The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 878 Tragic Feeling

At this time, it was less than 15 minutes before the Japanese army launched an attack. The Japanese attack did not pose any threat to the defenders' positions and was already repulsed.

The members of the Taohuashan guerrillas, the militiamen, and the officers and soldiers of the Guojun were all relieved of their nervousness when they saw the Japanese army being so unarmed, and then burst into cheers that shook the sky.

They now have full confidence that they can repel the Japanese attack, and even look forward to the Japanese army rushing up again to die.

The division head of the Japanese First Division received a statistical report on the casualties, and the figures above were shocking.

The attack just launched has lost more than 500 officers and soldiers before it got close to the enemy's position.Counting from the first time they were bombed by the Taohuashan Air Force, the First Division has lost more than 4000 people so far.He really didn't know how to fight this battle.

The head of the First Division came to the temporary headquarters and said to Shigeru Fujita: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, and my troops suffered heavy casualties. This is not the way to go."

Fujita Shigeru was full of anger, this anger can be said to be nameless, and he didn't know who to send it to.

Looking at the rolling mountains in front of him and seeing the corpses of Japanese soldiers lying on the hillside, he began to feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

He was basically certain that under the attack of the enemy's powerful firepower, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army could only die in vain if they charged forward.

At this moment, there was the hateful roar of bombers in the sky, and then pieces of aerial bombs exploded on the mountain.

Shigeru Fujita and others hid under a natural rock, temporarily avoiding the bombing of the enemy air force, but those Japanese officers and soldiers who were exposed on the hillsides, valleys, and mountaintops were killed or injured.

At this time, the head of the Ninth Division asked to talk to Shigeru Fujita. Before Shigeru Fujita answered the phone, he had already guessed what the head of the Ninth Division was going to say.

Frowning, he answered the phone.He was familiar with the loud voice of the head of the Ninth Division, so he deliberately moved the receiver a little away from his ears, and said directly, "What do you want to say?"

The howling voice of the head of the Ninth Division came from the receiver. He said, "Your Excellency, the enemy's firepower is too fierce. My troops suffered heavy casualties. This battle cannot continue like this."

Hearing this, Shigeru Fujita felt very sad. He knew the heads of the First Division and the Ninth Division. They were usually very arrogant. Unexpectedly, they had lost confidence after just launching an attack on the enemy.

Shigeru Fujita boasted about Haikou, and now he is in a dilemma. If he continues to attack, he will suffer heavy losses; if he does not launch an attack, the enemy's long-range artillery strikes and air force bombing will also cause heavy losses to the Japanese army. Loss.

He looked at the sky, and it was already 4:30 in the afternoon. He thought that the enemy's air force would come to bomb again at most. During this period, the Japanese army could launch another attack. At night, use the cover of darkness to attack again.

Shigeru Fujita told his opinion to the heads of the First Division and the Ninth Division, and they had no other choice but to agree with him.

The attack launched by the Japanese army this time was similar to the last one, or a little progress was made, that is, many Japanese officers and soldiers rushed into the range of 100m from the defensive position of the defenders.

However, they also paid a heavier price for being able to advance the two or 30 meters. The result of the battle was still that the Japanese army dropped a large number of corpses and retreated.

Night finally fell, Shigeru Fujita asked all the Japanese troops to take time to rest and prepare to attack the mountain again in the middle of the night.

Zhang Quan, Du Shengxi and the others felt at ease now. They believed that the enemy would never attack Taohua Mountain, and they also knew that the Japanese army would definitely launch an attack at night.

They asked the defenders to leave half of the troops to stand firm, and the rest of them should take the time to rest and replace them in the middle of the night to ensure that at least half of the troops are on the ground at any time to guard against Japanese surprise attacks.

After Gao Jiu and others launched artillery strikes against the Japanese army, in order to avoid being surrounded by the enemy, they quickly withdrew from the battlefield and temporarily hid in two villages near Shoucheng County by using the familiar terrain.He also decided to wait until night before attacking the Japanese.

Taoyuan Town.

The devil's brigade was coming to besiege Taohuashan. Taoyuan Town is the closest place to Taohuashanzhai that can be reached by road. The Japanese army will definitely occupy this place, so the residents of the town were urgently mobilized and evacuated from Taoyuan Town.

