Chapter 878 Eshan Pass

Before the Anti-Japanese War, Zhongxing Coal Mine was already the largest private enterprise in China

In terms of transportation, in addition to the construction of the Linzao railway branch line, the Taizao railway branch, but also the establishment of the Zhongxing steamship company, the construction of a special wharf in Lianyungang, Zhongxing coal mine can not only go north through the Linzao branch line through the Jinpu Railway, but also through the Taizao branch line to Taierzhuang into the canal south, can also be transferred to the Taizhao branch line in Taierzhuang through the Taizao branch line directly through the Longhai railway to Lianyungang for loading and shipping to foreign countries. In terms of infrastructure, the Zhongxing Coal Mine Electric Power Office has built a power plant, installing 720 kilowatt generators per year, 2 1,600 kilowatt generators, 1 3,200 kilowatt generator, and a 12,000-volt transmission line to supply power to the mining area. The machine factory established by the Zhongxing Coal Mine Locomotive Office has seven branches: casting, wood molding, ironworking, riveting, machinery, locomotive repair, and coal car repair. At the same time, there are cultural and educational facilities such as Juren Hospital, Zhongxing School, and Zhongxing Vocational High School. The coal mining equipment is also quite advanced. In 1913, when Nanda Well was put into operation, the diameter of the wellbore was 3.66 meters, the depth was 199 meters, and it was lifted by a three-layer tank cage 600 horsepower steam winch produced in Germany. In 1920, an inorganic rope winch was installed in the South Shimen Groove Coal Lane of Nandajing, which was changed from one shift to two shifts of coal. In 1930, ZTE purchased 2 coal dusters from Germany, and the following year purchased 2 electric coal cutters to start mechanized coal mining. By 1934, Dongda Well was completed and put into operation, with a diameter of 4 meters and a depth of 194 meters, which was lifted by a two-layer tank cage and a 408-horsepower electric pattern car. Zhongxing Coal Mine also has a Yongxing coking plant, which integrates coal preparation and coking.

Yes, although Zaozhuang is not a county seat, it is much richer and more advanced than the general county seat, and it can be called an industrial city and coal capital at this time.

The essence of Lunan is all collected in Zaozhuang!

If there is no aggression, it is conceivable that Zhongxing Coal Mine will be a large-scale enterprise that can be ranked in the world with the joint-stock management model, advanced transportation system, extensive marketing network and multi-industry growth target. It's all damned!

Before the Japanese captured Zaozhuang, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the coal mine to be blown up. The board of directors of ZTE felt sorry for the mine and refused to bomb the mine, so it even sent Chen Jinghan, Chiang Kai-shek's teacher and assistant director of the Zhongxing Coal Mining Company, to find Chiang Kai-shek to make accommodation, forcing Chiang Kai-shek to agree not to bomb the mine. As a result, after the Japanese army occupied Zaozhuang, it began to resume production, and inexhaustibly supplied coal to the Pingjin area, the Shanghai area, the northeast region, and the country.

When the Eighth Route Army swept through Lunan after the Battle of Taixi, Liu Yimin ordered the complete destruction of the Zhongxing Coal Mine, the removal of equipment, and the blowing up of the mine, so that the entire mining area was in a state of shutdown. The power plant and equipment were dismantled and transported into the mountainous areas, and the Eighth Route Army was not needed for the time being, but also had to be concealed, so that it could not be allowed to serve the invasion. The flour mills and oil mills of the Zhongxing Coal Mine were put into production soon after they were transported back to the Taiyi Central Base. With such a huge army as the instructor, relying only on the stone grinding of the old people, Liu Yimin, who came through in a hurry, can die in a hurry. After the equipment of the seven branches of the machine factory was transported back to the mountainous area, it was incorporated into the military factory.

Now, the Japanese army has handed over the Zhongxing Coal Mine to Mitsui Corporation.

It took half a year for Mitsui Co., Ltd. to resume production of some mines, and it also built the Taizao branch line, the Linzao branch line, and the Taizhao branch line, and continuously transported coal through Qingdao and Lianyungang day and night. Of course, it will not be possible to transport coal these days. First, he taught the Fifth Brigade to strip the railway tracks of Xin'an Town, which were dozens of miles away, and then Zhang Haitao led the Tai'an detachment to dismantle all the railway tracks in the Dawenkou railway bridge and that area, and transported them back to the logistics base to make weapons and ammunition.

Due to the Zhongxing Coal Mine, Zaozhuang has been active 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 grew up 10 workers such as Zhang Fulin and Jiang Fuyi. And established a party branch. June 26, 1927. When the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived in Zaozhuang, Ji Zirui presided over the workers' congress and formally established the labor union, also known as the Zaozhuang Mining Area Trade Union. At that time, there were 12,000 workers in Zaozhuang Mine, 9,000 of whom joined the union.

