When the explosion sounded, the entire mining area immediately became chaotic, a shrill siren sounded, and the expatriate escort team who had gathered for fun just now scurried around like a group of headless flies.
Originally, the top commander of the mining area was supposed to be Ming Sanada with the rank of Major, but he was killed by a company of guards and left to serve his Japanese Emperor.
The team leader stationed here, Hirakawa Ichiro, suppressed the panic in his heart, took out a 14-year-old pistol, raised it and fired two "pop" shots, and shouted: "Kuroda, go and lead people to guard the gate, Oshima."
You go and assemble the Imperial Alliance Army, distribute weapons, and assist in the defense, quickly."
"Hirakawa-kun, are you sure you want to issue weapons to the Imperial Alliance Army?" Jiro Oshima, the young Japanese military commander, asked hesitantly.
"Baga, if the enemy breaks through the mining area, none of us will survive," Ichiro Hirakawa yelled angrily.
Before Sanada Ming came, the puppet soldiers in the mining area were usually very interesting. They usually acted as supervisors in the mining area. Although they were beaten and scolded by the little devils, at least they didn't have to work.
However, since the arrival of Sanada Ming, he was extremely dissatisfied with the progress of coal mining and directly disarmed the puppet soldiers and forced them to work as laborers.
Not long ago, several puppet army officers banded together to find an explanation for the kid, so they were shot by Ming Sanada. The kid's move was tantamount to abusing his martial arts skills.
A puppet army platoon leader was shot to death by a kid because Heikawa Ichiro said, Taijun, you are really tired, let the brothers rest and drink some water.
Thief Jiu and Ma Dazui also escaped for this reason.
At this time, Ichiro Hirakawa directly approached the leader of the expatriate escort team and said, "Baga, take your people to the wall immediately."
The demolition of the Japs' sentry tower does not mean that there is no counterattack. Inside the wall is an earthen platform, and the remaining dozen or so Japs and part of the expatriate escort team continue to rely on this platform under the command of Ichiro Hirakawa.
The wall design only lost the heavy machine gun, and the firepower was completely suppressed by the New Second Regiment.
There were only two Czech light machine guns left on the front wall that had been brought by the escort. Before a single magazine was finished, they were blown away by a battalion of mortars, including the men and their guns.
A "boom" explosion sounded from the west wall.
Immediately after "tick tick tick." a loud bugle sounded on the west wall,
The company commander of the third company of the first battalion of the new second regiment ordered a charge, and more than a hundred soldiers rushed towards the collapsed wall.
The thirty members of the escort guarding the wall had no fighting spirit at this time. They were so frightened that they retreated hastily and were repeatedly shot and fell to the ground.
At the front of the mining area, as Commander Ichiro Hirakawa was named by mortars, the remaining emigrant escorts dispersed in a hurry, and the soldiers of the first battalion quickly occupied the blown-up city gate.
The heavy machine gunner quickly set up a heavy machine gun on an intact guard tower and pointed it at the little Japs inside the wall.
"Thud, tug, tug," the dull sound of the heavy machine gun sounded. This was a sound much heavier than that of a rifle or light machine gun. It was especially shocking to the ears of everyone on the battlefield.
The hot bullets formed tongues of fire, roaring towards the defeated emigrant escort in front. The bullets were very powerful, and the opponent's back was completely exposed to heavy machine gun fire.
While running, some of the little devils leaned forward, had their bodies broken at the waist, and fell to the ground howling. Others were hit directly on the head, and instantly shattered all over the ground like a dropped watermelon.
In less than half a minute, the convoy of more than thirty people just now was felled to the ground like grass by the intensive bullets, and the streets leading from the city gate to the camp were cleared.
The battle only lasted fifteen minutes since the explosion of the artillery shells. At this time, there was no resistance in the camp and the battle was over.
Zhou Weihan's tactics were very simple. First, he used mountain artillery to knock out the heavy firepower of the Japs. Then he used heavy machine guns to suppress the enemy. The infantry launched a charge, and mortars continued to name the resisting Japs. The battle was very fast and met Zhou Weihan's psychological expectations.
"Captain, capture a group of puppet soldiers. This is their platoon leader." Two soldiers came over pressing a puppet army officer.
When the puppet army officer saw Zhou Weihan, he knelt down and cried bitterly: "Sir, you are really a lifesaver. The little devils oppress us every day, and we don't have enough to eat or warm clothes."
"Then you are still considered a traitor? Suppress it and screen it carefully." Zhou Weihan said.
At this time, Thief Nine was still concentrating on studying the Type 99 sniper rifle in his hand. Because the sight of this gun was located on the left side of the gun body, Thief Nine could not use it when attacking just now, so he had to take direct aim.
Seeing this, Zhou Weihan stepped forward and kicked him, saying, "Stop thinking blindly. I'll find someone to teach you later. You and Ma Dazui will help screen the prisoners. I'll pick out the ones who usually do evil things."
At this time, Jing Dagang came over and reported: "Captain, there are many prisoners of war captured by the Japs inside."
