About fifteen minutes later, a faint train whistle came from the southeast side of the Xishan Railway. Upon seeing this, Li Yan raised his right hand and waved back gently, leading the entire team out of the hidden place.
The explosion range of the several landmines under the sleepers in the middle section of the Xishan Railway was then rearranged into a row, and they stood along the north side of the Xishan Railway. Each of them was about twenty meters away from the railway track and facing the south side of the railway.
Make a greeting gesture and wait for the devil to take the bait.
By the time the team behind Li Yan had all stood up according to Li Yan's plan, the Japanese transport train had already arrived near the middle section of the Xishan Railway. However, the train at this time did not go as fast as it came as Li Yan thought.
drove over, but slowed down slightly. At the same time, the Japanese driver in charge of the train turned to look in the direction of Li Yan's team. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he turned back to the cab and accelerated towards the Xishan Railway.
Go to the northeast side.
When the wheels in the front row of the locomotive just arrived at the middle section of the Xishan Railway, the mines that Li Yan had buried under the sleepers were suddenly suppressed. When the wheels of the train left these sleepers, those mines
A landmine exploded violently at the same time, and the person responsible for driving the train
Before the Japanese driver could see clearly what was going on, both the people and the vehicle were blown away by the huge shock wave generated by the violent explosion. The carriage behind could not withstand this force and fell off the Xishan Railway track in an instant.
, along with the blown locomotive, it fell to the south side of the Xishan Railway.
At this time, Jiang Zhen, who was on the east side of the Xishan Railway, heard the explosion and understood that Li Yan had completed his mission. At this time, he did not think more about it, but led his troops to speed up and move closer to the central section of the Xishan Railway.
At the same time, Li Yan also led the team to the overturned Japanese train, but due to
Li Yan was worried that there would be scattered Japanese soldiers in the train carriage, so in order not to cause unnecessary losses, he did not rush to lead the team into the train carriage. He just dispersed the team behind him first and kept each other safe.
At a certain distance, they slowly approached these train carriages.
As expected by Li Yan, just when the whole team was about to approach the overturned Japanese train carriage, several bloody Japanese soldiers suddenly rolled out of the carriage and pointed at the 38-meter cover in their hands.
Li Yan's team is about to pull the trigger, but due to these
The Japanese soldiers were injured, so the guns in their hands were not fired after all. When Li Yan saw the opportunity, he did not give the Japanese soldiers a chance to breathe, but directly pointed the muzzle of his rifle at it.
One of the Japanese soldiers shot him down to the ground.
When the team behind Li Yan saw this, they didn't delay any longer. Instead, Li Yan pointed his gun at the other Japanese soldiers and killed them one by one. When the last Japanese soldier rushed out of the train, he was killed.
At that time, Jiang Zhen's large army and several scattered laborers also arrived
As the train approached, Li Yan saw that reinforcements had arrived, so he led his team back to Jiang Zhen. Seeing this, Jiang Zhen first placed Li Yan's troops aside, then turned back and mobilized three battalions of troops.
Prepare to conduct a thorough search on this Japanese train.
After Jiang Zhen's three battalions began their search mission, Li Yan, who was resting on the side, led his team to the labor barracks not far from him, and brought the entire labor force and the more than a thousand Japanese prisoners to Jiang Zhen.
In front of Jiang Zhen, when Jiang Zhen saw so many Japanese prisoners, he no longer bothered to ask anything, but immediately
That is to say, a regiment of troops was mobilized to escort these Japanese prisoners out of the Xishan Railway and prepare to hand them over to their superiors. After doing all this, Jiang Zhen turned to face the labor force beside Li Yan and did a rough count.
Then he looked back at a man who looked like an Eighth Route Army soldier and asked:
"Brother, is this the labor force you mentioned before?" Jiang Zhen felt relieved when he saw the man who looked like an Eighth Route Army soldier nodded in confirmation. Li Yan felt a little strange when he saw this scene, so he came to the Eighth Route Army soldier.
He was ready to make a careful identification, but before Li Yan could start to observe, the Eighth Route Army soldier spoke first and said with a hint of ridicule:
"Brother Li Yan, I am the laborer who was shot by you before, from the security company of Xishan Station." After saying that, he stepped forward and saluted Li Yan with a military salute. When the Eighth Route Army soldier mentioned the fake shooting,
Li Yan smiled slightly, but when he mentioned Xishan Station, Li Yan’s expression
He became serious again, but after a while, the seriousness on Li Yan's face slowly disappeared. Then he stretched out his right hand and patted the Eighth Route Army soldier on the shoulder, exchanged a few words briefly, and then said
Jiang Zhen turned his head to the side, and at the same time stretched out his right hand to point to the labor force behind him, and asked tentatively:
"Brigade Commander Jiang, are we going to ask our superiors for instructions to recruit these brothers or disband them directly..." Li Yan paused for a moment before continuing: "This labor force has at least the strength of a regiment.
From my perspective, I suggest you find some ways to keep them in the Western Shandong base area and integrate them. In this way, our strength will increase a lot..."
Before Li Yan could finish speaking, Jiang Zhen stretched out his right hand to wave. Then he put his eyes on the labor force behind Li Yan, then looked back, lowered his head and thought carefully for a while. After a while,
Jiang Zhen raised his head again and looked at Li Yan slowly
Xu said: "Li Yan, I can't decide whether to recruit these workers now. First, these workers are soldiers from various armies and cannot be recruited uniformly. Second, there are thousands of workers. Even if I want to recruit them, I can't.
This order cannot be issued without authorization."
As soon as Jiang Zhen finished saying this, a worker ran out of the labor team and said: "Chief, my brothers and I are soldiers of the 7th Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army, but during the previous Japanese sneak attack, we
The entire Seventh Brigade was arrested, and a few of our brothers were also arrested and taken to this labor camp. Fortunately, you are here today
The Eighth Route Army rescued us and we were able to escape. So in order to repay your life-saving grace, my brother and I decided to join your Eighth Route Army unconditionally. Chief, just show your stance!" Another member of the labor force.
After several workers heard this, they followed the worker out of the team and stood in front of Jiang Zhen.