The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 678 Fatal Error

Accompanied by Li Mingquan and others, Zhu Jianmin traveled all over the county, reassuring the people, and order in the county.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day, on the playground of the No. [-] Middle School in the county, a public meeting in Wendt City was held. The meeting was presided over by Zhu Jianmin.

The first topic of the public meeting was the public trial of those Philippine traitors and other lackeys who surrendered to the Japanese invaders and endangered the people, the chairman and vice-chairman of the Wendt City Puppet Regime Maintenance Association who surrendered to the Japanese invaders, Gobert and other guerrillas. The traitors, after counting their crimes, pronounced their crimes and executed them on the spot.

This move was very pleasing to the hearts of the people, and it also deterred those who tried to join the Japanese invaders and endanger the people, and played a role of killing everyone.

The second topic of the meeting was to announce the establishment of the Luzon Island People's Anti-Enemy Committee, elect Zhu Jianmin as the chairman, and Chen Yuqing, Li Mingquan, Wang Zhizhong and others as the vice-chairmen.

The Luzon Island People's Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Army was formally established, with Li Mingquan as the commander-in-chief and Wang Zhizhong as the deputy commander-in-chief.

The public meeting also announced many temporary laws and regulations related to the people, calling on the people to actively participate in the Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Forces or other activities to support the Anti-Japanese War.

After the public meeting, under the guidance of Gao Jiu, the Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Force, based on the original Luzon People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army, incorporated the puppet army in Wendt City, recruited a group of outstanding young people, and conducted reorganization.

The Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Force of Luzon Island is currently organized into one corps, three brigades, and one directly affiliated team, with a total strength of 2100 troops.

Gao Jiu arranges the Taohuashan guerrillas and Haibao commandos to train the Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Forces; Lin Yanni assists the Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Forces in intelligence work and sends people to monitor the movements of the Japanese and puppet troops in various places.

In order to form a good anti-Japanese situation in Luzon Island, Li Mingquan and others sent many liaison officers to contact the anti-Japanese guerrillas in other places, and invited their leaders to come to Wendt City to participate in the Anti-Japanese Armed Joint Meeting and discuss together. Matters related to the development and expansion of the Anti-Japanese Armed Forces.

During this period, the Anti-Japanese People's Self-Defense Forces, with the cooperation of the Taohuashan Special Forces and the Haibao Commando, swept away the strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops around Wendt City like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, annihilating more than [-] Japanese and puppet troops. A large amount of weapons, equipment and other materials were seized, and their influence was expanded in the vast rural areas. Through extensive anti-Japanese propaganda, a large number of people enthusiastically signed up to join the army, and those with money contributed money and forcefully, forming a good anti-Japanese situation.

All of a sudden, anti-Japanese activities flourished in the east coast of Luzon Island centered on Wendt City.

Suwei City is the second largest city in the northern part of Luzon Island. There are 870 Japanese garrison brigades, 120 Japanese gendarmerie squadrons, and 950 puppet regiments stationed in it.If this city can be captured, the vast area between the Sierra Madre on the east coast and the Cordillera in the middle can be connected into one piece.

Gao Jiu decided that before the Japanese army had time to mobilize a large number of troops to mop up the anti-Japanese base areas, they first took Suwei City, expanded the anti-Japanese guerrillas, and strengthened the strength of the anti-Japanese base areas against mopping up.

In the evening of that day, Gao Jiu, Taylor, and Li Mingquan led the Taohuashan guerrillas, the Haibao commandos, and the Luzon Island Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Force, each with a total of more than [-] people, went to attack Suwei City.

25km southwest of Suwei City, there is the Toli Iron Mine, the second largest iron mine in Luzon Island.The Japanese army plundered a large amount of iron ore resources from here. On the iron mine, the Japanese army built a barracks with three gun towers and other buildings, where a squadron of the Japanese army and a mine police team were stationed.

This iron mine is very important to the Japanese army. If it is attacked, the Japanese army will definitely rescue it.Therefore, Gao Jiu and others decided to adopt the tactic of encircling the point and attacking the reinforcements. First, they surrounded the iron mine, attracted the Japanese and puppet troops in Suwei City to come to the rescue, annihilated the reinforcements of the Japanese army, and defeated the main force of the Japanese army before attacking Suwei City.

That night, Gao Jiu and others divided into two groups. Li Mingquan and Ning Wen led 10 special forces members and 500 anti-Japanese self-defense troops to surround the Toli Iron Mine.

