The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 800

According to Gao Jiu's request, Zhang Quan and Li Chengwu led the Taohuashan guerrillas to the Third Army Division in East Jidong, preparing to intercept the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Kwantung Army going south.

The old friends were very affectionate when they met, and the heads of the Third Military Division warmly entertained Zhang Quan and others, and said hello to Gao Jiu.

The heads of the Third Military Division have received instructions from their superiors, asking them to cooperate with the Taohuashan guerrillas to intercept the Japanese Second Heavy Artillery Brigade.

After discussion, the commander of the Third Army Division personally led the team and led a reinforced regiment to follow the Taohuashan guerrillas led by Zhang Quan and others to Shanhaiguan.

日军的第二重炮旅团是日军仅有的三个重炮旅团之一，装备了12门240mm重型榴弹炮，还有152mm榴弹炮、130mm加农炮、122mm榴弹炮等。

The firepower of large-caliber artillery is extremely powerful, and it is a strategic force capable of changing the situation on the battlefield.

The total strength is 10300, and the head of the brigade is the rank of lieutenant general.

In a small village outside Shanhaiguan, Gao Jingting, the station master of the Military Command Dalian Station, had already been waiting there in advance.

Gao Jingting introduced the relevant situation of the Japanese Army's Heavy Artillery Brigade, saying that the Kwantung Army attached great importance to the Heavy Artillery Brigade, and specially removed an infantry regiment from the Japanese Army's First Division, and transferred a regiment from the Japanese Army's First Tank Division. Team, escort together.

The Japanese army will leave Shanhaiguan tomorrow, and their route will first pass through QHD and head for Peiping.

Due to the heavy artillery of the Heavy Artillery Brigade, coupled with the weight of the truck, most roads are simply overwhelmed, so this route is their only marching route.

The North China Front Army has sent troops to escort along the way, and it is very difficult to destroy them.

Zhang Quan said: "Master Jiu has already considered this point. When I came, Master Jiu had already explained that if the enemy's heavy artillery brigade cannot be destroyed directly, he will find a way to destroy the road traffic and delay the Japanese army's actions."

After research, everyone decided to first blow up the Binhe Bridge, which the Japanese army must pass through, so that the Japanese Second Heavy Artillery Brigade could no longer move forward.

After the plan was formulated, Zhang Quan and others immediately led the troops to the Binhe Bridge.

They settled down in a nearby village, and then Zhang Quan, Li Chengwu and the commander of the Third Army Division went to reconnaissance near the bridge in person.

Just when Zhang Quan and others came to a place 5km away from the bridge, the special forces members in charge of reconnaissance in front came over and reported that the Japanese army had deployed many surveillance posts and patrols within 5km of the bridge, and it was difficult to approach. Near the bridge.

It turned out that what Zhang Quan and others could think of, Si Nei Shou had already considered it early on.

He knew that the Taohuashan guerrillas were best at sneak attacks and sabotage.The Taohuashan guerrillas will definitely intercept the second heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army going south. Given the large size of the escort troops, the Taohuashan guerrillas are likely to destroy the road, and the key target of the destruction is naturally the bridge. On the one hand, the Binhe Bridge is one of the most important goals.

Therefore, he specially strengthened the guards at the Riverside Bridge.He knew that the Taohuashan guerrillas had huge mortars in their hands. If the Taohuashan guerrillas could get close to the bridge for three to four kilometers, the guerrillas would be able to destroy the bridge with those giant artillery.

Therefore, he asked the garrison of the bridge to set up guard posts within five kilometers of the bridge, so as to detect traces of guerrillas at any time.

In order to prevent the guerrillas from forcibly approaching the bridge, they also specially organized a motorcycle team. Once they found the traces of the guerrillas, they immediately came to reinforce them.

The Japanese army also stationed a large number of people in nearby towns. Once a battle broke out near the bridge, they could quickly come to reinforce it.

This is all plains. After the battle started, everyone in the Taohuashan guerrillas had horses, and they might be able to get out as soon as possible, but the troops of the third army division might fall into the enemy's siege, and the entire army was in danger of being wiped out.

Zhang Quan and others couldn't get close to the bridge, and it was a plain area. With such a distance, there was no commanding height nearby, so it was impossible to see the situation on the bridge.

Since the enemy's situation was unknown, Zhang Quan and others were inconvenient to attack the bridge hastily.

