The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 968 Death Journey
The reason why Gao Jiu didn't fall out with Yoshito Hamada was because he still had room to bargain with the Japanese army.

He led the Taohuashan guerrillas to rest in the Tai'an area for a few days, discussed with Gao Hong and others, and planned to attack the Japanese army again. This time their target turned to the direction of LY, and they had to cooperate with the expansion of the base area of ​​the Lunan Military Region to the east.

In the eastern part of Tai'an, there is an infantry regiment of the Tenth Brigade, an independent and mixed Japanese army. It is not at all an opponent of the Taohuashan guerrillas and the underground anti-Japanese armed forces in the southern Shandong area.When they heard that the guerrillas were approaching, they immediately abandoned LY County.They didn't dare to flee in the direction of Jinan, but went to LYG.

The Taohuashan guerrillas and troops from the South Shandong Military Region took the opportunity to attack the local Japanese and puppet grassroots organizations in the LY area, and soon expanded the base area of ​​the South Shandong Military Region by four counties and regions.

General Haneda, the commander of the 12th Army, received the report and saw that the area of ​​the underground anti-Japanese base area marked on the map was constantly expanding. He was extremely anxious, but he had no choice but to send a telegram to Liu Shengyu again, asking him about the result of the negotiations with Gao Jiu .

Hamada Yoshito couldn't laugh or cry, Gao Jiu didn't give him an answer for a long time, what could he do?He didn't dare to urge him again, worried that Gao Jiu would be angered by this, and there was no room for negotiation.

Hamada Yoshito knew very well that he must have received the telegram he sent to Gao Jiu last time, and now he is deliberately delaying it because he must not want to negotiate with him for the time being.

It's no wonder that the relationship between Jiang Xiaomei and Gao Jiu is open, and even Yoshito Hamada knows it very well.What happened to Jiang Xiaomei was a big blow to Gao Jiu, not to mention a passionate man like Gao Jiu, even if he was himself, if his confidante died like this, he would not be able to let it go.

After discussing with Commander Komura, Hamada sent a telegram back to General Haneda, saying, "I'm trying to get in touch with Gao Jiu, and I've sent special envoys there, but I can't meet with Gao Jiu for the time being. All you can do now is to fight Gao Jiu desperately on the battlefield. Gao Jiu has one advantage, that is, no matter how hard he fights on the battlefield, he will not resent you for it. This is not his personal Personal enmity, you can go free to fight with Gao Jiu. Remember, remember, don't hurt innocent people during the battle. If something like this happens, it will be like adding fuel to the fire, even the one who negotiated with him There's no room left."

General Haneda also knew a lot about the affairs between Gao Jiu and Jiang Xiaomei. He believed that what Hamada Yoshihito said was correct, so he issued a death order to the troops of the 12th Army. To resist, you can also take the initiative to launch an attack on the underground anti-Japanese armed forces, but you must never do things like massacre innocent people, otherwise, military law will be followed.

It was the Eighth Brigade of the Japanese Army that led to Jiang Xiaomei's sacrifice. This Qiu Gaojiu must be avenged.The reason why he didn't fight these devils for the time being was because he didn't want them to die so happily.

The harder Gao Jiu went to beat the other devils, the more pressure he felt on the devils who were independent and mixed into the Eighth Brigade.Gao Jiu wanted them to fully enjoy the feeling of panic before they died. In order to expand the feeling of the Japanese army, Gao Jiu asked Zhang Quan and Du Shengxi to bring a special warfare squadron into the base of the underground party's Binhai District , this place is the closest to the Eighth Brigade of the Japanese Army's Independent Mixed Group. Their task is to keep harassing these damned devils. Gao Jiu doesn't ask for great results. They can't sleep or eat.

Zhang Quan and Du Shengxi didn't think so. They hadn't won a battle for a long time, and this time they could finally let go of their hands and feet.

They would never miss this opportunity, so they slept in the anti-Japanese base of the underground party during the day, and went out every night to attack the devils of the independent and mixed Eighth Brigade.

Their attacks were not trivial. When they saw the barracks of the devils, they immediately bombarded them with rockets and 240mm heavy mortars. Every time they said nothing, they had to kill hundreds of devil soldiers.

The devil soldiers couldn't defend against the sneak attack tactics of the Taohuashan guerrillas, even if they wanted to.This kind of long-distance heavy firepower hit them, making them howl like ghosts and wolves.

