Lei Jian saw that Commander Yang was holding a military meeting, he walked to the back of the house, dragged a bench and just sat down, Commander Yang of the left wing column of the Hundred Regiments Battle of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region beckoned and said, "Commander Lei, sit in front." ”

The heads of the various troops who were in the meeting all looked back at Lei Jian, most of them had met, and a few people who didn't know Lei Jian stood up, and said with a smile: "Commander Lei, stand in front quickly, tell us to take a good look, you are a very famous regiment commander, you can see it today, you are really handsome and young, and you are very likable at first glance." ”

Lei Jian walked to the front, first saluted the column leader sitting in the front row, and then turned around to salute and greet the cadres of each unit.

Commander Yang motioned for Lei Jian to sit down, and he continued: "The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, and the Jinsui Military Region, have successfully completed the first phase of the Hundred Regiments Battle, and will immediately move to the second stage of extending the results outward.

Now that the second phase is coming to an end, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is deploying the tasks of the third phase of the Hundred Regiments War.

I have just given you a brief briefing on the decisive victories won by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in accordance with the decisive victories won by all the cadres and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the first and second phases of the battlefields in the first and second phases of the battle, and I hope that the leaders of all units will convey to all companies and units the results achieved in the first and second phases of the 100-regiment battle, and will carry out a propaganda and education campaign for the soldiers.

The commander of Lei Jian, the only regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, was praised by the military region for his outstanding performance in the first battle of Laiyuan City, and the commander of the Lei Regiment did not come to participate in the meeting of the left wing column to publicize the excellent examples of the major corps and the battle of the 100 Corps. ”

When Commander Yang said this, he stood up and said solemnly: "According to the order of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Headquarters, all units are ordered to immediately move to designated positions, carry out troop rest, and strive to improve the skills of the new soldiers who participated in the Eighth Route Army in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, pay close attention to training, and be ready to go to the new battlefield at any time. ”

After the meeting, Commander Yang left Lei Jian, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Commander Lei, I have received an order from Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to order your regiment to run a long distance of thirty kilometers, and ask to arrive at the Zoumayi at eight o'clock at night, and destroy the Japanese stronghold of the Zoumayi as quickly as possible, the burden on your body is not light." ”

Lei Jian nodded and said: "Commander Yang, you know, since the first shot of the battle of the 100 regiments was fired at 22 o'clock on August 20, the only regiment has been fighting the enemy on the front line of Zhengtai Road, and it only withdrew from the battle of attacking Laiyuan City today, and it is about to rush to attack the horse post dozens of kilometers away, which is very hard and tiring for the soldiers of the troops.

However, please rest assured that Commander Yang will be able to complete the task of destroying the Japanese stronghold of Zoumayi and rush to Fuping on time to assemble. ”

He continued: "I am really reluctant to leave Commander Yang this time, this is an order, I Lei Jian dare not disobey, before leaving, I participated in the last military meeting of Commander Yang of the column, and just now I listened to a few fresh examples of the troops of the two major military regions of Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and Jinsui in the battle of the hundred regiments, and I was very inspired.

It's just that I haven't heard it comprehensively, I don't know if Commander Yang can summarize the battle examples of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the major corps, and the information sent to each column, hey, let me take a look? ”

"Hahaha, you stinky boy, I've heard a long time ago that you have a hobby of collecting successful battle examples, and I will satisfy you." Commander Yang said to Staff Officer Feng of the column around him: "Xiao Feng, have you heard everything?" Then show it to the Leader of the Thunder Sword. ”

Commander Yang smiled and asked Lei Jian: "Commander Lei, these materials are still in the stage of secrecy, they can only be borrowed, not taken away, let alone take notes, can you do it?" ”

Lei Jian thought to himself, as long as you ask me to watch it once, I can write down eight or nine without leaving ten, otherwise I'm sorry for the nickname that everyone gave him before the crossing.

He nodded solemnly and said, "Please rest assured, Commander Yang, I, Lei Jian, promise to pay attention to confidentiality discipline, will not take away a single piece of information, and will not record a word, I will do this." ”

Lei Jian took a few documents handed to him by Staff Officer Feng, smiled at Commander Yang, and immediately said to Zhou Peng, the chief of staff of the regiment beside him: "Come on, Chief of Staff Zhou, let's look separately, we want to obtain the combat experience and strategy and tactics urgently needed by the unique regiment from these successful examples. ”

More than two hours later, Lei Jian led the reconnaissance company and guard platoon, bid farewell to the head of the column and the cadres and soldiers of the brother troops, rushed out of the village, and along the Laifu highway, chasing Song Tiedan and other six soldiers who died with the enemy and died on the battlefield.

