Before the Anti-Japanese War, Zhongxing Coal Mine was already the largest private enterprise in China.
In terms of transportation, in addition to the Linzao Railway Branch Line and the Taiwan-Zao Railway Branch line, the Zhongxing Shipping Company was also established and a special terminal was built in Lianyungang. Coal from the Zhongxing Coal Mine can either go northward via the Linzao Branch Line, the Jinpu Railway, or via the Jinpu Railway.
The Taizao branch line goes to Taierzhuang and enters the canal and goes south. It can also be transferred to the Taizhao branch line in Taierzhuang and transported directly to Lianyungang via the Longhai Railway for shipment.
Shipped abroad. In terms of infrastructure, the Zhongxing Coal Mine Electricity Department built a power plant and installed two 720-kilowatt generators. In 1922, there were two 1,600-kilowatt generators, one 3,200-kilowatt generator, and a 12-kilovolt transmission line.
Power supply to the mining area. The machine factory established by the Zhongxing Coal Mine Maintenance Office has a total of casting, woodworking, ironwork, riveting, machinery, locomotive repair, and coal car repair.
There are seven branches. There are also Juren Hospital, Zhongxing Primary School, Zhongxing Vocational Middle School and other cultural and educational facilities. Coal mining equipment is also quite advanced. When the Nanda well was put into operation in 1913, the diameter of the shaft was 3.66 meters and the depth was 199 meters. It was made of German coal.
The three-layer cage was lifted by a 600-horsepower steam winch. In 1920, an inorganic rope winch was installed in the coal leveling tunnel of Shimen Xiaochao in the south of Nanda Well.
Coal extraction for two shifts. In 1930, Zhongxing Company purchased two coal winnowing machines from Germany, and the following year purchased two electric coal cutters, and began mechanized coal mining. By 1934, Dongda Well (No. 3
The large shaft) was completed and put into operation. The shaft diameter is 4 meters and the depth is 194 meters. It is lifted by a two-layer cage and a 408-horsepower electric wire car. Zhongxing Coal Mine also has a Yongxing coking plant, which integrates coal preparation and coking.
It can be said that although Zaozhuang is not a county town, it is much more prosperous and advanced than other county towns. It can be called an industrial city at this time, with a coal city.
The essence of Lunan, all collected in Zaozhuang!
Without the invasion of small gangs, with Zhongxing Coal Mine’s joint-stock management model, advanced transportation methods, marketing networks all over the place, and the development direction of multi-industry development, it is conceivable that this will be a company that can be ranked first in the world.
Large companies are all damn little ***!
Before the Japanese army captured Zaozhuang, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the coal mine to be blown up. The ZTE board of directors felt sorry for the mine and were unwilling to blow up the mine. They even sent Chiang Kai-shek's teacher, Chen Jinghan, associate director of the Zhongxing Coal Mining Company, to seek accommodation with Chiang Kai-shek, forcing Chiang Kai-shek to agree not to blow up the mine. As a result, the Japanese army occupied
After Zaozhuang, production began to resume, and coal was continuously supplied to the Pingjin area, Shanghai area, Northeastern region, and Taiwan.
When the Eighth Route Army swept through southern Shandong after the Battle of Taixi, Liu Yimin ordered the complete destruction of the Zhongxing Coal Mine, dismantled the equipment, blew up the mine, and put the entire mining area into a state of shutdown. Equipment like the power plant was dismantled and transported to the mountainous area, and the Eighth Route Army could not use it temporarily.
It must be hidden and cannot be used to serve the invasion of Japan.
.As for the flour mills and oil pressing plants of Zhongxing Coal Mine, they were transported back to the Taiyi central base and put into production soon. Such a large army of instructors could easily grind the flour mills that came from across the country just by relying on ordinary people's stone mills.
Liu Yimin died suddenly. After the equipment from the seven branches of the machine factory was transported back to the mountainous area, it was merged into the arsenal.
Now, the Japanese army has handed over the operation of Zhongxing Coal Mine to Mitsui Co., Ltd.
