At this time, less than 15 minutes before the Japanese army launched an attack, the Japanese army's offensive did not pose any threat to the defenders' positions and was defeated.

The members of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, militia and soldiers of the Fruit Army, saw the Japanese army so indifferently, and then the trembling cheers burst out.

They now have full confidence to repel the Japanese attack, and even look forward to the Japanese army coming up again to die again.

The division commander of the Japanese First Division received a statistical report on the casualties, and the figures on it were shocking.

The attack just now has lost more than 500 officers and soldiers before it approached the enemy's position. Since they first encountered bombing from the Taohuashan Air Force, the First Division has lost more than 4,000 people so far. He really doesn't know how to continue this battle.

The commander of the First Division came to the temporary command center and said to Shigeru Fujita: "Chief of Staff, the enemy's firepower is too strong, and my troops have suffered heavy casualties. It is not a solution to continue like this."

Shigeru Fujita was full of anger. This anger could be said to be nameless fire. I don’t know who to attack.

He looked at the continuous mountains in front and saw the bodies of Japanese soldiers lying on the hillside, and he began to feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

He was basically sure that under the attack of the enemy's powerful firepower, the Japanese officers and soldiers rushed forward and could only die in vain.

At this moment, the roar of the hateful bombers came from the sky, and then there were a large number of aviation bombs exploding around the mountain.

Shigeru Fujita and others hid under a natural rock and temporarily avoided the bombing of the enemy air force, but the Japanese officers and soldiers exposed to the hillside, valley, and on the top of the mountain were unknown to many people who were killed and injured by the bombing.

At this time, the commander of the Ninth Division asked to speak with Shigeru Fujita. Shigeru Fujita had guessed what the commander of the Ninth Division was going to say before he took the microphone.

He frowned and took the phone. He was familiar with the loud voice of the commander of the 9th Division, and he specially moved the receiver slightly away from his ears and said directly: "What are you going to say?"

The 9th Division commander heard the loud voice of howling from the receiver. He said, "Chief of Staff, the enemy's firepower is too strong. My troops have suffered heavy casualties. This battle cannot be fought like this."

Hearing this, Shigeru Fujita felt very sad. He knew the commander of the First Division and the commander of the Ninth Division. They were usually very arrogant. Unexpectedly, they had lost confidence after just launching an attack on the enemy.

Shigeru Fujita boasted of Haikou. Now he is in a dilemma. If he continues to attack, he will inevitably suffer heavy losses. If he does not launch an attack, the enemy's long-range artillery strikes and air force bombing will also cause heavy losses to the Japanese army.

He looked at the sky. It was already 4:30 pm. He believed that the enemy's air force would bomb at most. During this period, the Japanese army could launch another attack, which would be best if it could attack. If it could not attack, wait until night and use the cover of night to launch an attack.

Shigeru Fujita told the commander of the First Division and the commander of the Ninth Division. They had no other choice but to agree to his opinion.

This time, the Japanese army launched an offensive similar to the last time, or there was a slight progress, that was, many Japanese officers and soldiers rushed into a range of 100m from the defending defensive positions.

However, they also paid a heavier price to advance the twenty or thirty meters more. The result of the battle was that the Japanese army threw down a large number of corpses and rolled and crawled back.

Night finally came, and Shigeru Fujita asked all Japanese troops to hurry up and rest and prepare to launch another attack on the mountain in the middle of the night.

Zhang Quan, Du Shengxi and others were now completely at ease. They believed that the enemy would definitely not attack Taohua Mountain, and they also knew that the Japanese army would launch an attack at night.

They asked the defenders to leave half of the people to stand on their positions, and the rest should hurry up and rest, and replace them in the second half of the night to ensure that at least half of the people were on the positions to guard against Japanese raids at any time.

After Gao Jiu and others launched artillery fire on the Japanese army, in order to avoid being surrounded by the enemy, they quickly evacuated the battlefield and used the familiar terrain to temporarily hide in two villages near Shoucheng County. He also decided to wait until night before launching an attack on the Japanese army.

Taoyuan Town.

