The members of the task force rushed down the mountain, and then a few more sporadic gunshots were fired. They eliminated the few wounded Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to survive, and ended the battle completely.

In this battle, more than 120 Japanese soldiers were killed, eight trucks of grain, two trucks of vegetables, canned goods and other supplies were seized, as well as some weapons and ammunition.

The officers and soldiers of the task force were very happy. Unfortunately, they did not come out to seize supplies this time, but it would be a pity to throw away so much supplies in vain, so the team members carried the supplies that had not been damaged.

On horseback, some people carried the captured materials into the mountains with handbags on their shoulders, buried them, and marked them, preparing to transport them back later.

Gao Jiu and others doused all the vehicles with gasoline, lit them on fire, and quickly evacuated.

In order to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from finding out the whereabouts of the task force, Gao Jiu and others immediately started a forced march and ran 50 kilometers in one breath, preparing to catch the Japanese army off guard again.

The baggage force destroyed by Gao Jiu and others was part of the baggage force of the 36th Brigade of the Japanese 18th Division. The 36th Brigade did not wait for the baggage force to arrive at the scheduled time, so they sent people to check along the way.

, and ended up seeing killed Japanese soldiers and burned vehicles.

The scouts hurriedly reported to the brigade commander, who reported the information to the 18th Division. The 18th Division reported the situation to the frontline commander, Deputy Chief of Staff Inoue.

Deputy Chief of Staff Inoue was also very depressed after receiving the report from the 18th Division. They had spent a lot of effort to mobilize so many troops, which was a waste of people and money.

There were many difficulties in organizing this battle. After finally mobilizing a large army, they were preparing to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against Lao San Battalion. Unexpectedly, the Japanese troops more than 100 kilometers away were attacked.

He was very confused and didn't understand where the Third Battalion was hiding. He even suspected that the Third Battalion had left the original secret camp and moved to other places. In that case, all their efforts would be in vain.

Chief of Staff Inoue reported this situation to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, which also paid great attention to the sudden situation. They could not judge for a while whether the people who appeared in Hedong County were the main force of the Laoshan Battalion? They asked all Japanese military departments to

Strengthen alert and require intelligence agencies to find out as soon as possible the situation of this enemy force that attacked the 36th Brigade's baggage troops.

At this time, Gao Jiu and others had arrived in Binjiang County. After reconnaissance, they discovered a Japanese military depot and warehouse and decided to launch an attack at night.

Night attack was Gao Jiu's best tactic, and the Japanese army was completely passive in being beaten.

The task force launched an attack at 1 o'clock in the morning. After an hour of fierce fighting, they annihilated an infantry squadron and a heavy baggage brigade of the Japanese army, and seized a large amount of weapons, ammunition and other supplies.

It was a pity that they could not take away these supplies. They only replenished some ammunition and then prepared to burn them all with fire.

Zhao Meng really couldn't bear to part with these supplies. He said, "Master Jiu, there are a lot of carts and pack horses here. Let's bring these supplies with us."

Gao Jiu said: "Our task force has too few troops. We must maintain high-speed maneuvers to escape the pursuit and interception of the Japanese and puppet troops. How are we going to leave with these supplies?"

Zhao Meng said: "I know this. But it is a pity that these supplies were burned in vain. Do you think this is okay? There is a large group of tribes 20 miles away from here. Let's go and defeat it.

Distribute these supplies to the people."

Gao Jiu believes that what Zhao Meng said makes sense. If Lao Sanying wants to survive and develop, it must get the support of the people. Winning down the group tribes and liberating the people is the key to maintaining the survival and development of Lao Sanying. Within the group tribes, Japan

In order to control the people, the puppet army only stored a small amount of food and other supplies. Even if they captured the group tribes, the people had nowhere to go. Some people even asked them to leave, but they were unwilling to leave. The least they could do was stay there.

I still have some food, I'm afraid I'll starve to death after I go out.

If we can distribute a large amount of food and other materials here to the people, we will not only win the support of the people, but also allow these people to survive. It is really killing two birds with one stone.

Gao Jiu looked at the time and thought that with the task force's ability to maneuver at high speeds, it would be completely late to capture this group of tribes tonight.

So he asked Zhao Meng to send people to transport supplies here, and then he took the main force of the task force to attack the enemy's group tribe.

