The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 698 Thanks to the friendship with Gao Jiu
On the airstrip in Zhiyuan County, four bombers of the Taohuashan guerrillas were parked, which also came in handy at this time.They flew over the Cross Slope and bombed the Japanese army.

The head of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army also asked for help from his superiors, hoping that the Second Air Force of the Japanese Army could come for reinforcements.In the end, what was waiting for them was equally disappointing, and they also reported what happened here to the headquarters of the Seventh Army.

The commander and chief of staff of the Seventh Army of the Japanese Army felt very depressed. They had always looked down on the Guojun and Eighth Route Army troops. Nanyang's 39th Division tried their best to break through the enemy's blockade.

The 38th Division is now surrounded, and the 40th Division seems to be in a bad situation.

The commander of the Seventh Army personally sent a telegram to the commander of the Twelfth Army, hoping that the reinforcements of the Twelfth Army would launch an attack in the direction of Zhiyuan County as soon as possible.

The 138th Division and the Chariot Regiment of the Japanese Army stationed in Lu County had already made up their minds that they would not participate in this battle in Southwest Shandong. Difficult, there is no strength to reinforce the 40th Division of the Japanese Army.

The Seventh Army of the Japanese Army sent the only reinforcements to rescue the 38th Division, but was bombed by enemy planes flying from the direction of Nanyang City on the way, causing heavy casualties.

The Taohuashan guerrillas led by Zhang Quan also rushed over after attacking the airport of the Japanese Second Air Force, harassed the Japanese reinforcements, and blew up two bridges on the Japanese reinforcement route, basically blocking the Route of Japanese reinforcements.

Gao Jiu kept abreast of the situation of each battlefield in the Iron Triangle area. When he learned that the battlefields had stabilized, he made up his mind to launch a general attack on the 38th Division of the Japanese Army.

Now there are only more than 38 people left in the 7000th Division of the Japanese Army. After being bombed on the road, most of the artillery, equipment and supplies have been lost. They are surrounded in a narrow area of ​​less than ten square kilometers, and the mountains are everywhere. Stones, even if you want to dig a trench, you can't dig it, so you can only hide behind a temporary bunker built with stones to resist stubbornly.They have a lot of wounded soldiers, weapons and ammunition are also very scarce, the situation is quite difficult.

Gao Jiu and Wang Jindong commanded the troops of the three divisions to gradually narrow the encirclement. After completing the preparations for the attack, they ordered an attack on the Japanese army.

The troops of the 41st Army are rich and powerful. This time they brought the artillery regiment directly under the army. Each division also has a reinforced artillery battalion, each regiment also has a reinforced artillery company, and each infantry battalion also has artillery.The total number of guns of various calibers on the front line at this time exceeded 500.With sufficient ammunition, they shelled the Japanese troops on the mountain for 40 minutes, firing more than 1 shells, before the infantry charged.

The troops of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army were exposed on the hillside and had nowhere to hide. Under the care of an average of two shells per person, the direct loss exceeded [-]%, and the resistance was greatly weakened.

Wang Jindong issued an attack order to the troops, and tens of thousands of national troops rushed up with countless machine guns and submachine guns, and quickly compressed the remaining Japanese troops to a hill with a radius of less than one square kilometer.

This mountain is the highest terrain in this area. The Japanese army defended against the danger and repelled an attack by the national army.

Wang Jindong tasted the sweetness of using artillery on a large scale. He ordered the troops to suspend the attack, and then pushed the artillery forward continuously, preparing to use the artillery to flatten the hill.

At this moment, the Japanese army on the mountain raised a white flag, and they demanded to surrender to the national army.

It turned out that the head of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army survived the heavy artillery bombardment just now, relying on his guards to cover him with his body.After retreating to this mountain, after counting the number of people, it was discovered that there are only more than 100 people left. Looking at the enemy troops approaching down the mountain, many artillery pieces were re-set up.

He knew that if the fight continued, the entire army would definitely be wiped out.At this time, he already knew that Gao Jiu had come to Nanyang City, which undoubtedly brought him some hope for life.He saw that the cannons of the national army were about to fire again, and he didn't bother to ask his superiors for instructions, so he hurriedly asked his soldiers to raise the white flag.

Wang Jindong was in high spirits, he said: "Brother Gao, what are you talking about with them? One round of bombing will kill them all."

Gao Jiu stopped him and said, "Brother Wang, you can't do this. As long as the devils want to surrender, let them surrender. This is good for our future wars. Besides, there is no need to waste shells. This is not a shell , but it’s all money.”

