The soldiers buried the remains of the martyrs with tears, and Lei Jian led the team to stand in front of the graves of the sacrificed comrades, and once again deeply bowed to the comrades who were sleeping in the ground, bowed three times, and suddenly shouted with tears: "Shoot, shoot for the comrades." ”

Suddenly there was a dense gunfire in the grove, but at that moment, it suddenly stopped, and the whole woods, at this time, were silent, all the soldiers who saw off their fallen comrades, solemn and upright, they were remembering, remembering the joys and sorrows of the fallen comrades, they were silently swearing to defeat the little devils and avenge the sacrificed comrades.

Wang Xiaoliang suddenly took the lead and shouted: "Avenge the sacrificed comrades-in-arms, kill devils, kill devils——。 ”

A roar from the bottom of my heart shook the mountains and rivers, and the loud slogan of revenge turned into a sound wave and spread far away, as long as you listen attentively, the people with conscience far away on the banks of the mountains and rivers can sense this thunderous roar, which is the determination of the army and the people to fight the enemy together.

Lei Jian ordered the troops to rest temporarily, and he said to Zhang Ping, director of the Electric Investigation Department who was standing beside him: "Immediately report to Commander Chen of the East Column, the content is simple: The Independent Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the Mountain Column of the Eighth Route Army has destroyed the enemy stronghold in Fengzhuang, the first battalion has blocked the enemy's 372nd Wing, and will withdraw from its position at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning on the No. 1 and No. 2 heights, and the second and third battalions of the Independent Regiment have broken through the enemy's stronghold along the railway east of Fengzhuang on Deshi Road, and are now on standby, regiment commander Lei Jian, and political commissar Luo Jinchuan. ”

At this time, the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade of the Eastern Column, which were fighting on the western front of Deshi Road, were quite smooth in the initial sabotage battle, and with the support of local troops and ordinary people, the entire sabotage battle was very fast in attacking the enemy's communication lines, and the Japanese commanders who were responsible for protecting the communication lines along the lines of communication urgently reported this urgent information to the Japanese headquarters of the North China Front Army by telegraph.

Okamura Ningji, commander of the Japanese North China Front, was attacked by the Eighth Route Army on a large scale when he was attacked by the Eighth Route Army on the Deshi Road, Tongpu Road, and Zhengtai Road, as well as other railways and highways that crossed the anti-Japanese base areas of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

Senior General Okamura looked at the generals at all levels attending the meeting through his gold-rimmed glasses, slowly turned around, walked to a map of railways and highways intertwined with dotted railways and highways hanging on the wall, and held a thin stick shaped like a classroom teacher's whip in his hand, and kept tapping on the railroad and highway network lines on the map.

He pointed to the Tokushi Railway and asked, "What do you say about the commander of the Ikeda Brigade stationed in Tokusu, who is responsible for protecting this railway?" ”

Huo Di, the commander of the Hechi Brigade, stood up and cautiously reported: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the Tuba Road sabotage battle that occurred on Deshi Road, I am on business at the North China Headquarters, I really don't know why, I will ...... immediately." ”

"Prevarication, it's pure prevarication, in the war zone where your brigade is located, there is such a big battle, didn't they report like you, the brigade commander? Mine won't believe it. ”

General Okamura Ninji did not wait for the commander of the Ikeda Brigade to explain, and immediately pointed to the transportation network map, knocked on the Tongpu Railway and the surrounding highway network lines, and asked sternly: "General Kondo of the 108th Division, Tongpu Road was attacked by the Jinchaji Army, which seriously affected the safety of the transportation lines of the Imperial Japanese Army in North China, and the stronghold turrets along the railway and highway were attacked by the Tuba Road, what do you say?" ”

Fat Dunton's short lieutenant General Kondo stood up and reported: "Report to Your Excellency Okamura, my division is deployed along the Tongpu Road, there is only one brigade of imperial troops patrolling, and the main force is all placed on the frontal battlefield to engage the Chinese troops. ”

"This is the best, you immediately transfer a brigade to reinforce Tongpu Road, in the shortest possible time, repair railways, highways, restore the Japanese Empire's military supplies and materials communication line, unimpeded, do you understand?"

"Haiyi, Haiyi, please rest assured, Your Excellency General, one of my brigades has been transferred out of the frontal battlefield for rapid reinforcements." General Kondo sat down after speaking.

