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Chapter 909 Chapter 908, should it be demolished?
The tin horn was put to good use again! After making sure that all the Japanese puppet troops had been eliminated, Xing Weiguo ordered the political cadres of the two regiments to go out, with the clerks and accompanying security personnel, and began to publicize on the streets, telling the people not to panic. In addition, printed notices to reassure the people were posted on various street corners to reassure the people.

The people of Yangquan were already very familiar with the actions of the Eighth Route Army, after all, they had been beaten down twice, and this was the third time. So, after hearing the cessation of gunfire and the slightly distorted sound amplified by the iron loudspeaker, some people opened their doors and quietly came to the street.

Some timid families, after secretly seeing the Eighth Route Army soldiers all over the street through the cracks in their doors, quickly moved the cabinets in their homes and called out their relatives who were hiding in the partition walls...

"Fellow villagers... the Eighth Route Army has liberated the entire county. Don't panic, don't be afraid. We in the Eighth Route Army have our own disciplines. We will not oppress the people, we will not..."

"Comrades, let us sing together: Every revolutionary soldier must remember the three major disciplines and eight points of attention..."

"Rewards for reporting! Rewards for reporting! Yangquan has been liberated. Now we need to catch the bad elements hiding among the masses and protect the kind people from harm! From now on, if anyone sees anyone who has served in the detective team, served in the puppet army, served as a puppet policeman, or has close contacts with the devils... as long as the information is reliable, he will be rewarded with 10 kilograms of millet. If a major criminal is captured, he will be rewarded with 20 kilograms of millet."

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Soldiers were on duty patrolling the streets, propaganda teams were promoting policies, and the comrades of the Yangquan County Party Committee, who had been prepared for a long time, quickly entered the city to take charge of people's livelihood. Therefore, in the fifth hour of the battle, Yangquan was completely stable, and the people were not harassed. Instead, they reported and exposed many hidden spies and traitors.

During this period, some people raised their own questions: "Comrade, we want to ask, will the Eighth Route Army leave? This is the third liberation, they will not tear down the city walls and warehouses and take away everything, right? If so, we have to hide in the countryside..."

"Fellow villagers, it's written on the notice that our Eighth Route Army intends to stay in Yangquan for a long time this time, and we will not give up! So, everyone can rest assured. This city wall is still very new, so we won't tear it down! Not only will we not tear it down, we will also have to plug up those holes that were blown open! Folks, in a few days, our Eighth Route Army will have a lot of construction to do, and we will need a lot of labor. When the time comes, everyone come to work, and we will have food to give!"

"What? The Eighth Route Army isn't leaving? Great, that's great. We don't have to worry about the Japanese coming to kill people one day anymore..."

As the people spread the news, the whole city was filled with joy! The result of this joy was that some enemies who were still hiding were caught again! The people were honest and sometimes timid. When they were unsure about the policies of the Eighth Route Army, they were worried about the enemy's retaliation and often did not dare to speak out.

Now that they know the Eighth Route Army is not leaving, they are not afraid anymore. If they report something, they can get some food for their families! Of course, the people are gambling, and the Eighth Route Army is also backing it up with its credibility. Once Yangquan City cannot be occupied for a long time, the credibility of the Eighth Route Army, at least in the hearts of the people of Yangquan, will be discounted... According to the previous tradition, when the work team was promoting the stability of the people's hearts, the team responsible for the battle was cleaning up the battlefield.

The Eighth Route Army had a large number of people, so the bodies of the Japanese and puppet soldiers in the city were quickly loaded onto stretchers and carried to the north gate for unified management. As for those outside the east and south gates? Of course, they were dealt with on the spot. However, the bodies that had been dealt with were also loaded into the car and sent to the north gate.

Because more than 300 puppet soldiers revolted on the battlefield, many puppet soldiers were involved in the work of moving the bodies. And more of them were the new recruits from the first and second regiments, especially those who had never experienced combat. The reason why the second regiment could be the main force this time was that it had the most new recruits and needed training!

What? To fight a siege requires the strongest troops? Isn't my main force, the Second Regiment, strong? Although more than half of the troops are new recruits, they have to train for a long time... Look, they have conquered the city! As for the fact that 19 soldiers were sacrificed and 87 were injured? This is a siege, so this sacrifice is already very small...

After conquering the city, in addition to cleaning up the battlefield, there is another more important thing to do! That's right, it is to find the Japanese warehouses, find the materials stored by the Japanese, and then transport them back... Well, for safety reasons, part of it must be transported back to the base, but the mining areas around Yangquan do not need to be transported clean, just quickly organize people to resume work.

These mining areas outside the city were actually the first to be captured! That's right, at about the same time as the Jingxing mining area in the east, these mining areas were raided at dawn and were quickly captured. For example, the Lion Head Mountain mining area in the west was solved silently by the reconnaissance company of the detachment with a small operation.

The search for warehouses went very smoothly. For example, the yard where Gedatang and his men fought was actually one of the Japanese's warehouses and an ammunition depot. The other warehouses also could not escape the search of the comrades, and they were all in their hands soon.

While the city is busy, people outside the city are also busy... The mining area is one part, and the other part is the railway station in the south of the city!
The train station was taken down in the early hours of the morning, and even two trains were seized! When Xing Weiguo and his team finished their inspection of the city and returned to the outside of the city, they were asked a question - should the train station and these trains be demolished? Should the railway tracks still be destroyed?
"Tear down? What are you going to tear down? You know what I mean. It's different now! We have occupied Yangquan, Jingxing, Shouyang, and even Yuci... What does this mean? This means that most of the Zhengtai Line is in our hands! This is a railway. The sound of a train is worth a ton of gold... Although we don't know how to operate a railway yet, it should be okay to use it to transport troops, right?"

Political Commissar Wang Younian was a visionary and immediately expressed his opinion: "Old Xing, do you think I am right? This railway line from Yuci to Jingxing is more than 100 kilometers long. We demolished it in the past to prevent the Japanese devils from using the railway line... Now, it is our turn to use the railway line!"

"Yes, times have changed... As long as we occupy these places and ensure the safety of the railway line, we can completely put the railway line into operation! From now on, we will have a powerful transportation line to transport materials from our Ninth District to the Jizhong Plain..."

(End of this chapter)