Lei Jian saw that the soldiers were eager to see the Yellow River, and he could see that the Yellow River was cowering backwards, he understood the hearts of the soldiers, the Yellow River in front of him, not standing on the bank to appreciate, the delicate descriptions of literati and ink writers kept appearing in his mind, the exaggeration of art, and the quatrain of praising the Yellow River with passion, and at this time the soldiers had to risk their lives to cross the turbulent and turbulent Yellow River.

Wang Xiaoliang and Niu vigorously approached Lei Jian, watching Lei Jian and his tiger face staring at the roaring river under the reflection of the afterglow, motionless, just standing, as if he wanted to purify his soul by this roaring river, clear the distracting thoughts in his heart, absorb the air with moisture in his face, and stand by the river, his body does not move, his mind does not stop, like an emaciated statue, affecting the people around him.

The soldiers saw the Yellow River and knew that they had to cross this difficult and difficult river, and they were initially shocked by the momentum of the Yellow River, but they were not afraid of death when they killed devils on the battlefield.

The soldiers who followed the thunder sword to kill the enemy on the battlefield knew that in front of their regiment commander, there was no mountain that could not be climbed, no river that could not be crossed, and there was a strong heart that would never retreat. That's enough, everything in the eyes of the warriors is just a flowing wind in the air, a floating cloud, and they don't have to care about it in the blink of an eye.

Lei Jian stood by the Yellow River for more than ten minutes, he didn't speak, no one dared to disturb him, they were all waiting, waiting for the 'Thunder General' in their minds, suddenly turned around, and gave the soldiers the order to go down the river and force the crossing.

The sun set, the mountains in the west, clothed in the afterglow left by the setting sun, the last afterglow appeared, reflecting half of the sky, which is the handover point of the passing of day and night, the starry light moon slowly appeared, gray shrouded between heaven and earth, night came.

Lei Jian turned around, his clear figure a moment ago, with a haze at this time, he said to Wang Xiaoliang and Niu Dali who were standing beside him: "In each company of the first battalion of the independent regiment, select soldiers with good water quality, and temporarily form a pioneer company to forcibly cross the Yellow River.

You must remember that to cross the Yellow River by force, every soldier must not have the slightest fear, and only by defeating the roaring turbidity of the Yellow River ideologically can he overcome all difficulties and obstacles with confidence and confidence, and reach the west bank of the Yellow River victoriously. In accordance with this principle, let's get started right away. ”

Wang Xiaoliang and Niu Dali had just conveyed to each company that the regiment commander should select soldiers with good water character and firm will, and forcibly cross the Yellow River to form a pioneer company.

In just a short period of time, more than 200 people signed up.

Lei Jian looked at the roster handed to him, took off his coat and covered his head, and several people around him surrounded him in the middle, then turned on the flashlight and browsed carefully, when he found that there was still a guard Xiao Deng in the list, Lei Jian turned off the flashlight, took off the coat covering his head, and said to Niu Dali and Wang Xiaoliang: "It's nonsense, there are a lot of people here who don't know water at all, why are they also in this list?" ”

Wang Xiaoliang said in the night: "Commander Lei, we don't know which soldier has a good water nature, and it's really hard to screen. ”

"Immediately select from these lists again, if you want to enter the pioneer company of forcibly crossing the Yellow River, you must have three soldiers to recommend, confirm that the water is good before you can be selected, even if you don't form enough company, you can't risk the lives of soldiers, I can only give you fifteen minutes, and then I will return immediately to report."

In less than fifteen minutes, Wang Xiaoliang and Niu Dali took the newly selected roster and handed it to Lei Jian, and there were more than one hundred and fifty in this way.

Lei Jian said again: "You can only pick out a hundred soldiers with the best water nature, form a pioneer company to forcibly cross the Yellow River, and immediately determine the personnel for me." ”

The soldiers were very unhappy that they were defeated, but they were not as good as others, so they had to give up.