Wang Jindong agreed with Gao Jiu's opinion, and sent Han Zhihao up to negotiate with the commander of the Japanese army, and then accepted the surrender of the Japanese army.

The 38th Division of the Japanese Army was destroyed. After the head of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army heard the news, he said to the Chief of Staff Kuan Chang very fortunately: "Thanks to following your advice, we did not go to this muddy water." , otherwise, what awaits us may end up in the same fate as the 38th Division."

Kuan Normal was a little thankful, and even said proudly: "Thanks to my little friendship with Gao Jiu in the past, otherwise, the target of Gao Jiu's attack would probably be on us."

At this time, the two did not hesitate anymore, and they did not ask the Sixth Army headquarters for instructions, and immediately ordered the troops to return to Xiangyang.

After the 39th Division of the Japanese Army received the news of the destruction of the 38th Division, it hurriedly left the battlefield and retreated towards Kaifeng.

Of course, the chief of staff of the 41st Army refused to let the 39th Division of the Japanese Army leave. He commanded the troops to chase after them. As a result, the 39th Division of the Japanese Army was worried that they would be surrounded. When they arrived at Kaifeng City, they did not dare to enter the city and retreated around the city. Finally, the national army reoccupied Kaifeng.

Gao Jiu and others wiped out the 38th Division of the Japanese Army, and immediately sent troops northward to Zhengzhou.

The remaining troops of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army in Zhengzhou also abandoned Zhengzhou and fled.The Japanese and puppet troops in the counties around Zhengzhou and Kaifeng also abandoned the county towns one after another and fled to northern Henan.

When Gao Jiu and others surrounded and wiped out the 38th Division of the Japanese Army, the troops of the Southwest Military Division of the Shandong Army were fighting fiercely with the 40th Division of the Japanese Army.

Gao Hong and Huang Shuigen commanded the troops of the Independent Brigade, repelled seven Japanese attacks and firmly held their positions.

The independent regiments and county brigades of the military division also rushed over from various places and launched a siege to the 40th Division of the Japanese Army.

At the beginning, the head of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army was very happy, because he was the least willing to fight guerrilla warfare with the Eighth Route Army, so he hoped that all the Eighth Route Army in Southwest Shandong would gather here so that he could wipe them out in one fell swoop.

But when the battle broke out, he discovered that the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas here were not the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas they had encountered in other places, the equipment and training were very backward, and each of them only had a few bullets. The bullets played as if they were free of money, and they were not inferior to the Japanese troops in terms of firepower.

The 40th Division fought for a long time, not only failed to quickly defeat these Eighth Route Army, but the troops suffered a lot of losses.

What is even more outrageous is that the Eighth Route Army in Southwest Shandong was able to receive air force support. Bombers flying from Zhiyuan County, Taohuashan and Nanyang dropped bombs from time to time, but the Japanese army did not receive air force support.

The head of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army was very depressed and had already begun to think of retreating.

At this moment, the news of the destruction of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army came, and the troops of the 41st Army of the National Army were heading towards the southwest of Shandong.

The division head of the 40th Division didn't care about continuing to fight the Eighth Route Army anymore, and he didn't ask the Seventh Army headquarters for instructions. He commanded the troops to launch a feint attack on the Eighth Route Army troops, then turned around and ran away.

It was not so easy to run away, Gao Hong and Huang Shuigen immediately commanded the troops to press up.

The troops of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army finally fled to the side of the Lanxi River.At this time, they were dumbfounded.

Those ferries by the river had already been burned by the guerrillas, and even the guarding troops were wiped out by the guerrillas.Seeing the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas chasing up all over the mountains and plains, the Japanese army simply threw away all their heavy weapons and other luggage, and jumped into the river to swim to the opposite bank.

Since Japan is an island country, most Japanese can swim.Therefore, the main force of the 40th Division escaped across the Lanxi River before the troops of the Eighth Route Army arrived.

Gao Hong, Huang Shuigen and others came to the Lanxi River, worried that they would be attacked while crossing the river, so they stopped their pursuit.

In this battle, the Eighth Route Army of the Southwest Military Division of Shandong wiped out more than 40 people from the 40th Division of the Japanese Army, and captured all the heavy weapons, equipment and supplies of the [-]th Division. It can be said that it was a complete victory.

The 138th Division and Chariot Regiment of the Japanese Army stationed in Lu County immediately left Lu County and returned to Jinan City when they heard the news.

