The Japanese army responsible for surrounding Han Zhihao and others were all from the Nakajima Advance Team, and Jiro Nakajima personally led a team to find a way up the mountain. Shortly after Gao Jiu and others left, they finally found the mountain where the two sides were repeatedly fighting for. At this time, except for more than a dozen Japanese corpses on the top of the mountain, the Anti-Japanese Army had long disappeared.

The Japanese under the hillside were scared by the sudden blow, and they were still slowly preparing to attack at the foot of the mountain. When they saw Jiro Nakajima above the top of the mountain, they stood up and climbed up the hillside.

Jiro Nakajima was very surprised. It turned out that when he was at the foot of the mountain, he carefully observed the situation on the mountain with a telescope. At that time, the Anti-Japanese Army was surrounded by the Japanese army up and down the mountain. He didn't understand why such a sudden change occurred.

Seeing the Japanese squadron leader with a bandage on his head walking over, he stepped forward and asked, "Yamashita, how did the Zhina escape? Did the enemy come to reinforcements?"

The squadron leader at the foot of the mountain said in horror: "Kun Nakajima, I don't know where some people in black came from. Their shooting skills are accurate, they can run quickly on the hillside, and can throw grenades 100 meters away, causing heavy casualties to our army. They raided the Huang army warriors on the top of the mountain and rescued the men."

"Who are they in black clothes?" Jiro Nakajima said to himself while thinking.

The captain of the squadron at the foot of the mountain knew a little bit of Chinese, and he said, "After the men in black came, they were only angry with the people. They shouted the name Jiuye."

"Nine-ye, Nine-ye? Nine-ye. Takako Momoya Mountain? Could it be him?" Jiro Nakajima opened his eyes wide in surprise.

He was also very interested in Gao Jiu and wanted to compete with him. He collected a lot of information about Gao Jiu and knew that the people called Gao Jiu. Jiro Nakajima could basically determine that this person was Gao Jiu based on the battlefield situation provided by the squadron leader Yamashita.

Jiro Nakajima was very excited. He immediately followed the half-squad of Japanese troops he brought with him and chased him towards the retreat of Gao Jiu and others.

Not long after, Jiro Nakajima met another Japanese army on the road who was circumventing. They were the Japanese army team that had previously been circumvented from the river beach.

Jiro Nakajima asked, "Did that catch the woman only?"

The team leader told Jiro Nakajima about what he saw by the river, Gao Jiu and Ouyang Xue falling into the river.

Jiro Nakajima is now 100% sure that that person is Gao Jiu. He is very excited now that that woman is not important to him. If he can catch or knock Gao Jiu out, he will become a superhero in the minds of the Japanese.

He said emotionally: "Do you know who that hateful guy is? He is the infamous Gao Jiu. He killed many of our Huang army warriors and was a vicious jackal.

Warriors! Let's chase after you and destroy this hateful guy!"

The soldiers of the Nakajima Tsui army won major victories in winning the Daqinghe Bridge and Hanhuaduo Ferry. They were all full of confidence and felt that there was no enemy in the world that they could not defeat. At this time, their mood was the same as Jiro Nakajima, and they all hoped to find a more powerful enemy to compete.

After hearing what Jiro Nakajima said, the officers and soldiers who advanced to the team were like chicken blood. After walking for so long, they didn't seem to feel tired.

They asked Jiro Nakajima to give orders to chase after him and eliminate Gao Jiu and his Momora Mountain Special Forces.

Gao Jiu took Han Zhihao and others to evacuate. Where Han Zhihao and the soldiers of the Kuomintang passed by were difficult to leave some traces. Jiro Nakajima asked several soldiers who were good at tracing to lead the way in front and chased them in the direction of the retreat of Gao Jiu and others.

After Gao Jiu and others came down from the mountain, they climbed up another hillside and stopped to rest in a bush.

Gao Jiu said: "Establish a radio station."

Li Shengdong took off the radio station from his back, and Gao Jiu sent several telegrams in succession.

Zhiyuan County Town.

