Lei Jian stood up, pulled the soldier who reported the news to him, and asked eagerly: "How do you know that the devil unit that appeared in front is a squadron?" Who's in charge of avant-garde scouting? ”

"Report to Regiment Commander Lei, the person in charge of the avant-garde reconnaissance is Deputy Commander Ma Ming of the cavalry battalion."

Lei Jian ordered the commanders of the battalions and companies around him: "You immediately return to your respective units, prepare for battle, and once you give the order to attack, you must annihilate this devil squadron with the greatest firepower and the most courageous speed." ”

Luo Jinchuan grabbed Lei Jian and said, "Commander Lei, I will lead a battalion ......." ”

"My old battalion commander, your elder brother still led a large army to follow closely, and received an order to march quickly to the west, to rush through the enemy blockade line at all costs and reach the bank of the Yellow River as originally planned."

After Lei Jian finished speaking, he ordered Zhou Peng, the combat staff officer: "You lead a platoon of cavalry to the vicinity of the devil squadron found in front, carefully reconnoitre, once this Japanese army is five miles away and no other enemies are found, come back and report to me immediately." ”

He also ordered Li Gang: "You lead the cavalry battalion, stealthily approach the Japanese squadron, receive an order, launch an attack on the Japanese army, and use the tactics of repeatedly charging and killing and dividing the devil troops, disrupting the devil formation, and waiting for the infantry to launch an encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese army." ”

Lei Jian ordered Niu Dali: "You lead a battalion to follow behind the cavalry battalion, wait until I give the order, ready to enter the battle at any time, once the battle is over, quickly withdraw from the battlefield, continue to move closer to the bank of the Yellow River, occupy favorable terrain, and prepare to launch a frontal attack with the Japanese brigade building the bridge." ”

After the second order was issued, Lei Jian led more than a dozen cavalry soldiers to leave the large army and chase after Ma Ming, Wang Xiaoliang and Li Gang of the advance guard, and returned to the cavalry camp.

Ma Ming saw Lei Jian rushing up from behind with more than a dozen horsemen, he rushed out of the green gauze tent and stood on the dirt road and reported: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, a squadron of Japanese troops was found in front, and it was moving quickly towards the west, can we fight?" ”

Only then did Lei Jian figure out that it was not the Japanese squadron that was coming, and he decisively ordered Zhou Peng, the combat staff officer who was following him: "Convey my order, cancel the military operation, implement the second line of action, avoid the Japanese squadron in front, quickly move closer to the bank of the Yellow River, and order all troops to arrive at the designated place at three o'clock tomorrow morning." ”

The order that had just been given was immediately canceled according to the changes in the battlefield, and the troops received the order to continue to advance according to the new marching route, and with the help of the cover of the green gauze tent, they marched to the bank of the Yellow River at the fastest pace.

The troops hurriedly passed by Lei Jian, and when Luo Jinchuan followed, Lei Jian grabbed Luo Jinchuan and said: "Political commissar, from now on, the troops have no rest time, and must arrive at the designated place at the specified time, this is an order that cannot be disobeyed, once the arrival time is delayed, the dawn will be discovered by the devils of the 372nd Wing of the Yellow River simple road and bridge, then we want to cross the Yellow River, we will definitely be blocked by the powerful firepower of the devils."

If it is blocked by the Japanese army on the east bank of the Yellow River, the situation of our independent regiment will appear to be blocked by the enemy on the bank of the Yellow River in the front, and then there will be the Japanese army that will go to Dezhou to reinforce and pursue.

Our independent regiment will not be able to cross the Yellow River, and under the concentrated encirclement and suppression of the large Japanese army, the whole regiment will be in a very dangerous situation, not only will it not be able to reach the assembly place designated by the head of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in time, but it is also very likely that the entire army will be surrounded and annihilated by devils. ”

Luo Jinchuan saw that Lei Jian said so seriously, he clenched his fists and said simply and forcefully: "Commander Lei, as long as the large army is not harassed by the enemy puppet army during the rapid march, it is guaranteed to arrive at the designated place in Shanghe Town on the bank of the Yellow River on time." ”

"Okay, don't worry, I will order the cavalry battalion to clear all obstacles in the march of the main force and ensure the full speed of the main force's action." Lei Jian and Luo Jinchuan, the two pairs of big hands were tightly clenched together, and they were released in an instant, Luo Jinchuan caught up with the large army, and when he was about to disappear into the green gauze tents on both sides of the dirt road in front, he turned around and waved his hand vigorously.

Lei Jian ordered Wang Xiaoliang beside him: "You lead the second cavalry company, pay attention to the rapid march within three miles on both sides of the large army, search for all suspicious situations, and once you find it, contact me immediately." ”

He also arranged Li Gang in the rear guard to ensure the safety of the rear of the large army.

