The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 694 Guarantee of Victory

The first to call was Xu Zhongming, the station chief of the Jinan Station of the Military Command, followed by Zhou Mingshan, the station chief of the Nanyang Station of the Military Command, Wang Jindong of the 41st Army, Gao Hong of the Southwest Military District of Shandong, and the Shandong Military District of the underground party, all sent telegrams to inform The situation is basically the same content.

It turned out that the Japanese invaders re-divided the theater, canceled the title of dispatched army, and changed it to the front army.The Chinese Theater is divided into North China Front, Central China Front and Southern Front.

In northern China, General Shouichi Terauchi served as the commander-in-chief, and under his jurisdiction were the First Army stationed in Shanxi, the Second Army stationed in Beiping, Tianjin, and Tangshan, the Seventh Army in Henan, and the Twelfth Army in Shandong.

As the rice army has continuously mobilized a large number of troops to enter the Southeast Asian battlefield, the momentum of the Japanese army's strategic offensive has been contained in Southeast Asia, and the situation on the battlefield has become tense, and more troops must be added.Japan's domestic economic situation is not optimistic.

In order to reverse the unfavorable situation, the Japanese headquarters ordered the Japanese troops stationed in China to consolidate the occupied areas as soon as possible, strengthen the plundering of resources, and form a large number of puppet troops in order to free up more Japanese troops to join the Pacific battlefield.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, the Japanese North China Front Army formulated a "c" combat plan.In Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Jizhong and other places, large-scale attacks were launched.

The 7th Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Henan and the 12th Army of Shandong each launched an attack on the Iron Triangle area.

The Nanyang area and the southwestern Shandong area have now become a strong rear area for the anti-Japanese troops in this area.The Nanyang Arsenal and the Arsenal in Southwest Shandong provided a large amount of weapons and ammunition for the Anti-Japanese Army.The Nanyang and Southwest Shandong Economic Zones also provided a large amount of daily necessities for the Anti-Japanese Army.

The 41st Army and the troops of the Southwest Army Division also became the strong backing of the Anti-Japanese Army. When the Anti-Japanese Army was unable to defeat the Japanese, they often ran into the Iron Triangle area.

Even so, the Japanese army was originally unwilling to provoke Gao Jiu. Terauchi Shouichi had just arrived in China from the base camp and was eager to make contributions. He believed that Gao Jiu was now focusing on the Golden Triangle area. The 7th Army and the 12th Army issued an order to attack the Iron Triangle area.

Now the focus of Gao Jiu's career is indeed in the Golden Triangle area, but he has a deep affection for the southwestern Shandong area, and Nanyang area is also one of his pockets.Since the Japanese army came to invade, Gao Jiu had to deal with it seriously.

At the beginning, Gao Jiu was not too worried about the safety of the Iron Triangle area.He believes that the 41st Army has a strong force. There are now five divisions, plus the army directly under the army, there are more than [-] people.The strength of our army in the Southwest Military Division of Shandong consists of an independent brigade, plus five independent regiments and ten county brigades, and there are more than [-] troops.The most important thing is that they are backed by the arsenal, well-equipped, with sufficient ammunition, and their firepower is no less than that of the Japanese army.

In addition, there are the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army and the 228th Division of the Northwest Army in Kaifeng, which serve as barriers to the northwest of the Iron Triangle.

At this time, he was planning to attend a monthly summary meeting of the Administrative Committee, so he told Wang Zhankui and others to prepare, and after he finished the meeting, he would go to Southwest Shandong.

At this moment, he received bad news that Yokota Makio, the commander of the Japanese Third Air Force, was transferred back to China, and the commander of the Second Air Force was also replaced. The contact was temporarily interrupted.

Gao Jiu realized the great danger, so he didn't care to attend the summary meeting of the administrative committee. He immediately took Wang Zhankui, Li Chengwu and [-] members of the Taohuashan Special Forces to fly to the Iron Triangle area.

On the way Gao Jiu and others flew to Kunming, a great battle broke out in Kaifeng City.

On June 6th, Kaifeng City.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, a group of soldiers from the National Army came in front of the west gate of Kaifeng City. The officers and soldiers of the 93rd Division guarding the city gate took flashlights from the top of the city tower to look down. The troops of the 228th Division.Since the 228th Division of the Northwest Army and the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army were stationed in Kaifeng, they didn't care and opened the city gate.

After the troops of the Northwest Army entered the city, a soldier of the Northeast Army suddenly discovered that the group of people were wearing suede leather shoes on their feet, which were the equipment of the Japanese soldiers.Realizing the danger, he shouted: "They are Japanese."

The officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army guarding the city gate hurriedly loaded their bullets, but it was already too late.When the Japanese soldiers saw that they were exposed, they immediately took action.A squad leader of the Northeast Army and four soldiers at the city gate were shot dead by the Japanese on the spot.Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army rushed into the ear room of the city gate and wiped out all the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army in a row inside.

