The Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army's Mountain Column submitted a document to the newly established independent regiment, and soon received a reply from the Mountain Column Headquarters, ordering it to seize the time and equip the personnel and institutions of the newly established independent regiment, and the detachment would wait for Lei Jian to return to the base area and immediately announce the appointment.

At this time, Lei Jian led the independent battalion to take advantage of the darkness of the night, stepped on the enemy camp, disrupted the fortification of the devils, and responded to the independent battalion guarding Hutouling to kill down the mountain, break through the encirclement set by the captain of Kameda, and quickly march to Liugong Town in the night.

Liugong Town had been garrisoned in advance by five companies led by Dong Dayong, an instructor of the independent battalion, during which some reactionary forces were eradicated, and village militia units were organized and established in nearby villages, and the troops were expanded to seven companies now.

The garrison of the Eighth Route Army formed a deterrent to the reactionary forces in the surrounding areas, and the villagers initially realized their wish to live a stable life without harassment from the enemy and puppet troops.

The Lei Jian Independent Battalion arrived near Liugong Town before dawn, the troops stopped advancing, and Lei Jian ordered Li Gang: "The situation in Liugong Town is unknown, you lead a cavalry squad to reconnoitre, and once you find anything suspicious, return and report immediately." ”

Li Gang led a cavalry squad in the dark night before dawn, quickly searched forward, about three miles away from Liugong Town, and found that there was a vague high ground in front of him, the more Li Gang looked at it, the more strange the high ground felt, as if there was an ambush there, and this feeling became stronger the closer he got closer.

Xiao Zhou, the battalion communications officer who followed Li Gang to investigate, asked a little timidly: "Company Commander Li, don't you think the vague high ground in front of you is strange?" Why do I feel unsteady? ”

Li Gang ordered the cavalry squad to stop, he jumped off the war horse and whispered: "Leave one soldier to take care of the war horse, and the others will follow me close to reconnoitre." ”

At this time, a person on the high ground asked in a low voice: "There are more than a dozen black shadows in front of me, I don't know who they are?" ”

"Don't squeak, wait for these dozen or so figures to touch, don't shoot, pounce on them and tie them up, do you hear them?" Another dark shadow commanded the others.

Li Gang took ten soldiers, holding a gun and cautiously approached the vague high ground step by step, and when he reached the high ground, Li Gang whispered to the soldiers: "Surround this small high ground, search from the bottom to the top, find the target, and retreat immediately." ”

The people who were hiding on the high ground saw more than a dozen black shadows surrounding them from below, and one of them scolded in a low voice: "Bastard, this is me looking for death." ”

"Don't talk, get ready to do it." A dark shadow commanded in a stern tone.

Li Gang took the soldiers to the top of the mountain quickly, and found nothing suspicious, just about to straighten up and order the soldiers to stop searching, immediately go down the mountain and continue to reconnoitre, when suddenly more than 20 black shadows rushed up from the back of the high ground and went straight to Li Gang and them.

As soon as the fighters saw that they were being attacked, they immediately pulled the trigger and were about to shoot, but it was too late.

The figure that pounced on Li Gang surrounded them in the middle, and under the command of a black shadow, they fought with Li Gang and them, only to hear the black shadow shout in a low voice: "As long as they resist, kill them immediately." ”

Li Gang was not without vigilance, nor was he too late to command the soldiers to shoot, he always felt that this place was very close to Liugong Town, and once he encountered an ambush, he would shoot blindly if he couldn't make trouble with the enemy, and if he didn't get it right, it would cause heart-wrenching casualties.

He looked at the more than 20 figures that pounced on him, they were very disciplined, they acted at night, there was no sound, they were agile, and they must be killers, much like the night attack team of little devils.

Li Gang is a person who acts cautiously and thinks more, he is afraid of misunderstanding, and while fighting with the figure that pounces on him, he shouts in a low voice: "Who are you?" Hurry up and report your name, if you are so dumb and dancing with a big knife again, just listen to the wind and don't speak, be careful that the soldiers of the independent battalion of my Eighth Route Army shoot and kill you. ”

"Stop, stop." A dark shadow jumped out of the circle and commanded in a low voice.

