Gao Jiu was satisfied with the growth and progress of Li Chengwu and others. He said: "You have done a good job, are willing to use your brain, are good at seizing the opportunity, and are getting more and more refined in the battle. Destroying the Japanese command center will become a major turning point in this battle.

However, the Japanese in the command center will have to keep them for a while.

Now isn't the time to kill them, I need them to stay in Taohua Mountain for more time and consume more Japanese. Now let's carry out another task."

Gao Jiu wanted to take the third squadron of Taohua Mountain Guerrillas with Li Chengwu and head straight to Peiping to attack the Japanese heavy artillery brigade.

Before the Japanese army entered Taohua Mountain, Li Chengwu and others had already transferred their vehicles and horses in advance. Gao Jiu and others all changed into Japanese uniforms, rode on the Japanese military vehicles, and drove northward on the road.

On the way, Gao Jiu received telegrams from Wei Liming, commander of the 3rd Division of the Public Security Army and Gao Wannian, commander of the 4th Division. Not long ago, they had sent a telegram to Gao Jiu and apologized for their forced to go to Taohua Mountain. This time, the telegram told Gao Jiu another news that since the Japanese army had determined to completely surround Taohua Mountain, they sent a corps from the 167th Garrison Division, plus the 3rd Division of the Public Security Army and the 4th Division, and continued to go south to attack Jiang Xiaomei's independent regiment.

They all said that they would take various measures and would not really exchange fire with Jiang Xiaomei's independent group. They hope that Gao Jiu would contact Jiang Xiaomei's independent group, and the specific cooperation and tactical methods will be arranged by Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu immediately asked Jia Liu to send a telegram and told Jiang Xiaomei about the situation.

He told Jiang Xiaomei that although the 167th Division of the Japanese army was a garrison division, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was still very strong, so he told Jiang Xiaomei not to underestimate the enemy or fight against the Japanese army. As long as he dragged the Japanese army's regiment, he would go to Taohua Mountain to help them eliminate this Japanese army after he returned from Peking.

At the same time, he also told Jiang Xiaomei about the contact information of Wei Liming, the commander of the 3rd Division of the Public Security Army, and Gao Wannian, the commander of the 4th Division, but the secret was limited to her.

When she heard that tens of thousands of Japanese troops surrounded Taohua Mountain, Jiang Xiaomei's heart was always gripped. When she learned that Gao Jiu had left Taohua Mountain, she felt so happy. Seeing Gao Jiu thinking so thoughtful, she was even more moved. She was really happy because Gao Jiu would soon come to the Independent Regiment and join her to destroy the Japanese army of the 167th Division who came to invade the base area.

In her heart, she even hoped that the Japanese army would attack the base several times so that she could have the opportunity to fight side by side with Gao Jiu.

Gao Hong and Chen Johan heard that the Japanese army sent a corps and two divisions of the Public Security Army to attack the southwestern Shandong base, and felt very stressed. However, when they saw Jiang Xiaomei's relaxed look, they felt relieved.

They all knew very well that no matter what danger Jiang Xiaomei encountered, Gao Jiu would always appear at the first time. Gao Jiu was the guarantee of victory. This time, the anti-sweeping of southwestern Shandong would undoubtedly win.

Wang Jindong was very concerned about what Gao Jiu explained. He had sent someone to transport the equipment of an infantry battalion from Han Bai Ferry to Daqing River and handed it to Jiang Xiaomei. The 41st Army had also launched a fierce battle with the 38th Division of the Japanese army, blocking their way to southwest Shandong.

The expansion of Jiang Xiaomei's independent group went very smoothly. They originally organized two combat groups, and the personnel were all ready-made and the equipment had been reserved a lot. In addition, the equipment sent by Wang Jindong, the expansion was quickly completed.

Now Jiang Xiaomei's independent regiment is organized into a regiment headquarters, with a direct team of the regiment headquarters, six infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, a total force of 3,487 people, and a large number of Type 92 infantry artillery, mortars, and light and heavy machine guns. Among the underground party anti-Japanese armed forces in the entire Shandong region, it is definitely the first-class main force. The strength of one regiment is even greater than that of other underground party anti-Japanese armed forces.

Not only Jiang Xiaomei, Yang Jiong and Huang Shui are confident, but Gao Hong and Chen Johan are also very proud of the main group they have.

