The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 985
Gao Jiu felt that he shouldn't ask them this question. He thought too much, and he had some selfish intentions, so the situation became smaller.

He didn't say any more, and started to work on the next step.

The soldiers and horses did not move, but the food and grass went first.This time, the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party planned to mobilize 12 regiments to leave the customs to fight the Japanese army and establish a new anti-Japanese base outside the customs, which would be integrated with the current coastal anti-Japanese base of the third battalion.

The underground party attaches great importance to the troops that leave the customs, not only the troops of the Jidong Military Region, but also the troops of the Jizhong Military Region and the Jinan Military Region, under the unified command of Deputy Commander Li of the Jidong Military Region.

In order to support this operation, the Jidong Military Region set off a snowstorm and collected a large amount of supplies. Some of them were carried by the troops who left the customs, and some were transported to the temporary airport built by the Third Military Division of the Jidong Military Region. Air Force airdrops.

Gao Jiu did not hesitate, not only sent a large number of bombers and transport planes, but also fighter jets to perform air cover missions, and also paid for a large amount of weapons and supplies from his own pocket.

Gao Jiu invested more money this time, and updated the equipment used by the Taohuashan guerrillas for the 12 underground anti-Japanese armed forces of the entire [-] regiments that went out to fight.

The underground party was grateful to Gao Jiu for his generosity. The Shandong Military Region, Jinan Military Region, Jizhong Military Region, and Jidong Military Region pooled up 200 million yuan and gave it to Gao Jiu.Although the money could not make up for Gao Jiu's consumption, it also showed their hearts.

Gao Jiu didn't care about the amount of money.It is already the beginning of the fourth or fifth year, and the great national liberation war of the Anti-Japanese War is coming to an end. Gao Jiu feels a great honor to be able to participate in this period.This is the greatest cause he can participate in in his life, and there will never be such a magnificent and exciting event in the future.If he can't devote himself wholeheartedly, Gao Jiu believes that no matter how much power and wealth he has in the future, he will feel deeply regretful.

Therefore, Gao Jiu does not hesitate to make contributions to help the anti-Japanese armed forces to successfully occupy the outside of the customs in the future.

In order to make the battle progress more smoothly, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Zhang Quan, asking him to send two more special warfare squadrons over.

Zhang Quan and others were very excited when they heard that there was going to be a battle with devils outside the pass.He and Du Shengxi, Liang Shihu, and Shi Jianlong led two Taohuashan special warfare squadrons to the garrison of the third army division, preparing to move with the underground anti-Japanese armed forces and join Gao Jiu and the troops of the third battalion.

In the Eastern Hebei region, the underground anti-Japanese armed forces assembled, and the news quickly spread to the commander of the North China Army Ganggang Village. He and Hamada Yoshihito both knew that Gao Jiu was now fighting the Kwantung Army outside the pass, within the jurisdiction of the North China Front Army A large number of underground party anti-Japanese armed forces went out to fight the Japanese army.

This is good news for the North China Front Army, which can greatly reduce the pressure of the underground anti-Japanese armed forces on the North China Front Army.

Therefore, they were deliberately slow and did not report the news to the Kwantung Army for the time being. They had to wait until the troops of the underground anti-Japanese armed forces crossed Changcheng before reporting to them.

Komura and Hamada Yoshizhi hoped that Gao Jiu and the others could fight to the death with the Kwantung Army. It would be best if the Kwantung Army could kill Gao Jiu and the others.

In order to conceal the attempt, the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party took a regiment as the forerunner, and crossed Changcheng at midnight on January 1, and a big battle officially kicked off.

The Kwantung Army Command received a notification from the North China Front Army that a large number of underground party anti-Japanese armed forces and Taohuashan guerrillas had left the customs in an attempt to establish contact with the Binjiang Anti-Japanese Base Area controlled by the third battalion.

The Kwantung Army urgently held a combat meeting.They knew that because of Gao Jiu's backing of the underground party that had left the customs, the anti-Japanese armed forces had sufficient supplies of weapons, ammunition and supplies, and their equipment was higher than that of the Japanese army. In addition, Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas Making trouble inside, it is almost impossible for the Japanese army to wipe out all the underground anti-Japanese armed forces that have left the customs.

