese army, killing and wounding the Japanese army everywhere.

A division commander guarding the forward position saw the Japanese retreat and said excitedly, "Master Jiu, let us catch up!"

Gao Jiu and Commander Yang have already formulated a combat plan for this campaign. Their mission is to stop the Japanese 3rd Division and protect the flanks of the Ninth Theater.

Gao Jiu shook his head and said, "Forget it, the situation of the Japanese army in front is unknown, so rushing out rashly, it won't be worthwhile if they encounter an ambush."

The teacher felt a little regretful. He spat at the backs of the fleeing Japanese soldiers, and said, "Ge, I'm sorry for you bastards."

According to the agreement, except for communication at any time, there is no major change in the situation. At 12:18 noon and [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the subordinates must make routine reports.

12 noon sharp.The Sichuan Army reported to the General Command of the Ninth War Zone the movement of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army in the direction of Jingmen County, saying that they had repelled the Japanese attack.

In fact, even if the Sichuan army did not send any news, the commander, deputy commander Zhang and others have absolute confidence.They firmly believed that as long as Gao Jiu was around, their flanks would never be threatened.

The duty officers of the radio station of the confidential office of the military command headquarters are waiting for the routine report from the military command Yichang to various military command organizations.

By 12:15, except for the Zhongxiang Military Command Working Group, which did not send a telegram, the military command organizations in other places had sent telegrams.

The confidential section chief who was on duty also felt a little uneasy. He asked the radio station duty officer to send a telegram to Zhong Xiang's working group, but there was no reply.

The chief of the confidential section felt that the situation was serious, and immediately reported to the director, who immediately asked to see the big boss.

The big boss knew that something must have happened to Zhong Xiang's working group, so he notified the situation to the Ninth Theater Command.

The notification from the military command did not attract the attention of the Ninth Theater Command, because they believed that with Gao Jiu in the direction of Jingmen, the Japanese 3rd Division would not be able to play a big role.

Therefore, they didn't take it seriously, and continued to command troops to conduct offensive and defensive operations with the Japanese army in Shayang County.

In the past few days, both the Japanese army and the Central Yang army have invested a large amount of troops. The battle between the two sides has been very fierce. Shayang County has changed hands several times. However, in this battle, the national army fought much more happily than before. With the replacement of American equipment, the firepower is not inferior to the Japanese army, and it even has a great advantage in long-range artillery.Therefore, in the battle, the losses of both sides were basically the same.

The commander-in-chief, Deputy Commander Zhang and others were very satisfied, because after all their strength was greater than that of the Japanese soldiers, and if they were consumed like this, the Japanese would not be able to hold on sooner or later.

This afternoon, the troops of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army did not show up, and Gao Jiu didn't care, thinking that they were afraid of the long-range artillery of the Sichuan Army, and were readjusting their troops, and then they would make a comeback again.

In this way, the Jingmen front line calmed down, and this calmness lasted until noon the next day, when Gao Jiu felt that something was wrong.Now in the area of ​​Shayang County, the Japanese army and the national army are in a stalemate. The Japanese army of the 3rd Division should go all out to open up the passage to Shayang County and go for reinforcements.What does no movement mean?
Therefore, Gao Jiu had to call the headquarters of the Ninth War Zone.

Deputy Commander Zhang told Gao Jiu what the military commander had reported to them. Gao Jiuyi couldn't figure out what it meant, so he put down the phone without saying anything.

During lunch, Commander Yang saw that Gao Jiu was a little dazed, with chopsticks in his hands, obviously picked up the food, but didn't put it in his mouth.

He asked with concern: "Brother Gao, what's the matter with you?"

Gao Jiu put down his chopsticks suddenly, and came to the combat map hanging on the wall.

Commander Yang, the deputy commander and others also hurriedly followed.

They saw Gao Jiu carefully observing the combat area map, and suddenly, a railway from Zhongxiang to Jingzhou caught Gao Jiu's attention.

On the map, Gao Jiu's finger moved from Zhongxiang to Jingzhou, and then along the highway to Jinjiazhai in the west of Jingzhou.

Gao Jiu's heart skipped a beat, he didn't eat, and went directly to the radio room to send a telegram to the military command headquarters.

After the big boss received the telegram, he immediately ordered the Jingzhou Station of the Military Command to investigate along the railway and in the direction of Jinjiazhai.

After sending the telegram, Gao Jiu returned to the dinner table.Commander Yang asked, "Brother Gao, what's the matter?"

Gao Jiu said with some concern: "You have also seen it just now. If the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army secretly went to Jingzhou by railway, crossed Dama Mountain, and suddenly attacked the 12th Corps of the Central Yang Army from the direction of Jinjiazhai, what do you think the 12th Corps would do?" Can it withstand the attacks of the main force of the Japanese 3rd Division and the main force of the Japanese [-]th Division stationed in Jingzhou?"

Commander Yang and the others also became nervous when they heard this.At this time, not all the troops of the central army were equipped with American weapons. Only Xue Dongsheng's 21st Corps and the 9th Corps were equipped with American weapons. Large standing divisions attacked.Once the 12th Corps is defeated, the 3th Corps will encounter the attack of the four main divisions of the Japanese army, and it will definitely not be able to resist, and the battle will inevitably suffer a disastrous defeat.

If the ninth war zone loses two corps, the national army's strength on the entire Yichang front will not be sufficient, and I am afraid that even Yichang will be lost. The situation is too serious.

(End of this chapter)