Lei Jian shouted and put the telegram in his trouser pocket, and ordered decisively and ruthlessly: "Correspondent, convey my order, order all troops to withdraw from the destroyed military transfer station of the Japanese army in Jianggezhuang within twenty minutes, and all weapons, ammunition and military supplies that cannot be taken away will be detonated, leaving not a single bullet, a military uniform, and a box of canned food for the devil." ”

The cavalry battalion received the latest order from Lei Jian, loaded the weapons, ammunition and military supplies that the troops needed most with more dexterity, loaded them in batches, and sent them away.

Li Gang saw that there were still seven minutes left, and it was time to evacuate from the Japanese stronghold, and he shouted to the men and horses who were still busy: "In five minutes, all must be evacuated, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law." ”

The soldiers who newly joined the Eighth Route Army, who had never seen such a good thing, wanted to take everything away when they saw it, and they were busy coming and going, but the loaded things were not satisfactory, and they were pushed down by the old soldiers.

When the time came, Li Gang shouted: "Evacuate quickly, the fuse has been lit, and the entire four large warehouses will explode soon, in order to live, evacuate quickly——。 ”

The new and old soldiers of the cavalry battalion, at the moment of the final withdrawal, each rushed out with a package or wooden box on their shoulders.

Lei Jian led the guard platoon to stand at the south exit of Jianggezhuang Village, and when he saw the soldiers rushing out quickly with war horses and military supplies, he called out to Li Gang: "Deputy Regiment Commander Li, I will give you an account now, the Japanese ground reinforcements are only about five kilometers away from here." The Japanese air fighters reinforced the group, and at five to six o'clock, and possibly earlier, they would fly overhead.

Once we discover our large force carrying heavy loads, carry out ground encirclement and suppression, and attack with aerial bomb fire, our cavalry battalion is in the center of the enemy, and there will be no reinforcements of friendly and neighboring troops, and the situation will be very dangerous.

The purpose of what I said is that you lead the cavalry battalion, take the heavy loads of the war horses and the soldiers who have newly joined the Eighth Route Army, and under the guidance of Liang Zhiyong, the leader of the county squadron, take a shortcut and bring them back to the only regiment. ”

As soon as Li Gang heard that Lei Jian seemed to be explaining what was going on, he grabbed Lei Jian and shouted: "Commander Lei, won't you take the cavalry reconnaissance company and the cavalry guard platoon again, and use your life and blood to deal with the reinforced Japanese ground troops and air fighters to cover the retreat of the cavalry battalion, right?" ”

"Deputy Regiment Commander Li, the one who knows me is still you Li Gang, that's what my Lei Jian planned, don't fight with me, hurry up and lead the troops to retreat secretly."

"No, I, Li Gang, can't watch you take risks again, if you want to stay to attract and contain the devil's ground troops and the enemy aircraft group in the air, I, Li Gang, can also complete this task."

Lei Jian did not believe in Li Gang's command ability, this is because, firstly, the deployment of the ground and air reinforcements to blind the enemy was personally planned by his Lei Jian, and second, the danger of this operation was even greater, all the green gauze tents were cut down, if you want to get out of hiding in time, you must understand the hidden area around the Laishi Highway, once you misjudge in the action, the whole army will be wiped out, and no one will survive.

Based on these two points, Lei Jian did not dare to take it lightly, and he had to solve the situation by himself, otherwise, once the operation was mistaken, the reconnaissance company and the guard platoon would all be sacrificed, and the cavalry battalion that had secretly taken a shortcut back to the position of the only regiment would also be exposed.

Lei Jian didn't dare to say his worst intentions, once Li Gang made it clear, he would fight with his life and ask the two to exchange commands, so Lei Jian really couldn't convince Li Gang.

He said in a stern tone: "Comrade Li Gang, now is the life and death of the entire cavalry battalion, and it is also the time when the only regiment needs to get this batch of urgently needed materials the most.

Hey, my brother, in this way, I'm really worried about you leading a cavalry battalion and such a large force, once the Japanese army on the ground pursues from behind, and there are ambushes in front, if there are a few more reinforcements of the enemy puppet army on both flanks, and there are enemy aircraft groups in the air to track, reconnoiter and bomb, you will be very dangerous. ”

When Li Gang heard Lei Jian say this, he deeply felt that his burden was not light and the danger factor was greater, and finally grinned: "Captain Lei, you won't lie to me, right?" ”

"It's all brothers, who lied to whom? You'll know when you go back. Lei Jian finally sent Li Gang away, and at this time, two Japanese trucks full of goods slowly drove over, followed by fifteen horse-drawn carriages full of goods, and then behind a platoon of reconnaissance companies.