Ji Zirui was ordered to evacuate Zaozhuang because of Chiang Kai-shek's April 12 coup, and then took up justice in Jinan. In the spring of 1931, Shandong Province appointed Tian Weidong and Zheng Naixu to Zaozhuang to set up the Party Committee of the Special Economic Zone in just one year, and more than 10 party members were grown, more than 20 activists were trained, and the core force and backbone of the Zaozhuang workers' movement were formed. At 8 o'clock in the morning of July 16, 1932, Tian and Zheng held a trade union in Shiliquan, attended by more than 5,000 miners, and officially announced a general strike in the whole mine. On July 22, another meeting was held at the Yaoshen Temple, but before the meeting could be completed, the military and police outflanked him, and Tian Weidong and some of the workers' representatives were arrested. Later, because of the betrayal of the thieves, Zheng Naixu was also arrested In August 1932, Tian and Zheng bravely died under the Thousand Buddha Mountain in Jinan.

After the sacrifice of Tian Weidong and Zheng Naixu, Guo Zihua was sent to Zaozhuang at the end of October 1932 to rebuild the Zaozhuang party organization and carry out the workers' movement. In 1933, the Zaozhuang Mining Area Working Committee was established, which was appointed by Guo Zihua. In 1935, the Provisional Special Committee of the Sulu Border Region was established, and Guo Zihua served as the special commissioner. In the winter of 1936, the Provisional Special Committee of the Sulu Border Region was changed to the Special Committee of the Sulu-Henan-Anhui Border Region, and Guo Zihua remained in office. It is precisely because of Guo Zihua's strong leadership that after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Lunan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps was raised.

The Lunan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps has been reorganized into the New Fifth Brigade and the New 15th Regiment, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and the cadres have been widely used in the Lunan area and have become the backbone of the political power and the armed forces in the Lunan region.

Just when the New Fourth Brigade and the New Eighth Brigade captured Wenshan and Zhongluo Mountain, Hu Laohu, Bao Wen, and Li Lingfeng led the cavalry brigade and special operations brigade to set off a raging tide in Yixian, Tengxian, and Zaozhuang.

The straight-line distance from Baiyan Town to Zaozhuang, an important town in Lunan, is also 53 kilometers. However, Lunan 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 were organized into three infantry teams and attacked Tengxian, Yixian, and Zaozhuang separately. Among them, Hu Laohu led the 1st Cavalry Regiment and Zhao Yonggang's 2nd Special Operations Squadron to capture Teng County; Bao Wen, political commissar of the cavalry brigade, and Wang Laohu, deputy commander of special operations, led the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Special Operations Squadron to capture the county seat of Yixian; Those who undertook 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's action, there was also a special army, that is, the newly established rescue.

The task of Li Lingfeng's trip, in addition to cooperating with the Second Cavalry Regiment to usurp Zaozhuang and control the Zaozhuang mining area, is also to rescue and quench, that is, to let the rescue go to the battlefield and directly fight with the Japanese army!

After Li Lingfeng and Chen Cunyi, the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, led the army to leave Baiyan Town on the evening of October 8, they controlled the traffic between Zaozhuang City and the Baoqinggu Mountain Area that night.

Eshankou Village has a long history of village building, at least in the Han Dynasty. The evidence is that there are ruins of the Han Dynasty Tucheng in the northwest of Eshankou Village, which are square and have a side length of 1,000 meters. Villagers can often find bricks and tiles from the Han Dynasty from the ruins of Tucheng.

Controlling Eshankou Village is tantamount to opening the way to Zaozhuang. Li Lingfeng, Chen Cunyi, and Zhao Zhiyu, captain of the Third Special Operations Squadron, led the battalion and company cadres of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment to covertly observe the terrain of Eshankou Village on the morning of 9 October. In the distance, Zaozhuang City looms. Look at the front again, the West Mountain is outlined into a bow, the name is Yellow Mountain; Dongshan resembles a horse, so it is called Horse Mountain. There is another mountain at the junction of the two mountains, which is Mount A. The main road winds from the two mountains of Huangshan and Mashan to the low Mount Ashan, and heads towards the Baoqinggu Mountain Area. The village of Ashankou is located in front of the mountain of Ashan, and it is believed that the gateway to the mountain area of Baoqinggu is guarded.

After looking at the terrain, Chen Cunyi sighed: "It is a natural danger for people to hold calves, and I think that the first thing to guard is to guard the mountain pass." There is no water on the calf, and they live by digging pools to catch rainwater, only to be besieged, and they are self-defeating after a long time. Especially now that the Japanese planes are arrogant, and the top of the calf is flat, it is easy to be hit by the Japanese planes. This Eshan Pass is not compatible, the natural two portals, and the gate is the inside of the door, the heavy door is stacked, behind the vast mountains, there is a lot of room for maneuver. As long as strong fortifications are built here and an army is sent to defend them, you can ensure the safety of the Baoqinggu Mountains. This matter had to be explained to the division commander, and it was suggested that troops should be sent to hold here. ”

Chen Cunyi's words resonated with the cadres, and even the deputy captains of the rescue team, Ichiro Kimura and Masao Kato, who accompanied the cadres to see the terrain, couldn't help but use Japanese!

