The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 803 A powerful opponent

Doihara knew that it was meaningless to accuse the Air Force, it would only deepen the conflict between the Army and the Air Force.

He immediately flew back to Tokyo, went to the Secretary of the Air Force, and discussed with him about strengthening the cooperation between the Army and the Air Force.

The Minister of the Air Force has already received a report from the North China Air Force, saying that the Third Air Force of the Air Force has suffered a heavy blow, and the airport of the Second Air Force in Beiping has also been bombarded by the Taohuashan guerrillas. Air Force airfields provide cover.

Even though Doihara was careful and patient to curry favor with the Minister of the Air Force, the Minister of the Air Force still didn't give him face, and they broke up unhappy.

The offensive in the direction of Tai'an planned by Doihara himself has basically been disintegrated before it even started.Without the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade, the Air Force can't count on it. The only thing he can rely on are the giant mortars that have just been shipped to Shandong.

Thinking of this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat again.

Doihara sent a telegram to Togo Yoshino, the commander of the 12th Army, telling him not to let this batch of heavy mortars have another accident.

Last time, Dongxiang Yoshino had contacted the Japanese side based on General Matsuda's suggestion, and changed the heavy mortars that were originally landed in Qingdao to Weihai.

He has received reports that the batch of heavy mortars has landed in Weihai and is about to be transported to Jinan.

Dongxiang Yoshino received a telegram from Doihara, which aroused his attention to this matter.

In order to be safe, he called General Matsuda and discussed with him about the transportation of these heavy artillery.

General Matsuda has also been paying attention to this batch of heavy artillery. He first asked Dongxiang Yoshino how it was arranged.

Dongxiang Yoshino said that in order to ensure the safety of these heavy artillery, he planned to send an infantry regiment from the 142nd Division to escort.

General Matsuda had his own ideas. He said: "Such a large-scale troop movement cannot be concealed from Gao Jiu's eyes. Although a regiment has a strong force, it will be very difficult if it is attacked by the Taohuashan guerrillas. Be safe.

If Gao Jiu dispatches planes to bomb again, the strength of a regiment
Also not enough at all. "

Hearing what he said, Dongxiang Yoshino also felt unsure, and said, "What can you do?"

General Matsuda said: "The safest and most effective way is to keep Gao Jiu from knowing about the transportation of heavy artillery, so he will have no way to do it.

Gao Jiu didn't know about the shipment of these weapons from China to Jinan. Maybe he would get some clues, but he didn't know that we had already secretly transported these weapons to Weihai for landing. They would definitely think that this batch of weapons It is still necessary to land in Qingdao, and then intercept along Qingdao.

My opinion is, let's build a plank road in the open and cross Chencang secretly. According to the commander's opinion, we will send an infantry brigade from the 142nd Division to Qingdao, and then I will arrange people to let the wind go, saying that this infantry brigade is going to Qingdao. The escort of this batch of heavy artillery attracted Gao Jiu's attention to the direction of Qingdao.

Then we used civilian trucks to quietly send these giant artillery back from Weihai. "

Dongxiang Yoshino was very satisfied with General Matsuda's plan. He said: "Follow this plan. You will be responsible for the transportation of heavy artillery."

General Matsuda accepted this task. He is a very serious person, so he brought the staff of the Jinan Gendarmerie Headquarters Special High School to Weihai, Shandong.

Accompanied by the Captain of the Weihai Gendarmerie, General Matsuda came to the warehouse where the heavy artillery was stored, saw the huge wooden boxes, and had a new idea.

He asked Weihai's gendarmerie captain to send someone out, processed a batch of ordinary wooden boxes, and quietly transported them to this warehouse at night, then packed heavy mortars into ordinary wooden boxes, and put them in the original wooden boxes. Other goods were loaded, and then a group of civilian trucks collected were used to pull these large wooden boxes and drive towards Jinan.

He wanted to throw stones and ask for directions, to see if the Taohuashan guerrillas had obtained the information that this batch of heavy artillery had landed in Weihai.

After the trucks set off, people from the special high school were sent to secretly follow the transport convoy to see if they would be attacked by guerrillas.

Just when General Matsuda arrived in Weihai, an infantry brigade from the 142nd Division of the Japanese Army had already arrived in Qingdao, and then took control of the Qingdao Wharf.

