In accordance with Gao Jiu's request, Zhang Quan and Li Chengwu led the Taohua Mountain guerrillas to the Third Army Division in the East of Hebei, preparing to intercept the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Kwantung Army's heavy artillery going south.

The old friends met very intimately. The leaders of the Third Military Sub-district warmly welcomed Zhang Quan and others and said hello to Gao Jiu.

The leaders of the Third Military Sub-district had received instructions from their superiors, asking them to cooperate with the Taohuashan guerrillas to intercept the Japanese Second Heavy Artillery Brigade.

After discussion, the commander of the Third Military Sub-district personally led a team and led a strengthening regiment to follow the Taohuashan guerrillas led by Zhang Quan and others to Shanhaiguan.

The second heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army is one of the only three heavy artillery brigades of the Japanese army. It is equipped with 12 240mm heavy howitzers, as well as 152mm howitzers, 130mm cannons, 122mm howitzers, etc.

The large-caliber artillery has extremely powerful firepower and is a strategic force that is enough to change the situation on the battlefield.

The total force is 10,300, and the brigade commander is rank of lieutenant general.

In a small village outside Shanhaiguan, Gao Jingting, the stationmaster of the Military Control Commission Dalian Station, had already waited there in advance.

Gao Jingting introduced the relevant situation of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, saying that the Kwantung Army attached great importance to the heavy artillery brigade, and specially pulled out an infantry brigade from the Japanese First Division, and transferred a brigade from the Japanese First Division to escort together.

The Japanese army will leave Shanhaiguan tomorrow. Their route will first pass through qhd and head to Peiping.

Because the artillery of the heavy artillery brigade is very heavy and the weight of the heavy trucks, most roads are simply overwhelmed, so this line is their only marching route.

The North China Front Army has sent troops to escort along the way, and it is very difficult to defeat them.

Zhang Quan said: "Jiu Ye has considered this. When I came, Jiu Ye had already explained that if he could not directly destroy the enemy's heavy artillery brigade, he would find ways to destroy road traffic and delay the Japanese army's actions."

After research and decision, everyone decided to blow up the riverside bridge that the Japanese army must pass, and the Japanese Second Artillery Brigade could no longer move forward.

After the plan was formulated, Zhang Quan and others immediately led their troops to the Binhe River Bridge.

They lived in a nearby village, and then Zhang Quan, Li Chengwu and the commander of the Third Military Sub-district went to the bridge to conduct reconnaissance.

Just as Zhang Quan and others arrived 5km away from the bridge, the special forces team members responsible for reconnaissance came and reported that the Japanese army had arranged many surveillance posts within 5km away from the bridge, and there were many patrol teams, so it was difficult to get close to the bridge.

It turned out that what Zhang Quan and others could have thought of was that Tekasui had already considered it.

He knew that the Taohuashan guerrillas were best at sneak attacks and sabotage. When the Japanese heavy artillery brigade went south, the Taohuashan guerrillas would definitely intercept it. Given the large scale of the escort troops, the Taohuashan guerrillas were likely to destroy the road, and the key target of the destruction was naturally to be on the bridge, and the riverside bridge was one of the most important targets.

Therefore, he specially strengthened the guards on the Binhe Bridge. He knew that the Taohua Mountain guerrillas had giant mortars in their hands. If the Taohua Mountain guerrillas could be allowed to approach the bridge three to four kilometers, the guerrillas would use those giant artillery to destroy the bridge.

Therefore, he asked the garrison troops of the bridge to place the guard post within five kilometers of the bridge and find traces of the guerrillas at any time.

In order to prevent the guerrillas from forcibly approaching the bridge, they also specially organized a motorcycle convoy, and once they found the traces of the guerrillas, they immediately came to reinforce.

The Japanese army also stationed a large number of troops in nearby towns. Once a battle broke out near the bridge, they were able to quickly come to reinforce.

All of this place are plains. After the battle begins, everyone in the Taohua Mountain guerrillas have horses and may get out as soon as possible, but the troops in the Third Army sub-district may fall into the siege of the enemy and are at risk of the destruction of the entire army.

Zhang Quan and others were unable to get close to the bridge, and they were all plains. The distance was so far that there was no commanding heights nearby, so they could not see the situation on the bridge.

Due to the unknown situation of the enemy, Zhang Quan and others were inconvenient to launch a hasty attack on the bridge.