The Japanese troops were coming to besiege Taohua Mountain. Taoyuan Town was the closest place to Taohua Mountain Village that could be accessed by road. The Japanese army would definitely occupy it. Therefore, the residents of the town were urgently mobilized and evacuated Taoyuan Town.

For ordinary people in Taoyuan Town, life is relatively simple. Apart from the real estate in the town, there are not many things at home, and it is not difficult to evacuate temporarily.

But for those wealthy families, letting them leave Taoyuan Town is simply a disaster.

Liu Shengyu's father, Liu Defu, had a big family and a large part of his property was in Taoyuan Town. It was very troublesome to let him evacuate from Taoyuan Town. Just those property that needed to be transported could be loaded with hundreds of large trucks, and the loss would be great if he had to move.

He was a little reluctant to evacuate, so he found Liu Shengyu and asked him to tell Zhang Quan that he would not leave because his eldest son is still teaching at Tokyo Diguo University, and I think the Japanese would not do anything to him.

Liu Shengyu advised his father to leave. These Japanese devils were Kwantung Army, not local Japanese devils, and they would not buy the accounts of Liu Defu's eldest son. They came from outside the pass to the mainland, and burning, killing, looting was inevitable. He advised his father not to take this risk.

Liu Defu said dissatisfiedly: "How can we move through so many people in our family, so many property, and in such a short time? You have followed Mr. Gao and are also from Taohua Mountain. You can't watch our family suffer losses no matter how hard you."

Liu Shengyu said: "I was about to tell you about this matter, but Master Jiu has already told you that no matter what kind of losses the residents in our town suffer, Master Jiu will compensate you. The house was bombed or burned, Master Jiu promised to pay for reconstruction.

As for our family’s situation, I am a member of the Taohuashan guerrillas after all, and Master Jiu will never treat us unfairly. If there is any loss, Master Jiu will definitely give full compensation for my sake.

Master Jiu once told me that you would transfer part of our property to the Golden Triangle, where the economic situation is very good and it is easy to make money.

I think you might as well take advantage of this opportunity to leave Taoyuan Town and simply go to the Golden Triangle to inspect it. If you think it is good, you can invest in and build a factory there, and Jiuye will definitely take care of you in all aspects."

When Liu Defu heard Liu Shengyu say this, he said, "Mr. Gao is a righteous person and generous person. I believe him. Including our move this time, there will definitely be great losses. You should also remind Mr. Gao more about this."

Liu Shengyu said, "Don't worry, I am your son, and I will naturally think about what I should say and what I should do. I have already told Zhang Quan of the second in command that he promised to take a part of the vehicle to help our family move."

Taoyuan Town has always been one of the most important strongholds of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas. The guerrillas have been stationed here for a long time and have a deep affection with the local residents. Therefore, Gao Jiu gave a special explanation to the residents of the town this time. He specifically explained that if he suffered losses during the evacuation, he would definitely give compensation and help them rebuild their homes.

The reason why Gao Jiu did this was not only to appease the residents of the town, but also to use Taoyuan Town to deal with the Japanese army with a heavy blow.

Just after the residents of the town evacuated, the Taohuashan guerrillas buried a large number of strong explosives in the town, including many 240mm heavy mortar shells. If these explosives and shells exploded, they could razed the entire Taoyuan Town to the ground. After all this was arranged, they would wait for the Japanese army to occupy the place and give them a thunderous blow.

As the vanguard of the Kwantung Army, the Second Japanese chariot Brigade first came to Taoyuan Town and planned to occupy the town as their campsite. Due to inconvenient road traffic, the chariot troops were useless in the battle against Taohua Mountain, so they stopped in Taoyuan Town.

These Japanese were not good things. After entering the town, they began to rob.

Fortunately, the residents of the town had evacuated early and took away all the valuable things.

The Japanese were very angry and were about to burn the town with a fire after they left. At this time, they didn't know that they were already sitting on the crater.

At midnight, Gao Jiu set out. This time he was the only one, riding a horse and leading a war horse carrying supplies.

