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Chapter 417 Chapter 416, The road is too far? Open the way and get to work!

Search, search carefully, with flashlights, lighting bonfires, and searching thoroughly... Finally, Shen Quan and his team were sure that there were no more living Japanese soldiers on the battlefield.

Then, this news was quickly passed to Li Yunlong's ears, to the ears of the brigade commander, and to the ears of the head of the headquarters...

"Haha, good boy! Well done, very good! This time, the 385th Brigade made us proud. We killed more than 2000 enemies, captured a railway station, a mining team, and several mines... The key is, a county town! Haha, it's an important county town in the middle node of the Zhengtai Line! This time, our knife really stabbed into the heart of the devil!"

At the headquarters, the leaders who had been waiting for the news finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that there was no fighting near Yangquan tonight! As long as the arrangements are made properly, then in the next few days, Yangquan will be a piece of meat in our hands! Not only must we draw out all the fat from this piece of fat meat, but we must also eat the fat residue!

The headquarters, after receiving the report, did not immediately adjust the troops around Yangcheng, but mobilized comrades on the secret front to keep finding out the movements of the Japanese. The comrades responsible for monitoring the Japanese phone calls and telegrams also worked in three shifts, not letting go of any news.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with the people still in Yangquan, everyone is busy.

What are you busy doing? The cavalry mounted their horses and galloped, quickly passing the news of Yangquan's capture to the nearby base, asking the local cadres to quickly mobilize the masses to help. The signalmen holding radios also transmitted the information back to their own bases, asking the comrades who stayed behind to quickly mobilize people to come over.

So, tonight, many bases surrounding Yangquan received the news one after another - Yangquan was taken down, hurry up and move things!
This is incredible news! Although Yangquan was not well-known before, and even a small county town, that was in the past! Since the train was opened, this place has become the most influential place within a radius of dozens of kilometers!
Now, the Eighth Route Army has taken Yangquan? How can this be? The Eighth Route Army is so powerful, hurry up, listen to the Eighth Route Army's call, hurry up and help! What are you busy for? The district party committee cadres said that there will be work to do when we go there, we plan to empty Yangquan! If there is really no work to do, go and tear down the city wall, and it is no problem to bring back the bricks!
Question: Where is this?
Answer: This is Shanxi Province!

Another question: Besides old vinegar, what else is famous in Shanxi Province?
Answer: Coal, copper, pond salt... none of these are as famous as Shanxi merchants! Of course, a few decades later, there will be another guy named Jia who wants to return to China.

The people in Jin Province are very smart! Who doesn't have some calculation ability? On a large scale, they calculate the country and the world, and on a small scale, they calculate the livelihood of their family. Now, I heard that you can work in Yangcheng, and you can bring back things, even bricks from the city...

Although some people don't believe that they would really do this, if they went to work for the Eighth Route Army and helped them send the captured items to the arsenal, the weapons and ammunition produced would be used to arm our own soldiers! Aren't they protecting our fellow villagers? So what are you waiting for? Don't sleep, take your livestock, push your chicken bus, and hurry up...

In the darkness, countless people came to Yangquan from all directions like moving ants, forming a sea of ​​​​people.

While the people had not yet arrived, the spoils of Yangquan City were gradually counted, recorded and distributed.

"Let me tell you first. We found a mountain of coal in the mining area. These are all the coal dug out by our miners with great effort. We must not leave them to the devils! Although it is only August now, we should also consider wintering. So each of our bases should take away 8 tons first, and then divide the rest!" This is what Captain Kong said. "We found the warehouse of the devil's smelter and found smelted steel ingots. We can't let them go. They are near the train station!" This is what Captain Zheng said.

"I took the comrades of the independent regiment to count the spoils of war on the southern battlefield. A total of 527 Type rifles and Type light machine guns were seized... These are all usable. The unusable ones were not counted. According to the suggestion of the headquarters, you can divide these weapons, and we will send the broken ones to the arsenal to see if they can be used!" These are the words of Political Commissar Zhao.

Then, everyone continued to count and then sat together again for the meeting.

"The military uniforms and beddings in the Japanese military camp are all in complete sets. Our regiment is happy to accept them!" Captain Kong gained a lot.

"The station actually has a large warehouse of white cloth. They are all top-quality white cloth. You can tell at a glance that they are produced in the Japanese country. I don't know what they are used for! We have to send them to the clothing factory at the headquarters, dye them gray, and make them into military uniforms. Then our soldiers will have new uniforms!" Captain Zheng was very generous.

"Well, the main thing is food. The Japanese have stockpiled too much food, and we have found them all! Some are in the brigade warehouses, some are in the military camp warehouses, some are in the train station warehouses, and some are in the shops run by overseas Chinese. Now they are all ours! We have learned about the situation, and found out that the overseas Chinese in the Japanese city have all participated in the attack on Lion's Head Mountain, so just treat them as enemies!" said Political Commissar Zhao.

"Haha, I'm not as short-sighted as you guys. I, Old Li, have found quite a few steam engines, generators, electric motors and other equipment from the Japanese's mines and smelters, all of which can be used in our arsenal! As for you, no matter how good the captured equipment is, it will eventually run out. Only when we have the equipment can we engage in large-scale production!" Li Yunlong was very proud of his harvest tonight.

"Okay, there are too many things, we have to keep searching. We can't miss any of them and finally take them all away! What we are considering now is how to take the things back? Although we have seized a lot of trucks, there are a total of 45 drivable trucks inside and outside the city, and there is enough gasoline, but how do we transport them?" Brigade Commander Chen raised the question.

"Brigade Commander, we have been operating in Division 1, and the Liangjia Village base is not far from us. I suggest that we first send the supplies to the Liangjia Village base, and then distribute them out!" Director Cheng said.

"It's okay to go to Liangjia Village, but the road is a bit far and not easy to walk. After all, there is Ping'an County in the middle! It's too far to go to Zhaojiayu, and it's dozens of miles more. So if you want to take the shortest way to Liangjia Village, you must pass the Zhoucun stronghold!" said Captain Kong.

"We need to go through Zhoucun stronghold, right? It's too far to go in the direction of Zhaojiayu, right? Then go and clear the way! Why don't we just destroy the Zhoujiacun stronghold that's in the way?"

(End of this chapter)