Zhou Weihan felt happy because this was what he was looking for, so he said, "Take me to see it."
The prison where Chinese prisoners of war were held was a row of more than a dozen large, fully enclosed concrete houses. As long as the iron doors were locked, the prisoners could basically sit back and relax.
After hearing the gunfire, more than a dozen large concrete houses suddenly became commotion. Many soldiers squeezed their heads in front of the narrow windows and looked at the situation outside through the thick iron grilles.
"Comrades, it's our people who have returned!"
"Hahaha, Ge Laozi, we are saved..."
"You son of a bitch, if you don't kill the little devil when you go out this time, I will take his surname!"
For a moment, these captured prisoners of war were screaming, jumping, crying, howling, whatever.
But when Zhou Weihan saw this, he waved his hand and said directly: "Blow up the door and let them go!"
"Yes!" More than a dozen soldiers from the first battalion had already stepped forward, stuffing grenades one by one on the iron door handles of the dozen cells, and then pulled the fuse, and white smoke suddenly appeared.
, and immediately there was a loud rumbling sound, and the doors of more than a dozen cells were blown open at the same time.
The next moment, nearly a thousand prisoners of war surged out from inside like a flood that burst a dike!
Zhou Weihan frowned, raised his shell gun and clicked twice. The sound of the gunshots immediately calmed down the surging prisoners of war.
Zhou Weihan saw this and shouted: "Look at you, do you still look like a soldier? You have them all. Take me as the benchmark, look left and right... all together!"
As a result, more than a thousand prisoners of war were immediately divided into four distinct groups.
There are about 500 people in the middle wearing light yellow coarse cloth military uniforms, and the queue is the most orderly; about 200 people on the right are wearing blue-gray military uniforms, with slightly worse military appearance; and about 200 people on the left are wearing gray cloth military uniforms, but they are loose and look like stragglers.
, the one on the far right is wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, with the best spirit, more than 300 people.
Zhou Weihan shouted loudly: "Among all the people present, are there any officers above the battalion level?"
The entire queue of prisoners of war was silent, and no one came out.
"Where are the company-level officers?" Zhou Weihan shouted again, "Get out of the queue!"
Six people came out in response, the two in the middle wearing light yellow military uniforms, one each in gray cloth military uniforms on the left and the blue and gray military uniforms on the right, and two from the Eighth Route Army.
Zhou Weihan's cold, swishing eyes were like knives scraping across the faces of the four people, and he immediately shouted: "Tell me your numbers and positions!"
"Sir, Captain Wang Yigong, Captain of the 515th Regiment of the 254th Brigade of the 85th Division of the Central Army, please give me your instructions!"
"Sir, Zhang Hao, Captain of the 516th Regiment of the 254th Brigade of the 85th Division of the Central Army, please give me your instructions!"
"Sir, Captain Han Zhiqian, captain of the 1st Battalion of the 342nd Regiment of the 68th Division of the Shanxi-Sui Army, please give me your instructions!"
"Sir, Yang Xiansheng, commander of the 624th Regiment of the 312nd Brigade of the 104th Division of the 47th Army of the Sichuan Army, please give me your instructions!"
"Reporting to the leader, I am Gao Zhiheng, the company commander of the 115th Division's teaching brigade, and this is Gan Caisheng, the company commander of the 688th Regiment of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division."
The 85th Division is the Central Army, a direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek, and the heart and soul of Wei Lihuang. Then Zhou Weihan's eyes fell on the Sichuan Army company commander wearing a gray cloth uniform, and said: "The 104th Division? General Li Jiayu's troops
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The Sichuan company commander named Yang Xiansheng suddenly said in a thick Sichuan accent: "Sir, do you also know our Commander Li?"
Of course I know that in the spring of 1938, your Commander Li, together with our bosses Zhu and Peng, led their troops in a fierce battle with the well-equipped Japanese 108th Division and 104th Brigade in the Dongyang Pass area.
"Ge Lao Tzu, this is irritating to say. Even though Dongyang Pass has been lost, we are still asked to support the Jinsui Army. They killed many of us. My brother died at Dongyang Pass.
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"Captain Yang, you Sichuan troops are all good. I remember General Liu Xiang once said, as long as the Sichuan guys are not wiped out, the Republic of China will not be destroyed!" Zhou Weihan said from the bottom of his heart.
What Zhou Weihan admired most was the Eighth Route Army and the Sichuan Army that came out of Sichuan to fight against Japan.
"My enemy, as long as the Sichuan people are not wiped out, the Republic of China will not be destroyed!"
Zhou Weihan's words aroused the enthusiasm of the Sichuan Army company commander and the more than 200 Sichuan Army prisoners of war behind him, and all of them straightened their backs immediately.
Although the Sichuan Army was poorly trained and poorly equipped, they did not lack the ambition to serve the country and kill the enemy. However, some senior Kuomintang officials treated them differently and deliberately used them up, which made them somewhat disheartened.