For ordinary people in Taoyuan Town, life is relatively simple. Apart from the real estate in the town, they don't have many things at home, and it is not difficult to evacuate temporarily.

But for those wealthy families, letting them leave Taoyuan Town is simply a disaster.

Liu Shengyu's father, Liu Defu, has a big family, and a large part of his family property is in Taoyuan Town. It is very troublesome for him to evacuate Taoyuan Town, dragging his family and his family. Only those belongings that need to be moved can be loaded into hundreds of carts. A trip can be a huge loss.

He was a little unwilling to evacuate, so he found Liu Shengyu and asked him to tell Zhang Quan that he should not leave, because his eldest son is still teaching at Tokyo National University, and the Japanese would not do anything to him if he wanted to come. .

Liu Shengyu persuaded his father to leave. These Japanese devils belonged to the Kwantung Army, not local Japanese devils. They would not buy Liu Defu's eldest son.When they came to the interior from outside the customs, burning, killing and looting were inevitable.He advised his father not to take this risk.

Liu Defu said dissatisfiedly: "There are so many people in our family, so much property, how can we finish the move in such a short time? Now that you have followed Mr. Gao, you are also from Taohuashan. You can't look at it no matter what. Our family will suffer."

Liu Shengyu said: "I was just about to tell you about this matter. Master Jiu has already said that no matter what kind of losses the residents of our town suffer, Master Jiu will compensate. The house was bombed or burned. The Lord promised to pay for the reconstruction as well.

As for our family's situation, after all, I am a member of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and Master Jiu will never treat us badly.If there is any loss, Master Jiu will definitely give me full compensation for my sake.

Master Jiu once mentioned to me that you should transfer part of our family's property to the Golden Triangle, where the economic situation is very good and it is easy to make money.

I think you might as well take this opportunity to leave Taoyuan Town and simply go to the Golden Triangle to investigate.If you think it's good, you can invest and build a factory there, Jiuye will definitely take care of it in all aspects. "

Liu Defu heard what Liu Shengyu said, and said: "Mr. Gao is righteous and generous in his actions. I trust him. Including our move this time, there will definitely be a lot of losses. You have to talk to Mr. Gao about this. More reminders."

Liu Shengyu said: "Don't worry, I am your son. I will naturally think about what I have to say and do. I have already told Zhang Quan, the second head of the family, and he promised to take pictures of some vehicles to help our family move. .”

Taoyuan Town has always been one of the most important strongholds of the Taohuashan guerrillas. The guerrillas have been stationed here for a long time and have a deep relationship with the local residents. Therefore, this time the residents of the town evacuated, Gao Jiu specially explained, He specifically explained that if they suffered losses during the evacuation process, he would definitely compensate them and help them rebuild their homes.

The reason why Gao Jiu did this was not only to appease the residents of the town, but also to use Taoyuan Town to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese army.

Just after the residents of the town were evacuated, the Taohuashan guerrillas planted a large number of high explosives in the town, including many 240mm heavy mortar shells. If these explosives and shells exploded, they could destroy the entire Taoyuan. After the town was razed to the ground and everything was arranged, it was time for the Japanese army to occupy this place and give them a thunderous blow.

As the vanguard of the Kwantung Army, the Second Tank Brigade of the Japanese Army first came to Taoyuan Town, intending to occupy the town as their camp. Due to the inconvenient road traffic, the tank troops could not be dispatched in the battle to attack Taohua Mountain. It was useful, so they stopped in Taoyuan Town.

These devils are not good things. After entering the town, they started to rob.

Fortunately, the residents of the town had already evacuated ahead of time, taking all their valuables with them.

The devils were very angry and planned to burn down the town with a fire after they left.At this time, they didn't know that they were already sitting on the crater.

At midnight, Gao Jiu set off.This time, he was alone, riding a horse and leading a war horse carrying supplies.

The reason why he wanted to attack the Japanese army alone was because there were too many Japanese troops around Taohua Mountain.If the commandos launch an attack on the Japanese army, they will be easily besieged by the Japanese army. Once they are entangled by the Japanese army, it will be difficult to escape, and they may suffer heavy losses.

