Tang Yufeng returned to the war room from the arsenal and asked the staff on duty before he had time to take a breath: "Is there any news about the regiment commander?"

Seeing the staff officer on duty shaking his head, Tang Yufeng was both worried and nervous.

He wanted the communications dispatcher to send a telegram to Zhou Cheng and ask where the situation was, but after thinking about it, he stopped thinking about it.

The regiment commander must have arrived at the combat area now, and no one knows whether he is carrying out a mission now. He rashly sent a telegram in the past not only could not help him, but would also disturb him from commanding the battle and cause trouble for him.

With this idea in mind, the only thing Tang Yufeng could do was wait.

"Deputy Commander, the Commander is in urgent need of power!" Deng Jinghua, deputy platoon leader of the communications platoon, suddenly rushed over.

"What did the leader say? Is there any problem with their actions? When will it be over?" Tang Yufeng stood up from the chair and asked anxiously.

Deng Jinghua shook his head: "The telegram did not say that, the regiment commander asked the spy company and the artillery battalion's mountain artillery company to march to the battlefield to join him. He wanted to expand the scale of the battle and take down the entire Jingxing coal mine!"

Tang Yufeng's first reaction after hearing this was that he disagreed.

There is a blockade line between the battlefield and the defense zone. The regiment commander originally planned to launch a small-scale raid, trying not to cause any extraneous troubles to attract the attention of other Japanese and puppet troops around. After getting the generators urgently needed by the arsenal, he retreated quickly. He crossed the blockade line before the Japanese could react and retreated back to the defense zone.

If the scale of the battle is expanded, the Japanese will definitely know that the regiment commander is in Jingxing Coal Mine, and then they will draw heavy troops to strengthen the garrison on the blockade line, block him outside the blockade line, and prevent him from coming back. Maybe the Japanese will also draw heavy troops to surround him.

In case of such an accident, several garrisons that have recovered a lot of combat effectiveness will definitely take the opportunity to attack the national-savior military defense zone, and that will be a big problem.

But no matter how much he wants to oppose it, it is useless. The regiment commander is not here, and he has issued an order to mobilize troops, indicating that the regiment commander's determination to expand the scale of the battle is determined.

Based on his understanding of the leader, no matter how he persuades him, he cannot change his decision.

Since that's the case, the only thing I can do is to support the team leader with all my strength.

"The mountain artillery company of the cannon camp and the spy company gathered immediately. The baggage company drew thirty mules and horses to send them to the mountain artillery company. The troops set out in two hours and marched to reinforce the commander of the regiment."

"The Second and Third Battalions, the Cavalry Company strengthens its vigilance to prevent the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops from taking the opportunity to attack our defense zone."

"Send a telegram to the Chief of Staff, is it possible for him to fight another big battle, attract more attention from the Japanese and puppet troops, and reduce the combat pressure on the regiment commander."

At the same time, the division commander of the 129th Division also received news that Zhou Cheng decided to take over the entire Jingxing Coal Mine.

If someone else said this, the teacher would definitely say that he was overestimating his abilities.

But this decision was said from Zhou Cheng, and the result would be different.

The Jingxing Coal Mine was in a strict defense and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops were stationed.

If the Eighth Route Army were asked to attack, no main force could be taken down.

And even if it is taken down, the regiment will be crippled during the attack, which will not be worth the loss.

But if the elite troops of the National Salvation Army were added, the results would definitely be very different.

The Eighth Route Army lacked attack artillery, and many main regiments did not even have a few mortars. They were helpless in the face of the Japanese repairman's artillery towers and castles in the mining area, so they could only send out suicide squads to blast.

If the Japanese army had strong defensive firepower arranged in the artillery tower and the squad, no matter how many suicide squads rushed up, they would be difficult to get close to the artillery tower and the squad, and they would not be able to explode the enemy's firepower points and were finally stopped outside the mining area.

This is also a very important factor in the last time the Eighth Route Army attacked Jingxing coal mine and suffered heavy casualties.

If the National Salvation Army joins, this battle will have different styles and results.

The National Salvation Army had artillery, not only a large number, but also a lot of mountain cannons and infantry cannons that can be attacked.

Since Zhou Cheng has decided to take over the entire Jingxing coal mine, he will definitely find a way to transfer the mountain cannon to the battlefield.

The artillery tower built by the Japanese army in the mining area was very strong, but it could not withstand the close-range artillery of mountain cannons.

As long as there are enough artillery to participate in the war, whether it is the National Salvation Army or the Eighth Route Army, they can take down Jingxing Coal Mine at a very small price.

The division headquarters had long wanted to remove the tumor of Jingxing Coal Mine. The Japanese not only used the Jingxing Coal Mine to plunder China's resources, but also used the coal mines produced by Jingxing Coal Mine to produce steel, weapons and ammunition, and in turn attacked China. What's more shameful is that they also enslaved and killed a large number of Chinese soldiers in Jingxing Coal Mine.

It is unbearable. If it weren't for the Eighth Route Army's lack of siege artillery, the last attack on the coal mine ended in a crushing defeat, the division commander would have destroyed the Jingxing coal mine long ago.

Immediately ordered: "Political Commissar, since Zhou Cheng notified that he wanted to remove the cancer of Jingxing Coal Mine, and the National Salvation Army had such strength, I decided to support him with all my strength."

"Haven't we have already transferred a battalion to support Zhou Cheng? Find a way to transfer another battalion troops to go there."

"Tell Comrade Zhou Cheng that the National Salvation Army has been listed as a major concern by the Japanese, and the thorns in their eyes are thorns. At this time, it is not easy to cause any more outstrips and further anger the Japanese. Therefore, it is best to launch an attack as the Eighth Route Army when the troops are operating to reduce the pressure on them to withdraw from the defense zone and defend the defense zone."

