After the concentration of the soldiers, all the workers in the entire mining area were gathered in the courtyard full of devil corpses, Liu Hua stood on a simple platform made of tables, quietly looking at the miners in rags below, many of whom were unclothed in the harsh winter, and their faces were yellow and thin.

"Commander Wang, order the soldiers to quickly make some food in the devil's camp and distribute it to them, and first, find some devil's clothes for them to change into, in such a cold day, don't freeze, these are all good soldiers." Liu Hua quietly explained to the head of Wang Nanhu next to him.

Soon, the steaming meal and warm cotton clothes were delivered to the hands of the miners, and those miners were not polite, they took their rice bowls and ate them in a big gulp, looking at the people below gobbling up, Liu Hua could imagine how he usually treated these miners. Taking advantage of the miners' meal time, Liu Hua began to observe them carefully.

The miners eating below were obviously divided into several groups, and many of the largest waves of people were still wearing shabby military uniforms, some from the Jin Sui Army, some from the Central Army, this group of people was the most, and it seemed that they were all centered on one person, Liu Hua estimated that he was the largest in military rank among these people. This group of people has the largest number of people, there are more than 200 people, followed by a group of people next to them, one by one scattered on the ground, unclothed, it is obvious that this is a miner who was forcibly captured by the devil, but these miners seem to be very strong. And the remaining two groups of people are very few, only a few dozen people, one of them is obviously some scholars who were arrested from Beiping, as for the last dozens of people, Liu Hua doesn't know, so he can only wait for a while and ask a good question.

It is estimated that they are usually too hungry, and the workers quickly finished eating, and stood up one by one to look at Liu Hua standing on the platform.

"Ladies and gentlemen in the mining area, hello, my name is Liu Hua, I am the leader of this army, I think everyone must be surprised, why are we wearing devil's clothes, don't be surprised, you must all know the Eighth Route Army led by China, I am the commander of the Reading Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, today we lay down the devil's coal mine, on the one hand, to eliminate the devil, on the other hand, the devil's equipment in the mining area, our Eighth Route Army needs these equipment, I won't say more, Now the devils here have all been wiped out by us, but a large number of reinforcements from the devils are on the way, so there is not much time left for us, in order for every miner brother to be able to escape from the clutches of the devils safely, so you have to follow us for the time being, and when we get to a safe place, you are going to stay or not, I Liu Hua will listen to the respect, and will not be forced to stay. Liu Hua first stabilized the miners' hearts.

"Dare to ask the sir, can you really let us go then?" A [***] captive who had been staring at Liu Hua asked. Liu Hua looked at him, and estimated that he was the highest-ranking military in [***].

"Dare to ask who this miner brother is," Liu Hua asked.

"Report to the chief, I am a battalion commander of [***], my name is Liu Hao. Wounded and captured in the Battle of Taiyuan. Liu Hao replied immediately.

"Very good, Battalion Commander Liu, the Eighth Route Army is a good word, as long as the miner brothers want to leave, I, Liu Hua, will never force it." As he spoke, Liu Hua walked up to the group of intellectuals, and Liu Hua asked a middle-aged man with eyes; "Dare to ask what is the name of the gentleman?"

"This sir, I am a professor of mechanical engineering at Tianjin University, my name is Liu Bo. Since the devils occupied Tianjin, they have been caught here and repaired machines for the devils. Liu Bo nervously replied to Liu Hua's words.

"Professor Liu, don't be nervous, our Eighth Route Army doesn't have so many false courtesies, and now there is something that needs Professor Liu's help, I don't know if Professor Liu is not" Liu Hua hurriedly said.

"If there is anything in charge, even if you are told, as long as it is a matter of fighting devils, I, Liu Bo, will not be ambiguous." After listening to Liu Hua's words, Liu Bo said indignantly. Afterwards, Liu Hua learned that when Tianjin fell, Liu Bo's family all died under the bayonet of Yueben.

Seeing Liu Bo's expression, Liu Hua was secretly happy in his heart, and Liu Hua said quietly: "That's the case, Dr. Liu, an important reason why our army occupies the Jingcheng Coal Mine is that our Eighth Route Army is in the rear of the enemy, and it is very good to get ammunition supplies, so our army is extremely short of ammunition, I want to transport these equipment back to see if I can assemble it and produce some ammunition, so that the soldiers will not be desperate with rifles and devils without bullets." Professor Liu, you also saw the corpse of the devil in the courtyard. We killed hundreds of soldiers in total, if we had enough ammunition at that time, it would not be so, our army is in urgent need of equipment in the mining area, I hope Professor Liu can guide the soldiers to disassemble the equipment, so that they can return to the base area. Liu Hua said a little exaggeratedly.

"Chief Liu, there is nothing to say, just kill so many devils for you today and avenge the dead Chinese, I will definitely help with this favor, and the technicians behind me will also help, go, help the Eighth Route Army dismantle the equipment." As he spoke, ignoring the stunned Liu Hua, he walked towards the mine with dozens of skilled workers.