The Japanese army occupied the gate, and some people went to the tower and set up machine guns.Some people quickly seized the buildings near the city gate to cover the large troops that followed to enter the city.

Yang Zhenyuan, the commander of the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army, and Zhang Jizu, the commander of the 228th Division of the Northwest Army, were awakened by the sudden gunshots. They hurriedly dressed and sent people to find out the situation.When the main force of the Japanese army had entered Kaifeng City, they knew that Kaifeng City could not be defended.So he opened the south gate and led the troops to retreat towards Nanyang.

Soon after they left the city, they were attacked by an infantry brigade of the Japanese army.They couldn't figure out the reality of the Japanese army, and they dared not love to fight. They led the troops to break through the interception of the Japanese army, and continued to retreat towards Nanyang City.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, when the troops led by Yang Zhenyuan and Zhang Jizu passed by the Liujiaying area, they encountered another air strike by the Japanese army, and the troops were completely defeated.

When the Japanese air strikes were over and they regrouped their troops, there were less than 2 of the original nearly 7000 troops left.They didn't dare to stay where they were, and continued to retreat in the direction of Fang Nanyang.

It was the troops of the 39th Division of the Japanese Army that captured Kaifeng City. Their main force left Kaifeng City the next day and continued to advance towards Nanyang.

At the same time, the 38th Division of the Japanese Army left Zhengzhou City and headed towards Nanyang.

The 41st Army in Nanyang City immediately made emergency deployments after learning of the Japanese army's movements, preparing to repel the Japanese attack. They notified Gao Jiu of the situation here.

In the southwestern part of Shandong, the Lanxi River Bridge has not been repaired since it was blown up by Gao Jiu with artillery fire. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon on June 6, the soldiers of the local county brigade found a lot of Japanese troops coming from the other side of the river, and hurriedly reported to the higher level.

After receiving the report, the Shandong Southwest Military Division immediately found out that these Japanese troops were troops of the 40th Division.

They immediately held a combat meeting, ordered the troops to head towards the Lanxi River Bridge, and reported the information to Gao Jiu at the same time.

Zhang Quan and others guarding Taohua Mountain also received reports that a large number of Japanese troops were heading from Jinan to Lu County along the Jinan-Zhengzhou highway.They also reported the situation to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu felt that the problem was serious. After arriving in Kunming, he filled up his gas at the airport and flew to Chongqing immediately without stopping.When he just arrived in Chongqing, he received another telegram from Jiang Xiaomei.

Jiang Xiaomei said in the telegram that at 6 pm on June 7, the Japanese army attacked the arsenal by air. Thanks to the concealed terrain and the large number of anti-aircraft guns that Gao Jiu assisted them, no major damage was caused.But it is certain that the Japanese army has learned the location of the arsenal.She believes that the arsenal is the key target of the Japanese army's upcoming attack, so she hopes that Gao Jiu can rush to Zhiyuan County as soon as possible.

Gao Jiu was a little impatient, and was about to fly to Nanyang immediately. Just as the plane was filled with fuel and ready to take off, Ouyang Xue brought her son to the airport.

Gao Jiu kissed Ouyang Xue, and hugged the child from her arms. The little guy was already five months old. He looked at the strange man in front of him with big black eyes, without any fear.

Gao Jiu looked at the child with joy on his face, and the little guy even smiled.Gao Jiu was very happy, so he went to kiss his little face. Unexpectedly, the beard on his face hurt him, and the little guy burst into tears with a "wow".

Ouyang Xue hurriedly hugged the child from her arms, coaxing her and said, "Brother Jiu, I'm afraid you won't be able to fly to Nanyang for the time being." She reported another bad news to Gao Jiu.

The Japanese Fifth Air Force built a blockade around the Dabie Mountains, blocking the air route from Chongqing to Nanyang.

Gao Jiu knew that in the coming battle, if he wanted to win, he had to solve the threat of the Japanese Air Force.He decided to fly to Yichang first, and then make arrangements when he got there.

Gao Jiu kissed Ouyang Xue goodbye, and led the special forces to fly to Yichang.

Ouyang Xue hadn't seen Gao Jiu for a long time, this time we met for only a few minutes, and we had to say goodbye to him again.When she said goodbye to Gao Jiu, she had a smile on her face.But when Gao Jiu's back disappeared at the plane door, a line of hot tears flowed down her fair cheeks.

After arriving in Yichang, Gao Jiu asked Wang Zhankui and Li Chengwu to lead the Taohuashan Special Forces, with the cooperation of Commander Yang's 20th Corps, to attack the airport of the Fifth Air Force and their headquarters. After completing the mission, he returned to Yichang Airport and flew to Southwest Shandong .