Gao Jiu, Taylor and others led some special forces members, the haibao commando and 1000 anti-Japanese self-defense troops, to a hilly area southwest of Suwei City, 12 kilometers southwest of the Toli Iron Mine, to prepare for an ambush by Japanese reinforcements.

In order to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers and resolve the battle as soon as possible, Gao Jiu and the others still used the old method of planting explosives on the road.

This is a meticulous job, and those in the self-defense army will not be able to count on it for a while. Gao Jiu only has a dozen special forces around him, so the workload is too great.

At the beginning, Taylor and the members of the haibao commando didn't know what Gao Jiu and the others were doing. After watching for a while, they took the initiative to ask for help.

The members of the haibao commando have received advanced training, and they are very proficient in this kind of burying of explosives. With their participation, the speed of burying explosives has been greatly accelerated.

Know the enemy and know yourself, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.Among the troops participating in the ambush of the Japanese army this time, only a dozen special forces members led by Gao Jiu, 30 members of the US Haibao commando team, and 60 members of the original Luzon Island People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Group were the only ones with real combat effectiveness. Only a hundred or so people.Most of the other team members who participated in the battle were new recruits who participated in the battle for the first time. If these people bully the few and fight with the wind, it should not be a big problem, but if there are more Japanese troops, they are likely to be on the battlefield. on crash.

How many troops can the Japanese reinforcements dispatch this time? According to Gao Jiu's judgment, the Japanese army may deploy more than two-thirds of its troops. Then the total strength of the Japanese army may reach more than [-] people. With the existing strength of Gao Jiu and others Strength, it is difficult to eat them, and it is even possible to be defeated by the enemy in turn.

In order to avoid such a situation, Gao Jiu discussed with Taylor and others and formulated a relatively conservative tactic.

This time, in terms of position layout, they adopted a position with three circles and one missing. When the enemy entered the ambush position, they fired at the enemy from the front and two wings, leaving a way for the enemy to retreat.After ambushing the enemy, oppress the enemy from three sides, causing the enemy to flee.

This battle does not seek to wipe out the enemy completely, but only hopes to kill and wound the enemy in large numbers during the battle.

Lieutenant Colonel Taylor has been engaged in special operations and has little experience in commanding large-scale battles, so he has always listened to Gao Jiu's opinions.

He put forward an idea, and he said: "Mr. Gao, with our current strength, if the enemy has more troops, even if you use the combat deployment you just made, I am afraid that it will not be able to quickly wipe out more than half of the Japanese reinforcements. Counterattack. These recruits can't count on it at all, and the outcome of this battle is hard to predict.

Mr. Gao, I have an idea, see if you can try to reduce the number of reinforcements from the Japanese army. "

Lieutenant Colonel Taylor's worry is very reasonable. Now the secret base outside Manila has been lost. The weapons and ammunition carried by the Haibao commandos were consumed a lot during the attack on Wendt City, and the weapons they used Weapons and ammunition cannot be replenished, and it is difficult to guarantee the superiority in firepower.

The situation of Gao Jiu and the members of the Taohuashan Special Forces is similar. The weapons and ammunition they carry, such as sniper rifle bullets, are also difficult to replenish, and they cannot achieve the effect of quickly defeating the Japanese and puppet troops with fierce firepower.

Therefore, the ambush plan Gao Jiu formulated this time did not aim at the complete annihilation of the enemy.

Hearing what Taylor said, it reminded Gao Jiu.He smiled and said, "Mr. Taylor, your idea is very good, I don't think it's better than this..."

Gao Jiu expressed his opinion, which was affirmed by everyone, and everyone agreed, so the arrangement was made according to this plan.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, Li Mingquan and Ning Wen led the members of the Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Forces and launched an attack on the Toli Iron Mine.

As soon as the offensive started, Ning Wen and the special forces team used the artillery they brought to bombard the enemy's stronghold. The precise artillery shooting caused a lot of casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops, and also put tremendous pressure on them.

They saw that the enemy outside was so powerful and there were a lot of people, so they reported to their superiors that they had been attacked by the main force of the enemy and asked their superiors to send troops for reinforcements.

The Tuoli Iron Mine is very important and cannot be lost.The Japanese army captain and garrison commander of Suwei City immediately mobilized most of the troops in the city, including 500 Japanese troops and 800 puppet troops, 100 more than Gao Jiu expected.

They left Suwei City and drove towards the iron mine.

As soon as they left the city, they were attacked by the enemy and killed more than a dozen people on the spot.

At the beginning, the captain of the Japanese army was also a little worried, whether there would be a large enemy force coming to attack the city, or laying an ambush on the road.

