The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 882 The Fury of Peach Blossom Mountain

Chapter 882 The Fury of Peach Blossom Mountain
Suddenly, a bomber was very unlucky. Just when it was pulled up from the ground, a shell from a Type 92 infantry gun hit the wing of the plane. The plane was blown up immediately. The fuel and aviation bombs on the plane There was also an explosion, and debris from the explosion hit a bomber behind it, killing it as well.

At this time, more than a dozen bombers had already taken off. The remaining bombers saw the wreckage of the plane scattered on the runway, so they could only stop taking off and wait for the ground crew to clear the runway urgently.

Du Shengxi received an order from Zhang Quan, asking him to talk directly to the Air Force to provide the Air Force with the location of the Japanese army.

Du Shengxi called the commander of the Air Force and told him that the top of the hill north of the airport is now his own people, and the slopes and valleys of the hill and the opposite Beishan are all Japanese.

The brothers of the Air Force have been stationed in Taohua Mountain all year round, and they are very familiar with the terrain around Taohua Mountain. After they took off, they found the position of the Japanese army directly, and then dropped aerial bombs one after another from the air.

In order to prevent accidental injury to their own people, the bombers almost always fly close to the top of the mountain.With their naked eyes, they could clearly see the densely packed devils on the hillside and the artillery positions of the Japanese army below the mountain, and dropped the bombs accurately.

The devils on the hillside were blown to pieces. They couldn't bear such a violent blow, so they ran down the hill.

At this time, there was no supervising team behind them to force them, because the supervising team was also bombed to pieces, and even the head of the military law section of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army who was the commander of the supervising team was bombed to death on the spot.They don't even have time to dodge the bombs, so who cares about supervising the battle?

Except for some bombers to bomb the Japanese army on the hillside, the air force commander focused on the Japanese artillery positions.

They circled repeatedly on the top of the mountain, and as soon as they saw the artillery positions of the Japanese army, they dropped the aerial bombs.

The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army recovered from the chaos of the aircraft bombing at the beginning, and many people shot into the sky.

A bomber was a bit unlucky. It was hit by a string of machine gun bullets, and the fuel tank immediately caught fire and exploded. It fell to the ground and fell right into the enemy group.The fuel and aviation bombs on the plane exploded violently, directly causing casualties of more than 100 Japanese officers and soldiers.

Not long after the bombers finished dropping their bombs, the air force commander knew that there were now wreckage from the plane explosion on the runway of Taohuashan Airport, and they could no longer land here, so they flew to Nanyang Airport.

After this round of violent bombing, the artillery of the Japanese army was basically destroyed, and the firepower of the guerrilla artillery had an absolute advantage. The Japanese army could no longer attack as before, and was powerless.

At this time, the air force of the Taohuashan guerrillas at Nanyang Airport and Kaifeng Airport also received orders from Zhang Quan to take off urgently and come to Taohuashan to bomb the Japanese army.

Shigeru Fujita paid attention to the overall situation of the battlefield, and what he focused on was the attack of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army.Keep an eye on their progress, the appearance of the guerrilla air force,
It made him feel very bad, and felt that this time the combat operation might fail again.

Sure enough, the Ninth Division reported to him, and the content of the report made him very frustrated.The Ninth Division now has more than 240 casualties, and the artillery, especially the [-]mm heavy mortars, has basically been completely destroyed.

The head of the Ninth Division was injured during the bombing by the enemy air force. If it weren't for the loyal guards around him who used their bodies to protect the head of the division, the head of the Ninth Division would have died by now up.

Even so, under the violent explosion of the aerial bomb, he also suffered internal injuries, and has already vomited several mouthfuls of blood, and the doctor is giving him urgent rescue.

The head of the Ninth Division barely held on, and said to Shigeru Fujita: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, this battle can no longer be fought, let's withdraw our troops. Otherwise, if the enemy's planes come to bomb again, we will all die without a place to die."

Fujita Shigeru looked at the continuous mountains of Peach Blossom Mountain, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness, and he was very unwilling.

Now they have all reached Taohuashanzhai, but there is nothing they can do about this small guerrilla group.

He knew in his heart that the words of the head of the Ninth Division were correct, and he reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

Jinan city.

General Haneda, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army on the front line, has been paying attention to the battle situation in Taohuashan. Although he is anxious, it is inconvenient for him to ask too many questions because Shigeru Fujita is in command at the front line.

