PFC Chapter 455 Let the brothers withdraw from Pingding Gold Mine immediately and prepare to join me in
Chapter 455 Let the brothers withdraw from Pingding Gold Mine immediately and prepare to join me in
Mitsui Harahira knew that Aoki Heiichi wanted to reduce the loss of the gold mine, but if he carried a large amount of gold into the mountains now, he would only put himself in a dangerous situation. In order to escape safely, he had to persuade him again: "Mr. Aoki, the enemy has already attacked the flat-top gold mine. We can't delay any longer. We should escape into the mountains with light equipment, otherwise we will lose the opportunity for a strategic turn!"
Aoki Ippei did not insist on continuing, and hurriedly left the station with a small team of soldiers and fled into the mountains. After the two escaped, more and more Japanese soldiers and puppet troops fled into the mountains, which greatly helped Zhang Dabiao's surprise attack. It took only 45 minutes to completely occupy the Pingding Gold Mine.
"Old Shen, we have to act faster. We must clean up the battlefield before nine o'clock. We must not delay the assembly time set by the commander." Zhang Dabiao ordered in a serious tone.
Shen Quan did not refute. He immediately took two infantry battalions to rescue the miners and prisoners. It took an hour to rescue all the miners and prisoners.
Li Yunlong arrived at the Pingding Gold Mine half an hour after the battle ended. He did not issue new combat orders, but instead got busy with the soldiers.
"Captain, after our thorough search, we found a large number of gold bars and silver ingots mined by the Japanese, with a value of about 300 million oceans. We also found 30 kilograms of grain. We can take part of it away, and the rest will be given to the miners and captured soldiers who don't want to go back with us. There are only more than 800 people willing to leave with us. They have made preparations for departure and can leave Pingding Gold Mine at any time." Zhang Dabiao reported with joy on his face.
Li Yunlong checked the time on his pocket watch. It was already 8:38, and there were only 22 minutes left to retreat. He did not let the soldiers stay in Pingding Gold Mine any longer, but directly gave the order: "Da Biao, notify all battalions to start retreating immediately. I estimate that the defenders of Niangzi Pass have already received the news and are rushing here. They must evacuate Pingding Gold Mine before the Japanese army surrounds them!"
"As for the gold and silver we seized, we will have transport planes transport them back to the base once we reach a safe place. If conditions permit, we will also send back the more than 800 people who are willing to go with us. The college students have issued a new combat mission, requiring us to continue to raid the enemy's strongholds and disrupt the situation in the entire northwest of Shanxi."
"The New 1st and 2nd Regiments have already launched an attack last night. They will support our surprise attack in other places. The total strength of our three regiments is enough. There is also the Air Force in the sky to provide fire support. We can definitely give the Japanese in northwestern Shanxi a good beating!"
Zhang Dabiao did not expect that Lin Zhenhua would be so determined, and his face was full of excitement. The soldiers were gnashing their teeth at the fact that the Ninth Battalion was completely annihilated, and now they finally had a chance to take revenge, which they absolutely could not miss.
Under the leadership of Li Yunlong, the independent regiment left Pingding Gold Mine before the Niangzi Pass defenders arrived. The air force battalion's bombing operation against Niangzi Pass did not go smoothly. It was really because Niangzi Pass was located in a natural barrier. It was impossible to block the entire pass. They could only cause some trouble to the devils by intimidation.
At 12 noon, Mitsui Harahei and Aoki Ippei returned to the Pingding Gold Mine. They immediately sent a telegram to the Niangziguan garrison, asking them to turn around and return. There was no need to rush to support. During the independent regiment's raid on the Pingding Gold Mine, the Japanese casualties were only half, and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops fled to the mountains and forests, which meant that the independent regiment did not annihilate many Japanese and puppet troops.
"Mr. Mitsui, your judgment is correct. Li Yunlong only came here for revenge, not to occupy the gold mine. But all the gold we mined for three months became Li Yunlong's spoils. I really have no way to explain this to my family!" Aoki Ippei said bitterly.
Mitsuihara said calmly, "Mr. Aoki, the responsibility this time is not on us at all. I will explain this to the family. If it weren't for the people in Ping'an County who launched a surprise attack on the independent regiment's transportation line, we wouldn't have suffered this unprovoked disaster!"
"What we have to do now is to hurry up and resume the production of the gold mine. At the same time, I will find ways to deploy more troops and prisoners. As long as we can keep the gold mine producing gold, no one will come to trouble us. Our Mitsui family only cares about profit. As long as the profit is not damaged, the family elders will just turn a blind eye!"
