Xu Dalong continued: "The Japanese will send at most one or two squadrons of troops to the mine to find out. This is not a bad thing for us, but a good thing."
The commander of the Jinsui Army asked: "How can it be a good thing?"
Xu Dalong said: "If we want to rendezvous with the Daqingshan guerrillas, Celadon Town is the only way for us. If our temporarily formed team wants to break through the interception of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, the possibility of success is extremely small. If we can If we eat the Japanese army, the main force of the infantry brigade, in advance and then break through, it won't be a big worry if our Japanese army can be intercepted in this area.
My opinion is that we set up an ambush near the coal mine, and when the Japanese send people over, we can use an ambush to eliminate them. "
The leader of the Jinsui Army said doubtfully: "Sir Xu, you are just guessing how many Japs can come. What if the Japs captain reports the Japs in Datong City and a large group of people comes? That's not the time. Can’t everyone leave? My opinion is to break out now.”
The deputy leader of the underground party said: "I think Captain Xu is right. If we break out in a hurry and encounter Japanese and puppet troops on the road, even if there are only a few hundred people, if a few shells are fired, our team will collapse , when the time comes, we can only let others control us. I agree with Captain Xu’s opinion. "
The division chief of staff of the Zhongyang Army had been thinking about it while everyone was talking. He said: "I also think what Chief Xu said makes sense. The mountains on both sides of the road leading to Qingci Yao Town are dangerous. If we can set up an ambush, , a sudden attack on the Japanese is very likely to kill these Japanese, and by then there will not be many Japanese left in Celadon Town.
Even if there are still some Japanese and puppet troops in the surrounding mines, the number of troops will not be large. If we break out calmly, we will be more certain of success, so I agree with Commander Xu's opinion. "
The leader of the Jinsui Army said: "You guerrillas only have 200 people. We have about 200 guns in our hands, and the total number of people we can have weapons is only 400. Who knows how many Japs can come? How powerful are the little Japs? But they are awesome! Can we eat them?"
Xu Dalong said: "Although we only have 400 guns, if we occupy favorable terrain in advance and catch them off guard, we can eliminate at least one-third of their troops.
We have a large number of people. Even if we don’t have so many guns, there are shovels and pickaxes in the mine. When the battle starts, everyone rushes down to fight with the white devils. By then, ten of them will beat him. Why can’t we kill those devils? Soldiers? "
The miners' representatives were not very knowledgeable about military affairs, and they listened on the sidelines while the soldiers were talking.
After hearing what Xu Dalong said, the Shandong labor representative first said: "Others dare not say that we Shandong people are not afraid of death. We want to participate in fighting the Japanese."
Other labor representatives also knew that they would not be able to escape unless the Japanese were killed, so they expressed their willingness to gather the best of their fellow villagers to fight against the Japanese with shovels, pickaxes, steel picks and even stones.
The leader of the Jinsui Army was still hesitant, blinking and weighing the pros and cons.
At this time, Lin Xueying handed two telegrams to Xu Dalong.
These two telegrams were sent by Xu Dalong to General Fu in Zhongtiao Mountain and the headquarters of the Jinsui Army respectively. According to Xu Dalong's request, they issued orders to the regiment commander of the Jinsui Army and the division chief of staff of the Zhongyang Army to let them Resolutely obey Xu Dalong's command. If there is any disobedience, military law will be pursued.
Even if the prisoners of war from the Jinsui Army and the Zhongyang Army go back in the future, they will have to rely on the Guo Army and the Jinsui Army to take them in. Since their superiors have given them orders, they dare not fail to carry them out, otherwise, they will not be able to reap the benefits when they return.
At this time, neither the prisoners of war from the Zhongyang Army nor the Jinsui Army had any other opinions and expressed their firm obedience to Xu Dalong's command.
In order to reassure everyone, Xu Dalong called the Japanese captain in Celadon Town in front of everyone.
He pretended to be a soldier and reported to the captain in a panic that the prisoners of war in the mine had rebelled and had killed the mine director and deputy mine director. He asked the Japanese captain to send troops to suppress them quickly.
The captain of the Japanese army has noticed that there may be a problem in the Celadon Coal Mine. The Japanese soldiers who were wiped out at the gate just now were sent by him to check the situation.
He asked Xu Dalong some information.
