The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army issued an order on 20 August to launch a general attack on Zhengtai Road and the adjacent railway where the Japanese army was entrenched.

The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was responsible for destroying the Jingcheng to Niangzi Pass, the Japanese army's railway and highway communication lines, and successively destroying the strongholds and artillery towers of the Japanese army along the line.

Commander Nie of the Military Region has been working day and night for the past few days, his eyes are bloodshot, and when there is no one in the house, he sits on a stool, props his elbows on the table, holds the side of his head with both hands, closes his eyes and slowly rubs his temples to relieve dizziness and fatigue.

On this day in the summer of 40, the sky was clear, and even a faint cloud could not be seen, and it was already hot at nine o'clock in the morning, and suddenly more than a dozen war horses rushed out from the dirt road in front of the green gauze tent, galloping all the way and roaring past, rushing towards Fuping.

More than a dozen war horses bypassed the county seat of Fuping and rushed to a place called Cuijiazhuang, but were stopped by several soldiers of the Eighth Route Army at the entrance of the village.

Asking about the situation, Commander Yang walked into this ordinary small mountain village, and the soldiers who led the way in front led Commander Yang into a small courtyard, only to see that there were a few big locust trees in this small courtyard, which basically covered the whole house, if you don't look carefully, it is really not easy to find. Several antennas were pulled out of the house and set up on the ridges, and several telephone lines ran outward along the eaves, leading to the main theaters of war.

This seemingly ordinary farmhouse courtyard is the front-line headquarters that has just been moved from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

A report interrupted Commander Nie's thoughts, he raised his head and stood up, seeing that it was Commander Yang of the First Army Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, he said with a smile: "Commander Yang came so early." ”

Commander Yang looked at Commander Nie's tired face, and he said distressedly: "Commander Nie, you are working too hard, don't you care about the staff around you?" ”

At this time, Staff Officer Tang walked in, shook his head and said, "Commander Yang, now that the big battle is imminent, how can Commander Nie have time to sleep?" Sometimes we are forced to close our eyes for a while, and then wake up immediately after ten minutes and continue to work. ”

Staff Officer Tang looked at Commander Nie and said, "Commander Nie, you really should have a good rest for a few hours, once the battle starts, you won't have time to rest." Besides, it only took one day to rush here from the King Kong Library, and you were tired of saddle horses, and you didn't have time to rest, so you held meetings of heads at all levels, and you ....... ”

"Staff Officer Tang, don't worry about me, I can stand it, besides, Commander Yang rushed over from a hundred miles away, did you tell me to lie on the kang and sleep, and then tell Commander Yang that it can't be done?"

Commander Nie said, pointing to a bench and said, "Commander Yang, are you tired of riding a horse and running?" Come, sit down and talk. ”

"Commander Nie, you ordered me to rush to you as quickly as possible, I don't know what urgent tasks there are, please give the commander an order." Commander Yang said as he stood up.

"Sit down, look at you, you have something to say, you can speak thoroughly, I called you this time, mainly to talk to you about 20 August, the battle to attack the Jingcheng coal mine, and I have equipped you with a new independent regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to fight together, I don't know what you think."

"Commander Nie, I obey the orders issued by the military region headquarters, as for the equipped military region's 'only regiment' under my command, hehe, I heard that the commander of the 'only regiment' is still a doll, on the way from glue things, all the way over, this little guy really made a reputation, and killed the Japanese pilot, causing three enemy planes to be bombed, and stormed the county town, destroying the military transfer station of the Japanese army garrison on Deshi Road.

He also flexibly adopted the tactic of 'encircling Wei and saving Zhao', setting up ambushes to attack the enemy's reinforcements, especially being ordered in times of danger, and was temporarily ordered to be the commander-in-chief of breaking through the enemy's highland blockade line before the battle.

Commander Nie, what is even more mysterious about the head of this baby is that he heard that he is also a god and a god, and he is proficient in the way of the 'unpredictable prophet', but these are all legends, but on the other hand, there is no wind and no waves, I really want to see this baby and am afraid to see it.

To tell the truth, this time our unit accepted the combat mission of attacking the Jingcheng Coal Mine, and with the cooperation of this 'unique regiment' called the Thunder Sword Belt, the campaign will advance more smoothly. ”

When Commander Nie heard Commander Yang say this, he nodded in his heart and shouted outside: "Staff Officer Tang, pass on my order, order Commander Chen of the East Column, bring the commander of the 'One Regiment' Thunder Sword, and rush to the military region immediately." ”

Commander Chen of the East Column, when he received the order, he chuckled in his heart, he didn't know what it felt, he always felt that something was wrong, he couldn't figure it out, how could a very important commander of Jinchaji summon a regiment commander when the big war was imminent?

