The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 249 I almost forgot I was a bandit
The 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army is going to Tai'an. This is not new news, and it has not attracted special attention from all parties.However, the military command still notified Gao Jiu and Wang Jindong of the situation of the Japanese troops going to the southern Shandong area.

Tai'an is far from Zhiyuan County, separated by Shoucheng County, Pingyue County, Lu County, and Lanxi County. In order to reach Zhiyuan County from Tai'an, one must pass through the Pingtai Highway, which is quite long. The section of the road will pass through the Taohua Mountains.This incident seems to have no direct relationship with Zhiyuan County.

These days, Wang Jindong and others are busy accepting interviews. In addition to their main officers, they also have to arrange for ordinary soldiers who have participated in battles to be interviewed by reporters. On-the-spot interviews.

The officer observation group should understand the actual combat effectiveness of the original 792 regiment, summarize the experience and lessons of each battle they participated in, observe their training exercises, and so on.

These things made Wang Jindong and others very busy. In order to cooperate with the work process of the observation group and the reporter group, the adaptation work of the new 187th Division basically came to a standstill.

After a period of tossing, the observation group and the reporter group finally completed their respective tasks and were ready to leave for Wuhan.At this moment, news came that the Japanese army besieged Taohuashan. The observation group and the reporter group were very interested in Gaojiu's Taohuashan. They asked their superiors for instructions, hoping to stay in Zhiyuan County and pay attention to the progress of the Taohuashan battle The progress.The rear area was very interested in Gao Jiu's Taohuashan anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, and agreed to the request of the observation group and the reporter group, so they all stayed in Zhiyuan County.

In ancient China, there were bell towers and drum towers in all the cities and towns. Bell towers were hung with bells and drums were placed on the drum towers.Every day at dawn, people ring the big bell and open the city gate; every day at sunset they beat drums and the city gate closes."Morning bell and evening drum" is an important signal for the daily life of the ancient people.

In Zhiyuan County, there is an ancient bell tower built in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has three-story eaves and four corners. The eaves are covered with dark green glazed tiles. The inside of the building is pasted with gold paintings, painted pillars and carved beams.

At this moment, the setting sun is slanting, and the wind chimes on the eaves make a slight ding-dong sound in the wind, adding a distant and quiet atmosphere to the solemn bell tower.

Ouyang Xue stood on the top of the building, looking at the gradually darkening sunset in the sky, feeling a little gloomy.

The news from Peach Blossom Mountain is very worrying. A whole infantry regiment of the Japanese army went to besiege Peach Blossom Mountain. Ouyang Xue was deeply worried about Gao Jiu.

It is also very strange to say that Ouyang Xue and Gao Jiusu have never met, but they miss him very much.

This has something to do with Ouyang Xue's character. She is a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside. She usually looks calm and indifferent, with a kind of reserve that makes people dare not profane, but deep in her heart is a firm and lasting passion. She will not change her mind easily.

The last time she wanted to go to Peach Blossom Mountain, she went through a lot of setbacks, but in the end she didn't make it.The purpose of coming to Zhiyuan County this time is to go to Peach Blossom Mountain again. Although seeing the current situation, it may be difficult to make the trip again, Ouyang Xue still refuses to give up.

A person who puts a lot of energy into a matter will gradually develop feelings for this matter. This is probably the state of mind of Ouyang Xue at the moment.

Zhao Jie is a lively girl who has not experienced much in the world, and she can't hide things in her heart.She said worriedly: "Sister Xiaoxue, I heard that the devils besieged Peach Blossom Mountain and thousands of people came. Mr. Gao and the others will be all right?"

Ouyang Xue smiled faintly, and said: "It's sure nothing will happen. Although there are thousands of devils, but Taohua Mountain is so big, I don't think they can find Mr. Gao and their guerrillas."

Zhao Jie thought for a while, and said with some gratitude: "You are right. I went to Lushan Mountain when I was a child. The mountain there is so big. Mr. Gao's Peach Blossom Mountain guerrillas are hidden in the mountain, and it is really hard to find."

