Lei Jian ordered Qu Jiaming and Fang Liqiang: "You two must do everything possible, you must rescue the soldiers who are still alive ashore, and you must not give up every casualty soldier who fell into the water, do you hear?" Hurry up and salvage. ”

He shouted violently to the guard squad: "Feng Guang, lead the guard squad to follow me immediately." ”

Lei Jian led the guard squad to rush into a small forest on the west bank of the Tiechuan River at the fastest speed, he rushed forward a few steps, suddenly soared, climbed a big tree, 'swish, swish, swish......, used his hands and feet together, a few flicks, already standing on the canopy, he held a telescope, quickly scanned the battlefields on the east bank of the Tiechuan River.

He discovered that the position of the main force of the 'One Regiment' on the east bank of the river was being attacked by six enemy planes in batches and quickly back and forth in the air.

Under the communication and liaison of the 581st Wing on the ground, enemy fighters locked onto the position of the Eighth Route Army and carried out a second round of bombing.

After the air fighter carried out the second wave of air strikes, it suddenly pulled up and roared straight towards Lao Ye Mountain.

Lei Jian leaned down and shouted to Zhang Ping, the director of the Electrical Investigation Department who saw him running into the woods quickly at this time: "Zhang Ping, as fast as possible, contact Li Gang, deputy head of the Laoye Mountain Cavalry Battalion, and order all the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to immediately rush to the edge of the cliff from the commanding heights, grab the rope formed by kudzu vines and leggings, leap to the bottom of the cliff, and lead the cavalry battalion to rush to the downstream of the Tiechuan River pontoon, swim across the river, and build a position behind the four battalions on the west bank, ready to meet the battle."

The artillery company of the regiment was ordered to approach the pontoon bridge in concealment, quickly adjust the gun position, and at the fastest speed, fire five shells after aiming at each mortar to the place where the devils were concentrated on Hengshi Road and to the field command post of the devils, and under the cover of the main force, quickly withdraw to the artillery position arranged in advance on the west bank of the river, and launch the most fierce artillery bombardment against the Japanese troops on the east bank.

Ordered Wang Xiaoliang, deputy regiment commander on the east bank, to leave Zhang Ting's first battalion, withdraw to the second line of defense to block the enemy, and cover the second and third battalions to retreat to the west bank and quickly enter the position.

Battalion Commander Zhang Ting was ordered to resolutely block the general attack once the Japanese army launched a general attack, and when the enemy's large force was approaching the forward position, he decisively retreated to the third line of defense along the communication trench, and blocked the enemy with the most fierce firepower. ”

Lei Jian quickly finished giving the order, and looked at Lao Ye Mountain with a telescope, at this time, the peak of Lao Ye Mountain was bombed by six enemy planes, and it was already a beacon of gunpowder at this time. The 16th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which attacked the peak of Laoye Mountain, under the cover of enemy aircraft, quickly broke through the commanding heights of Laoye Mountain and occupied the main position of the Eighth Route Army.

The captain of the 16th Brigade, Yamada Kizo Nakasa, with the support of a few little devils, climbed the peak of Lao Ye Mountain for the second time, he stood on the highest rock at the commanding height, looked at the wolf smoke under the mountain with a command knife, and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, my Japanese Imperial Army is invincible, and I have eliminated all the reinforcements of a regiment of Tubalu, hahaha." ”

The deputy captain of the 16th Brigade stood under the rock, looked up at Captain Yamada standing on the rock, and reminded in a low voice: "Yamada-kun, the Tsubachi Road quickly lost its trace under the fire of the aerial fighters, could it be that they flew away from Lao Ye Mountain with their wings, or escaped from the ground?" My 16th Brigade occupied the peak of Lao Ye Mountain so easily, and this matter is very strange and really ....... ”

"Hahaha, since you know that the Tuba Road, which is sticking to Lao Ye Mountain, was hit by the aerial fire of the fighters of the Imperial Japanese Army, you said that the Tuba Road, can you avoid the war and suddenly escape? Hahaha, the warriors of my 16th Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army, under the cover of aerial fighter fire, captured Lao Ye Mountain in one fell swoop, and the Tuba Road was completely wiped out, this is the record of my 16th Brigade, do you understand? ”

Such arrogant boasting, even Captain Yamada himself didn't believe it, he climbed the peak of Lao Ye Mountain, and didn't find how many casualties were left behind by the Dirt Eight Road soldiers who stuck to their positions, he didn't know, where did this powerful Dirt Eight Road go?

He commanded the troops: "All the warriors of the Imperial Army, rest on the spot and do not move around at will. ”

Captain Yamada jumped off the rock, took a few officers around him, and began to search the mountain, he wanted to find clues that the Eighth Route Army might leave behind when it suddenly disappeared.

