The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 877

Except for the armed personnel, all the family members and servants in the cottage entered the cave.

In order to avoid the trouble of carrying artillery on the mountain, the guerrillas set up a large number of mortars on the top of the mountain, inside the fortifications, and on the reverse slope of the mountain.Those mortars were fixed there, and the partisans could use them as long as they came in empty-handed.

Due to terrain constraints, the 107mm rocket launcher could not drive in, so the factory technicians dismantled some of the rocket launchers on the rocket launcher and set them up on hillsides or in valleys.

There are also many 122mm howitzers on the hillsides and in the valleys.

As for all kinds of light and heavy machine guns, they can be seen everywhere on the mountain ridges, on the top of the mountain, and in the fortifications everywhere.Soldiers don't need to carry it with them, as long as they go to any place with empty hands, they can use the machine gun left there.

There are more than 2 landmines, hundreds of various artillery pieces, thousands of light and heavy machine guns, plus a submachine gun and sufficient ammunition, and the support of the air force can be obtained after the battle begins.

With such powerful firepower, not only the members of the Taohuashan guerrillas, but also the militiamen who participated in the battle, as well as the officers and soldiers of the newly formed 187th Division sent by Wang Jindong, felt full of confidence, and some couldn't wait for the Japanese army to come forward. Come to die.

Of course, Gao Jiu would not be passive in a war. He, Wang Zhankui and others led the Taohuashan guerrillas to leave Shoucheng County and go to Zhangjiazhuang, Jiang Xiaomei's hometown, to meet the Japanese Kwantung Army.

The units of the Japanese Kwantung Army entering the customs this time are the First Division and the Ninth Division. These two divisions are one of the earliest ace divisions established by the Japanese Army. In addition to the normal establishment, each division has also strengthened An artillery wing and a transport wing were established, with a total strength of 3 people.

Also coming here is the Second Brigade of the First Division of Chariots, which has 142 tanks and armored vehicles of various types. Brigade, with a total strength of 7600 people.

Shigeru Fujita commanded the Japanese Kwantung Army and the Second Chariot Brigade as the forerunner, followed by the First Division and the Ninth Division, and rushed to the southwest of Shandong along the Jizheng Highway.

When Teng Tianmao and others were about to set off, Chief of Staff Haneda planned to leave the Second Chariot Brigade and attack Lanxi County and Zhiyuan County in southwest Shandong together with the 3rd Division and the 142nd Division.

He told Shigeru Fujita that Taohuashan had complex terrain and dense forests, and the tank brigade would not be useful there. He hoped that he could hand over the second tank brigade to the front-line general headquarters for command.

But neither Fujita Shigeru nor the Kwantung Army members were willing. Fujita Shigeru directly said that the Kwantung Army should be together at all times, and it was impossible to separate. He flatly rejected Chief of Staff Haneda's request.

Although Chief of Staff Haneda is nominally the commander-in-chief of the front line, Shigeru Fujita and the generals of the Kwantung Army did not take him seriously.They didn't listen to the greeting, and Chief of Staff Haneda couldn't do anything about it.

General Haneda was worried. He thought that the Second Chariot Brigade would not be able to play their role when they went to Taohuashan. Instead, they might send the air force to bomb because they angered Gao Jiu.

I am afraid that the Second Chariot Brigade has not really played a role, it has already been blown into a pile of scrap iron.

Chief of Staff Haneda was not unfounded.The Second Japanese Tank Brigade was advancing along the road, when suddenly there was a roar of aircraft in the sky, and soon 24 B24 Liberator heavy bombers appeared in the sky, and their target was the Japanese tank No. Second brigade.

The tanks and armored vehicles equipped by the Second Chariot Brigade had a dual-purpose machine gun. When they saw enemy bombers flying over, they immediately started shooting into the air.

The b24 Liberator heavy bombers had been prepared in advance. They did not conduct low-altitude dive bombing, but started dropping bombs at a distance of 1600 meters from the ground.

The flying speed of the plane is very fast. If you use an anti-aircraft machine gun to hit the plane from the ground, the hit rate is extremely low. In addition to such a high altitude, the range of the bullet is limited. When approaching the target, there is not much kinetic energy. Or a bomber, since the belly of the aircraft is armored, unless it hits a vital part such as the fuel tank, it basically cannot cause any damage.

