After the Jingxing coal mine was occupied by the Japanese army, in order to speed up their plundering of resources, in addition to further increasing the coal mine grain production in the old mine, a new mine was opened next to the old mine.

The two mines share a set of power generation equipment, and the generator room is located in the mining area and is connected to the absenteeism place.

If Zhou Cheng wants to seize the power generation equipment, he must seize the entire mining area.

At this moment, he was squatting on a high ground two kilometers outside the mining area to observe the terrain. Chief of Staff Li of the Eighth Route Army, who was cooperating with the operation, was squatting beside him to introduce the enemy situation.

"Captain Zhou, the Japanese attach great importance to Jingxing Coal Mine. They stationed a whole guard team of more than 500 Japanese soldiers in two coal mines. The three-kilometer-long Japs also stationed a reinforced squadron Japanese soldiers and a battalion of puppet troops."

"After the mining area is attacked, the Jiazhuang stronghold will definitely send people to reinforce the place. If we want to take down the mining area, we must arrange to attack the reinforcements."

"The guards in the mining area are divided into three parts, one strengthens the team's defense against the old mine, and the other strengthens the team's defense against the new mine. The remaining nearly 400 people are stationed in the mining area to protect the equipment and machines in the mining area, and by the way, two or three thousand absenteeism in the mining area to prevent them from making a big splash."

"The Japanese are too cruel. In order to make absenteeism lose the ability to resist, they not only give the absenteeism food and bean cakes, but also can't eat enough."

"When I went into the mine to mine, everyone was so hungry that they were so hungry that they put their chests on their backs. They didn't have the energy to resist, so they could only let the Japanese enslave them."

"We have been eyeing Jingxing Coal Mine for almost three months. At least a thousand absentees were tortured by the Japanese and left to death on the cliff outside the mining area. We saved more than a dozen absentees who had not yet died. According to their instructions, the Japanese did not treat them as human beings in the mining area. In the eyes of the Japanese, their lives were not as important as mules and horses in the coal mine."

"Once, an explosion occurred in the mine. In order to save mules and horses, the Japanese actually blocked the entrance of the cave with machine guns and prevented them from absent from working. As a result, more than 300 absenteeism in the mine were burned to death."

"In addition to being hungry, absentees also have to endure the Japanese's beatings. When they are doing things, they will whip them with a whip. If they are injured or someone is sick, the Japanese will not care and go to the mine to mine."

Half of the dozen absentees we saved were because they were sick and tired. Other absentees in the cave told the Japanese that they were exhausted and carried them to the cliff outside the mining area to throw them away, and they were lucky enough to save their lives."

"If the Japanese knew that they were just tired and undying, they would definitely be stabbed by them a few times before throwing them into the cliff. When the Heavenly King came, I would not be able to save them."

"The cliff behind the mining area has been thrown away by the Japanese. We look like we buried them so that the absentees can be buried. However, in order not to attract the Japanese's attention, we can only watch the absentees continue to bury the corpses in the wilderness!"

Hearing this, three words quickly flashed into Zhou Cheng's mind: "Popular pit..."

More than 300 absenteeism were killed in one month, and more than 30,000 people were absent from work in a year. The eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan totaled exactly 30,000 people. The Jingxing mass pit discovered in later generations happened to bury more than 30,000 absenteeism bodies.

Until now, Zhou Cheng still remembers the photos of mass graves he saw when he visited the ruins!

The corpses of absentee workers were piled up in the mines, with various postures, which was terrible...

As he thought about it, Zhou Cheng's empty left hand had already clenched into a fist, his eyes turned red, and he gritted his teeth, and wanted to curse, but he swallowed it back when he said something.

As long as the Japanese in the mining area are not eliminated, it will be useless to scold them for a day. Should the absenteeism in the mining area be exhausted or still be exhausted.

The purpose of my trip was to build a generator so that the arsenal would run as soon as possible. I didn't want to make too much noise to avoid any trouble.

After listening to Chief Li’s introduction, Zhou Cheng’s idea changed.

Thousands of absenteeism live a life worse than pigs and dogs. Every day, a large number of absenteeism is tortured to death and thrown in barren mountains and rivers, and even the least possible way to be buried.

I didn't know about this before, but now I know, and I just stayed next to the mining area. If I don't do anything, I will definitely not be able to get over it with my conscience.

Zhou Cheng decided to change his plan and change the raid of the mining area to rob power generation equipment to destroy the entire Jingxing coal mine, destroy all Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the coal mine, and avenge the tragic absentee workers.

After making up his mind, he immediately asked Chief Li: "There are three or four hundred absenteeism in the mining area and the Japanese torture to death every month. Are the Japanese not worried that all absenteeism in the mining area will die and no one will dig coal for them in the future?"

Chief of Staff Li shook his head and explained: "How could the Japanese be worried about this problem?"

"I learned from the absenteeism I rescued that they were all prisoners captured by the Japanese on the front battlefield because they did not want to be traitors for the Japanese, and then they were sent to the coal mine to mine."

"Every month the Japanese will send a group of prisoners to the mining area. When the few are small, they are five or six hundred, and when the many are large, they are pulled over by coal-carrying trains."

"Because there are continuous prisoners to replenish the mining area, the Japanese dared to exploit absenteeism so unscrupulously and use them as animals. No, the absenteeism is not as good as animals in the mining area. Sometimes the mules and horses that pull coal inside eat better than absenteeism."

