Chapter 100 Two dozen well diameter coal mines
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The ambush field on the highway outside Laiyuan City officially kicked off the joint battle between the militia column and the Eighth Route Army. In one day, at least dozens of ambush battles of different sizes occurred in the entire North China region, against the Japanese transportation supply line. Suddenly, the telephone and telegram from the North China Garrison Command were very lively.
The Japanese devils' planes have just returned to the airport from the world's reconnaissance, and then have to take off to the next ambush point to reconnaissance or support. Unfortunately, every time the militia column and the Eighth Route Army are several times more powerful than the Japanese devils' troops escorting supplies.
In addition, the heavy firepower of the militia column is far greater than that of the Japanese escort troops. Every time when the Japanese planes and a large number of reinforcements arrive, they are left with a messy battle scene. Except for the bodies of the Japanese corpses, the materials on the scene cannot be discarded except for the blown-ups that cannot be discarded in place, and all the supplies were also cleaned up by the ambushed militia columns and the Eighth Route Army.
Looking at the telegrams sent from all over the place like snowflakes, Mei Wei, the commander of the North China garrison, was so angry that he was so fond of the Lihuamu office desk that he usually liked the most was asked to use the General Sword to break out several gaps. At this time, Mei Wei's hatred for the North China militia column was far more than at any time.
‘Baga, the damn militia column, dare not fight face to face with us, knowing that this kind of sneaky ambush is not worthy of calling it a soldier’s work!’
Mei Wei, who was cursing, wanted to change the ambushings on various traffic roads on the ground in North China, but every time he was one step behind the militia column, he had no choice but to take the militia column. Even some small county towns received reinforcements and drove the defending troops out of the city, and what was waiting for them was that the county town was captured.
In a sense, many county towns in North China seem to be unprepared for militia columns unless their army stays in the city and does not come out. If the troops are small, these regular militia units that are usually hidden will emerge from all directions like mushrooms after the rain.
What made Mei Wei even more troubled and helpless was that the speed and cleanliness of the demolition of this group of militia columns were no different from the habits of bandits that Mei Wei learned. In those looted counties, many of the wires in the Japanese stations were scrapped away. This made the Japanese troops coming to receive from behind so much that they were crying and crying!
But to Mei Wei's surprise, the fight against the Japanese transportation supply line was just an appetizer, and the second battle against Japanese factories and mining plants was about to begin.
Jingjing Coal Mine, a coal mine that was once looted by Deng Chenggong, finally began to produce after nearly a year of restoration. In order to dig as much coal as possible, many regular soldiers captured on the Chinese battlefield were detained here by them to be responsible for mining. In order to ensure that this coal mine that was repaired by the Japanese, the Japanese army stationed a team of thousands of people. At the same time, the Japanese were also equipped with a Type 75 mountain artillery brigade. This is rare in the Japanese infantry brigade combat sequence.
Nakano Nakasa, who is the head of the coal mine, stood on a warning building, looking at the skinny miners in the coal mine, with a cruel smile on his lips and said to the people around him: "They are not good at fighting, but they are still very good at doing the work. It seems that we still need to ask the headquarters for more Chinese soldiers, otherwise the empire's increasing coal demand task will not be easy to complete!"
The adjutant standing beside him agreed with the chief's opinion: "The advice of Lord Zhongzhao is very good. There are people everywhere in China. As long as we launch a battle, there will be countless prisoners. Moreover, the weather has suddenly become colder recently, and many prisoners of the mining team have been frozen to death. If you don't add some new miners, I'm afraid that this year's mission will be more troublesome!"
He said a lot, but really a lot. In this coal mine, nearly 10,000 Chinese prisoners were arrested by the Japanese army. They were all taken here by Japanese prisoners during the war. Two meals a day were cooked by Japanese food that Japanese could not eat. Few people could last for three months after these Chinese soldiers who were originally strong in the army were escorted here to work.
This group of nearly 10,000 prisoners have been killed or injured in less than half a year after the mine was started. Especially now, the weather in North China is getting colder and colder every day. Many of the prisoners who cannot even eat enough to eat are frozen to death in their sleep. The next day, they were moved to a sinkhole in the mine by their comrades who had become numb, and they were thrown into it like a piece of rotten wood.