In order to deal with the Japanese tank units, the bombers carried not ordinary aerial bombs, but 623kg giant bombs developed by the Taohuashan guerrillas themselves. Such bombs do not need to directly hit Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, as long as they explode nearby, tanks or The people inside the armored vehicle will also be shocked to death.

Under the bombing of the b24 Liberator heavy bomber, the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles had no power to fight back. They could only evacuate urgently to reduce casualties.

The bomber dropped a batch of bombs, then turned around and dropped the rest.

After this round of bombing, at least one-third of the tanks, armored vehicles and transport vehicles equipped by the Second Tank Brigade were lost, and a large number of casualties were also caused.

After the bombing, Shigeru Fujita personally drove to the scene where the Second Chariot Brigade was bombed. Seeing the mess everywhere, he had to restrain his arrogance and began to pay more attention to the Taohuashan guerrillas.

The bombing of the plane was Gao Jiu's blow to the Japanese Kwantung Army, and Gao Jiu's other blows followed.

The first division of the Japanese army saw that the second tank brigade was bombed, and they temporarily stopped on the road, preparing to wait for the second tank brigade to clean up the mess, clear the obstacles on the road, and then move on.

At this moment, densely packed small black dots flew in the air, and those little black dots flew closer and closer, and looked bigger and bigger, and fell towards the column of the Japanese army.

A large number of 107mm rockets fell on the ground densely, and after the explosion, no one remained.

The first batch of 40 107mm rocket launchers fired 680 rockets, covering an area of ​​two square kilometers. The Japanese First Division also had no power to fight back, so they had to evacuate on the spot.

But their two legs couldn't run against the flying rockets at all. The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were blown to pieces, and many of them couldn't even put together a complete corpse.

The First Division of the Japanese Army, from the order in which he was arranged in the various divisions of the Japanese Army, we can see his position in the Japanese infantry, that is the absolute big brother, absolutely arrogant.

But now they haven't met the enemy face to face, just a row of rockets flew over, and nearly an infantry regiment has been lost. A large number of vehicles, artillery and supplies have been blown up, and their morale has dropped a lot.

The Ninth Division, which followed the First Division, was very fortunate because they had not been attacked yet.

However, their good feeling didn't last long, and the roar of bombers was heard again in the sky. This time, a large number of bombers flew directly over the Ninth Division, and the aerial bombs rained down. The strength has exceeded an infantry regiment.

Shigeru Fujita was really dumbfounded, he began to appreciate the power of Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas.

At this moment, his confidence in capturing Peach Blossom Mountain has weakened a lot compared to when he first set off.

Shigeru Fujita was worried about being attacked again, so he ordered the troops to leave the road and choose a field path to march. At the same time, the personnel must maintain a relatively large distance to reduce casualties.

All of a sudden, the Japanese army was tossed hard enough, and a large number of Japanese troops marched on the field roads.

But the vehicle has no way to leave the road, it can only travel along the road, the distance is very far,
Less than an hour later, the enemy's air force came to bomb again. This time the casualties of the Japanese army were much reduced. However, hundreds of officers and soldiers and a considerable number of vehicles, artillery and other materials still suffered losses.

In the past, when the Japanese army was fighting, they had absolute air supremacy. The general anti-Japanese armed forces didn't even have planes at all, so they had an absolute advantage.

But here in Shandong is different. The Japanese Third Air Force has been hit too many times, so their airport in Jinan has never been repaired. The airports in other regions are too far away from the Taohuashan area, and they cannot come to support , As a result, it is the Japanese army that is being bombed now.

Fujita Shigeru has begun to regret it now. He feels that he and the officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army are simply full. never encountered before.

Shigeru Fujita wanted to retreat, but before he set off, he boasted to Deputy Chief of Staff Haneda that he would easily take Taohuashan.

Now that there is no turning back, he can only bite the bullet and lead the troops to Taohua Mountain.

Gao Jiu did not attack the Japanese army again for the time being, because the 107mm rockets they carried were running out, and they had to save them for use at the most critical moment.

Although the 107mm rocket launcher cannot be used anymore, Gao Jiu and the guerrillas have a lot of means to attack the Japanese army.

The guerrillas work in teams and fight on their own.They rode fast horses, ambushed in advance where the Japanese army passed by, and attacked the Japanese army with artillery.

More than 20 combat units bloomed everywhere, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese army.

