The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 824 The Opponent Has Changed

When Dohiyuan came to Peiping, he didn't go directly to the North China Front Army Command, but temporarily stayed in an ordinary hotel.They didn't say anything, so even the hotel didn't know the identity of the guests.

Terauchi Toshiichi received the call, changed into casual clothes, came to the restaurant, and quietly met with Madoka Dohi.

A Japanese general who came with Maru Dohi saw Terauchi Shouichi and said respectfully, "Hi, sir."

Seeing the person coming, Do Feiyuan said happily, "Why are you here?"

Terauchi Shouichi once served as the director of the tactical teaching and research section at Tokyo National University. The Japanese general who came with Dohi Madoka was once his student. Because of his excellent performance, when he graduated, he was selected by Terauchi Shouichi to stay in the teaching and research section as a over his assistant.

After exchanging pleasantries, Madoka Doi showed the official written order issued by the base camp and handed it to Shouichi Terauchi.

The base camp decided to remove Terauchi Shouichi from the position of commander of the North China Front Army and serve as the president of Tokyo Daikuni University. His position will be replaced by his students who followed Dohi Madoka.

Terauchi Shouichi had already begun to retreat from the corrupt North China war situation, and the president of Tokyo National University was his dream position.You must know that the most respected profession in Japan is the teacher, even ordinary professors are also very respected, not to mention the president of Tokyo National University.

Once a prime minister wanted to book a hotel, but the president of the University of Tokyo had checked into the hotel in advance, and the hotel politely declined the prime minister.This is enough to see the status of university presidents in Japan.

For his student and former assistant, Terauchi Shouichi trusted and appreciated him very much, and he had no objection to him taking over his position as the commander of the North China Front Army.

After unloading all the heavy burdens, Shouyi in the temple relaxed, and he told his students all his experience in the North China Front Army without reservation.

Terauchi Shouyi thinks that Gao Jiu is difficult to deal with. It can be said that he is a cancer in the North China Front Army's law and order. If he wants to maintain the law and order within the North China Front Army's jurisdiction, Gao Jiu must be eliminated.

If you can't do this, you can settle for the next best thing and reach a tacit understanding with Gao Jiu.

Ordinarily, Shouichi Terauchi, as the highest officer of the North China Front Army, shouldn't have said the latter words, because he was replaced by someone he trusted, so he spoke his heartfelt words.

Dohimoto also agrees with Terauchi Shouichi. He has been dealing with Gao Jiu for a long time, and the only feeling is that his heart is full of helplessness.

Shouichi's student in Terauchi is no stranger to Gao Jiu. He used to serve as the commander of the Central China Front Army. It was because of Gao Jiu's troubles that the law and order in Central China deteriorated, so he was dismissed from his post and left unemployed in Tokyo.

The thought of having to deal with Gao Jiu also gave him a very headache.However, he was one of the most capable generals in the Japanese army, and he had his own inherent pride and self-confidence. The reason why he could not deal with Gao Jiu in the Central China Front Army was because the generals under the Central China Front Army did not agree with him.

This time he served as the commander of the North China Front Army, and he was determined to start with the rectification of the North China Front Army, strive to be united, and then concentrate on dealing with Gao Jiu.

He implored Terauchi Shouichi to stay in the North China Front Army for a month to help him straighten out various relationships within the North China Front Army.

Terauchi Shouichi was willing to help him do this, but he also told his students frankly that some generals of the North China Front Army were also thorns, such as the commander of the Seventh Army, and he himself had nothing to do with them.

He thinks that Tu Feiyuan has a higher status and is a general of the young and strong faction, so he is given face.It would be better if Yuan Doi stayed in Beiping to help his students, so as to straighten out the internal relations of the front army.

Doi Yuan said that he will stay in Peiping for a period of time this time to help the new commander gain a firm foothold in the North China Front Army.

The news of the replacement of the commander of the North China Front Army was only known to a few senior generals within the North China Front Army.

The new commander intends to disclose his identity after finding out the situation of the entire North China Front Army. He hopes that he can catch Gao Jiu by surprise.

On this day, Yoshito Hamada, the head of the Special Advanced Course of the North China Front Army, received a call from the commander of the Front Army, Terauchi Shouichi, asking him to go to his official residence.

Although Hamada Yoshito can be regarded as Terauchi Shouichi's confidant now, it was the first time that the Commander summoned him in his official residence.

He was a little excited, and also a little puzzled in his heart. He didn't know what the commander was doing so mysteriously.

