The nine lightly and seriously injured led by Lei Jian dragged their weak bodies, and finally walked out of more than ten miles step by step, and now their bodies have reached the brink of exhaustion, shouting, for them, it is just that their vocal cords are trembling, and the voice they make is hoarse and weak, how can it be transmitted five or six hundred meters?

Besides, Wang Xiaoliang and Li Gang, who were riding on war horses, led the soldiers of the cavalry battalion and supervised the new soldiers who participated in the Eighth Route Army, running and jogging all the way, the roar of horses' hooves on the ground, mixed with the chaotic footsteps and noisy sounds of these four or five hundred new soldiers.

Lei Jian saw that this chaotic army was about to leave them, and in order for the nine lightly and seriously injured people around him to return to Peacock Valley alive, he resolutely took out his pistol and was about to pull the trigger towards the sky.

Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan, the two guards, saw Lei Jian take out his gun, these two quickly pulled out the gun, and they were about to pull the trigger when they were loaded, and suddenly Lei Jian panted and shouted: "Don't shoot." ”

This sound was not loud, but Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan around them heard it, although these two had not participated in the Eighth Route Army for a long time, they could follow Lei Jian's side, and knew the importance of the commander's orders, the two continued to raise their guns and turned their heads and shouted: "Commander Lei, if you don't shoot again, the army led by Deputy Commander Wang will pass, and we will lose the last hope of surviving Commander Lei." ”

"Put the gun down, once the gun alarms the nearby enemy and sends troops to encircle and suppress, this chaotic army led by Deputy Commander Wang has no combat effectiveness, then they will be wiped out by the enemy. I can't put down my guns at the expense of hundreds of lives just because a few of us can be saved. Thunder Sword gasped and ordered.

Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan reluctantly put down their guns, these lightly and seriously injured saw that they could be saved, but they were cut off by their Thunder Sword Commander, and they couldn't help muttering resentfully in their hearts: "This is looking for death by yourself." ”

The cavalry battalion led by Wang Xiaoliang, with this team of hundreds of people, quickly left their sight under the eyes of these light and seriously wounded, and when the dust cleared, the empty mountains and fields that had already hung in the west sky were left, leaving these ten lightly and seriously wounded, walking heavily step by step on the country dirt road with green gauze tents on both sides.

Lei Jian looked at the sun that was about to set in the western sky, and the afterglow reflected the red clouds in the western sky into patches, this was the last light of the day, and it would not be long before the whole earth would be shrouded in darkness.

The sky slowly darkened, and the last of the sky turned gray, and was driven away by the dim moon and the moon-chasing stars, and night came.

Lei Jian and the nine lightly and seriously injured people had not eaten a mouthful of dry food for a day, and the water in the pot had long been gone.

Qu Jiaming helped Lei Jian to walk forward step by step, and he asked in a low voice, "Captain Lei, are we going on with an empty stomach like this?" If we toss like this, we don't have to go to Peacock Valley, and all of us will die on this way back, or ....... ”

Lei Jian really can't walk, if he hadn't crossed over, he had studied martial arts at the Shaolin Martial Arts School when he was young, and later went to the military academy, and joined the army, and exercised a strong physique.

He stopped, and said weakly, "Brothers, find a suitable place on the side of the road, and rest your feet before walking." ”

Qu Jiaming sat on the ridge of the crop on the side of the road, he was tired enough, and he fell directly on the dirt road with green gauze tents on both sides, with his legs facing the sky, looking at the sky motionless, I don't know if he was admiring the moonlight or counting the stars in the sky.

Lei Jian looked at the lightly injured man lying crooked on the side of the road, and he knew in his heart that he had to find a nearby village, even if he could get a bite to eat, he would replenish his body with a little energy before he could continue walking.

He said to Qu Jiaming beside him: "Jiaming, you help me find the nearest village, explain the situation to the villagers, and find something to eat for the soldiers, if we don't eat something, I'm afraid that if we can't last until we return to Peacock Valley, we will die on the road." ”

Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan got up from the ground where they were lying and said: "Commander Lei, your injuries are very serious, you can't move anymore, you wait here with the soldiers, Song Tiedan and I are slightly injured, as long as we can find the village, we will definitely get food, so you can rest assured." ”

Lei Jian shook his head in the night: "You two can only get food when you enter the village, and you can't do other things, so Qu Jiaming should help me go." ”

Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan went out to join the Eighth Route Army, they were not familiar with the people here at this time, and the two people who were blind in the black light really didn't know if they could complete the task assigned by the head of the Lei Jian Regiment.