Then she asked: "Sister Xiaoxue, there is a war at Peach Blossom Mountain. I don't know when Mr. Gao and the others will be out of danger. Are you still waiting here to go to Peach Blossom Mountain?"

Ouyang Xue nodded and said firmly: "No matter how long I wait, I will definitely go to Peach Blossom Mountain."

Zhao Jie said enviously: "Miss Xiaoxue, you are really good! I can't be my own master, our newspaper office and my family will not agree to my going."

Ouyang Xue said: "There will be resistance to doing anything, it depends on whether you can persevere."

In fact, it is not easy for Ouyang Xue to do things according to her wishes. She graduated from the famous Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the United States, but she did not engage in this industry after graduation.

She feels that a scalpel can't save many people. Facing the broken mountains and rivers, many people, including government officials, are in a state of numbness.She believes that at this time, a pen is more needed to write the strongest voice of the War of Resistance, to awaken these numb hearts, and to boost the morale of the war of resistance among the soldiers and civilians across the country.So she came to the "Xinhua Daily" agency without telling her family.

Ouyang Xue was instructing Zhao Jie when she heard someone calling herself from the bell tower: "Cousin."

Ouyang Xue looked in the direction of the sound from upstairs, and couldn't help but smiled wryly.

Under the Drum Tower, a middle-aged man in his 30s wearing a suit and a pair of gold cup silk glasses on his fair face was standing downstairs, accompanied by two major generals, Wang Jindong and Director Zhou. look up.

Behind them, followed by a large group of soldiers from the 187th Division Guard Battalion armed with live ammunition, it can be seen that the identities of the visitors are extraordinary.

Ouyang Xue and Zhao Jie came downstairs, she said with some displeasure: "Cousin, how did you find this place?"

The middle-aged man said: "Cousin, you are so self-willed! Your cousin misses you very much and asked me to pick you up."

Ouyang Xue shook her head and said, "Cousin, it's not that you don't know my character, I definitely won't go back with you."

The middle-aged man didn't argue with her, and said, "I'll talk about this later. Let's go back to General Wang's division first. There are letters from my uncle, aunt, and your cousin."

Ouyang Xue felt a headache. It seemed that her cousin had spent a lot of effort to get her to go back.She reluctantly followed the middle-aged man into the car and drove towards the headquarters of the 187th Division.

Wang Jindong and Director Zhou sat in the second car, and he said, "Director Zhou, women are becoming more and more powerful these days. My wife always talks about women's rights to me, which is really a headache."

Due to Ouyang Xue's special status, it is inconvenient for Director Zhou to discuss this topic.He smiled and said: "You have seen her attitude, I'm afraid the two of us will have to spend some time thinking about this matter, and persuade the eldest lady to go back."

Wang Jindong laughed and said, "It's all my Brother Gao Jiu's fault. He is really too attractive to women."

Since the 115th Wing of the Japanese Army held a combat meeting, for three days, the Japanese army did not make any major moves. They just purchased supplies in the county town and took a rest.

Peach Blossom Mountain.

After research, Gao Jiu and others have formulated tactics to deal with the enemy's encirclement and suppression.He decided to wait until the devils entered the mountain. Zhang Quan led the No. [-] Special Warfare Squadron into several guerrilla groups to actively harass and contain the enemy.Guo Hengming's No. [-] Squadron, Du Shengxi's Fire Team and Geng Hua's Guards stood firm on Taohua Mountain and resolutely blocked the enemy's attack.Gao Jiu led Tian Chuan's sniper team, jumped out of Taohua Mountain ahead of time, and fought against Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion and Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion on the periphery.When necessary, use Li Chengwu's third squadron of special forces to strike the enemy hard.

On the morning of the fourth day, the Japanese army finally dispatched. The first to come out was the Yamaguchi Brigade rebuilt after the Japanese army was annihilated, and Li Guishan's security force brigade, marching towards Taohuashan.

Just after the Japanese and puppet troops left the county, the scouts sent by Jiang Xiaomei to monitor the enemy's movements rode fast horses back to Shangzhuangzi base and reported to Jiang Xiaomei. Jiang Xiaomei immediately sent a telegram to Gao Jiu.

