Major Zhuye and his entire army were wiped out, and not even a single messenger came out!
After dark, facing the captain who had no news yet, the little devils who stayed behind in the mine panicked!
But he didn't dare to move. It was very dangerous to risk going into the woods, but it was even more dangerous to go into the woods at night!
If there are really Chinese troops hiding in the woods, and even the captain has been defeated, the small number of troops in his hand will be no match. They will definitely be killed as many as they enter, which will increase the casualties of the imperial army in vain!
It wasn't until dawn the next day that the squadron leader who stayed behind at the coal mine dared to send people into the mountain!
In less than three hours, he received the news that Major Zhuye was killed in battle!
The captain of the garrison was killed in the battle, and nearly an infantry brigade of the imperial army suffered more than two-thirds of its casualties. The coal mine that rushed for reinforcements was also captured by the enemy. The entire escort was destroyed, the coal mine management was missing, and all absentees also ran away.
Got it!
The guilt of every tragic failure here is more than a squadron leader can bear!
More importantly, the combat effectiveness displayed by the Chinese army is so powerful!
Thinking that the coal mine where he was was originally located deep in the mountains, and the total strength of the troops was less than 300, and there were still a large number of lightly and seriously injured people inside!
If the Chinese army turned around and came back at this time, they would definitely not be their opponents.
In order to save his life and shirk responsibility, the squadron leader decisively decided to evacuate the ruined coal mine, leave this dangerous place, and then reported the situation to the brigade headquarters and requested reinforcements!
It was not until 12 noon that the Japanese brigade headquarters in Datong City received the report from the garrison!
A field infantry brigade joined a regiment of the Imperial Association Army. For more than two thousand days, the puppet troops marched towards the mine. Two planes also came over to join in the fun, cruising back and forth around the mine, searching for the powerful opponent described by the garrison!
And the target they are searching for is currently sleeping in a mountain fifty kilometers away!
The overnight march made everyone very tired, especially those absent from work who were already weak in physical strength!
Many people couldn't hold on until late at night, and had to leave a third of the food they brought with them when they were absent from work and hide it in a cave!
Without the burden of food, these absentees could persist until dawn without falling behind!
"It's time to eat, everyone, get up and eat, and go to bed after eating!" The voice of the guard company commander Liu Senyun suddenly sounded in the temporary camp!
Those absentees have been hungry for too long!
When I heard the word "eat", I got up from the ground like a conditioned reflex, and looked at Liu Senyun who was walking over!
"We found a cave where we can light a fire, otherwise everyone will definitely have to eat pancakes at noon!" Liu Senyun introduced while commanding his subordinates to bring over buckets of food!
"Today at noon, thanks to the reconnaissance company of the Independent Regiment, we ate wild boar stewed with wild vegetables and dry food pancakes. These Eighth Route Army soldiers were so powerful that they actually went into the mountains and hunted a wild boar back. It weighed more than two hundred kilograms. We added wild vegetables and stewed it in four large pots.
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"So we have enough control over the pork stew with wild vegetables at noon, so everyone can eat as much as they want!"
After being absent from work for more than a year, it is hard to even eat a meal of white flour steamed buns, not to mention eating meat!
As soon as Liu Senyun said the words, many absentees began to drool, and their eyes shifted from Liu Senyun to the several large barrels next to him!
When you open the lid of the wooden barrel, a strong aroma of meat hits your face!
"This big bowl belongs to you. The pork in it was brought back by soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who risked their lives hunting wild boars. I just want everyone to replenish their bodies and fill their stomachs, and then return to the Eighth Route Army base safely. Everyone eats meat.
We must never forget the kindness of the Eighth Route Army!" An old Red Army soldier in the middle of the guard company said while filling a large bowl of pork for the absentee!
Li Hao looked at it from a distance, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily!
He was not idle during the rush march last night. He was asking Liu Senyun about the absence from work all the way!
The absentees who have joined the escort company will undoubtedly stay in the independent regiment and become a member of the independent regiment first.
