Chapter 675: Meeting Ceremony
Gao Jiu said politely: "I heard that Principal Zhu loves the country and the people, and is enthusiastic about education. He has many students all over the world. Gao admires him very much."
Although Zhu Jianmin is over forty years and has experienced countless ups and downs, he no longer cares about other people's compliments. However, Gao Jiu is different. Gao Jiu is a world-famous anti-Japanese hero and a star-level figure with countless legendary stories. The affirmation from him still makes Zhu Jianmin very happy.
He asked Gao Jiu to sit down and said sincerely: "Mr. Gao, do you need my help if you come this time? As long as I can do it, I will never refuse."
Gao Jiu explained his purpose, and he hoped that Zhu Jianmin could help him find the anti-Japanese guerrillas operating in the Madre Mountains.
Zhu Jianmin said: "Mr. Gao, this matter is very easy. I have several students in the guerrilla team now, so I can send someone to contact them."
Gao Jiu was very happy and expressed his gratitude to him.
Zhu Jianmin was very enthusiastic. He asked Gao Jiu what other needs? He guessed that Gao Jiu and others needed supplies, and he could also help in this regard. For the guerrillas in the mountains, he raised a large number of supplies more than once, solving many difficulties for them.
Gao Jiu refused his kindness, and also hoped that he would not raise supplies for the guerrillas in the mountains in the future, because the goal of doing so was too big. The Japanese special high school classes were not for a good meal, and sooner or later they would find him on their heads. As for the supplies of the guerrillas in the future, they would solve the problem by themselves after he contacted the guerrillas.
To be honest, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Zhu Jianmin to raise supplies for the guerrillas now. In the past, his family was rich and he paid for the purchase of supplies quietly, which was even more concealed.
But now he has basically exhausted his family. If he wants to provide supplies to the guerrillas in the mountains, he must raise funds, which will involve many people. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no news in any link. If the Japanese notice it, it will be a disaster for Zhu Jianmin.
Although Zhu Jianmin had a short time to get in touch with Gao Jiu, Gao Jiu's behavior brought him great shock. Gao Jiu's work was not to let Zhu Jianmin take the risk of providing assistance to them, but to first consider Zhu Jianmin's safety, which touched Zhu Jianmin very much.
He said: "Mr. Gao, in order to fight against Japan, you have been born and died in the enemy's guns and bullets. I am willing to do my best to help you. As for my safety, I will find a way myself."
Gao Jiu said earnestly: "Principal Zhu, we all know this intention when you want to contribute to the anti-Japanese war. However, what you need to do most now is to protect yourself. Please believe me, in the future you will definitely shoulder more important responsibilities and make greater contributions to the anti-Japanese war."
Then Gao Jiu told Zhu Jianmin about his future plans.
Zhu Jianmin did not expect that Gao Jiu's ambition was so grand. Gao Jiu's blueprint was very excited. He said, "Mr. Gao, I listen to you. I am waiting for the news of your victory."
Zhu Jianmin warmly invited Gao Jiu and others to the banquet, and then asked his housekeeper to take Gao Jiu and others into the mountains to find the guerrillas.
Gao Jiu and others were about to leave when another guest came to the Zhu family. The person who came was a young man and an overseas Chinese. He was in his early 20s, not tall, a little dark, with bright eyes and very energetic.
He came to the living room and saw that there were other guests in Zhu Jianmin's house, so he prepared to temporarily avoid it.
Zhu Jianmin stopped him and said to Gao Jiu: "Mr. Gao, this is my student Li Mingquan. He is now in the guerrillas."
The young man was surprised that his identity was kept secret and his relationship with Zhu Jianmin was even more secret. He did not expect that Zhu Jianmin would tell them about their relationship in public.
But he knew his teachers and knew that these people should be trusted by the teachers. So he asked curiously: "Teacher, who are these?"
Zhu Jianmin smiled and said, "Mingquan, there is a young and promising and famous anti-Japanese hero in China, which made the Japanese invaders frightened and invincible. Don't you really want to see him? Now he is in front of you, I'll introduce you to you, this is Mr. Gao Jiugao."
Before the Japanese invaded the Philippines, Li Mingquan was fascinated by Gao Jiujiu. He had thought of returning to China to participate in the war and following Gao Jiu to fight the Japanese. At that time, he was too young and had not completed his studies, so he was dissuaded by Zhu Jianmin.
