Songhu: Never Give Up

Throwing bones to the bandit leaders was just an appetizer, the main event was coming. After seeing that all the leaders had been subdued, Tanaka Yunzi continued:
"Everyone, the first thing to do after the establishment of the Second Division of the Imperial Army is to train the troops. Since they are eating the imperial food, there is no need to preserve the jars and pots you left in the mountain stronghold.
I'll give you three days to handle the chores. You just need to send out your capable assistants to transfer all the supplies and personnel from the mountain village.

The Imperial Army will arm and train you according to the standards of the Imperial Army, and then fight against the remnants of the National Army until the main force of the Imperial Army arrives and wipes them out in one fell swoop! "

The bandits have become hostages. The Japanese are cruel and ruthless. They kill people without blinking an eye. They have been frightened and have no choice but to surrender.

Under the watchful eye of Tanaka Yunko, the bandits sent their trusted men back to move, while they themselves could only stay put and pray that the move would go smoothly.
Now they have no way out and can only go down the same path to the end. If they bring more men and guns to join the Japanese, they can also be transferred to a higher-ranking official.

What they didn't know was that the people at the foot of the mountain had long been watched closely by the reconnaissance battalion of the guerrilla column, and all the people they sent out became prisoners of the reconnaissance battalion;
These people had no moral principles at all and soon revealed all their secrets. The brothers in the reconnaissance battalion reported all the intelligence they had collected to Li Jie, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the rd Detachment.

Li Jie quickly called a meeting of several captains. As the military situation was urgent, he issued an order directly;

As the saying goes, to catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. He decided to lead the main force of the 1st Battalion to surround Langtougou and capture all the bandit leaders gathered in Canglongzhai.

"Brothers, this group of bandits has surrendered to the devils. We must not be lenient with them. We must not let any of the leaders go, especially the devil's female special envoy.

Leave professional matters to professionals. We just need to surround Langtougu and alert the enemy. The Japanese spies and bandit leaders will disguise themselves and escape. This matter can be left to the brothers of the reconnaissance company. We will not let any of them escape!
Once these bandit leaders are eliminated, the bandits in 72 Hill will be leaderless. Then we can divide our forces and attack them all in one fell swoop..."

As Li Jie issued one order after another, the anti-bandit campaign in Yimeng Mountain entered the ice-breaking stage. Whether the banditry that had been entrenched in 72 Hills for hundreds of years could be wiped out in one fell swoop depended on this one deal.

After the Third Detachment entered central and eastern Shandong, it began to split up. The mission of the 1st Battalion was to wipe out the bandit forces in the Yimeng Mountain area.
Since these bandit armed forces have been entrenched in the mountainous area for many years, they have dozens of large and small bandit gangs in 72 Hills. It will take at least a year or two to see any results if we try to wipe them out one by one.

Li Jie came up with a plan to startle the bandits. He first launched a large-scale campaign to suppress the bandits, concentrating his forces to destroy two mountain strongholds and catching all the bandits in them. This alarmed the bandits in the Yimeng Mountain area, and they chose to form a chain reaction.
Then he sent a part of the reconnaissance battalion that was assisting the Third Detachment in combat to closely monitor the bandits, and finally he got the chance.

The 1st Battalion acted very quickly, not giving the bandits much time to react. The main force surrounded Langtougu and was soon discovered by the Japanese special agents, who immediately reported it to Tanaka Yunzi.

Tanaka Yunko was not intimidated by the 1st Battalion. Instead, she prepared to take the nd Division of the puppet army to use the favorable terrain to delay the National Army, and then wait for the Japanese stationed in Linyi City to send reinforcements, and then wipe out the remnants of the National Army in Yimeng Mountain with internal and external forces.

“Long-sang, Ma-sang, don’t worry, they are just a bunch of defeated generals of the imperial army;

I have sent a telegram to the garrison in Linyi City. The reinforcements will arrive in two days at the latest. Langtougu has a dangerous terrain and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The Imperial Army has several thousand men, while the remnants of the Nationalist Army only have a thousand or so men. The advantage is on my side.
As long as we hold on for two days, we can cooperate with the main force of the Imperial Army to wipe out this group of remaining enemies, and you will have made a great contribution!"

Long Xiaotian didn't care about the Japanese's shitty achievements. He had to be alive to get them, so he asked:
"Ms. Yunzi, how many troops will the imperial army send out? This group of remnants will definitely not have only 1 people. They may have reinforcements."

Long Xiaotian was indeed a military man, and he hit the nail on the head. Tanaka Yunzi was good at plotting and scheming, but she didn't know how to fight.
Now she still needed the help of Long Xiaotian and others, so she spoke more politely:
"Long Sang, even if the national army has 2 people, it can't make any waves. The imperial army has a regiment stationed in Linyi City with thousands of elite soldiers!

Just send a battalion here and they will be wiped out. A battalion of the Imperial Army can wipe out a division of the National Army."

Long Xiaotian was now confident. They were naturally afraid of foreigners, especially the Japanese. He believed what Tanaka Yunzi said without a doubt.
A battalion of the Japs was invincible to them. Now they only needed to hold on for two days.

Tanaka Yunzi did not interfere in the war. She just stayed at the center and helped Long Xiaotian to intimidate other bandit leaders.
Although there were more than 3 bandits in the mountains, they were divided into dozens of leaders, big and small, and were a real mob.

If the Japanese had not been there, they would have fled in all directions long ago. They were afraid of the Japanese and also afraid of the government soldiers.