After arriving at Terauchi Shouichi's official residence, he not only met Terauchi Shouichi, but also Minister of the Army Doi Madoka.

After the introduction of Shouyi in the temple, he knew that the commander of the North China Front Army had changed.He had met the replacement person before, and knew that he was one of the most powerful characters in the Japanese army.

The reason why the new commander wanted to summon Yoshito Hamada was because according to Shouichi Terauchi's introduction and Madoka Doi's recommendation, the new commander knew that Yoshito Hamada was the person who had the most dealings with Gao Jiu and also the person who knew Gao Jiu best , he needs to learn more about Gao Jiu from Hamada Yoshihito.

Yoshito Hamada started his career by targeting Gao Jiu, but the last thing he wants to mention now is Gao Jiu.Based on his experience, he knew that trouble was coming.

The new officer took office three fires, I don't know how the new commander will deal with Gao Jiu?But he can be sure that he will be busy dealing with Gao Jiu again.

In the past, when Yoshito Hamada talked about Gao Jiu, he had a feeling of excitement, because others didn't know Gao Jiu and needed his opinion, so he felt his own importance, and he was indeed promoted step by step because of this.

Now his thoughts are completely different, his biggest wish now is to be transferred back to China, and never deal with Gao Jiu again.His mood is understandable. Facing an inevitable failure, who is willing to work in vain in exchange for a slap in the face.

Facing the question from the new commander, Yoshizhi Hamada said: "Your Excellency, if you say you know Gao Jiu well, it is a thing of the past. Since I was transferred to Beiping, Gao Jiu spent most of his time in the Golden Triangle. activities, I seldom deal with him anymore, so I can’t say I know him well.”

Doi Madoka had a private discussion with Hamada Yoshito. At that time, Hamada Yoshito told him a lot about Gao Jiu, which deepened his understanding of Gao Jiu.

Hearing Hamada Yoshizhi's evasion aroused his dissatisfaction, and he said unhappily: "Hamada-kun, you have been dealing with Gao Jiu for the longest time, so I will tell you what you knew about Gao Jiu before. Just the commander, how to judge is his business."

Terauchi Shou knew Hamada Yoshito very well. He knew that Hamada Yoshito had similar ideas to his own, and he had already conceived the idea of ​​leaving the North China Front Army.

He said: "Hamada-kun, I have received a transfer order, and I will be transferred back to Tokyo to serve as the president of the University of Japan. I hope you can seriously cooperate with the new commander. As long as you can help him solve the cancer of Gao Jiu, I will I will transfer you back to the National University to serve as the vice minister of the school affairs department."

Hamada Yoshito was originally worried that if he targeted Gao Jiu and Gao Jiu called him, he would be in bad luck. He heard that he could be transferred back to Tokyo, which was exactly what he wanted.

So he decided to take a risk and assist the new commander in formulating a plan to deal with Gao Jiu.Although he knew that the possibility of failure was still high, he could be transferred back to Tokyo after finishing this matter. As for the result, it had nothing to do with him.

His attitude became more positive, and he told the new commander all the things he had dealt with with Gao Jiu, and he took the initiative to add his own analysis and judgment.

Dohi Madoka, Terauchi Shouichi and the new commander spent two full days listening to Hamada Yoshito's report, deepened their understanding of Gao Jiu, and felt unprecedented pressure.Gao Jiu is a formidable foe, almost invincible.

But they thought that if Gao Jiu was not killed, the interests of the Japanese army in China would not be guaranteed, so the four guys racked their brains to come up with a way to deal with Gao Jiu.

Due to the strict secrecy measures adopted by the Japanese army, Gao Jiu did not get any information about the replacement of the Japanese commander of the North China Army this time.

In Taohua Mountain, accompanied by Long Guobi, Gao Jiu drank, chatted and played mahjong with his old brothers all day long. He lived a very leisurely life. What he didn't know was that during this period, the Japanese army had already started a series of actions .

This morning, Gao Jiu received a notification from the underground party and the military command that the Central China Front Army of the Japanese Army had received the 136th and 137th Divisions of the Japanese Army transferred from the mainland of Japan, and had transferred the 11rd Division of the 3th Army of the Japanese Army to be transported by water from the Yangtze River. Going to Shanghai, the goal should be Southeast Asia.

Not long after, news came again from the military command side. Fang Yunwu, the station chief of the military command Shanghai station, had confirmed that the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army had gone to Southeast Asia by sea in Shanghai Port, and the specific destination was unknown.