Faced with this enemy situation, Zhang Quan and Li Chengwu discussed with the commander of the Third Military Sub-district and prepared to launch an attack at night, tear open the blockade of the Japanese and puppet troops, and the Taohuashan guerrillas attacked about 150 meters away from the bridge, and then fired flares over the bridge and blew up the bridge with heavy mortars.

That night, Li Chengwu led a squadron of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas to open the way in front, and the troops of the Third Army Division followed closely behind. They were preparing to break through the enemy's blockade line and advance to the vicinity of the bridge to create conditions for the mortars to shell the bridge.

Li Chengwu and others arrived 8km away from the bridge and were suddenly attacked by the enemy.

The enemy army had about one platoon of troops. They used machine guns to shoot at the special forces members, and several special forces members were killed on the spot.

Li Chengwu was furious and immediately ordered the guerrillas to encircle the enemy and soon wiped out all the puppet troops that had attacked.

It turned out that in order to prevent the guerrillas from attacking at night, the Japanese army sent a small group of troops to ambush 8 to 10km away from the bridge.

After they were attacked by guerrillas, they immediately fired guns and called the police to gain time for the Japanese army to strengthen their defense.

Li Chengwu and others wiped out the Japanese and puppet troops who came to attack tonight, but their whereabouts were still exposed, and it was no longer realistic to continue to attack the enemy's blockade line.

In order to avoid the troops of the Third Military Sub-district being besieged by the enemy, Zhang Quan and the commander of the Third Military Sub-district decisively ordered the withdrawal of the battle after discussion.

After the Japanese army was attacked, they knew that anti-Japanese troops had come to attack the bridge, so they sent more reinforcements, at least two infantry brigades and a regiment of the puppet army. It was impossible to attack the Binhe Bridge forcibly.

The special forces members who followed the Japanese Second Heavy Artillery Brigade along the way kept sending messages saying that the Japanese Heavy Artillery Brigade had opened Shanhaiguan and was approaching the River Binhe Bridge.

It was the first time in so many years that Zhang Quan had not completed the task assigned by Gao Jiu. He couldn't help but feel a little angry and decided to take the risk of launching a strong attack, rushing the bridge to blow up when the Japanese army passed the Binhe Bridge.

The commander of the Third Military Sub-district has rich combat experience and believes that such an action is not advisable.

He proposed a solution, and Zhang Quan thought it made sense, so he sent a telegram to ask Gao Jiu for instructions.

Gao Jiu thought the plan was feasible, so he replied to the telegram and agreed to their opinions.

During the day the next day, several special forces appeared around the Binhe Bridge, and a small-scale battle with the Japanese army was fought, and their identity as the Taohua Mountain guerrillas was specially exposed.

When the Japanese army knew that the famous Taohuashan guerrillas came here, they were very panicked, so they drew a large number of troops from the surrounding areas to reinforce the Binhe Bridge.

In this way, the Japanese and puppet troops in many areas were very empty.

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That night, under the cover of the Third Military Sub-district and the Taohuashan Special Forces, the four county brigades under the Third Military Sub-district, as well as more than 10,000 ordinary militias and young and middle-aged men mobilized, came to the highway.

Overnight, they dug a mess of more than ten kilometers of roads, including more than 20 large ditches with widths of 3 meters and depths of 2 meters.

Even if the Japanese Second Heavy Artillery Brigade crossed the River Binhe Bridge, it was still helpless in such road conditions. It would take at least ten days to completely restore the road traffic.

This bought time for Zhang Quan and others to attack the Japanese Second Artillery Brigade.

The Third Military Sub-district operation gave Gao Jiu a great inspiration. He discussed with the head of the underground party and the heads of the southeastern Shandong and southwestern Shandong Military Sub-districts, and was also preparing to launch a major attack on the Jinpu Railway.

Nowadays, in southern Shandong, it is an area controlled by the underground party, and underground party members can conduct activities publicly.

Under the unified command of the underground party leader, the military sub-districts of southeast Shandong and southwestern Shandong mobilized troops from eight county brigades, as well as more than 20,000 militias and young and middle-aged people, and with Tai'an as the center, they completely destroyed the railway line that lasted more than 30 kilometers.

All the rails were removed and sent to the arsenal as raw materials. All the sleepers were rewarded to the people who participated in the raid. All the poles along the railway were pulled out, and all other railway facilities were destroyed.

The Taohua Mountain guerrillas also participated in the raiding activity. They destroyed all the culverts that could be blown up with explosives on this section of the railway line.

