Xie Lixin heard Lei Jian ask about the field hospital of the military region, he glanced at Zhang Guanghua and said to Lei Jian: "Commander Lei, I only know that the field hospital of the military region may not act with the large army this time, this is because the field hospital is treating the soldiers of our Eighth Route Army who were injured on the battlefield of killing the enemy.

I also heard that the field hospital was returning to Fuping City from the southeast under the escort of the cavalry reconnaissance company of the only regiment, and if Vice President Zhang Guanghua wanted to return to the field hospital, it would be better to follow the large army to act together, and then return to the field hospital when he returned to Fuping City. ”

Zhang Guanghua did not expect that the field hospital would not be able to return to Fuping City with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region all the way, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. However, she said to Lei Jian: "Commander Lei, even if the field hospital does not pass through the Qingshui Bridge, I will ask the chief to take you back to Fuping City to recuperate." ”

"Hey, my Vice Dean Zhang also takes too good care of my Lei Jian, right? You have to take me with you when you report back to the field hospital, who do you think of my thunder sword as yours? You won't be reluctant to leave me, will you? Hahaha. ”

"Nonsense, I see that your injuries have not been well recovered, if you continue to lead the troops to fight in the south and north, I am afraid that your injuries will worsen, and then it will be really like you said that you are a cat with ninety-nine eighty-one lives, and you will also dance on the death line, and no one can say when you will fall and no longer get up."

"Vice Dean Zhang, why don't you follow my Lei Jian to fight in the south and the north, if you don't say it, you will change your career and make greater achievements, what do you say, old Sun?" Lei Jian had long seen that Lao Sun admired Zhang Guanghua very much, and he had the intention of taking away the more difficult tasks of the update, so he couldn't help but say it in advance so that Zhang Guanghua could be mentally prepared.

Zhang Guanghua listened to Lei Jian's more and more unreliable, she looked at Lao Sun and said with a smile: "Lao Sun, don't you also need me, the vice president of the field hospital, to follow you four seriously injured on the battlefield all the time, right?" ”

"As long as you are willing, Captain Lei will not object, and my grandson will think this is very good."

"Hahaha, Vice President Zhang, don't be in a hurry about this, you just want to kill devils with me Lei Jian, and you also have to ask for the opinion of the head of the military region, and it depends on whether Dean Geng of the field hospital lets you go, but I hope that you will take the initiative to ask to participate in the front-line battle, so that Lao Sun and I will not be embarrassed." Lei Jian smiled and encouraged meaningfully.

Director Xie Lixin didn't know what Lei Jian's injury was, and said with concern: "Commander Lei, I think you should listen to what Vice President Zhang said, you must know that if you don't have a good body on the battlefield, you will not only delay the command of the battle, but also very likely to become a burden to the troops, you know this." ”

Lei Jian said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, my body, I know that it is no problem to command a battle, if you fight the enemy with a bayonet, it may take some time, but as long as you strengthen your training, you will recover faster." ”

"Hahaha, Captain Lei is really a baby mentality, and his temperament is still so anxious, since you are so insistent, my old Xie has nothing to say." Director Xie glanced at Lao Sun as he spoke, and immediately looked away.

According to the order conveyed by Director Xie, Lei Jian ordered the cavalry battalion to closely monitor the enemy's movements 15 kilometers from the east, west, north and south of the Qingshui Bridge, ordered the 1st Battalion to do a good job of security and protection within 1,000 meters of the east bank of the Qingshui Bridge, and ordered the 3rd and 4th Battalions and the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Regiment to rest and recuperate on the spot along the Wufu Highway and be on standby at any time.

When the troops learned that the head of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the main force would pass through their positions in more than an hour, the soldiers cheered and rejoiced, and they knew that the main force had once again returned to the anti-Japanese base areas in Fuping City and Beiyue District, which showed that the large units of the Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region had jumped out of the encirclement of the Japanese army on the outer line and had smoothly returned to the old area.

Lei Jian was not as optimistic as the cadres of the 1st Regiment and the 3rd Regiment, and the Japanese North China Front suffered a heavy blow in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments initiated by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and most of the important facilities such as railways, highways, bridges, culverts, and stations were destroyed overnight.

General Okamura Ninji, commander of the North China Front, constantly received urgent reports from various battlefields in the front, and when he learned that the main communication routes behind the enemy line had been attacked by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses, he could not control himself in the war room of the headquarters and burst into a thunderous rage in anger.

Lieutenant General Tanabe Moritake, chief of staff of the North China Front, handed an urgent telegram to Okamura Ninji, who pulled it over and looked at it twice and was shocked.

Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe beside him said cautiously: "Your Excellency Commander Okamura, the Army General Staff Headquarters is very dissatisfied with the large-scale destruction and destruction of our North China Front Army on Zhengtai Road and other railways and highways by the Eighth Route Army, especially those radical commanders have quite a few complaints, I don't know what Okamura-kun's plans are for this large-scale attack on Tubalu?" ”

Commander Okamura Ninji glanced at the urgent telegram sent by the Army General Staff Headquarters again, frowned and rushed to the map of North China hanging on the wall of the war room, pointed to Zhengtai Road and said to the chief of staff who was following closely: "Tanabe-kun, in response to the Eighth Route Army's large-scale sabotage attack on seven railway hubs, including Zhengtai, Tongpu, Jinghan, Jinpu, Jinsui, and Deshi, has caused huge losses to the Imperial Japanese Army on the transportation line, and has a direct impact on the situation in North China and the entire China battlefield.