At this time, Nakano was still fantasizing whether to squeeze the strength of the Chinese soldiers and miners to complete the production tasks assigned to them by the North China garrison in advance. As for what the adjutant said that it might lead to the death of a large number of captured soldiers, he ignored it at all.
Because compared to those Japanese soldiers fighting on the frontal battlefield, he, the Zhongzuo who was transferred here to guard the coal mines and captured soldiers, could only receive rewards and promotions from his superiors if the production tasks assigned by the garrison were completed in advance or exceeded. Compared with whether his military rank could be improved by one level, he did not care about the life and death of those captured soldiers.
Compared to the cruelty and insincereness of the Japanese army, two militia brigades were concentrated outside the coal mine, and under the command of Hu Guangzong, he had already lurked in place. As the commander of the second round of the two-way commander who was responsible for clearing Japanese factories and mines, Hu Guangzong chose his first battle at Jingjing Coal Mine.
The reason why I chose the well-track coal mine in the first battle was that the coal produced by this coal mine was not only meeting the daily coal supply of the North China garrison, but a large number of troops were transported by the Japanese army to factories in various occupied areas by train for steelmaking or as fuel for consumption. Therefore, destroying this coal mine that the Japanese army spent a lot of money to repair would inevitably affect the normal coal supply needs of the Japanese army in North China.
Another most important reason is that Hu Guangzong was also selfish in fighting this coal mine. Because of the intelligence collected from the intelligence department of the militia column, there were nearly 10,000 Northeast Army captured soldiers in the coal mine, and they worked tirelessly under the cruel oppression of the Japanese army every day. Moreover, the information conveyed from the mine intelligence personnel was that the number of miners died during this period was more and more. This made Hu Guangzong, who was also from the Northeast Army, worried about his comrades and fellow villagers.
When the outer blocking battlefield was laid out, Hu Guangzong immediately let the hidden troops rest on the spot. On the ground of North China today, daytime combat is undoubtedly a bit dangerous. After all, the airport built by the Japanese on the ground of North China is not used as a decoration. Even if the peripheral blocking troops can block the Japanese reinforcements close to the coal mine, they are unable to block the bombing support of the Japanese planes. Therefore, fighting night battles with the Japanese is undoubtedly the most suitable.
As night fell little by little, the prisoners who had been working hard for more than ten hours walked out of the black mine with numb expressions. Their replacing were also a group of prisoners who could not see the human form. Fortunately, after suffering for so long, they received soup like clear soup, and the mixed grain steamed buns that were harder than stones, and the pitiful ones were only the size of a fist.
Even such a dinner still made the prisoners whose eyes were almost lost, eat like madmen. Some prisoners with relatively strong bodies would rob other miners of thin body food after eating a portion of their hands.
Because they all know that eating one more steamed bun means they have more hope of survival. As for whether the companions who have been robbed of food will lose their chances of survival, these stronger prisoners can only ignore it. After all, this is an era of prey on the weak, and it is only a matter of time before their death is worse than others.
Seeing the scene where steamed buns were distributed from time to time, the Japanese soldiers in charge of guarding were very excited. For these Japanese soldiers guarding the prisoners, it was a pleasure to watch these prisoners fight to the death to grab a steamed bun at dinner every day, and this is one of the few fun they have to stay here.
As for prisoners who lost their lives because of this, these Japanese soldiers also sent people to carry them away indifferently. In their eyes, the fate of these prisoners was just to die early and late.
Just as the dinner was over, the Japanese soldiers in charge of the custody felt that after the fun of today was announced, they punched and kicked all the prisoners who were eating in the square back to the huts where the air was leaking. This was not a good intention, but the Japanese soldiers knew that if these prisoners did not have a good rest, their work efficiency would be reduced the next day. For this reason, they often drove them back to the barn to rest after feeding them.
After these prisoners were driven back to their shacks to rest, the Japanese army in charge of custody left a small force to be in charge of the custody, the rest of the Japanese army also entered the dormitory with relatively generous conditions and warm conditions. Listening to the radio drinking wine, he became happy and free. This difference like heaven and hell is the main reason why these Japanese soldiers can stay here and serve as guards.
But they didn't know that from the moment they stepped into the dormitory, waiting for their destiny was basically destined. At this time, on a railway line leading to the coal mine, there were already an elite new army of militia columns, a scout unit that was more elite than regular militias.
Chapter completed!