Later, the Japanese invaded the Philippines, and Li Mingquan also imitated Gao Jiu's appearance and pulled up a guerrilla team with some like-minded classmates to fight against the Japanese army.
Li Mingquan really didn't expect that Gao Jiu would appear on Luzon Island, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
At this time, he saw Gao Jiu standing up and looked at him with a smile. He hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, held Gao Jiu's stretched out hand with both hands, and said excitedly: "Mr. Gao, are you really Mr. Gao? I'm not dreaming, right?" He didn't know what to say for a moment.
Gao Jiu smiled and said, "If you change the bag, are you a little disappointed when you see me?"
Gao Jiu is tall and handsome, and naturally exudes a unique temperament, which is respectable, trustworthy, and very friendly.
Li Mingquan hurriedly said, "No, you are more majestic than I thought."
Gao Jiu asked Li Mingquan to sit beside him and have a cordial conversation with him.
Li Mingquan introduced the situation of the guerrillas to Gao Jiu and others in detail.
The anti-Japanese guerrillas where Li Mingquan was located were the Luzon people's anti-Japanese guerrillas. They were originally the anti-Japanese armed forces led by Li Mingquan and some of his classmates. At that time, the Japanese had just entered Luzon, and the anti-Japanese war was surging, and many anti-Japanese guerrillas emerged everywhere.
Their guerrillas grew rapidly in such an atmosphere, and quickly grew from dozens of people at the beginning to more than 2,000 people. Due to lack of organizational experience, they were constantly consumed in the battle with the Japanese army, and now there are more than 220 people left. However, these people are all the backbones who have been preserved after the test of combat and have strong combat power.
Gao Jiu was very happy to hear this. He decided to follow Li Mingquan to their guerrillas first and discuss with them the future cooperation and combat with them.
The reason why Gao Jiu wanted to contact the guerrillas was, on the one hand, to divert the attention of the Japanese and protect the safety of the haibao commando and important American figures as much as possible. On the other hand, he wanted to teach the local guerrillas the experience in guerrilla warfare, improve their combat capabilities, help them strengthen and develop the guerrillas, and severely attack the Japanese.
Li Mingquan was very happy and said that after he raised the supplies, he would take Gao Jiu and others back to the guerrillas.
Li Mingquan came down the mountain this time mainly to find Zhu Jianmin to raise food. The Philippines has a tropical climate and is rich in products. Various fruits such as bananas and coconuts are very rich, but eating these things is not enough. You must have food to maintain your strength.
Zhu Jianmin had just discussed with Gao Jiu that he would no longer provide food to the guerrillas. When Li Mingquan explained his purpose, he felt a little embarrassed and looked at Gao Jiu and heard what he said.
Gao Jiu said: "Brother Mingquan, Principal Zhu is under the nose of the Japanese, raising food and other supplies is very dangerous. In order to protect him, your guerrillas should not let him help raise supplies for the time being."
Li Mingquan understood that what Gao Jiu said was right, but the mountains are very difficult now, so he had no choice but to come to find the teacher.
He was a little embarrassed and said reluctantly: "Okay, since the teacher is in trouble here, we will think of other solutions."
Seeing his appearance, Gao Jiu said confidently: "No food, lack of weapons and ammunition, this is nothing. The Japanese have it, so we can ask them for it."
Li Mingquan had already heard of it. Gao Jiu was originally a small bandit in Taohua Mountain. He fought with the Japanese with one sword and one shot. Now he has established a huge family business in the Golden Triangle. He admired this very much.
Seeing Gao Jiu's confident look, he also strengthened his confidence and smiled and said, "Mr. Gao is right, we can steal the Japanese."
Gao Jiu, Li Mingquan and others bid farewell to Zhu Jianmin and headed to the guerrillas' station.
Nishicho Village is an important village on the main traffic route from Wengert to the Madre Mountains. Here, the Japanese army established a stronghold, with an infantry squadron stationed here, and a squadron of the Philippine puppet army assisting in the defense. Near the stronghold, they dug a blockade, posing a great threat to the guerrillas in the mountains.
The guerrillas where Li Mingquan and others were located had attacked this Japanese stronghold many times. Because the Japanese army built a solid artillery tower, their weapons and equipment were better than those of the guerrillas, and their number was large, the guerrillas were unable to defeat them.
