Feng Dalong frowned again and looked at Lei Jian, and suddenly asked with a little confusion: "Brother Eight Roads, are you crossing the Yellow River alone, or how many people?" If there are few people, you can pay for a boat upstream to ferry it. ”

Lei Jian stretched out two fingers and said, "If so many people want to cross the Yellow River, what can be done?" ”

"Twenty people? It's easy to say that three or two boats can ferry over. ”

Feng Dalong looked at Lei Jian and shook his head, he guessed, "Two hundred? It's not good to be ...... so much. ”

When he saw Lei Jian shook his head again, he stuck out his tongue and shouted: "Brother Eight Roads, don't scare me, it won't be two thousand, right?" ”

Lei Jian no longer played dumb riddles, and said in an aggravated tone: "More than 2,000 people, as well as war horses, the wounded and sick, and the military supplies of the troops, all have to cross the Yellow River at one time, Brother Feng, what can you do?" ”

"My good man, so many people still want to cross the river at one time, and the gods can't help it, I Feng Dalong really can't help you."

Lei Jian had actually been mentally prepared for a long time, and he was not surprised and then asked, "Brother Feng, how can you get close to the Yellow River pontoon bridge laid by the devils?" This is the only way for so many of my troops to force the crossing of the Yellow River at one time. ”

"Impossible, completely impossible, I heard that the little devil has built bunkers on both sides of the Yellow River on the pontoon bridge, it seems that it should be to deal with the eight roads that want to seize the bridge, otherwise it will not be so tightly guarded."

"Brother Feng, this is not what you said, the little devil repaired the Yellow River pontoon bridge, so that all the devils of the 372nd Wing of the devil will reach Texas through the pontoon bridge within three days, and reinforce a big battle that is going on there, I just want to take the opportunity to take advantage of the road to force my independent regiment across the Yellow River."

When Feng Dalong heard Lei Jian say this, his round eyes and exclaimed: "You, you actually said 'my independent regiment' at a young age, are you the head of this Eighth Route Regiment?" ”

"Brother Feng, I won't tell you, I am the head of this Westward Independent Regiment, my name is Lei Jian, we are also fated, we should be considered brothers when we meet today."

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, I, Feng Dalong, have never been such a big official's brother, my mother, I feel like my head is big when I hear it, I really can't imagine that your brother is just a half-grown child, and he has become the head of thousands of people, isn't this talking nonsense?"

At this moment, Wang Xiaoliang ran over and shouted in a low voice: "Commander Lei, the first infantry battalion is coming, let's ......." ”

"Order all the troops who are following to quickly hide in the nearby woods, crop fields, and thatched bushes, and not to move around at will without orders, to remain silent, and to wait for orders on the spot."

After Lei Jian gave the order, he took Feng Dalong's hand and stood up, and then asked: "Brother Feng, my independent regiment is about to follow, the soldiers have not eaten a good meal along the way, and before crossing the Yellow River, I can't still make the soldiers hungry to fight with devils."

Besides, if you don't eat some food, people can't stand it, we have food, but where can we get food? Besides, in order to feed so many people, it is very problematic to make a fire to cook, and it is necessary to prepare dry food in the back, once the whole army cooks at the same time, a large number of fireworks will definitely expose the target.

Seven or eight miles away from this, a large group of devils on the side of the Yellow River guarding the pontoon bridge will pay attention to the suspiciousness around them at any time, and once the little devils find out, they will send a large force to rush over, and then it will cause great trouble, and if the trouble is not good, they will meet each other with knives and guns. ”

"This, this is really a thing, the dishes you said, you really can't get so many for a while, and I haven't seen so many people in any village, even if you take out the vegetables and things at home, it's not enough for your people to stuff their teeth, but there is a kind of edible vegetable in this saline-alkali land, called Suaeda salsa, and bitter vegetables, send more people to dig and pick some, and it can be used at the top, but this cooking, cooking can't smoke, it's really, it's really hard to break people."

Feng Dalong touched his head for a long time and suddenly said: "Commander of the Eighth Road, otherwise, you dig a few underground pot stoves in this wood, dig out a few flues around the underground pot stoves, and stretch out as long as possible, so that the cooking smoke can be sent out from the underground flue, so that the smoke will not go up directly, and the target will be exposed according to what you said." ”

Lei Jian didn't expect Feng Dalong to come up with such an idea, but he had never tried it, not only did he smile and asked, "Brother Feng, is this okay?" ”

"Haha, I won't tell you brothers, these outlaws, sometimes chased by the little devils and the two devils, can't eat, so they hide in the woods or crops, dig a pot stove, and do it, I don't know if so many of you fire at the same time, the smoke that comes out, can it be a big fire, and it can be discharged through the flue, only after trying to know, what do you say, brother?"

