The 128th Japanese Brigade was going to Tai'an, which was not new and did not attract special attention from all parties. However, the Military Control Commission still informed Gao Jiu and Wang Jindong about the situation of the Japanese army heading to southern Shandong.

Tai'an is located between Zhiyuan County, and is separated by four counties: Shoucheng County, Pingyue County, Lu County and Lanxi County. In order to get to Zhiyuan County from Tai'an, you must pass through Pingtai Highway, and Pingtai Highway has a considerable section of the road that has to pass through Taohua Mountain. This matter seems to have nothing directly to Zhiyuan County.

These days, Wang Jindong and others are busy accepting interviews. In addition to their main officers, they also have to arrange ordinary soldiers who have participated in the battle to accept recruitment from reporters, and also organize a group of reporters to go to Linchuan Town and Lanxi County for on-site interviews.

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

These things made Wang Jindong and others very busy. In order to cooperate with the work process of the observation group and the press group, the adaptation work of the newly compiled 187th Division itself basically stagnated.

After a period of trouble, the observation group and the press team finally completed their respective tasks and were ready to set off for Wuhan. At this moment, news came from the Japanese siege of Taohua Mountain. The observation group and the press team were very interested in Gaojiu's Taohua Mountain. They asked their respective superiors for instructions, hoping to stay in Zhiyuan County and pay attention to the progress of the Taohua Mountain Battle. The rear was very interested in Gaojiu's anti-encirclement and suppression operations, and agreed to the request of the observation group and the press team, so they all stayed in Zhiyuan County.

In ancient China, bell towers and drum towers were built, with bell towers hanging on the bell towers and big drums placed on the drum towers. Every day at dawn, people ring the big bells and open the city gates; every day at sunset, the city gates are closed. Morning bells and evening drums are important signals for the daily life of ancient people.

There is an ancient bell tower built in Zhiyuan County, which was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has three eaves and four corners. It has dark green glazed tiles on the eaves. It has gold painted painted in the building, carved beams on the painted roof, and a gold-plated roof on the top, which is magnificent.

At this moment, the sunset was slanting, and the wind chimes on the eaves made a slight tinging sound in the wind, adding a distant and quiet atmosphere to the solemn bell tower.

Ouyang Xue stood on the roof, looking at the gradually dark sunset in the sky, and her mood was a little dim.

The news from Taohua Mountain was very heartbreaking. The Japanese army had a whole infantry regiment to siege Taohua Mountain. Ouyang Xue was deeply worried about Gao Jiu.

It's strange that Ouyang Xue and Gao Jiusu have never met each other, but they are very concerned about him.

This is related to Ouyang Xue's personality. She is a cold-hearted person on the outside and warm-hearted person. She usually looks quiet and calm and calm, with a kind of reserve that makes people dare not desecrate. But deep in her heart, she is filled with a firm and lasting passion. She will not easily change her mind for what she has identified.

Last time she was going to Taohua Mountain, she experienced a lot of setbacks, but she did not make a trip in the end. This time she came to Zhiyuan County to go to Taohua Mountain again. Although she saw the current situation, it might be difficult to make a trip again, Ouyang Xue still refused to give up.

If a person invests a lot of energy in one thing, he will gradually develop feelings for it. Ouyang Xue’s mentality at this moment is probably like this.

Zhao Jie is a lively girl with a deep experience, and she can't hide anything in her heart. She said worriedly: "Sister Xiaoxue, I heard that the Japanese besieged Taohua Mountain and thousands of people came. Mr. Gao and the others will not have any trouble, right?"

Ouyang Xue smiled faintly and said, "It's definitely not going to happen. Although there are thousands of Japanese soldiers, Taohua Mountain is so big. I think they can't find Mr. Gao and their guerrillas."

Zhao Jie thought about it and said with some gratitude: "What you said makes sense. I went to Mount Lu when I was a child, and the mountains there were so big. Mr. Gao's Taohua Mountain guerrillas were hidden in the mountains, so it was really hard to find."

Then she asked, "Miss Xiaoxue, there is war in Taohua Mountain. I don't know when Mr. Gao and the others will be able to escape from danger. Do you still have to wait here to go to Taohua Mountain?"

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

Zhao Jie said with some envy: "Miss Xiaoxue, you are so good! I can't make my own decisions, and our newspaper and my family will not agree to me."

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

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

She felt that a scalpel could not save many people. Facing the broken mountains and rivers, many people, including government officials, were in a state of numbness. She believed that at this time, she needed a pen to write the strongest voice of the War of Resistance, to awaken these numb hearts and inspire the morale of the war of resistance between the military and civilians across the country. So she came to the Xinhua Daily without telling her family.

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

Ouyang Xue looked upstairs in the direction where the sound came, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Below the Drum Tower, a middle-aged man in his thirties in his suit and a pair of gold-cup silk glasses stood. Accompanied by two major generals Wang Jindong and Director Zhou, he was standing downstairs and looking upwards.

Behind them, a large group of soldiers from the 187th Division guard battalion with guns and live ammunition were seen as the person coming was extraordinary.

