Commander Guo of the 772nd Regiment found that a remnant of the enemy was fleeing in the direction of Liaoxian County in the east, and ordered the 11th Company of the 3rd Battalion to pursue it quickly, and it was necessary to destroy this fleeing Japanese squad.

The 11th Company of the 3rd Battalion chased 15 kilometers along the highway, and finally caught up with the fleeing enemy, the leader of the devil squad ordered the implementation of firepower, the soldiers of the 11th Company of the 3rd Battalion were attacking Yushe City, the bullets were almost consumed, at this time the ammunition was insufficient, only most of the enemy was destroyed, and the remaining dozen remnants continued to flee eastward.

These dozen little devils, as soon as they saw that they had finally escaped the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, were about to take a good rest, when they were suddenly surrounded by a platoon of the 385th Brigade fighting in the eastern section.

At this time, he can't even save his own life, how can he still have the strength to run away with the chief's head on his back? Throw the head of Fujimoto on his back into the ditch and continue to run.

More than a dozen little devils were on the run, and suddenly they were surrounded by a company of the 385th Brigade, killing a few little devils who resisted, and all the rest were captured alive.

The remnants of the enemy in Yushe City were basically wiped out, and Commander Chen, the left wing column, heard that there was still a remnant enemy hiding in an abandoned warehouse, so he ordered the commander of the 16th Regiment: "This remnant enemy will be handed over to your 16th Regiment." ”

Half an hour later, the enemy puppet army in Yushe City was finally completely wiped out.

According to the deployment of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region Headquarters, the commander-in-chief of the left wing column and commander Chen of the Taiyue Military Region led the 772nd Regiment, the 16th Regiment, and the 25th and 38th Regiments of the First Decisive Column.

At this time, the only regiment of Lei Jian of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region received an order to withdraw from the battle of Laiyuan City, and ordered the troops to assemble in the area of Fuping.

After Lei Jian launched the fiercest attack on Laiyuan City for five minutes, he ordered his troops to quickly withdraw from the battle and retreat to the woods two kilometers east of Laiyuan City to stand by.

The only regiment of troops participating in the battle, except for the cavalry battalion, which was still on guard on the perimeter, had all the troops assembled in the woods.

At the meeting, Lei Jian summed up several major battles in which the only regiment had participated since the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, and analyzed, deduced, and synthesized the steps of analysis, deduction, and synthesis from the strength and firepower of both sides and the armament of weapons and ammunition, so as to make an objective and accurate positioning of the performance of the unique regiment in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

Political Commissar Ma conducted an ideological education and mobilization in accordance with the ideological conditions of the soldiers in the troops.

Finally, Lei Jian stood up and shouted with a solemn face: "All stand up and pay the highest salute to the soldiers and brothers who died in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments and all the battles——。 ”

Under the unified order of Lei Jian, all the cadres of the regiment and battalion stood in a row and raised their right hands, facing the east, west, south, and north, and presented their most sincere respect to their comrades-in-arms and brothers who sacrificed their lives for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression through military salutes.

Lei Jian said in a heavy tone: "Comrades, we are all soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, but we are still alive, in order to respect every soldier who sacrificed, I order: Zhang Ting, the commander of the first battalion, to make the most appropriate placement of the remains of the soldiers who were snatched back." ”

He turned to Ma Mingshan and said, "Political Commissar Ma, after the first battalion buries the remains of the martyrs, please lead the only regiment and immediately move to the direction of Fuping." ”

"Commander Lei, I will lead such a large army, then you ......."

"Political Commissar Ma, you know, the last time we launched a general attack on Laiyuan City, if there was no guard platoon leader Song Tiedan, he would lead ten soldiers to fight the enemy to life and death. In the end, he knew that the fifteen carriages escorting weapons, ammunition, food, and military supplies along the Laishi Highway were the empty cart ecstasy array laid by my Lei Jian, but Song Tiedan, the platoon commander, in order to cover the cavalry battalion's safe transport of the captured weapons, ammunition, food, and military supplies back to the main position of the only regiment, still took the soldiers with him, risking the danger of bombing by enemy planes in the air and pursuing troops on the ground, and continued to follow the Japanese troops in the air and on the ground.

In the end, for the sake of this batch of important military supplies, in order to ensure that the troops were replenished with weapons and ammunition, and successfully conquered Laiyuan City, the six soldiers pulled grenades in the face of the encircled enemy and died with the enemy.

Ma political commissar, comrades, Song Tiedan and other six sacrificed soldiers, they are the only regiment bravely facing the enemy, the most selfless and fearless heroic soldiers, I, as the head of these six martyrs, can not call my soldiers violent corpse wilderness, this is disrespectful to the sacrificed soldiers, is an insult to the living soldiers.

