Hamada Yoshihiro took his combat plan and came to General Matsuda's office and reported to General Matsuda. Unexpectedly, General Matsuda did not support his opinion this time.

General Matsuda had his own difficulties. Now, several Japanese troops from the Shandong region have come to the Japanese region, and the division of labor of the unit has become clearer. The rights of the Jinan Military Police Command have been further reduced. The main task is to be responsible for the public security of Jinan City. The military police commanders in other places are all heads of the field army or garrison divisions. The Jinan Military Police Command has no direct affiliation with them, so they can only provide business guidance. The matter of sending troops and fighting has nothing to do with him, and it is not convenient for him to intervene.

Another reason is that General Matsuda has always supported Himeda Yoshihiro, but Himeda Yoshihiro is a disaster star. Every time he formulates a combat plan, it will cause significant losses to the Huang army. Therefore, although his plan looks perfect, no one is willing to adopt his plan.

In addition, there is another important reason. After the Lao Eighth Route Army from Shanxi entered Shandong, their team was really fast. From the initial one or two regiments, the strength of the troops was rapidly expanded to more than 20 regiments. Military sub-districts were established in many places in the eastern and northern parts of Shandong, mobilizing the masses, establishing local armed forces and grassroots regimes. They were the biggest enemy in the battle with the Japanese and puppet troops for the rule of Shandong.

On the contrary, Gao Jiuzhang was active in the Taohua Mountain area, and even the nearby Shoucheng County, Hepingyue County, did not harass him, which was much smaller, and the threat to the Japanese army in Shandong was much smaller. Therefore, Taohua Mountain was not the main target of the Japanese army in Shandong.

Therefore, the 12th Japanese Army Command has no plans to siege Taohua Mountain on a large scale.

General Matsuda did not directly reject Yoshihiro Hamada's plan. He patiently explained the combat ideas of the 12th Army Command at this stage.

Although Hamada Yoshiji disagreed and still felt that the Taohuashan guerrillas were a great threat, he had only the right to suggest, and was limited to the Jinan Military Police Command. He could not speak for the actions of the field army, and could not affect the combat thoughts of the 12th Army Command.

He had no choice but to stop dealing with Gao Jiu for the time being and focus on maintaining the public security in Jinan City.

As the saying goes, arrogant soldiers will be defeated.

The 8th Japanese Division participated in the Battle of Xuzhou and Wuhan, and achieved considerable results. This time, the officers and soldiers felt a little wronged. They were unwilling to take on local security work. They were more willing to attack cities and villages and make achievements.

The 15th Brigade lost a squadron's troops in Shoucheng County, which did not attract much attention. When they received Gao Jiu's challenge, they dispatched a large squadron's troops to Shoucheng County to receive the bodies of the Japanese army from that squadron.

There are plains from Tai'an to Shoucheng County. They don't believe that they will be attacked by enemy forces under such terrain.

The Japanese Ito Brigade left Tai'an arrogantly and headed towards Shoucheng County.

The special combat brigade and cavalry brigade of the Taohuashan guerrillas were all cavalry. The Type 92 infantry artillery they carried was transported by cars and was extremely fast. Just when the Japanese army left Tai'an City and had not yet left Tai'an, they were already ambushing at the junction of Tai'an and Shoucheng County, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army.

The number of Taohuashan guerrillas was limited, with a total of 400 people participating in the war, and a Japanese infantry brigade of more than 1,100 people. In terms of the number of people, it was a little less, but the equipment of Taohuashan guerrillas had a great advantage.

This time, Gao Jiu and others carried 8 Type 92 infantry cannons, 24 mortars, 12 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 36 Czech light machine guns and 22 crooked machine guns. This firepower exceeded the firepower of a Japanese infantry corps.

The guerrillas dug a foot deep shallow ditch behind natural shelters about 100 meters away from the highway, behind fields, ditches, etc., lay raincoats and quilts below, and lay comfortably there, covering their bodies with yellow sheets, and then sprinkled with dust.

Looking from the road, you can't find the traces of guerrillas. The artillery can't be used at close range, so it is hidden in a cemetery far from the road.