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng became even more determined to take down Jingxing Coal Mine.

I originally thought that the two or three thousand absentee workers in the mining area were ordinary people, so I could just rescue them and let them go home directly. Unexpectedly, those absentee workers were actually prisoners who did not want to be traitors.

They suffered all the humiliation of the Japanese in the mining area, and they must have hated the Japanese to the core and wanted to kill the Japanese to take revenge more than anyone else.

With hatred for the Japanese, and they are all prisoners of war from veterans, well-trained and have been on the battlefield. If they are organized into a unit and distributed with the best weapons and equipment, they will definitely be able to burst out with very powerful combat power.

When he thought about it, Zhou Cheng continued to ask: "I want to know all the situations of the Japanese and puppet troops in the mining area and surrounding areas, the more detailed the better."

Chief Li received an order to lead a main battalion to cooperate with Zhou Cheng unconditionally, and it doesn't matter even if the troops are wiped out.

Although he didn't understand why his superiors trusted the commander of the National Salvation Army so much, if Zhou Chengzhen could take over the mining area, it would also bring great benefits to the Eighth Route Army that was active nearby.

So whether it was for the execution of orders or for his own troops, Chief Li had no reason to conceal the enemy situation. He first took out the hand-painted deployment map of the mine force in the mine and then palleted out.

"We learned from the absenteeism of rescue: the Japanese defending the mine used the mountain to dig a large number of machine gun castles at the entrance and exit of the mine cave. The Japanese in the two strengthening teams were all guarding the castle. Unless we used artillery, it would be difficult for us to get close to the cave."

"The defense of the mine is very strict. In addition to a three-meter-high wall, the Japanese also built a two-story artillery tower in several corners of the mine. A four-story artillery tower was built in the middle of the mine. All the machine guns equipped by the guards were installed in the artillery tower to form a cross-fire to attack the offensive forces that wanted to approach the mine."

"We had the idea of ​​a mining area before, and wanted to rescue two or three thousand absenteeism in the mining area, but because the troops lacked attack artillery, the loss of two companies did not rush to the side of the wall of the mining area."

"Since then we have not dared to attack the mining area casually!"

"I don't know how Commander Zhou, you plan to attack the mining area, whether you just take down the mining area or take it down together with the mine cave, and destroy the entire coal mine directly."

Zhou Cheng did not intend to conceal his ideas, and answered firmly: "I originally wanted to raid the mining area, and break through and retreat after getting the power generation equipment."

"After listening to the beastly behavior of the Japanese in the mining area, I decided to expand the scale of the battle, directly take down the entire mining area, rescue all absenteeism, kill the Japanese in it, and avenge those dead absenteeists!"

Chief Li was very happy after hearing this, but he couldn't be happy when he thought of the strict defense of the mining area.

Although Zhou Cheng seemed confident, he had never really attacked here after all, and he didn't know how strict the defense of the mining area was.

To be cautious, Chief of Staff Li decided to remind Zhou Cheng: "Captain Zhou, to be honest, I want to take down the mining area more than you, but the various fortifications in the mining area are too strong and the machine gun firepower is also strong. Unless you use attacking artillery to destroy the artillery towers in several corners of the mining area at a long distance, no matter how many people are, they will not be enough to kill them if they rely on people to rush."

"Because we can't get close to the walls and artillery towers in the corners of the mining area, we can't even destroy the artillery towers by blasting."

"When I met just now, I took a look at the troops you brought. Although they were well equipped, they were not equipped with siege artillery."

"I think we should be more cautious and not be impulsive!"

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "No need to consider this matter. Jingxing coal mine must be taken down. The Japanese garrison stationed in the mining area must be eliminated. No living can be left."

"We cannot show mercy for the traitors in the mining area who work hard for the Japanese. As long as there is someone in his hands, they will be shot after taking down the mining area."

"As for the siege artillery you are worried about, there is really no now, but it will be there in two days."

"Originally our plan was to raid the mining area tonight, but now I have changed my mind and push the attack time back two days."

"Chief Li has been moving around the mining area and is familiar with the terrain. I ask you to search for all the Japanese and puppet troops within 30 kilometers of the surrounding area in two days, roads, bridges, valleys and valleys, and then draw a sketch, the more detailed the better."

"I'm very useful to figure out the time when Jingxing Coal Mine transports coal mines to the next time and sends prisoners of war to the mining area."

"The investigation team approached the mining area to investigate and see if there were any small roads and mountain roads that could be touched from the back of the mining area into the mining area, and then we would take down the coal mine together with us inside and outside."

"If not, see if we can find a way to pretend to be absent from work and sneak into the mining area. When the troops attack the mining area, they will cut off all power supply systems in the mining area. This will definitely be more conducive to our attack on the mining area."

Chief Li didn't know where Zhou Cheng got his confidence, but Zhou Cheng's orders must be obeyed and answered decisively: "Please rest assured, Commander Zhou, I promise to get all the information you want within two days."

Tang Yufeng, who was left behind in the Xiyang County National Salvation Army, asked the communication platoon if there was any telegram about the regiment commander whenever he had time.

The commander's mission was to snatch a high-power generator from the Japanese. Although the commander said it to him very simply, Tang Yufeng did not think so. He felt that the action was full of crisis.

Since the start of the regiment commander, his heart has been tense, always worried about a problem in which link would lead to a loss of success in the entire operation.
Chapter completed!