Nanyang.

Wang Zhankui and Guan Lie came to Nanyang with their troops and heard a news that made them very depressed: the troops wanted to reduce their organization and merge the newly formed 24th Regiment and Guan Lie's independent regiment into one regiment, with the number of people reduced to 2,300, Wang Zhankui became the regiment commander and Guan Lie was the deputy regiment commander.

In the past, the newly formed 187th Division had its own territory in southwestern Shandong, and several counties around could have financial support. Wang Jindong, the newly formed 187th Division, had no one to care about how much he wanted to expand his army, as long as he could afford it himself.

Due to the financial constraints of the National Government and the lack of support for so many troops, the organization of the troops must be controlled. Now Wang Jindong has lost the territory in southwestern Shandong, and the source of funds mainly depends on the allocation of the 41st Army. The funds of the 41st Army are also limited, so he requires the newly formed 187th Division to be reduced in the organization.

Wang Zhankui's original new 24th Regiment had nearly 3,000 people, and Guan Lie's supplementary regiment had 2,200 people. Now they have squeezed the two of them to 2,300 people, which is really hard for them to accept.

This is not the most outrageous thing. Most of the people who were laid off on the reorganization list were Wang Zhankui’s original old team, because these people were not from good backgrounds.

Wang Jindong is quite righteous and trusts Wang Zhankui very much. He argues with reason, but this is what the above meaning is that they do not want to retain people from bandits.

When Wang Zhankui and Guan Lie attended the reorganization meeting of the officers above the regiment held by the Military Department, they clearly felt the unfriendly atmosphere. Those officers were graduates from various military academies. They looked down on people like Wang Zhankui and Guan Lie from the bottom of their hearts and were unwilling to get close to them. Wang Zhankui and Guan Lie could not fit into those people in groups.

Wang Zhankui completely understood that people like him would not have a future in the national army. Now it is during the war, and when he is employed, he can fight well and have a place. Once he doesn't need him, he may be the target of being cleaned.

After returning to the garrison, Wang Zhankui gathered the old team of the original cavalry battalion together and discussed their future prospects with them.

Everyone discussed for a long time and was unwilling to continue working in the guo army. Wang Zhankui had already figured out a way out and said to these old brothers: "Brothers! I want to go to join Master Jiu, are you willing?"

"I'm willing." Everyone answered in unison.

Gao Jiu is really awesome. The most important thing is that Gao Jiu is righteous and never treats his brothers unfairly. Moreover, Gao Jiu is also a bandit, so there are no psychological obstacles between them.

Wang Zhankui made up his mind to break away from the 187th Division of the newly formed, so he came to Wang Jindong and resigned from his position as the leader of the 24th Division of the newly formed, and left with his brothers.

To be honest, Wang Zhankui made great contributions to Wang Jindong, and Wang Jindong couldn't bear to leave, but the superiors put a lot of pressure on him. Even his father-in-law persuaded him not to take in a bandit like Wang Zhankui and have experienced the enemy, which would affect his future. Wang Jindong had no choice but to agree to Wang Zhankui's request.

He felt that he owed Wang Zhankui, so he agreed to take away his old brothers, together with their equipment, and gave Wang Zhankui 20,000 oceans and 300,000 bullets.

Wang Jindong did it with great since he was deregulated, because when he was deregistered, he was not allowed to take away his equipment. At this point, Wang Jindong was really doing it with great righteousness.

At noon that day, Wang Jindong, Chief of Staff Liu and others gave Wang Zhankui off. Wang Jindong said: "Brother Zhankui, the newly compiled 187th Division has achieved today, thanks to the Zhankui brothers who have been through life and death and have established outstanding achievements. Brother, I'm sorry for you."

Speaking of this, Wang Jindong was really moved, and tears flowed out of his eyes.

To be honest, Wang Jindong is really good to Wang Zhankui. Wang Zhankui was also very moved, and his eyes turned red. He said, "Master, I understand your feelings, and I can understand your difficulties. I have the kindness of supporting me, and I will never forget me. I will give you a cup."

The two clinked glasses and drank the wine they had in their own glasses. Wang Jindong said: "You are going to join Brother Gao Jiu, and I am also happy for you. Brother Gao is a person with great ability, let alone character. Keeping up with Brother Gao will definitely have a bright future.

Over the past year, Brother Gao has helped too much for the newly compiled 187th Division. I cherish the days of fighting side by side with Brother Gao. This time, I gave up southwest Shandong, and I am really sorry to Brother Gao.

After you meet Brother Gao, you apologize to him for me, saying that I will always treat him as a brother. No matter where I go, I will do my best to help as long as he needs it."

