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Chapter 113, Mass Graves (800 first orders plus updates)

On August th, night fell.

Fifteen kilometers east of Xinjing Coal Mine, there is a wooden house on the mountain where hunters once lived.

There was a fire in the house, the firewood was crackling, and a pot of hot water was boiling.

Li Yunlong pulled the firewood with a wooden stick, and complained in his mouth: "The teacher has already said that you are worth two divisions, so don't take any risks. You still insist on coming out with me, why bother?"

It's not a good job to wait for someone in a wooden house on the mountain in the middle of the night.

Moreover, this trip was dangerous, if something happened to Yuan Lang, Li Yunlong would not be able to bear the responsibility!
Yuan Lang held the cup and sipped water, and he ignored Li Yunlong's words.

What's the matter, won't let people take action after winning the honor?

He is not a young lady with golden branches and jade leaves. He has participated in dozens of battles, and the enemies killed or injured by him may be dozens or dozens.

Calling him a seasoned warrior is not bragging.

Yuan Lang raised his head and said bluntly: "Lao Li, if I say something unpleasant, if it is really dangerous, maybe I will protect you!"

"What... that's not necessarily true."

Li Yunlong is a dead duck with a stubborn mouth. He will not know how good Yuan Lang's marksmanship is.

In small-scale battles, a beautiful marksmanship has absolute battlefield dominance.

Therefore, what Yuan Lang said was true.

It's just that Tian'er has been chatted to death, and Lao Li, whose self-confidence has been hit, doesn't want to talk to him anymore.

Until the monk Wei outside the house opened the door and said, "Someone is here."

The two went outside to greet them.

The black-faced middle-aged man who came over looked at the three of them, keeping his hands on his waist and said vigilantly, "The king of heaven and the earth tiger."

"The pagoda suppresses the river demon." Li Yunlong continued.

The password matches, it's one of our own.

The black-faced man immediately changed into a smile for his comrade, and stretched out his hand: "Comrade, hello. I am Zhang Tong, the secretary of the underground party organization in the Xinjing mining area."

Li Yunlong reached out to shake his hand, and said politely: "Hello, Li Yunlong, head of the new second regiment of the th brigade."

The two parties reported that they knew each other, and he invited them into the house.

Turning his head and complaining to Yuan Lang, "This is a bastard's slang term, just what you think, use this as a secret code."

Yuan Lang's bad taste was satisfied, he laughed and didn't answer.

Zhang Tong's face was dark, as if he had rolled out of a coal pile.

If he didn't reveal his identity, it would be hard for others to believe that he was the core leader of the underground party organization.

"Who is this?" He stared at Yuan Lang with bloodshot eyes and questioned.

He came here specifically to communicate with Li Yunlong about the mining area information, which was of great importance, and he obviously didn't want extra people to know.

Li Yunlong poured him a cup of hot water and introduced: "This is our regiment's adviser, the artillery commander of this battle, and he is also responsible for the blasting of the coal mine. The New Second Regiment has no secrets from him."

So young and gentle, I didn't expect him to be versatile.

Zhang Tongduo took a look at Yuan Lang and nodded his approval.

"I don't have much time, so let's make a long story short." Zhang Tong took out a rough map and handed it to Li Yunlong.

"This is drawn by our comrades with a lot of effort. Take a look, and if you have any questions, just ask."

Li Yunlong took the map and looked at it carefully one by one. It was indeed similar to the one sent by the brigade.

However, for this kind of non-standard map, many things must be explained by the drawer, otherwise many details will be ignored.

For example: There are three small bunkers and one big bunker for the enemy in the new mining area. How big is this big bunker, how thick is the wall, how many defenders are there, and how many machine guns are there?
Attacking strong fortifications is undoubtedly the most likely to cause a large number of casualties.

Li Yunlong understood the situation of the small bunker. When the Type infantry artillery was aimed, the two artillery pieces would collapse for him.

But Li Yunlong is really not clear about the situation of this big bunker.

Zhang Tong stared at the sign he drew on the map, and explained: "As far as we know, the big blockhouse in the center of the new mine is more than ten meters high.

The devils used cement materials when repairing, and the walls were very thick.

Several rows of perforations were built up and down, each of which was very small, and movable iron plates were installed inside to cover the people inside.

Bullets are hard to get in, let alone grenades.

As for how many people and how many machine guns are inside, the devils inside are very vigilant, and it is difficult for us to observe. "

It was poured extremely thick with cement, and Li Yunlong actually knew what the result would be, but he still asked Yuan Lang with luck: "Can the Type infantry artillery be used to blow it down?"