Ito Brigade decided to set out temporarily. Captain Ito never expected that in such a short time, there would be a large number of enemy troops lying so close to Tai'an City. The Japanese army's large groups of troops were advancing on the road without any defense, as if they were traveling around the mountains and rivers.

The first shot of the battle was still fired by Takawa. Captain Ito rode on the tall horse and the target was very obvious. Takawa was the number one sharpshooter in the Taohua Mountain guerrillas except Gao Jiu. His current shooting skills have basically reached the point of being superb. At a distance of 100 meters, he can also kill the target like Gao Jiu.

With a gunshot, Captain Ito's head blossomed and he fell directly from the horse.

The order of shooting of the Taohuashan guerrillas is that the sniper team will first launch an attack, and their mission is to destroy the enemy's commander and machine gunner as soon as possible.

The rest of the guerrillas fired immediately after the Special Forces sniper team opened fire, with less than one second between them.

The Japanese army is a brigade, with a large number of commanders at all levels. The sniper squad can only choose Japanese commanders with higher ranks as much as possible to open fire. The Japanese army is very strict, and their ranks are easy to judge in the marching queue. Commanders with higher ranks usually walk at the front of the queue, and officers with lower ranks stand in the queue. In the first round of shooting of the sniper squadron, officers above the squadron leader of Ito brigade were basically killed.

Before the Japanese army could react, 12 heavy machine guns, 36 Czech light machine guns and 22 crooked machine guns opened fire at the Japanese team, and the rifles in the hands of other team members also spit out fire snakes.

The firepower of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas was too fierce, and the bullets were like windy and there were no dead corners. Most of the Japanese troops were killed immediately. A small number of Japanese troops who survived by chance lay on the ground and began to fight back.

The guerrillas did not launch a charge. They continued to use firepower to suppress the enemy, and then used Type 92 infantry cannons and mortars to bomb the remaining Japanese troops. The members of the sniper team also kept killing the enemies they could see and still alive.

In just five minutes, the Taohuashan guerrillas fired 260 shells, more than 300,000 bullets of various types. On average, 300 bullets were consumed for every enemy that was eliminated. Looking at the whole country, only the Taohuashan guerrillas could afford it.

In fact, this kind of war is not too disadvantageous. First, it greatly reduces the casualties of guerrillas. Secondly, the sooner the enemy is defeated, the more abundant the capture will be.

This battle took only five minutes. At the cost of sacrificing one person, seriously injuring one person, and slightly injuring two people, 1,088 Japanese infantry brigade were wiped out, 726 complete weapons, more than 600 rounds of Type 92 infantry artillery and mortar shells, and more than 260,000 various bullets, basically replenishing the amount of ammunition consumed by the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Tai'an City, the 15th Brigade Headquarters.

The commander of the Akiyama Brigade was a little confused. Not long ago, he received a report from Hirata, the commander of the military police in Shoucheng County. He said that the Taohuashan guerrillas sent him another letter, asking him to tell the commander of the Akiyama Brigade to use money to redeem the body. This time there are not more than 100 people, and more than 1,000 people from Ito Brigade have to be added.

Gao Jiu didn't speak loudly. The corpses of Japanese officers and soldiers, regardless of the officers and soldiers, were rounded up at the price of five oceans, and asked the Qiushan Brigade Leader to spend 50,000 oceans to buy the bodies back.

And he said that if the commander of the Akiyama Brigade was not convinced, he could send someone else. Anyway, one more would be more than five oceans.

The commander of the Qiushan Brigade was so angry that he began to calm down. You should know that a standard infantry brigade of the Japanese army was almost able to compete with a division of the Guo army, and was suddenly wiped out in an unknown way. You can imagine how powerful the Taohuashan guerrillas were.

After a while, he calmed down and carefully studied the previous battle examples of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas. Then he found that using the troops below the corps to deal with the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas would be to die.

He didn't dare to send troops without authorization anymore, and immediately reported the information to the division headquarters.