Mitsui Co., Ltd. is so wealthy that it took half a year to restore some of its mines to production. It also built the Taizao branch line, the Linzao branch line, and the Taizhao branch line to transport coal to Japan through Qingdao and Lianyungang day and night.
Of course, this is not possible these days
It was possible to transport coal. First, the Fifth Brigade tore up all the railway tracks for dozens of miles east and west of Xin'an Town. Then Zhang Haitao led the Tai'an detachment to remove all the Dawenkou Railway Bridge and all the railway tracks in that area.
Transported back to the logistics base to make weapons and ammunition.
Due to the Zhongxing Coal Mine, Zaozhuang has had communist activities for a long time. As early as the spring of 1926, Ji Zirui was dispatched by the Party to Zaozhuang Coal Mine to carry out the workers' movement and engage in party building work. After Ji Zirui arrived in Zaozhuang, he successively developed Zhang Fulin, Jiang Fuyi and others.
10 workers are Communist Party members. And
The party branch was established. On June 26, 1927, when the Communist Northern Expeditionary Army arrived in Zaozhuang, Ji Zirui presided over a workers' representative conference and formally established the Labor Union, also called the Zaozhuang Mining Area Trade Union. At that time, there were 12,000 workers in the Zaozhuang Mining Area.
, 9,000 of whom are members of the trade union.
Ji Zirui was ordered to evacuate Zaozhuang because of the April 12 coup launched by Chiang Kai-shek, and later died in Jinan. In the spring of 1931, the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China sent Tian Weidong and Zheng Naixu to Zaozhuang to establish the Special Zone Party Committee. They were appointed president and deputy*
**. In just one year, more than 10 party members and more than 20 activists were developed, forming the core force and backbone of the Zaozhuang workers’ movement. At 8 a.m. on July 16, 1932, Tian and Zheng
A workers' union meeting was held in Shiliquan. More than 5,000 miners attended the meeting, and the mine-wide strike was officially announced. After the meeting, representatives were selected to negotiate with the management, but they were blocked by the military and police and failed. On July 22, another meeting was held at Yaoshen Temple.
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Before the meeting ended, they were surrounded by military police. Tian Weidong and some workers' representatives were arrested. Later, Zheng Naixu was betrayed by scabs. He was later transferred to Jinan. In August 1932, Tian and Zheng bravely fought at the foot of Qianfo Mountain in Jinan.
die a martyr.
After Zheng Naixu's death in Tianweidong, Guo Zihua was sent to Zaozhuang at the end of October 1932 to rebuild the Zaozhuang party organization and launch the workers' movement. By 1933, the Zaozhuang Mining Area Working Committee was established, with Guo Zihua as the chairman. It was established in 1935
Sulu Border Region of the Communist Party of China
Provisional Special Committee, Guo Zihua was appointed as the Special Committee ***. In the winter of 1936, the Provisional Special Committee of the Sulu Border Region of the Communist Party of China was changed to the Special Committee of the Sulu-Henan-Anhui Border Region, and Guo Zihua remained as the ***. It was precisely because of Guo Zihua's strong leadership that the Anti-Japanese War broke out
Later, the Lunan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps was organized.
The Lunan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps has been reorganized into the New Fifth Brigade and the New Fifteenth Regiment, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and its cadres are spread throughout the Lunan region, becoming the backbone of the local government and local armed forces in Southern Luna.
Just when the New Fourth Brigade and the New Eighth Brigade captured Wenshan and Zhongluoshan, Hu Laohu, Bowen, and Li Lingfeng led the cavalry brigade and the special operations brigade to stir up trouble in Yixian, Tengxian, and Zaozhuang.
The straight-line distance from Baiyan Town to Zaozhuang, an important town in southern Shandong, is only 53 kilometers. However, southern Shandong is mountainous, and the actual distance is more than 70 kilometers.
The three cavalry regiments of the cavalry brigade and the three special operations squadrons of the special operations brigade formed three teams and attacked Tengxian, Yixian and Zaozhuang respectively. Among them, Hu Laohu led the first cavalry regiment and Zhao Yonggang's second special operations squadron to attack Tengxian.