When Gao Jiu heard Li Mingquan talk about this situation, he asked Li Mingquan to take him to the Japanese stronghold in Xicheng Village first.
After observing the Japanese stronghold, Gao Jiu felt a clear idea. He decided to prepare some meeting gifts for the guerrillas before going up the mountain. So they came to an intersection outside the stronghold, where there was a checkpoint set up by the puppet army, and a squad of the puppet army set up checkpoints here to check. Gao Jiu put his target on them.
When Li Mingquan heard that Gao Jiu wanted to destroy these puppet troops, he thought it was inappropriate because it was all flat land, and the Japanese stronghold was only more than 500 meters away from here. The Japanese sentinels on the artillery tower could clearly see the situation here. If Gao Jiu and others destroyed these puppet troops, they would definitely be discovered by the Japanese army.
Now they only have six people, Gao Jiu, Jia Liu, Ning Wen, Ning Wu, Chen Zhifeng and Li Mingquan, and there are 12 puppet troops, and there are hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold. Once the fight starts, the Japanese and puppet troops will flock out, which is really dangerous.
Li Mingquan knew that Gao Jiu was so heroic that he was embarrassed to ask questions, and carefully said, "Mr. Gao, why don't you let these puppet troops go first this time, and when you get to the mountains, transfer all the guerrillas and attack the Japanese stronghold."
Gao Jiu smiled faintly and said, "It's okay. I want to go to your guerrillas. I can't go empty-handed, but I still have to give me some meeting gifts."
After saying that, Gao Jiu briefly explained and asked Jia Liu, Chen Zhifeng, and Li Mingquan to wait in the middle of the bushes. Gao Jiu, Ning Wen and Ning Wu changed into Japanese uniforms and walked towards the puppet army's checkpoint in a swagger.
Jia Liu was not idle either. He asked Chen Zhifeng and Li Mingquan to wait on the spot, climbing up a tall banyan tree, hiding among the dense branches and leaves, preparing to use firepower to support Gao Jiu and others.
The Philippine puppet soldiers who were on duty at the checkpoint saw three people coming from a distance, and they immediately became alert. When they saw three Japanese soldiers coming, they relaxed.
Gao Jiu and others came to the checkpoint, and the puppet soldiers hurriedly came forward and saluted them respectfully.
Gao Jiu and others stopped, pretended to inquire about the situation from the puppet soldiers. While they were not paying attention, they suddenly drew out their pistols and attacked the puppet soldiers.
Ning Wen and Ning Wu also opened fire at the same time, and most of the puppet troops were shot dead on the spot.
After all, the number of puppet troops was large and the stations were relatively scattered. Gao Jiu and others could not eliminate them all for a while. Two puppet troops picked up their guns and wanted to fight back. At this time, Jia Liu also opened fire and knocked the two puppet troops to the ground.
Gao Jiu and others were carrying silencers, who could have killed these puppet troops silently. However, except for Jia Liu, they did not install silencers, and the gunshots directly reached the Japanese stronghold.
Gao Jiu and others did this on purpose because they knew that they could see what happened here in the Japanese stronghold. If they were using guns with mufflers, then they would be too special. It would be easy for the superiors of the Japanese army to think that they were related to those Americans, and it is very likely that a large number of Japanese and puppet troops would be recruited to encircle and suppress them.
What Gao Jiu and others had to do was to make the Japanese feel that the guerrillas attacked the puppet army's checkpoints. Even if their marksmanship was outstanding, it was not too much, because there would definitely be people with outstanding marksmanship among the guerrillas.
As for the use of silencers of K-6, it is to hide itself well and prepare for the next battle.
After Gao Jiu and others killed the puppet army, they calmly confiscated the puppet army's guns and ammunition. Chen Zhifeng and Li Mingquan also rushed over to help.
Li Mingquan knew that there were many Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold, and they would come over soon. While picking up the guns on the ground, he reminded Gao Jiu and said, "Mr. Gao, let's go quickly, the Japanese will chase after you soon."
Gao Jiu and Ning Wen, Ning Wu remained indifferent and had no intention of leaving.
Li Mingquan's worries were not redundant. Sure enough, he saw many people coming out of the stronghold and rushed towards him.
Gao Jiu was still not nervous, and he said to Li Mingquan: "I decided to capture this Japanese stronghold today. Let's do this. You go back to the mountains and transfer your guerrillas here."
Chapter completed!