The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

A special forces sniper shot him in the back, and the devil soldier lay on the bridge.

The ghost soldiers on the other side of the river came to the bridge and shot towards it.

The special forces set up light machine guns on the bridgehead to suppress the vitality of the enemy.

Gao Jiu stood beside the bridge, picked up the grenade and continued to throw grenades towards the other end of the bridge 80 meters away. Soon the Japanese army on the other side of the river became silent.The special forces team took the opportunity to rush across the bridge.

The bridge is about 1 kilometer away from Binjiang County. The gunshots and explosions from the bridge startled the Japanese and puppet troops in the county. They observed with binoculars and found the special forces and the officers and soldiers of the third battalion here.

They had already learned the lesson just now, and they were worried that they would encounter an ambush, so they didn't dare to come out at all.

Gao Jiu and the others tossed and tossed for a long time, this is what they wanted.Because Gao Jiu and the others were going to the other side of the river, that was the target they really wanted to attack today.

Not far from the other side of the river, there is a village where the people have already been moved into the group tribe, and now it has been occupied by the Japanese army.There is a large grain processing factory here. The Taohuashan guerrillas led by Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui and the officers and soldiers of the third battalion quickly took down the processing factory and seized hundreds of thousands of grains stored inside. catties of grain.

While Gao Jiu and others monitored the Japanese and puppet troops in Binjiang County, they organized the officers and soldiers of the third battalion to carry food.

The observation post of the Japanese army saw carts driven by the old third battalion in the direction of the bridge head, and they knew that something happened to the grain processing factory on the other side of the river. They hurried to report the situation to the commander of the public security area. report.

Only then did the commander of the public security area suddenly realize that the goal of the anti-Japanese elements was to snatch the grain from the grain processing factory.So he prepared to take people out of the city to retake the food.

But right now he is still worried about being ambushed by guerrillas. He thinks it doesn't matter if the food is lost, but if he can't hold the county seat, it will be completely over.

He considered again and again, and decided to report the situation here to the headquarters of the 80th Division, and then continue to urge his subordinates to stick to the county seat.

Sasaki, the head of the 80th Division, did not dare to send troops over after receiving a telegram from the commander of the public security area.

He sent a telegram to the commander of the public security area, asking him to guard the county seat and the only control area on the other side of the river, and not to go out of the city to fight under any circumstances.

Sasaki's request was in the hands of the commander, no matter what happened outside the county town, he didn't bother to bother.

After this period of fighting, Gao Jiu and others have stored a large amount of supplies and food for the third battalion, and also trained a large number of recruits, and the strength of the third battalion has been further strengthened.

On this day, troops from the Third Division of the East Jidong Army rushed over and joined the officers and soldiers of the Old Third Battalion.

Li Gensheng, deputy chief of staff of the Third Military Division of the Jidong Military Region, is a veteran with rich combat experience.He brought a letter of instruction from the higher-level organization of the underground party, which explained the reorganization plan after the troops of the Third Army Division in Eastern Jidong merged with the Old Third Battalion.

The superiors required that the Old Third Battalion and the troops of the Third Army Division be combined into the Binjiang Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps, which is still called the Old Third Battalion to the outside world.

Guan Tieshan served as the commander, Huang Rui served as the political commissar of the guerrilla corps, and Li Gensheng served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the corps.The guerrilla corps consisted of three guerrilla detachments, each with more than [-] members. The detachments directly controlled a guard battalion, an artillery company, an engineering company, and a communications company.

The entire Old Third Battalion currently has more than [-] troops.

After the old third battalion was reorganized, it took the time to train the troops and prepare to repel the enemy's attack.

Gao Jiu knew that the Japanese army was about to launch a large-scale attack soon, and he planned to help the third battalion repel the enemy's attack, and then leave here.

Following the troops from the Third Army Division was a Taohuashan guerrilla squadron led by Shi Jianlong. Gao Jiu now has two special warfare squadrons in his hands, and the next battle will be easier.

This morning, Guan Tieshan, Huang Rui, and Li Gensheng came to find Gao Jiu together. They wanted to take down Binjiang County and completely wipe out the Japanese and puppet troops in this area.

Gao Jiu has no opinion.After all, the Taohuashan guerrillas were just passers-by here, and how the third battalion survived and developed in this area would depend on themselves in the future.Gao Jiu and the others were only playing a coordinating role.Since they decided to attack Binjiang County, Gao Jiu agreed to cooperate with them.