Long Xiaotian naturally knew the nature of these people, so he could only fool them by saying:
"Brothers, the national army has only a thousand people. Apart from leaving most of them to surround the mountain, there are no more than 300 people who can be used for attack!

The road to Canglongzhai is narrow, and it is difficult to go up, let alone launch an attack;
Before this, the troops of Marshal Zhang and Marshal Han had come several times, but we drove them away and killed them all. "

The expressions of the bandit leaders finally returned to normal. Now that the government troops were approaching in large numbers, they had no choice but to fight on.

Long Xiaotian's lackey Han Wei was the first to jump out and say:
"Since ancient times, soldiers and bandits cannot coexist. Since they have come to our door, brothers, let's teach them a lesson, and let the imperial army see the strength of our Second Division." Everyone echoed, and the noise was as loud as a hornet's nest. Just when the bandit leaders were clamoring to teach the government army a lesson, a row of artillery shells whizzed towards Canglong Village. The violent explosion scared some of the cowards so much that they almost wet their pants.

Shouting slogans is one thing, but how can you just throw bombs for no reason?

At the foot of the mountain, several mortars of the 1st Battalion Artillery Battalion were fiercely bombarding the Japanese. This was just the mortar company, which had a lot of hidden strength.
When rows of artillery shells whizzed into the bandits' lair, the bandits, who had never seen such a large-scale battle, were instantly blown away. If it were not for the restraint of the leaders, they would have been defeated long ago.

This scene happened to be imprinted in Tanaka Yunzi's eyes. Even if she didn't know much about military affairs, she could see it;

Not to mention holding out for two days, it would be difficult to hold out for even two hours as long as the Nationalist army launched a infantry charge.

"Miss Yunzi, this is just a bunch of useless people. The attacking Chinese are not a mob. They have several artillery pieces, which is at least a regiment. Do we still need to stay here and die with them?"

The person who spoke was the team leader Yamamoto Koji, who had some knowledge of military affairs and the firepower configuration of the national army, so his words were very targeted;
Tanaka Yunzi naturally knew that it was no longer advisable to stay here for long, but she had spent a huge price to instigate the rebellion of the Second Division of the Imperial Army, and for this she had also endured the beating from Long Xiaotian, that wild bull. Now it was not very convenient for her to walk, so she was naturally unwilling to accept this.

"Ms. Yunzi, we should make a decision as soon as possible. Once the Chinese launch a march, it won't be too late."

Yamamoto Koji's mission was to protect Tanaka Yunko. He could not take responsibility if anything happened, so he continued to urge her.

Tanaka Yunzi sighed softly, then turned and left, disappearing into the lush forest, with Yamamoto's action team following closely behind;
The Chinese had already surrounded Langtougu, but they had received special training and it was not difficult for them to slip away.

As soon as Tanaka Yunzi ran away, Long Xiaotian, as the local snake, knew it. He just sneered and did not say anything, but continued to command the bandits to fight;

His base is in Canglong Village. Tanaka Yunzi can just walk away, but he can't. He will not give up his nest unless it is absolutely necessary.

The other bandit leaders did not notice that Tanaka Yunzi and his group had fled. Out of fear of the Japanese, they still held on.

Li Jie didn't want to scare the bandits. As soon as the artillery preparation was completed, the infantry launched a tentative charge and deployed a platoon of troops.

The bandits saw the National Army charging and fired from a distance to block the attack. They also sprayed machine gun bullets at the attacking troops without mercy. Unfortunately, they were all in vain. Long Xiaotian was so angry that he immediately cursed:
"What a mob. A charge of a few dozen people exposed all the heavy firepower. What can they hit from 300 meters away?"

After all, Long Xiaotian was a former battalion commander of the Beiyang Army. Although he could not understand the intentions of the National Army, he knew that the war would definitely not be that big.

"Tell them to stop. Bullets are free, right? The government troops must be plotting something!"

As soon as Long Xiaotian finished speaking, artillery shells flew in from the foot of the mountain. This time the shells were fired directly, hard and accurately, and each shot could almost destroy a machine gun.

He was completely dumbfounded. How could the war be fought like this? He immediately understood the Kuomintang's conspiracy, but he could not stop the machine guns from being destroyed. The bandits at the front suffered heavy casualties.
The saying "one man can block the passage of ten thousand" is nothing but a decoration in front of modern artillery. The key point is that they have not yet learned how to build civil engineering fortifications and can only lie on the rocks in the mountains and shoot.

When the shells exploded, the flying shrapnel became their nightmare. The explosions covered everything, and those who were lucky enough to survive had already been frightened out of their wits and turned around to run away.
Long Xiaotian, who was hiding on the top of a mountain watching the battle, knew that the game was over and stopped hesitating. He turned around and ran towards the Juyi Hall, where there was a secret passage leading directly to the treasure house.

Long Xiaotian successfully entered the treasure house. This was his private collection of treasures from more than ten years as a bandit. The warehouse was filled with gold, silver and treasures. He could only pick out the most valuable ones and put them in a bundle. He then hurriedly left after carrying them on his back.
There is a tunnel in the treasury that leads directly to the back mountain. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. He had already left a way out for himself. With this bag of gold bars and jewels, it is enough for him to live a luxurious life for the rest of his life.

Just as Long Xiaotian was leaving the treasure house, a terrifying military bugle call sounded at the foot of the mountain, which greatly accelerated the bandits' defeat.

If it was just Long Xiaotian's men guarding Canglong Village, the 1st Battalion might not have been able to break through the bandits' dangerous defenses so easily;
A bunch of rabble gathered together and accelerated their defeat. Li Jie put down the telescope in disinterest. This battle was too boring...

(End of this chapter)