Xu Dalong had already seen the ID of the Japanese captain who was killed, and said that Captain Ando had rushed into the mining area and was cooperating with the mine team to fight the prisoners of war. He hoped that the captain would send someone to support him as soon as possible.
The Japanese captain believed it was true and asked Xu Dalong to tell Captain An Teng that they must persist and that he would personally lead two infantry squadrons to come for support.
When the officers of the three brigades and the labor representatives saw that the Japanese came for reinforcements as Xu Dalong said, they all admired him very much.
They heard that there were only four to five hundred Japs coming, and there were almost 10,000 guerrillas, prisoners of war, and miners, so everyone became more courageous and geared up to prepare for war.
Xu Dalong assigned tasks on the spot and then started preparations separately.
An hour and a half later, the sky gradually darkened, but the situation on the highway could still be seen clearly.
Xu Dalong stood on the top of the mountain and could see a Japanese convoy approaching.
The ambush site he chose was about two kilometers away from the mining area. The Japanese army was not prepared at all, and the convoys filed into the ambush circle.
Xu Dalong gave an order, and the special forces and prisoners of war ambushing on the mountains on both sides opened fire on the cars down the mountain.
The miners did not have guns, so they pushed down the stones prepared on the mountain. Thousands of rocks towered over the mountain, turning huge potential energy into powerful kinetic energy. The rocks jumped and rolled on the hillside, roaring towards the Japanese convoy down the mountain.
The Japanese army suffered a sudden attack and was in chaos. The rocks flying all over the sky played a huge role, causing more casualties than bullets.
In order not to give the Japanese any time to react, Xu Dalong immediately gave the order to charge.
The guerrillas, Jinsui Army, and Zhongyang Army were the first to rush forward.
The workers were very nervous at first, but when they saw the embarrassment of the Japanese at the foot of the mountain, they became bolder. They held up shovels, pickaxes, and steel drills, and shouted and rushed down the mountain together.
The Japanese army resisted tenaciously, but it was of no use. More than 500 people came in total. By the time the anti-Japanese armed forces rushed to the road, there were less than 300 people left.
In order to increase the miners' snow nature, Xu Dalong arranged for most of the miners to participate in the ambush. The total number of participants was nearly 7,000.
The miners relied on their strength to chop and smash the Japanese soldiers. They hated the Japanese so much that they attacked without mercy. They beat the Japanese around and some of them were already dead. The miners still used pickaxes to hit him.
This battle took less than half an hour, and more than 550 Japanese reinforcements were wiped out, the Japanese captain was killed, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were seized.
The prisoners of war used to have shadows about the Japanese war, but after this battle, they have restored their original combat effectiveness.
The miners let out a bad breath and realized that fighting was nothing more than this. They were all very excited and burst into loud cheers.
This battle is of great significance to the current situation. By fighting side by side, the friendship between prisoners of war and laborers has increased. They are no longer so mutually exclusive, and people's hearts have become unified.
The most important thing is that their entire mental outlook has undergone a huge change, from the original pessimism and numbness to the current enthusiasm.
Xu Dalong believed that even if they were asked to fight the Japanese now, even if the enemy's strength was doubled, everyone would carry out the task without hesitation.
In order to avoid unnecessary complications, Xu Dalong simply decided to start a breakout now.
According to the marching order prescribed in advance, most of the prisoners of war and laborers left the coal mine and headed for Celadon Town.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, a large group of guerrillas arrived at Celadon Town.
The prisoners of war and the miners knew that if they wanted to escape from the mining area smoothly, they must eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops in the town. With their large numbers and experience from the previous battle, they all had high morale. Under the cover of firepower, they launched a charge towards the Japanese and puppet troops in the town.
Although people continued to fall in the hail of bullets, there were too many of them, and they rushed into the town at once, wiping out all the remaining Japanese troops inside.
After these two battles, this temporarily formed rabble really looked like a combat force. At least the team would not collapse so easily.
Not only that, this team now has nearly two thousand guns and has a certain combat effectiveness.
Now, except for Datong City, there are no large Japanese troops around that can threaten them in a short period of time.
Xu Dalong and others rested for two hours in Celadon Town, and then continued towards Daqing Mountain.
At 3:30 in the morning, they successfully met up with the Daqingshan guerrillas who came to meet them.