Lei Jian discussed a few more words with Feng Dalong, and finally asked, "Are you dozen people still in the village now?" Did these people commit murder and bloodshed against the villagers? ”

When Feng Dalong heard Lei Jian's question, he frowned at that time, and said as if he had made a lot of determination: "Commander of the Eighth Road, you treat me as a brother, I won't hide it from you, my other accomplices went out to hunt for food early in the morning, that is, they went out to rob again, you ask me if any of these people have killed anyone, to be honest, they have been killed, but they are all bullies, and there are bastards who are very close to the little devils and oppress the people."

If you want to say, if you want to say, I'll just tell you the truth, I have more than a dozen people, except for the miscellaneous Yang Xiaowu who knelt down for you, this bastard has to spoil the big girl and little daughter-in-law in other people's families every time he robs a big family, and he has also killed the next door neighbor who has a grudge against him, if you want to hide here, this bastard has to watch it closely, he usually has some complicity with the two dogs in the county, and also persuaded me to be the emperor's army, he is not a good thing, so I have to guard against him. ”

Lei Jian had a clear understanding of the situation in Shanghe Village, and then heard Feng Dalong say again: "Brother Balu, you can also borrow the cauldron of forty or fifty families in the village, and take advantage of the opportunity to cook in the morning, noon, and evening to cook and prepare dry food for your troops separately, so that the goal will be smaller." ”

"Brother Feng, thank you, I will enter the village in a while, and I will rely on you to introduce me, I don't know how the villagers in Shanghe Village ...... you."

"Brother, don't worry, don't look at what these people do are bastards who rob houses and houses, but to the villagers in this village, I don't treat them badly, the villagers are quite good to me, I will take you to go from house to house and ask them for help, and the villagers will give me this face."

When it was almost noon, the large army of the independent regiment was hidden outside Shanghe Village, Luo Jinchuan listened to Lei Jian tell him what he knew, he frowned and said: "We are such a large army, hidden here, the slightest leakage, the nearby Japanese puppet army will surround it, at that time, we have the Yellow River in front of us to block the road, and the two wings and behind are surrounded by the enemy, then our independent regiment will be too dangerous." ”

Lei Jian nodded in agreement with Luo Jinchuan's analysis, he expressed his opinion according to what he knew, looked at Luo Jinchuan and asked: "Political Commissar Luo, we are short of time, we don't have time to discuss one issue at a time, I want to give an order according to my train of thought, you can add, everyone can also put forward opinions, once a resolution is formed, immediately implement the action, do you think this is good?" ”

"Okay, I think it's feasible, you can give the order first, and then supplement and improve it later." Luo Jinchuan immediately agreed.

The other commanders at and above the battalion level who were surrounding him all agreed.

Lei Jian ordered: Order the deputy regiment commander Wang Xiaoliang to lead a reconnaissance platoon to the northwest to reconnoiter the lower reaches of the Yellow River, mainly to find out the strength, weaponry, and vigilance of the devils guarding the pontoon bridge.

He ordered Niu Dali, the deputy commander of the regiment, to set up a tight cordon in the camp of the troops, and to detain anyone who found him close and keep him under strict guard before the troops moved.

Zhang Ping, director of the interrogation office, was ordered to immediately contact the Shanzong Headquarters, report the specific location of the independent regiment of the fifth detachment of the Shanzhong, and request new instructions.

The director of the political department was ordered to manage all the departments of the regimental organs, seize the time to bury the pot and make rice, according to the method taught by Feng Dalong, try to minimize the amount of cooking smoke that rises into the air, so as not to attract the attention of the enemy, and prepare dry rations for the march within five days.

Ordered the commander of the first battalion, Zheng Tie, under Feng Dalong's designation, as long as the bandits who returned to Shanghe Village from outside appeared, they would be arrested and temporarily detained, especially Yang Xiaoliu, who committed the murderous crime, and he should be strictly guarded.

The reconnaissance platoon was ordered to follow Lei Jian through the saline-alkali swamp and rapids, quickly approach the Yellow River to reconnoitre, and strive to find a way not to pass through the enemy's pontoon bridge, reduce the fierce frontal battle with the enemy, and smoothly force the Yellow River.

Lei Jian gave a few more orders, and finally asked: "This is the order that I will issue immediately according to the current situation and various conditions of the troops, I hope that you will not take up too much time, and put forward your own supplements and amendments in a simple and clear manner, and start now." ”