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Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, seeing that Commander Yang and Lei Jian of the First Army Division left quickly, his heart churned with the spectacular scene of the upcoming Zhengtai Railway attack, and he walked out of the hut excitedly for a while, looking at the blue sky, he really wanted to look up to the sky and howl to express the irrepressible excitement in his heart at this time.

Commander Yang rushed back to the troops, immediately convened a military meeting, Lei Jian was also present, the cadres of the First Army Division, when they heard that this big baby in front of them was from the glue thing, fighting all the way and singing all the way, and the miraculous Lei Jian was rumored, they were envious and admired, not only speaking very cordially.

Lei Jian saw that Commander Yang had been smiling at him, he leaned up and approached Commander Yang embarrassedly and asked, "Commander Yang, I'm already very low-key, why do comrades still say that about me?" ”

"If you come to it, you will be safe, that is, if you listen to it, you will let it go, if you can grasp this mentality, it will be nothing."

Commander Yang saw that the commanders of all the units attending the meeting had arrived, and gave a brief introduction to the present, and in fact these cadres had all met, and although they had never fought together, they were all familiar with each other.

Only Lei Jian is a fresh face, when he was introduced, each cadre looked at Lei Jian again, Lei Jian was not pretentious at all, stood up and shouted loudly: "Report to the chiefs, Lei Jian, the 'only regiment' of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, report to the chiefs, in the future, we will all fight little devils in a trench, please take care of your brothers." ”

"Hahaha, this brother heard his name before he saw others, and he watched his deeds when he saw others, and he was really a clever and likable little brother."

"I didn't expect Regiment Commander Lei to become the head of the 'only regiment' of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region at such a young age, and when I saw it today, it was really worthy of his name, heroic and handsome, and he spoke openly, well, he was a good brother."

Commander Yang didn't expect Lei Jian to be so capable, just a few words after meeting made everyone amused, he was still worried that Lei Jian would not be able to get along with his comrades for a while and a half, it seemed redundant.

Seeing the excitement of everyone's talk, Commander Yang said excitedly: "Comrades, I now convey the spirit of the instructions I gave when I attended the military conference in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and just in the last few days, the commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief, and former chief of general staff of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters signed and issued the "Action Order for the Attack on Zhengtai Road Campaign."

The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, and the Jinsui Military Region were ordered to conduct joint operations on Zhengtai Road and launch an exciting large-scale sabotage attack on Zhengtai Road, the main railway and highway communication line occupied by the Japanese North China Front, as well as the Japanese stronghold artillery towers, county towns, and towns along the line.

Ordered the left and right columns to assemble along Zhengtai Road and the nearby railway, and ordered our First Army Division to be the central column, the main task of which was to break the enemy at Niangzi Pass, Weishui and Jingcheng Railway Sections, but the most important thing was to conquer the Jingcheng Coal Mine at all costs. ”

Commander Yang paused for a moment, seeing that everyone was listening carefully, and some people were still taking notes, he continued: "We are facing Major General Yoshishige Mizuhara of the Eighth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, who is guarding the railway line from Jingcheng to Shijiazhuang.

With regard to the towns, bridges, culvert stations, and artillery strongholds of Major General Yoshishige Mizuhara's brigade along the railway, it is necessary to attack them with lightning speed, and once they are blocked, they must increase their offensive firepower to defeat the enemy. ”

Commander Yang then gave a detailed explanation of the geography and landform of the Jingcheng Coal Mine, the Japanese garrison, and the firepower configuration of the Japanese army in the coal mine:

As the central column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the First Military Sub-district of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is mainly tasked with conquering the Jingcheng Coal Mine.

Jingcheng Coal Mine is an important fuel supply base of the Japanese army, located in the north of the Zhengtai Railway, south of the Hutuo River, west of Niangzi Pass, east of Weishui, this mine is rich in coal reserves, the quality is very good, the Japanese army is transported out through the Zhengtai Road, intersects with the adjacent railway, and quickly arrives at the place required by the Japanese army, for ironmaking, steelmaking, civilian, more convenient is that there is no screening, it can be directly used for the power coal of trains and steamers.

Such an important mineral resource, along with Kailuan and Zhongxing coal mines, is listed as the three main energy supply bases of the Japanese army in North China.

