While Zhang Tianhao was marching towards Gongzhuling, on the road about four or five miles away from them, a convoy was heading towards the Batailing Coal Mine.
There were more than a dozen large trucks and a few cars, traveling very quickly.
It was almost a parallel line with Zhang Tianhao's march.
Zhang Tianhao didn't know about the Japanese convoy on the opposite side, and the Japanese didn't know that there was a team of nearly 3,000 people heading towards the new capital away from them.
As the sky became darker and darker, the marching speed of the entire army also slowed down a bit. Even the ground was covered with snow, and the road was almost visible.
Zhang Tianhao did not expect that from yesterday to noon, the snow was not heavy, but now the snow suddenly became heavier, and it was at least several times heavier than in the morning.
"Report, there is a village ahead, do we want to go into the village and take a rest?"
At this time, Chen Shijie sent someone directly over and reported loudly to Zhang Tianhao. After all, if he left again, he would not be able to see the road at night.
"Notify Captain Chen that everyone should rest in place for half an hour and then continue to move forward. Our march cannot be discovered by anyone. At the same time, we must maintain the safety of the march and not let outsiders know our existence."
"yes!"
The guard immediately began to ride his horse towards the direction he came from, and only a hint of helplessness flashed across Zhang Tianhao's face.
It had been a day of marching, and everyone was tired. Even he was quite tired sitting on the horse, after all, it was such a day.
At the edge of the woods, everyone sat there and began to eat silently. Although it was a bit harder, it was much happier than working as a laborer.
It’s just that the squad leader’s requirements for them are a little stricter.
On the roadside, Zhang Tianhao looked at the battalion commander who had been promoted from the two company commanders, and waved directly, letting the two of them come to his side.
Zhang Tianhao took out a box of cigarettes from his body and threw them one by one.
He lit a cigarette for himself and then threw the lighter over.
"Lao Meng, Lao He, can you still adapt to my place now?"
"Commander, we have no problem!" The two men replied immediately while lighting cigarettes for themselves. Almost every one of them was a smoker. Now that Zhang Tianhao was giving them cigarettes, they were a little touched.
"Lao He, you are from the Jinsui Army, and Lao Meng, you are from the Central Army, but here, regardless of factions, let alone other ideas, what we have to do now is to attack the Japanese
, I know what you two are thinking, you must still blame me in your heart."
Zhang Tianhao took a puff of cigarette lightly and said calmly: "Your commander was killed, and you must feel uncomfortable. But have you ever thought about it, four hours, that is four hours to escape?
To actually compete with my subordinates for leadership is really a shame."
"Commander, I'm sorry, we didn't think of this, and we shouldn't have followed in the booing."
Both of them also had very good attitudes and admitted their mistakes very directly.
"You have a very good attitude. Do you know why I emphasize this here? Because our strength in the Northeast is too small. There are already more than 200,000 Japanese troops here, and the Japanese army is still increasing its troops."
"Do you know how many of us there are? You have also seen that this is all our strength. In order to save you and develop ourselves, I have invested almost all my family resources. If there are problems within us again, then we don't have to fight.
If you are Japanese, you may be killed by the Japanese directly."
"We understand what the commander means. We will only fight the Japanese. We don't need to consider the rest now. Please rest assured, commander, we will definitely do what you want."
The two immediately expressed their opinions.
As several people continued to communicate, Zhang Tianhao also began to do their ideological work. After all, at this point, if he wanted to make both of them agree with him, they must do their ideological work well. Otherwise, the consequences would be quite serious.
And he is also planning to find these company and platoon leaders to do ideological work as soon as he has time, so as to better improve the combat effectiveness of the army.
…
At this time, in the Batailing Coal Mine, Zuo Teng had a gloomy face and was almost ready to eat people.
A squadron of Japanese soldiers disappeared, and what was left here were just piles of charred corpses and ashes. Almost all the corpses had been turned to ashes by a large amount of coal.
Not to mention the people, even the mine was directly destroyed by the explosion. If we want to mine again, it will take at least half a month to clean it up and transport a lot of equipment.
Zuo Teng's heart felt like ten thousand grass-mud horses rushing past, causing his heart to tremble slightly.
After all, the entire mine was so clean that they even scolded them for it. There was basically nothing that could be used. Except for dry firewood and the like, there was not even a bite to eat.
"Oda-kun, Zuoyu-kun, have you found out where these people went?"
"No, I just found them going down the mountain. The others didn't know where they went. When they got to the bottom of the mountain, these people marched. Now there is snow on the road, which directly covers up all the traces."
"Go to the nearby town and arrest all the people in the town. I believe they must know something, Baga!"
"Hi!"
Zhang Tianhao did not know that he rescued these prisoners of war and laborers, allowing the Japanese to directly vent their anger on ordinary people, and even caused certain tragedies.
However, even if he knew this, he would still save people. After all, he still had to save people. If he made a mistake, he would lose so many soldiers.
As for the people in the village, he had no choice. Born in this troubled world, he had to accept the rules of this troubled world. This itself was not something he could change.
Oda Futuro and Zuoha Chibei looked at the coals still burning in front of them, their faces full of helplessness and unwillingness.
"By the way, Oda-kun, tell me, this behavior looks like it was done by someone from the Anti-Union Alliance?"
"No, this is more likely done by the people of Zhongtong. The people of Zhongtong seem to be very poor. They took away all the clothes from our warriors several times. You have only been here not long. For such a
The situation is not very familiar." Oda Ernan explained to him in a low voice.
"Are the people in Zhongtong also poor?"
"The entire Central Government is within our attack range. This is how it is now. As long as there are anti-Japanese elements, no one will be left behind. Their activities also need funds, but the legal currency in Nanjing cannot be used here, so they
We can only find ways to solve the funding problem ourselves.”
"So this is ah!"
It was also the first time for Zuoha Senbei to hear that Chutong's life was so miserable, haha.
"It seems that it can only be done by people from the Central Government or the Resistance Alliance. Only they have the strength. Does the Central Government have an army?"
"I don't know. I haven't found out that the Central Command has an army until now. They are spies, not an army. That's why I'm a little curious. Could it be that these people were also joined by Husband?"
"Damn, why did I forget those damn beards? They must be caused by the beards around. Come on, ask the people in the town below if there are any beard activities around here."
"yes!"
When the agent heard this, he immediately ran down the mountain. After all, there was a small town not far from here.