Okamura Ninji whipped at Zhengtai Road again, and before he could ask, Lieutenant General Hino Taro, commander of the 180th Division, stood up and said with sincere fear: "Your Excellency Commander, the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army has launched nine regiments of Tubalu and local armed forces on Zhengtai Road, inciting the people of China to launch a general sabotage attack along the Zhengtai Railway with a large-scale and sudden attack.

The 180th Division of our Imperial Army sent an additional brigade to strictly defend this important lifeline of the Imperial Japanese Army.

As soon as the troops of our Imperial Japanese Army came into contact, the Eighth Route of the Tsuchiba Road was slightly blocked, and they immediately fled, and when our troops left, they began to attack again, stirring up the troops of the Imperial Japanese Army to run back and forth, and they were really tired. ”

What Okamura Ningji hated the most was to exaggerate the combat strength of the Eighth Route Army, and not actively take offensive and defensive measures, listing many difficulties for quibbling, he stared at the commander of the 180th Division, Taro Hino, and suddenly asked: "Hino-kun, do you mean that the combat power of the Eighth Route is stronger than the Imperial Army, and in your eyes, the people of China are invincible, right?" ”

"General Okamura, I, Taro Hino, don't dare to think so, the Imperial Japanese Army is an invincible army, and Tsuchihachi Road is just a rural villager, and it is vulnerable."

General Okamura Ninji pursed his lips and asked again: "Hino-kun, you have already realized that the imperial army is invincible, and the Tsuchibachi Road is a rural villager, why did one of your divisions lose the middle section of the Shotai Railway and Highway, and the Tsuchihachi Road was hit by the Tsuchihachi Road without combat effectiveness?" ”

The commander of the Hino Division was speechless when he was questioned by Commander Okamura Ninji, and large beads of sweat oozed from his head and face, dripping down, he, a lieutenant general who went to the battlefield with a crime, was afraid that he would be demoted again due to poor command and operation, he stood up, wiped his sweat and said: "Your Excellency Commander, please give me a little time, within eight hours, no, no, no, within four hours, to ensure that the Zhengtai Road communication line is restored unimpeded, and the military supplies urgently needed by the troops, as well as the important resources obtained from China, will be continuously transported, I promise." ”

Okamura Ninji knew that this cunning guy in front of him, every time he undertook a combat mission, because of his unfavorable command, he would be passive on the battlefield, which would directly affect the frontal combat in other battlefields, resulting in the elimination of the main force of the Eighth Route of the Tsuchiba, and the achievement fell short.

He also reprimanded several brigade commanders who were deployed on different transportation lines: "Wherever the Imperial Japanese Army went, the Eighth Road fled from the wind, you look at the fact that now, the North China Front has increased reinforcements several times, and the situation is so unbearable, all the generals here, you are all the pride of the Imperial Japanese Army, but why have we suffered repeated defeats on the front line?" This is a great disrespect to His Majesty the Emperor, do you understand? ”

The Japanese generals in North China, Huo, stood up and shouted in unison: "We are generals of the Imperial Japanese Army in life, and we are subjects of His Majesty the Emperor in death, please rest assured, Your Excellency the commander, this military meeting, we are deeply instructed and encouraged, and we will defeat the main force of the China army on the front line, and make every effort to sweep away the anti-Japanese base areas of the Tuba Road, and wipe out all the Tuba Road." ”

"I order: The 108th Division, the 180th Division, and the Dezhou Brigade should destroy the Tuba Road that destroyed the communication line of our Imperial Japanese Army in the shortest possible time, implement the harshest 'three-light' policy against the people of China, continue to consolidate the strongholds and artillery towers along the railways and highways, and implement the 'cage policy' against the troops in China.

"Invincible, the Imperial Army of Japan will always be an invincible and heroic force, the most loyal force of His Majesty the Emperor." The generals stood upright, clenched their fists and swore that they were about to rush to various battlefields to carry out the most brutal frontal and behind-the-enemy battles with the Chinese troops and the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region frowned and looked at the map spread on the table, pointing to the Zhengtai railway line for a while, and pointing to Tongpu Road for a while, he asked the combat staff officer beside him: "Staff Officer Tang, how is the Deshi Road raid at this time?" ”

"Report to Commander Nie, according to the reported battle report, Fengzhuang Railway Station, an important stronghold of the Japanese army on Deshi Road, has been destroyed, and the 1st Independent Regiment of the 5th Detachment of the Mountain Column of the Eighth Route Army, which is advancing from Jiaoxi to the west, will block the enemy's 372nd Wing for a day and two nights on the No. 1 and No. 2 heights east of the Fengzhuang Railway Station, and there will be no problem in holding out until nine o'clock tomorrow morning."!