Luo Jinchuan said this and looked at Commander Chen, he wanted to read Commander Chen's opinion on Lei Jian from Commander Chen's face, but he was disappointed, Commander Chen's facial muscles were smoother, and he was not moved.

Commander Chen was fascinated by what he heard, and remembered that Lei Jian had sent him three urgent telegrams in a row during this reinforcement battle, and he had time and batches to say the most specific warnings about enemy planes flying over the sky, and he had doubts about Lei Jian, but he was limited to the tense war at that time, and he had no time to take care of it.

He frowned and stared at Luo Jinchuan, and suddenly asked, "What else is abnormal about this Thunder Sword Leader you are talking about, such as ......." ”

Luo Jinchuan was chased by Commander Chen and repeatedly asked about Lei Jian's situation, this old battalion commander of Lei Jian, I don't know what Commander Chen meant by asking this question, he was afraid that he would say too much, after the sacrifice of Lei Jian, the superiors would make a conclusion that Lei Jian was unfavorable, and immediately changed his words and said: "Commander Chen, Commander Lei is a child who has not grown up, he speaks suddenly, and he has no proper shape in doing things, but he is very firm in his position of killing devils." ”

Commander Chen stretched his brows, looked at Luo Jinchuan and the cadres above the independent regiment present and said: "The merits and demerits of the head of Lei Jian, as the commander of the Eastern Column who has just come into contact with Lei Jian, I can responsibly say that Comrade Lei Jian is an excellent commander in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army.

In particular, if it weren't for the three urgent telegrams from the head of the Lei Jian regiment, which clearly stated the combat intentions of the enemy planes, as well as the time and number of sorties to arrive at the air, I am afraid that the main forces of the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade of the East Column would have suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and even the entire army would have been wiped out, and it was the commander of the Lei Jian Regiment who led the cavalry battalion to rescue the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade in time. Seize the enemy's mortar and heavy machine-gun positions, use the enemy's heavy weapons, and lose no time in launching a central fire strike against the enemy.

In particular, the commander of the Lei Jian Regiment led the cavalry team to attack the Japanese army's baggage base, seized the enemy's weapons and ammunition, quickly modified the truck into a mobile and flexible combat combat vehicle, and smashed into the enemy group with the greatest firepower, greatly reducing the strong firepower pressure of the enemy in the forward positions of the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade.

Just when the enemy planes were in the air, Regiment Commander Lei turned the tanks into a zigzag shape and retreated while fighting in three directions, luring the Japanese ground troops to run and chase after them, pinning down the enemy combat aircraft group in the Japanese air, and attacking the three tanks in the air separately, freeing up precious time for the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade to evacuate their positions.

Now our Lei Jian Regiment Commander and the guard squad around him have not returned to Peacock Valley, I sent a company of troops to search the battlefield repeatedly, but never found any trace of Lei Regiment Commander, near the battlefield found that three combat vehicles have been blown into a pile of scrap metal by enemy planes, the surrounding green yarn tent under the bombing and fire strafing of the enemy aircraft group, the crops are lodging in pieces, in the lodging crop field, found nearly 100 sacrificed Eighth Route Army soldiers, but still did not find Lei Regiment Commander. ”

Luo Jinchun listened to what Commander Chen said so much, firstly, he affirmed Lei Jian's merits and demerits, and had no intention of pursuing it; Second, the troops were repeatedly searched around the battlefield, but Lei Jian and his guards were never found. It can be basically concluded that Lei Jian and his guard squad were pursued by a large Japanese army behind them, and there was air firepower, and they were the last to withdraw from the position of a small unit of the Eighth Route Army, which shows that Lei Jian was more than lucky.

Under the powerful firepower and bombardment of the enemy's combat aircraft group, more than a dozen Lei Jian people could not escape the range of the Japanese army's ground and air firepower, even if the clever Lei Jian did not want to use two legs on the ground to run through the rapid fire strikes of the Japanese enemy planes in the air, and there was a doubtful conclusion, that is, Lei Jian and the guard squad soldiers around him, the hope of survival was almost zero.

The cadres above the independent regiment and battalion present felt a little relieved when they heard Commander Chen's praise of Lei Jian, but when they analyzed Lei Jian's life and death, especially Luo Jinchuan's judgment, everyone couldn't help it anymore and cried out in grief.

Suddenly, from outside the straw hut where the meeting was held, there was a grief sound that shook the valley, and Commander Chen quickly stood up and rushed out of the straw hut, stunned by the scene in front of him.

When Commander Chen saw the 2,000-strong contingent of the Independent Regiment, they stood in formation according to the battalion and lined up in a square formation along the mountain, neatly and uniformly. The soldiers stood tall with tears streaming down their faces, and the direction they were facing was the battlefield where Lei Jian led the cavalry battalion to engage the enemy, and they were waiting, waiting for their regimental commander, who would suddenly gallop with their horses and whips.