The prisoners of war and the laborers knew that they were safe for the time being. They never dreamed that they would be able to live a new life one day. Recalling the miserable days in the coal mine, every one of them suddenly seemed like a dream, and I couldn't help but feel ecstatic.
At 10 a.m. the next day, Xu Dalong held a joint meeting and decided to temporarily organize the troops into the Daqingshan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps, which had four detachments. The first detachment was composed of the Mawushan Guerrilla and the Daqingshan Guerrilla as the backbone. The total strength 2,500 people were formed into the second, third and fourth detachments based on prisoners of war from the underground party, the Jinsui Army and the Zhongyang Army respectively, with each detachment having about 2,000 people.
Everyone jointly elected Xu Dalong as the commander-in-chief, the former chief of staff of the Zhongyang Army as the chief of staff, the deputy commander of the underground party and the commander of the Shanxi-Sui Army, and a deputy commander of the Zhongyang Army as the captains of the second, third and fourth detachments. .
The entire Daqingshan Guerrilla Corps, including the brigade headquarters and special operations squadron, has a total of 10,542 people and more than 4,500 guns of various types.
In order to raise weapons, ammunition, supplies and train troops, Xu Dalong decided to attack Shanyang County first while there was no main force of Japanese troops in this area.
Shanyang County is a small county at the foot of Daqing Mountain. There are only Japanese gendarmerie and some puppet troops in it.
They saw thousands of anti-Japanese armed forces outside. The puppet troops surrendered without any resistance at all. Xu Dalong and others occupied Shanyang County almost without a fight, and temporarily stationed in the county for rest and recuperation. train.
That evening, the Daqingshan Guerrilla Corps held a meeting to study the next action plan.
The captains of the Third Battalion and the Fourth Battalion had communicated in advance. They believed that they should leave quickly before the Japanese and puppet troops came to encircle and suppress the area in large numbers. They hoped to speak directly to the superiors of the Jinsui Army and the Zhongyang Army. , let them send troops to rescue and cover them to evacuate quickly.
Xu Dalong understood this. It is human nature for the Jinsui Army and Zhongyang Army to be eager to return to their own troops. He agreed that they should contact their superiors directly.
The captain of the Third Battalion drafted a telegram and sent it to the Jinsui Army Headquarters. Their superiors quickly responded to the telegram, telling them to absolutely trust Xu Dalong and follow Xu Dalong's arrangements in everything.
The captain of the Fourth Battalion also received a telegram from General Fu, who also asked him to absolutely obey Xu Dalong's command and clearly told him that the only way to survive was to trust Xu Dalong.
Not only that, General Fu also warned the prisoners of war of the Zhongyang Army in a stern tone that they must repay their kindness and complete the tasks assigned by their superiors under the leadership of Xu Dalong. Otherwise, even if they return to the Zhongyang Army, they will be severely punished.
At this time, the prisoners of war in the Third and Fourth Brigades could only stay and obey Xu Dalong's command.
The First Brigade and the Second Brigade are themselves the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party. As the main force of the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps, the Daqingshan guerrillas admire Xu Dalong very much. Let him take the lead and resolutely obey Xu Dalong's orders.
So far, Xu Dalong has gained absolute authority in the guerrilla corps, formed a unified command, and enhanced cohesion, making the next battle easier to fight.
The meeting continued. Xu Dalong believed that although they captured a county town and killed an infantry brigade of Japanese soldiers, this matter still did not attract enough attention from the Japanese army. They would still think that the prisoners of war and laborers who participated in the riot were just a mob, so in the short term The Japanese army will not send a large army to encircle and suppress it. At best, the Japanese army will not have more than one infantry regiment, and it will be difficult for the Japanese army to mobilize a complete infantry regiment to attack.
At most, they can mobilize troops from the surrounding areas and launch a joint attack. These troops do not belong to the same unit, and their combat effectiveness is not that strong.
The Japanese army's judgment was correct. The actual situation of the Daqingshan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps was that the troops lacked integration and did not even have basic training. They were just a mob.
If such a force takes the initiative to attack the enemy, it will easily collapse if it is attacked by the Japanese and puppet troops in the field. It would be better to stay in Shanyang County and rely on the city wall to gather together for defense and take advantage of the large number of people.
Everyone is surrounded inside, with no way out, so everyone's hearts are relatively unified and they will not collapse.
