Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region frowned, suddenly rushed to the phone, grabbed the phone and said, "Connect with Commander Chen of the East Column immediately." ”

"Commander Chen? Where are you in the East Vertical Independent Regiment now? ”

"Report to Commander Nie, the East Vertical Independent Regiment is in the area of Huangzhuang on Zhengtai Road, and is fighting fiercely with the two reinforced Japanese squadrons, what instructions does Commander Nie have?" Commander Chen of the East Vertical heard Commander Nie's rapid speech, and quickly replied in surprise and asked for instructions.

"Commander Chen, the troops in Huangzhuang who attacked Zhengtai Road have been evacuated, and other sabotage battles are still raging, order the East Vertical Independent Regiment to defeat the attack of the devils, immediately return to Lao Ye Mountain, and order to arrive at the designated place in the early morning of tomorrow." Commander Nie ordered in a stern tone.

As soon as Commander Chen heard the order of the Eastern Vertical Independent Regiment to withdraw from the battle, it would run for 120 miles, march for eight hours, and arrive at Lao Ye Mountain in the early morning of tomorrow, he said with some embarrassment: "Commander Nie, the East Vertical Independent Regiment is still fighting with the enemy, and I don't know when the battle will be over, so I order this unit to rush to Lao Ye Mountain in the early morning of tomorrow morning, I see ......." ”

"Commander Chen, you have misunderstood, I order your East Vertical Independent Regiment to quickly end the battle, forcibly march to the area of Mantou Ridge fifty miles west of the Laoye Mountain position on the outer line of Zhengtai Road, block the 581st Wing that passes through Laoye Mountain, and continue to reinforce the 581 Wing on Zhengtai Road in the west, during which the cavalry company of the Independent Regiment will be sent to immediately attack Laoye Mountain, reinforce the 'only regiment' of Lei Jian, and block the enemy at six o'clock tomorrow, this should be no problem, right?"

"Commander Nie, why is Lei Jian's 'only regiment' blocking in Lao Ye Mountain? Isn't it very hard, otherwise Lei Jian's baby won't report to you. Commander Chen had a deep affection for Lei Jian, and when he heard that Lei Jian was trapped in Lao Ye Mountain, he couldn't help but ask worriedly.

Commander Nie said in a serious tone: "Yes, this baby met an old opponent this time, the battle was very tragic, the troops suffered heavy casualties, and it is really difficult for this baby to hold out until six o'clock tomorrow." ”

"Please rest assured, Commander Nie, as long as I send reinforcements to the East Vertical Independent Regiment to reinforce the Thunder Sword 'One Regiment' that fought hard and fiercely with the enemy in Lao Ye Mountain, the cadres and soldiers in the regiment will rush to reinforcements at the risk of their lives."

Commander Chen was right, the East Column Independent Regiment received an order, and heard that it was reinforcing the 'only regiment' of Thunder Sword, which was fighting fiercely with the enemy in Lao Ye Mountain, and the cadres and soldiers of the whole regiment rushed out of the position with shouts, and started a white-knuckle battle with the devils of a squadron, and the battle ended quickly, and even the battlefield was not cleaned up, so the purging troops rushed to Lao Ye Mountain.

Commander Nie received a reply from Lei Jian, and the message was very simple: "Commander Nie, our regiment is engaged in a three-dimensional battle with the enemy's air and ground, the battle is dangerous and extremely difficult, the soldiers kill the enemy bravely, our regiment will definitely block the enemy's westward advance, and hold out until six o'clock tomorrow morning, the 'only regiment' guarantees that the people are in the position, and they will never let go of the enemy's 581 reinforcements before six o'clock to leave Lao Ye Mountain." ”

Lei Jian knew that the burden on his shoulders was heavy, and even if the 'One Regiment' fought to the last soldier, he would have to hold his position and block the attack before six o'clock tomorrow morning, and it would never be possible to cross Lao Ye Mountain with the blood of all the cadres and soldiers of the 'One Regiment'.

He shouted to the assault company, reconnaissance platoon, and guard squad: "Immediately withdraw from the position with me, go around to the south flank of the enemy's main force, and strike the attacking enemy with the heaviest firepower." ”

The assault company was infantry, closely following behind the reconnaissance platoon and the guard squad, running around the enemy's rear, and suddenly launched an attack on the enemy from the south of Zhengtai Road, and the enemy hurriedly divided a squadron of Japanese troops to counterattack.

At this time, in the northwest of Zhengtai Road, Deputy Regiment Commander Li Gang led the cavalry battalion to withdraw from the Mantou Ridge ambush position as quickly as possible, and killed the enemy who was attacking the frontal position of the Eighth Route Army.

The 581st Wing of the Japanese Army was suddenly attacked from the south and north sides of Zhengtai Road, and at this time, the artillery position on the west bank of the Tiechuan River was deployed, and the artillery company commander raised his hand and shouted fiercely——。 ”

In the night, the shells dragged orange flames and fell in the attacking group of devils, and the large Japanese troops, almost at the same time, were hit by the south, north, and west directions of the Eighth Route Army, and the fierce fire was hit, coupled with artillery bombardment, and the enemy who was hit for a while was dizzy, and he did not know which direction to concentrate his fire on to counterattack.