Most of the remaining 600 absentees were former Northwest Army and Sichuan Army!
It is obviously impossible to return to the army. It is even more unrealistic to go directly to his hometown through the heavy blockade of the Japanese and puppet troops!
More importantly, the Northwest Army and the Sichuan Army were disliked in all theaters and were squeezed out. They were the worst among the troops in terms of equipment and logistical supplies. Their conditions were not much better than those of the Eighth Route Army, and even worse in many aspects.
Not as good as an independent group!
If they could feel the strength of the Independent Regiment along the way and know that they could have a full stomach and have guns and bullets available in the Independent Regiment, then 99% of them would stay in the Independent Regiment and not leave!
There are more than 200 lower-level soldiers of the Jinsui Army and the Central Army left. It will take a lot of effort to get them in the independent regiment!
Li Hao's idea was to let them learn about the Eighth Route Army through eating!
Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers are equal. Ordinary soldiers eat what cadres eat. We share blessings and share hardships. There will never be officers like the Central Army and Shanxi-Sui Army who open small kitchens. The officers drink spicy food and the soldiers eat bran-thick vegetables.
, even the stomach is not full...
Through these contrasts, they yearned for the Eighth Route Army and finally joined the Eighth Route Army!
The commando and reconnaissance company soldiers were squatting among the workers with their rice bowls in their hands. When they saw the workers around them devouring the pork and wild vegetables in their rice bowls like starving ghosts, they immediately reminded them!
"Brother, don't be anxious, eat slowly, there is still plenty in the bucket. We in the Eighth Route Army will do what we say we can do!"
"We will try to bring back another wild boar before setting off in the evening so that everyone can have another meal of stewed pork!"
"Just wait until the base area. We can not only eat stewed pork, but also stewed pork vermicelli, chicken stewed with potatoes, chicken soup, boiled eggs, white flour steamed buns, and even white rice!"
An absentee who was an ordinary soldier of the Central Army asked with gleaming eyes: "Aren't your Eighth Route Army very poor? Do you really have such good food and can you still eat white rice?"
"If I remember correctly, ever since I went to the north with the army and was captured by the Japanese and forced to work as a truant, I haven't eaten white rice for more than two years!"
In an instant, several soldiers around looked at the commando at the same time.
The commando did not deny it: "Yes, the conditions of our Eighth Route Army are very poor. Sometimes we even don't have enough food to fill our stomachs. We can only eat whole grains and miscellaneous grains to satisfy our hunger!"
"But our Eighth Route Army has regulations, that is, officers and soldiers are equal. Ordinary soldiers can eat whatever cadres eat. Even our regimental commander usually eats the same as us!"
"So as long as there are conditions, the regiment leader will do everything possible to make the troops eat well and try to improve everyone's food!"
"I don't know about the other units of the Eighth Route Army, but I know everything about the Independent Regiment!"
"The troops have two meals of fine food and one meal of coarse food every day, so they are well fed!"
"During normal training, we eat one meal of pork every two days. In addition, each soldier can get a boiled egg every two days!"
"Even if there is no pork in daily life, a lot of lard will be put in every meal instead of clear soup that is watery to ensure that the soldiers are full of oil and water!"
"In addition, if the troops are going to war, the food will be even better than during the Chinese New Year: two meals of meat a day, one egg a day, enough to keep you fed!"
"Hiss, hiss..."
There were several absentees around who couldn’t help but take a breath of cold air and their eyes lit up!
Several absentees from the Central Army are no exception.
Although they are called direct descendants of the army, they are all ordinary soldiers after all!
After layers of deductions from military pay and rations, it would be nice to have half of it in your hands!
Compared with other anti-Japanese troops, they could still keep their stomachs full. As for two meals of white-flour steamed buns a day, they couldn't even think about it!
At this moment, an absentee plucked up the courage and asked: "Sir, are your independent regiment still recruiting soldiers? I also want to join the independent regiment!"
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