In mid-December, Gao Jiu finally transported his weapons back to Wuhan and then embarked on the way back to Taohua Mountain.

Gao Jiu gained a lot in this trip to Germany. He himself made a lot of money from Germany. The guo government rewarded him with 400,000 French currency and the equipment of an infantry regiment. Krupp Company bought and gave Gao Jiu 8 anti-aircraft guns and 24 anti-aircraft machine guns. In addition to the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns he had obtained before, the powerful anti-aircraft firepower basically eliminated the threat from the Japanese Air Force to Taohua Mountain.

Unfortunately, Hans and others whom he recruited from Germany were left behind by Guderian. Now Guderian has great power and can protect Hans and others and let them rejoin the German Wehrmacht.

The submachine guns provided by Gao Jiu to the Soviet Union have gone through the experimental stage and are beginning to assemble the production line. They have promised Gao Jiu to provide the 10,000 submachine guns and 1 million bullets to Gao Jiu at the latest by June next year, and promised Gao Jiu to purchase submachine guns and bullets at any time.

However, it is not all good news. Although the guo government obtained a large number of weapons and ammunition, the Japanese army was still too powerful after all, and Guangzhou was still lost. The guo government has begun to make plans to give up Wuhan and retreat to Chongqing.

Zhiyuan County Town.

Wang Jindong, Chief of Staff Liu, Wang Zhankui and others received Gao Jiu grandly and revealed a news to Gao Jiu at the banquet that made him feel very depressed.

Wang Jindong said that since the National Government was about to give up Wuhan and the 41st Army was preparing to move south, he had received an order from the commander to ask the newly formed 187th Division to abandon southwest Shandong and cross the Daqing River to retreat to Nanyang.

For Gao Jiu, this is really bad news. This means that the iron triangle in southwestern Shandong no longer exists. After the Battle of Wuhan, a large number of Japanese troops will return to Shandong, and the anti-Japanese situation in southwestern Shandong will deteriorate sharply.

However, Wang Jindong did not want to give up the Zhiyuan County town he had run for a long time. He planned to keep Wang Zhankui's new 24th Regiment and Guan Lie's independent regiment and continue to stick to Zhiyuan County town. He had reported this plan to the 41st Army and was waiting for the reply from his superiors.

Gao Jiu stayed in Zhiyuan County for two days and returned to Taohua Mountain on December 21.

During Gao Jiu's outing in Taohua Mountain, the construction of Taohua Mountain did not stop for a day. Today, a large number of solid steel and concrete bunkers have been built on the 12 mountains around Taohua Mountain, as well as solid anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine gun positions. With the expansion of the defense scope and no longer worried about the bombing of the Japanese Air Force, various facilities have been built in the valley and on the hillside, and people no longer live in caves.

The Taohua Mountain guerrillas had sufficient weapons and ammunition, and their grain reserves were sufficient for three years. A large number of terraced fields were also built on the mountain to plant various vegetables. The mountain village was well supplied with supplies, and Taohua Mountain was like a paradise, and people lived a stable and happy life.

In the valley of Taohua Mountain, several individual courtyards were built side by side, and several suites were built in the yard. These individual courtyards were prepared for the leaders of Taohua Mountain.

After Gao Jiu returned to Taohua Mountain, he did not go out until the Spring Festival in 1939 and lived a comfortable and stable life.

During this period, the enemy situation in Shandong began to become serious. In addition to the original 114th Division and the 142nd Division of the Guarding Division, the 8th Regiment Division, the 167th Division of the Guarding Division, and the 9th Brigade were added. The total Japanese army's total force in Shandong had exceeded 140,000, and the enemy situation was unprecedentedly serious.

Fortunately, it was the same as in history. The main force of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army entered Shandong and established the Shandong Military Region. They were active in the eastern and northern parts of Shandong and shared a lot of pressure from the Japanese army.

Even so, the 8th Japanese Division arrived in Jinan, and one of the brigades was stationed in Tai'an. Taohua Mountain directly faced the threat from the two main divisions of the Japanese 114th Division and the 8th Division.

On February 20, another bad news came. After Wang Jindong and others evacuated Zhiyuan County, they left behind Wang Zhankui's new 24th Regiment and Guan Lie's independent regiment. However, the 38th Regiment of the Japanese army attacked Nanyang, and they were ordered to retreat to Nanyang, and the iron triangle was completely gone.

On the same day, Sun Yongan sent a telegram.

Sun Yongan is now in charge of Taohua Mountain's external intelligence work. He has developed the intelligence station to Tai'an, Shoucheng County, Pingyue County, Zhiyuan County, Yu County and other surrounding areas. He himself is still in Shoucheng County.

