The Kuomintang troops cooperated with Gao Jiu to fight and achieved many major victories. The officers and soldiers of the 77th Division had received reports on the war situation. The 187th Division, the 62nd Division and other troops had achieved major victories in annihilation of the Japanese army as a unit or above because of their cooperation with Gao Jiu.

The 77th Division's troops have participated in many battles against Japan. It can be said to be a long-standing and capable force. During the battle in Changsha, they used the strength of a division to block a Japanese corps for three days.

However, their tactics were rigid, and they were basically positional warfare, fighting with the Japanese army. Under the attack of the Japanese army with superior firepower, there were heavy casualties in each battle. Although they also consumed a lot of Japanese soldiers, they were still at a loss in terms of combat losses, and they had never achieved the record of annihilation of one or more Japanese squadrons and more than one complete established troops.

The officers of the 77th Division were very curious and did not understand how Gao Jiu led the Kuomintang headquarters to annihilate the Japanese army at a small cost.

In order to learn from Gao Jiu's combat experience, the 77th Division drew 10 officers from each regiment, led by the deputy commanders of each regiment to form a battlefield observation regiment, following Gao Jiu and others to conduct tactical observation and study.

In front of the 77th Division, the officers and soldiers of the battalion lined up neatly. Commander He of the 77th Division stood in front of the team, and after mobilizing, he said: "Brothers, you must have heard of Mr. Gao of Taohuashan. This time you went on the expedition, led by the famous Mr. Gao of Taohuashan. Now, let us welcome Mr. Gao of warm applause to greet the brothers."

More than 500 soldiers of the National Army who participated in this battle had already heard of it, and this time it was commanded by Gao Jiu himself. Gao Jiu's reputation was so famous. When the division commander said this, everyone clapped and stretched their necks to see what the legendary Gao Jiu looked like?

Gao Jiu came to the team as a soldier, and according to the military salute of the National Army, he gave a standard hand raising ceremony.

The officers and soldiers saw Gao Jiu in front of him, who was tall and strong, handsome and mighty. In addition to being a little surprised by his youth, it was completely in line with the image of the God of War in their minds. Everyone burst into warm applause again.

Gao Jiu said: "Brothers! Those who have participated in the battle with the Japanese army directly, please raise your hands."

More than 500 officers and soldiers raised their hands.

Gao Jiu asked again: "If you have participated in more than two battles, please raise your hand."

Everyone raised their hands.

Gao Jiu said: "The Japanese are well-trained, well-equipped, and have many artillery and aviation support. Those who can survive in combat are all good things. You have participated in more than one battle and are intact, which proves that you are the most elite soldiers in the national army. On behalf of the brothers of Taohua Mountain, I would like to pay tribute to you."

As he said that, Gao Jiu saluted the officers and soldiers again.

These veterans are really proud. The new recruits often die on the battlefield when they first went to the battlefield. Those who have participated in two battles and survived have indeed become backbone of the army.

Everyone was very excited and proud when they heard Gao Jiu say this, so everyone burst into warm applause again.

Gao Jiu said: "Actually, the Japanese are nothing great. They just rely on their weapons and equipment, but they are also very dull in wars, just a few moves.

When it comes to war, we Chinese are their ancestors. Over a thousand years before the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese shiver were trembling when they saw the Chinese.

Today, when I was entrusted by the Master, I will go with my brothers to teach the Japanese a lesson, and in the future, they will tremble when they hear the 77th Division's name."

After saying that, Gao Jiu saluted another military salute and ended his speech.

Gao Jiu's simple and brief speech won the favor of the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers burst out with warm applause again.

The team set out, and according to prior research, their first combat target was placed at the Liuzhuang stronghold.

Liuzhuang was stationed in a small Japanese army and a squadron of the puppet army. The reason why Gao Jiu chose such a small goal first was to win a battle first and increase the morale of the officers and soldiers.

