The first telegram was Xu Zhong, the stationmaster of the Jinan Station of the Military Control Commission, Zhou Mingshan, the stationmaster of the Nanyang Station of the Military Control Commission, Wang Jindong of the 41st Army, Gao Hong of the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district, and the underground party Shandong Military Region all sent telegrams respectively, and the notification situation was basically the same content.

It turned out that the Japanese invaders re-divided the war zone, abolished the title of dispatched troops, and changed it to the front army. The Chinese war zone was divided into the North China Front Army, the Central China Front Army and the Southern Front Army.

In the north China, General Shouyi of Teraenai was the commander-in-chief, and he was under the command of the First Army stationed in Shanxi, the Second Army in Peiping, Tianjin, and Tangshan, the Seventh Army in Henan, and the 12th Army in Shandong.

As the US army has continuously mobilized a large number of troops to invest in the Southeast Asian battlefield, the momentum of strategic offensive in the Southeast Asian region has been curbed, and the battlefield situation has begun to become tense, and more troops must be added. The economic situation in Japan is not optimistic.

In order to reverse the unfavorable situation, the Japanese base camp ordered the Japanese troops stationed in China to consolidate the occupied areas as soon as possible, strengthen strong resource plunder, and form a large number of puppet troops to free up more Japanese troops to join the Pacific battlefield.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, the Japanese North China Front Army formulated a "C" combat plan. A large-scale attack was launched in Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei and Hebei.

The Japanese army stationed in Henan and one unit of the 12th Army in the mountains launched an attack on the Iron Triangle area.

The Nanyang region and the southwestern Shandong region have now become the powerful rear of the anti-Japanese army in this area. The Nanyang Arsenal and the southwestern Shandong Arsenal provide a large amount of weapons and ammunition for the anti-Japanese army. The Nanyang and the southwestern Shandong Economic Zone also provide a large amount of his daily necessities for the anti-Japanese army.

The troops of the 41st Army and the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district also became strong backings for the Anti-Japanese Army. Often, when the Anti-Japanese Army could not defeat the Japanese, they would run into the Iron Triangle area. The Japanese did not dare to continue pursuing and could only get angry.

Despite this, the Japanese army was originally unwilling to provoke Gao Jiu. Soichi Terauchi had just arrived in China from the base camp and was eager to make achievements. He believed that Gao Jiu's main energy is now focused on the Golden Triangle area. Therefore, he ignored the reminder of the Chief of Staff and others of the Front Army, and issued an order to attack the Iron Triangle area to the Seventh Army and the 12th Army.

Now Gao Jiu's career focus is indeed on the Golden Triangle region, but he has deep feelings for the southwestern Shandong region, and the Nanyang region is also one of his money bags. Since the Japanese army came to invade, Gao Jiu had to deal with it seriously.

At the beginning, Gao Jiu was not very worried about the safety of the triangle area. He believed that the 41st Army had strong power, and now it has five divisions, plus the army's direct troops, with more than 60,000 people. The strength of our army in the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district is independent brigade, five independent regiments and ten county brigades, and more than 15,000 people. The most important thing is that they are backed by the arsenal, well-equipped, ammunition, and firepower is no less than that of the Japanese army.

In addition, there are the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army and the 228th Division of the Northwest Army in Kaifeng. As a barrier to the northwest of the Iron Triangle, there will be no danger for a while.

At this time, he was planning to attend a monthly summary meeting of the Administrative Committee. He asked Wang Zhankui and others to prepare. After he finished the meeting, he would go to southwest Shandong.

At this moment, he received bad news that the commander of the Japanese Third Air Force, Makio Yokota, was transferred back to the country, and the commander of the Second Air Force was also replaced, which means that Gao Jiu's contact with the Japanese Air Force was temporarily interrupted.

Gao Jiu realized the huge danger and didn't bother to participate in the summary meeting of the Administrative Committee. Immediately, he took Wang Zhankui, Li Chengwu and 400 members of the Taohuashan Special Forces to fly to the Iron Triangle area.

Just as Gao Jiao and others flew to Kunming, a big battle broke out in Kaifeng City.

On June 5, Kaifeng City.

At 6 a.m., a team of soldiers from the west gate of Kaifeng City came to the west gate. The officers and soldiers of the 93rd Division who were guarding the city gates shone down from the city tower with flashlights. They saw the visitor wearing the uniforms of the Northwest Army and thought they were troops of the 228th Division of the Northwest Army. Since the troops of the 228th Division of the Northwest Army and the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army were stationed in Kaifeng City, they did not care and opened the city gate.

After the Northwest Army troops entered the city, a Northeast Army soldier suddenly found that the group of people were wearing overgrown leather shoes, which were the equipment of Japanese soldiers. He realized the danger and shouted loudly: "They are Japanese."

The officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army guarding the city gate hurriedly loaded the bullets, but it was too late. When the Japanese soldiers saw that it was exposed, they immediately took action. A squad leader of the Northeast Army and four soldiers at the city gate were shot dead by the Japanese army on the spot. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army rushed into the ear room of the city gate and wiped out all the platoons of the Northeast Army officers and soldiers inside.

The Japanese army occupied the gate, and some people went up the city tower and set up machine guns. Some people quickly seized the buildings near the city gate and covered the large troops following behind entering the city.

Yang Zhenyuan, commander of the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army, and Zhang Jizu, commander of the 228th Division of the Northwest Army, were awakened by the sudden gunfire, and hurriedly put on their clothes and sent people to understand the situation. When their main Japanese troops had already entered Kaifeng City, they knew that Kaifeng City could not be defended. So they opened the south gate and I led the troops to retreat to Nanyang.

Shortly after they left the city, they were attacked by a Japanese infantry brigade. They could not understand the reality of the Japanese army and dared not fight. They led the new troops to break through the Japanese army's interception and continued to retreat to Nanyang City.

At 10 a.m., Yang Zhenyuan, Zhang Jizu and others led their troops to an air strike from the Japanese army while passing by the Liujiaying, and the troops were defeated.

When the Japanese air strikes ended and they regained their troops, the troops, which were originally nearly 20,000, had a total of less than 7,000 people left. They did not dare to stay where they were and continued to retreat in Fangnanyang.

The troops of the 39th Division of the Japanese Army captured Kaifeng City. The next day, their main force drove out of Kaifeng City and continued to advance towards Nanyang.

At the same time, the Japanese army's 38th hour regiment left Zhengzhou City and headed towards Nanyang.

After learning about the movements of the Japanese army in Nanyang City, the 41st Army immediately made emergency arrangements to repel the Japanese army's attack. They informed Gao Jiu about the situation here.

In the southwestern Shandong region, the Lanxi River Bridge has not been repaired since it was blown up by Gao Jiu with artillery fire. At 3 pm on June 6, soldiers from the local county brigade found that many Japanese troops were driving across the river. They hurriedly reported upwards step by step.

After receiving the report, the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district relied on finding out that these Japanese troops were troops of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army.

They immediately held a combat meeting, and the restless troops headed to the Lanxi River Bridge, and informed Gao Jiu of the information.

Zhang Quan and others who were guarding Taohua Mountain also received a report saying that a large number of Japanese troops were burning the highway from Jinan to Zhengzhou from Jinan to Lu County, and they also informed Gao Jiu of this situation.

Gao Jiu felt that the problem was serious, so he did not stop after arriving in Kunming. He filled the air at the airport and flew to Chongqing immediately. When he had just arrived in Chongqing, he cut the telegram from Jiang Xiaomei.

Jiang Xiaomei said in the telegram that at 5 pm on June 7, the Japanese army attacked the arsenal. Thanks to the hidden terrain and the large number of anti-aircraft guns that Gao Jiu assisted them, they did not suffer major damage. But it is certain that the Japanese army had learned the location of the arsenal. She believed that the arsenal was the key target of the Japanese army's upcoming attack, so she hoped that Gao Jiu could arrive at Zhiyuan County as soon as possible.

Gao Jiu was a little anxious and was about to fly to Nanyang immediately. Just as the plane was full of fuel and was about to take off, Ouyang Xue or his son came to the airport.

Gao Jiu kissed Ouyang Xue and hugged the child from her arms. The little guy was five months old. His big black eyes looked at the strange man in front of him, without any fear.

Gao Jiu looked at the child with joy, and the little guy actually smiled. Gao Jiu was very happy and went to kiss his little face. Unexpectedly, the beard on his face was tied to a baby, and the little guy started crying with a "wow".

Ouyang Xue hurriedly carried the baby from her arms and said while coaxing her, "Brother Jiu, you may not be able to fly to Nanyang for the time being." He informed Gao Jiu of another bad news.

The Fifth Japanese Air Force built a blockade in the Dabie Mountains area, blocking the air route from Chongqing to Nanyang.

Gao Jiu knew that in the next battle, if you want to win, you must resolve the threat from the Japanese Air Force. He decided to fly to Yichang first. When you get there, make arrangements.

Gao Jiu's car farewell, Ouyang Xue led the special forces team members to Yichang.

Ouyang Xue hasn't seen Gao Jiu for a long time. This time we met for only a few minutes and we were going to part with him again. When she bid farewell to Gao Jiu, she smiled all over her face. But when Gao Jiu's back disappeared from the cabin door of the plane, a line of tears swam across her fair cheeks.