Seeing that the sky was bright and there was still no news from Peach Blossom Mountain, he had a premonition that the attack on Peach Blossom Mountain might fail.

General Haneda waited until 8 o'clock in the morning, and couldn't bear it anymore, so he sent a telegram to Shigeru Fujita.

However, no one paid any attention to him.The feeling in General Haneda's heart became worse and worse.

Fujita Shigeru commanded the defeated soldiers to evacuate from Taohua Mountain. He no longer had the lofty aspirations he had at the beginning, and he didn't want to continue to attack Southwest Shandong, so he led the troops back the same way and fled towards Jinan.

Of course, Gao Jiu and others couldn't take advantage of the Japanese army in vain. They followed the Japanese army's marching brigade and launched attacks continuously. At the same time, they pointed out targets to the air force and bombarded the Japanese army indiscriminately.

Gao Jiu and others have been chasing the Japanese Kwantung Army for a full 80 kilometers. They stopped the pursuit because they were running out of fuel and ammunition.

This time in the Taohuashan offensive and defensive battle, the Japanese Kwantung Army’s First Division and Ninth Division suffered heavy losses. Most of the equipment they carried was blown up or discarded, and the casualties reached more than [-] people. .Such casualties are the most since the establishment of the First Division and the Ninth Division.

This does not include the complete annihilation of the Second Tank Brigade.

The situation of the Taohuashan guerrillas was also very bad. There were more than 430 casualties among the troops participating in the battle. Among them, the Taohuashan guerrillas suffered more than [-] casualties. This is also the highest number of casualties since the establishment of the Taohuashan guerrillas. once.

When Gao Jiu returned to the cottage, he heard bursts of crying from inside.

In this battle, the guerrillas in Taohuashan suffered too many casualties. Facing the pain of losing their relatives and comrades-in-arms, the family members and comrades of the team members uttered heart-piercing cries. There was a wail.

Seeing Gao Jiu's return, the grief and grievance in everyone's hearts reached the peak in an instant, and many people couldn't help but burst into tears.

Gao Jiu is basically familiar with every guerrilla in Taohuashan, and can remember their names, origins, enlistment time, and performance in battle. It can be said that every team member is regarded by him as his brother. .

Having lost so many relatives and friends at once, the grief in Gao Jiu's heart couldn't be increased, and his tears couldn't help but flow down.

Gao Jiu really wanted to comfort everyone, but the grief in his heart was no less than that of everyone.He knew that any language at this time was pale, so he did not speak, went to visit every sacrificed comrade-in-arms and their relatives, bowed to them, and expressed his deep condolences.

After a long time, people's emotions gradually stabilized.

Gao Jiu ordered a solemn funeral for the sacrificed guerrillas.

Taohuashanzhai suffered a great loss this time, not only the sacrifice of so many guerrillas, the airport was also attacked, several bombers were lost, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition were consumed.The beautiful Peach Blossom Cottage was blown to pieces.

For Feng Xiucai, this was simply unbearable.

He was full of anger, and said to Gao Jiu: "Master, the damned little devil came to attack our Peach Blossom Mountain when he was full. This revenge must be avenged. Leave the funeral to me. You hurry up and take your brother with you!" Let's find revenge on the devils."

At this moment, the people in Taohua Mountain were thinking the same as Feng Xiucai. Regardless of men, women, young or old, everyone clenched their fists and shouted: "Revenge, revenge."

Gao Jiu also knew that no matter how the funeral was arranged, the anger in the hearts of the families of the sacrificed comrades could not be eliminated.Only by destroying the enemies who invaded Taohua Mountain is the greatest comfort to them.

Gao Jiu said: "Brothers, don't worry. Since the little devils dare to invade our Peach Blossom Mountain, we must let them come and go.

Brothers who are able to fight now, take up arms for me, catch up with those hateful devils Kwantung Army, and resolutely and completely wipe them out. "

Hearing Gao Jiu's order, everyone immediately took action.

They took up arms and began to mass.

Gao Jiu looked at the groups of guerrillas full of grief and anger in front of him, without any mobilization or other nonsense, he said directly, "Let's go immediately."

Jinan city.

