At the beginning of the battle, Gao Jiu commanded the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas, an underground party regiment and the Ninth War Zone Guard Regiment attacked the Japanese Guards' Second Battalion with three sides.

The reason why Gao Jiu adopted the tactic of three sieges and one siege was not that he did not want to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army, but that he was worried that the Japanese army would resist to the death after being surrounded.

If they aimed the breakthrough target at a regiment of the underground party or the guard regiment in the Ninth War Zone, they would not be able to stop it at all, which would inevitably cause major casualties, and it might even cause the Japanese army to flee due to chaos.

Gao Jiu deliberately left them a way out and forced them to retreat. During the retreat, they were unable to organize an effective counterattack. The anti-Japanese armed forces could gradually eliminate the enemy during the pursuit.

Gao Jiu was not worried that the Japanese army would actually escape, because this Japanese army had a big weakness, that is, they were infantry and the Taohuashan guerrillas were all cavalry, and there were many vehicles. As long as the Japanese army was defeated, the Taohuashan guerrillas could easily surround them.

The captain of the second Japanese guard team was very experienced in combat. It was obvious that he had seen through Gao Jiu's trick. After seeing the anti-Japanese army attacking them, they did evacuate quickly, but did not withdraw directly. Instead, they went to seize a hill on the right side of the road. They wanted to occupy the favorable terrain first, repel the anti-Japanese attack, and then make a decision after judging the enemy situation.

The commander of the Ninth War Zone Guard Corps saw that the Japanese army wanted to seize that hillside and was worried that they would hold on to the hillside, so he ordered the troops to rush to the hillside, hoping to seize the commanding heights first and drive the Japanese army back to the open area below the hillside.

Both sides of the enemy and us knew that the situation was urgent and climbed up the hillside desperately.

I have to say that these Japanese who have undergone special training are extremely powerful in combat. Although they are small, they run very quickly, and they have strong mountain combat experience, and their mountain climbing speed is far beyond that of the officers and soldiers of the Ninth War Zone Guard Regiment.

They climbed to the top of the mountain a few seconds earlier than the officers and soldiers of the Guard Corps and shot fiercely at the officers and soldiers of the Guard Corps who had already rushed up at the foot of the mountain. The officers and soldiers of the Guard Corps were seriously injured and had to retreat.

Seeing this situation, Gao Jiu hurriedly ordered the attack to stop and siege the Japanese army on all sides.

The captain of the second Japanese guard brigade stood on the top of the slope and saw clearly the enemy situation at the foot of the mountain. When he saw the Taohua Mountain guerrillas wearing black uniforms in the west, he truly realized the danger.

He knew that if they were surrounded here, the final outcome would be annihilation.

He made a quick decision, regardless of the fatigue of the Japanese officers and soldiers just climbed the mountain, and immediately ordered all to go down the mountain and launched a fierce attack on the guard regiment of the Ninth War Zone that they had just been defeated by them. They were determined to defeat the guard regiment of the Ninth War Zone and break through the encirclement from them.

Seeing this situation, Gao Jiu hurriedly ordered Zheng Sanpao to lead a special war squadron to urgently rescue the Ninth War Zone Guard Regiment.

The officers and soldiers of the Guard Regiment had just been repelled by the Japanese army, with heavy casualties and their morale was a little depressed. They did not expect the Japanese army to break through so quickly, and they came towards them. They became a little panicked, and many officers and soldiers began to flee directly.

Since Gao Jiu reminded the commander of the guard regiment before the war, saying that the Japanese army's troops were extremely powerful in combat, he made preparations in advance and specially organized a platoon supervision team to strengthen the platoon.

Seeing the officers and soldiers fleeing in panic, the regiment commander personally carried a machine gun and fired violently at the retreating soldiers.

The members of the supervision team also shot at the defeated soldiers without mercy.

More than 20 deserters were killed, and then they stabilized their positions. The officers and soldiers of the Ninth War Zone Guard Regiment lay on the ground and blocked the Japanese army.

Under the dense rain of bullets, the Japanese officers and soldiers were also shot and fell down one after another. But they were not afraid and continued to rush to the guard regiment in the Ninth War Zone.

These Japanese soldiers were holding automatic firearms and their guns were extremely accurate. The officers and soldiers of the guard regiment were shot and killed. When they saw the Japanese soldiers fearlessly, they already became afraid. Seeing that the Japanese soldiers were getting closer and closer, fear finally overwhelmed everything. They got up again and began to retreat.

