Chapter 753 Flare
The guerrillas of the underground party all thought Gao Jiu and the others were incredible and doubted whether their actions were effective.
The puppet troops had already known the rules of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas. When they saw the unique black costumes of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, coupled with their precise shooting skills, they confirmed that there was Gao Jiuye’s Taohua Mountain Special Forces outside, and as a result, the puppet troops of a battalion surrendered directly.
The officers and soldiers of the puppet Manchukuo Army lined up in an orderly line, carrying guns and hands raised, and according to the orders of the guerrillas, stacked the guns and two mortars together, and then walked aside, waiting for the guerrillas to accept surrender.
The scene in front of him made the underground party guerrillas stunned. They had fought with these puppet Manchukuo troops, and these guys were very fierce and their combat effectiveness was similar to that of the Kwantung Army. Unexpectedly, in front of the Taohuashan guerrillas, they were so vulnerable. They surrendered just after they announced their reputation.
Just when the underground party guerrillas were shocked, Wang Zhankui pointed to the weapons and ammunition piled on the ground and said to the guerrilla captain: "These are all yours, just take them."
The guerrillas were ecstatic and flocked to them. They were so poor that they were afraid of being poor that each of them carried a few guns, but they did not leave any of them for the puppet soldiers.
This made Gao Jiu feel a little embarrassed. He asked the guerrilla captain for the guns of the puppet army officers, returned them to them, and gave them two thousand oceans, and then took the guerrillas away.
Gao Jiu and others escorted the underground party guerrillas back to Shanhaiguan. The underground party liaison officer outside the pass saw their guerrillas returning with weapons and ammunition, and was so happy that he couldn't stop talking.
The liaison officer of the underground party discussed with the person in charge of the underground party and took this opportunity to gather all the anti-Japanese guerrillas in this area to Shanhaiguan, and asked the Taohuashan guerrillas to help them provide weapons and equipment, and the underground party reorganized these guerrillas.
The person in charge of the underground party certainly agreed to strengthening the anti-Japanese armed forces, so he sought Gao Jiu's opinion.
Gao Jiu had no objection. As for how to do it, it was the underground party’s own business. Weapon ammunition was needed. The Taohuashan guerrillas could provide them with help. As long as they could gather the troops, they would provide them with as many weapons and equipment as many people came.
The underground party liaison officer was very happy and immediately sent a telegram to his superiors informing them to assemble the anti-Japanese guerrillas operating in this area to Shanhaiguan.
After defeating the puppet army, Gao Jiu focused his attack on the Japanese.
The Second Division of the Japanese Army sent a large number of troops to besiege Taohua Mountain guerrillas, but the Taohua Mountain guerrillas had very strong mobility and Gao Jingting and others were guided. Their actions were elusive and unpredictable. It was difficult for the Japanese and puppet troops to find their whereabouts. Even if they discovered the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, the small group of Japanese and puppet troops were not opponents at all, and they were just a dish to give them.
By the way, he could attack the Taohuashan guerrillas, the commander of the Japanese Second Division decided to attack Shanhaiguan. He knew that as long as the Japanese army went to siege the underground party armed forces of Shanhaiguan, Gao Jiu and his Taohuashan guerrillas would never sit idly by. They were waiting there and could definitely wait for the Taohuashan guerrillas to appear.
The Third Brigade of the Second Japanese Division came to Shanhaiguan and launched an attack on the underground party guerrillas defending Shanhaiguan.
Shanhaiguan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. At this time, it was not just the reinforcement battalion of the Third Military Sub-district of the Underground Party. The underground anti-Japanese guerrillas gathered outside the Shanhaiguan Pass, with more than 1,000 people. Gao Jiu provided them with a large amount of weapons, equipment and ammunition. They firmly guarded Shanhaiguan and caused major casualties to the Japanese army.
The commander of the Japanese Second Division guessed correctly. Gao Jiu would not ignore the underground party armed forces. He led the Taohuashan guerrillas to attack behind the Japanese army.
In order to deal with Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas, the Japanese army had already made plans. They organized many fast mobile troops. As long as the Taohuashan guerrillas appeared, the local Japanese and puppet troops would inform the superiors. The Japanese army mobilized various fast mobile troops to siege Gao Jiu and others.