The third division of the Japanese army is extremely powerful, and joining any place in Southeast Asia will pose a great threat to fighting against the Japanese armed forces.

Gao Jiu first notified the Golden Triangle of this situation and asked Tianchuan to strengthen the defense of the Golden Triangle. At the same time, he also notified the news to the anti-Japanese armed forces in Southeast Asian countries, reminding them that the Japanese army may launch a new attack.

After the fleet transporting the Japanese 3rd Division went out to sea, it did go south at the beginning, but after they got away from the coastline, they turned around at sea and headed north.

Soon after, the 142nd Division of the Japanese Army dispatched an infantry brigade to go south along the Jinpu Railway and fought fiercely with the troops of the underground party Lunan Military Region.

The person in charge of the underground party, Gao Hong, Chen Zhiyong and others informed Gao Jiu of this situation. They said that they are now fully capable of repelling the Japanese attack. The purpose of notifying Gao Jiu is to let Gao Jiu prepare in advance. The Japanese army sent additional reinforcements and asked Gao Jiu to help.

The Lunan Military Region of the underground party originally had two independent brigades, and now Wei Liming's Fourth Division of the Public Security Army has joined them. In addition to the garrison regiment under the army, the number of regular troops alone has reached more than 3.

Backed by the Luxinan Arsenal, they are well-equipped and have sufficient ammunition, so it is no problem to deal with a brigade of the Japanese army.

Therefore, Gao Jiu didn't pay too much attention to this matter, he just sent a telegram to the Jinan Station of the Military Command, asking them to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army, and to notify him in time if any Japanese reinforcements were dispatched.

In order to cooperate with the Lunan Military Region, the underground party launched an attack on the Japanese army in the northeast of Shandong.

The Japanese army urgently mobilized a brigade of the 142nd Division from Jinan, took the conscripted vehicles, and went northward overnight to the northeast of Shandong for reinforcements.

Both the military command and the underground party informed Gao Jiu of this information, and Gao Jiu also thought it was normal and didn't take it to heart.

In the early morning of this day, Huang Shuigen, commander of the Independent Brigade of the Southwest Military Division, was awakened by the sound of artillery from afar.

The artillery density is very high, which has exceeded the artillery scale equipped by a brigade of the Japanese army.

He realized that the situation had changed, and immediately ordered the scouts to figure out the situation.

Soon after, news came from the front that another brigade of the 142nd Division of the Japanese Army suddenly appeared on the flank of the Independent Brigade.

The Independent Brigade was caught off guard, and the position of the second regiment had been broken by the Japanese.

Huang Shuigen was taken aback, and immediately ordered the reserve team to reinforce the Second Regiment, and then reported the information to Commander Gao Hong.

It turned out that the headquarters of the 142nd Division of the Japanese Army and another brigade did not go to Northeast Shandong.

They used the night to turn around in front, and suddenly came to the front line of Tai'an along a country road, catching the Independent Brigade by surprise.

At this time, the Independent Brigade of the Southeastern Shandong Army Division, also known as the Second Independent Brigade of the Lunan New Area, was fighting fiercely with an infantry regiment of the 142nd Division of the Japanese Army.

They could not separate themselves to reinforce Huang Shuigen's independent brigade. The Japanese army attacked fiercely and the situation was very critical.

On the one hand, Gao Hong ordered the two garrison regiments stationed in Tai'an City to reinforce Huang Shuigen's independent brigade, and then sent a telegram to Wei Liming, ordering his independent division to send troops to rush to help.

After Wei Liming's troops joined the Southwest Military Region, they were organized into an independent division of the Southern Shandong Military Region. Wei Liming served as the first deputy commander of the Southern Shandong Military Region and concurrently served as the commander of the independent division. Currently, the main force is stationed on the front line of Zaozhuang.

After Wei Liming received Gao Hong's telegram, he immediately ordered the second regiment of the independent division and the guard battalion of the division headquarters to go to Tai'an City.

Not long after the second regiment of the Independent Division and other troops set off, a large number of Japanese troops suddenly appeared in the southeast of Zaozhuang.

These Japanese troops were troops from the Third Division of the Japanese Army transferred from the Central China Front Army. They secretly went north, passing through the LYG, lurking at night and day, and suddenly launched an attack on Zaozhuang.

Wei Liming's troops could not resist the Japanese attack at all, so they were forced to abandon Zaozhuang and retreat towards Tai'an City.

After receiving Wei Liming's report, the head of the underground party, Gao Hong and others realized that the problem was serious, so they sent a telegram to Gao Jiu asking for help.

(End of this chapter)