The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 696 Tacit understanding is very important

Gao Jiu knew that the chief of staff of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army in Xiangyang, Taisao Kanjo, was the former captain of the 20rd Regiment of the 63th Division of the Japanese Army. He once gave Gao Jiu 20 rounds of bullets.In the last battle at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains, Gao Jiu also cooperated.Gao Jiu therefore called him an old friend.

Grand Master Kuan Chang knew that Nanyang area and Southwest Shandong had close ties with Gao Jiu, so he was not willing to come to harass Nanyang City at all.

This time, they received an order from their superiors, asking them to cooperate with the troops of the North China Front Army to attack Nanyang City.He persuaded the head of the division not to wade into this muddy water.

The head of the division agreed with his opinion. In order not to let the superiors trouble them, he sent a small force to Nanyang, and the large force stayed behind and refused to move.

The air fleet of the Japanese army was attacked one after another, and the superiors also notified each other to strengthen their defenses.

Chief of Staff Kuan Chang Tai knew that this was Gao Jiu's doing, so he reminded the head of the division again not to go into this muddy water, so as not to get angry.

At noon that day, the adjutant of the division head sent a letterhead written in Japanese.It says Your Excellency the Head of the Division, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff Jun Jian: We are old friends, and we have never violated the river.There are many properties of mine in Nanyang City. I hope that in the next battle, the two sides will still maintain a state of not interfering with each other. Please do not destroy the state of harmony between us, so as not to destroy our friendship. .

The inscription is Taohuashan Gaojiu.

This letter was sent by someone arranged by Zhou Mingshan, the station chief of the Nanyang Station of the Military Command.

Mrs. Kuan Chang said: "Your Excellency, Commander, it seems that Gao Jiu has returned to Nanyang City. We must be more cautious in our actions, and we must not cause Gao Jiu to misunderstand."

The head of the division said: "I agree with your opinion, the next thing is up to you to arrange.

Changtai Kuan immediately called the troops in front and asked them to continue to advance towards Nanyang, but the forward speed should not exceed 5km per day, and they had to advance 5km and then retreat 3km.

When the vanguard advances, they must show great fanfare. They can shoot guns along the way, and even beat gongs and drums. Be sure to let Gao Jiu know that it is the people from the 37th Division who are coming, but they have to work hard on the way, so that they will not offend Gao Jiu. Nine, don't let the high-level Japanese army find fault.

In this way, the threat of the Japanese 37th Division from the southeast of Nanyang City was lifted.

Jinan city.

The headquarters of the 12th Army received a phone call, calling for Gumi Takazo, the commander of the 12th Army, by name.

The switchboard of the Japanese army inquired about the identity of the caller, and they told him to pass it on to the Commander, otherwise, he would be at his own risk.

The switchboard had no choice but to ask the chief of the communications section, who in turn asked the chief of staff.The Chief of Staff agreed to take the call, and the Chief of Staff answered the call himself.

The call was made by Li Xikun, deputy station chief of the Jinan Station of the Military Command. He said that he represented Gao Jiu and lodged a protest with the 12th Army.For a long time, the two sides have maintained a state that the well water does not violate the river water. The 7th Army of the Japanese Army launched an attack on Nanyang City and Southwest Shandong. I hope that the 12th Army will not take this muddy water.

The troops that have been dispatched are not allowed to continue southward when they arrive in Lu County, otherwise, they will face the consequences at their own risk.

Li Xikun told the chief of staff that the attack on the headquarters compound of the Japanese Third Air Force and the airport was done by the Taohuashan Special Forces.

Today, they are still wandering around Jinan City, ready to attack the 12th Army headquarters at any time.

Among all the Japanese troops, the Japanese 12th Army suffered the most blows.Commander Gumi Gaozang and the chief of staff felt a headache when they heard Gao Jiu's name.They were very lucky to hear that Gao Jiu had gone to the far away Golden Triangle.

They did have a fairly long period of peace, but they did not expect that Gao Jiu would come back this time.

Since Gao Jiu left the southwestern region of Shandong, he also inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese army in the south and Southeast Asia. Gumi Gaozang and the chief of staff also knew about it.

They felt very fortunate that Gao Jiu finally left Shandong and no longer harmed the 12th Army.As for other Japanese troops being unlucky, it does not hinder the 12th Army.

This time, General Hisashi Terauchi, the commander of the North China Front Army, formulated the No. c battle plan and ordered the 12th Army to send troops to attack Southwest Shandong.

