Sun Meng's young man said angrily: "This morning, no one in the village noticed it, and suddenly the village was surrounded by the enemy puppet army, and even the militia sent out to post did not come back to report the news. ”

Sun Meng said and shed tears, and said simply: At ** o'clock in the morning, out of nowhere, more than a dozen little devils and a platoon of puppet soldiers came out of nowhere, first surrounded the village, and then the little devils rushed into the village with guns, several militiamen found that the devils entered the village, and immediately shot, but the militia had three tattered guns in their hands, which was the opponent of the devils? In less than a bag of cigarettes, the little devil shot all the militia in the village.

The little devils still didn't give up, they arrested all the young people and gathered them in a big courtyard, guarded by two devils, and the other little devils were like wild dogs, rushing into the villagers' houses, grabbing things when they saw them, and shooting when someone resisted.

These beasts actually harmed the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law in the village, and that's not all, they grabbed several young women who had been insulted, stripped naked and tied them to a few trees in the village, stabbed these women with bayonets, and finally frantically cut open the stomachs of these women, and these mongrels laughed when they saw the intestines flowing out.

The little devils ruined the village and set fire to the houses of several families, and the villagers saw that their houses were burned, and rushed up to fight the little devils, and these bastards actually shot and killed these unarmed villagers.

Before leaving, he tied our arms together and said that he would take them back to the barracks to repair the artillery tower for the devils.

When Sun Meng said this, he was already crying in tears, and he choked up and said: "This comrade of the Eighth Route Army, if you hadn't rescued us in time, our dozen brothers would have died in the hands of devils sooner or later. ”

Lei Jian patted Sun Meng on the shoulder and said, "You said that the enemy puppet army broke into the village, and there is no anti-Japanese organization in your village?" Why don't you find a way to break out of the village and hide in the mountains? ”

"How can you rush out? The village was surrounded by the puppet army, the little devil was plagued in the village, the militia had three broken guns in their hands, more than a dozen bullets, and they were not the opponent of the enemy puppet army at all. ”

Lei Jian looked at the villagers, looking at Lei Jian's Eighth Route Army team with an expectant expression, and suddenly, an old man walked quickly to the team, turned his head to look in the team, and asked while looking for it: "May I ask our Eighth Route Army team, who is the biggest official?" ”

"Uncle, my name is Lei Jian, I am a student of the Jiaodong Military and Political School of the Eighth Route Army, this unit was brought by me, if you have anything to say, just tell me."

The old man grabbed Lei Jian's hands tightly, turned his head angrily to look at the tragic situation in the village and said: "Comrade of the Eighth Route Army, you have seen it, this is all the evil created by the enemy puppet army, you take the young descendants of the village away, and ask them to join the Eighth Route Army to fight devils fiercely and avenge the dead villagers." ”

He said and said to a half-grown child beside him: "Tie Niu, aren't you going to join the Eighth Route Army?" I will send you to join the army today, and when you get to the army, you must kill more little devils to avenge your parents and fellow villagers who died at the hands of these brutes. ”

Lei Jian looked at Tie Niu, who was younger than him, and said to the old man: "Uncle, this little brother is still young, and besides, you are so old, and there is no personal care around you, so I don't feel at ease." ”

"What did this kid say, aren't you also a half-grown child?" The old man pointed to Chun Tao again and said, "You all have women in the Eighth Route Army, why can't my grandson?" Take it away, my grandson is in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army, I don't worry. ”

At this time, the young and middle-aged people in the village shouted loudly: "This comrade of the Eighth Route Army, just take us all, we stay in the village, sooner or later we will be captured by the devil to be a laborer, I don't know when we will die under the muzzle bayonet of the devil, it is better to carry a gun to fight these mongrels, we have to join the Eighth Route Army." ”

"Take us."

"We're going to join the Eighth Route Army."