The commander of the 581st Wing, Kiyoshi Iizuka, saw that the troops were suddenly hit by the powerful firepower of the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army, and for a while he could not figure out how many reinforcements the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army had killed.

When he was panicking, the chief of staff, Ken Sato, rushed to the captain of the Iizuka wing, and shouted in a tense voice: "Iizuka Osa, our Imperial Japanese Army was suddenly reinforced by the Eighth Route Army, and at this time it has been surrounded by fire from three sides....... ”

Iizuka Osa couldn't wait for the chief of staff to say 'once' what strange tune, and ordered the captains around him: "Cover the two wings, quickly withdraw to the position under the old man's mountain in the middle, and implement a fire counterattack." ”

The "One Regiment" released all the combat units of the whole regiment, adopted a surprise fire attack on both flanks, and counterattacked the enemy with a frontal position, giving the enemy the illusion of reinforcement of a large force of the Eighth Route Army, taking advantage of the darkness of night to catch the enemy by surprise, and forcing the devil commander to issue an order for the safety of the troops, ordering the main force of the attacking Japanese army to withdraw from the battle on the frontal battlefield of the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as Lei Jian saw that the little devil was about to retreat, in order to confuse the enemy more, he ordered the troops of the 'One Regiment' to attack the retreating enemy.

In a fierce battle, the 'One Regiment' of the Eighth Route Army finally repelled the fiercest attack of the Japanese army, but the casualties of the 'One Regiment' were very large, Zhang Ting's first battalion was left with less than two companies, and the casualties of the other battalions were not small.

Li Gang led the cavalry battalion through two blocking battles in Lao Ye Mountain, and at this time there were more than two companies of troops left, and when they saw the large army of devils, they finally retreated under the heavy artillery fire and light and heavy weapons. He wasted no time in leading his warriors and storming into the enemy camp.

More than 200 war horses rampaged through the enemy camp, and the devils they touched were either beheaded or had their arms cut off by sabers, and some were knocked to the ground by the horses in the chaos, and were trampled to death by the men and horses in the chaos.

Lei Jian led the reconnaissance platoon and guard squad to fight into the enemy group, and the assault company aimed at the place where the devils were concentrated and carried out firepower.

Lei Jian saw that the enemy had retreated to the western slope of Lao Yeshan, and with the help of temporary fortifications, he launched a frantic fire counterattack against the attacking 'only group', he decisively pursed his lower lip and puffed out a sharp whistle.

In order to be alert to the troops who did not hear it in the distance, the soldiers of the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army who heard the whistle quickly made an emergency retreat whistle, and in the blink of an eye, the only regiment all withdrew, disappeared into the night, and disappeared into the vast mountains.

Lei Jian led the three small troops around him to quickly return to the frontal battlefield of the only regiment, and ordered Zhou Peng, chief of staff of the regiment, to immediately organize a stretcher team to carry the wounded who were seriously wounded on the battlefield out of the position, and quickly escort them to the west bank of the Tiechuan River, where they were handed over to the field rescue team of the regimental health team to treat the wounded on the spot.

Set up an ambush position from Mantou Ridge, reinforce the cavalry battalion led by Li Gang on the frontal battlefield of Lao Ye Mountain, when the large army of devils was defeated and attacked, and the enemy group was killed, before he had a good time, he heard Lei Jian issue a whistle to urgently withdraw from the battle, he led the cavalry battalion to rush all the way to kill, break away from the devil camp, rush into the night, and gradually disappear with the sound of horses' hooves, and return to the Mantou Ridge ambush.

Lei Jian saw that although he repelled the most ferocious attack of the Japanese 581st Wing, he knew that before six o'clock tomorrow morning, the fierce little devil, by the dawn before dawn, would definitely launch a more fierce attack on the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

This test will be a battle of life and death to test whether the only regiment can hold its position and prevent the 581st Wing from breaking through the blockade before 6 o'clock and advancing westward for reinforcements.

Lei Jian, the third line of defense on the east bank of the Tiechuan River, gathered the cadres of the four main battalions, assault companies, artillery companies, special agent companies, and reconnaissance platoons together, and said in the first sentence: "I ask you to speak concisely and quickly report on the attrition of your various troops, as well as how the weapons and ammunition are equipped, and begin." ”

After the reports of the troops, the only regiment fought in Lao Ye Mountain, the casualties of the troops were very large, because it was at night, the specific number of casualties of the troops could not be implemented, Lei Jian in the night, glanced at the cadres around him, his face in the battlefield has not been extinguished under the beacon fire, showing a bronze color, although the forehead is bleeding, but the resolute expression, to the cadres at the meeting injected firm confidence.

Lei Jian said in a hoarse voice: "Comrades, the Laoye Mountain Resistance Battle is the most arduous battle that my only regiment has carried out since its formation, in this battle, the soldiers of our regiment carried forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and not afraid of death, and held our position with life and blood, but our lost comrades-in-arms and brothers, their blood is still on the position, they are heroic, but we are still alive, and we will kill devils if we are alive." ”

(End of chapter)