The new official Shouyi in the temple took office three times, and Gumi Takazo and the chief of staff were unwilling to offend him, so they sent the 138th Division and the Chariot Regiment to Lu County.

The reason why they sent so many troops was because they were worried that if they really angered Gao Jiu, these troops would be able to protect themselves.

Gumi Gaozang and the chief of staff were very careful, and specifically asked their troops not to harass the Taohuashan Special Forces, which left room for dealing with Gao Jiu.

After listening to Li Xikun's words, the chief of staff asked him to wait for a while. After discussing with Gumi Gaozang, he picked up the phone and said, "Please tell Mr. Gao that our 12th Army accepts his suggestion. Situation. As for the troops going to the Lu County area, it is to explain to the North China Front Army.

He promised that after the troops of the 12th Army arrived in Lu County, they would not continue to advance.

After putting down the phone, the chief of staff personally sent a telegram to the head of the 138th Division of the Japanese Army, asking them to be careful after entering Lu County, and not to move forward without the order of the division headquarters.

The chief of staff also knew that the 138th Division had just arrived from China. They didn't know how powerful Gao Jiu was, and if they acted hastily, they would completely annoy Gao Jiu.

Therefore, after sending the telegram, a confidant staff member was sent to Lu County to supervise the 138th Division and report to him at any time.

The chief of staff's worries were indeed justified.The 138th Division of the Japanese Army had just been transferred from China, and they were very envious of the achievements of troops abroad.

After they came to Shandong, they have always been very active. This time they attacked Southwest Shandong, and their actions were also very active. They believed that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Southwest Shandong was only one brigade, and at most they could add some local troops. Grasp the elimination of these Eighth Route Army troops.

After arriving in Lu County, they received a telegram from the Chief of Staff of the 12th Army.After deliberation, they decided to continue going south. As long as they could wipe out the Eighth Route Army in Southwest Shandong and capture Southwest Shandong, their superiors would only praise their military exploits and not blame them.

So, they continued south.

This morning, the Japanese chariot unit took the lead in the front, protecting the Japanese 138th Division and continuing to Zhiyuan County.

After Guo Hengming returned to Peach Blossom Mountain, according to Gao Jiu's intention, he mobilized Zhang Quan, Feng Xiucai and others to abandon Peach Blossom Mountain and go to the Golden Triangle.

Mobilization did not go well.Zhang Quan, Feng Xiucai, and other special forces members of Taohuashan who stayed in Taohuashan already have deep feelings for Taohuashan. Although the life in the Golden Triangle described by Guo Hengming is more attractive, most of them still don’t like it. Too willing to leave.

Guo Hengming had no choice but to send a telegram to Gao Jiu, asking Gao Jiu to return to Taohua Mountain in person to mobilize.

After the Japanese Army's Operation C began, Zhang Quan received a telegram from Gao Jiu.

Zhang Quan personally led people to the direction of Zhengzhou to attack the Japanese airport.Guo Hengming led a part of the Taohuashan Special Forces, bypassed Luxian County, and ambushed on the road between Luxian County and Zhiyuan County, preparing to attack the Japanese troops who continued to go south.

The tank regiment of the Japanese army was marching. When they reached a hilly area, they suddenly saw many small flags planted on the road ahead.

The vanguard of the Japanese army stopped and sent people down to check.

A second lieutenant of the Japanese army got out of an armored vehicle, and he saw a small flag that read: "Beware of mines."

He ran back and reported to the commander of the vanguard of the chariot wing.

The commander thought that this might be the enemy's bluff. They planted landmines here and told the other party to be careful, which is somewhat unreasonable.However, he was still very careful and ordered the engineers to step forward to clear the mines.

The engineers of the Japanese army came to the small flag, lay down on the ground, carefully pulled out the small flag, and then dug down, and actually dug a landmine underneath.This time, the Japanese army did not dare to be careless and continued to clear mines.

During this period, the Japanese army's long marching column gradually shortened and stopped on the road.

On the road, when the Japanese army's various tanks became more and more dense, there was a sudden violent explosion on the road.

The length of the explosion was hundreds of meters long. Japanese tanks, armored vehicles and other vehicles parked on the road were shrouded in the flames of the explosion. Eleven tanks and 11 armored vehicles were destroyed on the spot.

When the explosion sounded, members of the Taohuashan Special Forces ambushing on both sides of the road launched an attack on the Japanese chariot unit staying on the road.

A large number of rocket launchers fired dense rockets, and the thin-skinned tanks and armored vehicles equipped by the Japanese army could not withstand the attack of the rockets at all, and were directly smashed into balls of fireballs.

