Captain Iizuka had an ominous premonition in his heart, frowned and looked at Chief of Staff Ken Sato beside him and asked: "Sato-kun, I feel that Lao Ye Mountain is very weird, I sent a team to investigate, but I haven't returned until now, could it be that they have encountered an ambush by a large army of the Eighth Route Army in Lao Ye Mountain?" ”

"Your Excellency Iizuka, the reconnaissance team has been set off for a long time, there is no news at this time, and mine is also suspicious, for the safety of the Japanese Imperial Army squad, I propose that I immediately order the 16th Brigade Yamada Kizo Nakasa, and lead the troops to seize Lao Ye Mountain at full speed, so as to ensure that my 581 Wing can pass through Lao Ye Mountain smoothly and quickly reinforce Zhengtai Road."

"Yashi, Sato-kun's words are just as I thought, order the Yamada 16th Brigade to act immediately." Co-Captain Iizuka ordered.

The 16th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was riding in the middle of the truck brigade, received the order, and Captain Kizo Yamada jumped out of the cab and ordered the combat staff officer beside him: "Order the 16th Brigade to get out of the car quickly and occupy Laoye Mountain at full speed." ”

A large group of devils, under the supervision of commanders at all levels, ran and rushed to the Lao Ye Mountain, which was less than two miles in front, and Huang pressed the heavily armed little devils, ran forward with a gun on his back, and in less than 20 minutes, he came to the foot of the southern slope of Lao Ye Mountain.

Captain Yamada Kizo, the commander of the devil, looked at the panting soldiers who were running, ordered the troops to rest for ten minutes, and immediately occupied the position at the top of the mountain of Lao Ye after receiving the order.

At this time, on the western slope of Lao Yeshan, Lei Jian, who raided the devil squad halfway up the mountain, led more than 30 soldiers to launch a sneak attack on the enemy behind the back, and in the tense fighting, all the 20 little devils were destroyed.

Lei Jian ordered Cui Dalu, the commander of the first cavalry company, to lead the troops to occupy the commanding heights of Laoye Mountain, renovate the fortifications, monitor the enemy, and be ready to meet the battle at any time, and he sent an obvious signal to Li Gang, the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion who led the cavalry battalion to Laoye Mountain at the foot of the mountain, and ordered each cavalry company to leave five soldiers to guard the war horses at the foot of the mountain, hide in the green gauze tent, and the other soldiers should bring all their weapons and rush to the commanding heights of Laoye Mountain at the fastest speed.

After giving the order, he took the eight soldiers around him, turned around and rushed to the top of the mountain, he wanted to defend the position on the top of the Laoye Mountain when the enemy had not launched a large-scale attack, and arrange the only cavalry battalion to block the large-scale attack of the 581st Wing.

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion received the order to climb the commanding heights of Lao Ye Mountain as fast as they could, in less than half an hour.

Lei Jian, who was the first to climb the commanding heights, saw the cavalry battalion rushing up from the western slope of Lao Ye Mountain, he withdrew ten steps from the commanding heights to stop the soldiers who rushed up from directly ascending the commanding heights, so as not to expose the target and attract the attention of the commander of the devil under the mountain on the southern slope.

Li Gang, who rushed to Lei Jian's side, asked breathlessly, "Commander Lei, has the Japanese army's reinforcements arrived at Lao Ye Mountain?" ”

Lei Jian pointed to the distance at the foot of the southern slope of Lao Ye Mountain and said, "You take a telescope and look carefully one thousand meters to the south, just take a look." ”

Li Gang didn't dare to stand at the highest place and look southeast of the mountain, and saw a large stream of Japanese trucks parked on the Hengshi Highway, and there were many of them that couldn't see their heads. ”

As soon as Lei Jian heard that the devil's army was rushing towards Lao Ye Mountain, he picked up the binoculars, and gasped in shock, he didn't expect the devil's action to be so fast, and he took the initiative to launch an attack on Lao Ye Mountain without getting the reconnaissance team to report the reconnaissance information.

He ordered all the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to use the sapper shovels and pickaxes that had captured the little devils, to make desperate efforts and to plan the deployment of the fortifications he had planned for the construction of the positions and fortifications at the commanding heights and 50 meters below the commanding heights, and immediately and covertly speed up the repair of the positions and trenches.

More than 300 soldiers, distributed in different positions, tense and orderly excavation of trenches, consolidation of fortifications, for a time at the top of the Lao Ye Mountain, in order to fight the enemy to protect themselves, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to speed up the excavation of the trenches on the peak of Lao Ye Mountain and the reinforcement of the position in the spirit of killing the enemy.

Since Li Gang rushed to the top of Lao Ye Mountain, he saw that in addition to the more than 30 cavalry soldiers brought up by the company commander, there were only a dozen soldiers on the position, and these dozen soldiers were solemn and silent, and even Song Tiedan, who talked the most, seemed to have become dumb.