At this time, the captain of Yamamoto's garrison saw that Akiyama was fooled and his attitude was no longer so arrogant. He told him about his previous experience and persuaded him to pay the Taohuashan guerrillas obediently.

The commander of the Akiyama Brigade was still a little dissatisfied. He said, "Yamamoto, you are too timid. You actually did something like paying such a large sum of money to the bandits. I won't give it to you. See what can those bandits do to me?"

He made up his mind to lead the main force of the 15th Brigade to take back the body, so that Gao Jiu knew that he was not threatened. He didn't believe that if he was dispatched at the same time, what else could Gao Jiu do to him?

When the captain of Yamamoto's garrison saw that Akiyama was still stubborn, he knew that this guy was in trouble and Gao Jiu would definitely have a further blow to him.

Captain Yamamoto couldn't stand Akiyama's arrogant face, and he was too lazy to remind Akiyama. Back to the garrison, Captain Yamamoto told his subordinates to strengthen their defense and keep one eye open when sleeping. No matter what happens, he hides in the barracks and does not go out.

Although he was not sure when Gao Jiu would come, he believed that Gao Jiu would definitely come again to give Qiushan a serious warning.

He was right, and Gao Jiu was furious when he saw that the commander of Qiushan Brigade did not reply. He asked Zhang Quan and Wang Zhankui to return to Taohua Mountain with the main force of the guerrillas, leaving Tianchuan's sniper team near the battlefield, guarding these corpses, preparing to use a cold gun to attack those enemies who dared to collect the corpses. He went to Tai'an City himself.

At midnight, Gao Jiu came to the southwest corner of Tai'an City, climbed up from the city wall, and after entering the city, he came to the secret intelligence station of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas in Tai'an City.

He asked clearly where the 15th Brigade Command was located and walked towards it.

At two o'clock in the morning, Gao Jiu entered the headquarters of the 15th Brigade. He walked around inside and saw a white two-story building. There was a high-end car parked at the door. The license plate number was the same as that provided by Tai'an Intelligence Station. This should be the residence of the commander of Qiushan Brigade.

Gao Jiu came to the back of the building. After the Japanese patrol came over, he first climbed onto the roof and then entered the building through the skylight.

Although there are no signs in the rooms in the small building, according to the accommodation habits of senior officials, they are usually on one side of the second floor. Gao Jiu can tell which side the commander of the Qiushan Brigade lives on from the position of the sentry standing at the entrance of the stairs.

So he flipped through the toilet on this side. The toilet was easy to identify. It was winter at this time, and the windows in other rooms must be closed, and only the toilet would leave gaps.

After entering the corridor, Gao Jiu saw a total of six rooms inside. Gao Jiu looked at one from outside the door. There was one room without anyone, and it should be the reception room. There was more than one person in the two rooms, and it could not be Qiushan's room. Apart from one toilet, there were only two rooms left. There was one person in each room, sleeping inside.

Gao Jiu pushed open the door of a room, and the door made a "creaking" sound. The person sleeping inside muttered, and then fell asleep again.

Gao Jiu took advantage of the moonlight and saw the clothes hanging on the clothes hanger next to the door. He touched it and found that it was a Nakasa's uniform, and this was definitely not Akiyama.

Gao Jiu closed the door and walked out, and arrived at the last room. He pushed the door and it turned out to be stuck from inside.

As the saying goes, a skilled man is brave, Gao Jiu is not polite, and grabs the door handle and pushes it hard inside. Gao Jiu's power is too great, and he pulls out the screws inserted into the door, making a sound of banging.

Gao Jiu had already made a judgment that the guards at the entrance of the stairs could not hear these sounds, and only the people in the room could be heard.

Sure enough, the people in the room heard the sound and woke up. He saw a dark shadow walking in in a daze and said dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter?"

Gao Jiu quickly walked to his bed and whispered: "His brigade commander."

The person lying on the bed was indeed the commander of the Akiyama Brigade. He still didn't react. The main reason was that he didn't expect that he thought that his subordinates had any situation to report to him.

He said, "Is there anything I can't say about it tomorrow?"

