Devil's Army

The colonel discussed with his subordinates for a whole night and finally came to a conclusion, which was to retreat. Otherwise, no one knew how many of his 5,000 to 6,000-man army would be able to survive the attack of the tanks and heavy artillery of the devil's army tomorrow.

The colonel immediately applied for retreat to Commander Ling Qilong and explained the reasons for his request.

Commander Ling Kulong considered it for a while and agreed to the colonel's request to withdraw. But he would never give up the big gold mine of Wangjia Dagou.

He originally wanted to gather enough troops and supplies to launch a full-scale attack on the Devil Army from four directions: Qingyuan, Tieling County, Jinzhou and Yaobao Town. Who knew that the Devil Army would take action in advance and disrupt all his deployments in Jinzhou and Qingyuan in advance.

He will continue to apply for reinforcements and supplies from the headquarters to encircle and suppress the Wangjiadagou gold mine and the nearby devilish troops.

The next morning, Liu Yaohua immediately organized a regiment and ten tanks of the mobile force to launch an attack deep into the enemy's position. The artillery was also ready to provide support at any time.

Ten tanks roared forward, with the tank infantry following closely behind and around them, observing their surroundings vigilantly.

A regiment of infantry also followed closely behind the tank troops.

For a moment, the road was covered with dust, which was a spectacular sight.

To Liu Yaohua's surprise, when his mobile troops and infantry arrived at the enemy's camp, it was deserted. The enemy had retreated overnight.

Liu Yaohua immediately telegraphed Liu Guozhu, the commander of the 8th Brigade. The commander of the 8th Brigade finally relaxed his tense nerves and began to carry out mining production with peace of mind.

During lunch, the miners heard from the soldiers that the Japanese attack had been repelled, and they cheered with joy.

From then on, they can hold their heads up high and live as human beings, instead of living in humiliating conditions like dogs.

At the same time, the troops guarding the mine also announced a rule that all miners were not allowed to secretly carry gold out of the mine, otherwise they would be immediately dismissed if caught.

The Chinese people are hardworking, honest and kind. In the past, they secretly carried gold mines because they could not even get enough food and clothing under the rule of the devils, so they had to take risks. Now they not only have enough food to eat, but also have a relatively considerable salary income, so how could they do such shameful things?

But the miners' food was much better than what they had at home, with meat and fish available at least two days a week. Some miners with families began to secretly buy more food and bring the leftover fish, meat, vegetables and rice home to share their happiness with their families.

Of course, all this could not be hidden from the eyes of the soldiers guarding the mine, but they did not stop it and turned a blind eye. They just reported the situation to their superior commander.

The situation was reported to the commander of the Eighth Brigade, Liu Guozhu. Liu Guozhu did not stop it. Survival in troubled times was not easy. He privately ordered the kitchen to prepare more food.

Gradually, more and more miners joined the group of stealing food, and even young men who were not married joined in, wanting their parents to share their joy and happiness.

Gradually, the mines that young people had fled from began to become the most popular jobs, and everyone flocked to them.

The commander of the Eighth Brigade took the opportunity to start recruiting soldiers at the mine.

The young people who started rushing to the mines were all there for a meal and a decent salary, and were not willing to join the army.

Later, after the conscription staff patiently explained, soldiers can also eat enough food, and the food is even better than here. Moreover, without a strong army to back it up, once this mine is occupied by the devils, the current happy life will be gone.

More and more young people who were originally planning to become miners are choosing to join the army.

With Leng Feng's consent, Chilang set up a training ground near the mine and began training new recruits.

In this battle, the Sixth Brigade suffered more than 1 casualties. Although the casualty ratio between them and the Japanese army was close to 2:, this was rare in the anti-Japanese battlefield at that time.

At that time, the casualty ratio between the Chinese and Japanese armies on the battlefield was often 5:1 or even 10:1.

But Liu Yaohua still felt very upset. This meant that his entire regiment was wiped out.

Well, the regiment cadres did not finish their training. One of his battalion commanders, a deputy battalion commander and a political commissar died.

Leng Feng arranged for 3,000 new soldiers from the tribe who had been trained for half a month to report to the Sixth Brigade. However, the First Army, which had always been short of cadres, had no way to add battalion-level cadres to the Sixth Brigade.

Liu Yaohua could only pick the tallest ones from the short ones and promote the old company and platoon cadres to battalion-level cadres.

If there are too many new recruits, the combat effectiveness will decrease. Liu Yaohua knew that the Japanese would not give up the Wangjiadagou gold mine, so he ordered the veterans to speed up the training of new recruits and improve the combat effectiveness of the troops as soon as possible.

Commander Ling Qilong did not give up the Wangjiadagou gold mine. He kept applying to the headquarters for reinforcements.

Therefore, the reinforcements originally used to besiege the Nanjing government began to be continuously transferred to Fengtian.

Leng Feng learned from the intelligence network of Master Song and Secretary Li that the Japanese were continuously sending reinforcements and supplies to Fengtian.

He decided to send people to disrupt the Japanese deployment and create a longer-term safe development environment for the base.