Since the task force members had cut off their phone lines in advance when they attacked the Japanese supply depot, the news had not yet reached the group tribes, and the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops had not yet received relevant intelligence.

When Gao Jiu and others rushed to the group tribe, the Japanese and puppet troops inside were extremely lax in their defense.

In order to save time and reduce casualties, Gao Jiu personally led Ning Wen, Ning Wu and a squad of special forces members to climb over the wall and enter the group tribe, eliminate the puppet guards at the door, and open the door.

The task force swarmed in, and most of the Japanese and puppet troops inside were annihilated in their sleep. It took less than half an hour to capture the entire group tribe.

The officers and soldiers of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces were good at anti-Japanese propaganda. They gathered the common people and publicized their anti-Japanese propositions. Soon after, they distributed large quantities of supplies to the common people.

The people were very happy, and many young people among them asked to join the Laoshan Battalion.

The task force had no way to take them with them now, so they told them to settle down at home first, and then wait until the Third Battalion broke out of the dense forest before they could go and seek refuge.

There were too many people in the group tribe, more than 15,000 people. So it took them an hour and a half to distribute supplies. When all the people left the group tribe, Gao Jiu and others burned them down.

Buildings in the group tribe.

Gao Jiu looked at the time and saw that it was already 5 o'clock in the morning. After dawn, their actions did not change. So he asked Zhao Meng to find a place to hide temporarily.

Many of the officers and soldiers in the guard camp were locals. They led the task force into a village near a mountainous area. The soldiers who served as guides first entered the village to investigate the situation.

Soon after, he came back, and with him were several local people. These people had just been rescued from the group tribe.

They saw that the people in the task force were very enthusiastic and took the initiative to cook for them.

The task force set up lurking posts around the village, and others began to rest. From the time they set out at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon until now, the officers and soldiers have not slept a wink. They were all very tired and fell asleep after breakfast.

The Japanese army's material supply depot that was attacked and burned by Gao Jiu and others was a temporary supply depot set up by the baggage troops of the 35th Brigade of the 18th Division. After dawn, the Japanese army discovered that there had been an attack here and reported it to the 18th Division.

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The division commander reported the situation to Deputy Chief of Staff Inoue. Inoue was a little confused.

The location where the 36th brigade was attacked was more than 100 kilometers away from Baolin County. The location where the 36th brigade's logistics troops were attacked was nearly 60 kilometers away from the previous attack site. Now he is a little confused about how many enemy groups there are.

troops are on the move.

Since the baggage troops of the 18th Division were attacked, the troops of the 18th Division had to replenish supplies and were temporarily unable to complete the task of searching the mountains.

In order to prevent the baggage troops of other troops from being attacked again, Chief of Staff Inoue issued a notice asking them to strictly protect the safety of the baggage troops. At the same time, he ordered the Japanese and puppet troops in Hedong County and Binjiang County to conduct a search at the incident site, hoping to find out what happened.

The situation of the attacking enemy forces.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Binjiang County heard that a group of tribesmen had been attacked, so they launched a search around the area. They saw some people who had escaped in a village and learned from them that they were troops from the Third Battalion.

This army all rode tall horses and numbered hundreds of people.

After the Japanese and puppet troops got the news, they reported the information level by level to Chief of Staff Inoue.

Based on this information, Chief of Staff Inoue concluded that this was a fast mobile force of the enemy. They had a large number of war horses capable of high-speed maneuvers. Therefore, the baggage troops of the 35th Brigade and the 36th Brigade were attacked, and the group tribes were also captured.

, it should all be done by the same troops from the Third Battalion.

Since Gao Jiu and others were all wearing the uniforms of the Third Battalion, the Japanese army could not be sure whether there were Taohuashan guerrillas among them. However, based on the strength of this unit's combat effectiveness, Chief of Staff Inoue analyzed that it was very likely that there were Taohuashan guerrillas among them.

People from the team, maybe even Gao Jiu himself is among them.

He knew very well that if his judgment was correct, it would be impossible to mobilize the army to seize the Lao San Battalion deep in the mountains with this force harassing the outside and destroying the Japanese army's transportation and supply lines.

Therefore, he decided to concentrate his forces first to deal with the enemy's cavalry force. He reported this idea to the commander of the Kwantung Army, who believed that his decision was correct and agreed to his request.