Wang Jindong and others had just repelled an enemy's attack, and the 187th Division lost more than 400 officers and soldiers, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was a little depressed.

The newly-edition 187th Division was just formed, and most of them were recruits. The reason why they were able to fight back against the attacks of the Japanese army with well-equipped, well-trained and rich combat experience was all thanks to Wang Jindong's painstaking efforts.

Wang Jindong built a large number of strong fortifications in Zhiyuan County for so long. Each trench was dug with a Tibetan military hole, covered with thick wooden boards and a thick layer of soil, enough to fight against the direct bombing of the largest caliber artillery 92 infantry cannons equipped by the 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Many traffic trenches were dug between the trenches to facilitate the mobilization of troops. In many areas, there were also strong firepower points built with steel and cement.

This is not the most critical. The most important thing is that Wang Jindong has accumulated a large amount of ammunition over the years. The officers and soldiers of the National Army did not need to save ammunition. When they saw the Japanese rushing up, they would shoot desperately. The fierce firepower suppressed the Japanese's attack and barely defended the position.

Obofu, the commander of the 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army, was an experienced general. He not only bombarded the positions of the national army, but also fired fire into the county town from time to time. He wanted to create panic in the county town and shake the confidence of the soldiers and civilians guarding the city.

Wang Jindong is also an experienced old army. He has already organized a temporary military police force to patrol the city and maintain public order.

The people from the observation group and the press group have been moved to the basement under the bell tower in the city. They have heard almost all the bad news: the Qinghe Bridge was bombed, the Han Baidu Ferry was controlled by the enemy, Lanxi County was lost, Linchuan Town and Qinglong Town were lost. Wang Jindong's 187th Division has now been besieged in Zhiyuan County.

Of course, they are also included, and they are now trapped in the county town.

Everyone was worried and could not help but panic. Especially those reporters from the press team, they were a little excited. Now they are very regretful, why they stayed in Zhiyuan County.

Ouyang Xue was once a member of the press team. Her outstanding appearance and elegant temperament left a deep impression on the reporters. At this time, they had noticed that Ouyang Xue was not here. Moreover, even Zhao Jie, who was with her, had never appeared. They asked the leader of the press team with concern.

Among these people, only Director Zhou of the Political Department knew about Ouyang Xue being secretly escorted away. When the leader of the reporter group asked him this question, he said that Ouyang Xue and Zhao Jie were arranged to go to Lanxi County for an interview, and their whereabouts are unknown now.

In fact, in Director Zhou's mind, Ouyang Xue and others are really missing. It can be imagined that Han Huadu Ferry has now been occupied by the Japanese. If Ouyang Xue and others go there, they must have fallen into the trap.

He also felt a little guilty. When he was in Nanyang, he shouldn't have agreed to bring Ouyang Xue to Zhiyuan County.

The reporters heard that Ouyang Xue and Zhao Jie went to Lanxi County, which has been occupied by the Japanese. It is conceivable that they must be in danger.

Thinking of Ouyang Xue and the others' situation, the reporters felt a little grateful while sympathizing with their situation. For a moment, their emotions seemed to be comforted.

But not long after, they began to worry about their situation again. They knew that once Zhiyuan County was captured by the Japanese army, their fate would be the same as Ouyang Xue and others. These reporters were considered war correspondents and had seen the world, but they had always followed the large army of the National Army and had never tried to be in such a dangerous situation. The reporters were talking, hoping that the officers and soldiers of the 187th Division could defend the county town, and at the same time urged Director Zhou to send telegrams to Wuhan, asking Shangfeng to send reinforcements to rescue Zhiyuan County.

They also used their relationships to make the rear side put pressure on the national army and send reinforcements to rescue as soon as possible.

The reporters wrote a lot of letters of distress, and even many farewell letters to their families, asking Director Zhou to send these telegrams as soon as possible. The war is so tense now that the telecommunications room of the 187th Division is very busy, so there is no time to send out these messy telegrams. Director Zhou could only reject these reporters, so these reporters were excited and argued with Director Zhou.