Sun Yong'an's telegram said that a squadron of Japanese soldiers was added to Shoucheng County, and the team led a Japanese lieutenant named Sasaki. Now Shoucheng County is no longer the final word for Captain Hirata. Sasaki is more troublesome. After entering Shoucheng County, he began to strengthen public security activities in the county town, asking people in the county town to apply for a good citizen certificate again, and rectify the security army brigade and police brigade, arresting many people in the city, including two innocent people killed.

Liu Shengyu found Sun Yongan and asked him to inform Master Jiu and tried to drive away Sasaki's group of Japanese devils.

Today, a war room has also been built in Taohua Mountain. The wall inside is hung with a combat map of Shandong. There is a terrain sand table in the middle of the war room around Taohua Mountain.

Gao Jiu, Zhang Quan, Guo Hengming, Du Shengxi, and Wang Guimin are holding a military meeting to study how to destroy the combat deployment of the Japanese squadron in Shoucheng County.

Wang Guimin, the combat staff member, has now adapted to the role of the guerrillas in Taohua Mountain. He first introduced the enemy situation around Shoucheng County, and then introduced the situation of the Japanese army in Shoucheng County.

He said: "According to the information provided by the Shoucheng County Intelligence Station, the Japanese army in this squadron had a habit of opening out of the barracks every morning and running along the main street in the county town. They went west from the barracks gate in a single day, and went east from the barracks gate in a double day, bypassing half of the county town and then returning to the barracks.

Our guerrillas can use their habit to hit them an ambush."

Zhang Quan said: "This is a good way. Let me lead the team and guarantee that they will be killed."

Guo Hengming and Du Shengxi both agreed with this opinion, and they both said to follow Zhang Quan to carry out this mission.

With the combat effectiveness of the Taohuashan Special Forces, it is not difficult to eliminate the Japanese in a squadron. The difficulty is how to protect Liu Shengyu's public security army brigade.

The city walls and gates of the county town are all under the responsibility of the security army. If you want to fight the ambush of the Japanese army in the city, you need the cooperation of Liu Shengyu's security army brigade to allow the Taohuashan guerrillas to enter the city smoothly for ambush. When the Japanese army was ambushed in the city, the Japanese army will definitely investigate how the Taohuashan guerrillas entered Shoucheng County. Liu Shengyu's security army brigade will inevitably be investigated, which is difficult to explain.

Liu Shengyu's Public Security Army Brigade is one of the periphery guarantees east of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas. They cannot be exposed unless they have to be absolutely necessary.

Wang Guimin is good at learning. He is now very familiar with all aspects of the Taohuashan guerrillas. He suggested: "In order to protect Liu Shengyu's public security brigade, it is best to let them leave Shoucheng County on the day of the battle and hand over the city gate to the Japanese army to guard it. We can send some elite team members to enter Shoucheng County in advance. With the cooperation of Liu Shengyu and others, quietly take down a city gate at dawn, and then ambush the troops near the Japanese barracks. This will catch the Japanese army off guard, and Liu Shengyu's public security brigade does not have to bear the responsibility."

Under Gao Jiu's training, the commanders of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas all developed good thinking habits.

Guo Hengming said: "I suggest that our Taohuashan guerrillas pretend to attack Taoyuan Town and create an excuse for Liu Shengyu's security army to leave the city."

Zhang Quan said: "I think this method is good. This will not only protect Liu Shengyu's public security army brigade, but also protect Li Chengwu's third squadron stationed in Taoyuan Town.

In order to win the trust of the Japanese, I suggest that those who besieged Taoyuan Town do not use the main force of our Taohuashan guerrillas and let the militias in the fortress villages attack us. Otherwise, the dignified Taohuashan guerrillas will not be able to defeat Taoyuan Town, which is a bit unexplainable."

Du Shengxi said: "I will add one more thing. The Japanese military police team in the county are in peace with our Taohua Mountain. It is best to protect them. You can notify Liu Shengyu in advance. After the battle begins, let the remaining security troops in the city and Li San's police brigade enter the Japanese military police team as soon as possible to help them defend.

That squadron of the Japanese were annihilated, and the Japanese military police, security forces and police brigades were protected, which is reasonable."

Gao Jiu nodded and said, "Yes, everyone's opinions are very good, so that's what we do."

After the meeting, Gao Jiu personally drafted a telegram and asked Wang Yuling to send it to Sun Yongan.

Shoucheng County.

Since Sasaki entered the city, Liu Shengyu has begun to be worried. Sasaki is a good person and is asking for trouble all day long. Several soldiers from the Public Security Army Brigade were caught by the Japanese patrol team because of their disguised clothes and beaten to death.

