Yamamoto realized that the stronghold was several kilometers away from the prisoner of war camp. If it was just the sound of gunfire, coupled with the sound insulation effect of the valley, it might not be heard from the stronghold.
But what the captain in front of me meant was that the stronghold heard the sound of artillery at that time, and it was very clear.
Then contact the prisoner of war camp that Yamamoto witnessed was in ruins.
The enemy should have made a sneak attack on the prisoner-of-war camp. Before evacuating, they used a large amount of explosives to blow up the noise from the prisoner-of-war camp.
As for the faint noises heard before at the stronghold, they may be the sounds of grenades exploding during the battle between the two sides.
Yamamoto was a little confused.
It was just a prisoner of war camp. Since it had been successfully destroyed, why did it need to be blown up with explosives, even at the expense of exposing it?
Perhaps due to a flash of inspiration, Yamamoto seemed to realize something, and quickly led the team back to the prisoner of war camp, and searched and explored in more internal directions that had been ignored by everyone before.
Soon, Yamamoto made a big discovery.
Heading to the mountain road deep in the occupied area, because it has rained a few days ago, the soil is loose, and it is easy for trucks to leave ruts after passing by.
Yamamoto discovered such ruts on a dirt road leading deep into the occupied area. There were two of them, both very fresh. The arched ruts had not even dried.
One road leads from the direction of the mine to the prisoner of war camp. Yamamoto speculated that this was the rut made by trucks when they sent the prisoners of war to the prisoner of war camp.
The other path leads away from the prisoner of war camp.
Every time the special agent team rushed to the prisoner of war camp for training, they rode in transport trucks. Previously, Yamamoto did not find any trace of trucks in the ruined prisoner of war camp.
Therefore, Yamamoto had reason to suspect that the enemy who attacked the prisoner-of-war camp hijacked the truck carrying the reserve members of the special agent team.
Follow the deeper ruts away from the prison camps.
After successfully attacking the prisoner of war camp, this group of daring guys, instead of immediately escaping from the Niutoushan area with the help of a truck, they seemed to deliberately pass on the news through a big explosion, misleading the Japanese military to search the outside, and then drove the truck in the opposite direction.
, come back with a killing blow!
It's no wonder that when I escaped from the outer area of Niutoushan, I dug almost three feet into the ground and couldn't find these enemy troops who sneaked into the prisoner-of-war camp.
Yamamoto came back to his senses and immediately targeted the direction of the mine.
Yamamoto communicated with the headquarters through the radio, and after reporting the situation, he immediately led his special agent team and rushed to the mine first.
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On the other side, while the Japanese army was still wreaking havoc in the outer area of Niutoushan, Kong Jie had already driven a truck to successfully deliver the commandos and national soldiers to the vicinity of the mine.
If you get too close, the roar of the truck engine can easily lead to exposure.
Kong Jie and his party temporarily hid the truck beside a hidden mountain road, covered it with trees, and then set off on foot toward the mine.
On the way, Dong San, a former soldier in the supply camp of the 85th Division of the National Army, said to Kong Jie: "Captain, the place we are going to is a coal mine mined by the Japanese. Coal mining is a technical job, and some important equipment and equipment are indispensable.
Tools, such as boilers, winches, fans, hand drills, etc."
"These equipments are all good things. Although they cannot be directly used for the production of guns and ammunition for our team, they can be slightly modified and will definitely come in handy."
What a talent!
Kong Jie looked at Dong San steadily, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. This kid is really smart!
In this way, not only can we rescue the captured national soldiers in the mine this time, but we can also get a batch of equipment and tools. This is a sure-profit business.
"Good boy, after the battle in the mine is over, you are responsible for keeping an eye on it and taking away all the equipment and tools that can be put to great use." Kong Jie arranged.
"Yes!" Dong San responded, glancing at the howitzer proudly.
Your boy knows how to have sex, and the group leader likes it.
But we can repair firearms, hehe, it seems that the group leader likes it more.
Soon, we were getting closer to the mine, and we could already see the outline of the mine in the distance. The monk said: "I have been mining here for nearly three months, and I am very familiar with this place. Little devil."