Chen Cunyi is a cavalry commander, and he can see the problem from the perspective of infantry attack and defense, and he is very accurate, which is indeed not simple. Li Lingfeng and Zhao Zhiyu are special forces commanders, they are learning special operations tactics, and they are also doing the work of attacking fortified areas and conquering passes, so they do not agree so much with Chen Cunyi's words.

Zhao Zhiyu pursed his lips and said, "Commander Chen, no matter how strong the fortifications are, they can be breached. In my opinion, there are at least 100 types of forms that can pass through the well-fortified Ashan Pass. Think about it, when did our army fight to the death? Moreover, our army is now huge and well-equipped, and it is not capable of always relying on mountain warfare. If you rely on the mountains, such a large army will gnaw away all the bark on the mountains. We want cities like Tianjin, Qingdao, Jinan, and Zaozhuang, and granaries like the North China Plain and the North Jiangsu Plain. If one day the devils trap us in the mountains of Baoqinggu and we can't move, if nothing else, 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 the Japanese army is heavily besieged, the terrain like Eshankou can indeed cover our army but the enemy. If there is time and strength to dig tunnels in the mountains to form permanent fortifications that integrate the ground and the ground, a company can resist the attack of a wing of devils, and it can also ensure that the position is not lost. Regiment Commander Chen's right is that he should suggest to the division commander that not only here, but also in the Taiyi central base area, build permanent fortifications at some key points, and when the Japanese army engages in heavy siege, these fortifications alone will be enough for the devil to drink a pot.

Zhao Zhiyu looked disapplieving.

In the Liang family's compound in Eshankou Village, Li Lingfeng and Chen Cunyi joined Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng, who rushed to cooperate in the battle.

Hong Zhenhai and they were chased by the Japanese army under the command of Nanzao Yunzi, but fortunately, Liu Yimin ordered Li Lingfeng to send a special combat team to meet after receiving Hong Chaoyuan's statement, which freed the Japanese army and made up for them.

Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng had been trained by the Special Operations Command. However, at that time, Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng led the special operations brigade and the blocking brigade to the south with Liu Yimin, and they did not see them, and it was the personnel left behind in the special operations command who trained them.

Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng were a little moved when they met Li Lingfeng, the commander of the special operations of the Eighth Route Army, and Zhao Zhiyu, the leader of the third squadron who was shocked by the flying knife stunt.

During the day, it was time to rest, Li Lingfeng cordially inquired about the preparation of the Zaozhuang Railway Team, and praised Hong Zhenhai's flying stunts, so that Hong Zhenhai and the soldiers could learn from each other after this battle.

Hong Zhenhai was very moved, and he was unwilling to learn from each other, and it was right to learn from each other.

Li Lingfeng instructed Hong Zhenhai to build the railway team into a special force on the railway line, pick up trains, blow up stations, engage in munitions, and engage in intelligence, and make the heart of a devil like a sharp knife. The battlefield should not be limited to Zaozhuang and Lincheng, but should grow to Xuzhou and Jinan. Wherever there is a railway, there is the gunfire of our railway team's battle, so that the devils do not sleep sweetly and eat deliciously.

Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng were warm in their hearts.

On October 9, Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng briefed Li Lingfeng, Chen Cunyi, and Zhao Zhiyu on the enemy situation in Zaozhuang, and the members of the railway team were gathered together to receive training from the third squadron. In the morning, he will talk about the nature, goals, and discipline requirements of the Eighth Route Army, and in the afternoon, he will talk about military tactics and movements.

The soldiers of the Third Special Operations Squadron are all special forces who have experienced a hundred battles, and they were asked to urgently train the Zaozhuang Railway Team, although the time was short, the effect was surprisingly good. Because these team members have a strong sense of the rivers and lakes, many people in the city have a few fists and feet, thinking that they are all heroes, fighting devils, that is nine out of ten. Unexpectedly, he was chased by the devil and hidden, his feet were swollen, his stomach was hungry, and he sacrificed a few comrades-in-arms, so he knew that the devil was not a vegetarian. When the soldiers of the third squadron sat down to demonstrate tactical movements, these team members realized that they knew all the crops, and the road to be walked was still far, far away.

When eating before the cable was untied, Li Lingfeng, Chen Cunyi, Zhao Zhiyu, and the cadres of the battalion and company of the Second Cavalry Regiment and the cadres of the Third Special Operations Squadron personally served food to the members of the Zaozhuang Railway Team, squatting together and chatting while eating.

Ladies and gentlemen: The mountain people have a party, and when they come back from dinner, they will continue to code words, and they will have another chapter in the evening. Thank you! ro@