; Cavalry brigade political commissar Bowen and special operations deputy commander Wang Laohu led
Leading the Third Cavalry Regiment and the First Special Operations Squadron to capture the county seat of Yixian; those responsible for the task of capturing Zaozhuang were Zhao Zhiyu's Third Special Operations Squadron and the Second Cavalry Brigade Regiment led by Li Lingfeng. Accompanying Li Lingfeng, there was also a special force, the Xinxin
Established ***save***.
Li Lingfeng's mission for this trip was not only to cooperate with the Second Cavalry Regiment to seize Zaozhuang and control the Zaozhuang mining area, but also to temper the Japanese to save the Japanese. That is to let the Japanese rescue the Japanese to go to the battlefield and fight directly with the Japanese army!
The Battle of Zaozhuang was a special warfare sneak attack. After Li Lingfeng and Chen Cunyi, leader of the Second Cavalry Regiment, led their troops to leave Baiyan Town on the evening of October 8, they took control of the Eshan Pass, a transportation hub connecting Zaozhuang City and the Baodugu Mountain area that night.
Ashankou Village has a long history of village construction, at least it was established in the Han Dynasty. The evidence is that there are Tucheng ruins from the Han Dynasty in the northwest of Ashankou Village, which are square and each side is one kilometer long. Villagers can often find out from the Tucheng ruins
Bricks and tiles from the Han Dynasty.
Taking control of Ashankou Village is tantamount to opening the way to Zaozhuang. Li Lingfeng, Chen Cunyi, and Zhao Zhiyu, captain of the Third Special Forces Squadron, led the battalion and company cadres of the Second Cavalry Regiment to covertly observe the terrain of Ashankou Village on the morning of October 9
, I saw the mountains behind me, the plains in front of me, and the wonderful scenery. In the distance, the city of Zaozhuang is faintly visible.
It can be seen that when you look at it again, the west mountain is arched and is named Huangshan; the east mountain is shaped like a horse, so it is named Mashan. Where the two mountains meet, there is a small mountain, which is Eshan. The road winds between the two mountains of Huangshan and Mashan.
Winding to the low Mount Ashan, head towards the Baodugu Mountain Area. Ashankou Village is right in front of Mount Ashan, guarding the entrance to the Baodugu Mountain Area.
After looking at the topography, Chen Cunyi sighed: "People say that Baodu Gu is a natural danger. I see, to defend Baodu Gu, you must first guard the Eshan Pass. There is no water on Baodu Gu, so we rely on digging pools to collect rainwater. We can only live under siege.
Over time, it will be self-defeating. Especially now that the Japanese aircraft are rampant and there is flat ground above Baodugu, it is easy to be hit by the Japanese aircraft.
This Eshan Pass is different. It has two natural gates, and there are small gates inside the gates. There are many gates on top of each other. There are vast mountains behind it, so there is a lot of room for maneuver. As long as you build strong fortifications here and send an army to hold them.
, we can ensure the safety of the Baodugu Mountain Area. This matter must be reported to the division commander, and it is recommended that troops be sent to stay here."
Chen Cunyi's words resonated with the cadres. Even the rescue team leader Kimura Ichiro and Kato Masao, who accompanied the cadres to see the terrain, couldn't help but say "Yoshi!" in Japanese!
Chen Cunyi is a cavalry commander. He can see problems from the perspective of infantry offensive and defensive, and he is very accurate. It is indeed not simple. Li Lingfeng and Zhao Zhiyu are special forces commanders. They have learned special operations tactics and are also engaged in the task of attacking and seizing obstacles.
I don't agree with what Chen Cunyi said.
Zhao Zhiyu curled his lips and said: "Commander Chen, no matter how strong the fortification is, it can be broken. In my opinion, there are at least a hundred ways to pass through the strongly fortified Eshan Pass. Think about it, when will our army defend it in battle?"