After arriving in Yichang, Gao Jiu asked Wang Zhankui and Li Chengwu to lead the Taohuashan Special Forces, with the cooperation of the 20th Corps, to attack the airport of the Fifth Air Force and their headquarters, and then return to Yichang Airport to fly to southwest Shandong after completing the mission.

After Wang Zhankui and others set off, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Zhang Quan in Taohua Mountain and Guo Hengming who had just rushed back, asking them to lead a special forces team from Taohua Mountain to attack the airports of the second and third air teams of the Japanese army and their headquarters.

At night that day, a P-39 fighter jet driven by Gao Jiu filled the auxiliary fuel tank with oil and ventured to fly to Nanyang.

At this time, the Japanese army also had radar. When Gao Jiu's plane flew over the Dabie Mountains, the Japanese radar discovered his traces and immediately took off two fighter planes on duty at the airport to intercept.

Gao Jiu didn't know that there were Japanese planes coming to intercept them. The Japanese army had radar guidance. When Gao Jiu's plane passed by, they quickly found Gao Jiu's plane.

Without drinking, Gao Jiu had a premonition of danger. When he was flying, he felt that danger was approaching. In order to avoid being attacked by Japanese planes, he began to change directions in the air. When he found a fire in the air, he pushed the joystick hard, and the plane pierced the ground, avoiding the shells of the machine guns fired by Japanese planes.

Next, in order to avoid the Japanese pursuit, Gao Jiu continued to lower the height and drilled into the valley. The army's fighter planes could not lock Gao Jiu, so they also lowered the height and walked through the valley like Gao Jiu.

In a long valley, the Japanese fighter pilot finally locked Gao Jiu's plane. When he pressed the button of the machine gun, Gao Jiu's plane turned into the valley in front and the shells were emptied again.

The Japanese pilot was very angry. Please follow him and chase him.

After Gao Jiu turned around, he found that the valley in front was S-shaped. He hurriedly changed directions with the terrain and almost hit the mountain.

The Japanese pilot who followed Gao Jiu immediately turned around and suddenly found the dark cliff in front of him. He quickly turned, but unfortunately it was too late and hit the mountain in front.

Another Japanese fighter plane did not dare to continue chasing. So he masturbated and raised it to a height of 2,500m. He was contacting the airport tower and received an emergency notice from the airport tower, asking him to pay attention to the enemy plane in the upper right.

Unfortunately, he was too late. Gao Jiu pulled up the plane in front and turned around and returned. He was seeing the Japanese fighter plane. At this time, they were only 1,200m away. Gao Jiu pressed the button of the machine gun, and two rows of machine gun shells shot over and volleyed the Japanese fighter planes.

The Japanese airport tower could not contact the two fighter planes. They knew that something had happened to the two planes, so they sent fighter planes to reinforce. However, it was too late for them to fly the fighter plane and headed straight for Nanyang.

Nanyang Airport.

Before leaving Yichang, Gao Jiu had already sent a telegram to Nanyang City. Wang Jindong and others had already been waiting at the airport, waiting for Gao Jiu's arrival.

The whistling sound of the plane came from the sky. Under the guidance of the airport tower, Gao Jiu was flying a P-38 fighter jet and soon arrived at the airport.

Gao Jiu got off the plane, saw Wang Jindong and others, exchanged a few greetings with them, got on the car, and headed straight to the headquarters of the 41st Army.

It was 3 a.m. In the combat room of the 41st Army Command, Commander Wang and senior generals of the 41st Army were already waiting here. After a simple greeting, they began to study the current enemy situation.

The chief of staff of the 41st Army informed Gao Jiu of the current enemy situation:

At present, the Japanese army attacking Nanyang mainly comes from three directions - the 39th Japanese Division in the northwest, the 38th Japanese Division in the north, and the 37th Japanese Division in the south, with a total of three divisions, with a brigade and a total force of more than 44,000 people.

With the cooperation of the Japanese Second Air Force, Nanyang City was bombed by the Japanese Second Air Force this morning. Thanks to the anti-aircraft guns supported by Gao Jiu, there are air defense firepower to cover the key areas of Nanyang City, so no major losses were caused.

Gao Jiu also introduced his arrangements and said that he had photographed the special forces attacking the Japanese airport and should be able to stop the Japanese air raid soon.

The generals of the 41st Army were very familiar with Gao Jiu. Gao Jiu was the guarantee of victory. As long as he was there, everyone would have confidence. Sure enough, before Gao Jiu's men arrived, they had already begun to deal with the Japanese air force.

Commander Wang of the 41st Army clearly stated that the Nanyang Battle obeyed Gao Jiu's command.
Chapter completed!