vrcanaries Chapter 395: Resumption of Production and Work
Chapter 395: Resumption of Production and Work
The liberation of Datong also marked the complete liberation of Shanxi Province.
The Eighth Route Army troops and the miners' armed forces attacked from both inside and outside. Not a single Japanese soldier survived and they were all beaten to death. The miners, in particular, suffered so much. Their compatriots were either beaten to death by the Japanese soldiers, or died of starvation, illness, or exhaustion. After their death, they were thrown into a big pit and buried without even a mat to wrap themselves.
How could they let these bastards go so easily!
After the Eighth Route Army rushed into Datong, they dug more than a dozen mass graves with the guidance of the miners, which were filled with the bones of our compatriots...
The miners looked at these mass graves, knelt down and cried bitterly. The crowds were noisy and their cries were like thunder.
When Liu Wu and others saw this scene, they were shocked.
Terrible! Too terrific!
They couldn't believe how these miners who were abducted, deceived and forcibly captured could still persist in fighting the Japanese in such an environment.
It is awe-inspiring.
Liu Wu had been in a prisoner-of-war camp and he knew best what it felt like.
Despair... I am always surrounded by despair...
If they had not liberated Datong this time, who knows how many more mass graves would have been dug.
I don’t know how many more of our fellow countrymen will die tragically…
The Japanese people are so desperate that no one would feel sorry for them even if they were wiped out.
Liu Wu and others quickly organized military doctors from the first division and military doctors from friendly forces to examine the miners.
These miners all have injuries of varying degrees, and we must do our best to cure them.
According to preliminary statistics, the number of miners in Datong area was over 100,000 at its peak, but now it is less than 50,000.
And these people can be replenished at any time.
The Japs kill people anytime and anywhere, and recruit new people anytime and anywhere.
It is conceivable that the devils slaughtered so many of our compatriots...
When Liu Wu and others learned of this data, they burst into tears and cried with the miners.
The troops then began to dig these mass graves. The bodies of the compatriots in them needed to be properly buried to comfort their souls in heaven.
The average age of these victimized miners was around 30 years old, and the youngest was only seven or eight years old.
After the soldiers learned about this, they hated the Japs so much that some of them could not help but dig up the Japs' corpses, whipped them repeatedly, and ground their bones into ashes.
After completely wiping out the Japanese invaders in Datong, Liu Wu and others discussed and decided to allow the miners to return home and reunite with their families after their health conditions improved.
But when the miners learned the news, most of them just lowered their heads and sobbed, and only a few showed joy on their faces.
After asking around, I learned that most of the people's families had been killed by the devils long ago, and now they are homeless and they are the only ones left in the family...
Many of them were captured by the Japanese. The Japanese rushed into the village and killed all the old, young and women, and took the men away and sent them to the mines.
Only those miners who were abducted here still have relatives at home.
So most of the miners said that they no longer had a home, they wanted to follow the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese, and the Eighth Route Army was their home.
The local cadres sent by the headquarters took statistics of the situation and arranged the miners into different teams.
Among them, one division received 6000 people.
On the fourth day, Wu Xiuwen brought the mining personnel he had trained to Datong and began to count the minerals here. The mines are our own mines in China, and the resources produced can finally be used by us.
Wu Xiuwen and others were so concerned about it that they almost forgot to eat and sleep.
But during the battle, all the Japanese devils in the mine were killed.
But this did not pose a problem for Wu Xiuwen. He did not feel sad if the Japanese soldiers died. These miners must know the conditions of these mines.
So Wu Xiuwen began to visit the miners and, based on the information left by the Japanese, he quickly figured out the mineral situation in Datong area.
The resumption of production and work is imminent, and China needs these mines.
This time, Wu Xiuwen brought not only technical personnel from Laowangshan, but also 20,000 captured Japanese prisoners.
The prisoner of war exhibition has been completed and the effect is very good. More than 10,000 Japanese prisoners are enough for Laowangshan, and the rest have been brought to Datong.
Including the troops escorting prisoners of war encountered on the road and the prisoners received on the road, there were a total of Japanese prisoners.
Lin Tian had anticipated this situation a long time ago. In order to expedite his actions, Lin Tian directly issued a red-headed document in the name of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Eighth Route Army.
As mentioned above, Wu Xiuwen and his team can receive prisoners on the spot, and all troops must obey orders and actively cooperate.
These Japanese prisoners were all strong and healthy, making them perfect materials for hard labor.
As soon as these Japanese soldiers arrived in Datong, they were surrounded by the troops who participated in the liberation of Datong and the rescued miners. Stones and fists rained down on them, venting everyone's anger.
After hearing Wu Xiuwen say that these Japanese prisoners were used for mining, everyone felt that their revenge had been achieved.
For a time, many miners who originally wanted to go home and reunite with their families requested to stay here to work.
They did it for no other reason than to exploit resources and use them to fight the Japanese.
The second reason is to stay here and deal with these Japanese devils.
Wu Xiuwen had no choice but to agree readily.
There must be someone watching these devils, otherwise they might cause trouble.
It would be best if the original miners managed them.
Beat him to death...
One death is not a big deal, two death is not too much.
Although the mine needed coolies, the commander was no pushover and was adept at capturing the Japanese.
Wu Xiuwen was not worried about the source of the Japanese prisoners...
Soon, another three days later.
The cadres sent from the headquarters have established an effective management model, and the Datong area has begun to become lively again.
The mines have officially resumed work and production.
As arrogant as the Japs were before, they are as embarrassed as they are now, and they deserve it.
Use whips and sticks together to mine coal and iron ore together.
The efficiency can be doubled, and anyone who uses the Japs will say it’s good.
The cadres sent by the headquarters knew the situation in the mine very well, but they pretended to be completely ignorant.
The Eighth Route Army has always treated prisoners well, and the situation in the mine was definitely a violation of discipline.
The practice of leaving no one alive in every battle in the First Division was of course a violation of discipline.
But this is what Lin Tian insisted on doing, and in view of Lin Tian's special circumstances, the leaders did not pursue the matter.
Anyway, Lin Tian always wiped out the enemy in every battle, and there was no survivor left to talk nonsense.
How can outsiders know what Lin Tian and the others did?
Of course, even if I knew, I would still say good things in my heart...
Before these cadres set out, the labor union told them that once they got to the destination, they would just pretend they didn't see anything.
Anyway, these Japanese prisoners will eventually die in there. If people outside don’t tell us, who will know...
Therefore, from cadres to villagers, no one talks about it.
Speaking of production in the mine, it can be summed up in one sentence: Engineer Wu brought machinery, and the production efficiency is very good...