The headquarters of the Sichuan Army was temporarily located in Jingmen County. Gao Jiu, Commander Yang and others waited comfortably for a few days, but did not find that the troops of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army came to attack. Gao Jiu felt a little strange.

The 9th Corps of the zhongyang Army is now besieging Shayang County. The main force of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army has rushed to reinforce. The two sides are fighting fiercely there, but the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army has no movement, which makes people feel a little strange.

So Gao Jiu sent a telegram to the Military Control Commission, asking what the Japanese 3rd Division stationed in Zhongxiang was doing.

Before the Military Control Commission could reply, the troops stationed in the front sent a message saying that the troops of the 3rd Division of the Japanese army had been dispatched and they had already exchanged fire with the Japanese army.

After learning the news, Gao Jiu felt at ease.

With the trench excavator, Gao Jiu dug a large number of trenches at the forefront, and with the help of civilians, he dug many cat ear pierced, using the Japanese methods to deal with the Japanese. The Japanese small-caliber artillery did not pose any major threat.

Gao Jiu was too lazy to go to the front line to watch it, and chatted with Commander Yang and others there.

At this time, the Military Control Commission responded to a telegram saying that the main force of the Japanese 3rd Division was still in Zhongxiang City and there were signs of advancing towards Jingmen, reminding Gao Jiu to pay attention.

Seeing that the Japanese army's actions were similar to what he expected, Gao Jiu felt more at ease.

There was about a gang of Japanese troops in front of the Sichuan Army. They launched two fierce attacks. After being repelled, the attack speed slowed down. From an hour interval, it gradually changed to two hours and five hours.

The next day, the Japanese army did not launch an attack for the whole morning. It was only 3 pm that another attack was launched, and the offensive was not as fierce as before.

Zhongxiang City.

In Zhongxiang City, Li Weimin, the head of the Zhongxiang Working Group of the Military Command Jingzhou Station, was a smart and capable young man. Over the past period of time, they have been under great pressure. In order to obtain the Japanese army's intelligence in a timely manner, they are always in a high degree of tension.

Li Weimin is only 28 years old and strong, but these days, he has made him pale and lose weight.

That night, he had just been confused for a while before he was woken up.

The agents responsible for monitoring the Japanese operations reported that they had just discovered that the main force of the Japanese 3rd Division had taken action, but strangely, their direction of advance was not the direction of Jingmen, but the direction of Jingzhou.

Li Weimin immediately asked the radio operator to send a telegram to report to the Military Command Headquarters. The radio operator set up a radio station and prepared to send a newspaper.

Li Weimin had already drafted the telegram. He was about to speak with the telegram when suddenly gunshots came from outside.

A team member in charge of the alert in the yard shouted: "Team leader, it's not good, the Japanese are here."

He only shouted this time, then screamed, obviously he was hit by a bullet. Then, the gate of the yard was kicked open.

Li Weimin knew that the telegram could not be sent out, so he asked the radio operator to quickly put away the radio station, drew out his pistol, stood at the door and looked out, and saw a group of Japanese soldiers rushing into the yard. He hurriedly shot out, and the Japanese soldiers also shot him one after another.

The radio operator held the radio and stuffed it under the bed. At this moment, the glass on the rear window of the house was broken, and several guns were reached in. The radio operator died on the spot.

Li Weimin knew that the Japanese army was prepared and he would definitely not be able to get out of it. He didn't want to be a prisoner, so he simply raised his gun and rushed out towards the gate.

The Japanese army shot him randomly, and he was shot at at least a dozen times on the body and died on the spot.

In fact, before this battle started, the Japanese army had already set their sights on them.

When the battle just started, the Japanese 3rd Division received an order to defeat the Sichuan Army troops in the direction of Jingmen and attack the 9th Corps of the Guo Army from the north.

When the 3rd Division was about to implement this combat plan, the superiors suddenly came up with instructions to make them ready to move towards Jingzhou. They were preparing to hide the truth and catch the army off guard.

A few days ago, the Japanese army was still preparing for the troops' mobilization, so they did not rush to get rid of this group of military command personnel.

At this time, in order to cover up the real movements of the Japanese army, they began to close the net and destroyed the Zhongxiang working group of the Military Control Commission.

That morning, Gao Jiu, Commander Yang and others listened to the battle report on the front line and felt that there was no problem. Everyone was bored, so Gao Jiu suggested playing mahjong just by playing.

Commander Yang had a 105mm howitzer in his hand and had always wanted to try it, but their troops didn't have time to train and couldn't play with this thing for a while.

Although their original artillery troops were not a problem in operation, they could not do this kind of new weapon, but how to accurately hit the target. This large-caliber howitzer was not aimed by the naked eye, but had to pass a series of complex calculations before they could formulate the scale and direction required for the artillery.

