Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2625 Huang Batian!

Under the scorching sun, the air seemed to freeze, and every breath seemed unusually heavy.

The miners repeated the boring and arduous work like machines, their eyes were empty and their faces were full of fatigue and numbness.

At this moment, a miner was exhausted and the shovel in his hand slipped slightly. A piece of coal slid off the mine cart and shattered on the hard ground, making a crisp sound that was particularly harsh in this silent environment.

This scene happened to be seen by a puppet soldier not far away. He immediately widened his eyes and roared: "Damn it, be careful! These coals are the treasures of the imperial army. If you drop another piece, I will kill you!"

The puppet soldiers cursed loudly and stepped forward quickly, waving the whips in the air, rushing towards the miner who had failed.

The miner's eyes widened in horror. He tried to dodge, but his body became stiff from long hours of work and he could only watch the whip rain down on his body.

Each whip was accompanied by the miner's screams of pain. His body was quickly covered with bloodstains, and his clothes were instantly stained red with blood.

He knelt on the ground, holding his head in his hands, and begged for mercy: "Boss, spare my life! I won't dare to do it again! Never again!"

However, the puppet soldiers seemed to be deaf to the threats. The smiles on their faces became more ferocious, and they swung their whips more violently.

The miners around stopped their work, their eyes full of fear, but no one dared to step forward to dissuade them. They knew that any action they took at this time might bring trouble upon themselves.

However, at this moment, an old and pleading voice sounded: "Boss, stop beating! There are fewer and fewer people. If they are all killed, there will be no one to work for the Imperial Army!"

The speaker was an old miner, his face was full of traces of time, but there was a hint of flattery in his eyes.

He is the boss of the mine. He is the one who usually walks around the mine veins and leads the miners to work.

The puppet soldier paused for a moment after hearing this, as if he was weighing the pros and cons. After a moment, he finally stopped whipping the whip in his hand, and a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Humph, I'll let him go this time! Next time you dare to be so careless, you won't get away with it so easily!"

After saying that, the puppet soldier snorted again and walked away in a swagger.

The beaten miner lay on the ground, gasping for breath. The pain in his body and the grievance in his heart intertwined, almost suffocating him.

The surrounding miners gathered around, some handed water, some helped support, their eyes were full of sympathy and helplessness.

However, at this moment, something happened that made him even more desperate.

At the exit of the mine, heavy footsteps were heard again, accompanied by the clinking sound of metal colliding, and a fat figure slowly walked into everyone's sight.

"Huang Batian?"

At this time, someone exclaimed, because the person who came was Huang Batian, the ruthless man in the mine.

Huang Batian was originally just a small mine owner. He was a decent human being back then. Although he often withheld workers' wages, at least he was not as unscrupulous as he is now.

Later, he found some unknown way to get on board the Northeast Army, set up a security group at the mine, and managed the entire mine.

Although he accepted bribes and excluded dissidents at that time, he was still considered a human being.

But when the Japanese came, he completely tore off the skin on his face, arrested ordinary people and forced them to work in the mines to dig coal for the Japanese, without caring about the lives of the miners at all.

Any slight dissatisfaction would result in either whipping or beating.

There were even many miners who were dissatisfied with him and had their hands and feet chopped off.

So when they heard the name Huang Batian, all the miners trembled like sieves.

"hey-hey!"

Huang Batian sneered. His round, fat face made it almost impossible to see his neck when he smiled. Only his small eyes flashed with greed and cruelty. "Be quiet!"

Huang Batian's voice was as loud as a bell, instantly drowning out the surrounding noise. He put his hands behind his back, his belly was bulging.

Seeing this, the miners retreated one after another and no one dared to stand in front of him.

"The Imperial Army has issued an order!"

At this moment, Huang Batian announced in a majestic manner and deliberately prolonged his voice, as if he was using this method to explain his status to everyone.

The miners instinctively felt that something was wrong, because whenever Huang Batian said that the imperial army had orders, it was nothing good.

And as expected, Huang Batian really had nothing good to say.

After deliberately dragging out the sentence, he continued, "In order to increase coal production, the Imperial Army has said that you will only be allowed to sleep for four hours a day in the future, and the rest of the time you will go down to the mine to dig coal. Anyone who dares to be lazy, hum! Hum! You will bear the consequences yourself!"

"what?"

Before Huang Batian finished speaking, there was a slight commotion among the crowd. Some miners whispered, "They are killing us, are we going to die?"

This subtle sound immediately resonated with all the miners in this depressing atmosphere.

But before they could agree, Huang Batian heard the low murmur.

Huang Batian's face suddenly turned gloomy, and his eyes narrowed into slits.

He strode towards the muttering miner, and the people around him automatically made way for him. Before the miner could react, Huang Batian had already grabbed him by the collar, as if he was picking up a chicken.

"What did you say? Say it to me again!"

Huang Batian gritted his teeth and roared at the miner, his golden teeth reflecting a frightening light under the dim mining lamp.

The miner was so frightened that his face turned pale and he couldn't even speak clearly.

But Huang Batian obviously didn't have the patience to listen to his explanation. He simply waved his hand and signaled several thugs beside him to drag the miner away.

Soon, screams and whipping sounds were heard in the distance, which made every miner present feel nervous and their hearts palpitated even more.

"Listen to me!"

Huang Batian looked around and let out another long cry before continuing: "If anyone dares to complain again, this will be your fate! Humph!"

The miners dared not say a word anymore, although they also knew that under such high-intensity labor and only sleeping four hours a day, they would soon be drained of all their physical strength and then be dragged by Huang Batian into the ravine outside the mine.

That was the grave of all the miners in the mine. Some of them passed by there before being caught. The bodies there were piled up like a mountain. The pit that was originally dozens of meters deep was almost filled up. No one knew how many people died.

They were filled with hatred at this moment, but also with despair.

Because they had no other options, Huang Batian not only had the Japanese on his side, but also had at least a thousand puppet soldiers in the entire mine under his control. What could the more than 2,000 miners do?

Are you going to fight Huang Batian to the death?

I'm afraid he would be shot to death before he even gets close to him.

So all they had left was deep hatred and prayers to the gods, praying that the gods would show their great power and strike evil people like Huang Batian with lightning!

(End of this chapter)