"We only need to pay the quota of gold within half a year to get ourselves out of this trouble. We can no longer be careless like before and must strengthen the defense of the gold mine. The armored forces of the independent regiment are very powerful. We must build some checkpoints and artillery towers at the entrance of the mountain to make the enemy's next attack as difficult as a dog biting a hedgehog. We have a lot of explosives in our hands. We can move useless rocks to the road and create some obstacles artificially. At the same time, we must bury explosives at the entrance to turn the flat-top gold mine into an iron wall."
Aoki Heiichi did not refute. His idea was very simple. He could not continue to live a life of idleness and wait for death. If he had not escaped quickly this time, he would have almost become Li Yunlong's prisoner.
Mitsuiharahei and Aokihei began to rebuild the Pingding Gold Mine. The Niangziguan garrison, who received the news, retreated after learning that the gold mine had been recaptured. The nearby reinforcements changed their direction and chased in the direction of Li Yunlong's escape.
However, the Japanese completely misunderstood Li Yunlong this time. Instead of returning to the base, he successively captured several Japanese strongholds near Pingding, causing great trouble to the Japanese. Kong Jie and Ding Wei were not idle either.
The two men marched towards Fu'an and Shuiquan respectively, capturing cities and seizing territories along the way, and eliminated more than 20 strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops. The entire northwest Shanxi region was turned upside down by the three men, and the Japanese and puppet troops suffered terribly.
Xing Zhiguo settled all the 20,000 people who arrived and told them not to go to the northwest of Shanxi because the Japanese were about to invade. In order to support this propaganda campaign, the base even printed a large number of leaflets with pictures on them to prevent the illiterate people from not understanding the meaning of the words on them.
These two propaganda strategies were very effective and quickly spread the news of the independent regiment. Even the brigade and headquarters far away at the junction of three provinces received the news, which made them feel very excited. They finally got news about Li Yunlong and the other three.
Yangliu Village, where the headquarters is located.
"Boss, we finally found news about Li Yunlong and his men. Their situation is not very good, but it is not bad either. The Japanese mopping-up operations in summer and autumn last year had a great impact on them. It cost them a huge price to defend a small base. This is the news we just heard. Boss, please take a look!" The chief of staff said happily.
The commander-in-chief took the intelligence handed over by the chief of staff, checked it carefully, and said excitedly: "Chief of Staff, this is indeed good news for us. I didn't expect Li Yunlong and his men to still stay in northwest Shanxi. This means that the independent regiment's arsenal has not been occupied by the devils. This is good news that cannot be better."
"From the news that came out, Li Yunlong and his men have been receiving disaster victims, and there has been quite a commotion. I guess the Japanese must have been involved, otherwise there wouldn't be such a big commotion. We can't contact Li Yunlong and his men now, and the Japanese blockade of us is still very strict. Those disaster victims are ordinary people in northwestern Shanxi who can't survive. The Japanese set up a buffer zone, making it difficult for them to return home."
"We can only send a small force to infiltrate now. Even so, it is very difficult. We have to find a way to contact Li Yunlong and his men to see if we can provide them with any support."
The chief of staff said bitterly, "Boss, we are too far away from northwest Shanxi, and there are three blockades of the devils in between. The last time we sent people to Ping'an County, there has been no response. Even our radio contact with Ping'an County has been cut off. Xu Zhongyi turned out to be a traitor hidden in our team. This really surprised me. The most hateful person is that he is a triple spy. If it weren't for Yelang who sent the news back in time and cut off contact with Xu Zhongyi, we might have really believed his false information and fallen into the devil's trap."
When the boss heard the chief of staff mention this matter, he was also very angry. When he was about to curse a few words, the voice of the brigade commander sounded from outside. As soon as he learned the news about Li Yunlong and others, he rushed to the headquarters and wanted to inquire about the details.
"Boss, Chief of Staff, I heard there is news about Li Yunlong and others. Is this true or false? I have been cheated several times before. It can't be fake this time, right?" The brigade commander asked doubtfully.
The chief of staff replied with a smile: "This news is true. We have confirmed it again and again. Wild Wolf also investigated the matter and confirmed that the news is true. In the previous intelligence war, we suffered a great loss. The impact of Fox's betrayal was too great. Our entire intelligence network can no longer be used. Now we can only activate the backup intelligence network. However, due to the lack of radio stations and the tight blockade of the devils, our intelligence transmission has been unable to be completed."
The brigade commander also said with worry: "This matter is really difficult to resolve at the moment. The old guy Doihara took over the entire intelligence department of Shanxi Province. If he doesn't take action, it's fine. But once he does, he hits us where it hurts. It will take another half a year to restore the intelligence network!"