Liu Hua shook his head, turned around and walked to the group of people next to him, "Report to the brigade commander, we are the Eighth Route Army that we were captured because of injuries in the Battle of Taiyuan. There are also several underground party comrades who have been exposed. One of the older men stood up and said.

"Well, the Eighth Route Army, Liu Hua began to recall, it is true that at the beginning of the resistance, the Eighth Route Army once sent a regiment of soldiers to help the Jin Sui Army hold the frontal position, and finally the whole army was annihilated, could it be them?" "Comrade, may I ask who you are?" Liu Hua asked suspiciously.

"Report to Comrade Brigade Commander, I am the commander of the third company of the 382nd Regiment, named Zhang Hao, I was stunned by the devil's shell, and then I was captured, and almost all the comrades here were captured after being blown up." Sure enough, it was them, Liu Hua thought secretly.

"Comrade Zhang Hao, can you hold a gun now?" Liu Hua asked excitedly.

"Report to the brigade commander that all the remaining 65 people, except for one seriously ill comrade, can participate in the battle." Zhang Hao replied with a standard salute.

"Okay, Comrade Zhang Hao, now I order you, take these 65 people, and immediately go to Wang Nanhu, the commander of the third regiment, to get ammunition, your task is to organize all these miners into a team, watch them, and not let them escape." Liu Hua thought that there was another old Red Army company in his hand, and said excitedly.

"Yes, resolutely complete the task." After speaking, he took everyone to find the head of the king. Looking at the back in the distance, Liu Hua smiled secretly, it seems that this trip is really worthwhile.

Then, Liu Hua came to the last group of people, next to the [***] captives, the captives at this time all gathered together, talking about something in a low voice, looking at Liu Hua who came over, everyone stopped one after another, looking at Liu Hua and others who were getting closer and closer. Battalion Commander Liu Hao, the biggest official in [***], stood up and ran in front of Liu Hua. "Sir, do you have any orders?"

"Eh, Camp Commander Liu, I'm just walking around, can you talk to me?" Now among all of them, only [***] is left undone, and Liu Hua is now very eager to know Liu Hao's opinion.

"Sir, you saved our hundreds of brothers, can you say anything sir?" Liu Hao seemed to see that Liu Hua had something unspeakable.

"Battalion Commander Liu, can you tell me where you came from and how you were captured?" Liu Hua asked in a different tone.

"Sir, my family is in the countryside, the family is very poor, only to be a soldier, because he did not die in several wars, he slowly became a company commander, and later he applied for the Whampoa Military Academy, and became a battalion commander after he came out. As he spoke, Liu Hao sighed.

"And what are you going to do in the future?" After listening to Liu Hao's words, Liu Hua felt for a while, he is from the Whampoa Military Academy, a talent who has studied really systematically, he must not let him go?

"I'm ,,, sir, I really don't know what to do other than being a soldier?" Liu Hao said with a sigh.

"Battalion Commander Liu, now there is no Kuomintang army in the whole of Shanxi, where do you want to go after you go out?" Liu Hua asked reluctantly.

"Sir, I don't know if I can see it," he said, a hint of despair seemed to appear on his face.

"Brother, do you have any plans to follow me to do the Eighth Route Army, how can I say that I am also a brigade commander, it is okay for you to be a battalion commander, you are a student from the Whampoa Military Academy, and when you are the Eighth Route Army, the commander will never leave the soldiers and run away by himself, this kind of thing will never appear in our [***] team."

This incident may have touched his heart, but the corners of his mouth twitched visibly. "But I used to be on the Kuomintang side, will you" Liu Hao looked at Liu Hua expectantly.

"Battalion Commander Liu, don't worry, you will not regret coming to our Eighth Route Army, believe me, follow me, I know what you want to say, but this kind of thing will never happen in our Eighth Route Army." Liu Hua looked into his eyes and said seriously.

"Okay, sir, I'll do it with you." Liu Hao replied affirmatively. After listening to Liu Hao's words, Liu Hua was excited, this time he really made a fortune.

"Comrade Liu Hao, welcome to join the Eighth Route Army, by the way, I forgot to tell you that there is no such thing as a commander in the Eighth Route Army, we are all called comrades when we are strong with each other, that is, like-minded people together." Liu Hua said with a smile.

"Yes, Comrade Brigadier Commander." After listening to Liu Hua's words, Liu Hao was excited.

"Comrade Liu Hao, now I order you to take these prisoners for a simple reorganization, you are picking some trustworthy soldiers, go to the baggage company of the second regiment to receive ammunition, arm them, and help our soldiers transport equipment in a while, one platoon is enough." After speaking, Liu Hua patted him on the shoulder.

"Yes, Comrade Brigade Commander, resolutely complete the task." With a smile, he returned to the appendix and began to pick people, and followed the three regiments of communicators to collect ammunition.

Looking at the dozens of soldiers who went away, Liu Hua breathed a sigh of relief, and finally solved it. Afterwards, another famous general appeared in the Reading Brigade, who followed Liu Hua all the way to the regiment commander and division commander, and made great achievements in the battlefield of resistance and liberation.

(To be continued)