Exactly? Besides, our army now has a large force and is well-equipped, so we cannot always rely on mountains to fight. If we rely on mountains,
Such a large-scale army will eat up all the bark on the mountains. What we want are cities like Tianjin, Qingdao, Jinan, and Zaozhuang, and granaries like the North China Plain and the North Jiangsu Plain. If one day the little devils attack us
Being trapped in the Baodugu mountainous area and unable to move, among other things, Zhao Dahe's tanks and armored vehicles will become a pile of scrap metal."
Li Lingfeng criticized Zhao Zhiyu for not speaking comprehensively. In case of a heavy siege by the Japanese army, terrain like the Ashan Pass can indeed protect our army from the enemy. If there is time and strength, tunnels can be dug in the mountains to form permanent fortifications integrating above and below ground. A company can
Can resist the attack of a coalition of little devils
, and it can also ensure that the position is not lost. Commander Chen is right. He should suggest to the division commander that not only here, but also like the Taiyi Central Base Area, permanent fortifications should be built at some pass points to wait for the Japanese army to launch a heavy siege.
At that time, these fortifications alone were enough for the little devil to drink a pot.
Zhao Zhiyu looked disapproving.
In the Liang family compound in Ashankou Village, Li Lingfeng and Chen Cunyi met up with Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng who had come to cooperate in the battle.
Hong Zhenhai and the others were chased by the Japanese army under the command of Nan Zao Yunzi. Fortunately, after Liu Yimin received Hong Chaoyuan's report, he ordered Li Lingfeng to send a special operations team to respond. They were able to get rid of the Japanese army and supplement them.
Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng had received training from the Special Operations Command. However, at that time, Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng led the Special Operations Brigade, and the Interdiction Brigade followed Liu Yimin south. They had not seen them. They were trained by the left-behind personnel of the Special Operations Command.
Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng were a little excited when they met Li Lingfeng, the special operations commander of the Eighth Route Army, who had never seen the dragon, and Zhao Zhiyu, the captain of the Third Squadron, whose flying knife skills shocked the enemy.
It was time to rest during the day. Li Lingfeng cordially asked about the preparation process of the Zaozhuang Railway Team, and praised Hong Zhenhai's flying stunts. He said that after the battle was over, Hong Zhenhai and the soldiers could compete and learn from each other.
Hong Zhenhai was extremely excited and kept saying that we should learn from each other rather than compete with each other.
Li Lingfeng instructed Hong Zhenhai to turn the railway team into a special force on the railway line. They should seize trains, bomb stations, engage in arms, and engage in intelligence. They should penetrate the heart of the Japanese like sharp knives. The battlefield should not be limited to Zaozhuang and Lincheng.
Develop towards Xuzhou and Jinan. Wherever there is a railway, there will be the sound of gunfire from our railway team fighting, making it hard for the little devils to sleep sweetly and eat deliciously.
Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng felt warm in their hearts.
During the day on October 9, Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng introduced the enemy situation in Zaozhuang to Li Lingfeng, Chen Cunyi, and Zhao Zhiyu. The members of the railway team were gathered together to receive training from the Third Squadron. In the morning, they talked about the nature, goals, and discipline requirements of the Eighth Route Army, and in the afternoon they talked about military affairs.
Tactical action.
The soldiers of the Third Special Forces Squadron are all experienced special forces. They were asked to come to the Zaozhuang Railway Team for emergency training. Although the time was short, the effect was surprisingly good. Because these team members have a strong charlatanism, many of them will
After a few fists and kicks, I thought they were all good guys, and they were 100% sure of beating the Japanese. Unexpectedly, they were chased by the little Japanese and had to hide and hide. Their feet were swollen from running.
After being hungry and sacrificing several comrades, I realized that the little devil was not a vegetarian. When the soldiers of the third squadron sat down to demonstrate their tactical movements, these team members realized that all they knew were crop tricks.
There is still a long way to go, so my arrogance suddenly stopped, my words became less "motherly", and my walking posture became more stable.
During the meal before departure, Li Lingfeng, Chen Cunyi, Zhao Zhiyu, and the battalion and company cadres of the Second Cavalry Regiment and the cadres of the Third Special Forces Squadron personally served meals to the members of the Zaozhuang Railway Team, squatting together while eating and chatting.
Comrades and brothers make the team members' hearts warm.
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