After the Independent Regiment was expanded, Gao Hong and Chen John also held a small military parade to inspect the expanded Independent Regiment.

When they saw the teams of high-spirited officers and soldiers, as well as the rows of artillery and light machine guns, they felt very happy.

The Independent Regiment of the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district is well-equipped and is well-known among the anti-Japanese armed forces of the Shandong underground party. The superior leader heard that Jiang Xiaomei was just a 20-year-old girl, and he was a little worried. He once had the idea of ​​sending a regiment commander from the Red Army to replace her as the leader of the Independent Regiment.

Gao Hong and John Chen firmly refused. On the one hand, Jiang Xiaomei was not young, but now she can be said to have experienced many battles and has rich combat experience. Moreover, the Independent Regiment was brought up by a small militia armed force and had a lofty prestige in the Independent Regiment. Of course, there is another important reason. The reason why the Independent Regiment is so awesome is because Gao Jiu behind it. If Jiang Xiaomei leaves the Independent Regiment, let alone the Independent Regiment, even the entire Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district will lose strong support.

In short, the leadership of the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district has the confidence to win this anti-sweeping campaign.

The Japanese heavy artillery brigade was very slow. Although all the heavy artillery was towed by vehicles, it was less than 20 kilometers in an hour. On that day, they arrived in Dingzhou and planned to pass through Xinle County and Zhengding County tomorrow and head to Shijiazhuang.

At this time, Gao Jiu and others had passed Shijiazhuang and entered Zhengding County. They suddenly received a telegram from the head of the Jinan underground party.

The telegram said that the underground party organization in Peking obtained information from the Japanese army and learned that a strengthening corps of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade was about to go to Taohua Mountain. They had contacted the Eighth Route Army Hebei Central Military Region and asked them to intercept them along the way. The Hebei Central Military Region sent a regiment from the Fourth Military Sub-district to harass the Japanese army along the way and delayed the speed of the Japanese army's advance.

The person in charge of the underground party also told Gao Jiu about the contact with the Hebei Central Military Region, allowing Gao Jiu to directly use the radio station to contact the Hebei Central Military Region to discuss specific combat matters.

Gao Jiu was very happy to hear the news. The Japanese artillery unit itself had two squadrons of guard forces, and there would be other Japanese troops escorting along the way. In addition, the Japanese artillery itself also had a certain combat power. After the battle, the Japanese army had at least a few thousand troops participating in the battle. Gao Jiu brought Li Chengwu's troops, there were only more than 100 people, so it would be difficult to eliminate these Japanese troops. With the assistance of the Eighth Route Army, this battle would be much easier.

Gao Jiu immediately contacted the Eighth Route Army Hebei Central Military Region using telegram.

Xiaolizhuang, Zhengding County.

Wang Shuanzi, the commander of the First Regiment of the Fourth Army Division of the Eighth Route Army, was originally a company commander of the 691st Regiment of the Northeast Army. He was an authentic Northeastern native. He was 28 years old this year, quick-witted and full of the Northeast flavor of Dafengzi.

Political Commissar Yu Tianming is also very young, only 26 years old this year. He turned out to be a student of Yanjing University in Peking and a native of Northeast China. Most of the main backbone of the Hebei Central Military Region came from the 691st Regiment of the Northeast Army. These Northeast people left their hometowns and came to the mainland to form a group, and the troops had a strong combat power.

Before the establishment of the Hebei Central Military Region, the original 691st Regiment had only two battalions in Hebei. Now nine regiments have been pulled up. The troops are expanding too fast, and the troops' equipment, education and training cannot keep up for a while. Although the number of people has expanded many times, the degree of combat effectiveness has not improved much.

The First Regiment of the Fourth Army Division had more than 1,400 people, and only 120 former Northeast Army veterans who had received formal training. Most of the soldiers were new soldiers who participated in the Eighth Route Army shortly after. There were no mortars and heavy machine guns, only four light machine guns, two grenade launchers, and more than 400 various guns. Other soldiers were holding spears and big knives in their hands.

After receiving the order from his superiors, he heard that he would cooperate with Gao Jiu of Taohua Mountain to fight this time. The officers and soldiers of the First Regiment were full of expectations.

There are too many legends about Gao Jiu. There is no doubt that Gao Jiu can fight, and his brilliant achievements are there. What makes everyone more interested is that Gao Jiu is generous and generous, and any troops fighting with Gao Jiu can achieve great development.