I can't just leave it alone, I can't do it with my thunder sword.

I will take the reconnaissance company and the guard platoon, even if it is a great danger, to find these six heroic soldiers, build a tomb for them, and engrave their glorious names, so that future generations will always remember our martyrs. ”

The cadres of the regiments and battalions who attended the meeting were very excited when they heard their regiment commander say something that made people feel very excited and enthusiastic.

Wang Xiaoliang took the lead and said: "Commander Lei, although it is very risky for you to do this, but we listen to you, if the cadres and soldiers of the only regiment know that the regiment commander takes the risk of leading the team to bury the bones of loyalty, they will be more brave and good at fighting on the battlefield of killing the enemy." ”

Political Commissar Ma Mingshan said: "Commander Lei, I will seize the time and immediately convene a mobilization meeting of the whole regiment, and simply and clearly tell Commander Lei's adventurous trip to our cadres and soldiers, if they know Commander Lei's deep affection for his comrades-in-arms and brothers, it will stimulate everyone's enthusiasm for killing the enemy." ”

Everyone gave full support to Lei Jian's adventurous action.

After the meeting, he took out the sketch of the march he had drawn in advance, spread it on the ground, and gave a specific explanation to Ma Mingshan, Wang Xiaoliang, Li Gang, Zhou Peng, and Kong Xiang of the Political Department around him.

He pointed to the section of the road from Laiyuan to Fuping and said: "It is about more than 70 kilometers from Laiyuan to Fuping, and the horse post that passes through on the way is more than 30 kilometers away from Laiyuan, and our main force should set off at about two o'clock in the afternoon on the first day, that is to say, the ordinary march lasts for six hours, and the so-called ordinary march, that is, to avoid the Japanese stronghold, and strive to reach the Dongdi Mountain on the periphery of the horse post at eight o'clock at night.

According to the staff officer of the operational side of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Headquarters, he provided information in advance: The Japanese stronghold of Zoumayi had been destroyed in the first stage of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, and the Japanese Ninth Brigade had gathered a squadron of Japanese troops to occupy it again. ”

When Lei Jian said this, he looked at several regiment leaders and continued: "When the troops arrive at Dongdi Mountain in Zoumayi, they will immediately send a reconnaissance detachment to conduct close reconnaissance of Zoumayi, and if I can arrive in time with the reconnaissance company and guard platoon, we will agree on an operational plan for attacking the Japanese stronghold of Zoumayi."

We still have some time, and we order the troops to do the final inspection before the transfer, and the troops will immediately enter the repair, and tomorrow, the only regiment will be divided into two roads and start at the same time. ”

At this moment, Director Zhang Ping of the Electrical Investigation Department walked quickly to Lei Jian's side and said in a low voice: "Commander Chen of the Left Wing Column of the 100 Regiments of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region ordered Regiment Commander Lei to immediately rush to the 25th Regiment to hold the transfer of troops to the handover of positions. ”

Lei Jian looked at several regiment leaders and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to set off at the same time with the large army tomorrow, but it seems that there is no time, I will lead the reconnaissance company and guard platoon now and rush to the 25th regiment for a meeting, so that I may walk in front of the large army, and do a good job of reconnaissance in advance in order to attack the stronghold of the Japanese army, which is also a good thing." ”

"Captain Lei, shall I go with you?" Wang Xiaoliang pleaded.

Lei Jian said with a smile: "Deputy Commander Wang, you can be on your own now, it is impossible to follow me like before, running errands and fighting, your task is also very heavy, to assist Political Commissar Ma and lead the troops to march forcibly, the task is not light." ”

Li Gang couldn't hold back his instructions: "Commander Lei, otherwise I will take a company of cavalry to act with you?" In this way, on the march of more than 80 kilometers, once you encounter the enemy, you can still ....... ”

"This is not good, nearly a battalion of cavalry has to pass through several Japanese blockades on the road, the target is too big, and it will be discovered before it arrives, which will be more dangerous. Alright, I'm about to leave for now, and I hope we meet soon, so take care. ”

After Lei Jian finished speaking, he stood up and turned around and shouted, "Chief of Staff Zhou, you follow me and order the reconnaissance company and the guard platoon to set off immediately." ”

A cavalry team of nearly 200 horsemen, rushed out of the woods, quickly swooped down to the southwest, passed through the dirt road in the mountains, the dust and mist that exploded flew into the air, and nearly 200 cavalry marched quickly, the continuous dust and fog brought by this speed, like an earth dragon, the front just exploded and became the tail fog behind, and it went straight to the southwest.

More than an hour later, Lei Jian led the reconnaissance company and guard platoon to the 25th Regiment and the left column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

(End of chapter)