Liu Shengyu went to plead with mercy, but was scolded by Sasaki. He also said that he would rectify the security army brigade in the security army brigade and send the Japanese deputy captain to the security army brigade. This was obviously to seize Liu Shengyu's military power.

Liu Shengyu was so angry that he went to find Sun Yongan and provided him with the situation of the Japanese. So Sun Yongan reported to Taohua Mountain about the situation of the Japanese.

After receiving a telegram from Gao Jiu, Sun Yongan passed the message to Liu Shengyu. Liu Shengyu was very happy and went to see Captain Hirata.

Captain Hirata's recent mood is the same as Liu Shengyu, and even worse than him. He was originally the local emperor of Shoucheng County, and he said it was the only thing that the Taohuashan guerrillas did not come to cause trouble for him, and his life was so comfortable.

Since Sasaki came, he not only lost his rule over Shoucheng Prefecture, but also often suffered from Sasaki.

Captain Hirata is a businessman. He usually does not pay attention to military training and his behavior is a bit like a soldier. Sasaki doesn't like Captain Hirata. Since he came to the county town, he scolded him a lot, and even slapped him in the mouth in public. He is very resentful to Sasaki, hoping that Sasaki can provoke Taohua Mountain, and then let the monster Gao Jiu take away Sasaki, the devil.

At this time, Liu Shengyu came to find him.

Seeing Captain Pingtian, Liu Shengyu said in a panic: "Captain Pingtian, it's amazing. The people from Taohua Mountain are going to attack Taoyuan Town. I have to take people back to save my father."

Captain Pingtian is a smart man. Taoyuan Town is so close to Taohua Mountain. It has been so long since he has never heard of them going to Taoyuan Town. He had long guessed that Liu Shengyu and Gao Jiu should have had some secret contact.

Captain Hirata didn't care about this, which was exactly what he hoped. If Liu Shengyu really had a secret conversation with the Taohuashan guerrillas, then the Taohuashan guerrillas would not send people to attack Shoucheng County in order to protect Liu Shengyu, and he, the military captain, would be comfortable.

Facts have proved that the Taohua Mountain guerrillas are so powerful that even the regular army of the Japanese army is no match for others, but he, the commander of the military police, has always been as stable as Mount Tai, which has confirmed his speculation.

Now that Liu Shengyu said that the Taohuashan guerrillas were going to attack Taoyuan Town, Captain Pingtian didn't believe a word, but his interests were consistent with Liu Shengyu. He seemed to have guessed that Liu Shengyu was leaving the county town, and he probably wanted to avoid suspicion. This shows that the Taohuashan guerrillas might have to cause trouble in the county town.

He was very worried about his safety and said to Liu Shengyu: "Liu Sang, you want to go out of the city to save your father. There is no problem with this. I agree to lead the team out of the city. Master Sasaki blames you, and I will take it for you.

But, if you bring people out of the county town, who will guarantee my safety if something happens in the county town?"

Liu Shengyu said: "Captain Don't worry, I will leave a squadron in the city, and there is also Li San's police brigade in the city. If something happens in the city, they will go to the gendarmerie to protect you as soon as possible."

This further confirms Captain Hirata's speculation. It seems that the Taohuashan guerrillas are really going to cause trouble in the county town, and their target is definitely not aimed at themselves.

Captain Hirata felt relieved and said, "Yo Xi! Just take the troops out of the city. I will send someone to guard the Ximen of the county town."

Liu Shengyu led his troops out of the city. Sasaki received the report and came to Captain Hirata angrily. He asked: "What did the security army go out of the city?"

Hirata said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Liu Shengyu, the father of the captain of the Public Security Army, is in Taoyuan Town. They were besieged by local anti-Japanese militants. In order to save his father, he led a team to reinforce Taoyuan Town."

After Sasaki entered the city, he had already taken over the power. The Public Security Army Brigade left the city without his approval, which was equivalent to slapping him in the face. He reached out and gave Captain Hirata a big ear and angrily shouted: "What a courage! Who gives you the right to approve the Public Security Army Brigade from the city without my consent?"

Sasaki was stout and had a lot of strength in his hands. Captain Hirata's face was beaten red and swollen. He endured the pain and said, "I'm sorry, Master Grandpa, I'm wrong."

Sasaki scolded Captain Hirata again and said that he would settle the score with them after Liu Shengyu came back.

Looking at Sasaki's back, Captain Hirata rubbed his cheeks hard, spat with contempt, and said to himself: "You idiot! Just wait for Gao Jiu to come and deal with you."

After Liu Shengyu left the city, he sent a confidant to go to Taoyuan Town to report to Li Chengwu.

At the same time, Sun Yongan, who received the news from Liu Shengyu, also sent the telegram to Gao Jiu from Taohua Mountain.
Chapter completed!