Wang Xiaoliang said to Chu Shaopeng and other soldiers: "Look carefully, do you see the circle I drew on the cave wall?" Dig in from here, and you will dig a deep hole with four or five kilograms on the head of the enemy digging a tunnel on the opposite side, and we will set up the fuse index and detonate it at the right time.

He said the pickaxe of the Japanese engineer he had captured from a soldier, walked to the boulder again with a lantern in the dirt, looked carefully at the circle he had drawn, and then pressed half of his face against the cave wall, frowned and squinted to calm down, and listened carefully again.

The time was very short, Wang Xiaoliang, who was standing on the soil, suddenly quickly put down the horse lantern in his hand, picked up the pickaxe and began to dig the soil desperately, and suddenly stopped in less than ten minutes, and began to work frantically for a while after five or six minutes.

Chu Shaopeng and the soldiers standing in the tunnel around the collapsed mud and rock, they didn't know what kind of tricks their deputy head Wang was doing that people couldn't understand, not only several soldiers asked almost at the same time: "Deputy head Wang, why are you doing this?" It's funny to make people look at it, but it's not ...... again. ”

Wang Xiaoliang ignored the soldier's questioning, waved his hand and shouted in a low voice: "Shut up, don't be silent." ”

He leaned half of his face against the cave wall again, and suddenly picked up his pickaxe as if frightened and it again.

Chu Shaopeng frowned, jumped on the collapsed dirt in a few steps, and rushed forward to Wang Xiaoliang's side, seeing that Wang Xiaoliang was already sweating profusely for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Deputy Head Wang, what are you doing?" From afar, it seems strange to see your dry and stop-and-stop movements, like a monkey ....... ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Wang Xiaoliang pulled Chu Shaopeng to turn around, and whispered to the soldier standing under the collapsed soil: "You all listen, the devil on the other side of the tunnel is digging around the boulder, in order not to alarm the enemy, every time I hear the devil on the other side start to work, there is a sound of 'dong, dong' pickaxe and shovel digging earth, I hurry up to see the opportunity to do it for a while."

Guess the devil is going to stop and rest, I'll stop in advance, you know why, right? Yes, I'm afraid that the little devil will hear that we are moving here, and he will panic and take crooked ideas, which will ruin our big things. Now that squad leader Chu is taking the lead, you are ready to take over and continue to do it at any time. ”

After Wang Xiaoliang finished speaking, he put half of his face close to the cave wall, and after listening for a while, he whispered to Chu Shaopeng: "Hurry up." ”

Thanks to the efforts of a squad of soldiers, the deep hole with four explosive packs was quickly dug, and the shape of the hole was so small that it could only be stuffed into one explosive pack, which could hold two layers of explosives inside and down.

Wang Xiaoliang personally laid explosive bags into the hole, and when four five-kilogram explosive bags were stuffed into the hole, the fuse was connected and pulled out, and then the hole was sealed, and everything was ready, Wang Xiaoliang said to Chu Shaopeng: "You take two soldiers to stay here, once you stand on the edge of the collapsed soil, you can hear the sound of pickaxes and shovels plowing the soil from the opposite side of the tunnel, and immediately run to tell me." ”

He ordered the other warriors, "You guys follow me on a new mission. ”

Wang Xiaoliang returned to Lei Jian's side with a few soldiers, made a brief report on the process of burying the explosives package, and waited for the new order.

Lei Jian said to Wang Ziming, who was standing aside: "Comrade Ziming, you and Deputy Regiment Commander Wang should draw sketches for me in the shortest possible time to familiarize yourself with the location of several tunnels, tunnel exits, and tunnel vents, and take immediate action." ”

"Captain Lei, this is not good, the devil will dig through the tunnel soon, I arranged for Chu Shaopeng to pay close attention, once I hear the sound of pickaxes and shovels moving from the opposite side of the tunnel, it means that the devil is about to dig through, and then run to tell me, I will immediately rush over and light the fuse."