The Japanese soldiers rushed and knocked the fleeing Guojun officers and soldiers to the ground in groups.

Seeing this situation, the commander of the guard regiment knew that he was unable to turn the world back. After the staff members persuaded him, he was ready to start retreating.

At this moment, the cavalry of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas appeared behind the guard regiment.

These cavalrymen passed the defeated soldiers of the guard regiment, jumped off their war horses, and organized a blocking attack on the Japanese army on the spot. The guerrillas held more powerful Bobosha submachine guns and fired violently at the Japanese army.

After the Japanese army suffered a violent attack, they were shot and fell down one after another. Seeing the enemy's firepower so fiercely, they were forced to stop their attack.

When the officers and soldiers of the guard regiment saw the arrival of the reinforcements from the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, their morale recovered a lot. With the shouts of the regiment commander and officers, they all lay on the ground and shot at the Japanese army, finally blocking the Japanese army's progress.

At the same time, the main forces of the Taohuashan guerrillas also rushed towards this place.

Seeing this situation, the captain of the second Japanese guard brigade did not want to fight against the Taohua Mountain guerrillas below the hillside, so he ordered the troops to retreat to the mountain. They planned to defend themselves on the danger and requested superiors to send troops to reinforce.

When Zheng Sanpao saw that the Japanese army began to retreat, he immediately followed the members of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas.

The captain of the second Japanese guards saw someone in front of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas and knew that he was the commander of this guerrilla team.

So he picked up the submachine gun and headed Zheng Sanpao in a shuttle.

Zheng Sanpao was charging forward, and the bullets came towards him. He was hit by at least a dozen bullets on his body, blood was sprayed out of his mouth, and he lay directly on the ground.

When the special forces members saw the captain lying on the ground, they couldn't help but exclaim.

Wang Zhankui, who came afterwards, saw something happening to Zheng Sanpao. He flew out of the horse, ran to Zheng Sanpao, picked him up, and saw that Zheng Sanpao had no breath.

Wang Zhankui was red-eyed. He personally held a machine gun and rushed up with the guerrillas.

Seeing this situation, Gao Jiu was worried that something would happen to Wang Zhankui again, so he hurriedly issued an order to stop the attack.

When Zheng Sanpao and Wang Zhankui were bandits, they were old brothers and had a deep relationship. At this time, he was full of anger, and Gao Jiu's orders could not stop him from avenging his brothers.

He continued to rush forward and got a bullet in his leg.

The special forces members hurriedly covered him and helped him back.

The Japanese army retreated to the mountain and urgently repaired fortifications, determined to hold on to the waiting for assistance.

Gao Jiu commanded the anti-Japanese armed forces to surround the enemy.

Zheng Sanpao was killed and Wang Zhankui was injured, which was the heaviest loss suffered since the establishment of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Gao Jiu was also red from anger. He ordered the troops to build fortifications on site to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through.

In order to completely eliminate this Japanese army, Gao Jiu urgently mobilized the surrounding anti-Japanese armed forces to strengthen the siege of the Japanese army and ordered the follow-up troops of the Taohuashan guerrillas to transfer all the artillery that could be mobilized.

After the battle just now, the Japanese army surrounded the mountain still had more than 500 people. The captain trusted his officers and soldiers very much. He firmly believed that with the favorable terrain they occupied, there would be no problem staying here for three days and three nights.

He saw that the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain had a large number of troops and knew that he could not break through with his own people, so he sent telegrams to the commanders of the Southern Front Army and the 11th Army respectively.

The Chief of Staff of the Southern Front had turned a blind eye to the actions of this army unit. He did not expect that the Second Guard Battalion had just entered the area controlled by the anti-Japanese armed forces and was trapped in a heavy siege. He did not want to participate in this matter anymore, so he chose to ignore it.

The commander of the 11th Japanese Army received a report that he knew that the Japanese army was a confidant of Commander Okamura. For the sake of Commander Okamura, he ordered an infantry corps to be sent to rescue.

The captain of the Second Japanese Guard Brigade received a telegram from the commander of the 11th Army that had sent reinforcements, and told the news to his officers and soldiers.

These guys were like chicken blood, shouting with confidence, firmly defending their positions, and waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

The captain was very satisfied with the morale of the officers and soldiers under his command.

