Just in case, Commander Yang and the four regiment commanders arrived near the Jingcheng Coal Mine an hour early, and they quietly came to a commanding height near the mining area.

It has a wide view and is not in the range of the devil's patrol, so you can take a closer look at the target of this operation.

Although the sun has set, the mining area in the distance is still brightly lit. With the blessing of high-magnification telescopes, the situation in the mining area can be seen at a glance by everyone.

This time was supposed to be a meal, but the workers didn't seem to have anything to eat. Forced to be busy adults come and go, Ding Wei even saw some scrawny children.

The entire mine is like a giant cage, and the people inside are like soulless walking corpses.

Just then, a train came out steaming and laden with coal. Judging from the direction it was traveling, the end point should be the refinery in Shimen.

Looking at the coal truck that was gradually moving away, Commander Yang's face became very ugly. He hammered his fist on the stone beside him, and said through gritted teeth:

"All the little devils of the dog day should be damned, those coals are what our ancestors left us, and I will cut off their sucking veins tonight."

"The workers inside need our rescue! You need to be careful when you attack! There's a good chance those brutes will drive the miners to the scene of the battle! ”

"As far as I know, there are some prisoners of war in there. If we encounter it in battle, we can fight for it. People who are familiar with the terrain are a good help for our operation. ”

Ding Wei looked at the side face of the commander-in-chief this time and sighed with some emotion, he was subordinate to the Third Division of Jizhong before taking over the new regiment.

Although this was the first time to fight side by side with Commander Yang, the two had had a brief contact before, and he was naturally very aware of the other party's great achievements.

Obviously, he is only 26 years old this year, but he is already a well-known general at home and abroad. At a young age, he once led a unit with his brigade commander.

For this kind of educated and capable commander, he admires it from the bottom of his heart.

After hearing the other party's words, Ding Wei also secretly made up his mind in his heart, he decided that this time he must do his best to cooperate with the brother troops to win a big victory.

After a brief silence, Commander Yang adjusted his emotions. As a commander, you need to stay calm no matter what happens.

He took out the map he had prepared from his clothes, and then motioned for several regimental commanders to come around.

The two hand-drawn maps are very detailed, and the first one shows almost all the important points around the mine. There are even notes next to these points about where it is suitable for ambushes and where it is suitable for laying mines.

At the stage of preparation for the raid, the headquarters gave an order for reconnaissance.

In order to reach the target in Jingcheng County, where the target was reached, they marched for three days in a hurry. Moreover, the Hutuo River was forcibly crossed, so there were also a lot of non-combat attritions.

After reaching the vicinity of the target, Commander Yang only ordered the troops to rest nearby. He took a soldier of the guard platoon and came to the Jingcheng Coal Mine in disguise to investigate.

In order to ensure that the retreat and the outer resistance were foolproof, they personally visited every nearby village and hill, and this map contains the efforts of their comrades.

At each of the selected positions, Commander Yang and his soldiers conducted simple exercises on yesterday's rainy night, all to test the tactics that had been improvised for the sake of testing.

The second is the deployment map of the devil in the mining area, which clearly marks every pillbox and every turret.

The reason why there is such a critical map is that before the start of the operation, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region contacted the miners' guerrillas and underground workers in the mining area in advance.

In order to plunder the resources of the Jingcheng coal mine faster and more, the devils not only tricked the nearby villagers into working in the coal mine, but also forcibly recruited some child laborers.

Originally, there were still some prisoners of war from the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army, but after three years of working day and night, almost only a few dozen of these people survived.

Not only do these animals not pay the wages of the thousands of laborers, but they also do not feed the civilians who do heavy physical work.

In order to prevent riots, the devils built this place into a concentration camp. Build barbed wire fences on the periphery of the mining area, pull power grids, and send mine police and a group of scum traitors who have lost their integrity.

Moreover, the equipment in the mining area is still old from the Weimar Republic, which was left by the Germans who originally developed the coal mine.

Years of lack of maintenance have left the facility ageing, and the miners are not fully equipped, resulting in a major accident here today in March.

A serious explosion accident occurred in the new well, which was caused by the aging of the cable, the leakage, the electric fire caused the gas explosion, and then the coal dust explosion.

In order to keep the coal mine, the devil immediately ordered the mine entrance to be blocked, which led to the death of more than 1,000 miners.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance. The people who have suffered many disasters just lack courage, but they are not numb.

When these miners watched their friends being persecuted to death by the devils one by one, they began to use everything they had at hand to silently resist.

So there were workers' guerrillas and underground parties in the mines, and they brought out this crucial information at the cost of their lives.

According to the information provided by the comrades, there are more than 600 devils responsible for defending this mining area, and they are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd squadrons of the 35th Brigade of the 8th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade.

Counting the mine police and traitors, there are a thousand people scattered here.

After a brief analysis of the situation of the garrison in this mining area, Commander Yang watched as the four regiment commanders began to assign tasks.

"There are three mining areas in Jingcheng Mine, namely the new mine in Dongwangshe and the old mine in Gangtou and Hengshan. This time the main attack was carried out by the three regiments, and don't forget to leave a company as a reserve. ”

"Ding Wei, your regiment is responsible for blocking in the direction of Weishui Town. Once the battle began, enemy reinforcements were expected to arrive soon. I have only one order for you, don't take a step back until you hear from you! ”

"The 2nd Regiment and the 16th Regiment are responsible for blocking the enemy from Pingshan County and Jingcheng County respectively, and before the 3rd Regiment occupies the mining area, it must be held there!."

After receiving the order, the four regiment commanders immediately saluted and received the order. Before leaving, Commander Yang stopped Commander Han, and he had separate arrangements for the third regiment.

"In the offensive for a while, there will be comrades in the mining area to cooperate with our work. I made a pact with them that they would cut off the power as soon as we attacked. ”

"When the time comes, I will take a reinforced company of soldiers to blow up part of the railway, and if this happens, the devils will definitely send someone to check and even repair it, and then it will be the time for your regiment to attack."

It's coming, it's coming, there's still a chapter that will be late.

(End of chapter)