At 11:00 a.m., all the equipment that could be dismantled in the entire mining area was loaded into the vehicle.

The Guard Company, the Cavalry Company, and the Eighth Route Army that cooperated with the operation, escorted more than 2,000 absenteeism to retreat first, and marched quickly to the defense zone.

They were all absenteeism carefully selected by the troops, with good physical strength and able to withstand long marches.

Each absent from work carried ten steamed buns and a pot of water. He walked for almost an hour before he disappeared at the end of the mountain road.

The company commander of the investigation, Tang Shengbo, came over to report: "Captain, the explosives are all arranged. As long as you give an order, at most one minute, the more than 2,000 kilograms of explosives we buried in the mine will explode, completely razing the Jingxing coal mine to the ground."

Zhou Cheng was very satisfied, but his tense nerves still didn't dare to relax.

As long as the train full of equipment has not entered the defense zone, the operation is not over yet and any accidents may occur.

At this time, Deng Jinghua, deputy platoon leader of the communications platoon, ran over: "The regiment commander, Deputy Regiment Commander Tang sent a telegram saying that the Japanese mobile troops around Chengjia Railway Station were attracted by two guerrilla squadrons, and there were less than two hundred railway garrison troops left in the entire railway station. We can retreat!"

Zhou Cheng first glanced at the empty sky, and then replied: "The time for retreat is not yet here, don't worry!"

The spy company commander Shen Liwen suddenly thought of the plane coming over the mine at nine o'clock.

The Guard Company directed and acted in the mining area for a battle, which made the Japanese mistakenly believe that the ground battle was not over yet.

After the plane hovered over the mining area for twenty minutes, it had to return to the airport with full load of aviation bombs because it did not find a suitable bomb drop opportunity.

But everyone knows that the news that the National Salvation Army captured the Jingxing Coal Mine cannot be kept for too long.

The plane that has left will definitely fly back.

Now the guards and absent from work have evacuated the mining area. If the plane comes to investigate again, no one will act for them.

He asked quickly: "Captain, are you worried that the Japanese planes will bomb our train?"

Zhou Cheng nodded: "The plane I went back just now will definitely come again for the second time."

"Jingxing coal mine is too important to the Japanese, and they will definitely not give up easily. If the plane comes over and finds that the battle in the mining area has ended, they will definitely try their best to search for us around the mining area and take revenge on us."

"The Zhengtai Railway was interrupted by us. Under normal circumstances, there will be no trains on the railway. If our train is discovered by the plane, the Japanese will definitely bombard the spot. At that time, we have no place to hide if we want to hide. No matter how capable the troops are, they will not be able to change the end of the train being bombed."

"In order to prevent this accident, we must not let the Japanese planes discover the existence of the train!"

"So we have two things to do next: the reconnaissance company sets off immediately and goes to our defense zone for reconnaissance along the railway line. All the Japanese and puppet troops and artillery towers found along the way sent people to stare. Before the train arrives at the artillery tower, the telephone line leading to the outside world was quickly cut off the artillery tower and the stronghold."

"This task is very important, and it is related to whether the train can safely arrive at Chengjia Railway Station. The reconnaissance must be completed without fail. No matter how small the artillery tower along the railway is, it cannot be spared!"

Seeing that several company commanders all showed a puzzled expression, Zhou Cheng had to explain the reason why he asked them to do this: "Don't underestimate this mission."

"When the train passed through the artillery towers and strongholds along the line, the Japanese and puppet troops inside did not know that the train was from our National Rescue Army. Although the Zhengtai Railway was interrupted and cannot be opened to traffic for the time being. No one could guarantee whether there would be an emergency military train on the railway, which created an excellent opportunity for us to take advantage of the situation and return to the defense zone."

"After seeing the train, the defenders at the stronghold must call the top to confirm the situation of the train. We cut off the telephone line, and the Japanese in the stronghold could only send people to contact their superiors."

"When they spent a lot of time confirming from their superiors that the train belonged to our National Salvation Army, the train had already entered Chengjia Station."

"After the Japanese superiors knew that the army belonged to our national rescue army, they would definitely contact the strongholds and artillery towers along the way as soon as possible, so that the garrison could intercept us and prevent us from walking with us."

"After the telephone line of the artillery tower was cut off, the garrisons along the railway could not receive the order of their superiors to intercept us, and they would not actively intercept us."

"When the Japanese sent the interception to various strongholds and artillery towers along the way through the messenger, our train had already entered the Chengjia Railway Station. At that time, it was almost dark, and it was too late for the Japanese army to send planes to bomb temporarily."

Tang Shengbo understood and looked at Zhou Cheng with a serious expression: "Please rest assured, the reconnaissance company ensured that the task was completed."

"After the train set off, the telephone contact between all the strongholds and artillery towers along the railway line should be cut off from the outside world. If possible, kill the messengers they sent out together, and completely block the news that the train passed on the railway in the strongholds and artillery towers!"