That afternoon, the troops moved to a place 3 kilometers away from Liuzhuang. Gao Jiu, Chief Li of the Operations Section, and Commander Wang of the Strengthening Battalion, began to study combat deployment, and the officers of the Observation Regiment were listening.

Because the map is too small, in order for the officers to see clearly, Gao Jiu did not take the map to explain, but picked up a wooden stick and drew a simple picture of the surrounding terrain on the ground.

After the battle in Liuzhuang started, there were two Japanese and puppet troops who could quickly come to reinforce. One was Gaoyang Town, 14 kilometers away from here, where a squadron of the Japanese army (a small team that owed the Liuzhuang stronghold) and two puppet troops were stationed.

One is Chihe County, 32 kilometers away from here, where a brigade of the Japanese army (the squadron stationed in Liuzhuang and Gaoyang Towns) is stationed. These three enemy troops are roughly distributed in triangular shapes.

Gao Jiu said: "Our combat goal this time is to eat this squadron of the Japanese army. According to the characteristics that the Japanese army will definitely come to reinforce after the Japanese army is attacked. My opinion is to use two companies of troops to feint the Liuzhuang stronghold, attract the Japanese army to come to reinforce, and implement the tactic of surrounding points to attack the reinforcements.

Before the battle begins, the telephone lines between Gaoyang Town, Liuzhuang stronghold and Chihe County were first cut off. At the same time, a small number of troops were sent to intercept the enemy's communications soldiers to ensure that after the battle begins, the enemy troops in Chihe County could not get news for the time being.

Keep the telephone line between the Liuzhuang stronghold and Gaoyang Town unobstructed to ensure that the Japanese troops in Gaoyang Town receive a request for help from the Liuzhuang stronghold and come to reinforce.

With the remaining troops, ambushing between the Liuzhuang stronghold and Gaoyang Town, first destroying the enemy reinforcements. At the same time, a platoon of troops was sent to monitor the enemy near Chihe County and report any situation in a timely manner.

The officers of the 77th Division did not know how Gao Jiu fought. Although his formation was simple and unpretentious, his thinking was very meticulous, which increased his sense of trust in him.

Everyone felt that there was no problem with this deployment. With their existing troops and firepower, they were enough to eliminate the selected attack targets. Everyone felt that it was more certain and nodded in agreement.

Gao Jiu, as usual, still solicited everyone's opinions again. After seeing that no new opinions were found, he said to Section Chief Li: "Prepare according to this plan."

Section Chief Li ordered that two deputy platoon leaders each lead a squad of the National Army soldiers to cut off the enemy's communication routes, and Battalion Commander Wang led two companies to surround the Liuzhuang stronghold. Gao Jiu, Section Chief Li and others led the remaining troops to ambush the Japanese reinforcements dispatched from Gaoyang Town.

Then everyone checked and started a battle at the Liuzhuang stronghold at 3:30 pm.

From Liuzhuang to Gaoyang Town, it is a plain area, and it is difficult to find a place to set up an ambush. Gao Jiu looked at the terrain and couldn't find a better place. He said, "We're going to ambush here."

The terrain here is indeed not very good. About 150 meters east of the rural road, there is a canal and many shrubs that can ambush more than 100 people.

There is a dirt slope that can ambush more than 50 people in the west, more than 230 meters away.

There is a small wood to the southwest, which can ambush more than 200 people.

These three positions formed an inverted triangle shape. Gao Jiu explained to the officers the principle of the application of inverted triangle terrain.

The officers all thought it made sense and everyone nodded in agreement.

Next, Gao Jiu asked the officers and soldiers to buried 300 grenades on the road. These grenades were buried in bundles of 15, and all the leads were connected to the grenade buried underneath. When the grenade below exploded, the power of the explosion would directly detonate other grenades, but would throw other grenades into the air. At this time, all the leads of the grenades were torn off, which would form an air explosion in the air, or land on the ground to form a large area of ​​explosion areas, greatly increasing lethality.