The reason why he wanted to attack the Japanese army alone was because there were too many Japanese troops around Taohua Mountain. If the commandos launched an attack on the Japanese army, they would easily be besieged by the Japanese army. Once they were entangled by the Japanese army, they would be difficult to escape and would probably suffer heavy losses.

Gao Jiu's skills are far better than ordinary people and are convenient for moving at night, so he can detonate the explosives buried in Taoyuan Town, which is the best candidate.

Seeing that the boss was going to take risks in person, Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and others were very concerned, but they were not worried. Everyone knew Gao Jiu's power too well. Gao Jiu attacked the enemy alone at night, and the enemy could not do anything to him. If someone followed him, it would become a burden to him.

Therefore, no one dissuaded Gao Jiu anymore. He just said something to look forward to the return of Jiu Master's triumphantly, and sent Gao Jiu away.

Gao Jiu rode his horse to the direction of Taoyuan Town. This time there were too many Japanese coming, and Gao Jiu would inevitably encounter Japanese Japanese on the road.

He was wearing a Japanese uniform and spoke fluent Japanese. He hid in the dark and eavesdropped on the Japanese commands. Therefore, he was not intercepted on the road and successfully arrived near Taoyuan Town.

Just as Gao Jiu was about to launch an attack on the Japanese army, Shigeru Fujita commanded the Japanese army to launch a night attack on the Taohua Mountain guerrillas.

In the evening, Shigeru Fujita held a combat meeting and asked the Japanese First Division and the Ninth Division to dispatch heavy troops tonight to launch a full-scale attack on Taohua Mountain, requiring them to seize Taohua Mountain tonight regardless of casualties.

After experiencing the daytime plane bombing and long-range artillery attacks, the two division commanders also understood that only by quickly taking down Taohua Mountain can this passive situation be avoided.

Therefore, they also made up their minds to take down Taohua Mountain tonight no matter what. After they returned to their respective troops, they also held a combat meeting and asked the division's division's troops to do their best to take down Taohua Mountain.

At 1 a.m., the Japanese First Division and the Ninth Division respectively invested two infantry regiments and launched an attack on the defensive positions of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas. More than 10,000 Japanese soldiers climbed up the mountain.

At night, the Taohua Mountain guerrillas also defended prisoners. They set up many searchlights on the top of the mountain and kept shining down the mountain.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from touching them quietly, they threw a large number of gasoline-dipped torches on the frontline positions, and the Japanese army could not do any sneak attacks.

When the Japanese soldiers saw the torches and the bright searchlights on the hillside, they thought about the terrifying firepower of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas. The Japanese officers and soldiers who participated in the attack all felt a very tragic feeling. They knew that they must have gone to die this time, and they couldn't help but feel a little scared.

But these guys were deeply poisoned by ****'s thoughts. They were fearless and still climbed up the mountain.

Soon after, the battle began. Four infantry regiments and tens of thousands of Japanese troops launched an attack on the guerrilla defensive positions all over the mountains and fields, and gunfire sounded suddenly.

The members of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, militias and soldiers of the Guo Army guarding the mountain, with the support of the fierce firepower of the artillery, fired violently at the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain with machine guns and submachine guns. Seeing the enemy falling in large numbers, they all felt very excited. They were very confident that these Japanese soldiers could not rush up.

The Japanese were so tenacious. The ones in front died, while the ones in the back were still climbing up desperately. They continued to fight, making the defenders on the mountain feel soft.

After all, the visibility at night was relatively low. The defenders on the mountain did not notice that behind these crazy attacking Japanese infantry, many Japanese artillerymen carried 240mm heavy mortars and climbed up.

After entering the range of 240mm heavy mortars, shells were quickly fired at the top of the mountain.

The 240mm heavy mortar was powerful. In addition to the guerrillas left in the fortifications, the defenders exposed to open positions suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Quan hurriedly ordered the artillery soldiers of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas to fight back.

But it was too dark and I couldn't see clearly from afar. I couldn't find the location of the Japanese artillery accurately for a while, so the strike effect was not very ideal.

The Japanese artillery fire continued to hit the mountain, causing great casualties to the defenders and weakened the defense firepower much.
Chapter completed!