I know very well where to guard and where to deploy troops."
Howitzer said happily: "I have to prove this for Monk. Monk, this boy, has been thinking about escaping from the mine a lot during this time."
After continuing to get closer, he could roughly see the situation of the mine with the naked eye. Kong Jie climbed up to a high slope and observed it for a while with a telescope.
There were many busy workers outside the mine, dressed in a variety of ways. Most were wearing ordinary people's clothes, and some were wearing national army clothes. There were about two to three hundred people. Of course, most of them were unkempt and their clothes were not covering their bodies.
The appearance is almost the same.
These workers seem to be using dustpans, backpacks, and bamboo baskets to transport coal from inside the mine to the outside.
There are also some mule-carts outside. After the workers use baskets and bamboo baskets to transport the coal from the mine, they put it on the carts of the mule-carts, and then the mule-carts pull it to several trucks parked nearby. p>
Longer distance coal mine transportation relies on these transport trucks.
On both sides of the road stood Japs armed with rifles, and some puppet troops responsible for supervision and urging. They held whips in their hands and roared from time to time. In some places on higher ground on both sides of the road, there were several light machine guns set up by the Japs.
Fortification.
In all directions, any activity area that the workers passed through was guarded by Japanese and puppet troops. There was at least a small group of Japanese soldiers and a platoon of puppet troops.
"How are the workers working here? Are they paid?" Kong Jie noticed that the origins of these workers were somewhat complicated. Some looked like captured national soldiers, and some seemed to be ordinary people, so he tried to ask. Howitzer scolded: "Young devils are inhumane and don't take our lives seriously at all."
"They only had one meal a day, which was half full, and they had to work day and night. Those people were forcibly captured, and their bodies were not as good as those of us who were soldiers. They were beaten to death by the Japanese and Japanese soldiers.
The puppet troops directly pulled him out and buried him."
"It's only July and August, so the weather is hot. But in the coldest months of winter, the little devils don't give anyone a break, and workers die every three days."
"Damn, these are bitches."
Although he had expected the cruel exploitation of the Japanese and heard it with his own ears, Kong Jie could not help but feel angry.
This further strengthened his determination to eliminate the devils in front of him and destroy the mine.
The monk seemed to feel Kong Jie's anger and said: "Sir, while I was working, I noticed that there is a small road that can go straight into the middle area of the mine, that is, there. If we suddenly kill from there, the little devil will definitely
If you are not prepared, you will be able to do it."
Kong Jie nodded and arranged: "The commando team is divided into three combat groups, each combat group has about eight people, and each combat group is divided into seven national army brothers."
"Cao Zheng, Mu Mu, you two will lead the third combat team around to the far right side of the mine."
"Ye Min, you lead the second combat team to take charge of the left wing of the mine."
"Monk, you and I are responsible for leading the way. The first combat team suddenly bursts out from the middle of the mine."
"The second combat group and the third combat group, listen to the gunshots from the first combat group."
"Remember, once the battle breaks out, you must kill all the Japanese machine gunners as soon as possible."
"Yes!" Cao Zheng, Mu Mu, and Ye Min responded in unison.
Before leaving, Kong Jie entrusted the soldiers of the national army with:
"Brothers from the national army, I have taught you how to use this German-made MP38 submachine gun before."
"You have never used this kind of firearm, it is not easy to control. Try to choose a single point, do not fire continuously, aim at the enemy, pull the trigger and release it quickly."
After finishing speaking, Kong Jie said to the commandos:
"The brothers of the national army have been in the concentration camp for too long, and they are probably a little unfamiliar with firearms. When the battle starts soon, we will arrange their battle order at the back and try to take care of their safety."
"Yes!" the team members responded in unison.
The soldiers of the national army who participated in the war were startled, and their hearts warmed up. Their hearts are fleshy. Along the way, the commander of the Eighth Route Army in front of them could be said to have taken great care of them, and they were inevitably a little touched.
But now is not the time to say these words of gratitude.
The soldiers of the national army secretly made up their minds. When the battle begins, they must perform well and never disappoint the commander of the Eighth Route Army...