In the afternoon of the same day, the third battalion sent out two detachments, and the brigade marched mightily to Binjiang County.

Before they got there, the surveillance posts monitoring the Japanese and puppet troops around the county town sent a telegram saying that the Japanese and puppet troops in Binjiang County had suddenly abandoned the county town. They opened the east gate and fled across the Binhe Bridge.

It turned out that the commander of the public security district was not at ease staying in the county seat. Now his total force is no more than 80 people, including the city's forest raiding team and pseudo police and other miscellaneous armed forces.He was very worried that the Taohuashan guerrillas and the troops of the third old battalion would attack the county in a large scale, and he might not be able to hold it at all, so he sent a telegram to the head of the [-]th Division, requesting to evacuate Binjiang County.

At the beginning, the head of the division disagreed, and the commander of the public security area repeatedly stated his opinion, thinking that they would not be able to stop the attack of the third battalion and the Taohuashan guerrillas if they stayed here. If we lose any more, we can only strengthen the ranks of anti-Japanese elements in vain.

Although the head of the division was reluctant to give up the Binjiang area completely, he also thought that the commander of the security area was right, so he agreed with him.

The commander of the public security area had already made preparations for evacuation. After obtaining the consent of the division head, he immediately led the troops out of the east gate of the county seat.

Only a small number of guerrilla officers and soldiers stayed outside the county to monitor the Japanese and puppet troops. They couldn't stop so many enemies at all, and could only watch them escape through the Binjiang Bridge.

The troops of the third battalion entered Binjiang County without bloodshed. After confiscating the assets of the Japanese and puppet forces, Huang Rui accepted the lesson of being surrounded in Baolin County last time, and offered to withdraw from Binjiang County.

Guan Tieshan and Li Gensheng also agreed with this, and after the three discussed it, they came to seek Gao Jiu's opinion, and they believed that Gao Jiu would definitely agree with their opinion.

Unexpectedly, Gao Jiu advocated sticking to Binjiang County this time.

Huang Rui asked with some puzzlement: "Jiu Ye, this time the devils will definitely send a large army, and the force is much more than before. Binjiang County is close to 100 kilometers away from the mountains and forests. If the Japanese army surrounds the county, it will be impossible There's no way out. Isn't that too dangerous?"

Guan Tieshan and Li Gensheng also felt that there was a problem, because Baolin County was still close to the mountains, and there was a wide plain between the mountains. Once surrounded by the Japanese and puppet troops, there was no way to retreat.This obviously violates the principle of guerrilla tactics. It is obviously unwise for the old third battalion to fight against the powerful Japanese army with its current strength.

Li Gensheng fought side by side with Gao Jiu many times before, so he knows more about Gao Jiu.

He trusted Gao Jiu and said, "Master Jiu, you must have a reason for doing this. Please tell us what you think."

Gao Jiu asked someone to bring a map of the Binjiang area, and asked, "If the Japanese army came to attack Binjiang County, which route would they take?"

Guan Tieshan is very familiar with the terrain in this area. He said: "There are three ways for the Japanese army to attack Binjiang County. One way is to directly attack the county through the Binjiang Bridge. The other way is the Miura Ferry 130 kilometers upstream of the river. There is another way. The road is to cross the river from Kaoshantun Ferry, 42 kilometers downstream of the river."

Gao Jiu asked: "If we block the Riverside Bridge, where will the Japanese army cross the river?"

Guan Tieshan said: "The upstream ferry is too far away. If I were a Japanese soldier, I would cross the river at the downstream Kaoshantun Ferry."

Li Gensheng had a lot of combat experience, and after listening to Guan Tieshan's words, he understood, and said, "Master Jiu, do you mean to use Binjiang County to attract the Japanese and puppet troops, and set up an ambush when they cross the river downstream? "

Gao Jiu nodded and said: "That's right. Think about it, everyone, if we give up Binjiang County and let the Japanese army occupy here, the Japanese army's brigade can cross the river calmly. Together, advance steadily and occupy Baolin, Hedong and other counties one by one.

Our strength is not enough to compete with the large Japanese army, so we can only be forced to retreat to the mountains step by step, with no room for maneuver at all.Once we entered the mountainous area and were blocked by the Japanese army, the materials stored by the third battalion in the secret camp in the mountainous area simply couldn't withstand the consumption of so many people. We didn't need to fight this battle, and we would lose.