The first truck stopped in front of Lei Jian, and Qu Jiaming, who jumped out of the car, saluted and reported: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, according to your order, the reconnaissance company has all been deployed in place, how to act next?" ”

"According to the original plan, order a platoon of cavalry soldiers to escort the horse convoy, as fast as possible, along the Laishi road, to the southeast, and order the second platoon of cavalry, closely behind the horse convoy, the two trucks to follow, and the third platoon as the rear of the palace, ready to carry out new operations at any time."

After Lei Jian gave the order, watching the reconnaissance company all start quickly, he ordered Song Tiedan beside him: "All the soldiers of the guard platoon follow me." ”

The Laishi Highway was full of joy and horses, and the cavalry in front urged the horses to move quickly, and the horse convoy behind followed closely behind, followed by cavalry, two trucks, and a cavalry team.

Lei Jian led the guard platoon, brushed the rapidly moving horse convoy, rushed to the front, overtook and stopped on the top of a highway slope, looked at a forest under the slope, and calculated the time when the horse convoy arrived, as well as the Japanese reinforcements, when they would catch up.

At this time, the commander of the 9th Brigade, Major General Yoshimaru Kiyotake, sent a squadron and nearly 200 little devils to reinforce the Japanese army transfer station in Jianggezhuang, and rode eight trucks to the Japanese stronghold in Jianggezhuang like lightning.

When we were approaching the stronghold, we heard a series of explosions, and in the darkness of the night, I saw the military transfer station in the northeast direction, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled with raging fires and explosions.

The commander who led the reinforcements ordered the driver to speed up the car and quickly arrive at the Japanese stronghold in Jianggezhuang, where he wanted to surround the Eighth Route Army at the last moment.

When the automobile brigade drove to the entrance of Jianggezhuang Village, the Japanese commander jumped out of the car, stood on a big rock at the entrance of the village, looked from low to high, and only saw that the entire military transfer station was shrouded in gunpowder smoke and that the inside had been destroyed.

Angry, the Japanese commander ordered: "Get off the bus, arrest all the people in the village, gather them and kill them all." ”

The little devil was like a pack of mad dogs, jumping out of the car and rushing into the village, searching from house to house, and several soldiers who ran back reported: "Report to Your Excellency, Captain, that all the people of this village have fled, and none of them have been caught." ”

At this moment, a few little devils twisted a farmer and ran out of the village, the man was twisted uncomfortably, and the cry of begging for mercy could be heard from afar: "Taijun, Taijun, mercy, I have confidential information to report to the supreme commander of the imperial army, oops, light." ”

The captain of the devil team looked at the figure who was twisted to him, hunched over and his legs like chaff, and suddenly turned on the flashlight, and the strong light covered the person, and the man quickly raised his right hand to block the light and shouted: "Taijun, I have a confidential intelligence report." ”

No one would have thought that this arrested villager was actually the enemy minister of the anti-Japanese government in Jianggezhuang Town.

The leader of the devil squadron grabbed this person and roared fiercely: "Where are all the people in the village? Where did the cavalry brigade of the Dirt Eighth Road flee now? Say it quickly. ”

"Haiyi, Haiyi, report to Chief Taijun, the people in the village have been taken away by the Eighth Route Army, the Horse Brigade of the Eighth Route Cavalry you are talking about, suddenly broke into the village, opened fire on the stronghold of the imperial army, and the fire was very hot, I was cowardly, I didn't dare to come out, I didn't expect to be pulled out by the Eighth Route Army to be taken away, I took advantage of not paying attention, and quietly fled back to the village to hide.

Taijun, Tubalu robbed the stronghold of the imperial army, loaded twenty carriages full of goodies, and fled in the southeast direction of the Laishi Highway. ”

"Roaring, why didn't you leave, what do you mean by staying?"

"Report to Chief Taijun, I am the maintenance chairman of this village, stay so that I can report to Taijun, how can I leave? You say yes, Sir Taijun. ”

The leader of the devil squadron took a step, suddenly grabbed the collar of the enemy minister, and shouted upward: "You bastard, lie big, I'm going to kill you." ”

(End of chapter)