In just a few minutes, the Japanese chariot wing lost more than half.

When Guo Hengming saw the Japanese infantry catching up behind him, he immediately led the Taohuashan guerrillas to follow the pre-observed retreat route and quickly moved on horseback.

Looking at the armored vehicles burning everywhere on the road, the leader of the Japanese tank unit howled with distress.

The division commander of the 138th Division of the Japanese Army did not look at the silent forest in front of him, and felt a sense of fear spontaneously. Only then did he believe that the legendary Gao Jiu was so terrifying.

While he was hesitating, the infantry of the Japanese army continued to search forward, but they were constantly bombed by landmines, and many people were lost.The officers and soldiers dare not continue to search forward.

In order to frighten the Japanese army, Guo Hengming and others immediately detoured to the rear of the Japanese army's marching brigade after they evacuated the ambush position, and fired a large number of mortar shells at the Japanese army, destroying half of the Japanese army's luggage troops on the spot. .

The commander of the 138th Division of the Japanese Army was about to cry. He really didn't know how the battle was fought. He suffered such a heavy loss without even seeing the enemy.

When he was at a loss, the staff officer sent by the chief of staff of the 12th Army caught up.He found the head of the division and quietly conveyed to him the true intentions of the commander of the 12th Army and the Chief of Staff.

The division head of the 138th Division no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the rear team to change to the front team, and withdrew to Lu County.

Then they built fortifications on the spot, in the pretense of guarding against the large-scale attack of the anti-Japanese army, and making excuses for themselves not to continue going south.

Seeing that the Japanese army had withdrawn, Guo Hengming did not relax his vigilance.He led the special forces members of Taohuashan to ambush around the county seat of Lu County and continued to monitor the movements of the Japanese army.

The 39th Division of the Japanese Army coming from Kaifeng was blocked by the 50st Army in the area of ​​Xiaojianshan, 41km away from Nanyang City.They didn't pay attention to the troops of the national army at first, because when they attacked Kaifeng city, the national army troops of the two divisions inside quickly abandoned Kaifeng city under their attack.Therefore, they also dismissed the national army troops that appeared in front of them.

But what they didn't expect was that the troops of the 41st Army were backed by the arsenal in Nanyang City. Compared with the two divisions of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, their weapons and equipment could be said to be incomparable.

During the offensive, the Japanese army encountered fierce artillery fire. The density of the shells spread far exceeded the firepower of the artillery fire of the Japanese 39th Division, which caused huge losses to them on the spot.

When the Japanese infantry attacked the Guo army's position, they found that there were so many light and heavy machine guns on the Guo army's position, and the bullets seemed to cost nothing, and there was no time to stop.

The Japanese infantry suffered heavy losses and could not attack at all.

The chief of staff of the 41st Army commanded the operations in the Xiaojianshan area.He deployed two divisions of the 41st Army here, as well as the remnants of the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army and the 228th Division of the Northwest Army, with a total strength of more than [-] troops.

Since the national army is not good at field combat, they built fortifications here in advance. Relying on a large number of artillery, more than 39 people in the 1th Division of the Japanese army could not break through the national army's position at all.

In the command post, the chief of staff was very happy to see the Japanese army in a panic under his powerful artillery fire.At this time, the troops and firepower he possessed far surpassed that of the Japanese army. However, he still kept calm and continued to take the defensive position. His main task was to block the attack of the 39th Division of the Japanese army and wipe out the Japanese army for Gao Jiu and others The 38th Division created conditions.

The 38th Division of the Japanese Army entered Xinfengji, repaired overnight, and continued to drive towards Nanyang the next morning.

Soon after, they were blocked by a regiment of the 41st Army. They opened fire violently at the vanguard of the Japanese army, causing heavy losses to the vanguard of the Japanese army.

The large Japanese army quickly caught up. They set up their positions, set up their cannons, and prepared to launch a large-scale attack on the national army's positions.

At this moment, they found that the national army troops in front had withdrawn from their positions and fled.They hurried to catch up.

When the Japanese army occupied the position of the national army, there was no one on the position.Just as they were about to continue their pursuit, the fleeing national army stopped in front and fired a large number of shells at them, killing a large number of Japanese soldiers.

The large troops behind the Japanese army caught up again and began to set up cannons, preparing to bombard the Guo army in front, but the Guo army troops in front turned around and ran away again.

The Japanese soldiers were furious and chased after them desperately.

(End of this chapter)