The regiment commander Wang Shuanzi and political commissar Yu Tianming also hope that through this battle, the first regiment of bird guns could be replaced and a fortune would be made.

As the agreed time was approaching, regiment commander Wang Shuanzi and political commissar Yu Tianming personally led a battalion troops to the highway to welcome Gao Jiu and others.

Not long after, a roar came from the highway, and six trucks drove over, with many people wearing Japanese uniforms on it.

According to the notice from the Military Sub-district, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Regiment knew that these people were Gao Jiu and his Taohua Mountain Guerrillas. In order to avoid misunderstandings, they sent a soldier to stand on the side of the road and wait for the vehicles to come.

The vehicles saw the Eighth Route Army soldiers standing in front of them, stopped the car in advance, got out of the car, a man wearing a black uniform of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and ran over to contact the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers determined that these people were from the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas, so he led the convoy from the intersection in front and turned to a country road. Soon after, Wang Shuanzi and Yu Tianming met the legendary Taohua Mountain Guerrillas.

Before meeting Gao Jiu himself, the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Regiment first focused their attention on the equipment of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas.

The guerrillas were wearing Japanese uniforms, steel helmets, carrying a 38 rifle used to pretend to behave, and a sniper rifle, with a mullet gun around their waists, grenades hanging on their shoulders, and a large package behind them, bulging and bulging, not knowing what treasures they had installed.

There were only one hundred people, there were two Type 92 infantry cannons, six mortars, 24 light machine guns, and a large amount of ammunition and other supplies on the car. In addition, the value of the equipment of the number 10 people was greater than that of the entire 1st Regiment.

Not to mention anything else, just relying on the equipment of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas, it proves that they are awesome!

When Wang Shuanzi and Yu Tianming were envious of the equipment of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, they saw a young man walking down from the cab of a truck and surrounded by several team members. The head of the underground party had already informed Gao Jiu of the Hebei Military Region with telegrams. Wang Shuanzi and Yu Tianming knew that the person coming was Gao Jiu.

Although they had known that Gao Jiu was about the same age as them, and was even one or two years younger than them, the legend of Gao Jiu was so awesome. In their minds, they always felt that Gao Jiu should be a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. Gao Jiu's image in front of him was still very different from what they imagined.

However, Gao Jiu was handsome and handsome, and the natural domineering aura emitted from his body still made Wang Shuanzi and Yu Tianming respect him.

Wang Shuanzi was a familiar person. He quickly stepped forward and held Gao Jiu's hand, and said enthusiastically: "Is he the famous Master Gao Jiu? My name is Wang Shuanzi. He is the leader of the 1st Regiment of the Fourth Military Sub-district of the Hebei Central Military Region. Welcome Master Gao Jiu!"

Yu Tianming stepped forward and saluted Gao Jiu, and said Wen Huaihuo: "My name is Yu Tianming, the political commissar of the 2nd Regiment. Welcome Mr. Gao to come and guide."

Gao Jiu shook hands with them enthusiastically and said kindly: "It's all the anti-Japanese and Japanese devils teams. We are a family, so you don't have to be polite."

Wang Shuanzi and Yu Tianming saw that Gao Jiu was not arrogant and kind and kind, and they both liked him very much. They enthusiastically invited Gao Jiu and others to Xiaolizhuang to entertain them.

In the temporary regiment headquarters of the 1st Regiment of Xiaolizhuang, Gao Jiu said: "This time the Japanese heavy artillery brigade is going to Taohua Mountain. The army extends a helping hand. On behalf of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, I would like to express my gratitude to the army."

After saying that, he took out 5,000 oceans and said, "I have a little bit of a word, I hope I can accept it with a smile."

Wang Shuanzi and Yu Tianming looked at each other, their eyes full of surprises.

The officers and soldiers of the 1st Regiment did not have the funds issued by their superiors, and they could not steal the things of the people, so they could only rely on the people in the base area to carry out reasonable burdens. The people were not rich, and the officers and soldiers of the 1st Regiment lived a hard life, and they were not allowed to wear military uniforms. Many of them only had military caps or tops or pants from the Eighth Route Army, which could barely see the difference between them and the people. They had no military pay, and the daily food monies were only a few cents.

This is also impossible. In this era, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army only has five yuan a month.