Li Gang saw that these twenty or so black shadows were drunk by one person, and he retreated back and asked, "Are you really from an independent battalion?" Then report your name, you are the unit of the independent battalion after all. ”

"Lee of the Separate Battalion Cavalry." Without waiting for Li Gang to finish answering quickly, he listened to the black shadow who gave the order and then asked, and scolded: "Bastard, we are from the independent battalion, and we have never heard that the independent battalion has a cavalry team. ”

He waved his hand and shouted, "They are the enemy's spies, and they will be arrested and brought back to Liugong Town for strict scrutiny." ”

Li Gang saw that these twenty or so black shadows were about to make a move again, and he raised his voice and shouted: "Give me an honest retreat, if anyone dares to take another step forward, don't say that my Li Gang's gun doesn't recognize people." ”

"Li Gang? Are you really the commander of Li Gang, the first company of the independent battalion? My mom, I almost shot and killed my brother, I'm Zhang Ting. Zhang Ting shouted and rushed to Li Gang, groped to grab Li Gang, and said excitedly: "I can look forward to you coming back." What about Camp Commander Lei? Ay? Why did the independent battalion come back to a dozen of you, they, them. ”

A sense of foreboding came to Zhang Ting's mind, he didn't dare to continue to ask, so he quickly stopped and waited for Li Gang to tell him quickly.

Li Gang laughed in a low voice: "Is Platoon Commander Zhang worried, and he doesn't dare to ask when the words he wants to ask come to his lips?" Haha, let me tell you, our current independent battalion has three companies when it left, and it has become six companies when it comes back, and there is also a cavalry team. ”

When Zhang Ting heard that the independent battalion had returned to Liugong Town so awesomely, he shouted in a low voice excitedly: "My good man, our battalion commander Lei is really a general, and he has made a fortune again this time, Company Commander Li, where are you and the big army now?" ”

"Our battalion commander Lei and the large army, more than a mile behind, I took the cavalry squad to search forward, hey, I didn't expect to meet you in this high ground, my dozen brothers, didn't die in the enemy-occupied area, almost gave their lives in your hands, it's really fateful, hahaha."

Zhang Ting said embarrassedly: "Company Commander Li, don't talk about it, you really almost made a bloody murder case, if you do this fact, then I, Zhang Ting, will be a sinner." ”

Li Gang patted Zhang Ting on the shoulder and said: "Platoon Commander Zhang is very vigilant, these soldiers of yours are good, I admire you very much, okay, let me ask you, is the road from here to Liugong Town, is it still too peaceful?" ”

"Don't worry, there are mobile posts released by our independent battalion all the way, there will be no sudden sneak attack by the enemy, let's go, let's quickly take Battalion Commander Lei and them back to Liugong Town, Instructor Dong has been reading for the past few days, now that they are all back, everyone can rest assured."

Lei Jian listened to Li Gang, who had returned to report the situation, and he ordered the troops to set off to Liugong Town immediately.

When he arrived at the entrance of Liugong Town, Lei Jian saw a figure shaking at the entrance of the town, and he asked Li Gang beside him: "What's going on?" ”

"Battalion Commander Lei, I guess it should be Zhang Ting who ran back to report to Instructor Dong, Instructor Dong couldn't sit still at home, so he brought someone out to greet us, do you think I guessed right?"

At this time, Wang Xiaoliang patted his horse and followed, approached Lei Jian and said, "Battalion Commander Lei, this time we return to Liugong Town, there should be no combat mission for a while, right?" ”

Lei Jian frowned and scolded in a low voice: "You bastard, you haven't defeated the little devil yet, just after a battle, you want to let Nanshan stop working?" ”

Just as Lei Jian and the others were talking, more than a dozen figures at the entrance of the town ran up to meet them, and Lao Yuan shouted: "It's Camp Commander Lei who is back, right?" "But I hope you come back", "My mother, there are so many war horses".

Lei Jian jumped off his horse and met a figure rushing to the front, and against the backdrop of the gray sky, he saw that the person who rushed over was Dong Dayong, the instructor of the independent battalion.

Dong Dayong rushed to Lei Jian, grabbed Lei Jian tightly with both hands, and in the gray and white that the sky was about to brighten, he took a closer look at his partner, this half-grown child who had not seen him for more than half a month, whether he was back in the United States.

Lei Jian was a little uncomfortable when Dong Dayong looked at him, he laughed and said: "Instructor Dong, you look at me like this, I really feel a bit like my father and my mother looking at their own children, coming back from the mountains with a frightened expression, I, I, woo woo." ”

Dong Dayong was suddenly made upset by Lei Jian's crying, he didn't expect Lei Jian, the thunder general who killed the enemy, how could he cry when he cried? It's really a kid who hasn't grown up.

At this time, Chun Tao rushed out of the crowd, ran to Lei Jian's side, and said in a low voice: "Battalion Commander Lei, Brother Lei, be strong, why are you crying again?" Wipe away your tears, the warriors are watching you, if you do. ”

(Tianjin)