If it wasn't for the seriousness of the occasion, Yuan Lang would have rolled his eyes at him.

The Type infantry artillery cannot be regarded as a panacea.

There is no problem with a masonry blockhouse, or a small bunker with a relatively thin thickness.

People use so much cement to pour it, and you want to use the Type infantry cannon to blow it away, that would be too far-fetched.

"You can try it, but it's best to prepare explosives to blast it." Yuan Lang gave the most pertinent suggestion.

Just the suggestion sounds pretty brutal.

The use of explosives means that not only the attack route will be blocked by bunkers, but also a lot of casualties will be paid.

Li Yunlong also thought of it, that's why he asked that question.

But, in the end, you have to face reality.

Li Yunlong didn't say much, and asked about other details.There is nothing to say about Jiazhuang's gun towers. There are Type infantry guns, and they are shot down by hand.

The focus is on the old mine in Gangtou.

There is the headquarters of the Japanese guarding the entire Arai Coal Mine. In addition to the blockhouse, there are forts.

If the enemy defends against danger, it will undoubtedly take a lot of effort to take them all down.

Zhang Tong also provided an important piece of information, "The enemy seems to be storing poisonous gas in the old mine."

"poison gas?"

Yuan Lang and Li Yunlong looked at each other.

Naturally, they are no strangers to the Japanese gas bombs.

Li Yunlong has led the team for many years, although he has never been poisoned.But I have seen the wounded and civilians tortured by gas bombs.

There is no doubt that it is something most people are afraid of even looking at it.

I remember that the brigade commander was also hit in another battle, and he had to heal for a long time before he recovered.

Yuan Lang knew more about the little devil's use of poisonous gas than Li Yunlong, and he knew a little more clearly.

At the end of the First World War, all the participating countries used poison gas. The short madman in Germany who was once a third-rate painter had suffered from poison gas.

Little devils began to study after World War I, after more than ten years of painstaking research and experiments.

Before the outbreak of the war of aggression against China.

They produced chemical poisons and the technology to manufacture chemical weapons gradually matured.

According to statistics, the chemical weapons researched and manufactured by Japan during World War II, including chemical poisons, can be roughly divided into 14 categories and more than a hundred kinds.

These weapons are distinguished by type, and can be divided into erosive agents, phosgene, hydrocyanic acid, tear agents, sneeze agents, and so on.

From 1941 to 1945, the number of various chemical agents manufactured by the Japanese army exceeded 7400 tons,
Among them, sneezing poison and erosive poison were widely used in the Chinese battlefield after the outbreak of the war.

According to different types of poisons, the Japanese army manufactured various weapons such as poison gas bombs, gas cylinders, poison gas projectors, poison vehicles, poison dispensers, poison gas injectors, and poison gas bombs.

Basically, the little devil has reached the full level of the talent of being devoid of conscience.

Just doing immoral things.

It stands to reason that the use of poisonous gas is not allowed under the Geneva Convention.

But the little devils killed prisoners of war and ordinary people, even women and children.

Which complies with the Geneva Conventions?
It is hard to say how much effect the public opinion has condemned.

As long as the poisonous gas is effective, the little devil will use it again and again.

The only solution is to kill the little devil and drive him out of China.

Yuan Lang thought for a while, and on behalf of the soldiers of the Second Regiment, he thanked Tong Zhang.

Although I don't know what the poisonous gas is, I only know the information that there is poisonous gas.

Then in the battle that is about to break out, the soldiers can be prepared so that they will not be caught off guard by the enemy and suffer heavy casualties.

Inquired about the intelligence of the entire Arai mining area, and communicated the details of tomorrow's cooperation.

Li Yunlong was very satisfied with today's harvest, and expressed his sincere thanks: "Thank you comrades for me, this information is very important, and it provides the most powerful support for us to attack the mining area."

Zhang Tong did not take the credit, but said very sincerely: "This is what we should do.

There are more than 2 people in our mining area, and we have long been looking forward to the arrival of the main force.If there is anything Captain Li needs our cooperation with, please feel free to say so. "

Li Yunlong pondered for a while, and said: "It really is. We need a comrade to lead the way, and cooperate with us to cut off the power supply of the entire mining area before launching an attack."

If the power supply is cut off, the searchlights that the enemy has deployed in large numbers in the mining area will not be able to be used.

The dark night will become the best camouflage for the Eighth Route Army.Provide favorable conditions for their offense.