In order to ensure that it can detonate, two bunkers more than 30 meters south of the highway were dug more than two feet deep, and two soldiers hid inside and pulled the rope to detonate.

After all this was completed, Section Chief Li asked with some concern: "Will the Japanese army find an ambush here?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "No, I am frank, the Japanese army has rarely suffered heavy blows in this generation. They are used to being arrogant. I heard that our army besieged the Liuzhuang stronghold only has about 200 people. They will go to reinforcements regardless of everything and will not delay time on the road for search."

What Gao Jiu said was a bit hurtful of self-esteem, which shows that the guo army did not strike the Japanese army enough. However, what he said was the fact, and everyone had nothing to say.

At 3:30 pm, the battle in Liuzhuang began as scheduled. At 4:15, the Japanese reinforcements came from the direction of Gaoyang Town, including more than 90 Japanese troops and more than 130 puppet troops.

Gao Jiu saw the enemy entering the encirclement and raised his hand and shot the Japanese commander first. Ning Wen and Ning Wu fired almost at the same time, killing two Japanese officers.

The gunshots were orders. After hearing the gunshots, the officers and soldiers of the Guo army opened fire together at the Japanese army on the road.

The two soldiers in charge of detonating the Guo army pulled the ropes. Soon, an explosion occurred on the road, and then a large number of grenades were thrown into the air, causing a violent explosion.

For this operation, the troops of the Guo Army specially strengthened their firepower. They carried a large number of machine guns and submachine guns. Under the powerful firepower attack, coupled with a large number of grenades exploded, the Japanese army lost at least half of the battle at the beginning.

The troops of the guo army are different from those of Taohua Mountain. Gao Jiu cannot expect them to have a highly conscious combat awareness and flexible tactics. He cannot leave time for the Japanese army to organize counterattacks. After a 30-second fire attack, he ordered a charge.

At this time, several Japanese officers had all been shot dead, and two puppet army officers were also shot dead by Ning Wen and Ning Wu. The sudden attack had already caused the Japanese and puppet troops to form a group of chaos and could not organize an effective counterattack.

Hundreds of soldiers of the Guo army rushed while fighting, and soon rushed onto the highway and quickly wiped out the remaining enemy troops.

The entire battle lasted only five minutes.

In previous battles, most of the officers and soldiers of the Guo Army were guarding the positions, bombarded and suppressed by the enemy's firepower. This was the first time that they had such a happy battle.

Seeing the bodies of Japanese and puppet troops everywhere, the officers and soldiers cheered for victory.

In this battle, only 12 people were killed or killed in the Guo army. Director Li and the officers of the observation regiment were very excited to see such results.

The main enemy forces in Gaoyang Town have already come out, and the remaining enemy troops are only dozens of service personnel. Gao Jiu sent a company of Guo troops to attack Gaoyang Town.

Next, according to the original combat plan, Gao Jiu and others led their troops back to the Liuzhuang stronghold.

The officers and soldiers of the guo army were not good at night fighting. At the same time, in order to let those officers learn how to fight, Gao Jiu decided to attack the Liuzhuang stronghold during the day.

Battalion Commander Wang, who was besieging the Liuzhuang stronghold, saw Gao Jiu and others coming back, and hurriedly asked, "Jiu Ye, where are the Japanese reinforcements?"

Section Chief Li said excitedly: "The Japanese reinforcements have been killed."

A company commander said, "Battleman, it's a pleasure to fight with Master Jiu. We only suffered 12 casualties in total, and wiped out more than 200 Japanese and puppet troops. It's so satisfying."

Battalion Commander Wang was very happy and sent someone to convey the news to all the soldiers participating in the war. The soldiers besieged Liuzhuang couldn't help but cheer when they heard that they had won a great victory.