"Order the guerrillas, local troops, and main troops around Jingxing Coal Mine to be ready for combat."

"Jingxing coal mine is very important to the Japanese. After being attacked, the Japanese and puppet troops around will definitely fight to reinforce, especially the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Shijiazhuang. I ask them to block all the Japanese and puppet troops who reinforce Jingxing coal mine at all costs and give Comrade Zhou Cheng enough time to attack Jingxing coal mine."

In a valley nearly three kilometers away from the mine area, all the national rescue troops who were suspending their attacks lurked here to rest.

Zhou Cheng was no exception, but his face was very bad.

In the morning, he took Chief Li to the place where the Japanese abandoned their bodies of absentee workers. A long distance away, he smelled a strong smell of corpses.

When climbing up a nearby high ground, I happened to see more than a dozen Japanese men discarding their absentee bodies on the other side of the cliff.

Dozens of ragged absentee workers carried the bodies to the edge of the cliff and threw them down. One of them looked very weak. While throwing away the bodies, he also fell to the ground.

The absentee on the side quickly pulled him up, but the scene was still seen by the Japanese nearby.

In the eyes of the Japanese, injured and unconscious absenteeism not only cannot go into the cave to mine, but also waste food. Taking such people back to the mining area is to cause trouble for themselves.

He rushed up and cursed, dispersing other absentee workers who could move around the cliff, then raised the bayonet and stabbed the absentee workers who fainted...

A life ended by the Japanese...

Zhou Cheng's eyes turned red when he saw it. He grabbed a submachine gun and wanted to kill the Japanese on the other side to take revenge.

No, it is too cheap to kill them directly. It should be better to crippled them with a gun first, causing them to lose their combat effectiveness, and then stab them with a bayonet to see the bayonet stab into their bodies with their own eyes, but they have no strength to fight back. Let them taste the pain of waiting for death together.

Fortunately, Chief of Staff Li stopped Zhou Cheng at the last moment, otherwise everyone's gun would definitely alarm the enemy.

Because of this, Zhou Cheng never smiled since he returned to the lurking point, and his face was calm.

"Captain, the spy company and the mountain cannon company have arrived!" At two o'clock in the afternoon, the reconnaissance company commander Tang Shengbo appeared in front of Zhou Cheng with Chen Liwen and the artillery battalion commander Tan Wei.

Zhou Cheng's face was still calm and he did not smile because of their arrival.

First he punched the ammunition box in front of him, and then ordered with anger: "I can't wait to kill the beasts in Jingxing Coal Mine. Since the spy company and the mountain cannon company have already arrived, we will launch an attack tonight!"

"The troops fought quickly and killed all the Japanese stationed in Jingxing Coal Mine at all costs!"

"Don't worry about the reinforcements. The main forces and local troops of the Eighth Route Army that are operating around the coal mine will help us block it. We have only one task, and concentrate all our troops and firepower to take down the coal mine."

"Chief of Staff Li..."

Chief Li was still holding his anger in his heart and had nowhere to vent. He had seen the scenes he had seen this morning several times before, and every time he saw them, he felt more angry. When he heard Zhou Cheng say that he would launch an attack tonight, his face quickly returned to seriousness: "Come on!"

Zhou Cheng did not talk nonsense and directly began to give orders: "The two main battalions that the Eighth Route Army supported us were all given to you for unified command. When the cannons in the coal mine sounded, they also launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops in the Jiazhuang stronghold and wiped out them all!"

"I will draw a mountain cannon from the mountain cannon company to attack you. Is there any problem?"

Chief Li did not hesitate at all and replied immediately: "Don't worry, Commander Zhou, I promise to wipe out all the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold."

Zhou Cheng didn't ask him how to fight. Chief of Staff Li was an old Red Army. Before being reorganized by the Eighth Route Army, he was a deputy company commander. After being adapted, he served as the company commander of the Eighth Route Army, deputy battalion commander, battalion commander, chief of staff... Both levels and qualifications are higher than himself, and he has rich combat experience. It is definitely no problem to command two battalions and a mountain cannon to eat the Japanese and puppet troops in the Jiazhuang stronghold.

Zhou Cheng then turned his attention to Chen Liwen and the guard company commander Liang Hongjiang!

"The Japanese who were defensively defending the mine caves also had more than 400 Japanese stationed in the mine area. If you attack head-on, it will be difficult to take down the mine area in a short time."

"Once the battle goes into a state of anxiety, the little ghost has time to destroy equipment in the mining area, or even kill absenteeism, so that we can get nothing."

"In order to quickly fight and win the mining area and not give the Japanese a chance to destroy equipment and kill people, I decided to take the entire attack in two steps."

"The Secret Service Company and the Guard Company each strengthened a siege mountain cannon, bypassed the mining area and launched direct attacks on the two mines, and acted as if we were going to destroy the mine, and forced the Japanese in the mining area to divide their troops to reinforce the mine."

"After the Japanese reinforcements leave the mining area, you immediately turn around and attack the reinforcements, drag them down, kill them, and then continue to attack the mine."

"The Reconnaissance Company, the Mountain Cannon Company has three mountain cannons left, the reconnaissance team, a platoon of guard companies, and a cavalry company. After the Japanese reinforcements were dragged outside the mining area, they directly attacked the mining area from the front and rushed in in the shortest time."

"The guard company is responsible for tearing the holes, the reconnaissance company and the reconnaissance team are responsible for assaults, and seize the power generation room in the mining area and the places where the absenteeism is detained and absent from work, so as to prevent the Japanese from destroying the mining area at the last moment and dying with us. That would be a big loss."

"The whole army began to act on time in the early morning, strive to end the battle before dawn, and evacuate the mine area!"
Chapter completed!