At this time, a devil squad leader ran to Captain Yamada from the edge of the cliff and said in a low voice: "Report to Your Excellency the Captain, I found dozens of ropes and kudzu vines on the edge of the cliff, and I went down the cliff, I don't know what ......." ”

"Bastard, don't talk nonsense, take me over quickly."

Captain Yamada actually guessed a long time ago that the Eighth Route Army that was sticking to the peak of Lao Ye Mountain was not wiped out by his brigade, and the breakthrough position was just the Eighth Route Army voluntarily giving up, but this hypocritical guy deliberately shouted arrogantly in order to invite merit, and eliminated the Eighth Route Army that was blocked by fire in Lao Ye Mountain.

At this time, he was told by the ignorant team leader, and in order to cover up the truth, he ordered the team leader to take him to the edge of the cliff in a low voice.

Captain Yamada saw a few trees on the edge of the cliff, as well as a protruding boulder, tied with dozens of ropes, and he ordered the team leader with a dark face: "You quickly cut off the ropes and kudzu vines tied to the trees and rocks without leaving a trace, do you understand?" ”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked quickly back to the big rock at the commanding height, and jumped up, Yamada waved his command knife and laughed: "Hahaha, I checked the peak of Lao Ye Mountain, and I didn't find any secret passages that can lead to the bottom of the mountain. ”

At this time, the commander of the 581st Wing under the mountain, Iizuka Kiyosho Osa, saw the group of air fighters, bombing the position of the Eighth Route Army on the east bank of the Tiechuan River in two consecutive waves, and the bombs fell on the position, bursting into waves of gunpowder smoke and flames, he laughed arrogantly: "A few more aerial fire strikes, the Tuba Road position will become a piece of broken corpses and rotten flesh, and mine can break through the resistance of the 'only group' of the Tuba Road and quickly reinforce Zhengtai Road." ”

Chief of Staff Ken Sato echoed and said: "What His Excellency Osa said is extremely true, but it is getting late, and I am afraid that there is a difference in the target of the fighters, and they cannot fundamentally destroy the position of the Tsubachi Road." ”

He was right, the commander of the air fighters could hardly capture the exact target of the Eighth Route Army's position in the darkness of night, and after three waves of bombs were poured on the Eighth Route Army's position and carried out heavy firepower strafing, the ammunition of the six fighters was running out, and at most they could carry out one bombing operation, and they would have to return to the airfield.

The commander of the fighter plane contacted the ground and made it clear that the last round of bombing was over and that he would leave immediately.

The main force of the 'only regiment' of the Eighth Route Army, under the attack of multiple waves of light and heavy firepower from enemy planes, held a battalion in the forward position on the east bank, suffered heavy casualties.

Lei Jian stood on the canopy of the tree, and in the gray twilight of the sky after sunset, he couldn't see the specific battle situation on the east coast clearly, but he analyzed that the enemy's main ground force would definitely suddenly concentrate its forces and launch the most fierce attack on the forward positions when the fighters flew away, in an attempt to break through the firepower blocking line of the Eighth Route Army and quickly reinforce Zhengtai Road.

He was waiting, waiting for the enemy fighters to leave the sky over the battlefield and make new battlefield deployments to crush the crazy attack launched by the devils.

Just when the devil's fighter carried out the last bombing, Lei Jian guessed that the ammunition contained in the devil's fighter should not be much, and at most there would be another low-altitude bombing.

He jumped off the canopy and ordered Zhang Ping beside him: "Order the second and third battalions that retreat back to the west bank, cross the Tiechuan River as quickly as possible, enter the position on the east bank, and counterattack the main force of the attacking Japanese army."

The cavalry company led by Li Gang was ordered to suspend the river-crossing operation, build positions on both sides of the Hengshi Road in front, and prepare to block the enemy from breaking through the forward position of the Eighth Route Army and quickly marching westward. ”

Lei Jian turned to the assault company, reconnaissance platoon, and guard squad and ordered: "I will give you five minutes, immediately replenish weapons and ammunition, follow orders at any time, and set off with me." ”

Zhang Ping listened to Lei Jian's several orders, especially the last one, and asked Lei Jian nervously: "Commander Lei, you won't lead these three small troops and take the risk of forcibly crossing the Tiechuan River, entering the position on the east bank, and blocking the main force of the attacking devils, right?" ”

"Don't be verbose, you lead the pre-battle interrogation team to act with me." Lei Jian commanded decisively.

As soon as the five minutes arrived, Lei Jian waved his hand and shouted: "Prepared troops, quickly follow me into the east bank position." ”

The forward position held by the 1st battalion on the east bank was attacked by Japanese fighters for the last time in the air, and the entire position of the 1st battalion seemed to have been plowed over, the soil was crisp and loose, the soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and the soldiers who were still alive disappeared.

Zhang Ting, the commander of the 1st battalion, saw the devil's position in the twilight, and the troops of the two Japanese brigades, under the supervision of the wing commander Iizuka Daisa, launched the most fierce attack on the forward position of the 1st battalion.

(End of chapter)