The enemy planes in the air flew away from this area, and they left behind a beacon of flames and smoke of gunpowder.

Yamada Daisa, the commander of the 593rd Wing of the Japanese Army on the ground, saw that the green gauze tents around the battlefield had been razed to the ground, and some plots exposed the remains of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army hidden inside.

Yamada Osa, a brutal guy, laughed and said: "The main force of the Dirt Eight Road was completely defeated, and the strange chariot made by the small force of the Dirt Eight Road was destroyed into a pile of rotten iron by the large Japanese Imperial Army fighter battle group in the air, and the bones of the Dirt Eight Road on the chariot are gone, hahaha, the 593rd Wing of our Great Japanese Imperial Army has achieved brilliant results." ”

The chief of staff beside him, in accordance with Yamada Daisa's arrangement, immediately reported the results of the battle to Lieutenant General Hino, commander of the 180th Division of the Japanese Army, and Lieutenant General Hino immediately reported to Commander Okamura of the North China Front.

General Okamura Ninji looked at the telegram in his hand and said to Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe: "Tanabe-kun, what do you think of the telegram sent by the commander of the Hino Division?" ”

"Your Excellency General, I believe that the Battle of Deshi Road, with the strong cooperation of the ground forces and the strike force of air fighters, the victory of this battle should not be deliberately exaggerated, but the telegram mentions the destruction of the Eighth Route Army's three strange and powerful chariots, I have a little suspicion, the Eighth Route Army is called the Eighth Route Army, the reason is very simple, that is, the weapons of the Eighth Route Army are all earthen guns and artillery, and they eat local millet. Is there a deliberate exaggeration of the results, deliberately? ”

"What Tanabe-kun said makes sense, and I also have this idea, but Hino-kun, the commander of the 180th Division, proposed to see this great victory in Tokushilu in the newspapers, how to deal with it, and how about it to be handled by Tanabe-kun?"

Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake nodded and said: "I understand, please rest assured, Your Excellency General, it will be seen in the newspapers immediately, vigorously publicizing that in the Deshi Road counterattack Tubalu sabotage battle, the Great Japanese Imperial Army won a complete victory, killing Lei Jian, the famous independent regiment commander of the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, once this news appears in the newspapers, the commander of the 13th Brigade of the Yantai, the head of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade, and the commander of the Aida Division of Keishima, will raise a glass to wish the Great Japanese Imperial Army this great victory, and it will also boost morale and ruthlessly destroy the Eighth Route Army's sabotage battle on our communication line, Put the entire North China Eighth Route into a cage and kill it in blocks, and the anti-Japanese base of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be cleared. ”

General Okamura Ninji heard Tanabe's chief of staff say this, and he said with appreciation: "Shouting, Tanabe-kun is safe in handling things, and the response is powerful, and the great victory of the Imperial Army in the First Battle of Tokushilu will boost the morale of the Imperial Japanese Army, and it can also thwart the conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army to carry out a sabotage war, forcing the Eighth Route Army's position to shrink, and it is in a situation where it is hidden and does not dare to attack." ”

He turned around and pointed to the traffic map hanging on the wall, and said to Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake: "Tanabe-kun, immediately issue an order, order the 108th Division to continue to advance, order the 180th Division to hold on to Zhengtai Road and Deshi Road, and order the 372nd Wing, which crosses the Yellow River, to immediately cross Deshi Road and quickly move closer to Zhengtai Road to reinforce the 180th Division's insufficient troops." ”

Tanabe Moritake's Chief of Staff Tachimasa replied, "Hai, Hai." ”

The North China Command of the Japanese Army is intensively deploying newspapers and news organizations in various localities to vigorously publicize the brilliant results of the victory at Deshi Road, especially how to report on how to kill the regimental commander Lei Jian, who was called the 'devil who killed the imperial army' and the Eighth Route Army's 'thunder general'. The next day, the major newspapers appeared in the streets and alleys.

At this time, was the Thunder Sword really 'killed' by the group of fighters flying over the Deshi Road by the devil?

Lei Jian was lying down, his hands tightly covered the Japanese steel helmet he was wearing on his head, and he was buried by the dirt that fell on his body from the air dropped war bombs and explosions around his body, and he lost consciousness at that time.

I don't know how long it took, Lei Jian was awakened in pain, he tried to get up, but he felt as if something was pressing down on his body, and he wanted to raise his head, but several attempts failed, only to feel dizzy and unconscious.