The Japanese army's frontline commander Haneda, deputy chief of staff, has been paying attention to the situation at Taohuashan.In order to strengthen communication and liaison, a liaison team was stationed in Shigeru Fujita's headquarters to report the situation of the Kwantung Army to him in a timely manner.The reason why Chief of Staff Haneda has not received the report is because Shigeru Fujita sent people to monitor the liaison team. It was not until the Kwantung Army retreated in a hurry that the liaison team found an opportunity to send a telegram to Chief of Staff Haneda.

General Haneda heard that the Kwantung Army had two divisions and a chariot brigade, but they failed to capture Peach Blossom Mountain, and were beaten to the ground.The entire army of the Second Chariot Brigade was destroyed, and the two infantry divisions also suffered heavy casualties. Now they have fled back towards Jinan.

Although such a result was within his expectations, he was still very depressed when he heard the news, knowing that this time he had caused a lot of trouble, and Gao Jiu would never let it go.

He hastily sent a telegram to Commander Komura and Hamada Yoshihito, suggesting that the Japanese troops in the Shandong direction temporarily shrink their forces and stop implementing the original combat plan to avoid heavy losses.

Hearing this news, Commander Gangcun also felt very depressed. He originally had great hopes for the troops of the Kwantung Army, hoping that they could take Taohuashan and severely hit the morale of the anti-Japanese armed forces.

I didn't expect that a small Peach Blossom Mountain would be so difficult to beat.The Kwantung Army's two infantry divisions and one chariot brigade had a total of 7 horses. Not only could they not take down Taohuashan, they were also beaten and fled in embarrassment.One can imagine how terrifying this Peach Blossom Mountain is.

He knew that the troops of the Kwantung Army were defeated. Those Japanese troops who were originally in Shandong had suffered heavy blows from Gao Jiu before, and their morale would definitely drop greatly.

Therefore, he agreed with General Haneda and decided to temporarily cancel the original combat plan.

Yoshito Hamada had expected such a result a long time ago. He sighed and said, "Gao Jiu's Peach Blossom Village has been standing in Southwest Shandong for so many years. If it could be brought down, it would have been taken down long ago. I I participated in the attack on Peach Blossom Mountain. At that time, Gao Jiu didn't have such a big force, nor did I have so many advanced weapons.

Now Gao Jiu is no longer what it used to be, with a large number of advanced weapons, sufficient ammunition, and even occupies the air supremacy in the air force.The people of the Kwantung Army really underestimated the enemy, so that it led to such a disastrous defeat.

I think General Haneda's suggestion is more realistic, and I agree with him, temporarily suspending the implementation of the original combat plan. "

Komura asked, "How should I report to Minister Doi En?"

In terms of human sophistication, Yoshito Hamada is more sophisticated than Commander Komura.

He said: "There is no need to report to Your Excellency the Minister. Those people in the Kwantung Army have suffered such a big loss, and they will report directly to Your Excellency the Minister. Now that the Kwantung Army is unable to fight anymore, Your Excellency the Minister also knows that the original battle plan is fundamental. It cannot be implemented, but he is embarrassed to admit the failure of his plan, and he is also worried that the troops will suffer greater losses, so we directly issue an order to stop the campaign plan. Your Excellency Minister will not have any objections, but will secretly thank us. "

Komura Commander nodded and said: "Hamada-kun, what you said makes sense, after all, the North China Front Army has complained to the Minister in advance about this matter, and it is recommended not to implement this battle plan.

If we ask for instructions again, it will indeed embarrass Your Excellency the Minister.That's it, let's give orders directly to the Japanese army in Shandong. "

Yoshito Hamada said, "I'm going to send a telegram to General Haneda right now."

After General Haneda received the telegram from Yoshito Hamada, he gave the Japanese 3rd Division, 112th Division, and 132nd Division an order to retreat.

As Yoshito Hamada expected, Shigeru Fujita lost the battle and was full of anger. He thought that he hadn't captured Peach Blossom Mountain because the Japanese army in Shandong didn't cooperate with them.He originally went to attack Peach Blossom Mountain full of confidence, but he suffered a disastrous defeat. He couldn't afford to lose his face, so he directly sued like Dohimoto, saying that the Japanese army in the Shandong direction did not provide them with accurate information and did not cooperate during the battle. , so the Kwantung Army had such heavy casualties.He asked the North China Front Army to bear the consequences of the Kwantung Army's failure.

After Doi Yuan received the telegram, he was very depressed.He now admits that Hamada Yoshito made a special trip to Tokyo to remind him that it was completely sincere, and it was a respect and love for himself.

(End of this chapter)

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