Facing this kind of enemy situation, Zhang Quan, Li Chengwu and the commander of the third military division discussed and planned to launch an attack at night to tear open the blockade of the Japanese and puppet troops. The Taohuashan guerrillas attacked to a place about 150 meters away from the bridge, and then Fire flares over the bridge and blow it up with heavy mortars.

That night, Li Chengwu led a squadron of the Taohuashan guerrillas to open the way ahead, followed by troops from the Third Army Division. They were going to break through the enemy's blockade and advance to the vicinity of the bridge to shell out for the mortarmen. The bridge creates conditions.

Li Chengwu and others came to a place 8km away from the bridge when they were suddenly attacked by enemy troops.

The enemy army had about one platoon of troops. They fired machine guns at the special forces, and several special forces were killed on the spot.

Li Chengwu was furious, and immediately ordered the guerrillas to outflank, and soon wiped out all the puppet troops who were attacking.

It turned out that in order to prevent the guerrillas from attacking at night, the Japanese army sent a small group of troops to ambush at a place 8 to 10 kilometers away from the bridge.

After they were attacked by the guerrillas, they immediately fired shots to the police to buy time for the Japanese army to strengthen their defenses.

Li Chengwu and others wiped out the Japanese and puppet troops who came to sneak attack tonight, but their whereabouts were still exposed, and it was unrealistic to continue attacking the enemy's blockade.

In order to prevent the troops of the Third Army Division from being besieged by the enemy, Zhang Quan decisively ordered to withdraw from the battle after discussing with the commander of the Third Army Division.

After the Japanese army was attacked, they knew that there were anti-Japanese armed forces coming to attack the bridge, so they sent additional reinforcements, at least two additional infantry brigades and a regiment of the puppet army. It was impossible to storm the Binhe Bridge.

Along the way, the special forces members of the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Army kept sending news that the Japanese Heavy Artillery Brigade had left Shanhaiguan and was approaching the Binhe Bridge.

For the first time in so many years, Zhang Quan failed to complete the task assigned by Gao Jiu. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and decided to take the risk of launching a strong attack to blow up the Binhe Bridge when the Japanese army passed by.

The commander of the Third Military Division has rich combat experience and believes that such an action is not advisable.

He proposed a solution, Zhang Quan thought it made sense, so he sent a telegram to Gao Jiu for instructions.

Gao Jiu thought the plan was feasible, so he telegraphed back and agreed with them.

During the daytime of the next day, several groups of special forces soldiers appeared around the Binhe Bridge, had a small-scale battle with the Japanese army, and deliberately exposed their identities as the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Knowing that the famous Taohuashan guerrillas had come here, the Japanese army felt very panicked, so they mobilized a large number of troops from surrounding areas to reinforce the Binhe Bridge.

In this way, the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in many areas was very empty.

That night, under the cover of the Third Army Division and the Taohuashan Special Forces, the four county brigades under the Third Army Division, as well as more than 1 ordinary militiamen and young adults mobilized by them, came to the road.

Overnight, they dug more than ten kilometers of road into a mess, including more than 20 large trenches with a width of 3 meters and a depth of 2 meters.

Even if the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Army crossed the Binhe Bridge, they still had no choice but to face such road conditions.It will take at least ten days to fully restore road traffic.

This bought time for Zhang Quan and others to attack the Japanese Second Heavy Artillery Brigade.

The big action of the Third Military Division gave Gao Jiu a lot of inspiration.He discussed with the leaders of the underground party and the leaders of the southeastern and southwestern military divisions, and he also planned to launch a major attack on the Jinpu Railway.

Today, the southern Shandong area is controlled by the underground party, and underground party personnel can carry out activities openly.

Under the unified command of the person in charge of the underground party, the southeastern and southwestern military divisions mobilized troops from eight county brigades, as well as more than 2 militiamen and young adults. Completely destroyed.

All the rails were dismantled and sent to the arsenal to be used as raw materials, and all the sleepers were rewarded to the common people who participated in the raid.All telephone poles along the railway line were pulled out, and all other railway facilities were also damaged.

The Taohuashan guerrillas also participated in the dissection activities. They destroyed all the culvert bridges that could be blown up on this section of the railway line with explosives.

Not only that, they also dug many large trenches on the roadbed of the railway, which made it more difficult to repair the railway.

Even if the Japanese army reoccupied Tai'an City, it would be impossible to restore the Jinpu Railway to traffic within two months.

Hearing that Zhang Quan's operations were not going well, Wang Zhankui offered to help.

Gao Jiu did not agree.