At this time, Chief of Staff Liu came, not only Chief of Staff Liu, but also Wang Jindong came in person.

Seeing them coming, everyone surrounded them. Director Zhou asked anxiously: "Secretary Wang, what's the situation? The position has not been lost, right?"

Wang Jindong looked smiling and said, "Don't worry, everyone should worry! My 187th Division has been in operation for many years, has strong fortifications and ammunition. If the Japanese want to break through the position of my 187th Division, then take their lives. Don't worry, my 187th Division will definitely defend the county town."

The colonel led the Ninth War Zone said with concern: "The county town is surrounded and there are no reinforcements outside. This is not a solution."

"Yes, without reinforcements, how can we rescue the siege?" the reporters said one after another.

Wang Jindong smiled and said, "I'm here now to tell you a good news. We not only have reinforcements, but also very powerful reinforcements."

Speaking of this, Wang Jindong specially kept it in order to create a relaxed atmosphere.

The press team and the observation team asked one after another: "Where did reinforcements come from?"

Wang Jindong was a little proud. He showed off his attitude of holding a press conference and said with great momentum: "Ladies and gentlemen! You have already completed the interview task, why do you still have to stay?"

Everyone suddenly understood that they stayed here just to observe the progress of the Japanese siege of Gao Jiu in Taohua Mountain. The reinforcements Wang Jindong mentioned were naturally Gao Jiu.

The colonel led the team in the fifth war zone said first: "Is it Gao Jiu's guerrillas from Taohua Mountain? Aren't they trapped in Taohua Mountain?"

Everyone also cast doubtful eyes at Wang Jindong.

Wang Jindong smiled and said, "Just because the Japanese still want to besiege me Brother Gao? Let me tell you some good news. The Japanese sent a large group of troops to besiege Brother Gao's Taohua Mountain. They were all annihilated by Brother Gao in one night. That was a total of 1,000 Japanese devils."

"Okay, okay!" Everyone burst out with warm applause, and the atmosphere in the basement suddenly became lively, and the clouds that enveloped people's hearts seemed to have dissipated.

Wang Jindong said happily: "Don't worry! Now, my brother Gao has brought his main force in Taohua Mountain, the cavalry battalion of the 24th Regiment of our unit, and the independent battalion in southern Shandong. Now it is near the county town. You can rest assured now, right?!"

Hearing that Gao Jiu's Taohua Mountain guerrillas had arrived at the outskirts of Zhiyuan County, everyone's hearts settled down suddenly. They didn't even ask how many guerrillas were there in Taohua Mountain? Because this question is not important. The Taohua Mountain guerrillas are fighting Japanese devils now. As long as they take action, they will annihilate a whole squad of Japanese devils.

Although there were a whole brigade of Japanese soldiers outside, all of them were only more than ten brigades, and they were all wiped out in no time.

In fact, the accounts are not calculated in this way. During a war, the combat effectiveness of the two brigades of Japanese devils together is not 11=2, and at least the ability of three brigades to fight alone can reach the ability of three brigades to fight alone. However, in the minds of people at this time, this is to think so in hopes of being comforted.

Wang Jindong knew that the observation group and the press group had a lot of energy. He didn't want these people to get in trouble, as it would cause him a lot of trouble. In order to completely appease them, Wang Jindong said: "Everyone can rest assured that Brother Gao and I have already contacted each other and have made careful combat deployments. It won't take long to repel the Japanese's attack and lift their siege of the county."

He said this was true. The reason why he came here was because Gao Jiu sent him a telegram.

The battle plan proposed by Gao Jiu was that since the ferry and bridge were no longer accessible, the 187th Division must rely on its own strength to defeat the 128th Japanese Brigade.

Now, although the newly formed 187th Division is surrounded in the county town, it has a huge force, sufficient ammunition, and the supply of grain and other materials is enough to support it for more than half a year. As long as you can firmly hold on to the county town and continuously consume the Japanese army with the strong fortifications, you can win the battle.