Traveling less than 20 miles to the southwest, you can still smell the smoke and bloody smell of gunpowder that has just taken place in a fierce battle on this Laifu highway, and gunpowder smoke is still rising in some places.

In the road and the crops on both sides, the dead soldiers on both sides have not been cleared, and there are still undried blood stains everywhere.

Lei Jian called Fan squad leader of the reconnaissance company, who finally saw Song Tiedan and the other six soldiers, and died heroically, and asked: "Squad leader Fan, did you see Song Tiedan's platoon leader and five soldiers, and finally died on the battlefield with the enemy, where is the specific position?" ”

Squad Leader Fan reined in his war horse, pointed to the southwest and said: "Commander Lei, Platoon Leader Song Tiedan and five soldiers are just one thousand meters away from the southwest, if I remember correctly, they are in that area." ”

With a wave of his hand, Lei Jian took the lead in running in the direction of Song Tiedan's six warriors and glorious sacrifices.

Found it, in a field of crops, found a grenade that had been detonated by a dozen detonators, and blew up a large crater, inside and outside the big crater lay dozens of corpses of enemy and enemy soldiers.

Lei Jian looked at the fragmented limbs, identified according to the military uniform, and found the remains of three soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were put together, and the bones of Song Tiedan and other soldiers were no longer recognizable.

Tragic, such a tragic battlefield remnant, Lei Jian knelt on the ground in grief, and said with tears in his eyes: "Tie Dan, the six brothers I sacrificed, your regiment commander Lei Jian came to see you, you are the pride of the Eighth Route Army, the heroes on the battlefield who killed the enemy, and it was you who used your flesh and blood to cover the cavalry battalion to bring the captured weapons, ammunition and food back to the only regiment safely."

My good brother, walk slowly all the way, maybe one day, my thunder sword will chase you, let's meet again underground, or comrades in arms who resist Japan and kill the enemy, even if they are ghosts, they will not let go of this group of beasts that burn and plunder my country, my family, and my relatives. ”

Lei Jian was supported by Zhou Peng and Qu Jiaming, and all the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army present collected the bones of the soldiers who died heroically together, cleaned them up carefully and religiously, dug a big pit in the crop field, and placed the bones of the sacrificed soldiers as neatly as possible, buried the sacrificed soldiers with tears, and erected six wooden tombstones in front of the huge grave, writing the names of the six soldiers.

Lei Jian wrote on Song Tiedan's tombstone: The tomb of Song Tie (Dan), the platoon commander of the Eighth Route Army, who bravely sacrificed his life.

Qu Jiaming cried and shouted: "Tie Dan, my good brother, Commander Lei gave you a resounding name, 'Song Tie', you are an anti-Japanese iron man who will never fall, I respect you, my good brother." ”

Lei Jian ordered all the soldiers, along the Laifu Highway, to find every soldier who sacrificed and bury them one by one, at this time he felt a little comforted in his heart, he did not call his own anti-Japanese heroes, violent corpses in the wilderness, so that the heroes finally buried in the ground.

A group of Lei Jian, disguised as the Japanese cavalry, quickly and concealed the Japanese stronghold according to the marching route map he collected, and rushed all the way to the horse post.

More than 30 kilometers of mountainous dirt roads, marching a Japanese cavalry team, the villages that need to pass through are all detours, after more than three hours, finally arrived at the Japanese stronghold of the horse post, the northwest direction of the Dongdi Mountain hilly forest, quickly concealed in, dismounted to untie the belt to replenish dry food.

Chief of Staff Zhou Peng sat beside Lei Jian, condescendingly looked at the horse post a few miles away in the distance, and couldn't help asking: "Commander Lei, we have arrived at the assembly area, according to the time, the cavalry battalion will arrive within an hour, and the main force of the only regiment may need a few hours before they all come to this forest, are we going to start a reconnaissance close to the horse post soon?" ”

"We are still very unfamiliar with this place, and if we do not feel the situation and attack rashly, the chances of victory are not great, which is a taboo for the troops. Rest for a while, find out the surrounding situation, and wait for the cavalry battalion to arrive before arranging on-the-spot reconnaissance. Lei Jian said with a frown.

(End of chapter)