Chief of Staff Liu was also very moved. He said: "Brother Gao and brother Zhan Kui, we fought side by side. This period is always worth cherishing. Alas, what a pity! There is no banquet that will last forever."

Speaking of this, he was in a heavy mood and couldn't help but shed tears.

After the banquet, Wang Zhankui led more than 240 old brothers to Taohua Mountain.

Early this morning, several special forces members who had already sneaked into the city, led by Liu Shengyu's confidant, quietly arrived at the west gate of the county town, killed two Japanese military police, and opened the west gate. Zhang Quan and others led the special forces into the county town and ambushed on the route that the Japanese army had scheduled to go out.

Not long after, it was dawn. With the sound of the military trumpet, the Japanese army formed a yard, and then lined up and ran out of the yard.

After all the Japanese army's queues were opened out of the barracks, Takawa shot Sasaki, who was running at the front of the team, and almost immediately, Takawa's sniper team killed all the Japanese officers and machine gunners.

The special forces members also opened fire together. More than 30 machine guns poured bullets onto the Japanese army's ranks like heavy rain, knocking the Japanese army to the ground like cutting wheat.

The Japanese army never expected that they would be ambushed in the county town, with their guns on their shoulders. If they wanted to counterattack, they had to remove the gun from their shoulders, load the bullets, and then take the gun to find the target to aim. This series of actions took some time. With this time, the enemy had already fired a lot of bullets. They could not react at all at such a close-range violent attack.

In just one minute, most of the Japanese army was shot dead, and sporadic Japanese troops were also killed by special forces one by one by one. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Quan commanded the special forces to rush into the Japanese barracks and wiped out all the remaining Japanese troops inside.

The entire battle lasted less than ten minutes, and 176 Japanese soldiers were wiped out, and only one of the special forces members was slightly injured.

After the battle started, the security forces and police brigades that had already received the notice ran into the yard of the Japanese military police.

Zhang Quan directed the special forces to launch a feint attack on the yard of the military police. Everyone fired guns into the sky and pretended, and then the special forces withdrew from Shoucheng County.

Captain Hirata came to the street and saw Sasaki lying on the ground. He smiled contemptuously, spat on his head that was beaten to pieces, and thought to himself: "This is my territory, and it's not your turn to do whatever you want!"

Captain Hirata is now very clear that the security army and the police brigade are wearing pairs of pants with the Taohuashan guerrillas. He is very glad that he never makes trouble in Taohuashan. As long as he continues to maintain this state, he, the commander of the gendarmerie, can be safe and sound here.

Taohua Mountain.

Gao Jiu led all the people from Taohua Mountain Village to welcome Wang Zhankui and others to Taohua Mountain.

When he arrived in front of Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui issued an order to the troops he brought: ""Add a moment, stand at attention! Look right and look forward."

Then he turned to Gao Jiu, stood attentively and said solemnly: "Master Jiu, I will join you with my brothers, and I will take you in."

Gao Jiu stepped forward and hugged Wang Zhankui and said loudly: "Brother Zhankui, brothers! Welcome you to Taohua Mountain, we will be a family in the future."

Next, a big banquet was held in Taohua Mountain to welcome Wang Zhankui and others.

Wang Zhankui fought side by side with the Taohuashan guerrillas many times, and had a good relationship with Zhang Quan, Guo Hengming and others. Zhang Quan was willing to give up the position of the second chief to Wang Zhankui. Wang Zhankui was a shrewd person, but he was unwilling to let others have opinions about him. He refused to do anything, saying that he was willing to be the sixth chief to be under Feng Xiucai.

After some push, the leader of Taohua Mountain re-ranked the seats. Gao Jiu, the leader of the great boss, Zhang Quan, the second boss, Wang Zhankui, the third boss, and then Guo Hengming, Du Shengxi and Feng Xiucai.

Gao Jiu was very happy about Wang Zhankui's arrival. Now that the enemy situation is so serious, the power of Taohua Mountain is too weak. Wang Zhankui and others have experienced many battles. Although their combat effectiveness is slightly different from that of Taohua Mountain's special forces, they are also a very powerful force. With their arrival, Taohua Mountain's safety has a little more guaranteed.

After discussion, the Taohuashan guerrillas were reorganized and divided into special operations brigades, cavalry brigades, guard brigades and logistics brigades.

Wang Zhankui and others came in time, and a war in Taohua Mountain was about to break out.

The 8th Division, also known as the Hongzai Division, is organized by Hirosaki, which is under the 15th Infantry Brigade, which is under the 17th Infantry Regiment, the 31st Infantry Regiment. The 16th Infantry Brigade, which is under the 32nd Infantry Regiment, the 33rd Infantry Regiment, the 8th Field Artillery Regiment, the 8th Infantry Regiment, the 8th Infantry Regiment: the 8th Division Communication Team, the 2nd Field Hospital of the 8th Division, and other departments, a total of 23,420 people.

