Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

Chapter 607 The First Battle (1)

Kalimantan Island,

North Coast,

In a vast rubber plantation, the morning light is dim, and the golden sunlight shines through the dense leaves, casting mottled shadows. Local workers have already begun their busy day.

Wearing light work clothes and sun hats, they move skillfully between the tall rubber trees. The rubber tapping knife in their hands quickly cuts across the tree trunk, leaving a shallow cut. The milky white latex slowly flows out like milk, flowing along the bark into the rubber bowl fixed below. The workers bend down from time to time to check the condition of the rubber bowl, and carefully pour the collected latex into the bucket, with skilled and focused movements.

The garden was filled with the faint fragrance of rubber trees, mixed with the scent of soil and grass. In the distance, some workers were pushing carts full of latex along the winding path towards the processing point. They walked hurriedly, but their faces were filled with fulfillment and satisfaction after hard work. At the processing point, another group of workers were methodically carrying out preliminary processing of the collected latex, stirring, filtering, and coagulating, and every step was meticulous.

The sun gradually became hotter and stronger, and the temperature in the rubber plantation gradually rose. The workers still stayed at their posts, their clothes soaked with sweat, but their enthusiasm for work was not affected at all. They cooperated with each other and worked together for a good harvest in the rubber plantation.

Lei Zhi, wearing a straw hat, looked at the busy scene of the rubber plantation and said happily,

"Zhengping, we came here at the right time. We are far away from the battlefield and live a leisurely life. It's so comfortable!"

Wu Zhengping also lamented,

"The boss is really good at foresight. I didn't expect the rubber business to be so prosperous!"

"After all, China is our motherland. The more prosperous and developed China is, the more confident we overseas Chinese will be, right?"

Lei Zhi brought 18 of his direct subordinates, a group of more than 40 people, to Nanyang. They first came to a place called Haizhou in the north of Kalimantan Island and found his brother Lei Tian.

With Lei Tian's help, they quickly gained a foothold. This area was full of Chinese people, so language communication was no problem.

What made him even more delighted was that this was a British colony, and the British had no control over it. They only stationed a mayor in Haizhou City as the governor's representative, and only had to collect a little tax every year!

Lei Zhi brought a lot of gold, silver and jewelry from China. At Lei Tian's suggestion, he spent money to buy a rubber plantation here. Coincidentally, after the founding of New China, China's bilateral trade with various parts of Southeast Asia was extremely prosperous, especially rubber, which was the largest purchase by China, which made Lei Zhi reaping a lot of benefits!

There were light footsteps behind me.

"Honey, it's so hot outside, go back to your room!"

A woman in a yellow dress walked over, her belly was bulging, it was Lei Zhi’s wife Xu Zhiman!

"Wife, you're not feeling well, so you should rest more at home!" Lei Zhi said hurriedly!

"I'm fine, the room is too stuffy!" Xu Zhiman said softly, stroking her lower abdomen with a hint of resentment in her eyes.

East Line, Huangcaoling,

on the mountain road,

A convoy of one pickup truck and four trucks appeared.

There is a 12.7mm machine gun mounted on the pickup truck bed!

Looking forward vigilantly!

Sitting in the co-pilot's seat, Wang Keyong, the engineer company commander of the 40th Regiment of the 124th Division of the 370th Army, kept glancing at the cliffs on both sides.

"Okay, right here!" Wang Keyong ordered!

The convoy stopped.

Wang Keyong jumped out of the car and said to himself,

"You know what, the commander's idea is absolutely brilliant!"

He gestured to the back.

Dozens of engineering soldiers jumped off the truck and carried down two wooden boxes with the word "detonator" written on them!

The combat mission assigned by the Zhisi was to defend the east and attack the west, requiring the 42nd Army to set up defensive positions on the eastern front to ensure the safety of the flank of the western front troops.

There is only one unit on the eastern front, the 42nd Army. According to the intelligence of the Zhisi, the enemy on the eastern front includes the 10st Corps of the South Korean Army under the command of the 1th Army of the US Army, including the Capital Division and the 3rd Division, as well as the well-equipped 1st Marine Division and the 7th Infantry Division of the US Navy. (These two divisions should still be on the transport ship at sea, because there are too many mines in Wonsan Port and they have not docked!)

Faced with this arduous defense task, Commander Wu put a lot of thought into it.

He came up with a plan, which was to have the engineers blast a small hole in the mountain crevice, and then fill it with a large amount of explosives. When the enemy arrived, they would use a telephone to generate electricity and ignite it, and use the blasted boulders to attack the enemy troops.

The 42nd Army had relatively few heavy weapons. In addition to old-style mountain guns and mortars, the new weapons only included some recoilless guns and rocket launchers, because the entire army was transferred back to the Northeast at the end of 1949.

After the founding of New China, the country ushered in a climax of mass production and construction, and the army needed to be streamlined.

Therefore, the task that the 42nd Army received this year was to collectively retire and reclaim farmland in the Northeast! Many heavy equipment of the troops were handed in, but before the demobilization was completed, the Korean War broke out. Since the 42nd Army was the closest, the superiors ordered to stop the demobilization, and after replenishing a batch of weapons, they came to North Korea!

Following Wang Keyong's order, the engineers quickly took action. Carrying bags of detonators, they walked towards the mountain with firm steps, fearlessness and determination in their eyes. Every step seemed to be based on the expectations of the motherland and the people, heavy but full of power.

After arriving at the designated location, the blasters carefully placed the detonators and carefully checked every detail to ensure the effectiveness of the blasting.

"Ready, detonate!" With Wang Keyong's order, the fuse hissed and burst into dazzling sparks. The soldiers quickly hid and stared at the mountain. In an instant, a loud bang exploded like thunder, the mountain shook violently, gravel flew, and smoke filled the air.

When the smoke cleared, the engineers rushed forward to check. They saw cracks on the hard mountain.

At the bottom of the mountain, Wang Keyong took a telescope and looked carefully, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Clean up the scene and place the explosives!"

Regardless of the roar of the explosion or the pain of the rubble, the soldiers went back to the intense follow-up work, some of them cleared the rubble, and some began to place explosives in the cracks of the rocks.

In that difficult environment, their clothes were soaked with sweat and dust, and their faces were covered with traces of gunpowder, but they had only one belief in their hearts: for victory, for the motherland and the people, they must complete the mission!

After four hours of hard work, a full five tons of explosives were placed in the cracks of the rocks, and the engineering company successfully completed the task!