After watching Tang Shengbo leave, Zhou Cheng immediately looked at the spy company commander Shen Liwen.

"The mission of the spy company is to make the Japanese plane not know the existence of the train."

"You find more flammable objects to be placed next to the train. When the Japanese plane visits the coal mine again, I will detonate all the explosives arranged by the spy company in the mining area. The spy company also ignites the firewood around the train, and uses the thick smoke they produce to cover the train, so that the Japanese plane cannot detect its existence."

"When hearing the explosion and seeing the mines blown up with thick smoke, the Japanese pilots would definitely think that the coal mine was razed to the ground during the explosion, and then search for our presence around the coal mine."

"As a result, they couldn't find anything and could only return without success."

"After the news reached the Japanese military brigade command, they would definitely think that as soon as we destroyed the coal mine, we would split our troops to break through, and then give up searching for us. At this time, we can set off home!"

Jiro Iida was a pilot of the Japanese Army Aviation Corps. He performed the flight mission to reinforce the coal mine at 9 o'clock in the morning, but he returned to the airport in vain. Whatever he did was to start from the airport and return to the airport caused a burst of ridicule from his colleagues.

After learning that the superiors were going to provide air support to Jingxing Coal Mine, Ida Jiro took the initiative to ask for a second flight. This time, the bombs were thrown on the Eighth Route Army attacking the coal mine.

In the narrow cockpit, Jiro Ida was searching for Jingxing Coal Mine on the ground.

Aircraft in this era are not equipped with radar, and searching for targets depends entirely on the experience and eyes of pilots.

Soon, the towering chimney in the mining area was found by Jiro Ida, and decisively pressed down the plane's joystick and posed for the plane to fly towards the target.

The mining area was empty and there was no sign of a person. The guns and cannons stopped when they first came...

"Has the coal mine been captured by the Eighth Route Army?" A bad premonition flashed in Ida Jiro's mind. In order to prove his judgment, he continued to lower the flight altitude of the fighter and wanted to see it more clearly.

When we were flying over the coal mine, a roll of black smoke suddenly rose from the mine area, and then we heard a series of violent explosions ringing on the ground.

The plane flew very fast. When he heard the explosion, the plane had already passed over the mine.

Jiro Ida was shocked and quickly controlled the fighter plane to climb higher airspace, then circled around the smoke-filled mining area, trying to figure out what happened to the explosion just now.

When the plane returned to the mine again, the explosion had stopped.

The mining area was filled with thick smoke rising from the air, which covered the mining area tightly in a flash. Ida Jiro had already widened his eyes and still could not see the real situation in the mining area.

But he could hear the explosion just now clearly, and he still remembered it freshly.

In his impression, even fifty kilograms of aviation bombs could not make such a loud noise, and the series of explosions that just sounded had at least ten explosion points. In terms of power, it was equivalent to the mining area being hit by at least twenty aviation bombs at once.

As a veteran pilot, no one knows the power of an aviation bomb better than him.

More than 20 aviation bombs exploded at the same time at a time, which would definitely razed the mining area to the ground.

At this moment, although I couldn't see the situation in the mining area clearly, I was at least 90% sure that the mining area had suffered a devastating blow.

I took the initiative to ask for battle and carry out the second flight mission to take revenge.

As a result, Qiu did not report, and the Jingxing coal mine was bombed by the Eighth Route Army.

For Jiro Ida, this result is very slap in the face.

If you return without success again, it will be more than just embarrassing, and you may have to be punished.

The more Ida Jiro frowned, the deeper he frowned, and he did not hesitate to lower the flight altitude of the plane.

He wanted to find the Eighth Route Army who destroyed the coal mine and kill them with aviation bombs. Only in this way can he be exempted from punishment from his superiors.

Searching around the smoke-filled mining area, the search range gradually expanded from 500 meters to 10 kilometers, but the Eighth Route Army was not found.

Jiro Ida's expression became heavier and heavier. He judged that the Eighth Route Army he was looking for must be hidden in the forest near the coal mine, because there was only where he could escape his aerial reconnaissance.

Just as the fuel was about to run out, I flew over to see a dense forest.

This flight could not be returned without success, so he decided to throw all the aviation bombs he brought into the forest.

If there is really an Eighth Route Army hidden inside, how many can the blind cats kill rats?

At the command of the Yangquan Japanese Army Corps, Major General Honda can finally take a breath.

After the garrison in the Yangquan section of the Zhengtai Railway reached three brigades, the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army, which were active near the railway line, finally stopped.

Starting from ten o'clock in the morning, except for the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army's reconnaissance forces, their main forces have rarely appeared.

Although the guerrillas operating in the north of Punishing Dingbei captured a gun tower while the imperial army was insufficient, they were soon taken back by reinforcements, and then the guerrillas disappeared.

As for the National Salvation Army that was active in the Pingding Section, perhaps because the main force was active in Yangquan, there had been no major action since the second half of last night. The Zhengtai Railway, which had been lively overnight, finally returned to peace!
Chapter completed!