At the same time, the Japanese 128th Brigade arrived in Tai'an, but they did not get off in Tai'an and continued to drive towards Zaozhuang.

The intelligence agent at the Tai'an station in Jinan of the military command reported the movement of the 128th Brigade of the Japanese army to Xu Zhongming, the station chief of the Jinan station of the military command.

Xu Zhongming, Zhou Mingshan and others felt that something was wrong. They did not understand why the Japanese army did not stay in Tai'an, but continued to go south.

In order to find out the real intention of the Japanese army, they took the risk to activate a senior special agent lurking in the Jinan Gendarmerie Headquarters of Japan.They soon got the news that the 114th Division of the Japanese Army was about to go south to join the battle in Wuhan. The 128th Brigade, as the vanguard of the 114th Division, first drove to Xuzhou.

Xu Zhongming and others immediately reported this information to the military command headquarters.

After sending this telegram, Zhou Mingshan said: "Station Master, do you want to inform Brother Gao of this news?"

Xu Zhongming didn't think it was necessary. He said, "This matter has nothing to do with Brother Gao's Peach Blossom Mountain. He is currently dealing with the devil's encirclement and suppression of Peach Blossom Mountain. Don't let him be distracted."

Zhou Mingshan felt that what the station master said made sense, so he stopped insisting on reporting to Gao Jiu.

The Japanese army from Pingyue County advanced 40 miles and arrived at Majia'ao Village outside Taohua Mountain.

Majia'ao Village is one of the 17 fortress villages of the Taohuashan guerrillas. Before the arrival of the Japanese army, Zhang Quan personally led a detachment of special forces to Majia'ao Village. They wanted to mobilize the villagers to evacuate to prevent They were persecuted by the Japanese army.

Due to the lack of Japanese troops and the fact that this area is the area of ​​influence of the Taohuashan guerrillas, the Japanese army has never been to this village. Except for a few people who often go out to do business, the villagers have basically never seen the Japanese. Not afraid of the Japanese.Therefore, many villagers are unwilling to evacuate.

Zhang Quaner personally does the work of an old man who has a high prestige in the village, and he hopes that the old man can play a leading role.Who would have thought that this old man would refuse to leave anyway.

The so-called broken house is worth ten thousand yuan, and the golden nest and silver nest are not as good as your own doghouse.The villagers are understandably reluctant to leave their homes.

Zhang Quanzheng felt a headache, and other team members came to report to him, saying that many villagers were unwilling to leave.

Before leaving, Gao Jiu specifically told Zhang Quan that the 114th Division of the Japanese Army had participated in the Nanjing Massacre, and that these devils were inhuman, so he had to persuade the villagers to evacuate.

After listening to the team members' reports, Zhang Quan felt that these villagers were too troublesome, and couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.He said to the old man: "Old guy! You really don't know what to do, why don't you let oil and salt in? If you don't leave, I will set fire to your house."

The old man knew that the Peach Blossom Mountain guerrillas would not bully the people, so he said, "The head of the family, how could you do that? Isn't that a bandit?"

Zhang Quan was reminded of the old man's words, and he couldn't help laughing: "Hey, if you don't remind me, I almost forgot that I was originally a bandit. Come on! Bind up this old man, if you don't leave, you will be real." Burned his house down."

Two special forces members came forward, but Mr. Gu struggled and cursed, tied him up, pushed him and walked out of the village.

The special forces team members have long wanted to do this. They went back to the homes of the villagers who refused to leave just now, punched and kicked those villagers, and forced all the villagers out of the village. Moved to the mountains.

Not long after the villagers left the village, a woman returning to her natal home returned to the village with her three-year-old child in her arms.When she went back to her natal home this time, she originally planned to come back tomorrow afternoon, but she was thinking about her husband who was sick in bed, and seeing that there was nothing going on at her natal home, she rushed back early.

Not long after the mother and son entered the village, Japanese and puppet troops surrounded them.

(End of this chapter)