In this way, the Japanese army suffered losses all the way along the way. Fortunately, they had a huge force, otherwise, they might have been wiped out by the Taohuashan guerrillas on the way.

The Japanese army finally came to the foot of Taohua Mountain, surrounded the entire Taohua Mountain area, and then approached the area where Taohua Mountain Village was located from all sides.

Peach Blossom Mountain.

The guerrillas who stayed in Peach Blossom Mountain had long been ready for battle, but the constant news from outside the mountain still made everyone a little nervous.

The Japanese army occupied Shoucheng County, the vanguard had already occupied Taoyuan Town, some Japanese troops occupied Pingle County, and the Pingtai Highway and Jizheng Highway around Taohua Mountain were also full of Japanese troops.

The Japanese army surrounded Taohuashan from all sides. There were too many Japanese troops, and it can be said that there were devils everywhere.

Zhang Quan and Du Shengxi went separately to inspect the defensive positions on various hilltops. Seeing that the officers and soldiers of the militiamen and Guojun were a little nervous, they cheered them up, saying that Master Jiu would lead people outside to respond, and he would definitely attack the Japanese army everywhere. It won't take long to hold the position, the little devil will definitely not be able to stand it, and he will withdraw obediently when the time comes.

The Japanese army finally began to enter the mountain. Several hilltops around the mountain where Taohuadong is located are under the control of Taohuashan guerrillas, and Japanese troops began to appear on other hilltops outside.

Soon the battle started, and the two sides first engaged in artillery battles from a long distance.

After the battle started, Shigeru Fujita realized that the situation was worse than he expected.

The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army had to face the bombing of the Taohuashan guerrilla air force first.

From the Nanyang area, Kaifeng and Zhiyuan counties, bombers flew in continuously. The pilots were all from the Taohuashan guerrillas. They were very familiar with the terrain of Taohuashan. On the mountain controlled by the Japanese army, the Japanese army had nowhere to hide. The bombing of the air force alone made the Japanese army a little overwhelmed, and at least thousands of troops were lost every day.

There are also the defenders on Taohua Mountain, with many large-caliber artillery and 107mm rocket launchers.

They have a long range, and because they are familiar with the surrounding terrain, the coordinates of each place have been measured in advance, and the shooting accuracy is also very high. They can cause heavy blows to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army can only bring them into the mountains. The [-]-type infantry artillery, their range is too short, and they do not pose any great threat to the hinterland of Taohuashan.The Japanese army still couldn't take advantage of the artillery battle between the two sides.

Seeing that this was not the way to go, Fujita ordered the Japanese army to launch an offensive, hoping to get as close as possible to the defensive positions of the Taohuashan guerrillas to reduce the casualties caused by the Taohuashan guerrillas' air force and artillery.

The Japanese attack began, and the mountains and plains were full of Japanese officers and soldiers. Like locusts, they flocked to the guerrilla positions on the mountain.

Before they approached the guerrilla positions, they were greeted by more than 2 landmines buried here and there.

There were too many landmines, and Japanese officers and soldiers were constantly killed and injured by landmines.

When the Japanese army climbed up the hillside, the guerrillas who were in charge of observing on the top of the mountain detonated the directional landmines erected on high places. When the directional landmines exploded, thousands of steel balls inside rushed towards the Japanese army like a torrential rain. The officers and soldiers were blown to the ground in pieces.

The commanders of the Japanese army saw this situation, and their hearts were bleeding.

They really didn't expect that the casualties suffered by the Japanese army had begun to exceed their ability to bear before the two sides fought hand-to-hand.

It has to be said that the officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army are very rare. Even though they suffered heavy casualties, they still launched an attack on the guerrilla positions.

Members of the Taohuashan guerrillas, militiamen, and Guojun officers and soldiers guarding the mountain saw that the Japanese army had finally entered the range, so they opened fire on them.

Hundreds of mortars, thousands of machine guns, and countless submachine guns spewed flames non-stop. The torrential rain of bullets hit the Japanese army on the mountain with almost no dead ends. The weak firepower of the three or eight guns in the hands of the Japanese soldiers It is simply not worth mentioning.

They couldn't shoot a few shots, and they were knocked down by the fierce firepower. Basically, no Japanese army could enter within [-] meters of the defensive positions on the mountain.

Fujita Shigeru was stunned, looking at the corpses of Japanese soldiers all over the mountains and plains, he had no choice but to give an order to retreat.

(End of this chapter)