Gao Jiu's skill is far superior to that of ordinary people, and it is convenient to move at night, so he is the best candidate to detonate the explosives planted in Taoyuan Town.

Although Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and the others were very concerned about the fact that the head of the family was going to take risks in person, they were not worried.Everyone knows how powerful Gao Jiu is. Gao Jiu goes to attack the enemy army alone at night, and the enemy can't do anything to him. If someone follows him, it will become his burden.

Therefore, everyone stopped dissuading Gao Jiu, and just said something about looking forward to Master Jiu's triumphant return, and sent Gao Jiu away.

Gao Jiu rode his horse to the direction of Taoyuan Town. There were too many devils this time, and Gao Jiu would inevitably encounter devils on the road.

He was wearing the uniform of the Japanese army, spoke fluent Japanese, and hid in the dark to eavesdrop on the Japanese army's password, so he was not stopped on the road and came to the vicinity of Taoyuan Town smoothly.

Just when Gao Jiu was about to launch an attack on the Japanese army, Fujita Shigeru commanded the Japanese army to launch a night attack on the Taohuashan guerrillas.

In the evening, Shigeru Fujita held a combat meeting and asked the Japanese First and Ninth Divisions to send out heavy troops tonight to launch a full-scale attack on Taohuashan. He asked them to take Taohuashan tonight regardless of casualties.

After the two division heads experienced daytime bombing and long-range artillery attacks, they also understood that only by taking Taohuashan quickly can they avoid this passive situation.

Therefore, they also made up their minds, no matter what, they will take down Peach Blossom Mountain tonight.After they returned to their respective units, they also held a combat meeting, demanding that all divisions under the division go all out to take Taohuashan.

At 1 o'clock in the morning, the 1st Division and the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army invested two infantry regiments respectively and launched an attack on the defensive position of the Taohuashan guerrillas. More than [-] Japanese soldiers climbed up the mountain.

At night, the Taohuashan guerrillas also took precautions. They set up many searchlights on the top of the mountain and kept shining down the mountain.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from touching it quietly, they were still on the forward position, throwing a large number of torches dipped in gasoline, and the Japanese army could not do a sneak attack at all.

When the ghost soldiers saw the torches and the bright searchlights on the hillside, and then thought about the terrifying firepower of the Taohuashan guerrillas, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army who participated in the attack all had a very tragic feeling in their hearts, knowing that they must be going to die this time. Yes, I can't help but feel a little scared.

But this group of guys were deeply poisoned by corrupt thoughts, they were not afraid of death, and they still climbed up the mountain.

It wasn't long before the battle broke out.Four infantry regiments and tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers attacked the guerrilla defensive positions all over the mountains and fields, and the sound of gunfire and artillery suddenly rang out.

Members of the Taohuashan guerrillas, militiamen, and Guojun officers and soldiers guarding the mountain, with the support of fierce artillery fire, fired machine guns and submachine guns at the Japanese troops down the mountain violently.Seeing the enemy falling in pieces, they all felt very excited. They were very confident that these little devils would not be able to rush up.

The little devils are really too tenacious. The ones in front are dead, but the ones behind are still desperately climbing up.They went forward one after another, and the defenders on the mountain felt soft-handed.

After all, the visibility at night was relatively low, and the defenders on the mountain did not notice that behind the frantically attacking Japanese infantry, many Japanese artillerymen climbed up carrying 240mm heavy mortars.

After entering the range of the 240mm heavy mortar, the shells were quickly fired towards the top of the mountain.

The 240mm heavy mortar is very powerful. Except for the guerrillas who stayed inside the fortifications, the defenders who were exposed to the open positions suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Quan hurriedly ordered the artillery of the Taohuashan guerrillas to fight back.

However, it was too dark to see clearly from a distance, and it was impossible to accurately find the position of the Japanese artillery for a while, so the effect of the strike was not ideal.

The artillery fire of the Japanese army continued to hit the mountain, causing a lot of casualties to the defenders, and the defensive firepower weakened a lot.

Seeing this, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army became excited, howling and violently attacking the mountain.

(End of this chapter)