When Lei Jian woke up again, he felt that the soil around him was moving, he raised his head violently, and finally breathed in the strong gunsmoke and turbidity, choking on his 'cough' continuous cough, he shook his head soberly, feeling that there was a wound on his face, bleeding down, pinprick-like pain all over his body, he had realized that he had multiple injuries on his body.

Lei Jian tried to crawl out of the soil that buried him, but he couldn't exert his strength, his head was dizzy and he was about to lose consciousness again, he quickly stopped his efforts, closed his eyes and adjusted his breath.

In his subconscious, Lei Jian felt the soil around him move again, he thought that it might be a warrior who was buried by the mud beside him, in order to rescue the warrior in time, Lei Jian used all his strength and finally crawled out of the dirt.

Lei Jian saw that the soil around him was loose again, he didn't care about being injured by shrapnel in many places on his body, crawled to the mound that was still moving slightly, picked up the soil with both hands, and finally found a hand, he wanted to grab the hand of the soldier buried in the soil and pull him out of the buried mound, but he didn't have the strength, and with a sudden effort, the blood gushed up, and a mouthful of thick blood spewed out, and he fell to the ground with a soft body.

Before he fell into a coma, he forced himself not to fall, but he couldn't hold on, and although he was in a semi-comatose state at this time, he still remembered the warrior buried in the earth.

Lei Jian was unconscious for a short time, but soon woke up again, he crawled to the warrior who was still buried in the soil, first did not care about the hand exposed in the soil, his hands were near the estimated warrior's head, and he struggled to pick up the soil on both sides.

The injured Thunder Sword, after a period of exhaustion, finally pulled out the back of the soldier's head buried in the soil.

When Lei Jian saw the back of his head that had just been exposed, he suddenly came out of the soil, and when he saw Lei Jian kneeling in front of his head and continuing to dig the soil, he suddenly cried out: "Captain Lei, you are still alive, I am alive, I, I am ......." ”

The soldier who shouted was none other than Qu Jiaming, the guard who closely protected Lei Jian's life.

Qu Jiaming saw that Lei Jian was still alive, and this joy was coupled with the fact that he had been held in the soil for a long time, in a state of extreme hypoxia, and his body was still buried under the soil at this time, and he was so excited that he fainted.

Lei Jian shouted while constantly picking up the soil covering Qu Jiaming's body with both hands, and he shouted weakly: "Qu Jiaming, you bastard, didn't you say that you are my closest guard?" If I live, you kid won't dare to die for me, wake me up quickly. ”

Qu Jiaming was pulled out of the soil by Lei Jian, Lei Jian turned him on his back and lay on the ground, only to see Qu Jiaming's chest rise and fall, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, but the time was very short, Qu Jiaming regained consciousness, this was a person who had practiced martial arts after all, when he opened his eyes and saw Lei Jian lying on top of his head, staring at him nervously, Qu Jiaming was about to sit up excitedly.

Lei Jian grabbed Qu Jiaming and said quickly: "Quickly, quickly pick out the soldiers buried in the soil." As he spoke, he was about to stand up, but as soon as he stood up, the wound on the side of his left thigh, and the torn thunder sword fell to the ground with an 'ah'.

Qu Jiaming let go of the thunder sword, and before he turned his head, he didn't expect the thunder sword to fall down with a loud cry, he threw himself to the side of the thunder sword, and said with tears in his eyes: "Commander Lei, there is a cut in your left thigh, which is bleeding out, you wait, I'll bandage you first." ”

"Qu Jiaming, you bastard, I'm just injured, but the soldiers who are buried in the soil, once they are not rescued in time, even if they are not killed by enemy aircraft bombs, they will be suffocated to death, obey my orders, quickly find the bulging mound, pick up the soil on it, as long as there is still a breath, rescue him first, if he has already been sacrificed, hurry up and find the next one."

Lei Jian shouted fiercely, so frightened that Qu Jiaming hurriedly left, and when he saw which mound was big, he began to desperately pick up the soil on it.

At this time, the soil kicked up by the war bullets, the soldiers buried below, life and death are only in minutes, as long as they are rescued in time, it is very likely to drag them out of the line of death, at this time to know the adage of 'time is life', it is too convincing.

Thunder Sword dragged his injured left leg and crawled little by little on the ground to a mound of dirt, and when he reached a mound of dirt, he found that the shape of this mound would not bury the warrior underneath, and immediately crawled to another mound.

(End of chapter)