The brigade commander did not care about the orders of the executive division commander and ordered the troops to disperse and began to retreat.

The Japanese and puppet troops around Shangguanzhuang were all withdrawn, the danger was relieved, and Jiang Xiaomei's emotions had calmed down.

She wiped her tears and said embarrassedly: "Brother Jiu, I'm so sorry, I've caused you trouble."

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Girl, why are you talking to me? We are..."

Speaking of this, Gao Jiu paused for a moment and continued, "We are comrades in the trench, so we should do these things."

When Jiang Xiaomei heard Gao Jiu say "We are", her eyes lit up.

When she heard Gao Jiu say that we were comrades-in-arms, the grievances in her heart suddenly surged up again, and tears couldn't stop flowing down again.

Jiang Xiaomei is an excellent commander who has been trained for a long time in war. But after all, she is a woman. In front of her beloved man, the expressions of her children cannot be hidden.

Gao Jiu felt sad when he saw her pear blossoms with rain. He could not comfort Jiang Xiaomei with words, so he had to accompany her silently.

Wang Jindong led the troops of the 41st Corps to arrive first. 12 hours later, the troops of the 72nd Army also arrived.

The commander of the 72nd Army said that he had received an order from the Ninth War Zone Command to accept Gao Jiu's command.

Wang Jindong had no objection, so he established a temporary joint command center with Gao Jiu as the commander-in-chief, forming a siege of the 35th Japanese Division in Tongbai area.

Taohua Mountain.

Long Guobi followed Gao Jiu to Taohua Mountain. Before he could take a sip of the water, Gao Jiu hurriedly left.

Although no one mentioned Jiang Xiaomei in front of her, she had heard of some of her. Seeing her man seeking rescue for another woman regardless of her life, she felt a little sad.

Under the leadership of everyone, she came to Gao Jiu's residence and closed the door, still thinking about this matter in her mind.

When she thought of her man going to be intimate with another woman, she couldn't help but say angrily: "Die Gao Jiu, it's so annoying to death."

In order to relieve her dissatisfaction, she went to take a shower and then calmed down.

The last time she came, she got along well with Wang Sanniang, so she came to see Wang Sanniang and asked her to tell her about the matter between Gao Jiu and Jiang Xiaomei.

Wang Sanniang is a veteran. She knew that if things were hidden, Long Guobi would become more curious and depressed. Maybe it would affect her relationship with Gao Jiu.

So Wang Sanniang told her the story between Gao Jiu and Jiang Xiaomei in full.

After listening to it, Long Guobi realized that the relationship between Jiang Xiaomei and Gao Jiu was so deep.

Only then did she realize that among all the women of Gao Jiu, there were more stories between them than between her and Gao Jiu, and it could be said that their relationship was deeper than between herself and Gao Jiu. She reminded herself to restrain the young lady's temper in the future and take care of Gao Jiu's feelings as much as possible so that she could gain more favor from Gao Jiu.

The 35th Japanese Division was surrounded in an area centered on Tongbai County. Gao Jiu and others did not launch an attack, but only bombed and fired with aircraft. They waited until Li Chengwu led the chariot troops and rocket launchers to arrive. After fierce artillery fire, they launched a full-scale attack on the 35th Japanese Division with the armored troops as the guide.

Shortly after the Japanese 35th Division arrived in Tongbai area, there were still many logistics supplies that were not transported. They could not get help from the air force and quickly ran out of ammunition and food. Under the violent attack of the coalition forces, they persisted for less than a day. After the casualties reached two-thirds, the commander of the Japanese 35th Division chose to lead the remnants to surrender to the coalition forces.

It was the first time that the commander of the 72nd Army, Li, fought with Gao Jiu. He had heard of Gao Jiu's countless deeds before. Before meeting Gao Jiu, he was full of expectations for this battle. Unexpectedly, he achieved such great results in his first cooperation and wiped out a division of the Japanese army. This feeling of happiness will be unforgettable for him.

Commander Li had long heard that anyone who cooperated with Gao Jiu would be promoted and made a fortune. Sure enough, because of his outstanding military achievements this time, he was promoted to deputy commander of the 22nd Corps, and his military rank was also promoted to lieutenant general and general.

This kind of military rank in the Guo Army is an honor. His own military rank is still a lieutenant general. With the rank of general, he enjoys the treatment of an admiral.

