Arrange a guard post, find the guerrilla leader, and ask him what he plans to do next. His idea was simple, he wanted to bring all the people and supplies back to the Eighth Route Army camp, which was still more than 20 kilometers away from here, and he was afraid that he would not be able to do it. I took a look at nearly 400 miners, more than 20 foremen, and more than 150 men, women, and young villagers. It seems that sending the Buddha to the West Heaven still has to be done, and it is a good habit to start and finish well. Instructed the captain to send two capable men to the camp to report, send troops to respond, and prepare to organize the miners' team himself.

The miners' military uniforms were already in tatters, and there were the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army, and several Eighth Route Army, and they could not help but show joy on their faces when they were able to come out of the mine.

He saw a clearing outside the woods, and he stood there. "All the miners obey the order," he ordered, to line up in front of me in four columns, each of which did not exceed a hundred men. Seeing the miners hesitating, he shouted loudly: "If you have been a soldier, immediately carry out the order, otherwise the military law will deal with it!" Several of the Eighth Route Army were the first to stand in line, and others began to follow one after another. There are only a few people who don't know whether to stand in line, and it should be ordinary people.

Looking at the already neatly organized procession, he shouted to the others: "Everyone, salute these heroes!" "I took the lead in a standard salute, and the scouts and guerrillas saluted, and the common people raised their hands and bowed. The prisoners' chests, which had been clumsy, slowly began to straighten. He continued: "They are heroes, and it is not their fault that they lost the battle; If they are captured, they would rather starve to death and die of exhaustion than surrender, and the devil is even more rare heroes! Now that we are not out of danger, we need you to help the people move quickly and help bring back the supplies for fighting devils! Would you like to? ”

"Yes!" The answer was rambling.

"The voice is too small, I didn't hear it, I didn't eat? Re-answer! ”

"Yes! Willing! "Very well, people just shouted loudly, and people's spirits and spirits rose.

"Officers above the platoon commander take two steps forward! Squad leader take a step forward! ”

There were only 2 people who took two steps forward, and 8 people who took a step forward.

"I appoint the two of you as company commanders, 4 platoons each, choose your own platoon commander, and the platoon commander chooses 3 squad leaders by yourself, quick!"

Take out a few pieces of red cloth from the common people, tear them into strips, tie one on the left arm of the company commander, two for the platoon commander, and one for the squad leader. It only took 10 minutes to get back in line!

Tell the partisan captain to hide the equipment in place and start retreating after ten minutes. A company of prisoners of war was assigned to guard the foreman and assist the civilian population in retreating, and a company of prisoners of war and guerrillas to carry other supplies. The little grandfather and the captain led a team to go out to reconnoiter and guard, and the marching route was as far away from the village as possible; Protection after a shift breaks, and other team members prevent anyone from leaving the team. The order of the march was arranged, the discipline of the march was reasserted, no one was allowed to leave the ranks, and those who escaped without permission were immediately killed.

The march was not fast at all, especially the small-footed women, children and the elderly, and the miners were all on their backs. If a woman refuses to let others carry it, let him carry it on his back. It was only after noon that he walked more than ten kilometers, but fortunately, a company sent by the Eighth Route Army also arrived, and the group behind also reported that there was no sign of devils tracking, and he was also greatly relieved!

The camp of the Eighth Route Army belongs to Pingding County, in the mountains on the west side of the county seat. According to them, the mountain road is 30 miles away from Pingding County and Yangquan, and it is difficult to walk. He and the scouts didn't enter the village, and they couldn't live there, so sleeping in the open was the norm. told the little grandfather that he would do 24-hour work for the Eighth Route Army, and the prisoners of war who were really unwilling to participate in the Eighth Route Army would be taken away by themselves, and the common people would be disposed of by the Eighth Route Army itself.

The next day, the little grandfather brought back seventy or eighty prisoners of war, 61 in the Central Army and 22 in the Jin Sui Army. Hand over the people to Major Miao, let him identify himself with those people, and organize. With its own case, the organization is fast. The 2nd Central Army was organized into two platoons, and the Jin Sui Army was one platoon, and the deputy company commander of the Central Army was selected as the temporary company commander. The practice of bringing red strips of cloth was negated, and the red was too conspicuous to fight later. instructed the little grandfather to purchase pigs and sheep, some cloth and dry food, and asked the Eighth Route Army to select two guides; Stay here for a maximum of one more day, to recover the prisoners of war as soon as possible and to do some restorative training; Investigators need to clean up their personal hygiene as well.