Since he went to Taohua Mountain, Gao Jiu has basically been in a war. It can be said that the war he fought more than dozens of times the number of wars other people have fought. In terms of combat experience, it is much richer than the Japanese army.
Gao Jiu knew the tactics that the commander of the Second Division could adopt.
Gao Jiu also knew that what could really pose a threat to the Taohua Mountain guerrillas were the Japanese fast mobile troops. Although the Taohua Mountain guerrillas had strong combat power, they were very few after all. If they did not use the sneak attack tactic to fight with the Japanese fast mobile troops, even if they won every time, they would not be able to withstand consumption, and would eventually lead to failure.
Therefore, in Gao Jiu's next stage of combat, it mainly targeted the fast mobile troops of the Japanese army.
The Japanese army attacked Shanhaiguan to wait for the rabbit, and Gao Jiu would also do this.
That night, Gao Jiu and others launched an attack on a Japanese stronghold.
Gao Jiu did not rush to capture the Japanese stronghold, but carried out a feint attack to attract Japanese fast mobile troops to come for reinforcements.
As a result, after receiving the news of the attack at the stronghold, the Japanese army immediately dispatched two fast mobile units to reinforce.
There were already scouts from Taohuashan guerrillas around the Japanese barracks, where they were closely monitoring. When the Japanese fast mobile troops came out, they reported to Gao Jiu on the phone.
Gao Jiu left a team to continue besieging the Japanese army in the stronghold. He led the main force of the Taohuashan guerrillas to attack a Japanese army's fast mobile unit first.
To the east of the Japanese stronghold, a fast motorized unit composed of a Japanese reinforcement squadron was marching rapidly on the road in six motorcycles and eight military trucks.
Gao Jiu and others rushed to the front of the Japanese marching formation. Due to the haste, they did not have time to lay explosives, so they were scattered on both sides of the road. The guerrillas each looked for targets to ambush the Japanese army.
On the road, the Japanese convoy turned on the headlights and twisted on the road like a long dragon.
When they entered the ambush circle, Gao Jiu first shot at the first motorcycle with a submachine gun, and knocked over the motorcycle on the spot.
The guerrilla machine gunners also used machine guns to shoot violently at the motorcycles.
After the attack, the Japanese army instinctively stopped the car and had to get out of the car to fight.
The guerrillas who had already ambushed the road fired rockets and 82mm recoil-free shells at the trucks. Each of the Japanese trucks had two artillery pieces to take care of, and directly knocked the trucks into a ball of fire.
Less than 30 seconds after the battle started, most of the Japanese army had been wiped out. The guerrillas were originally ambushed very close, only fifty or sixty meters away from the highway.
After firing rockets and 82mm recoilless shells, in order not to give the Japanese army a chance to breathe, the guerrillas rushed up quickly and used machine guns and submachine guns to shoot violently at the Japanese army, which was lucky to have not been killed.
In less than two minutes, all the Japanese troops on the road were annihilated.
Gao Jiu and others quickly cleaned the battlefield, carried the intact Japanese weapons on horseback, and then attacked another fast mobile unit of the Japanese army.
At this time, another fast mobile unit of the Japanese army had arrived around the besieged Japanese stronghold. The Japanese army also had an infantry squadron, who also arrived by car. After getting off the car, they were fighting fiercely with the team left by the Taohuashan guerrillas.
When it comes to night battles, no one has more experience than the members of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas. Although there are many enemies, the members of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas have strong firepower and accurate shooting skills. They cooperate with each other. The Japanese army basically only had to be beaten.
At night, as soon as they fired, the fire at the muzzle exposed their position and was shot dead by the guerrilla sniper. Later, the Japanese army lay on the ground and dared not shoot.
The guerrillas naturally have a way to deal with such enemies.
The flare was still a new invention in this era. Gao Jiu had already invented it in the Golden Triangle for the convenience of night battles.
The special forces members saw the Japanese army lying there and did not fire, so they fired flares at them.
The flares flashed in the night sky, and the earth was illuminated like daytime.
The Japanese officers and soldiers were lying on the ground and seeing the flashing flares in the sky, they were panicked and didn't know where to hide.
The mortars and snipers of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas took the opportunity to open fire on the Japanese army.