They wanted to seek revenge from the guerrillas, but they ran away after the fight, and the devils could only stare blankly.

The head of the Independent Mixed Eighth Brigade was about to go mad with anger. What he hates now is not Gao Jiu, but those guys who don't have eyes. , and finally angered Gao Jiu.

The head of the brigade had heard of Gao Jiu's horrific acts. How many Japanese generals had been killed by Gao Jiu in their sleep.He believed that Gao Jiu's revenge would definitely come, maybe now Gao Jiu was on his way to form the Eighth Brigade independently.

He really can't sleep or eat well now, he doesn't even dare to stay in his own headquarters all day long, and changes his sleeping place every night.

This feeling is really uncomfortable. He once sent a telegram to the North China Front Army, hoping to let himself leave the independent mixed Eighth Brigade to avoid the limelight.

It is a pity that neither Commander Komura nor Hamada Yoshito, nor General Haneda, the commander of the 12th Army, could let him leave as a ready-made scapegoat, and even threatened him that if he dared to leave his post without authorization, he would be sent directly to the army. Go to court martial.

When the brigade commander gets up every morning, what he hears is the news that his troops have been attacked again, and how many people have been lost, these depressing news.

On this day, General Haneda called him personally and told him that instead of being beaten passively here, it would be better to fight Gao Jiu to the death.As for how to fight, that is the brigade leader's own business.

After discussing with the chief of staff and the captains of the brigade, the head of the brigade decided that going on like this was really not an option. It was better to fight Gao Jiu to the death. Although he couldn't deal with the guerrillas who attacked at night, Gao Jiu had a lair after all. Yes, it's better to go straight to Peach Blossom Mountain and fight Gao Jiu for the final decisive battle.

The senior officers of the Independent Mixed Eighth Brigade now knew that Gao Jiu would not let it go until he killed them all, so everyone made up their minds to fight Gao Jiu to the death.

After the brigade leader made up his mind, he called General Haneda and reported their battle plan.

General Haneda didn't even think about it, and immediately agreed to his request, and encouraged him to say that the underdogs would win, and now that there was no way out anyway, it was better to fight to the death.In this case, the soldiers under him are determined to die, and their morale is high. Maybe they can really kill Gao Jiu.

Haneda also said that even if Gao Jiu couldn't be killed, if he could kill the guerrillas under him, he would be able to back him up before he died.

The officers of the Independent Mixed Eighth Brigade all understood that General Haneda was clearly urging them to die, and Gao Jiu's anger would only dissipate when they were all dead.

In order to boost their confidence, General Haneda said that they can come to Jinan first on the way to Taohuashan. At that time, he will replenish them with a large number of artillery and assign them all the 12mm heavy mortars in the 240th Army's inventory. It is also necessary to equip them with newly equipped 102mm howitzers and a large number of rapid-fire guns for air defense.

In short, he will give whatever the Independent Mixed Eighth Brigade wants.Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the independent mixed eighth brigade embarked on the journey with a desperate heart.

In order to avoid being bombed by the Taohuashan guerrilla air force on the way, they went to Jinan by day and night.

Of course, Zhang Quan and Du Shengxi refused to let the Japanese army march in peace. While they sent a telegram to Gao Jiu, telling him the itinerary of the Japanese army's independent mixed Eighth Brigade, they followed the Japanese army and attacked them non-stop.

In order to be able to annihilate these ghost soldiers with his own hands, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party, asking them not to participate in the battle against the independent mixed eighth brigade, and he wanted to bury all these beasts with his own hands.

Komura Commander and Hamada Yoshito learned that the Eighth Independent Mixed Brigade left the barracks and went to Peach Blossom Mountain, feeling a little better.

They hoped that Gao Jiu would quickly kill the Independent Eighth Brigade, and they should be able to negotiate with Gao Jiu.

So they quietly sent a secret message to General Haneda, telling him that apart from adding weapons, ammunition and supplies to the Independent Mixed Eighth Brigade, other Japanese troops should not participate in this combat operation, and let the Independent Mixed Eighth Brigade alone Go face the Taohuashan guerrillas.

General Haneda understood and made arrangements in secret.

In order to make the officers and soldiers of the independent mixed Eighth Brigade feel the threat of death at any time, Gao Jiu decided to intensify the harassment against them.