Although the 128th Brigade of the Japanese army was strong, they had a big flaw: they were rushing for a long distance, and the amount of food and ammunition they carried was limited and they could not be replenished on the spot. Therefore, their offensive could not last long.

Gao Jiu planned to send people to cut off the supply line of the 128th Brigade of the Japanese army, and at the same time raided the Japanese army on the periphery of the battlefield, looking for opportunities to annihilate a small group of Japanese troops and constantly consumed them. It won’t take long for the Japanese army to run out of ammunition and food, and in the end, they were forced to evacuate. At that time, the 187th Division, with the cooperation of Gao Jiu and others, will chase and kill the Japanese army. If nothing unexpected happens, they will be able to achieve a great victory.

Wang Jindong is now very at ease and feels so relaxed.

After soothing everyone's emotions, Wang Jindong expressed his second purpose for coming here. He invited the observation team to go to the division headquarters war room.

On the way, Director Zhou asked worriedly: "Is there any news about Miss Ouyang?"

Wang Jindong smiled and said, "I was inconvenient to say it in front of everyone. Now I can tell you a good news: Miss Ouyang has crossed the Daqing River and was escorted to Nanyang."

Director Zhou said in surprise: "It's so good, otherwise you and I will not be able to explain it. Commander Wang, you have made great contributions this time."

Wang Jindong smiled and said, "How can I have that ability? I sent someone to escort Miss Ouyang to the ferry, but I was intercepted by the Japanese army on the way. I sent a telegram to Brother Gao, and it was Brother Gao who rescued Miss Ouyang."

Director Zhou said with emotion: "This Gao Jiu is really amazing. Commander Wang, I really admire you. Why did you have such a good relationship with Gao Jiu?"

Speaking of this, Wang Jindong was very proud and simply told Director Zhou about his dating with Gao Jiu.

Director Zhou said with emotion: "Teacher Wang, I still admire you very much. Being able to establish an alliance with Gao Jiu's Taohua Mountain means you have a high strategic vision."

When Wang Jindong heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

When he arrived at the war room of the division headquarters, Wang Jindong said: "Now we are all besieged in the county town, which can be said to be a sharing of life and death. Brother, I have a problem, so please help me."

Director Zhou and the two colonels led by the Fifth War Zone and the Ninth War Zone were smart people. They knew very well about the situation of the 187th Division. Wang Jindong asked them to come, and they already knew what he was going to say.

Sure enough, Wang Jindong said: "The officers at all levels of your observation regiment are all elites of our army and have rich combat experience. My 187th Division has just been formed, and what I lack the most is excellent commanders. The situation is now critical, so please lend a helping hand and let us overcome the difficulties together."

The officers of the Observation Group have discussed this matter, and they have long had this intention. However, they must obey Wang Jindong's arrangements. Now, when they heard Wang Jindong ask this question, the two colonels of the Fifth and Ninth War Zones expressed their willingness to obey Wang Jindong's arrangements.

Wang Jindong was overjoyed and directly asked Chief of Staff Liu to take the officers down to various troops.

After all this was arranged, Wang Jindong sat on the chair, crossed his legs easily, picked up the telegram from his wife and started reading.

Last time Gao Jiu went to Wuhan, he met Wang Jindong's wife. When he came back, he even sent a letter from home to Wang Jindong for his wife.

Wang Jindong's wife is Lin Yanni's best friend, and she knows the intimate relationship between Lin Yanni and Gao Jiu very well. She told Wang Jindong that she had asked Lin Yanni to send a telegram to Gao Jiu and ask him to come to rescue Wang Jindong.

After reading the telegram, Wang Jindong said to himself: "This time I will defeat the Japanese, I will go to the Lin family to propose marriage for brother Gao Jiu."

In the bushes on the mountain by the Daqing River, Gao Jiu finished sending a telegram and was about to leave.

Han Zhihao and others also wanted to leave with Gao Jiu and others. Now all around are Japanese soldiers, and they are the ones. It is very rare to stay here. Only by following Gao Jiu and others can you have hope of survival.
To be continued...