In the afternoon, observing the training of the prisoners of war, it can be said that the movements are basically skillful, and they are some well-trained soldiers. Although they were captured, those who were able to survive on the battlefield were not simple goods. Take advantage of the break between their training sessions to talk to them and understand the situation. They were basically the Central Army captured in the Battle of Xinkou and the Jin Sui Army captured in the Battle of Taiyuan, and there were originally more than 600 prisoners of war who arrived in the mining area, and there were less than 400 left in just over half a year. The devils didn't treat them as human beings at all, and they were directly killed if they resisted a little; Then there are those who are physically injured and have poor physical fitness, and they can't stand the amount of labor forced by the devil at all, plus there is not enough food, as long as they get sick, they will die. At this stage, the number of prisoners of war is less, and the devils are slightly better, at least the food is relatively more. The prisoners of war said that next time they would commit suicide and they would no longer be prisoners of devils.

The cloth was cut into strips, and they were given belts and leggings, each of them a small package that could be tied around his waist, and some dry rations, two pieces of fiat currency, and a certificate of rescue written by Major Miu himself. Gave them all the grenades, and did not reach one person either. Before leaving, come to the neatly lined line.

"Hello instructor! The queue is complete, please instruct! "Major Miao is very good at being a man.

"Hello brethren, come up with a name for your team."

After a while, they finally reported: "Instructor, we are called 'death squads'. ”

"Yes, it's good to be determined! To dare to die is not to be afraid of death! It takes such courage to fight devils, but not to die in vain! Now I only give you a few dozen grenades, just in case, it won't be long before I will arm you, and it will be no worse than the devil's equipment! Do you believe it or not? ”

"Faith!" The answer is neat and the voice is loud. The effect of eating two meals of meat is really different!

"Good! Let's go! ”

Under the guidance of the guide, in the afternoon, we arrived at the top of a mountain called Cuifeng Mountain, where the north is no more than seven or eight kilometers away from the Zhengtai Line Railway, the east is no more than 15 kilometers away from Yangquan County, and the west is only more than 20 kilometers away from Shouyang County. The Shishi station is in the middle of Yangquan and Shouyang, and his plan is to raid this railway station and cross the railway line from here.

In the evening, a small mountain village was directly controlled, and it was only five or six miles away from the train station. Personally took a guide and Li Daze's team to the close reconnaissance, and the reconnaissance site was no more than 700 meters away from the station. According to the intelligence of the Eighth Route Army guide, it is estimated that there is a team of devils guarding the railway station, mainly stationed in the village next to it, and a high-walled courtyard can be seen in the telescope, and the door is facing the railway station, and two devils guard the door and set up a machine gun. Two two-story turrets were built on both sides of the courtyard, and there was a devil standing guard on the turret, which should also have machine guns. There is a bunker at each end of the railway station, according to the number of devils in the railway station, each bunker should have three devils, there are 7 devils in the railway station, and there are machine gun fortifications at both ends of the railway station platform, which are surrounded by barbed wire on the south side of the railway station. It shows that there are nearly 40 devils in the village. Counting down, there are 7 machine guns, and if you attack strongly, you don't want to attack smoothly unless you blow it up directly with heavy artillery. Most of the devils in the telescope are lazy, and when a train passes, they are strictly organized.

There are not many trains passing through, with an average of three hours and two trips by armored vehicles every three hours. At 8 o'clock, the devils made a shift change, and there were really three devils in the bunker. There are also two pairs of devils who continue to walk to both sides, 6 in each team, indicating that the range of both sides belongs to them, otherwise the range includes another 4 pillboxes, so that there are less than 30 devils in the village. After returning to the small mountain village, Li Daze was arranged to draw up a battle plan, arranged for a reconnaissance team to monitor the railway station, and sent people to reconnoiter the barbed wire fence and the barbed wire fence was not laid.