Chapter 230: Assault on the Oil Field

By mid-January 1942, the Japanese army was approaching. Workers in the Dutch Indian oil fields began to dismantle oil wells and pipelines. They pulled out the tubing from the oil well and stuffed it with scrap copper, rotten iron, stone and earth.

In the end, a package of explosives was placed in each well, and all the oil wells were blown up. At the same time, the Balikpapan refinery also began sabotage, from the distillation kettle to the boiler and pump room, everything that could be blown up.

In March of the same year, the Japanese army had occupied all the islands of the Dutch East Indies and occupied all the oil resources of Southeast Asia at that time. They anticipated the destruction of oil fields and refineries, and made a series of preparations in advance.

More than 4,000 local oil workers and technicians, who accounted for about 70 percent of the Japanese oil industry at that time, were transferred from China to Borneo and Sumatra to take over the Dutch Indian oil fields.

After the workers arrived at the oil fields, they began a raid to clean up the bombed-out oil fields and refineries, re-drilling wells, rebuilding the refineries, and restoring oil pipelines, tanks, and docks, all of which were transported by sea from the Nippon mainland.

As oil wells are repaired and re-produced, large quantities of extracted oil are turned into strategic commodities and shipped to local refineries. The Japanese bowl, which was already in the midst of an oil shortage, seemed to have shaken off the huge burden it was carrying.

The seizure of this oil field alone made the top management of the Japanese bowl feel that the military spirit was excited. I feel that I no longer have to be bound by the United States, and I have also saved a lot of fuel expenses. After all, if you purchase oil from the United States, the corresponding cost is not low!

Now, with the occupation of the Dutch Indian oil fields, they only need to pay the oilfield workers a small salary, and the other expenses are completely negligible. In the eyes of many high-ranking Japanese soldiers, such a victory was particularly important.

In the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines, when the resistance was becoming more and more fierce, it was natural that the Japanese army attached great importance to the oil fields. In addition to sending a large number of elite troops to garrison the oil fields, very strict management was also implemented.

Even in order to prevent the oil field from being bombed by Allied aircraft, the Japanese army even built a military airfield near the oil field to protect the oil field in the event of a surprise attack, and the planes stationed nearby could carry out rescue at the first time.

With the arrival of Zhao Tiehu in Borneo and the order of the raid and harassment of the Japanese army in Indonesia, many small Japanese troops sent to various places began to be besieged by these raiding troops. For a time, the situation in Indonesia seems to be suspicious of chaos.

Even in some villages not far from the oil field, there were anti-Japanese forces active, which made the Japanese troops stationed in the oil field very nervous. It was only after the garrison sent troops to vigorously encircle and suppress it, and these armed forces operating in the vicinity also began to flee in all directions.

But the Japanese army didn't know that the armed attacks and harassment incidents in the past few days were simply to toss and attract the attention of the Japanese army. Seeing the rebels who were sabotaging the surrounding area being driven into the jungle, the troops stationed in the oil fields were also slightly relieved.

Just when these clean-up troops returned to the oil field station, Song Dabao, who led nearly 1,000 elite soldiers, finally received an order from Zhao Tiehu that 'it can be done'. And the soldiers at this moment have been waiting for a long time.

Looking at the several commanders under him, Song Dabao also said in a timely manner: "The order of the wolf head has arrived, let's do it tonight, and withdraw from the battle before dawn." In order to ensure our safe evacuation, the fighting must be over by the second half of the night, understand? ”

"Understood!"

"Good! In order to avoid heavy casualties as much as possible, and to shorten the time we have to fight with the little devils as much as possible. Before the operation, a team of 100 soldiers was dispatched to infiltrate the labor camp with explosives and war materials.

There are our men in the labor camp, and if you give them the weapons you carry, I believe that in a short time we will be able to arm a force. Tonight's attack, launched from within. In this kind of place, the little devils dare not mess around.

On the contrary, the operatives who are responsible for containing it inside tonight can let go of their hands and feet to do it for me. What can be fried, you don't have to worry too much about it. If there are seized weapons, immediately arm the rescued laborers.

I believe that even if the little devils react, it will not be easy for their troops to solve you. After all, the number of Japanese troops stationed in this oil field area is only about 3,000, and you have nearly 1,000 of them.

We had reconnoitred a few times earlier, and compared to the Japanese army's tighter defense of the outer area, the internal guard was much lax. Wolf Nose has already found us a good connector, so that you can get in smoothly. ”

After arranging tonight's battle plan, a special operations elite who are good at raids lurks on the periphery of the oil field area at nightfall. A patrol was seen appearing, and one of the Japanese soldiers had red paint on his clothes.

Seeing this scene, the special combat team member in charge of the ambush quickly said: "Except for the red paint on the clothes, all the others will be cleaned up for me!" Remember, you have to be quick and don't go wrong! ”

"Yes, Captain!"

More than a dozen crossbowmen lurked in the shadows, watching the Japanese patrols approaching as they got closer. With the commander's order, a series of crossbow arrows flew straight out, completely obliterating the patrolling Japanese soldiers.