He believes that Zhang Quan and Li Chengwu should be trusted, they will definitely be able to complete the task of destroying the Japanese heavy artillery brigade.

Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Zhang Quan and Li Chengwu, informing them of the damage to the Jinpu Railway.He told Zhang Quan and others not to worry. The Japanese Second Heavy Artillery Brigade moved slowly and could look for other fighters along the way.

Bao Yuchun suddenly sent news that he had found traces of the heavy mortars newly transported by the Japanese army.

The information this time was still provided by Captain Hirata.

The Jinan Gendarmerie Headquarters Special High Section sent people to Qingdao to investigate the loss of the heavy mortar last time.

The Qingdao Gendarmerie Headquarters was in charge of receiving the people from Jinan, and during the conversation, they got to know their intentions.

Captain Hirata was born as a businessman and is good at speculation. He has established a large network of relationships in the Qingdao area.

Among them, of course, were members of the Special High Section of the Qingdao Gendarmerie Command. They heard that Captain Hirata was also one of the suspects of the Japanese Special High Section in the direction of Jinan, and immediately quietly informed Captain Hirata of the situation.

Captain Hirata was very angry. He notified all aspects of the relationship in Qingdao, set up obstacles for the super high school from Jinan, or provided them with fake news to guide them to investigate in the wrong direction.

Li San has received a telegram from Gao Jiu asking him to find out the port where the Japanese army's new heavy mortars landed.

He told Captain Hirata about this matter, and asked Captain Hirata to help.

Captain Hirata's biggest reliance now is Gao Jiu, of course he is willing to help.

Now, more than anyone else, he hopes that the Japanese army's heavy artillery transport team will have an accident elsewhere, so that the people from Jinan's special high school will not suspect him, and will definitely transfer the target of the investigation to other places .

So he used his own relationship to speculate that the freighter from Japan should arrive at this time based on the arrival time of the freighter notified last time in Qingdao.

Captain Hirata asked people to investigate the ports and possible locations in Shandong, and found out that the cargo ships from Japan landed in Weihai, Shandong.

He informed Bao Yuchun of this situation, and asked Bao Yuchun to take the time to verify it.Some eyeliners arranged by Yuchuntang on the Weihai Wharf also confirmed that the wooden boxes used by the Japanese army to transport the giant platoon guns were the same size as the wooden boxes they saw in Qingdao last time. It is certain that the batch of mortars was shipped to Weihai in Shandong.

Gao Jiu knew the power of these giant mortars, so he entrusted this task to Wang Zhankui, and asked Wang Zhankui to lead people to intercept them.

This morning, a Japanese reconnaissance plane appeared near Tai'an, which was a very bad signal.This shows that the Japanese Third Air Force in Jinan is going to do the right thing with Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu decided to take the Japanese Third Air Force first.

So he went to Jinan City with a reinforced squadron of the Taohuashan guerrillas led by Guo Hengming.

Just when Gao Jiu and others were going to Jinan, a telegram was sent from the Jinan Station of the Juntong, saying that the unit of the Taohuashan guerrillas had arrived in Jinan, and the Juntong had settled them down.
However, the specific whereabouts of the mid-level officers and pilots detained by the Japanese Third Air Force have not yet been known, and rescue operations cannot be launched for the time being.

Gao Jiu sent them a telegram, telling him to suspend his actions until he arrived in Jinan City.

Gao Jiu thought that under the current circumstances, it would be meaningless to rescue those pilots alone. It would be better to simply hurt the Japanese Third Air Force, and then ask General Matsuda for help.

Just before Gao Jiu and others went to Jinan, Geng Hua had already led a squadron of special forces members to Xuzhou.

Geng Hua had been in charge of the Taohuashan Guerrilla Self-Defense Force. Over the years, he always hoped that he could become a real special soldier, and he never gave up training.

This time he led the Taohuashan special forces to perform a combat mission alone for the first time, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.He is determined to play a certain role this time, to prove that he is also an excellent commander of the special forces.

The task Gao Jiu gave him was to monitor the actions of the Japanese army in the direction of Xuzhou.

He himself selected the target at the airport of the Japanese Sixth Air Force in Xuzhou.

This is the first time Gao Jiu sent Geng Hua to carry out combat missions alone, and of course he will be given more assistance. He sent a telegram to the military command headquarters, asking the military command personnel in the direction of Xuzhou to cooperate with Geng Hua and others in their combat operations.

(End of this chapter)