The puppet army that rushed in front was about to approach the place where Zhang Ting's sharp knife platoon was hiding, Zhang Ting whispered an order to the soldiers around him: "Once the enemy puppet army patrol that has been rushed in is now, we must destroy them all as quickly as possible." ”

Zhang Ting alertly learned a few dog barks, and the puppet army who was so frightened that he was approaching turned around and ran back, hissing and shouting as he ran: "Taijun, Taijun, there are wild dogs in the crops, there are wild dogs, exit quickly." ”

The devil Cao Chang heard the puppet army shouting that there were wild dogs in the crops, he grabbed a puppet soldier who ran to him, slapped him twice, and scolded: "Bastard, what's so terrible about wild dogs?" Keep searching. ”

At this time, several puppet soldiers shouted in trembling voices: "Taijun, the wild dogs here are very powerful, they are all mad dogs, once they are bitten, they will die." ”

The devil Cao Chang shook off the puppet soldier who was grabbing him, waved his hand and shouted: "Withdraw from the crop field and continue to patrol forward." ”

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army hidden in the crop fields, sweating on their nervous heads one by one, saw that the enemy puppet army had retreated, and sat down on the ground with a loose body.

Zhang Ting ordered to bring a few pedestrians who fell down to him, and he said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, we are all Chinese, we are the Eighth Route Army, we will not do anything to you, I have something to ask you, are you willing to cooperate and answer well?" ”

A few pedestrians hurriedly said: "Eighth Road Chief, we are all pedestrians passing by, and we haven't done anything hurtful to the heavens and reason, so you can spare us, as long as we know, what you ask, I will answer well, and I will never dare to hide it." ”

Zhang Ting carefully inquired about the deployment of the enemy puppet army in Yanting Town and the situation in the town, and received a satisfactory answer, and then asked: "How far is it from Shouguang here?" ”

One of the pedestrians said, "Chief of the Eighth Road, you are from Mingcun Town, are you from the Eighth Road?" If you think of Shouguang, you will take the wrong road, and when you get to Yanting Town, you have to make a big turn to circle the right road to Shouguang. ”

"Let me ask you, who are you people from the vicinity of Shouguang County?" Zhang Ting looked at a few pedestrians and asked.

"I, I'm from Liu Gezhuang in the west of Shouguang County, and I don't know if the governor of the Eighth Road wants to ask Shouguang ......."

Zhang Ting asked a few words about the pedestrians in Liu Gezhuang, inquired about the matter of Shouguang to ask clearly, and instructed a few pedestrians: "In order for you to live well and not get into trouble, it's best not to tell you about seeing us, it will be good for you, can you remember?" ”

"I can remember, I can remember, we understand this, once the little devil knows that we have met with Balu, he will kill us on the charge of fornicating with Balu, and he will not dare to say it, and we will not dare to say it if he is killed."

Zhang Ting paused, listened to the movement on the road, glanced around a few more times, and saw that Huang Yong, the squad leader who lured the enemy puppet army to disguise himself as wild dogs and run into the depths of the crops, also returned, and he said to a few pedestrians: "You leave immediately, when you get to the highway, you have to pretend that no one is fine, hurry up, go quickly." ”

When the people left, Zhang Ting ordered in a low voice: "Quickly retreat, don't make any movement, and return to the main army." ”

At this time, Political Commissar Luo Jinchuan ordered the independent regiment to hide in the green gauze tent, wait for the sharp knife platoon to search forward and return, and then determine the direction of movement of the large force according to the forward intelligence obtained.

More than an hour has passed, the sun is about to set in the west, and the sharp knife platoon led by Zhang Ting has not yet returned, Luo Jinchuan can't help but feel anxious in his heart, I don't know if there is any other situation in this small army.

Just when Luo Jinchuan was waiting anxiously, the soldier in charge of the lookout ran into the crop field and reported in a low voice: "Report to Political Commissar Luo, a small force is coming from the northwest, it seems that Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang has returned." ”

It didn't take long for Zhang Ting to walk to the large green gauze tent hidden by the independent regiment with the sharp knife platoon, and when he was looking around, a few figures came out of the crop field, and the soldiers of the sharp knife platoon nervously immediately picked up their guns, and when they saw Niu Dali's people, they immediately shouted loudly: "Niu Deputy Commander, I didn't expect ......." ”

"You, you be quiet, we have many fortifications on the march, everything is secret, so you are not afraid of being heard by the bad guys if you are so loud? Hurry up and hide into the crop field, Commissar Luo is waiting for you? Niu Dali and the soldiers of the sharp knife platoon all got into the crop field, and he glanced at both ends of the road a few times, but there was no suspicion, and then he quickly retreated.