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

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

Ouyang Xue shook her head and said, "Cousin, you don't know my personality. I will definitely not go back with you."

The middle-aged man did not argue with her and said, "I will talk about it later. Let's go back to General Wang's division headquarters, where there are uncles and aunts, and your cousin's handwritten letters."

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

Wang Jindong and Director Zhou sat in the second car, and he said: "Director Zhou, women are getting more and more powerful nowadays. My wife always talks about feminism to me, which is really a headache."

Due to Ouyang Xue's special identity, Director Zhou was not convenient to discuss this topic. He smiled and said, "You see her attitude. I'm afraid we both have to spend some time with this matter and persuade the young lady to go back."

Wang Jindong smiled and said, "It was all caused by my brother Gao Jiu. He is so fond of a woman."

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

Taohua Mountain.

After research, Gao Jiu and others had formulated tactics to deal with the enemy's encirclement and suppression. He decided to wait until the Japanese entered the mountain, Zhang Quan led the First Special Forces Squadron into several guerrilla groups to actively harass and restrain the enemy. Guo Hengming's Second Squadron, Du Shengxi's Firepower Squadron and Geng Hua's Guards, defend Taohua Mountain and resolutely block the enemy's attack. Gao Jiu led Tian Chuan's sniper team to jump out of Taohua Mountain in advance, and raid and fight with Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion and Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion to harass and fight on the periphery. When necessary, use Li Chengwu's Third Squadron of Special Forces to severely attack the enemy.

On the morning of the fourth day, the Japanese army finally dispatched. The first ones were the Yamaguchi brigade that was rebuilt after the Japanese army was annihilated, as well as the Public Security Army brigade of Li Guishan, heading towards Taohua Mountain.

Just after the Japanese and puppet troops left the county town, the investigator sent by Jiang Xiaomei who was responsible for monitoring the enemy's movements rode back to Shangzhuangzi base on a fast horse and reported to Jiang Xiaomei. Jiang Xiaomei immediately sent a telegram to Gao Jiu.

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

The intelligence officer at the Jinan Station of the Military Control Commission reported the movements of the 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army to Xu Zhongming, the stationmaster of the Jinan Station of the Military Control Commission.

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

In order to find out the true intentions of the Japanese army, they took the risk of launching a senior agent lurking in the Japanese Jinan Military Police Command. They soon received news: the 114th Japanese division was about to move south to join the Wuhan battle. The 128th Brigade, as the vanguard of the 114th Division, first drove to Xuzhou.

Xu Zhongming and others immediately reported the information to the Military Command Headquarters.

After sending the telegram, Zhou Mingshan said: "Webmaster, should you notify Brother Gao of this news?"

Xu Zhongming felt it was unnecessary, and he said: "This matter has nothing to do with Brother Gao's Taohua Mountain. He is now dealing with the Japanese's encirclement and suppression of Taohua Mountain. Don't distract him from it."

Zhou Mingshan felt that what Webmaster Xu said made sense, so he no longer insisted on informing Gao Jiu.

The Japanese army who came out of Pingyue County advanced 40 miles and arrived at Majiaao Village outside Taohua Mountain.

Majiaao Village is one of the 17 fortress villages of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas. Before the Japanese arrived, Zhang Quan personally led a team of special forces to Majiaao Village. They wanted to mobilize the villagers here to evacuate to prevent them from being harmed by the Japanese army.

Due to insufficient troops in the Japanese army and this area is the sphere of influence of the Taohua Mountain 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 met the Japanese, and they are not afraid of the Japanese. Therefore, many villagers are unwilling to evacuate.

Zhang Quan'er personally did the work of an old man. This old man has a high prestige in the village. He hoped that this old man could take the lead. Who would have thought that this old man would refuse to leave.

The so-called "destroyed family is worth a lot of money, and a gold and silver nest is not as good as a doghouse for one's own family. It is understandable that the villagers are reluctant to leave their homes.

Zhang Quanzheng felt a headache, and the 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 Japanese devils were inhumane and asked him to persuade the villagers to evacuate.

After listening to the team members' reports, Zhang Quan felt that these villagers were really troublesome and couldn't help but get annoyed. He said to the old man: "Old guy! You are really ungrateful, why don't you get in? If you don't leave, I will set fire to your house."

The old man knew that the Taohuashan guerrillas would not bully the people. He said, "How could you do that by this head of the family? Isn't that a bandit?"

The old man's words suddenly reminded Zhang Quan, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "Hey, if you don't remind me, I almost forgot that I was a bandit. Come! If you tie up this old man, if you don't leave, you will really burn his house."

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

The special forces members had long wanted to do this. They returned to the homes of the villagers who refused to leave, punched and kicked the villagers, and drove all the villagers out of the village and carried them to the mountains.

Shortly after the villagers left the village, a woman who returned to her parents' home brought her three-year-old child back to the village. This time she returned to her parents' home, she originally planned to come back tomorrow afternoon, but she was thinking about her husband who was ill in bed. Seeing that there was nothing to do at her parents' home, she rushed back in advance.
Chapter completed!