However, when he saw that the number of enemies attacking them was very small, it should not exceed 20 people.So a small number of troops were sent to attack the attackers, and the main force was ordered to continue the attack.

They were less than 1km out of the city and encountered a landmine explosion on the road.Two cars were blown up and dozens of soldiers were killed or injured.

Faced with this situation, the captain of the Japanese army did not feel depressed, but felt relieved.He believed that the reason why the enemy did this was because their strength was insufficient, so they adopted such means in an attempt to delay the speed of reinforcements.In this case, he doesn't have to worry about encountering an ambush by a large enemy force on the road.So he ordered the troops to move on.

Soon after, the Japanese army saw a few small flags planted on the road, which read "Beware of Landmines."

The Japanese soldiers at the front of the line, because they had been bombed by landmines, stopped when they saw this situation.

The captain of the Japanese army was worried about the loss of the Toli iron mine, so he didn't dare to waste time, so he directly ordered the troops to bypass these small flags.

Unexpectedly, other people's landmines were buried on the side of the road, and there were no mines under those small flags, so many Japanese soldiers were killed or injured.

Soon after, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army came across a small flag on the ground, which still read "Beware of Landmines."

This time, with experience, they completely ignored these small flags and ran over directly.It turned out that there were really landmines under the banner this time, and many Japanese soldiers were killed on the spot.

Gao Jiu and the others were not idle either. They kept destroying the small troops left by the Japanese army to stop them, and then chased after the large troops to kill as many Japanese and puppet troops as possible.

Although the Japanese army was constantly being attacked, the casualties were not large each time. The Japanese captain didn't care, and still led the troops to go for reinforcements.

However, due to encountering landmines on the road from time to time, in order to avoid casualties of the Japanese army, the captain of the Japanese army let the puppet army who had followed them go ahead.

The puppet soldiers were very frightened, and they hesitated to move forward.

Seeing this situation, the Japanese army organized a supervisory team to force the puppet army to go to mines.If any puppet soldiers dared to escape, the Japanese army would kill them immediately without hesitation.

In this way, the captain of the Japanese army made a serious mistake.

First of all, he didn't have time to count the casualties on the road. Before he knew it, a large number of Japanese and puppet troops had suffered casualties, and their strength was constantly decreasing.Secondly, the original puppet army was able to help the Japanese army in combat, but the way the Japanese army forced them to walk in landmines completely chilled the puppet army.It can be said that in the ensuing battle, these puppet troops can't be counted on at all, and the possibility of rebellion has even increased a lot.

In this way, under constant attrition, the large Japanese army finally arrived at the ambush position set up by Gao Jiu and others.At this time, the casualties of the Japanese army had reached more than 200 people, and the casualties of the puppet army exceeded more than [-] people. The strength of the Japanese and puppet army had been greatly weakened.

The puppet troops continued to open the way forward, and after entering the ambush position, they did not step on a landmine.The Japanese troops followed closely behind and continued to run forward.

Suddenly, violent explosions occurred on the road, and the area of ​​the explosion was hundreds of meters long. These explosions all occurred at the feet of the Japanese army.

According to Gao Jiu's prior arrangement, Taylor and the others let go of the puppet army running ahead, and went to bomb the Japanese army behind.

The violent explosion caused serious casualties to the Japanese army. More than 300 Japanese soldiers who originally came out of the city were killed in the bombing, and nearly 100 people were killed. In addition, more than [-] people were lost along the way. Not much left.

The officers and soldiers of the haibao commando ambushing on both sides of the road and the anti-Japanese self-defense army fired violently at the Japanese and puppet troops on the road, quickly killing and wounding a large number of Japanese and puppet troops.

At this time, Gao Jiu and others had also caught up. They blocked the retreat path of the Japanese and puppet troops, cooperated with other anti-Japanese troops, and completely surrounded the Japanese and puppet troops.

Not long after, Gao Jiu saw that the enemy's resistance was basically destroyed. In order to train the recruits of the guerrillas, he did not continue to use firepower to destroy the enemy, but issued an order to charge the whole army.

Following Gao Jiu's order to attack, the members of the Taohuashan Special Forces, the Haibao Commando and the veteran guerrillas rushed up first. They rushed forward and soon approached the road .

Those recruits were indeed very nervous at the beginning, but when they saw the Japanese and puppet soldiers being beaten to death and wounded, and they were extremely embarrassed, their confidence doubled.They shouted loudly and rushed up.

(End of this chapter)