Lei Jian said to Niu Dali: "Reorganize the remaining two more companies, you lead a battalion of two companies of soldiers, now touch the position of the Japanese army downstream to erect the pontoon bridge, you must arrive at the designated place before dawn, according to the original schedule of 3:50 in the morning, launch a general attack on the enemy guarding the pontoon bridge, action." ”

Niu Dali led a battalion to move quickly downstream, and at first you could still see a faint black shadow, until everything fell into the night, and nothing could be seen, Lei Jian said to the soldiers of the newly formed pioneer company of forcibly crossing the Yellow River: "You are good, you are self-recommended and selected by the independent regiment, and the unyielding warriors who forcibly crossed the Yellow River, we are about to start forcibly crossing the Yellow River, I hope that every soldier will do their best to reach the west bank of the Yellow River alive, as long as we live, we are victorious." ”

At this time, Feng Dalong walked to Lei Jian's side and said in a low voice: "Commander Lei, I have taken the Eight Roads brothers to connect all the tree poles I brought into thirty wooden rafts in the water, according to the number of people we forcibly crossed the Yellow River, we should all be able to reach the west bank of the Yellow River by wooden rafts at one time." ”

"Okay, thank you, Brother Feng, you have made a great contribution to crossing the Yellow River, thank you very much."

"Commander Lei, you are still so polite, I am now a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, and I am also your soldier, you say this because you haven't treated me as a brother, and you still treat me as an outsider, so I feel very uncomfortable listening to it."

"Okay, Comrade Feng Dalong, I order you to use your experience to cross the Yellow River by wooden platoon, how should you practice the wooden platoon, and how to operate it so as not to be in danger? Please give the soldiers of the vanguard company a two-hour training session that will take two hours, and you must ask the soldiers to master the basic operational essentials, do you think it's okay? ”

"Captain Lei, I'm a person who works hard, and I will pull down when I speak, I'm afraid that I can't understand it in my heart and delay everyone."

"In this way, I will follow you, you speak boldly, I will add what is not clear, do you think this will work?" Lei Jian patted Feng Dalong on the shoulder and encouraged.

Feng Dalong had the thunder sword as a backing for him, and he was also bolder, he first gathered the soldiers who had been selected to support the boat on the sea or in the lake, and tried to explain as clearly as possible how to cross the Yellow River on the roaring surface of the Yellow River in a wooden row.

When some soldiers couldn't understand, Lei Jian immediately explained for Feng Dalong, and finally made a supplement.

The soldiers of the pioneer company, after two hours of explanation and simulated operation on the shore, initially mastered the essentials of riding wooden rafts in the water.

As soon as Lei Jian saw that the time for action had come, he said to Feng Dalong: "You personally lead seven sheepskin rafts, with light and heavy machine gunners and heavy weapons, and safely cross the Yellow River to the west bank, and I will lead the soldiers of the wooden platoon to force the Yellow River." ”

He also ordered Wang Xiaoliang: "You follow Feng Dalong's action, and when you reach the west bank, you will immediately occupy the beachhead and build improvised position fortifications to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking from the west bank, and cover the soldiers supporting the wooden platoon to land." ”

"Commander Lei, this can't be done, the situation on the west bank of the Yellow River is complicated, none of us can figure out what evil consequences will appear on the west bank, once there is an enemy ambush, if I, Wang Xiaoliang, command poorly, and I can't get to the shore by firepower, then the entire vanguard company that forcibly crosses the Yellow River will be blocked by the enemy's firepower on the river, this task is too heavy, I really can't do it, or ......Commander Lei."

Feng Dalong raised eyebrows when he heard this, and he was also afraid that the Thunder Sword would be in danger, so he unscrupulously threatened: "Captain Lei, Deputy Commander Wang is right, if you really can't get to the shore, our more than 100 brothers will be buried at the bottom of the river to feed Wang Ba, if you don't stay with me, I don't have the guts, otherwise you can ask for another master." ”

Lei Jian heard it, these two bastards actually sang and cooperated tacitly for his safety, but what these two people said also made sense, once the enemy fire was found on the west bank of the Yellow River, if they could not land on the beach at the first time, they would inevitably be blocked by the enemy's firepower and cause great casualties.

In this way, not only will there be no hope of landing, but it will also directly affect the firepower deployment of the Japanese pontoon bridge downstream after landing, and cause great difficulties to the large force of the independent regiment that raids the enemy from the east bank to forcibly cross the pontoon bridge, resulting in the failure of the battle to forcibly cross the Yellow River, and the independent regiment will fall into the harsh environment of encirclement and interception by the enemy's puppet army.

He said to Wang Xiaoliang: "Xiaoliang, when you lead thirty wooden platoon soldiers to cross the Yellow River, you must grasp the adventurous emotions of the soldiers, and strive to bring these thirty wooden platoon soldiers to the west bank of the Yellow River. ”