When Gao Jiu heard his tone of speaking, he was sure that he was the commander of Qiushan Brigade, so he reached out to cover his mouth and placed a dagger on his eyelids.

He said, "Chishan Brigade Commander, I am Gaojiu, Taohuashan Mountain. If you want to survive, don't speak out."

Although Qiushan is usually arrogant, he has never encountered such a terrifying thing. Gao Jiu, who is famous, actually touched his room. Seeing the shaking dagger in front of him, he chose to give up resisting.

Gao Jiu picked up the pillowcase and blocked Qiushan's mouth, then took out a rope and tied him up. Not until that was over, he took out two more grenades and tied them to Qiushan's body.

Then he said, "Captain Qiushan Brigade, I have something to discuss with you, and I hope you can cooperate."

Akiyama knew that Gao Jiu could take his life at any time, so he nodded and agreed to Gao Jiu's opinion.

Gao Jiu took out the pillowcase from his mouth and said, "Brig Commander, I heard that you have become the commander of the Tai'an military police. I hope we can be safe. Shoucheng County Hepingle County is my territory. Without my permission, you sent troops to Shoucheng County without authorization. I had to kill them all.

I have asked you to pay 50,000 yuan to buy the bodies back, but you didn't give me any face, so I had to come to you personally and ask for it."

Akiyama heard Gao Jiu's words, and he was not going to take his life, and his mood suddenly relaxed. He was a smart man and said, "Mr. Gao, I have heard from Captain Yamamoto that he had paid you, but I have already planned to pay, and I am preparing to send someone to you tomorrow."

Gao Jiu heard that Qiushan was still a sensible person. He said, "Since you have this meaning, I won't bother you anymore. You can give me the money now."

Qiushan said, "There is money in the safe next to the table. The key is on my belt. The password is 3213." Gao Jiu quickly opened the safe and saw valuable items such as bills of exchange, gold bars, etc. He took the bills of exchange, and there were a total of 35,000 oceans on it. He took a few more gold bars and said, "I am not greedy, I will take you 50,000 oceans." Then, Gao Jiu took out two gold bars from the safe and said, "But I can't go for this trip in vain. I have to pay some errands."

Akiyama said: "You can just take the things in the safe."

There are really a lot of things in his safe, which is worth at least 70,000 to 80,000 yuan.

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "I am a trustworthy person, and I say as much as I say. However, I have something to remind you not to cause trouble for me in the future, so that we can be at peace. Do you agree?"

Akiyama did not have the courage to disagree, and he said, "I agree."

Gao Jiu said: "I am a trustworthy person. I hate others not trustworthy the most. If anyone doesn't keep their word, the consequences will be serious."

Akiyama now really knows that Gao Jiu is so powerful that he has made up his mind not to provoke Gao Jiu in the future.

He said solemnly: "Mr. Gao, please rest assured. Qiushan is also a trustworthy person. As long as I am in Tai'an, all the soldiers and soldiers of the 15th Brigade will not enter Mr. Gao's territory."

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Okay, let's make a decision. I will say goodbye to the brigade commander. However, I will still feel wronged."

After saying that, he stuffed a pillowcase into Akiyama's mouth again, took the two grenades from Akiyama's body, and shook them in front of him, making Akiyama understand that he really had no malice to him.

Then, he left Akiyama's room.

Qiushan lay on the bed without saying a word because he didn't know if Gao Jiu was really leaving. He thought that since Gao Jiu had the courage to come here, he would definitely have a way to get out. He didn't want to struggle to ask someone to catch Gao Jiu now, so he decided to lie down until dawn and wait for the adjutant to come and wake him up.

The reason why Gao Jiu was so polite to Akiyama was because he didn't want to fight the Japanese army to the death. Akiyama was the highest commander of the Japanese army here, and if he could reach a certain tacit understanding with him, he could save a lot of trouble.

Facts have proved that Gao Jiu’s approach was correct at least at the current stage. After this scene, Qiushan really lost the enthusiasm to find trouble for Taohuashan.
Chapter completed!