They believed that since it was difficult to block the connection between the third battalion and the underground anti-Japanese armed forces from Guannei, there was no need to intercept them, lest the Japanese army responsible for the interception task be hit hard by the enemy.

They immediately ordered the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army and the 8th Garrison Division in that area to withdraw eastward, and then built a blockade to prevent the enemy from continuing to advance in depth outside the pass. At the same time, they mobilized the 18th Division, 19th Division, The 1st Chariot Division, the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade and other units respectively built defensive positions in the northeast of the Binjiang security area to prevent the enemy from entering other areas of the Japanese-occupied area outside the pass.

Gao Jiu and the others originally thought that the troops of the third battalion would join the underground anti-Japanese armed forces that had just left the customs, and would go through a brutal snow battle. Unexpectedly, the enemy would take the initiative to get out of the way.Obviously, the Japanese army gave up the area from Changcheng to the Binjiang public security area, and then mobilized a large army to limit the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party to a narrow area.

In any case, it is also a matter of good fortune that the underground anti-Japanese armed forces from outside the pass avoided a brutal snow battle and a large number of attrition.

On the afternoon of January 1, Gao Jiu, Guan Tieshan, Huang Rui and others successfully joined forces with Zhang Quan, Du Shengxi, and Deputy Commander Li of the Jidong Military Region.The anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party controlled a vast area of ​​26 counties outside the customs almost without bloodshed. Although the population here is relatively sparse, the products are not rich enough, and the industry is relatively backward, it is still a big victory to be able to increase such a large base area.

Deputy Commander Li is a general with an overall view. He saw clearly the intentions of the Japanese army and decided to seize this opportunity to divide his troops and mobilize the masses, quickly infiltrating the forces of the underground anti-Japanese armed forces into all areas of these 11 counties, and completely destroying the Japanese forces here. The Japanese and puppet grassroots organizations established a relatively solid anti-Japanese base area.

During this period, in order to prevent the Japanese army from attacking suddenly, he kept the main force of the four regiments as a reserve team, and together with Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas, he monitored the Japanese army's actions.

Gang Cun and Hamada Yoshihide sent people to secretly monitor the situation outside the pass. They originally hoped that Gao Jiu and the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party could fight the Kwantung Army to the death, but they did not expect that the Kwantung Army was so timid that they voluntarily gave up 11 soldiers. The vast area of ​​the county has only built a line of defense outside this area to prevent the underground anti-Japanese armed forces from continuing to expand their scope of activities.

This result made them very dissatisfied, so they secretly told their friends in the base camp about the situation, and they reported the Kwantung Army's passive avoidance of war to the base camp.

The news spread quickly in Tokyo, and the Japanese base camp and the country were very angry. You must know that the Japanese army outside the pass has been operating for many years, and they have already regarded this area as their own territory. The Kwantung Army actually gave up 11 counties. A large area was handed over to the underground anti-Japanese armed forces, which made the Japanese army base camp and the people in the country feel very humiliated and angry. Many newspapers in Japan published the news, which caused an uproar in the country and gave the Japanese army base camp a lot. pressure.

The base camp had no choice but to urge the Kwantung Army to take the initiative to retake the area occupied by the underground anti-Japanese armed forces.

This made the Kwantung Army very passive. They originally deliberately blocked the news and did not allow the generals on the front line to talk about it, but they did not expect the news to reach Tokyo.

Of course, they didn't know that Komura and Yoshito Hamada were behind the scenes. After discussion, the commander of the Kwantung Army and the chief of staff decided that it was better not to take the initiative to attack the underground anti-Japanese armed forces. We must wait until Gao Jiu leaves this area.

But their difficulties were not understood by the Japanese base camp and the people in the country, and they put a lot of pressure on the Kwantung Army.

The commander of the Kwantung Army was also very helpless about this. For this reason, he specially sent the chief of staff to fly back to China to meet with Dohi Yuan, and asked him to explain to the base camp based on the actual situation faced by the Kwantung Army.

After listening to the report of the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Tu Feiyuan also felt a headache about this.He knew that with Gao Jiu around, it would be difficult for the Kwantung Army to take advantage.

Today's Gao Jiu is more powerful than before. In the past, he only relied on himself and the superb tactical level of the Taohuashan guerrillas under him, which made it difficult for the Japanese army to deal with it.Today's Gao Jiu is backed by strong industrial strength and economic strength, and its technological level has surpassed that of the Japanese army. The Japanese army originally relied on advanced industrial technology to crush the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces. Now it has completely reversed.No matter who fights this battle, it will be difficult to win.