After Wang Zhankui and others set off, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Zhang Quan who was in Taohuashan and Guo Hengming who had just rushed back, asking them to lead a special team from Taohuashan to attack the Japanese Second and Third Air Forces. airports and their headquarters.

That night, a p-39 fighter jet piloted by Gao Jiu filled up the auxiliary fuel tank and took the risk to fly to Nanyang.

At this time, the Japanese army also had radar. When Gao Jiu's plane flew over the Dabie Mountains, the Japanese army's radar found him, and immediately took off two fighter jets on duty at the airport to intercept him.

Gao Jiu didn't know that there was a Japanese plane coming to intercept him. The Japanese army had radar guidance. When Gao Jiu's plane passed by, they quickly found Gao Jiu's plane.

Without drinking, Gao Jiu can have a premonition of danger.While he was flying, he felt that danger was approaching.In order to avoid being attacked by Japanese aircraft, he began to change direction constantly in the air, up and down, left and right.When he saw flames appearing in the sky, he pushed the joystick hard, and the plane plunged to the ground, avoiding the shells of the machine guns fired by the Japanese aircraft.

Next, in order to avoid the pursuit of the Japanese army, Gao Jiu kept lowering his altitude and got into the valley.The army's fighter jets couldn't lock on to Gao Jiu, so they also lowered their altitude, and walked through the valley like Gao Jiu.

In a long valley, the Japanese fighter pilots finally locked Gao Jiu's plane.When he pressed the button of the cannon, Gao Jiu's plane turned into the valley ahead, and the shells emptied again.

The Japanese pilots were so angry that they followed closely behind.

After Gao Jiu turned the corner, he found that the valley in front of him was S-shaped. He hurriedly followed the terrain and changed direction, almost hitting the mountain.

The pilot of the Japanese army who was following Gao Jiu, after following Gao Jiu to turn, suddenly found a dark cliff in front of him, he turned quickly, but it was too late, he bumped into the mountain in front of him.

Another Japanese fighter jet did not dare to continue chasing, so he lifted the plane up to an altitude of 2500m.He was in contact with the airport tower, and received an emergency notification from the airport tower, telling him to pay attention to the enemy plane on the upper right.

Unfortunately, he was too late.Gao Jiu pulled up the plane in front of him, turned around and turned back, and saw the Japanese fighter jets. At this time, the distance between them was only 1200m.Gao Jiu pressed the button of the cannon, and two rows of cannon shells fired over, blasting the Japanese fighter jet into the air.

The Japanese airport control tower could not contact the two fighter jets. They knew that something had happened to the two planes, so they sent fighter jets for reinforcements.However, it was too late for them, Gao Jiu drove the fighter jet and headed towards Nanyang.

Nanyang Airport.

Before Gao Jiu left Yichang, he had already sent a telegram to the direction of Nanyang City. Wang Jindong and others had already guarded the airport, waiting for Gao Jiu's arrival.

The roar of the plane came from the sky, and under the guidance of the airport tower, Gao Jiu flew a P-39 fighter jet and landed on the airport very quickly.

Gao Jiu got off the plane, saw Wang Jindong and others, exchanged some pleasantries with them, got in the car and went straight to the headquarters of the 41st Army.

It was 3 o'clock in the morning, and in the war room of the 41st Army headquarters, Commander Wang and the senior generals of the 41st Army were already waiting here.After a simple greeting, they began to study the current enemy situation.

The chief of staff of the 41st Army informed Gao Jiu of the current enemy situation:

At present, the Japanese troops attacking Nanyang mainly come from three directions - the 39th Division of the Japanese Army in the northwest, the 38th Division of the Japanese Army in the north, and the 37th Division of the Japanese Army in the south. More than [-] people.

There is also the cooperation of the Japanese Second Air Force. This morning, Nanyang City has been bombed by the Japanese Second Air Force.Thanks to the anti-aircraft artillery supported by Gao Jiu, the key areas of Nanyang City were covered by anti-aircraft firepower, and no major losses were caused.

Gao Jiu also introduced his arrangement, saying that he had sent a special force to attack the Japanese airport, and he should be able to stop the Japanese air strike soon.

The generals of the 41st Army are very familiar with Gao Jiu. Gao Jiu is the guarantee of victory. As long as he is around, everyone will have confidence.Sure enough, before Gao Jiuren arrived, he had already begun to deal with the Japanese air force.

Commander Wang of the 41st Army made it clear that the Nanyang Campaign was under Gao Jiu's command.

Gao Jiu asked the 41st Army to notify Gao Hong and others from the Southwest Military Division of Shandong Province to go to Nanyang City to hold a combat meeting to uniformly deploy combat operations in the Iron Triangle area.

(End of this chapter)