After the Japanese North China Front occupied these three major coal mines, it expanded the scale of production, purchased advanced German machinery, arrested a large number of laborers and put them into the coal mines to work as coolies, producing cow horsepower and eating moldy coarse bran and rotten vegetables, and living a miserable life.

The Japanese invaders transported these high-quality coals by rail to several important smelters in the country of China, as well as the island countries of Japan, and the guns, steel, and oil produced were supplied to the Japanese army's killing machines and slaughtered our anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army handed over this arduous task to Commander Yang of the First Army Subdivision of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the heroic unit that killed the 'flower of famous generals'.

When Commander Yang said this, he reminded in an accentuated tone: "Everyone, please pay attention to the internal Japanese army defense of the Jingcheng Coal Mine that I am going to talk about below, as well as the latest information obtained, and I hope that every commander of the troops participating in the meeting must keep it in mind, so that when launching a strong attack on the Jingcheng Coal Mine, the command will be measured and the attack will be smooth." ”

The Japanese army dug trenches on the periphery of these three new and old mining areas, erected barbed wire more than one meter high, and built a wall more than three meters high in the barbed wire fence for the safety of the mining area, and set up a power grid at the head of the wall to prevent the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the anti-Japanese armed forces from sneaking up from the periphery.

The mining area was heavily guarded, with patrols during the day and night, and several secret patrol teams were organized; once an anti-Japanese underground organization was discovered operating in the mining area, even if there was even the slightest suspicion, they would be secretly arrested, brought into a cold interrogation room, and tortured to extract confessions.

As soon as the miners saw that someone had been arrested, they whispered in private: "It's over, it's not good to go in, and if you can peel off your skin and come out alive, it's a big fate." ”

In order to ensure the safety of the mining area, the use of different terrain in the mining area has built more than a dozen strong turrets and pillboxes, equipped with a squadron with excellent weapons and equipment, guarding day and night, and building several artillery towers on several hills on the periphery to meet the danger and send reinforcements in the shortest possible time.

Commander Yang, who was the commander-in-chief of the central column, returned to his garrison after the military meeting of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, did a good job in mobilizing the troops to quickly assemble along the Jingcheng coal mine, rushed to Jingcheng with a small unit, and set up the command post of the First Army sub-district in Honghecao, which had already been reconnoitred.

Honghecao is more than 20 miles away from the Jingcheng Coal Mine, and it is commanded here, and it can take into account the railway line in the direction of the Jingcheng Coal Mine on Zhengtai Road, and in the division of troops to attack the Jingcheng Coal Mine and the attack on the railway lines along the way, the troops can be adjusted to cooperate with each other and reinforce each other at any time according to the progress of the campaign, so as to annihilate the enemy with lightning speed.

In accordance with the order of Commander Yang of the central column and under the leadership of Lei Jian, the newly formed independent regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region (later known as the 'only regiment') left the camp on the outskirts of Fuping County, and more than 2,000 cavalry quickly assembled in Gangtou Village, which was far away from the Wuli Road of Jingcheng Coal Mine, with the help of green gauze tents.

On the night of 19 August, under the assistance of Niu Haifeng, the guerrilla leader of the Jingcheng Mining Area, the 'only regiment' of the Eighth Route Army led by Lei Jian successfully arrived at Gangtou Village. The regimental command post was set up in a slightly larger courtyard in the east of Gangtou Village, and Zhang Ping, director of the interrogation office, led the soldiers to lay down their weapons and backpacks, climbed the wall and went to the house, and set up antennas and telephone lines.

Commander Lei Jian said to Niu Haifeng, the local guerrilla leader, who was standing in front of the map table, asked: "Captain Niu, you see that this is the sketch of the Jingcheng Coal Mine that I just drew based on the information you said and what I know. ”

Niu Haifeng, the guerrilla leader in the mining area, leaned down and looked at the sketches of the interior of the Jingcheng Coal Mine drawn by Lei Jian little by little, and he couldn't understand some places, frowning and thinking, Lei Jian explained to him.

After looking at it for a while, Niu Haifeng pointed out a few places on the sketch based on his memories of being in the coal mine, and proposed his own additions.

An hour later, Lei Jian had already completed the work of determining the combat target of the 'One Regiment' he led to attack the Jingcheng Coal Mine, and he held Captain Niu Haifeng's hand tightly and said, "Thank you, Captain Niu." ”

"The family doesn't talk to each other, what does Commander Lei need me to do, please give an order." Niu Haifeng asked immediately.

(End of chapter)