Commander Li didn't know how to express his gratitude to Gao Jiu, so he sent someone to give all the 200,000 French currency awarded by the EQ Committee to Gao Jiu.

Tu Feiyuan personally visited the Central China Front Army to command, but ended up being hit by a blow. He was originally an extremely proud person, but now he feels a deep sense of powerlessness when facing Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu, Jiang Xiaomei and others returned to Taohua Mountain. The underground party leaders, Gao Hong, Chen Johan and Yang Jiong, rushed over after hearing the news.

Everyone was very happy to see Jiang Xiaomei here.

The Lunan Military Region has an arsenal, and its weapons and equipment are not inferior to the Japanese army, and even surpass that of the Japanese army. Although they do not have an air force, with Gao Jiu's help, the Japanese air force does not pose any threat to them.

The only headache they have now is the 240mm heavy mortar in the hands of the Japanese army. They came here in hopes that Gao Jiu can send special forces to destroy the Japanese heavy artillery troops.

Jiang Xiaomei told them that Brother Jiu had already considered this and specially transported a 107mm rocket launcher from the Golden Triangle, which could easily suppress the Japanese 240mm heavy mortar.

The head of the underground party, Gao Hong and others couldn't wait to visit the rocket launcher's test launch. They were all very excited and prepared to go back and launch an attack on the Japanese army and recapture Tai'an City.

Gao Jiu and others held a banquet to entertain the head of the underground party and Gao Hong and others.

Since the county brigade was established, Yang Jiong has been partnering with Jiang Xiaomei. They are both comrades-in-arms and friends. He is very concerned about the matter between Jiang Xiaomei and Gao Jiu.

During the banquet, he carefully observed the communication between Jiang Xiaomei and Gao Jiu, and could see that the relationship between them was a bit awkward.

Yang Jiong specially drank less and kept his mind clear. After the banquet, he came to find Jiang Xiaomei.

After a few greetings, Yang Jiong said, "My sister, we are old comrades-in-arms and old friends. I feel sad when I see you, and I feel uncomfortable. I have always had a saying in my heart, I don't know whether to say it or not."

Jiang Xiaomei knew that her affairs could not be solved, so she was still willing to listen to other people's opinions and hoped to find a solution.

She said, "Old Yang, just say anything you have."

Yang Jiong said: "The relationship between you and Mr. Gao cannot continue like this. Not only will it not solve any problems, but it will also affect your political future and make both of you feel painful. I have two suggestions. One is that you should try not to meet Mr. Gao in the future, and then bury this relationship in your heart and start your new life."

Speaking of this, Yang Jiong saw the painful expression on Jiang Xiaomei's face and stopped talking.

Jiang Xiaomei calmed down her emotions and said, "I understand what you said. Do you have any other suggestions?"

Yang Jiong said: "I have an idea. If you violate the principles of organization, you just treat yourself as a woman, apply to the organization, give up your faith, and live the life that an ordinary woman should live."

Yang Jiong is a firm underground party member. He felt extremely pressured when he was able to say this. He also knew that it was extremely painful to let Jiang Xiaomei make a choice. But the matter was obvious. Jiang Xiaomei could only make choices and had to make choices.

Jiang Xiaomei is also a firm underground party member. This idea flashed in her mind, but she was frightened by her own thoughts and dared not continue thinking about it.

Yang Jiong's words really made Jiang Xiaomei very painful. This is a difficult choice. No matter which choice, Jiang Xiaomei will make a huge sacrifice.

Yang Jiong said: "Our underground party serves the people. Although Mr. Gao is of a different class from us, what he does is also for the country, the people and the people, and for the people.

From this point of view, his political orientation also has many similarities with us. Even if you choose him, it will not go against your beliefs."

Yang Jiong's words were very touching to Jiang Xiaomei, but she still couldn't make a choice if Jiang Xiaomei made now.

She nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. I need to think about this matter carefully."

In order to comfort him, Yang Jiong said, "Since you can't figure it out now, let it go, don't worry about it, just do whatever you want."

Although Jiang Xiaomei was unable to make a choice for the moment, Yang Jiong's words still comforted her a lot. In the following days, she returned to normal and focused on her work.

Jiang Xiaomei asked her superiors for instructions that she would stay in the Lunan Military Region to inspect the arsenal and then participate in the Tai'an Battle.

Although she felt very sad when she saw Gao Jiu and Long Guobi being together, she still hoped to stay in Taohua Mountain and hoped to be closer to Gao Jiu.