Lei Jian was infected by the enthusiasm of the villagers to participate in the Eighth Route Army, he nodded and said: "Okay, since you want to participate in the Eighth Route Army to fight devils, I will promise you." ”

The troops stayed in Heliu Village for one night, during which they helped the villagers to renovate their homes, and soon repaired the burned houses and rebuilt the collapsed courtyard walls. The villagers were still grieving after the loss of their loved ones, but with the enthusiastic help of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, they regained the confidence to live.

Before dawn, suddenly there was a barking of dogs from the village, followed by a roar of all the dogs in the village.

Lei Jian heard the dog's barking, jumped from the kang to the ground alertly, and shouted to Niu Dali and Wang Xiaoliang, who were still sleeping: "Gather the troops immediately, there is a situation." ”

Before Lei Jian and them could rush out of the house, a person broke in in a panic and shouted at the door: "May I ask who of you is the commander of this Eighth Route Army?" ”

"I'm Lei Jian, the battalion commander of this Eighth Route Army, what emergency happened?"

"Report to Battalion Commander Lei, I am Li Jieming of the county squadron of the Eighth Route Army, our county squadron is on a mission, passing by Aoshan, surrounded by a large army of devils, it is not yet dawn, the enemy has not launched an attack, the county squadron leader heard that there is a team of the Eighth Route Army living in Heliu Village, so he sent me to ask for help."

When Lei Jian heard that the county squadron in Aoshan was surrounded by a large army of devils, he frowned and asked Wang Xiaoliang: "Have the scouts you sent back?" ”

"Not yet."

"Niu Dali, immediately gather the troops, advance to Aoshan in concealment, and must rush to Aoshan before dawn."

Lei Jian ordered Li Gang again: "You send a soldier to chase after Zhang Ping, who has retreated to Guojiadian, as quickly as possible, and order all troops to bring the best weapons and ammunition and reinforce immediately." ”

He said to Li Jieming, who reported the news: "You lead the way in front, and the troops follow quickly." ”

Lei Jian led the reconnaissance platoon, under the leadership of Li Jieming, and rushed out of the village in the dark.

More than 30 strong villagers in Heliu Village who had just joined the Eighth Route Army followed closely behind the team, although they did not have guns in their hands, but each of them had a guy in their hands, some were shovels, some were big knives, and some were dung forks.

Heliu Village is five or six miles away from Aoshan, and the troops ran and marched forcibly, and in less than half an hour, they arrived at the foot of the mountain not far from Aoshan.

Lei Jian ordered the troops to stop, don't look at him as a half-old child, but he was the training director of a training base before he crossed, and in the face of emergencies, he must understand the ins and outs of the matter in order to make an emergency plan.

He asked Li Jieming, who sent a message for help: "Where is the specific location of your county squadron now?" You said that there is a brigade of little devils in the squadron surrounding your county, how many people are there? ”

Li Jieming said embarrassedly: "Battalion Commander Lei, when it was almost dusk, our county squadron was preparing to climb the peak of Ao Mountain, ambush on the mountain, preparing to ambush the enemy, and rescue a large number of anti-Japanese personnel and villagers who were escorted. ”

Lei Jian frowned in the night and asked, "You still haven't made it clear, let me ask you, is your county squadron on the main peak of Ao Mountain?" ”

"No, it's on the south peak of Ao Mountain, three or four miles away from the main peak."

"Do you say the devils are a brigade or a whole bunch of devils?"

"Isn't that different? I don't see what the hell the devils are, I just see a lot of them. ”

Lei Jian was a little big and then asked, "It's like a group of wolves on the mountain, how can you tell how many there are in this group, right?" Even if you're not sure, you can guess a seven, seven, eight, eight, right? ”

"Yes, this group of wolves, no, this group of little devils can be about as many as our six or seven county squadrons."

"Hurry up, how many people are in your county squadron."

"More than ninety."

Lei Jian asked rhetorically: "That little devil should be in six or seven hundred, right?" ”

"It should be."

Lei Jian has realized that this devil army is a Japanese army with two squadrons, what kind of formation is this, how can there be so many little devils near Aoshan? Is the devil going to make a big move again?

(Tianjin)