In order to cut off the connection between the Third Battalion and the enemy cavalry outside, Chief of Staff Inoue ordered the remaining troops to continue to blockade the Third Battalion and concentrate the main force of the 18th Division and the Japanese expedition team and puppet Manchukuo in the Binjiang area.

Army, first encircle and suppress the enemy's cavalry units.

That afternoon, the Japanese 35th Brigade dispatched an infantry regiment to the burned group tribe, and then sent the local Japanese expedition team and the puppet Manchukuo army to conduct a search centered on the group tribe, hoping to find the hidden army.

The enemy cavalry troops rose up.

At 3:30 p.m., a Japanese expedition team and a platoon of puppet Manchukuo troops appeared in Gangniu Tun where the task force was hiding.

The latent post of the task force discovered this situation and hurriedly reported it to Gao Jiu.

After receiving the report, Gao Jiu hurriedly summoned all the task force members to get ready for battle.

Gao Jiu and Zhao Meng came to the entrance of the village. Gao Jiu saw the Japanese and puppet troops searching in this direction. He didn't know how far away the other Japanese and puppet troops were. In order to hide their intentions as much as possible, he decided to eat them.

This Japanese and puppet army.

Gao Jiu ordered the special forces members to prepare for battle, and at the same time ordered some special forces members to go out from behind the villages to outflank the Japanese and puppet troops.

The Japanese and puppet troops came to the vicinity of the village, and they were very careful. They stopped more than 100 meters away from the village, and then sent two puppet Manchukuo troops into the village to search.

Gao Jiu was not in a hurry. He waited until the special operations team members responsible for outflanking the enemy reported that they had arrived at the designated position before giving the order to open fire.

In order to capture a few people alive to understand the enemy's situation, Gao Jiu waited until two puppet troops entered the camp before issuing an attack order.

The special forces went up and captured two Manchukuo troops, and then the special forces launched an attack on the other Japanese and puppet troops.

The Japanese and puppet troops were attacked and they hurriedly retreated. At this time, two detachments of special operations team members came up from behind and ate up the Japanese and puppet troops in a short time.

Gao Jiu interrogated two puppet soldiers and learned that the Japanese army had begun searching for the whereabouts of the task force and it was very dangerous to stay here.

He decided immediately to move immediately.

Zhao Meng suggested that the task force evacuate to the north to avoid the Japanese encirclement.

Gao Jiu agreed with his opinion, and the task force left Ganniu Tun and evacuated quickly.

The task force ran for about an hour and encountered a group of Japanese and puppet troops on the road. The two sides engaged in a fierce battle. The Japanese and puppet troops were small, with only more than 50 people in total. They were quickly eliminated by the task force. Unfortunately, there were a few on horseback.

The Japanese and puppet troops escaped.

Gao Jiu knew that the task force's whereabouts had been exposed, and the Japanese and puppet troops would definitely send a large army to intercept them from the front.

He asked Zhao Meng about the local terrain, then led the task force to continue marching 5 kilometers north, then turned west and marched 5 kilometers, ordering the troops to stop.

At first, Zhao Meng thought that Gao Jiu was heading west into the mountains, but he did not expect that Gao Jiu would order the troops to turn around and go south, returning to Binjiang County again.

Wang Zhankui and Li Chengwu both understood what Gao Jiu meant. Zhao Meng was a little confused at first. He went south and entered the encirclement of the Japanese and puppet troops. Isn't it very dangerous to do so? He asked puzzledly why.

Wang Zhankui said with a smile: "Jiuye did this to get rid of the enemy. The Japanese and puppet troops have discovered that we are retreating to the north, and they will definitely notify the Japanese and puppet troops in front to intercept us. Once we are entangled by the Japanese and puppet troops, a large group of Japanese troops will

We will be surrounded soon. We suddenly turned around and headed south, completely catching the Japanese and puppet troops by surprise, which will actually make us safer."

Zhao Meng understood and said: "So that's it. Not only did the little devil not think of it, but I also didn't think of it."

The task force turned around and headed towards Binjiang County.

Gao Jiu's judgment was correct. After the Japanese and puppet troops received the report and heard that the task force was heading north, the Japanese army immediately mobilized the independent mixed 19th Brigade in the north and the local Japanese and puppet troops to intercept, and at the same time mobilized the 18th Division

The troops pursued Gao Jiu and others along the retreat route.
Chapter completed!