Not only that, they also dug many large trenches on the railway's subgrade, which made it more difficult to repair the railway.

Even if the Japanese army re-occupied Tai'an City, it would be impossible to restore the opening of the Jinpu Railway in less than two months.

I heard that Zhang Quan and the others were not doing well, so Wang Zhankui proposed to help.

Gao Jiu did not agree.

He believed that he should believe that Zhang Quan and Li Chengwu would be able to complete the task of destroying the Japanese heavy artillery brigade.

Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Zhang Quan and Li Chengwu, informing him of the damage to the Jinpu Railway. He told Zhang Quan and others not to worry. The Japanese Second Heavy Artillery Brigade was slow to move and could look for other fighter planes along the way.

Bao Yuchun suddenly heard news that the traces of the newly transported heavy mortars from the Japanese army had been found.

This time the information was still provided by Captain Hirata.

The Special High School Division of the Jinan Military Police Command sent people to Qingdao to investigate the loss of heavy mortars last time.

The Qingdao Military Police Command was responsible for receiving people from Jinan. During the conversation, they learned their purpose.

Captain Hirata was a businessman and good at speculation. He has set up a big network of relationships in Qingdao.

Of course, they included people from the Special High School Class of Qingdao Military Police Command. They heard that Captain Hirata was also one of the targets of suspicion of the Special High School Class of the Japanese Army in Jinan, so they immediately informed Captain Hirata of this situation.

Captain Hirata was very angry. He informed him of all relations in Qingdao, set up obstacles for the special high school classes in Jinan, or provided them with false information to guide them to investigate in the wrong direction.

Li San had received a telegram from Gao Jiu, asking him to find out the port where the Japanese army's new heavy mortar landed.

He told Captain Hirata about this matter and asked Captain Hirata for help.

Captain Hirata's biggest reliance now is Gao Jiu, and of course he is willing to help.

Now he hopes that the Japanese heavy artillery transport team will have an accident in other places, so that people from Jinan who come to the special high school class will not doubt him and will definitely turn the target of the investigation to other places.

So he used his relationship and based on the time when the freighter ships were notified last time to arrive in Qingdao, he speculated that the freighter from Japan should arrive during this period.

Captain Hirata asked someone to investigate the possible locations in Shandong's port and found that the freighter from Japan landed in Weihai, Shandong.

He informed Bao Yuchun of this situation and asked Bao Yuchun to hurry up and verify it. Some eyeliners arranged by Yuchuntang on the Weihai Pier also confirmed that the wooden boxes used by the Japanese army to ship giant platoons were the same size as the wooden boxes used to ship giant platoons they saw in Qingdao last time. Therefore, it is basically certain that the batch of mortars were transported to Weihai, Shandong.

Gao Jiu knew the power of these giant mortars, so he handed over the mission to Wang Zhankui and asked Wang Zhankui to take his men to intercept them.

That morning, a Japanese reconnaissance plane appeared near Tai'an, which was a very bad signal. This shows that the Japanese Third Air Force in Jinan was going to do the right thing with Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu decided to first attack the third air force of the Japanese army.

So he went to Jinan City with a strengthening squadron of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas led by Guo Hengming.

Just when Gao Jiu and others were heading to Jinan, they sent a telegram from the Jinan Station of the Military Control Commission, saying that the Taohuashan Guerrillas had arrived in Jinan and that the Military Control Commission had settled them down.

However, the specific whereabouts of the intermediate officers and pilots detained in the Japanese Third Air Force are not yet available.

Gao Jiu replied to them, asking him to suspend his actions and talk about it when he arrived in Jinan City.

Gao Jiu believes that under the current circumstances, it is meaningless to rescue the pilots alone, so he might as well just hurt the Japanese third air force and ask General Matsuda for people.

Just before Gao Jiu and others went to Jinan, Geng Hua had already led a squadron's special forces to Xuzhou.

Geng Hua had always managed the Taohua Mountain Guerrilla Self-Defense Force. Over the years, he had always hoped that he could become a real special forces member and never gave up training.

This time he led the Taohua Mountain special forces to carry out combat missions for the first time, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited. He was determined to play like this time to prove that he is also the commander of an excellent special forces team.

Gao Jiu gave him the task to monitor the actions of the Japanese army in Xuzhou direction.

He himself selected his target at the airport of the Japanese Sixth Air Force in Xuzhou.
Chapter completed!