5,000 oceans are really a great asset for the 1st regiment.

Yu Tianming wanted to be polite, but Wang Shuanzi had already reached out to take it. He smiled and said, "It is said that Master Jiu is generous and generous, and it is indeed worthy of his reputation. Then I will thank Master Jiu for his brothers in the group."

Gao Jiu is not a bad person, so he gives money whenever he sees him. He is out of respect for these Eighth Route Army soldiers. These soldiers lack food and clothing, lack food and ammunition. Even under such difficult conditions, they still bravely and tenaciously fought a desperate battle with the Japanese invaders armed to their teeth.

Gao Jiu is about to take them to fight a big battle, and I don’t know how many people will die on the battlefield.

Gao Jiu is a pragmatic person. Since the Eighth Route Army has sacrificed its life to help the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, Gao Jiu will not let everyone work in vain.

He said: "After this battle, all the weapons, ammunition and supplies seized belong to your 1st Regiment."

Wang Shuanzi and Yu Tianming both felt a sense of happiness all over their bodies. They said excitedly: "Then thank you Master Gao Jiu."

The name of a person is the shadow of a tree. Everyone has heard that Gao Jiu is invincible in the battle. The 1st Regiment was able to go to war with Gao Jiu. From then on, it is completely expected that the bird guns will be replaced.

Wang Shuanzi said, "Mr. Jiu, brother, I am just a company commander of the 691st Regiment. To be honest, I don't have much combat experience. Political Commissar Yu and I have discussed how to fight this battle. We all listen to you, Master Jiu."

At this moment, a sentry hurried in and said, "Report to the regiment commander, the old battalion commander is here!"

This sentry is also a veteran of the Northeast Army. The old battalion commander he mentioned is Cui Zhenshan, who was the former battalion commander of Wang Shuanzi and is now the commander of the Fourth Army Division.

Wang Shuanzi and Yu Tianming didn't know why the commander came. They were even a little unhappy because the commander came and they couldn't do it if they wanted to take over the seizure.

Commander Cui Zhenshan came in quickly. After greeting Gao Jiu, he said: "Brother Gao, this time the heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese fighters, our fourth military sub-district two main regiments, five county brigades and 11 district squadrons, all participating in the battle."

It turned out that the task issued by the Hebei Central Military Region to the Fourth Military Sub-district was to send troops to harass the Japanese army along the way, and to delay the time the Japanese army went to Taohua Mountain as much as possible.

Now that Gao Jiu is here, their appetite is getting bigger. They decided to concentrate the main force of a military sub-district to cooperate with Gao Jiu to fight a big battle, hoping to improve the army's equipment through this battle.

Although Cui Zhenshan had never dealt with Gao Jiu directly, he had heard too many legends about Gao Jiu. He decided to take out all his family and fight with Gao Jiu and make a fortune.

Wang Shuanzi was a soldier brought by Cui Zhenshan and knew him very well. He smiled and said, "I said Wang Shuanzi, I know you are greedy for money. However, this time the Japanese came not 180 people, but thousands of Japanese soldiers in a reinforcement regiment. You can't fight one regiment, and you can't eat those captured. This time, our entire military sub-district will be dispatched together and follow Brother Gao to make a fortune."

Cui Zhenshan is also a real person. He was just a battalion commander of the 691st Regiment before and had fought the biggest battle with the Japanese, that is, he had no experience in fighting big battles. Gao Jiu faced the Japanese division level, and there was more than one division, so he went far away. Therefore, he sincerely stated that this battle was subject to Gao Jiu's command.

To be honest, Gao Jiu's main target this time was the heavy artillery of the Japanese army. He planned to use sneak attacks to blow up the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, and did not intend to eat the Japanese army, a strengthening regiment.

Now it is different. The troops participating in the war in the Fourth Army of the Eighth Route Army have reached more than 4,000. Although they are equipped and trained poorly, if they are in good command, they are still sure to eat the Japanese reinforcement corps.

In order to thank the Eighth Route Army for its strong support and to mobilize their enthusiasm, Gao Jiu once again took out 10,000 oceans and handed them over to Cui Zhenshan, and promised that all the seizures of this battle would be returned to the Eighth Route Army.

At this moment, the atmosphere was completely up. The officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were all full of fighting spirit and ready to participate in the battle at any time.
Chapter completed!