Lei Jian said with tears of excitement in his eyes: "Grandpa Zhang, I, Lei Jian, have nothing to say, I thank you on behalf of the injured soldiers, it was you who gave them a new life, thank you." ”

Old Chinese Medicine Doctor Zhang stood up and said to Lei Jian sincerely: "Commander Lei, since you don't dislike my old Zhang is already old, and you can still help your Eighth Route Army children do something, then I will continue to work now, and strive to bandage the wounds of the wounded soldiers when your troops leave Lijiazhuang, so that if you continue to walk a long way, the wounded will reduce their pain and try to ensure the lives of the seriously injured to the greatest extent." ”

Lei Jian excitedly stood up with his hands on the bed board, and kept saying, "Thank you Grandpa Zhang, thank you Grandpa Zhang." ”

Old Chinese Medicine Zhang pressed the Lei Jian on the door panel, and said to the four new soldiers who carried the Lei Jian: "You four descendants can listen to me, if there is any danger when Commander Lei continues to hurry, I will not spare you, remember for me, the injury to Captain Lei's left leg is healing, once it is pulled away again, it will be very troublesome, maybe there will be a danger to life, the four of you must carry it along the way, do you hear?" ”

The four new soldiers shouted loudly in obedience: "Please rest assured, as long as the four of us are still alive, we will carry Commander Lei back to the main army." ”

With tears in his eyes, Lei Jian watched the sturdy old Chinese medicine doctor Zhang leave, and began to nervously treat the wounded, and he asked Qu Jiaming, who ran back at this time, "Is everything arranged according to my orders?" ”

"Report to Regiment Leader Lei, with the help of the villagers of Lijiazhuang, everything is in place according to your orders, and everything is in place, ready to set off at any time. However, there are more than 30 descendants of this Lijiazhuang who have asked to join the Eighth Route Army, you see ....... ”

"Jia Ming, our Eighth Route Army is originally the people's soldiers, and our own children want to join our own troops, we have no reason to stop them, let alone fight their high-pitched mood of participating in the Eighth Route Army to kill devils, and tell them that they should arrange their families and follow the troops at any time."

Lei Jian waited for Song Tiedan and Cui Dalu to run back and report to the end, and he decisively ordered: "Carry the seriously wounded, the troops will leave Lijiazhuang immediately and return to Peacock Valley quickly." ”

In addition, the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade of the East Column stationed in Peacock Valley, as well as the Independent Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the Mountain Column of the Eighth Route Army, had been reorganized into the East Column Independent Regiment at this time.

According to the instructions of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Command, the three units of the Eastern Vertical were ordered to leave the Peacock Valley today and quickly move closer to Fuping to accept the new task of destroying the enemy's transportation lines.

Commander Chen of the East Vertical stood in the room, looked at Ma Mingshan, the chief of operations, and said as if talking to himself: "I have been waiting for the head of the Lei Sword and the people around him in Peacock Valley for three days, but I haven't waited for their news until now, I ...... in my heart. ”

Director Ma Mingshan stood up and said: "Commander Chen, my heart is also heavy, if the head of Lei Jian is still alive, he will definitely rush back to the army in time, he can't have no news for three days, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that Commander Lei is really leading the cavalry battalion into a wing of devils, in the most dangerous way, disrupting the deployment of a wing of the Japanese army to attack the new Seventh Brigade and the new Ninth Brigade, and now the new Seventh Brigade and the new Ninth Brigade have successfully withdrawn from the battlefield and kept the main force of the troops, but the commander of Lei Jian and the soldiers around him should be outnumbered in the enemy group, In the end, he died heroically. ”

"Yes, if there is no Lei Jian to lead the cavalry battalion to reinforce in time, and take decisive measures to disrupt the enemy's offensive deployment, then the main forces of the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade will attack with strong firepower on the ground of the Japanese army, coupled with the bombing of enemy aircraft combat aircraft in the air, the consequences will be unimaginable, but this stinky boy can't die, he is the bravest child I have ever seen, if Lei Jian really sacrifices, I can't explain to Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region."

At this moment, Staff Officer Kong handed a telegram to Commander Chen with both hands, and reported in a cautious voice: "Report to Commander Chen, Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has called." ”

Commander Chen heard that it was Commander Nie's call, not only did his body move, he looked at the message with a few words, and the message was as follows: Commander Chen, if there is no news from Lei Jian, if there is no news, send a few soldiers to stay in Peacock Valley, wait for three more days, and order your troops to go to Fuping as soon as possible, Nie.