The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, so they didn't bother to reinforce the surrounded Japanese army. They climbed onto the truck in panic and fled away with their lives.
They escaped very quickly, so that Gao Jiu and others rushed over and had no time to intercept them.
The Japanese troops guarding the stronghold, with the light of the flares, had already seen their reinforcements flee in a hurry.
Soon after, there was no sound of gunfire coming from outside. They knew that they had no reinforcements.
The Japanese squadron leader guarding the stronghold has known these days that Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas came to this area and also heard many legends about Gao Jiu from the puppet army. He is now sure that the Taohuashan guerrillas who are fighting outside now are famous for their Taohuashan guerrillas.
He knew that there would be only a dead end if he continued to fight, so he took advantage of the gunfire outside and hurriedly shouted out loud: "Is there someone from Mr. Gao, a guerrilla team in Taohuashan? If so, we will surrender to your army."
He spoke Japanese because he had heard that the Taohuashan guerrillas were proficient in Japanese.
Gao Jiu was thinking about dismantling the morale of the Japanese army, so he agreed to the Japanese army surrender, so he asked the special forces members to shout to the Japanese army inside and ask them to come out to surrender.
It didn't take long before the Japanese army came out to surrender.
Gao Jiu took their weapons and immediately released them, and bandaged their wounded.
Then, Gao Jiu gave the Japanese squadron leader 500 oceans and asked him to take the Taohuashan guerrillas to attack another Japanese stronghold.
The Japanese army in this stronghold and the Japanese squadron leader who had just been captured were from the same infantry brigade. The reason why Gao Jiu brought the Japanese squadron leader over was to ask him to persuade the Japanese army in this stronghold to surrender.
After Gao Jiu and others arrived, they were ready to attack. They first fired a shot into the sky to attract the Japanese and puppet troops to fire.
The snipers attacked the flames at the enemy's muzzle, causing considerable casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold, which first put huge pressure on the Japanese and puppet troops.
Then the Taohuashan guerrillas began to shout to the stronghold, in Chinese and Japanese, respectively, to the Japanese and puppet troops inside.
The puppet soldiers learned that the guerrillas from Taohua Mountain were coming outside, and their fighting will disappeared immediately. They were all hiding in artillery towers or rooms, and no one came out to shoot out.
The Japanese army was very tenacious. Although they saw that the opponent's shooting skills were powerful, they also took the method of changing the place to change the target and continued to resist.
It is not difficult to deal with such an enemy. The special forces team set up 82mm recoilless cannons and the rocket launchers and fired at the place where the Japanese army opened fire.
After firing the gun, the Japanese soldiers hurriedly dodged. They could dodge the bullets of the guerrilla sniper rifles, but could not avoid rockets and flying shells. They hid behind the wall, and a big hole was blown out on the wall, which directly smashed them to pieces.
Seeing that the pressure on the Japanese army was too great, the Japanese squadron leader began to come in handy.
The Japanese squadron leader shouted: "Don't shoot the people in the stronghold. I am Yamamoto Ichiro, the squadron leader of the Third Squadron. My squadron and I have surrendered to Mr. Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas. Don't fight anymore. If you continue to fight, you will be a dead end.
As long as you are willing to put down your weapons, Mr. Gao will ensure the safety of your lives and property."
The Japanese squadron leader in the stronghold was still very tenacious. He cursed loudly: "Yamamoto Ichiro, you, a traitor from the Great Japanese Kingdom, are simply Baguaya, and have lost all the faces of the Great Japanese Kingdom warrior." After that, he set up a machine gun and shot Yamamoto Ichiro.
When Yamamoto Ichiro was hiding behind the rock when he shouted, the bullet hit the rock and did not hurt him.
The special forces members saw that the Japanese squadron leader was ignorant of lifting up and fired an 82mm recoil shell at the place where the machine gun was fired. The Japanese squadron leader and the Japanese squadrons around him were directly blown away.
The Japanese soldiers were not as tenacious as the squadron leader. Seeing that the squadron leader died, they became more and more panicked.
Yamamoto Ichiro continued to shout and asked them to come out and surrender.
Before the Japanese soldiers could answer, the puppet troops in the stronghold had already shouted, saying that they were going to surrender and asked the men of the Taohuashan guerrillas not to open fire.
Chapter completed!