Our North China Front cannot ignore such a big move by the Eighth Route Army, and must come up with a plan of action of the greatest strategic significance, take the initiative to attack the Eighth Route Army that penetrates deep into the areas occupied by our Imperial Japanese Army, adopt a vigorous and courageous autumn sweep, carry out group operations with the large units of the Eighth Route Army that have penetrated deep into our theater, divide the troops, and destroy the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, so as to relieve the worries of the areas occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. ”

"Your Excellency Commander Okamura, do you mean that you want to transfer divisions and brigades from the main battlefields to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army that has penetrated deep into our theater of operations, so as to clear up the troubles?"

"There is a little truth in what Tanabe-kun said, but the main battlefield of our North China Front is currently in a state of stalemate with the Chinese troops, and any increase or decrease in troops on either side will lead to a reversal of the battlefield situation."

When Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe heard Okamura Ninji say this, he not only asked respectfully: "Your Excellency Commander Okamura has analyzed the main battlefield of the front line very thoroughly, but I don't understand that the main battlefield cannot be transferred to the divisions and brigades of our Imperial Army to carry out encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route Army that has penetrated into our theater as quickly as possible, and there can be reinforcements from other troops?" ”

Senior General Okamura Ninji nodded and looked at Tanabe Moritake, and said slyly: "Tanabe-kun, according to the war situation in North China, the Army General Staff Headquarters has temporarily cancelled the deployment of marching south, and mobilized the 110th Division and the 35th Division to reinforce the North China operation.

You immediately ordered the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 26th Independent Mixed Brigade in Katayama to launch a large-scale sweep of the base areas of the Eighth Route Army with the cooperation of the two divisions and regiments that had returned to the army, and it was necessary to wipe out all the main forces of the Eighth Route Army that had penetrated deep into the rear of our theater, destroy the base areas on which the Eighth Route Army depended for its survival, adopt the 'three lights' policy, expand the areas occupied by us, and divide and encircle the anti-Japanese base areas of the Eighth Route Army. ”

The North China Command of the Japanese Army issued the latest order to all units in the rear of the enemy-occupied area, ordering that it should adopt a policy of steady and gradual progress in the operation of carrying out a large-scale sweep of the base areas of the Eighth Route Army at all costs, capture a stronghold and immediately establish a stronghold turret, and completely divide and wipe out the base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

Thinking of this, Lei Jian looked at Director Xie and Lao Sun, as well as the cadres of the One Regiment and the Third Regiment, and said: "Comrades, our Eighth Route Army will face greater military pressure, and may have to adopt a stalemate, tug-of-war, and protracted war with the enemy for a period of time to deal with the Japanese army's sweep of our anti-Japanese base areas. ”

At this moment, Zhou Peng, chief of staff of the only regiment in charge of observation, shouted excitedly: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, a large piece of dust has been found from the northeast of the Wufu Highway, and it should be the organs and main forces of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. ”

Lei Jian heard Zhou Peng shouting excitedly, he was so excited that he suddenly jumped on the rock where he commanded the battle, picked up the binoculars and scanned the northeast direction of Wufu Highway, and really found that there was a large cloud of dust and fog.

He observed for a while and saw that there was a cavalry brigade rushing in front, and he could already see that the soldiers on the horses were wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, and Lei Jian grinned: "Yes, it is the organs and main forces of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region that have come over, let's go to the highway and wait for the arrival of the head of the military region." ”

Under the leadership of Lei Jian, the cadres of the 1st Regiment and the 3rd Regiment followed Lei Jian and rushed down the position on the southern slope of the hill and stood on the side of the road to wait.

After a short time, the cavalry regiment of the military region rushed over quickly, and the cavalry commander saw more than a dozen cadres of the Eighth Route Army standing on the side of the road, he waved his hand and shouted: "You are the only regiment and the third regiment, right?" Great work. ”

Lei Jian waved his hand: "It's not hard to kill devils. ”

"It's not hard to kill devils——。" The cadres and fighters of the One Regiment and the Third Regiment standing on the side of the road waved their arms and shouted.

As soon as the cavalry regiment passed, it was followed by a small cavalry team, most of the cadres on the horses were cadres in their thirties and forties, Director Xie Lixin pulled the thunder sword and said: "Commander Lei, do you see the leader who is riding on the war horse and waving to the only regiment and the third regiment in the line?" Do you know each other? ”

Lei Jian asked excitedly, "Director Xie, who is the chief you are referring to?" ”

"Haha, that's Commander Nie of the Jinchaji Military Region, you guy, Commander Nie didn't miss you, he also said that seeing you lying on the hospital bed was unpredictable, and he felt very uncomfortable, and later heard that you were declared dead twice by Chinese and foreign experts and came back to life, Commander Nie said happily 'Lei Jian, this baby is really big, he can still come back to life after dying twice, it seems that this baby will be of great use in the future', Commander Lei, you won't tell me that you don't even know Commander Nie, right?"

Director Xie Lixin patted Lei Jian's shoulder and said: "Commander Lei, you are now a famous general in our Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and even the deputy commander-in-chief of the headquarters knows your name, which is really not simple. ”