After listening to Zhang Ting's careful report, Political Commissar Luo frowned and asked: "Let's march to Shouguang, we often drill green yarn tents along the way, but I didn't expect to go the wrong way, this is going to turn to the right road, and we have to run more than ten miles." ”

He paused as he spoke, looked at his watch, and then said: "Commander Lei led the cavalry battalion, and he should have caught up with our large army a long time ago, why is there no shadow until now?" Could it be that this campaign did not go well? No, a battalion of cavalry fighters, against a Japanese squad and a company of puppet troops, should be able to solve the battle in half an hour at most, but ....... ”

Niu Dali answered: "Political Commissar Luo, the cavalry battalion led by Commander Lei will not go two forks with our large army that is going the wrong way, right?" If that's the case, it's going to be hard to get in touch. ”

Luo Jinchuan didn't dare to wait here any longer, he spread out the marching map on the ground, looked at it carefully, found the route to Shouguang, and decisively ordered: "Order the first battalion of the independent regiment to be the front team, search and move quickly, order the second battalion as the rear guard of the independent regiment, strengthen the vigilance behind the troops to surprise the enemy's sneak attack, and order the third battalion to serve as the two wings of the large force to protect the safety of the regimental organs and logistics units." ”

At this time, the sun was about to set in the west, and there were not many pedestrians on the highway, so Niu Dali, as the commander of the advance guard, ordered a battalion, a company, and a platoon to block pedestrians 500 meters north of the highway, and ordered a battalion, a company, and two platoons to block pedestrians between 500 meters south of the highway, so as to cover the large troops of the independent regiment to quickly pass the highway and get into the green gauze tent on the west side of the road.

Besides, Lei Jian led the cavalry battalion to raid Xiaonanzhuang, Xiaobeizhuang and Mingwang Village, everything went smoothly, only when Wang Xiaoliang led a company of cavalry to attack the stronghold of the devils in Mingcun Town, he was blocked by the firepower that the enemy puppet army had prepared for a long time, and when he was being attacked by the enemy before and after, he was surrounded in the town by a Japanese squadron that rushed from Pingdu City to reinforce him.

The cavalry battalion broke through in three ways, and killed it in three directions, gathered in a forest at this time, counted it, this raid on the enemy's action, casualties more than a dozen cavalry soldiers, this pair from the beginning of the formation of the cavalry team to the present, Lei Jian's cavalry troops, this time is a battle with heavy casualties.

Lei Jian said solemnly to Wang Xiaoliang and Li Gang: "You two must know that the cavalry battalion is an elite force with great mobility for our independent regiment, and the combat power of each cavalry soldier on the battlefield is no less than the power of an infantry squad.

I just want to remind you that in every future battle, you must achieve the greatest result at the lowest cost, and if you feel that this battle will cause a lot of casualties, you must withdraw from the battle and keep this cavalry unit.

Don't mishear me, what I'm saying is that if an independent regiment carries out a major campaign and needs a cavalry battalion to charge into battle to cover or support a large force to overcome the enemy, the cavalry battalion must obey the needs of the entire battle situation at all costs, even if all of them are killed. ”

Wang Xiaoliang's brain was a little confused by the thunder sword, and he couldn't help frowning and asked: "Commander Lei, what you said, why do I get more and more confused the more I listen to it, in what battle should our cavalry battalion protect its strength, and when should it be at all costs, even if it dies in battle, it can't take half a step back?" ”

Lei Jian looked at Wang Xiaoliang and said: "You are a commander, when you don't get orders from your superiors on the battlefield, you have to determine this battle according to the battlefield situation, how to fight, how to fight, you can't even be sure of this, you, the commander, can be regarded as stupid." ”

Several people were talking, and suddenly two war horses rushed into the woods, and Zhou Peng, an operational staff officer on the first war horse, reported: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, three waves of reconnaissance teams were dispatched, but none of them contacted the main force of the independent regiment led by Political Commissar Luo. ”

Staff Officer Zhou wiped the sweat from his head and then reported: "Commander Lei, a reconnaissance team I led, five or six miles ahead, the current deputy battalion commander Ma Ming led the two newly recruited company recruits, and they have not yet converged with the large army, Deputy Battalion Commander Ma saw that I was very anxious, and asked me to report the situation to you, please hurry up and issue a new action order." ”

"What? The main force of the independent regiment could not be contacted, and the two recruit companies led by Ma Ming walked on the road so swaggeringly, if they encountered the enemy, these two recruit companies with no combat effectiveness at all, wouldn't they be waiting to die? ”

Lei Jian angrily shouted to the operator who was following him: "Contact Political Commissar Luo Jinchuan by telegram immediately, the message should be brief, I said you remember: Luo, report the location, Lei." ”

After he finished speaking, he immediately followed: "Little boy, report quickly, and turn off the circuit immediately after completion, so as not to expose the location of our cavalry battalion and independent regiment after a long time." ”

(End of chapter)