After the 15th Infantry Brigade of the Eighth Division entered Tai'an, the brigade commander Major General Qiushan also served as the commander of the Tai'an Regional Gendarmerie. Shoucheng County was under its jurisdiction, so a squadron of Japanese troops were sent to station. Unexpectedly, shortly after the arrival, they were completely wiped out by the Taohuashan guerrillas.

This completely angered the commander of the Akiyama Brigade. On the one hand, he reported to the division headquarters and asked to send troops to attack Taohua Mountain. On the other hand, he learned about the situation of Taohua Mountain from the local garrison Yamamoto garrison.

Yamamoto's garrison suffered a great loss in Taohua Mountain. Not only did it lose the strength of three brigades, but it was also forced to give Taohua Mountain a large amount of money to redeem the corpse. As soon as he mentioned Taohua Mountain, he felt a headache.

Now that the 15th Brigade has entered Tai'an, Akiyama has served as the commander of the military police. Captain Yamamoto couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and began to sympathize with the commander of Akiyama Brigade. He knew that Akiyama was an unlucky guy. His defense zone has Taohua Mountain, a dragon and tiger den, and he will have hard life in the future.

Seeing that the commander of the Akiyama Brigade asked him about the situation in Taohua Mountain, Captain Yamamoto did not tell him truthfully, but only said that Taohua Mountain was a bandit armed force with only a few hundred troops, so other situations were no longer provided for him.

Captain Yamamoto did this on purpose, for two reasons. First, Captain Yamamoto suffered a big fall in Gao Jiu, and he hoped that the commander of the Akiyama Brigade could send troops to attack Taohua Mountain.

Secondly, the Japanese field troops never looked down on the local troops. After Akiyama came to Tai'an, his arrogance made Yamamoto's garrison captain very unhappy. He hoped that Akiyama would fight Gao Jiu to the death. Of course, it would be better to beat Gao Jiu. If he could not defeat him, he would suffer from Gao Jiu's suffering, so he would save him a day.

The commander of Qiushan Brigade had heard of Gao Jiu's name before, but he had never dealt directly, so he still didn't take Gao Jiu seriously. So while waiting for the orders of the division and regiment headquarters, he began to prepare to attack Taohua Mountain.

Gao Jiu knew that Taohua Mountain was a thorn in the eyes of the Japanese army, and sooner or later they would come to attack Taohua Mountain on a large scale. In order to avoid the Japanese army's calm deployment of attacks on Taohua Mountain, Gao Jiu decided to take the initiative to disrupt the Japanese army's deployment.

Shortly after a Japanese squadron was annihilated, the commander of the Qiushan Brigade received a report from the commander of the Shoucheng County Military Police. He said that he had restrained the bodies of the dead Huang soldiers and was about to send the bodies to Tai'an, but he received a warning from the Taohuashan guerrillas that the commander of the Qiushan Brigade would raise 1,000 oceans and buy the bodies back.

The commander of Qiushan Brigade was extremely angry, and he immediately ordered the 17th Infantry Regiment to send an infantry brigade to Shoucheng County.

As soon as the Japanese army drove out of Tai'an City, Sun Yong'an's Tai'an Intelligence Station sent a telegram to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu had long anticipated that these new Japanese troops did not know the power of Taohua Mountain. After angering the Japanese army, he personally led the Special Forces Brigade and Wang Zhankui's cavalry brigade to Taoyuan Town in advance, waiting for news from Tai'an.

Now that the Japanese army has been dispatched, Gao Jiu led the main force of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas to run towards Tai'an.

Jinan.

Hamada Yoshihiro repeatedly caught up with Gao Jiu's hands. After his summary, he concluded that in order to deal with Gao Jiu in Taohua Mountain, a large army must be used to encircle and cut off the connection between Taohua Mountain and the outside world. He did not give Gao Jiu the opportunity to use mobile combat, so that Gao Jiu could limit his guerrilla warfare skills and completely eliminate him.

In the past, the Huang army launched many battles against the Taohua Mountain Travel Team, and each time it encountered failure. The main reason was the lack of troops. Now the Japanese army in Shandong has greatly increased its strength, which has the basic conditions for completely eliminating the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas.

Yoshihiko Hamada's eyes were always staring at Taohua Mountain. Recently, there was another good news. Wang Jindong's new 187th Division finally left southwestern Shandong. Gao Jiu lost Wang Jindong's powerful aid and his strength was greatly weakened.

Today, in the southwestern Shandong region, only Gao Jiu's Taohuashan Guerrillas and Jiang Xiaomei's independent battalion are left, with a total of only a thousand troops.
Chapter completed!