The head of the team told the chief of the Japanese army in Qingdao and Captain Hirata of the gendarmerie that they were ordered by their superiors to come to welcome a batch of important supplies from Japan.

Captain Hirata already knew at this time that the shipment had arrived in Weihai, Shandong.

His mind was extremely clever, and he guessed that the Japanese army was attacking east and west, so he acted very actively, mobilizing the gendarmerie to assist the Japanese infantry brigade to block the pier, and at the same time told Li San the news.

Li San sent the telegram to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu got the news and knew that the Japanese army had started to transport the batch of heavy mortars from Weihai, so he reported the news to Wang Zhankui and asked them to intercept along the way.

Wang Zhankui and others had already arrived in Weihai, and sent special forces into the city to get in touch with the people from Yuchuntang.

They secretly monitored the Japanese army's warehouses for storing heavy artillery, and saw the Japanese army lift many large boxes onto those civilian trucks.Then out of Weihai City.

They informed Wang Zhankui of the news.

On the road from Weihai to Jinan, the chief of the special high-level section of the Jinan Gendarmerie Command, in a civilian car, secretly followed the transport convoy just as the convoy was about to leave Weihai.I saw a checkpoint set up by the Japanese army in front of me.

The super high section chief instinctively thought there was something wrong with the checkpoint, so he stopped the car and watched from a distance.

Sure enough, those transport convoys were intercepted, and he could clearly see with the binoculars that the Japanese soldiers at those checkpoints lifted those large wooden boxes from the trucks and opened them for inspection.Soon after, there was a burst of gunfire, and it was obvious that these Japanese soldiers were disguised by the Taohuashan guerrillas.

They realized that they had been duped, so they shot and killed the Japanese officers and soldiers who were transporting supplies.

Seeing this situation, the head of the special high school admired General Matsuda's foresight very much.He immediately returned to Weihai and reported to General Matsuda.

After listening to General Matsuda, while feeling grateful, he broke out in a cold sweat.

He really didn't expect that he had already done a lot of work in advance for such a secret matter of transporting heavy artillery, and secretly transported the artillery to Weihai. Unexpectedly, the news was intercepted by Gao Jiu.

He had a deep sense of fear, he didn't know how far Gao Jiu's hand could reach, and there might even be Gao Jiu's people by his side.

Now, things are very clear, Gao Jiu's people have obtained the news that this batch of heavy artillery is in Weihai, it is impossible for him to transport this batch of artillery to Jinan.

So he sent a telegram to Dongxiang Yoshino, telling him what happened.

He suggested sending heavy troops to escort them.

After Dongxiang Yoshino learned the whole story, he admired General Matsuda very much.

If General Matsuda hadn't come to throw stones to ask for directions, this batch of heavy artillery would have fallen into the hands of the Taohuashan guerrillas again.

He made up his mind this time. Anyway, this batch of heavy artillery is also to be equipped with troops.

Simply ask the 142nd Division of the Japanese Army to dispatch an infantry brigade to receive the heavy artillery, and let them prepare for combat while transporting the heavy artillery. If they are attacked by guerrillas, they will just use these heavy artillery Come to fight the Taohuashan guerrillas.

After Wang Zhankui and others failed to intercept the mission, they knew they had been fooled by the Japanese.But it is also absolutely certain that the batch of heavy artillery is in Weihai City.So he reported the news to Gao Jiu.

After Gao Jiu heard the news, he immediately flew to Weihai City.

When Wang Zhankui saw Gao Jiu, he first said depressedly: Master Jiu, I didn't expect the little devil to be so cunning that I fell into their trap. "

Gao Jiu said to him: "It doesn't matter, I have already sent a telegram to Bao Yuchun and got the exact news that the Japanese army's heavy artillery has not yet left Weihai, so I will go to the city to destroy these heavy artillery in person.

Your task is to find a place that is convenient for ambushes and prevent the Japanese army from sending reinforcements from Jinan, while cutting off the road from Weihai City to Jinan to prevent the enemy's heavy artillery from being transported to Jinan City. "

After explaining the task, Gao Jiu led a unit of special forces members disguised as Japanese soldiers and headed for Weihai City.

After entering the city, Gao Jiu found the people in Yuchun Hall arranged by Bao Yuchun. They told Gao Jiu that they had been monitoring the warehouse where the Japanese army stored the heavy artillery and made sure that they had not shipped it out of the warehouse.