The Japanese brigade captain was still a little nervous now because the fortifications on the mountain had not been repaired yet, and he was worried that the anti-Japanese armed forces would launch an attack at this time, which would make it difficult for him to deal with.

Time passed minute by minute, and the Japanese army built fortifications on the mountain.

The Japanese brigade leader couldn't help but feel a little strange. He didn't understand why the Taohuashan guerrillas didn't launch an attack just now while the Japanese fortifications had not been completed. He couldn't help but laugh at himself, thinking that Gao Jiu was just like this.

Two hours have passed, and the Anti-Japanese Army has not launched an attack, but the Japanese officers and soldiers can see that many new anti-Japanese armed forces have arrived, and the encirclement has become stronger and stronger.

The Japanese brigade captain was still disdainful of this. He believed that when reinforcements arrived, they should be able to quickly defeat the anti-Japanese armed forces at the foot of the mountain.

At 4 pm, the Japanese brigade captain who was napping received a report. The Japanese major who reported to him looked panicked and said that the enemy had reinforcements arrived again.

The Japanese brigade captain cursed angrily: "What a moral thing you are so panicked."

The Japanese Grandmaster said, "Your Magistrate, you might as well go and see it yourself."

The captain came to the observation post at the top of the mountain, picked up the telescope and looked down at the mountain, and cold sweat broke out on his head.

He saw rows of mortars and mountain cannons appeared on the enemy's positions, and there were vehicles coming from behind. The enemy was unloading larger-caliber artillery from the vehicle.

He looked around and found that it was all like this. Without counting, he knew that there were at least hundreds of enemy artillery pieces.

The Japanese squadron leader was stunned. In his perception, even the equipment of the Guo army was very backward, not as good as the Japanese field army, nor as good as their special forces. He really couldn't understand where the enemy got so many artillery.

At this time, he truly realized the power of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas. He thought to himself: "No wonder the Japanese army that used to fight Gao Jiu always suffered losses. It turns out that this guy actually has so many advanced weapons."

He looked at his officers and soldiers and couldn't help but feel depressed.

Although they repaired the fortifications, the soil layer on the hillside was very thin and they could not dig the cat's ear piercing at all. All the officers and soldiers were still exposed to the ground. If the enemy's artillery fire was covered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He was a little anxious and hurriedly sent a telegram to the commander of the 11th Army again, urging him to ask when the reinforcements would arrive.

He received a call back saying that a corps of reinforcements sent from the corps were already on the road and it would take about seven hours to reach their location. He hoped that they could hold their positions until the reinforcements arrived.

The Japanese brigade captain was almost crying. He knew that the enemy's cannon would be fired soon. Not to mention seven hours, he could not hold on even an hour.

The Japanese brigade leader had no choice but to order the officers and soldiers to disperse and hide as much as possible to reduce casualties caused by enemy artillery fire. However, the hill they were standing on was less than one square kilometer in total, where could the 500 officers and soldiers hide?

Half an hour later, Gao Jiu received a report that all the artillery soldiers were ready.

Gao Jiu was very angry, and he ordered: "Fire all the artillery together and shoot all the shells."

"Boom, boom, boom."

192 artillery fired at the foot of the mountain at the same time, and the earth shook.

The artillery bombardment took 40 minutes, and the artillery soldiers really fired up all the shells they brought, and then stopped.

The intensity of the shelling shocked the officers and soldiers watching the battle. Seeing that the smoke and dust were rolling on the mountain, they were all glad that they were not on it.

The commander of the underground party said with emotion: "These shells are worth at least one million yuan, and they are just shot out like this. Master Jiu is so rich."

Gao Jiu saw that almost all the trees on the mountain were blown away and the white rocks were exposed. He estimated that the Japanese on the mountain were almost dead, so he ordered the scouts to go up and investigate.

Several members of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas scattered and walked carefully to the hillside. Gao Jiu saw them climbing up the hillside and climbing to the top.

A guerrilla was standing on the top of the mountain, waving a small flag. From the flag words, we can tell that the Japanese army on the mountain had basically been eliminated.

When the anti-Japanese armed forces around saw this situation, they rushed up and sporadic gunshots came from the mountain. This was the anti-Japanese armed forces that were destroying the remnants of the rebels who were fighting stubbornly.

Gao Jiu also came to the mountain and saw that the corpses of Japanese soldiers were everywhere on the mountain, most of which were incomplete. The heads of the Japanese squadron leader were blown away, and only the epaulettes on his shoulders could prove his identity.
Chapter completed!