The Japanese and puppet troops guarding the Liuzhuang stronghold heard the cheers and found many new soldiers. They guessed that something might have happened to their reinforcements. This time they were under greater pressure and their morale was seriously affected.

This time, the Guo army came out. In order to facilitate rapid maneuvering, they did not carry mountain cannons, but only brought a portion of the mortars, which could not destroy the enemy's buildings. There was great resistance for the attack.

After such a long battle, Battalion Commander Wang and the troops led by him have already understood the enemy's firepower points well.

Gao Jiu and Ning Wen and Ning Wu saw the gun holes above a cannon tower and kept firing guns in. The Japanese and puppet troops there soon became silenced.

Gao Jiu said to the officers: "You see, the Japanese and puppet troops are hiding in fortifications. It is difficult for us to hit them, but they also have weaknesses, that is, their shooting vision is relatively narrow and their troops cannot be expanded. You can organize troops, grouped ten people, block one gun hole of the enemy, so that the enemy cannot shoot outward, and you can completely suppress the enemy's firepower, and then attack the enemy with the rest of the troops."

The officers all understood and immediately organized the officers and soldiers to block the enemy's shooting holes.

Soon after, the enemy's firepower was basically suppressed.

In order to let the soldiers of the guo army learn how to fight, Gao Jiu taught them a few more tricks.

Gao Jiu asked the officers and soldiers of the National Army to carry a mortar. He pointed the mortar at an angle of 28 degrees and aimed it at the enemy's artillery tower. Then he picked up a mortar shell and placed it on the muzzle. He picked up a corn stalk from the ground, pressed it down on the mortar shell, and the mortar shell slid in. With a "blocking", a stream of smoke and dust came out of the muzzle of the mortar. The mortar shell flew out and hit the enemy's artillery tower directly, blowing a big hole in the gun tower.

This method of using mortars was invented by the Eighth Route Army. Gao Jiu took it and taught it to the artillery soldiers of the Guo Army.

Seeing that the mortars could still be used in this way, the artillery soldiers of the Guo Army were excited, and they used mortars to bombard the enemy's artillery towers.

Next, Gao Jiu showed them some other methods to attack the enemy's strong firepower points.

He rolled, leaped, crawled forward, and used a series of tactical actions to quickly approach the enemy's artillery tower.

Then, he threw the grenade into the enemy's gun tower and the hole.

Thick smoke soon emerged from the artillery tower, and the enemy troops inside were completely lost.

Gao Jiu quickly ran back and said to the officers: "Now the enemy's firepower point has been suppressed. Organize the officers and soldiers who dropped bombs far and accurately, rushed forward and pitched grenades inside as they were."

The officers of the National Army all understood and hurriedly ran to make arrangements.

In this way, the battle became smoother and smoother, and soon the Japanese and puppet troops were powerless to resist.

Seeing that most of the enemy's firepower points were taken down, Gao Jiu ordered a strong attack.

After more than twenty minutes, the battle ended.

In this battle, the Kuomintang army wiped out another 187 Japanese and puppet troops, with a total of more than 40 soldiers casualties. However, for the strong attack on the enemy's strongholds, such casualties can be said to be very minor. Such war losses were simply unimaginable for the Kuomintang army in the past.

After these two battles, the officers and soldiers of the Guo Army felt their eyes wide open and their tactical level improved a lot.

Not long after, another good news came: the national army sent to attack Gaoyang Town had occupied Gaoyang Town, annihilated 28 Japanese and puppet troops, as well as 35 local armed forces in Gaoyang Town, and seized a large amount of supplies and money.

After these battles, the officers and soldiers of the Kuomintang were very motivated and asked to continue to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in other places.

Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Gao Jiu discussed with Li Ke, Battalion Commander Wang and others, and continued to work hard to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops in Chihe County.

The officers learned a lot today, and they were all looking forward to it, wanting to see what tricks Gao Jiu had in the next battle.
Chapter completed!