Therefore, we must force the Japanese army to divide its forces and eat part of it during the campaign, so that the next battle will be easier to fight. "

Guan Tieshan said: "Jiu Ye is right. Let's use Binjiang County as a bait to attract the Japanese and puppet troops here, look for fighters, and defeat the Japanese and puppet troops one by one."

Everyone began to discuss specific combat plans.

Next, the third old battalion carried out activities in Binjiang County with great fanfare. It also announced the establishment of the Binjiang Anti-Japanese Zheng Mansion, publicized the anti-Japanese war, recruited troops, and showed its intention to occupy Binjiang County for a long time.

The Third Battalion's actions with such fanfare naturally cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Japanese and puppet troops.The news was quickly reported to the head of the 80th Division.

Sasaki was taken care of by the commander of the Kwantung Army and allocated an infantry brigade of the 81st Division and four regiments of the Puppet Manchukuo Army for them. More than 4 troops came to attack the third battalion.

With so many people, Sasaki's confidence has increased a lot.Although he now knew that Gao Jiu was in the Binjiang area, according to the information, Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas did not have many troops, no more than 200 people.As for the troops of the third battalion, most of them are recruits, they are purely mobs.

He thought that no matter how powerful Gao Jiu was, he would not be able to lead a hundred or two hundred special forces to deal with the tens of thousands of troops under him.

The only thing he was worried about now was that Gao Jiu and the others and the troops of the third battalion would retreat back to the mountains. It would be a long process to encircle and suppress them.

When he received a report that the enemy army was currently entrenched in Binjiang County, this was exactly what he wanted, and he immediately summoned officers above the captain to participate in the combat meeting.

The meeting decided that the 80th Division would attack head-on to snatch the Binjiang Bridge; the 81st Brigade of the 161st Division would cross the river from the Kaoshantun Ferry downstream and outflank Binjiang County.

After the battle meeting was over, the other officers left to prepare for the battle.

Captain Watanabe stayed behind and begged Sasaki alone again.

He said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Gao Jiu is an extremely cunning opponent. Our combat deployment may not be able to deceive Gao Jiu. I have an idea, and I don't know if I should say it or not."

The head of the division said impatiently: "Is there anything that should be said or should not be said? Didn't you come to me to express your thoughts? You can just say it."

The reason why the head of the division had a bad attitude towards him was because Captain Watanabe had lost the battle after all and lost the entire Binjiang area.

Captain Watanabe was reprimanded, feeling aggrieved, and said: "Your Excellency, Head of the Division, the Binhe Bridge and the downstream Kaoshantun Ferry must be the focus of the anti-Japanese elements. The upstream is too far away from Binjiang County, so it must not be an anti-Japanese element." Where to focus.

If we send a quick force to cross the river from there, and after crossing the river, go straight to Baolin County, capture Baolin County, and cut off the retreat of the anti-Japanese elements entrenched in Binjiang County. Flanking back and forth, completely annihilated them. "

The head of the division was worried that after the large troops crossed the river, the third battalion entrenched in Binjiang County would flee to the mountains.It would of course be ideal if they could cut off their back road.

Sasaki nodded and said, "You are right."

Watanabe continued: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I lost the Binjiang area last time. I am responsible. I am willing to make meritorious service and atone for my sins. I will lead a troop across the river from the Miura Ferry upstream to outflank the enemy's rear."

The head of the division agreed with him and asked Watanabe to bring his regiment and the men of the commander of the Binjiang Public Security District. He also added a regiment of the Puppet Manchurian Army to them, sent them some vehicles, and authorized them to Some civilian vehicles can be collected and detoured to the upstream Sanpu Ferry to capture Baolin County.

Captain Watanabe was very happy and left the division headquarters in a happy mood.

The reason why Watanabe volunteered to copy the back route of the third battalion was because of his own considerations.On the one hand, it was because he suffered a defeat last time, and his status in the eyes of the head of the division had dropped greatly. If he didn't make meritorious deeds to atone for his sins, it would definitely affect his future.That's why I took the initiative to seek battle, hoping to make meritorious service in this battle to encircle and suppress the old third battalion, so as to change my impression in the mind of the division commander.

There is another reason why he did this, that is, he believed that the troops of the third battalion would definitely judge that the Japanese army would cross the river from the Binjiang Bridge and the Kaoshantun Ferry downstream, where the main force of the third battalion must be located. place.

Since there is no main force of the old third battalion at Miura Ferry, he can take advantage of it.