The usual procedure for large-caliber artillery shooting is to first send scouts and calculation soldiers to move to a frontier position 1 kilometer away from the target, or even closer. First, the scouts determine whether the target is accurate, and then measure various data such as distance, temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind speed, wind direction, etc., and provide them to the calculation soldiers. The calculation soldiers then calculate through complex formulas, and finally obtain the ruler and direction, and then provide them to the artillery positions far away more than ten kilometers away.

Various types of artillery have different calculation formulas. At present, the Sichuan Army cannot master these 105mm howitzers, so they are not able to use them for the time being.

The deputy commander said with some regret: "It would be great if our cannons could be used."

Hearing this, Gao Jiu was aroused some competitive spirit and said, "It's good that way, let's use these cannons to teach those Japanese a lesson."

He asked the Sichuan Army to set up the artillery positions and brought Ning Wen, Ning Wu, Jia Liu and others to the frontline positions.

Gao Jiu had excellent eyesight, so he didn't need to get too close to the Japanese army. He found a small high ground, observed the Japanese army's situation, and casually reported shooting the generals.

On the artillery position in the rear, Commander Yang, Deputy Commander and others were waiting for news from Gao Jiu.

An artillery battalion commander ran over to report: "The news is coming from Master Jiu."

Commander Yang said happily: "Then fight quickly!"

The artillery battalion commander ran to the front of the artillery position and shouted loudly: "Rules 52, direction 204."

The artillery immediately took action, and they adjusted the artillery and loaded the shells.

The artillery battalion commander waved the small flag down fiercely and shouted loudly: "Open fire."

"Boom, boom boom boom boom boom." Dozens of 105mm howitzers spit out flames, and the earth trembled.

The Japanese army has also encountered artillery fire counterattacks from Sichuan troops these days. The performance of those mountain cannons is similar to that of Type 92 infantry cannons, so the Japanese army did not take the artillery fire from Sichuan troops very seriously. They simply built artillery bunkers.

Unexpectedly, a large group of large caliber howitzers suddenly flew into the sky, covering the Japanese artillery positions directly.

In general, this long-range artillery involves too many parameters and under normal circumstances, the firing elements calculated for the first time are not accurate enough. A small number of artillery is required to be tested and corrected according to the deviation of the bullet point. Sometimes it even requires two or even multiple corrections to accurately hit the target.

If it is other Guo army artillery units, artillery attacks the Japanese artillery positions can also give the Japanese artillery a chance to escape. Although the artillery cannot be moved away for the time being, at least the artillery can escape.

Gao Jiu was really too immoral. The shooting of the elements he reported was absolutely accurate. Several rows of shells hit the target, basically hitting the target directly.

This time, not only were all the Japanese artillery destroyed, but all the artillery soldiers were basically eliminated. Not only that, the explosion of the artillery shells caused the death of the Japanese Type 92 infantry shells, and the shells flew around, causing major casualties to the surrounding Japanese troops.

The Sichuan Army officers and soldiers guarding the frontier positions cheered excitedly when they saw that their artillery was so powerful.

Although the Japanese army's corps leader was an infantryman, he was not an amateur in artillery. He couldn't figure out where so many large-caliber shells flew from, and he couldn't figure out that he could directly cover his artillery positions without test firing.

You must know that even the direct-aided artillery like the Type 92 infantry cannon also needs to be tested.

The Japanese army's corps captain was stunned and stood there for a long time without recovering from his senses.

The United Team was also very surprised. Suddenly he remembered something and said in horror: "George Captain, this is probably the one from Gao Jiu again."

In the last battle of Yichang, the 3rd Division suffered a great loss and lost a whole brigade troops. Of course, the Japanese army would inquire about the situation of the commander who commanded the battle.

They really didn't expect that Gao Jiu would appear here again this time. The Japanese corps leader ordered the troops to retreat without saying a word.

Seeing the Japanese army retreating, Gao Jiu kept providing new shooting numbers to the artillery.

Dozens of howitzers kept chasing the Japanese army, killing and wounding the Japanese army.

A division commander guarding the frontier position saw the Japanese army retreating and said excitedly: "Justice Jiu, let's chase after us!"

Gao Jiu and Commander Yang had already formulated a combat plan for this battle. Their mission was to block the 3rd Japanese Division and protect the flank security of the Ninth War Zone.

Gao Jiu shook his head and said, "Forget it, the Japanese army ahead is unclear. They rushed out rashly. If they encounter an ambush, they will not be worth it."

The division commander felt a little regretful. He spitted at the back of the Japanese army's escape and said, "Ge, I'm going to give you guys, you guys."

According to the agreement, except for communication at any time, there are no major changes. Both subordinates must report routinely at 12 noon and 18 pm.