"No problem, I will send the most familiar comrades to cooperate with the main force." Zhang Tong agreed.

The two parties made another agreement.

Send Zhang Tong away and extinguish the bonfire.Yuan Lang and Li Yunlong took advantage of the darkness to walk back.

The New Second Regiment has already moved to the vicinity of Xinjing Coal Mine.

But in order not to startle the snake, he still stayed in the Xinjing Coal Mine, more than 20 kilometers away in the mountains and was on standby.

On the way, Yuan Lang remembered what Zhang Tong said, that there were more than 2 workers in Xinjing Coal Mine.

Then I asked: How did the Japanese find so many people to dig coal for them?
Li Yunlong also knew about this in the process of collecting information before.

While hurrying by the moonlight, I explained to him: "The little devil is not a kind person, his heart is black when he digs it out.

Some of the workers in the mine were deceived by job advertisements, and the other part were the strong men who were directly arrested by setting up checkpoints everywhere.

I wanted to run, but there was no door.Just fuck it to death. "

There are some things that Lao Li can't complain about.

Take Xinjing Coal Mine as an example, the miners live worse than livestock.

What I ate was steamed steamed buns mixed with noodles, and I rolled up a broken sack and lay down in a hole in the soil when I slept.For this reason, he often endured severe beatings from the supervisor.

A strong laborer entered the mine and worked for ten hours a day without enough food or clothing.In less than a year, he became sallow and thin, and his whole body was useless.

Many people often do not last a year.

The little devil calls this method—exchanging people for coal.

A lot of tragedies happened in the Xinjing Coal Mine. Some people lacked the energy to work, and if they slowed down, they would be severely beaten by the supervisor.

People were often beaten to death, and those who were seriously injured were treated as dead and thrown into mass graves.

It is not uncommon for a few people to die every day in the mine, and there are not without incidents of greater casualties.

It is said that once a fire broke out underground, the Japanese manager was afraid of burning out the mining equipment, so he directly ordered the wellhead to be sealed, and more than 1000 workers were suffocated to death underground.

It's just fucking inhumane.

The lives of more than 1000 people are not as good as some machines.

In other words, in the eyes of the Japanese, the life of a laborer is not his life, and he is not as good as an animal.

During the four years when the Japanese occupied the coal mine, more than 5 people worked here one after another, but now there are still only more than 2 people in the coal mine.

You know, the Japanese inside will never let the Chinese laborers leave here.

Even if you die, you have to be buried here.

Four large mass graves were formed around the Xinjing Coal Mine, and it is estimated that more than 3 people were buried in them.

There are many dead bodies of adults, and there are also some children.

Even children are not spared, it is the traditional art of little devils.Children aged seven or eight were also forced to work by them.

Exhausted, lost in a mass grave.

The mines here are worse than concentration camps, sucking out the last sliver of value from labor.

It's nothing more than that.

"Is there no one to resist?" Yuan Lang asked angrily.

In this era, even though he has seen too many human tragedies, he was still shocked by the cruelty of the enemy.

Under such a high-pressure rule, he will die sooner or later, someone should stand up, right?
"How could there be no resistance!"

In Li Yunlong's deep voice, there was anger towards the devils.

He explained: "Not long after the devils occupied the coal mine, there was a riot in the mine.

Under the organization of the underground party, a worker guerrilla group of more than 100 people was also established.It has been fighting against the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the mine without interruption.

The ditches, walls, and barbed wire fences were all created by the devils to deal with the workers' guerrillas.

However, the strength of the guerrillas is too weak after all, they can only harass, but they can't really deal a traumatic blow to the enemy.

That's why the superior sent us here, let us break this hell on earth and destroy those inhuman enemies. "

Li Yunlong swung his fist vigorously, speaking decisively, with the bitterness of winter in his voice.

The cruelty and inhumanity of the enemy made him angry.

He obviously sentenced the enemies in the mining area to death. If we don't wipe out all these enemies tomorrow, his name Li Yunlong will be written upside down.

Yuan Lang and Lao Li have the same idea, but he still feels the responsibility on his shoulders.

Do the best design and try your best to destroy the entire coal mine.

Let resources not be used by devils and become accomplices of enemy aggression.

Coal mines must be restored, and the greater the degree of damage, the more difficult and time-consuming it will be to repair.

Every time you buy more time, it is a silent consumption of the enemy.

This is his responsibility.

Tomorrow, everything is tomorrow.

August th.

(End of this chapter)