In this process, the wolf-nosed spy who was in charge of answering was also shocked. Seeing that there were still people around him who were about to shout, he also quickly took out the dagger he was carrying and killed these wounded again.

"You're here! I'm worried that you won't be able to make it in time! ”

"Don't worry! What's going on inside? ”

"The guard in the barracks tonight is much more lax than ever! The troops who went out of the city to clear the army returned, and those people had a good time tonight! Wait a minute, you come with me, first get rid of the Japanese troops in this direction, and we will be able to reach the labor camp smoothly. ”

After successfully picking up the head, more than a dozen special combat personnel who had already changed their outfits quickly followed the patrolman who had been rebelled by the wolf's nose and swaggered into the Japanese oil field warning area. The Japanese troops stationed there did not notice it at all.

By the time the patrol enters the cordon zone and begins to turn around, using silenced pistols and melee kills, to keep clearing the area of sentinels. The rest of the special combat team members who were waiting on the periphery also changed their outfits one after another to take over the defense and vigilance of this area.

It wasn't until the patrol team cleared up to the location of the labor camp that they learned the news in advance that the spy personnel who were resting in the labor camp looked at these Japanese patrols who appeared in the dormitory area, and they looked very excited.

Looking at the special warfare sign language played by the patrol members, these spies who were resting, avoided some of the workers around them, and took the weapons and ammunition brought in by the special combat team members before, as well as some time explosives.

The rearmed spy officers finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw these things: "Damn, it's finally time for this day!" Damn little devil, I'm going to settle accounts with you today! ”

With these short weapons, there are also time bombs. These spies began to purge the day bowl mechanics who were guarding the labor camp. No one did not hate these day-bowl mechanics who were powerful in front of the laborers.

It's just that to the puzzlement and confusion of these mechanics, the Japanese sentry not far from them pretended to turn a blind eye when they saw him being killed by these laborers. What's going on here?

If these mechanics knew that these sentries who seemed to have been replaced had actually been replaced by Wolf Warrior Special Operators, then they would not have felt such a surprise. After the gap was opened, the stationed Wolf Warriors also began to build fortifications.

It wasn't until some of the working laborers saw that the overseer had been killed, and it inevitably caused panic. Some Japanese soldiers who were far away from the construction site finally realized that something was wrong with the situation here.

After all, the oil field area controlled by the Japanese army is relatively large, and the wolf warrior commandos want to control the overall situation, but they still can't do it. For this reason, seeing that there were little devils in front of him rushing to check the situation, the wolf warrior was also ready to fight.

The Japanese soldiers who came to inspect the situation looked at these sentries who were on guard, and one of the Japanese captains said angrily: "Baga, there is chaos there, why don't you stop it, and what are you still standing here?" ”

"I'm here because I'm going to kill you! Shoot! ”

The Japanese heavy machine guns that had been erected on the side to take over immediately opened fire, and the entire oil field became chaotic as soon as the gunfire rang out. Some spy agents who were mixed in with the labor also came forward in due course to calm the nervousness of the laborers.

Persuaded: "Fellow workers, please don't worry, this is the Xinghua Army fighting against the Japanese army. After learning that we had been forcibly recruited here by the Japanese army to work as coolies, the Xinghua Army decided to rescue us.

In order to ensure everyone's safety, please calm down, don't panic, and just listen to the command of a few of us. If you want to leave now, I'll send someone to take you out later. If you want to stay and fight devils, I'll find you a weapon later.

Don't worry, the Xinghua Army will not let you fight the Japanese army, but we have been bullied and oppressed by so many little devils, and even the workers of those little devils have bullied us. Do you think we can let them go? ”

"Can't! Did the Xinghua Army really come to our rescue? ”

"Yes! Rest assured! The little devils in the entire factory area will not end well tonight. We can't help the Xinghua Army fight devils, but we can kill those Japanese bowl people, are you also afraid? Don't you want revenge? ”

According to Song Dabao's decision, the soldiers were mainly responsible for fighting with the troops stationed in the oil fields by the little devils. As for the day-bowl mechanics in the oil fields, they were handed over to these laborers who had been endlessly bullied.

Song Dabao believed that when the suppressed anger of these workers was vented, they would devour all the Japanese bowl technicians and their families living in the factory area. And this kind of thing, in the end, is also not counted on the head of the Xinghua army.

After all, these things are all done by the workers of the labor camp, so what does it matter to Xinghuajun? At least if it gets out, it won't let the Xinghua Army be charged with massacring innocent civilians on a large scale.

Although Zhao Tiehu didn't care, as Zhao Tiehu's subordinate, Song Dabao felt that he could give Xinghuajun as little notoriety as possible, so it might be better to let others do some things.

And the laborers who killed the Japanese bowl workers, in order to protect themselves, except to join the Xinghua Army, I am afraid that they do not have too many other choices! Why not do a good thing that kills two birds with one stone? .