Political Commissar Song saw that Commander Chen's face had changed, and he said with a smile: "Commander Chen, don't worry, Lei Jian will not have an accident, besides, this baby held a military meeting above the brigade level in the East Column, according to the news and information he has, although he has said a lot about the current high-level deployment at home and abroad, as well as on both sides of the enemy and us, but these are the operational arrangements and action plans that have been made clear at the upper level in the near future, and they are not leaks.

This time, Commander Nie summoned Lei Jian, I think there is a sense of mystery about this baby, and I want to meet the head of this new 'unique regiment' of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region before the start of the war. ”

Commander Chen didn't have time to pay attention to this matter, only when he got to Commander Nie, everything was clear.

He said to Staff Officer Liu: "Immediately inform the head of the Lei Jian Regiment to report to me, and there can be no delay for a moment." ”

Lei Jian suddenly received an order for him to accompany Commander Chen to Cuijiazhuang, north of Fuping County, muttering in his heart, I don't know what important tasks there are.

Leaving the county seat, several war horses galloped all the way, Lei Jian didn't know that the big battle was imminent, what important task was he going out of the city to perform, and he quickly caught up with Commander Chen and asked: "Commander Chen, why should we rush to Cuijiazhuang, is there a task that is more urgent than the general sabotage battle that is about to be launched?" ”

Commander Chen didn't want to say his worries, but he liked Lei Jian's baby too much, so he had to reveal his tone in advance: "Lei boy, do you know who we are in such a hurry to rush to Cuijiazhuang to meet?" You can't imagine that it is Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. ”

When Lei Jian heard that he wanted to see Commander Nie, he was so surprised that he almost fell off his horse, he quickly recovered his embarrassed appearance, thanks to the fact that everyone was hurrying quickly, and no one deliberately paid attention, this was not a foreign appearance.

He frowned, and asked a little disbelievingly: "Commander Chen, Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, isn't he in command at the King Kong Vault on the southern slope of Wutai Mountain?" Why did you suddenly arrive in Cuijiazhuang and not enter Fuping City? ”

"I only heard about it last night, but I didn't expect that as soon as Commander Nie arrived, he would summon us the next day, and there would definitely be a new major deployment." Commander Chen guessed and continued: "Lei boy, in front of Commander Nie, you have to keep the door on your mouth, don't talk nonsense, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Lei Jian was shocked and asked, "Commander Chen, Commander Nie won't hear any rumors, you want to punish me for the crime of leaking military secrets, right?" It's over, it's over, my thunder sword crossed over, and before I participated in the 'Hundred Regiments War', I was taken down, which is also too ....... ”

"What are you talking about, you stinky boy? What does it mean to cross? Why is there a 'Hundred Regiment War', I wonder if you stinky boy has something wrong with your brain? I'm about to see Commander Nie, and you're still talking nonsense. ”

Lei Jian was scolded by Commander Chen, and he was so frightened that he sweated, and hurriedly defended himself with a sloppy eye: "Commander Chen, the horse runs fast and the wind is strong, I didn't say what kind of battle the hundred regiments were fought with the crossing, is the wind wrong, didn't you hear it clearly?" ”

Commander Chen no longer paid attention to Lei Jian's nonsense, and rushed out quickly. Approaching Cuijiazhuang, I saw the soldiers coming in and out, all of them were in high spirits, walking back and forth with guns on their backs, this may be the guard unit of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

Two reports shouted at the door at the same time interrupted the conversation between Commander Nie and Commander Yang of the First Army Division, Commander Nie and Commander Yang came out of the room, held Commander Chen's hand tightly one after another, and when they saw Lei Jian, they both looked at Lei Jian carefully at the same time.

Lei Jian didn't know who these two chiefs were, although he had seen photos of the two of them on the information before the crossing, but they were not images of a period, and the photos at that time were all in black and white, and he was too old to see clearly.

He once again made a resounding report: "Report to the chief, Lei Jian, commander of the newly formed independent regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, report to the chief. ”

"Hahaha, what a spiritual baby, good, with military spirit, come on, come in and talk." Commander Nie took Thunder Sword's hand and went into the house. Lei Jian smiled without fear and asked, "May I ask you are the famous Commander Nie, right?" ”

"Why, isn't it like?"

"It's not like that, you're much thinner than the picture." Lei Jian said with emotion.

Commander Chen shook his head in the back and covered for the thunder sword and said, "Commander Nie, this thunder sword baby, speak informally, don't take what he says to heart too much." ”

He tugged at the corner of Lei Jian's coat and whispered, "When did you see Commander Nie's photo?" If you don't know, don't talk nonsense. ”

(End of chapter)