Wang Xiaoliang looked at Lei Jian and looked at him with a smile, and continued with a serious face: "Captain Lei, what I said is the truth, if I leave and Chu Shaopeng comes to report, if I Wang Xiaoliang can't come back, won't it delay the big event?" ”

Lei Jian couldn't hold back his smile and said: "Deputy Head Wang, don't you feel at ease if you hand over such a small matter as lighting the fuse to Chu Shaopeng?" Besides, you are a deputy regiment commander, don't do everything by yourself, don't worry about handing over everything to our comrades, and give full play to the role of every soldier, so that you can free up time to do some big things that you should do. Besides, it won't take long to find out the location of several exits and vents in the tunnel, and you will come back in time, if you rub it again, it will be difficult to say. ”

Wang Xiaoliang heard Lei Jian say this, and stood up and saluted embarrassedly: "Thank you Commander Lei for reminding me in time, I will do my big thing." ”

Lei Jian looked at the back of Wang Xiaoliang leaving, and said to Zhang Guanghua with a smile: "Vice President Zhang, there is nothing wrong with Wang Xiaoliang, this comrade has a straight heart and a good temper, although sometimes he has not taken off the naughtiness of a big child, but when he really goes to the battlefield, he is a desperate San Lang who kills the enemy, if you are ......." ”

"Captain Lei, you are still very weak now, don't talk too much, as for Wang Xiaoliang's performance, I don't care, as long as I can complete this mission well, I will be very happy." Zhang Guanghua had already heard what Lei Jian was going to say, she was afraid that Lei Jian would not be able to hold his face if he said it deeply, so she hurriedly blocked it with words.

Lao Sun, who was sitting on a stretcher and leaning on the wall of the cave, listened to Lei Jian and Zhang Guanghua talking, as if he heard something meaningful, and he said with a joke: "In the wartime, our comrades can form revolutionary partners in the blood-stained beacon fire, which is a very worthy ....... ”

Zhang Guanghua heard Lao Sun say it so bluntly, she pretended to be serious and asked, "Lao Sun, how is the injury on your leg now?" Why don't I check it out for you? ”

"Hahaha, Vice President Zhang, you deliberately didn't let the seriously injured speak, you just changed the medicine for me today, and the results of the examination recovered well, why did I just say a few words, did it touch your heart, so as to check my condition and seal my grandson's mouth?" Haha, that's not good. ”

"You, you......."

Zhang Guanghua blushed and was about to say something to refute Lao Sun, but Zhang Ping, director of the Telephone Investigation Department of the One Regiment, walked into the cave with two telegraph operators holding the radio and reported to Lei Jian: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, I have found three vents in different places to communicate with the outside world, and the communication effect is quite ideal. ”

"How is it, have you contacted Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region?"

"Report to Regiment Commander Lei, I have been contacted, this is a message from Commander Nie to you." Zhang Ping handed the telegram to Lei Jian with both hands.

Lei Jian took the telegram and glanced at it quickly, with a solemn look on his face.

Lao Sun on the side asked eagerly, "Commander Lei, have Commander Nie and the other leaders jumped out of the enemy's encirclement?" Are there any new instructions? ”

Zhang Ping didn't know the details of Lao Sun, not only frowned and looked at Lao Sun, but felt that this seriously injured Lao Sun, why did he not understand the rules so much, is this something he should ask? It's just unreasonable.

Although Lei Jian had a good impression of Lao Sun, he was puzzled about his unrevealing identity, and at this time, listening to Lao Sun unceremoniously and straightforwardly ask about the content of Commander Nie's call, he handed the message to Lao Sun without any scruples.

Lao Sun took the telegram, read it again, and read it out loud: He was deeply relieved to learn that Lei Jian was out of danger and was recovering well, and ordered Lei Jian to lead the special task force to pay attention to concealment, not to take risks to attack the enemy easily, and to stand by and move.

At this moment, Chu Shaopeng, who led two soldiers to monitor the enemy's excavation progress on the opposite side of the tunnel, quickly ran in and shouted: "Deputy Regiment Commander Wang, the soldiers and I can already hear the sound of the devil's pickaxe and shovel digging on the other side of the tunnel about five meters, do you want to detonate the explosive bag immediately?" ”

Chu Shaopeng glanced at the people in the cave while reporting, but did not find Wang Xiaoliang, and looked at Lei Jian sitting on the cave wall anxiously, afraid that Lei Jian's injury had not recovered yet, and turned to Zhang Guanghua.

Zhang Guanghua listened to Chu Shaopeng's report on a major matter, she, the vice president of the field hospital, had never commanded a battle with the enemy, and was stared at by Chu Shaopeng at this time, and she didn't know how to reply.

Lei Jian said to Chu Shaopeng: "Squad leader Chu, it's a matter of the safety of the tunnel, help me up, I'll go over and take a look." ”

(End of chapter)