Since Long Guobi learned about the emotional entanglement between Jiang Xiaomei and Gao Jiu in detail, although she did not want Gao Jiu to marry another woman, she still felt sympathy for Jiang Xiaomei.

In order to avoid irritating Jiang Xiaomei, when Jiang Xiaomei appeared, she deliberately kept a distance from Gao Jiu and did not make any intimate actions.

After the troops of the Shandong Military Region had 107mm rocket launchers, they couldn't wait to find the Japanese Third Division to retaliate.

Although the Japanese 240mm heavy mortar was very powerful, it was extremely disadvantageous in range. The 107mm rocket launcher was extremely maneuverable and could shell the Japanese army from all directions at any time from a long distance.

The Japanese army was completely passively beaten. After the battle, many of the Japanese 240mm heavy mortars were destroyed. The Third Division could not withstand the endless shelling of the Lunan Military Region and was forced to withdraw from Tai'an City and retreat to Zaozhuang.

The underground party refused to let them go, and attacked Zaozhuang again.

The Third Division was forced to retreat to Xuzhou, and Tai'an City was again occupied by the Lunan Military Region. The Jinpu Railway was also cut off again.

After the Tai'an Battle, the Shandong Military Region sent a telegram to Jiang Xiaomei, hoping that she could invite Gao Jiu to the Shandong Military Region to discuss related matters in the entire Shandong region's war against Japan.

Gao Jiu also planned to send Jiang Xiaomei back to the Shandong Military Region in person, so he and Wang Zhankui, Jia Liu, Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others escorted Jiang Xiaomei to Binhai County, the stationed in the Shandong Military Region.

In order to avoid Gao Jiu's embarrassment, Long Guobi took the initiative to stay in Taohua Mountain.

Gao Jiu and others went to Binhai County. When he passed by Shouzhang County, he suddenly became interested and said, "Isn't it the water-pooling Liangshan described in "Water Margin"? Are you interested in going there to visit?"

In this era, people highly praised the heroes of Liangshan. Gao Jiu's proposal aroused everyone's interest and everyone agreed, so everyone came to the Jining territory.

Liangshanbo is located in the southwest of SD Province, at the junction of Shandong, Henan Province and Jining, Tai'an, Heze and PY cities; it is adjacent to Wenshang in the east, Yuncheng in the west, Jiaxiang in the south, Dongping in the north, and Taiqian County in the northwest, across the Yellow River from Taiqian County in the northwest, and belongs to JN City in the SD Province, with a total area of ​​965 square kilometers.

Liangshan is not large in scope, and the mountains are not high. At most, it is considered a hill, and there is also a lake with a not-so-large area.

The reason why this place is famous is that during the Northern Song Dynasty, a group of bandits led by Song Jiang occupied the place. Later, Shi Nai'an wrote the famous "Water Margin" based on this story, which is famous.

Gao Jiu and his group came here, and the local underground party had received a notice. Minister Liu from the Military Department of the Underground Party brought a traffic officer to meet Gao Jiu and others, and introduced the situation of Shuibo Liangshan to Gao Jiu and others, saying that he had already arranged the situation. When he arrived at Shuibo Liangshan, the guerrillas operating there would send people to welcome them to climb Liangshan.

He said proudly: "The captain of the guerrillas is named Li Wei, and he is nicknamed Li Kui. Of course, he is not real Li Kui, but he uses this name to scare the Japanese and traitors.

Over the years, the guerrillas have won many victories, and the devils and traitors have been frightened. When swearing, they all swear that if anyone doesn’t trust, they will let him go out and meet Li Kui.”

When he said this, everyone laughed. It seemed that the method of using the title of Liangshan heroes was also good, and they had some interest in this guerrilla team.

Under the leadership of Minister Liu, Gao Jiu and his group came to the edge of the water pond, where there were indeed large reeds.

The trafficman put his finger into his mouth and let out a sharp howling sound.

Soon an echo came from the reed marsh, and several boats rowed over.

Everyone on the boat was wearing plain clothes and carrying guns on their backs. On the bow of the boat in front, there was a young man standing. This was a standard Shandong man with a tall and burly figure.

He was carrying a mullet gun on his back, and it seemed that he should be the captain of this guerrilla team.

The boat was rowing to the shore, and the guerrilla captain jumped and jumped onto the shore without waiting for the boat to stop. It seemed that he was very good at it.
Chapter completed!