He frowned and grabbed Lei Jian and asked, "Commander Lei, didn't you lead Qu Jiaming's reconnaissance platoon and Song Tiedan's guard squad to act together?" Why are they both there, but what about their warriors? ”

Lei Jian pointed to the southern slope of Lao Ye Mountain and said bitterly: "Li Gang, the other soldiers were sacrificed on the southern slope of Lao Ye Mountain and fought with the enemy, this time in Lao Ye Mountain for reinforcements, the 'only regiment' paid a heavy price, I took the reconnaissance platoon and guard squad fifty-one cadres and soldiers, and now there are only sixteen people left."

This is not counting, in front of Lao Ye Mountain to block the attack of a squadron of devils, the first battalion of the 15th Regiment of the right wing column, except for Bian Zhiming, the deputy battalion commander and two fighters are still alive, more than 300 cadres and soldiers are all heroic, you say, Lao Ye Mountain is still in our hands, is it exchanged for the blood and lives of the soldiers? ”

Li Gang heard the end, his head was like exploding, he didn't expect that the head of the Lei Jian regiment was in Lao Ye Mountain, leading fifty-one cadres and soldiers to reinforce the position of the first battalion of the fifteenth regiment, and at the cost of blood and life, he couldn't help but shed tears, and said in fear: "Commander Lei, you and the comrades who are still alive have suffered. ”

"Bitter? With just the word 'bitter', can you write the courage of sacrificing soldiers to kill the enemy? You tell every cadre and soldier of the cavalry battalion that Lao Ye Mountain is still in our hands, and it was saved by hundreds of soldiers with their blood and lives.

It must be made clear to every soldier who is still alive that the troops we are holding on to Laoye Mountain at this time have only one cavalry battalion, and this cavalry battalion is about to launch a powerful attack to block a wing of the Japanese army.

Even if we all die in battle, we must hold on to the Laoye Mountain position and wait for reinforcements from the main force of our 'One Regiment' that we don't know when we will arrive. ”

Li Gang didn't expect that the Laoye Mountain Blockade Battle, the task was so arduous, with the combat strength of more than 300 soldiers in a cavalry battalion, to block the attack of thousands of people in a wing of devils, this is to fight with the jackals with the flesh and blood of lambs, to put it bluntly, it is to declare war with the enemy, until the last person fights, but also to hold the position.

He looked at Lei Jian in shock, only to see that Lei Jian's face was clearly angled, his lips were tightly closed, and his eyes were shining, giving people a kind of formidable fortitude and sacrosanct thunder might.

Lei Jian yelled at Li Gang: "Bastard, you don't have time to find out anything, immediately check the commanding heights, and the trenches and fortifications within fifty meters of the mountain, and tell the soldiers that at this time, sweat more, and the stronger the position and fortifications, the less bloodshed and fewer dead people can be shed in wartime, have you heard?" ”

This was the first time that Li Gang saw Lei Jian yelling at him so harshly, which made him realize more clearly that this time in the land of Lao Ye Mountain, the arduous task and the unexpected bloodiness would definitely be performed very tragically on the battlefield.

The 16th Brigade of the Japanese Army, under the supervision of Captain Yamada Kizo Nakasa, has begun to attack the peak of Lao Ye Mountain.

Captain Yamada Kizo shouted to the soldiers who were rushing towards the mountain peak, "We are the bravest soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, the most loyal subjects of His Majesty the Emperor, and for the sake of the Great East Asian Holy War, we must occupy Lao Ye Mountain within an hour. ”

Lei Jian lay in the trench at the commanding heights, relying on the cover of the fortifications, holding a telescope, and paying close attention to the attack speed of the little devils under the mountain.

He asked Zhang Ping, director of the telecommunications investigation department who was following the cavalry battalion and approaching him at this time: "Director Zhang, the telegram contacted Deputy Commander Wang Xiaoliang and led the four main battalions of the 'One Regiment', where did he arrive at this time?" How far is it from Lao Ye Mountain? What time can I arrive? ”

"Report to Regiment Commander Lei, the main force of the 'only regiment' has now arrived at Menggezhuang on the other side of the Tiechuan River, fifteen miles away from the Tiechuan River, twenty miles away from Lao Ye Mountain, and within about two hours, you can reach the foot of the west slope of Lao Ye Mountain."

Zhang Ping was asked three questions in a row by Lei Jian, his tone was stern, and there was no ambiguity, and he didn't dare to say ambiguous words, so he had to report truthfully.

Lei Jian's eyebrows rose sharply, and he ordered fiercely: "Director Zhang, immediately order Deputy Regiment Commander Wang Xiaoliang to order the main force to break the formation, and order the vanguard to reach the main position on the high ground of Lao Ye Mountain within one hour as quickly as possible. ”

Wang Xiaoliang was leading the four battalions of the main force of the 'One Regiment' to gallop towards Lao Ye Mountain at the fastest speed, when suddenly a war horse galloped from the rear team, and before Wang Xiaoliang arrived, he reported loudly: "Report to Deputy Regiment Commander Wang, Commander Lao Ye Mountain Lei is in an emergency." ”

Wang Xiaoliang quickly looked at the urgent telegram sent by Lei Jian twice, and he couldn't help frowning and muttering to himself: "It's a two-hour journey, and the vanguard is ordered to arrive within an hour, isn't this urging your life?" ”

(End of chapter)