The soldiers standing in the forefront, when they heard the words of Commander Chen and Political Commissar Luo coming from the grass hut, they had already concluded that their Commander Lei had died heroically on the battlefield, and these soldiers who had a deep affection for Lei Jian could no longer control the grief in their hearts, and actually cried loudly.

The soldiers howled and cried, and in order to show their trust and respect for Commander Lei, the formation of the troops remained the same, and there was no trace of loose chaos.

Wang Xiaoliang rushed to the front of the queue of cadres and soldiers of the whole regiment, raised his arms with tears in his eyes and shouted: "We must avenge Regiment Commander Lei and kill the devil." ”

"Revenge for Captain Lei, kill the devil ——。" More than 2,000 cadres and soldiers shouted at the same time, the sound shook the valley, and the angry shouting of killing was like a calm lake, suddenly falling into a heavy object, smashing out a puddle, as the heavy object tore through the sinking of the water surface, the puddle rapidly formed a whirlpool, expanded outward, and the water surface affected became larger and larger, completely breaking the calm of the water surface.

At this time, the cry of tears from the valley was stimulated from the ranks, forming a huge sound wave, rotating outward and upward, shaking the mountains, sending out an echo of solidarity, the cry of the mountains, between the mountains, the earth, the sky, and the people, at this time, the condensed unity, for the Eighth Route Army to lose an excellent commander Lei Jian, issued the most powerful resonance of heaven, earth, mountains, and people.

Commander Chen walked to the front of the team, jumped on a high rock, and saw the grieving soldiers of the Independent Regiment, all of them clenched their fists with tears in their eyes, ready to kill on the battlefield at any time, fight to the death with the enemy, and avenge the sacrifice of the Thunder Sword Regiment Commander and comrades.

He suppressed the grief in his heart, but there was still a glimmer of hope and said: "Soldiers of the Independent Regiment, your Thunder Sword Commander has not returned to Peacock Valley so far, I have sent troops to search, and there is no result yet, but I believe that as long as the Thunder Sword Commander is alive, he will definitely return to the soldiers, we are not completely sure that the Thunder Commander is a sacrifice, even if the Thunder Sword Commander is really heroic, we are the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, will we be crushed by grief, unable to beat our spirits, immersed in grief, and not avenge the sacrificed comrades?" Don't you kill the little devils? ”

"We must avenge the sacrifice of the Thunder Sword Regiment Commander and comrades-in-arms, and swear to kill the devil and kill the devil ——。" The soldiers raised their guns and waved them to the sky with passion, shouting the slogan 'Kill the devil-'.

After Luo Jinchuan waited for Commander Chen to finish speaking, he stood in front of the queue of all the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, his face was grim, and he said in a firm tone: "All the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, I can tell you that as long as we do not see the bones of Commander Lei, we are confident that our Commander Thunder Sword will definitely come back.

All the soldiers of our independent regiment have listened to me, and they immediately returned to the camps and company camps, seized the time to do a good job in the rest and training of the troops, and waited for our Lei Jian regiment commander to come back and lead us to participate in the larger general sabotage battle that the Eighth Route Army was about to launch. ”

The soldiers of the Independent Regiment believed what their political commissar Luo Jinchuan said, their Thunder Sword Regiment Commander would never die so early, as the deputy regiment commander said, Lei Jian was bigger than the life of a cat, with nine hundred and eighty-one lives, in order to kill the little devil, they would never leave the Independent Regiment, and they firmly believed that the Thunder Sword Regiment Commander would definitely come back.

Commander Chen saw the soldiers of the Independent Regiment and temporarily came out of his grief, he still said to Luo Jinchuan uneasily: "Political Commissar Luo, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment are still in grief, we must do a good job of dredging and guiding, don't let the troops make trouble when the head of the Lei Jian Regiment is not there, and then you have to be mentally prepared, within three days, Lei Jian will not come back, I will ask the Jinchaji Military Region Headquarters how to arrange the next step of the Independent Regiment." ”

Luo Jinchuan Lizheng gave Commander Chen a military salute and solemnly assured: "Please rest assured Commander Chen, the overall quality of the independent regiment is still good, but the soldiers' dependence on the commander of the Lei Sword is too great, if the commander of the Lei Sword is really sacrificed, the entire army will not come out of the grief for a period of time, and the soldiers will not come out of their grief. ”

"Okay, I don't want what you say to be just a slogan, I can rest assured that you have to implement it and implement it in practice." After Commander Chen finished speaking, he left the independent regiment with a feeling of anxiety.

Commander Chen returned to the headquarters of the Eastern Vertical Front and immediately personally drafted a telegram to report the battle situation of the Deshi Road attack and the outstanding performance of the Independent Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army in the attack on the Deshi Road.