Gao Jiu has now basically judged the Japanese army's intentions clearly. They already knew that the Taohuashan guerrillas would intercept them on the way, so they would definitely send heavy troops to escort them.

The reason why they are waiting here is to wait for the arrival of the large Japanese army.

Gao Jiu immediately followed Yuchuntang's people to the dock warehouse to conduct reconnaissance.

Gao Jiu saw that the area around the pier had been blocked by the Japanese army, and there were five or sixty Japanese soldiers in sight, and it was not known how many Japanese troops were hiding.

While Gao Jiu was observing, he suddenly saw a familiar figure, which turned out to be his old friend General Matsuda. He understood why Wang Zhankui was fooled. It turned out that the enemy had sent such a formidable opponent.

Gao Jiu has been observing on the pier, and he hopes that General Matsuda can leave the pier.

He thought this possibility was extremely high. As a general of the Japanese army, he probably wouldn't stand guard on the pier.

Gao Jiu wanted to wait until General Matsuda left the pier, and find a chance to hijack him first.

Unexpectedly, General Matsuda is an extremely serious and responsible person, and he actually guards those heavy artillery in person.

It seems that he will not leave without sending these heavy artillery to Jinan City.

Gao Jiu had no choice but to come back at night to blow up the heavy artillery of the Japanese army himself.

At this time, Xu Zhongming, the station chief of the Jinan Station of the Military Command, sent a telegram saying that the Japanese army had sent a brigade of troops to Weihai City.

Gao Jiu understood that the reason why General Matsuda stayed here to guard the heavy artillery was to wait for the Japanese troops to come to meet him.

If these heavy artillery fell into the hands of the Japanese army, Gao Jiu would not be able to destroy these heavy artillery.He had to complete the task of destroying the Japanese heavy artillery before the Japanese brigade arrived.

Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Wang Zhankui, asking him to report the situation of the Japanese troops coming from Jinan City, asking him to fight Japanese ambushes along the way, and to stop them and prevent them from coming to Weihai City.

He told Wang Zhankui that he could notify the air force of the Taohuashan guerrillas and let them bomb the Japanese infantry brigade along the way.

General Matsuda knew Gao Jiu too well, he guessed that Gao Jiu would definitely come to Weihai City to blow up these heavy artillery.Therefore, he asked the commander of the 12th Army to recruit a large number of vehicles in Jinan City to transport the infantry brigade of the 142nd Division of the Japanese Army to speed up the march.He will personally take care of the material warehouse to ensure the safety of these heavy artillery

General Matsuda did what he said, and he himself stayed in the duty room of the warehouse.

He asked the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army to patrol day and night without giving Gao Jiu any chance.

As night fell, General Matsuda did not dare to sleep, and took people to the warehouse for inspection every two hours, reminding the guards on duty in the warehouse to be more vigilant.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, he was really sleepy, so he slept in the duty room and asked the guard at the door to wake him up every two hours.

Gao Jiu has already received the news that the Japanese army's brigade is advancing in vehicles. At this speed, it will not be long before they arrive at Weihai City.

He didn't want Wang Zhankui and others to have a fierce battle with the Japanese army. He had always opposed such a blocking operation, which would cause many casualties to the guerrillas.He hoped that he could seize these few hours and complete the task of destroying the Japanese heavy artillery.

Gao Jiu came near the wharf warehouse, and found figures of Japanese soldiers swaying around the warehouse. These people were obviously on duty, and the density was extremely high, so it was extremely difficult for Gao Jiu to get in.

However, Gao Jiu still moved towards the warehouse of the Japanese army.

At this time, the Japanese army's brigade was marching in the direction of Weihai.

General Matsuda reminded Dongxiang Yoshino and asked him to urge the Japanese army not to waste time on the road, because he knew that Gao Jiu would definitely come to Weihai City.He knew that Gao Jiu had great powers, and even though he took strict security measures, he might not be able to stop Gao Jiu, so he asked the Japanese army's marching brigade to march in a hurry without delaying a moment on the road.

To gain time for Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui and others set up a blocking position in a hilly area on the road.

That night, Wang Zhankui was woken up from his dream, saying that the lights of a Japanese military convoy appeared in the distance. The convoy was huge, and it was the Japanese reinforcements coming from Jinan.

Wang Zhankui immediately ordered to prepare for battle.

(End of this chapter)