"Sir, I'm back" Yu Dazhi, whose eyes were bloodshot, took a few equally tired scouts into the cave, their team of scouts had been out for three whole days, and Zhao Zhi, who stayed in the cave, had been secretly worried about them, seeing that Yu Dazhi and they had come back safely, he put his mind at ease, "This is the plan of the Changxin Coal Mine that we drew ourselves, and I said that I looked at it too strictly, we really couldn't rely on it, so we could only use a telescope to look at it" Yu Dazhi was a little frustrated, and took out a scroll of paper from his pocket and handed it to Zhao Zhi, In case the scouts are not there or are completely wiped out, the mercenaries will have to complete the reconnaissance by themselves, survey the terrain and make hand-drawn topographic maps, which is the skill that Zhao Zhi requires every mercenary to know.

Zhao Zhi found a flat stone platform and spread out the paper scroll, from Yu Dazhi's hand-drawn plan, the Changxin Coal Mine is square, Yu Dazhi drew a circle of dotted lines around the coal mine, which means that there is a barbed wire fence arranged by the army around the coal mine, Yu Dazhi They just used telescopes to do reconnaissance from a distance, so Zhao Zhi now does not know whether the barbed wire is electrified, there are electric lights in the Changxin Coal Mine, which Yu Dazhi can see with the naked eye, so Zhao Zhi temporarily believes that the barbed wire is electrified.

On the east side of the coal mine, that is, adjacent to the exit of the coal mine, there are three rows of wooden barracks, each row is 6 rooms, according to the calculation of one barracks for each squad of the army, there are more than 200 troops living in these three rows of eighteen barracks alone, this is the strength of a squadron, in the drawings of Dazhi, there are several rows of barracks like this in the coal mine, even if there is an imperial army stationed in the coal mine, the strength of the army has also reached a formidable brigade, the central commander is really not worrying, and got such a hot potato for himself.

"Here, here, and here there are machine gun fortifications of the Yue Army, and we found that the Yue Army patrols in the coal mine very frequently, and the number of patrols each time is a squad, and there are Imperial Cooperative troops in the coal mine, but we don't know their specific number" Yu Dazhi didn't care about being tired, stretched out his hand and pointed at the map, and told Zhao Zhi everything that was in his mind, "This is the place where the Yue Army held those prisoners of war, a cave dug out of the mountain wall, and there is an iron fence at the mouth of the cave, There are also guards who take turns in the army, and they can hold thousands of prisoners of war, and this cave must not be small."

"What is the shift time of the army patrol in the coal mine, how often the army outside the cave where the prisoners of war are held, how often do you change the guard, you have been lurking for three days, have you found out how the grain and vegetables in the coal mine came from, whether they were sent or they went to Ping'an Town to haul them?" Zhao Zhi's tone was a little stiff, these were all things that had to be clarified before attacking the coal mine, looking at Yu Dazhi's face, they had simply forgotten these questions.

"We were forced by the search team of the Yue Army to keep changing places, so there is no way to calculate their changing time in one place" Yu Dazhi's face had a trace of shame, after he led the scouts, this was the first time that there was a miss, although a large part of it was the problem of the Yue Army, but the competitive Yu Dazhi still blamed himself a little, "This is the place where the Yue Army goes in and out most frequently before the meal every day, I estimate that this should be the warehouse where they hoard supplies, and their grain should be stored there" Yu Dazhi's hand was on a place where a triangle was drawn, which was in front of the barracks on the north side of the coal mine, not very far from the barracks of the army.

"From where you're lurking, can you hit their barracks with mortars?" Rowling, who had been silent, suddenly opened her mouth, Zhao Zhi had been asking questions for the sake of hand-to-hand combat after entering the coal mine, but he forgot the curved firepower in his hand - mortars, Rowling, like most American soldiers, is very advocating firepower to win, if the mortar can enter the Changxin coal mine, then it can reduce the casualties of mercenaries to a minimum.

Yu Dazhi scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment, "The mortar can be punched in, but the army in the coal mine is very good at searching near the coal mine, and the same area is often searched several times in a row, and the route of each search team is different, our mortars and manpower cannot be sent there smoothly, unless it is immediately started, otherwise it will definitely be exchanged fire with the search team of the army" Yu Dazhi still has nothing to say, once the artillery and the search team of the army are in a melee, without determining the coordinates of the shelling, It was difficult for the artillerymen to ensure that the shells would hit the target.

"No, mortars can be used, but that has to be used as cover fire when retreating, once the artillery is entangled by the search team of the Yue army, we have to send manpower to support them, and there will be not enough people to attack the coal mine" Rowling's proposal was directly rejected by Zhao Zhi, indeed, the lack of manpower is the biggest problem Zhao Zhi is facing now, he can only divide his mercenaries into several teams to use, but when one of the teams is besieged by the Yue army, he simply does not have extra manpower to rescue them, this is the case in Zhangwu County, If it weren't for Ye Kong's arrival in time by bicycle, Hashimoto Mayama, who was surrounded in Qingshiyu, might have broken through Eugene's defense line and escaped.

"How much do you know about the situation in Ping'an Town?" Zhao Zhi temporarily moved the problem to Ping'an Town, the situation of the coal mine still needs to be reconnoitred before it can be determined, it is better to think about the retreat after attacking the coal mine first, the most you will lose money and lose face if you fail the mission, but if you lose the mercenary force you have worked so hard to build for this broken task, it will really outweigh the loss.

"The garrison of Ping'an Town is an infantry squadron of the Yue Army, and there is also a transport team stationed in Ping'an Town, but the trucks in and out are checked very carefully, and we can't get in at all" Yu Dazhi is right, the transport team is responsible for transporting the high-quality coal from the Changxin Coal Mine to the railway station, Yu Dazhi personally went into battle and was not able to use the truck to get into Ping'an Town, he was at most wandering around the train station.

"The train station." Zhao Zhi's brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but point his finger at his forehead, "How far is that railway station from Ping'an Town, and how many troops are guarding it!" ”

"I don't know the specific distance, it's about more than 30 miles, there are dozens of soldiers and more than 200 imperial troops in the railway station, I see that there are still a lot of people working in the railway station" Yu Dazhi knew what Zhao Zhi was thinking, so he told the story of the first day he reconnoitred Ping'an Town with the help of trucks to mix into the railway station, the garrison of Ping'an Town was between the Changxin Coal Mine and the railway station, and the army had trucks that could quickly transfer troops in the coal mine, Ping'an Town, and the railway station. Zhao Zhi is going to surround the point like Caojiazhuang and send reinforcements, it is estimated that it will not be possible, looking at the sketch drawn by Yu Dazhi, Zhao Zhi's brows couldn't help frowning.

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