Doi Yuan also agreed with the chief of staff's opinion, thinking that Gao Jiu could not stay there for a long time, and it was better to wait until Gao Jiu left before launching an attack on the underground anti-Japanese armed forces.

The two discussed for a long time, the main content of the discussion was not how to deal with Gao Jiu, but how to reduce the pressure from home.

Dohimoto also found a group of his own think tanks for this purpose, and discussed with them for a long time, thinking that the public opinion in Japan is now paying attention to the war outside the customs, so the Kwantung Army must make a gesture.The battle can be fought slowly, but it cannot be stopped.

Therefore, the plan they made was to continue to increase troops around the area controlled by the underground anti-Japanese armed forces outside the pass, build defensive positions, and prevent them from continuing to develop to other places outside the pass.Then, following the example of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces, let the various units of the Japanese army in charge of defense send out small troops to launch small-scale attacks on the base areas of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces.

In this case, the battle will be very lively without causing heavy losses to the large troops.As for public opinion in Japan, after the Kwantung Army showed such a gesture, it was difficult for them to say anything more.

As time goes by, people's attention will turn to other places, and things outside the customs will gradually no one will mention them again.

After the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army returned to the Kwantung Army headquarters, he reported to the commander of the Kwantung Army the method he discussed with Dohido and others.

The commander was very satisfied and thought it was a good idea.He then mobilized the troops of four divisions and gathered around the base of the underground anti-Japanese armed forces outside the pass, ordered them to hurry up and repair the fortifications, and then sent a small group of troops to continuously harass and harass the base.

Not to mention, the tactics of the Japanese army caused headaches for the generals of the underground anti-Japanese armed forces, including Gao Jiu.The Japanese army gathered so many troops around the base area, which itself put a huge pressure on the base area. It is not known when the Japanese army will suddenly attack on a large scale.

Those small Japanese troops kept attacking, which annoyed the officers and soldiers in the base area very much. They couldn't figure out whether these small Japanese troops were just harassing them, or they were serving as the vanguard for the Japanese army's large-scale attack. The generals are very nervous.

The anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party are good at guerrilla tactics. Gao Jiu is also an expert in this field. After discussion, they decided to adopt the same tactics. They concentrated the main force of the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party to dig fortifications around the base area, and then organized small troops to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army. .

In this way, every day the small troops of the two sides fought fiercely, and the fight was very lively, but the defense lines of both sides remained at their original positions.

In order to satisfy the curiosity of those domestic people who eat melons, the Kwantung Army Command organized a group of field reporters to watch the battle at the front, wrote many articles about the front line, and took a lot of photos, showing that the enemy and us were fighting fiercely. published in national newspapers.

Sure enough, the Kwantung Army's move won the understanding and appreciation of the domestic people who eat melons, and the domestic people spontaneously organized donations to support the Kwantung Army's operations.

This situation lasted for a month, and Gao Jiu and the others understood it thoroughly. It turned out that the Japanese army had no intention of making a large-scale attack. They just wanted to limit the base areas of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces within a certain range.

Under such circumstances, there was no need for Gao Jiu to stay any longer. He decided to lead the Taohuashan guerrillas out of the customs and return to the Golden Triangle to attack the Japanese troops around the Golden Triangle and stabilize the situation around the Golden Triangle.

Gao Jiu and the others were about to leave, but Guan Tieshan and the others still felt uneasy, so they asked Gao Jiu to leave some members of the Taohuashan guerrillas here.

Zhang Quan and Du Shengxi expressed their willingness to stay, because there are not many battles to fight in Shandong, and the Japanese army is everywhere here, and the enemy situation is serious. It's closer, and the road leading to Peach Blossom Mountain has been opened up. In case something happens to Peach Blossom Mountain, it's convenient for them to go back and rescue them.

Gao Jiu understood their feelings, so he agreed that Zhang Quan and Du Shengxi would take three special warfare squadrons to stay and continue to help the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party.

Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui, Jia Liu, Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others bid farewell to Guan Tieshan and others, returned to Guannei, and then flew back to Taohuashan from the Third Military Division of the Jidong Military Region.

(End of this chapter)