So far, the defense of the Iron Triangle has ended victoriously.This battle wiped out a total of more than 38 people from the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army.Destroyed two Japanese airports, recovered Kaifeng City, and captured a vast area of ​​Zhengzhou and its surrounding seven counties.

The great victory achieved by the Iron Triangle region caused a sensation throughout the country.The major media in the rear scrambled to report the news of this great victory. The government commended the 41st Army and rewarded the 41st Army with 100 million French currency.

For several days in succession, the 41st Army celebrated the victory with great fanfare, and the entire Nanyang City was immersed in joy.

After attending several celebration banquets, Gao Jiu said goodbye and left.

A large number of Japanese weapons and equipment were seized in this battle. Of course, these weapons and equipment are no longer popular now.

Gao Jiu brought all these weapons over and handed them over to the Southwest Military Sub-division of Shandong Province, and asked them to donate them to other troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Gao Jiu left Nanyang City and took a transport plane to Zhiyuan County.He had already heard that Jiang Xiaomei was injured, so he came to visit her specially.

Gao Jiu came to the field hospital of the Southwest Military Division of Shandong Province. Ning Wen, Ning Wu and the pair of sisters saw Gao Jiu and rushed to greet him.

Gao Jiu asked, "How is my sister?"

The elder sister of the sister Huazhong said: "Master Jiu, Minister Jiang is asleep."

At this moment, Jiang Xiaomei's voice came from the ward, and she said in surprise, "Ninth Brother, are you here?"

Jiang Xiaomei did fall asleep just now, she has been dreaming, she dreamed that Gao Jiu came to visit her, she couldn't help crying out.

Gao Jiu pushed the door open and went in, saying, "Sister, I'm here."

Jiang Xiaomei opened her eyes and looked at the kind and familiar face in front of her. Thinking that she was still in a dream, she wiped her eyes in disbelief and said, "Ninth Brother, is it really you?"

Gao Jiu walked to her side, held her hand and said, "Sister, I'm here."

Jiang Xiaomei hasn't seen Gao Jiu for a long time, how many times she saw Gao Jiu come to visit her in her dreams.Seeing her beloved lover standing in front of her at this moment, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and then threw herself into Gao Jiu's arms.

She forgot the injuries on her body. These violent movements made her wounds hurt, and her body trembled involuntarily.

Gao Jiu hurriedly supported her to lie down again, and said, "Sister, be careful."

After more than 20 minutes, Gao Hong, Chen Yuehan, Huang Shuigen, Yang Jiong and others rushed to the hospital when they heard that Gao Jiu had arrived.

When they saw Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others in the hospital corridor, they knew that Gao Jiu was staying with Jiang Xiaomei inside. They did not disturb Gao Jiu and waited in the duty room of the hospital.

They waited for a full 40 minutes before Gao Jiu came out. He said to Ning Wen and Ning Wu who were guarding the door: "Go and call the doctor and check my sister's body."

Ning Wen said, "Jiuye, Commander Gao and the others have come over and are waiting for you in the duty room."

Gao Hong, Chen Yuehan and others heard Gao Jiu's voice, they walked out of the duty room, exchanged friendly greetings with Gao Jiu, and then came to visit Jiang Xiaomei together.

At this time, Jiang Xiaomei had recovered her calm, her complexion was ruddy, and she looked happy.

In the next few days, Gao Jiu stayed in Zhiyuan County to accompany Jiang Xiaomei.

On this day, they talked about the repair of the arsenal after it was bombed. Jiang Xiaomei hoped that Gao Jiu could help her solve the funds for the factory repair.

Gao Jiu said: "Sister, don't worry, I will ask the Japanese for the money. If they dare to hurt my sister, I will make them pay a heavy price."

Jiang Xiaomei liked Gao Jiu's domineering look, she said, "Brother Jiu, you are so kind." After speaking, she rested her head on Gao Jiu's shoulder.

During the defense of the Iron Triangle area, Zhou Mingshan provided intelligence at the beginning and helped Gao Jiu get in touch with the 37th Division of the Japanese Army. A bonus of [-] French currency was awarded.

Over the years, he has made a lot of money in the Nanyang area. Although he doesn't value the [-] French currency, it also represents the affirmation of the military command headquarters, and he is still very happy.

On this day, he received a telegram from Gao Jiu asking him to rush to Zhiyuan County.

Zhou Mingshan immediately flew to Zhiyuan County, and after the two exchanged a few words, Gao Jiu said, "Brother Zhou, I'm giving you a chance to make a fortune, do you want to do it?"

(End of this chapter)