At about 12 noon, the Sichuan Army reported to the General Command of the Ninth War Zone about the movements of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army in Jingmen County, saying that they had repelled the Japanese attack.

In fact, even if the Sichuan Army does not send messages, the Commander-General, Deputy Commander Zhang and others have absolute confidence. They firmly believe that as long as Gao Jiu is present, their flanks will never be threatened.

The duty officers of the radio station of the Headquarters of the Military Commission are waiting for the Military Commission Yichang to report to the local Military Commission organizations.

At 12:15, except for the Zhongxiang Military Control Commission working group that did not send a telegram, the Military Control Commission organizations in other places sent telegrams.

The confidential section chief responsible for the duty also felt a little uneasy. He asked the radio staff to send a telegram to Zhongxiang's working group, but there was no reply.

The confidential section chief felt the situation was serious and immediately reported to the director. The director immediately asked to meet the boss.

The boss knew that something must have happened to Zhongxiang’s working group, so he informed the Ninth War Zone Command.

The notice from the Military Control Commission did not attract the attention of the General Command of the Ninth War Zone, because they believed that Gao Jiu was in the direction of Jingmen, the 3rd Division of the Japanese army would not play any major role.

Therefore, they did not take it seriously and continued to command their troops to conduct offensive and defensive operations with the Japanese army in the area of ​​Shayang County.

Over the past few days, the Japanese and zhongyang troops have invested a lot of troops. The battle between the two sides has been very fierce. Shayang County has changed hands several times. However, in this battle, the Kuomintang army fought much more quickly than before. After all, they have changed their American equipment and are no less than the Japanese in firepower. They even have great advantages in long-range artillery. Therefore, in the battle, the losses of both sides are basically equal.

The commander-in-chief, Deputy Commander Zhang and others were very satisfied because their troops were more than Japanese soldiers after all. If they continued to consume this, the Japanese would sooner or later not be able to hold on.

That afternoon, the troops of the 3rd Japanese Division did not appear, and Gao Jiu did not care, thinking that they were afraid of the long-range artillery of the Sichuan Army, and were re-adjusting the troops and then making a comeback.

In this way, the front line of Jingmen calmed down, and this calm continued until noon the next day, and Gao Jiu felt something was wrong. Now in the area of ​​Shayang County, the Japanese army and Guo army were in a stalemate. The Japanese army of the 3rd Division should do their best to open up the passage to Shayang County and go for reinforcements. What does it mean to have no movement?

So, Gao Jiu was about to call the Ninth War Zone General Command.

Deputy Commander Zhang told Gao Jiu about the situation reported to them by the Military Control Commission. Gao Jiu couldn't figure out what it meant at the moment, so he didn't say anything and put down the phone.

During lunch, Commander Yang was a little stunned when he saw Gao Jiu. He held the chopsticks in his hand. He picked up the dishes, but he didn't deliver them to his mouth.

He asked with concern: "Brother Gao, what's wrong with you?"

Gao Jiu suddenly put down his chopsticks and came to the battle map hanging on the wall.

Commander Yang, Deputy Commander and others hurriedly followed.

They saw Gao Jiu carefully observing the combat area map. Suddenly, a railway from Zhongxiang to Jingzhou attracted Gao Jiu's attention.

On the map, Gao Jiu's fingers drew from Zhongxiang to Jingzhou, and then followed the route to Jinjiazhai west of Jingzhou.

Gao Jiu's heart skipped a beat. He stopped eating and went straight to the radio room to send a telegram to the Military Command headquarters.

After receiving the telegram, the boss immediately ordered the Military Control Commission Jingzhou Station to conduct investigations along the railway and in the direction of Jinjiazhai.

After sending the telegram, Gao Jiu returned to the dining table. Commander Yang asked, "Brother Gao, what's wrong?"

Gao Jiu said with some concern: "You have also seen it just now. If the 3rd Japanese Division secretly headed to Jingzhou through railways, crossed Dama Mountain, and suddenly attacked the 12th Corps of the zhongyang Army from the direction of Jinjiazhai, do you think the 12th Corps can resist the attacks of the main force of the 3rd Japanese Division and the main force of the 6th Japanese Division stationed in Jingzhou?"

Commander Yang and others became nervous when they heard this. At this time, not all the troops of the zhongyang army had been replaced with American weapons. Only Xue Dongsheng's 21st Corps and the 9th Corps had been replaced with American weapons. The 12th Corps would definitely not be able to resist the attack of the Japanese 3rd and 6th Divisions. Once the 12th Corps was defeated, the 9th Corps would be attacked by the four major Japanese divisions, and they would definitely not be able to withstand the battle. They would definitely suffer a crushing defeat.
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