Lei Jian led more than a dozen horsemen, brushing the main force marching team, and quickly rushed to the front, when he caught up with Ma Ming, who was in charge of the avant-garde reconnaissance, Ma Ming asked: "Commander Lei, the march speed of the large army is very fast, is it not the avant-garde cavalry company to speed up and stay away from the large army, so as to ensure that the enemy situation is discovered in time and the large army is notified to prepare for battle?" ”

"What you said makes sense, you lead a platoon of cavalry, and the soldiers are divided into three ways to extend forward three or four miles in front to reconnoitre, once the enemy is found, don't be alarmed, we don't have time to engage the enemy halfway."

Lei Jian watched Ma Ming lead a cavalry platoon to rush forward quickly, and he ordered the dozen or so horsemen beside him, "Follow me." ”

More than a dozen horsemen left the dirt road, got into the green gauze tent, and after a difficult journey, they found the nearest dirt road on the map to Shanghe Village on the bank of the Yellow River.

At this time, the Lei Jian team was still more than 90 miles away from the assembly site of the Yellow River, and if they did not encounter the enemy halfway, they would be able to reach it within five hours.

More than a dozen horsemen were moving forward, and found that the village in the northwest direction was full of smoke, and flames rose from different parts of the village from time to time, this was not an ordinary village fire, it must be a little devil breaking into the village and carrying out a brutal massacre.

Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan, who were following closely behind, pointed to the village in the northwest direction that was full of fireworks and asked: "Captain Lei, the village in front was slaughtered by little devils, and the people don't know whether they are alive or dead, should we just go around and ignore it?" ”

The guard Duan Zhigang scolded: "We are all the guards of Captain Lei, just a dozen of our cavalry soldiers, do you think we have the ability to kill the little devil who slaughtered the village like crazy?" This kind of adventure, you ....... ”

Lei Jian waved his hand and ordered: "The villagers are suffering, we can't watch and ignore it, with the help of the cover of the green gauze tent, quickly approach the village in front, if the enemy is not large, destroy it on the spot, once it is a large army of the enemy, I can only decide whether to fight this battle or not by looking at the situation." ”

After a dozen horsemen interspersed in the green gauze tent for a while, they soon approached the village, and there were no enemy puppet troops outside the village, and it seemed that the enemy had all rushed into the village.

Lei Jian jumped off the war horse and said to Duan Zhigang, Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan: "Get off the horse and follow me close to the reconnaissance, the other soldiers are hidden in the green gauze tent, and when they see the signal I sent, they immediately take the war horse to the vicinity of the village." ”

Three figures disguised as devils quickly approached the village in the green gauze tent, and as soon as they approached the entrance of the village, they could hear the beatings, abuses, and screams coming from the village.

Lei Jian led the three of them to the crop field in the north of the village, which was very close to the nearby house, and within ten steps of rushing out of the crop field, he could lie on the wall and see part of the movement in the village.

At this time, the perpetrators in the village were all little devils, but they didn't know how many people there were in this devil army, and they didn't dare to enter the village without permission.

Lei Jian rushed out of the crop field, jumped into the courtyard of the family in front of him, and the three people behind him followed.

There was no sound at all in this house, the yard was empty, even the doors were open, as if there was no one living here, and the dead silence made people's scalps explode, and their whole body trembled unconsciously.

Lei Jian's pig-killing knife slid into the palm of his hand, his wrist reversed and held the hilt, and he whispered to the three people who followed: "Touch into the house, see what the situation is, once you find that there are devils inside, you must eliminate them as quickly as possible." ”

The four of them cautiously approached the door of the house, and a stream of blood floated out of the house, and before they entered the house, they saw two bloodstained corpses lying on the ground of the main room.

Lei Jian walked into the house, glanced at a couple of men and women lying on the ground, and guessed that it was the owner of the house, who might not have escaped from the village before he could escape from the house, and was blocked in the house by the little devil and killed.

Qu Jiaming scolded in a low voice: "Grandma the little devil, you will kill people when you enter the village, you are so special that you have no humanity, you are simply a bunch of brutes." ”

Song Tiedan took a gun and rushed into the back room, and found a teenage girl lying on the kang, the girl's clothes had been torn into shreds, and the pants on the lower half of her body had faded to her feet and neck.

He turned back to Lei Jian and shouted, "We can't watch the villagers being ruined by the devils, just kill them into the village and kill all these beasts, otherwise I can't bear this breath." ”

Just as the four of them were inspecting the tragic situation in the house, a black shadow suddenly rushed out of the inner room, his face was as gray as black Zhang Fei, and he pounced on the thunder sword closest to him with a kitchen knife.