Lei Jian was helped up by Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan, his injured left leg, tearing the pain of the heart, moved a step forward slightly, like a knife cutting his heart.

Song Tiedan held Lei Jian and said, "Captain Lei, I will accompany you with Qu Jiaming, so that you will suffer less." ”

"No need, both of you are lightly wounded, if you are all gone, the few seriously wounded people left here, not to mention the enemy puppet army, even a rabbit can be knocked down, they all leave, once they encounter danger, who will take care of these soldiers? Tiedan, Qu Jiaming and I are leaving, you must take care of them, wait for us to come back, do you hear that? ”

Lei Jian, supported by Qu Jiaming, walked to a higher embankment, and the two looked around in the dark at the same time, trying to find the nearest village and begging the villagers to find a way to rescue these seriously injured people.

Qu Jiaming pointed to a place more than two miles in front of him and said: "Commander Lei, I found that in front of that crop, sometimes there is a faint light, is there a village nearby, why don't we go over and have a look?" ”

Lei Jian didn't even have the strength to speak, he pinched Qu Jiaming's arm to hold him, meaning that he agreed.

The two figures in the green gauze tent in the night moved little by little in the direction identified in front of them, and gradually disappeared into the crop field, losing the shadow of the person.

Besides, Wang Xiaoliang led the cavalry battalion and brought more than 400 young and middle-aged people who enthusiastically participated in the Eighth Route Army back to Peacock Valley, Luo Jinchuan saw that Wang Xiaoliang brought back so many people at once, and dragged him aside and asked first: "Have you found Commander Lei?" How did you bring back so many people, could it be that these people are all going to join the Eighth Route Army? ”

Wang Xiaoliang was afraid that Luo Jinchuan would ask if he could find Lei Jian, but he had already raised it, so he had to say heavily: "Political Commissar Luo, I led the soldiers of the cavalry battalion, and asked the villagers of nearby villages to help, and carefully searched the battlefield and the surrounding area of the battlefield back and forth, only found the remains of some soldiers, but did not find the head of Lei Jian and the soldiers beside him.

You ask these people what's going on, hey, when I mention this, I have a big head, these young descendants who help find the head of the Lei regiment, look at the crops in the crop field have been harmed by the little devils, I know that I just stay at home, I have to starve to death if I have no food to eat, instead of waiting for death at home, it is better to join the Eighth Route Army to go to the battlefield to kill devils, nearly a thousand people pestered me to follow, and finally I put forward four conditions for them to join the Eighth Route Army, after screening, these more than 400 young and middle-aged people will be brought back to our campsite Peacock Valley. ”

As soon as Luo Jinchuan heard that several groups of people had been sent to look for him on the battlefield, there was no news of the thunder sword at all, and he brought back more than 400 new soldiers who participated in the Eighth Route Army.

Commander Chen was holding a telegram, he read it more than once, but he didn't know how to reply, the content of the message was very simple; Chen, the enemy's fake newspaper revealed that the Lei Jian Independent Regiment, the New Seventh Brigade, and the New Ninth Brigade were annihilated, and Lei Jian was killed.

This telegram is very simple, but it feels heavy in Commander Chen's hands, he pondered for a long time, and said to Director Ma beside him: "Commander Lei Jian's life and death are unknown until now, Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region called to inquire, how do you think it is better to call back?" ”

Director Ma was already able to memorize this telegram sent by Commander Nie, and he said with some embarrassment: "Commander Chen, the main forces of the Lei Jian Independent Regiment, the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade have not suffered major casualties, but the whereabouts of the Commander Lei Jian are still unknown, and I don't know how to call Commander Nie back. ”

Commander Chen's most scratching head was that Lei Jian's life and death were unknown, and he didn't know how to reply to Commander Nie, but Commander Nie's call couldn't help but call back in time, he paced around the room with a telegram in his hand, showing a very embarrassed look.

(End of chapter)