The leaders of Taohuashan all understood Jiu Ye's feelings, so they all asked to participate in the harassment of the independent mixed Eighth Brigade.

Gao Jiu was also able to understand everyone's feelings, so Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming, Li Chengwu, Ning Wen, Ning Wu, and Shi Jianlong each brought a special warfare squadron to harass the independent mixed eighth brigade.They fought on their own and attacked the Japanese army as they wished.

At the beginning, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Mixed Eighth Brigade were still determined to see death as home, and their morale was very strong, but no matter it was day or night, they would be attacked by guerrillas at any time, and at least hundreds of officers and soldiers died every day. , This terrifying situation drained their morale extremely quickly.

After arriving in Jinan City, although they were equipped with a lot of weapons and ammunition, these guys didn't want to leave Jinan City anymore.

General Haneda was not used to them, and gave them a death order to leave Jinan and go to Taohua Mountain within a time limit. If they dared to delay, they would be dealt with by military law immediately.

The ghost soldiers of the independent mixed Eighth Brigade had no choice but to embark on the journey again with a tragic mood.

The Taohuashan guerrillas were really bullying. Just as the vanguard of the independent eighth brigade left the city gate, swarms of rocket shells fell, directly causing casualties of more than 200 Japanese soldiers.

The ghost soldiers hoped to return to the city, but General Haneda had already sent a supervisory team to drive them out of Jinan City like cattle.

The Taohuashan guerrillas continued to attack them day and night. The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army couldn't even sleep, and their nervousness was on the verge of collapse.

According to the marching speed of the Independent Eighth Brigade, it would take them three and a half days to reach Peach Blossom Mountain.At the end of the first day, they lost more than 700 people. In addition to the previous losses, they had lost more than [-] people. When they reached Taohua Mountain, they did not know how many people they would lose.

But the officers of the independent and mixed Eighth Brigade are now a little numb. They know that they will die, so they don't care about the casualties of the soldiers.

Needless to say, once they had such thoughts, their tense nerves relaxed a little, and they fell asleep when they were sleepy, and they didn't even care about shooting outside.

It is impossible for Gao Jiu to let these devils go to Peach Blossom Mountain smoothly.If they were really allowed to attack Peach Blossom Mountain, the devil officers and soldiers also carried a lot of artillery, which would cause some damage to Peach Blossom Mountain to some extent.

So Gao Jiu began to choose the battlefield, preparing to surround and annihilate the devil soldiers on the way.

The ghost soldiers of the independent and mixed eighth brigade knew that their trip was a journey to death, so they didn't engage in any tactics, and drove straight to Taohuashan.

Therefore, their marching route was very clear. Gao Jiu chose a battlefield. In order to avoid harming innocent people during the battle, Gao Jiu then sent a telegram to the leader of the underground party and Gao Hong, asking them to send the soldiers in the predetermined combat area to the battlefield. All the people moved away.

Now this area has become the anti-Japanese base area of ​​the Lunan Military Region. The Lunan Military Region has established a complete grassroots organization. With an order from them, organizations at all levels and the local county brigade immediately started operations, and the 11 villages on the battlefield will be scheduled to All the people in the village were relocated out, and the fortification was carried out.

The [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade passed the village on the march, and wanted to go in to eat and rest, but after they entered the village, they did not see a single commoner. They were all taken away, and the corpses of animals were thrown into the well, so the devil soldiers couldn't even drink a sip of water.

The ghost soldiers couldn't stay any longer, so they had to look for other villages. Five or six villages were found in a row, and the situation was the same.

At this time, the Independent Mixed Eighth Brigade realized the danger and believed that Gao Jiu was likely to encircle and wipe them out in this area.

So he ordered the troops not to stay, speed up the march, and leave here as soon as possible.

It was daytime, and it was extremely easy to be bombed by the air force of the Taohuashan guerrillas, but the brigade commander couldn't care less, and ordered all the officers and soldiers to run forward with their short legs.

The head of the brigade was sitting in a car, and when the car was driving, it rolled up smoke and dust, and the dust fell on the faces of the devil soldiers marching along the road, making them very uncomfortable.Although the ghost soldiers didn't dare to say anything, they cursed secretly in their hearts.

Suddenly, a motorcycle drove up ahead, signaling the brigade leader's car to stop.

(End of this chapter)