After reading the message, Commander Chen's mood was very heavy, Deshi Road raided the first battle, although he won the victory, Lei Jian's life and death are unknown, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region Headquarters has called many times to inquire, it seems that he attaches great importance to the life and death of this Lei Jian, but whether this stinky boy is alive or dead, he can't find this Lei Jian, he can't get the exact news, my old Chen just left the Peacock Valley, and his heart will not be steady.

The atmosphere at the East Column Headquarters was very heavy, and the brigade commanders and political commissars of the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade stood beside Commander Chen, ready to accept orders at any time and lead the troops out of Peacock Valley.

Several people didn't speak, they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, hoping that there would be a miracle, and the thunder sword suddenly fell from the sky, so they really waited for this little brother.

Commander Chen looked at the staff of the headquarters, he had already collected the map hanging on the wall, everything was ready, and he was waiting for him to give the order and the troops to move out.

He walked around the room restlessly, and the people around him saw that Commander Chen was anxious, and he didn't know why. In fact, the clearest thing was Director Ma and Staff Officer Kong, the two didn't want to disturb Commander Chen, so they quietly exited the house and stood in the courtyard waiting.

Time passed little by little, Commander Chen suddenly stopped, raised his wrist, looked at his watch, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, he put his hands behind his back, stood in front of the window, through the window of the farmhouse, watching the soldiers of the troops outside the village nervously walking back and forth, his heart tightened.

It didn't take long for Staff Officer Kong to walk into the house from the courtyard, seeing that Commander Chen just wanted to speak, but was blocked by Director Ma who caught up, the two stood at the door of the house, and urged Commander Chen wordlessly: When the time comes, the troops are about to leave, just wait for your order.

Commander Chen looked at his watch again, the hour hand was pointing at three o'clock, he turned his head sharply and shouted: "Convey my order, and the troops will ...... immediately." ”

Suddenly, a staff officer ran in, shouting in an anxious but excited voice: "Report to Commander Chen, news has come from the independent regiment, and the peripheral investigators have found that from the southwest entrance of the Peacock Valley, there is a peasant team of more than 300 people, this peasant team is carrying light and heavy weapons on their shoulders, which is better than that of the independent regiment, and I also saw many people carrying stretchers and walking quickly towards the Peacock Valley, please tell Commander Chen, we ......." ”

As soon as Commander Chen heard that a peasant team had walked in from the valley mouth, and they were well armed, and there were light and serious wounded, he turned around and rushed out of the house, walked through the courtyard and walked to the street gate, and suddenly turned around and shouted: "You come with me, I have a hunch that it must be Lei Jian, a stinky boy, who brought back a troop, follow quickly." ”

Standing in the courtyard, waiting for Commander Chen to give the order for the troops to set off, the headquarters personnel watched Commander Chen rush out of the courtyard, and listened to Commander Chen's order, "You come with me", and shouted that it felt like Lei Jian was back, and these cadres around Commander Chen ran out, followed Commander Chen closely, and rushed to the camp of the independent regiment.

Just when Commander Chen rushed to the independent regiment with the cadres around him, he met the two brigade commanders and political commissars of the new Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade at the entrance of the village, and ran in the direction of the independent regiment. ”

Several waves of people gathered together and quickly rushed to the camp of the independent regiment.

Besides, Lei Jian led more than 300 new soldiers who participated in the Eighth Route Army, carrying captured light and heavy weapons, carrying heavy wounded, and rushing to Peacock Valley at the fastest pace.

When he saw the valley mouth of the Peacock Valley, Qu Jiaming, Song Tiedan, Cui Dalu, and the four seriously wounded soldiers of the surviving guard squad shouted and cried excitedly: "We can go back to the army, woo woo, it's like dying once in the past three days, and now back in the big army, I want to laugh, I want to cry, I want to lie on the ground and roll." ”

The guards of the Independent Regiment hidden at the mouth of the valley saw a team of miscellaneous clothes coming from the southwest direction of the Peacock Valley, and saw that the formation was chaotic and the weapons and equipment were enviable.

As soon as Luo Jinchuan heard that a peasant army had come from the valley mouth, he hesitated to guess that it was Lei Jian, the stinky boy, who had returned?

(End of chapter)