The devil Cao Chang walked out of the house with a frown, and when he saw a large yellow wind blowing from the southeast, he took a step back in surprise and shouted: "This, what kind of work is this?" Could it be that a fast-reacting armored force is not enough? ”

He shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Order the soldiers of the Imperial Army of the Japanese Army, as well as the Self-Defense Forces, who are stationed at the stronghold in Qujiahe Village, all bring weapons and wait in line on the side of the Lai (Yuan) Shi (Jiazhuang) Highway, hurry." ”

About half an hour later, the swept yellow wind spread rapidly, and when it was clear that it was a cavalry brigade, the devil Cao Chang couldn't help but praise: "What a mighty cavalry brigade, this is the pride of the Imperial Japanese Army." ”

Song Tiedan, dressed as a standard-bearer, was escorted by two 'Japanese army' soldiers, holding the Japanese military flag and walking in the front, followed by a dozen officers and a young Dazuo of the arch guard, behind whom were hundreds of iron horsemen.

The devil Cao Chang and the other young Japanese soldiers quickly walked to him, left the team and ran to salute the Japanese officers who were marching and shouted: "The cavalry brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army is mighty, salute His Excellency Dazuo." ”

The young Dazuo arrogantly waved the horsewhip in his hand in reply, and shouted to the officers beside him: "Order the troops, act quickly, and you must arrive at Shijiazhuang before dark." ”

The devil Cao Chang was replied by the young Dazuo with a whip, not only did he not feel insulted, but he stood up and shouted: "Sir is hard, please go all the way slowly." ”

When he heard that this devil cavalry brigade was going to rush to Shijiazhuang before dark, he couldn't help but praise again: "The Oriental war horses of the Japanese Imperial Army are really powerful, it is more than 200 kilometers away from Shijiazhuang, and it is already two o'clock in the afternoon at this time, and it is really fast to rush to Shijiazhuang before dark in less than four hours." ”

The cavalry brigade passed over like this, and several Japanese officers around the young Dazuo laughed 'haha', and said to the young Dazuo: "Commander Lei, you can really do it, let's just pass through the Japanese stronghold with such a swagger, and it can't be smooth, look at the defender Cao Chang, groveling and bowing, I can't hold back my laughter." ”

"Don't be careless, there are still several Japanese strongholds on both sides of the road ahead, once they are found to be suspicious, it is very likely to add a lot of trouble to us, order the troops, speed up the attack, and must rush to the vicinity of the Japanese transfer station in Jianggezhuang before dark."

Lei Jian shouted to the three horsemen walking in front of the cavalry brigade: "Platoon Commander Song, roll up the Japanese cavalry and rush forward as fast as possible." ”

This cavalry brigade, which had left the Japanese stronghold in Qujiahe Village, suddenly rushed in front of the team, followed closely by the large troops behind, and a yellow storm broke out again on the road, sweeping towards the northwest.

The Lai (Yuan) Shi (Jiazhuang) Highway constantly appeared to cover the sky and the sun, and was discovered by the Japanese troops stationed on both sides of the highway for a few miles.

After receiving this news, the 180th Division and the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army inquired about the various units in confusion, but did not find any mechanized units of the Japanese army that were carrying out special tasks on the Laishi Highway.

The cunning commander of the Ninth Brigade, Yoshimaru Kiyotake, asked: "Commander of the Hino Division, I suspect that the yellow wind that appears should be the work of the Eighth Route Army, and for the highest interests of the Imperial Japanese Army, the Imperial Army has been dispatched to the nearest stronghold, and according to the information discovered, it will be reported immediately." ”

General Hino, the commander of the 180th Division, listened to the report of the commander of the Yoshimaru Kiyomu Brigade, and said with great appreciation: "General Yoshimaru, it is really good that you have made such an arrangement, my request, quickly figure out what is going on with this strange yellow wind, do you understand?" ”

Just when the two Japanese generals were suspicious of Lei Jian's cavalry brigade and making such a large piece of rapidly sweeping yellow wind, Lei Jian's cavalry brigade was approaching the target Jiang Gezhuang Japanese army transfer station.

There were still five miles away from the transfer station of the Japanese army in Jianggezhuang, Lei Jian ordered to stop advancing, and he ordered Li Gang: "Deputy Commander Li, the large army will be handed over to you, do you see the mountain in front?" Bring the troops in there and wait for my orders. ”

Lei Jian ordered Song Tiedan, the commander of the guard platoon, again: "Platoon Commander Song, take the guard platoon and follow me." ”

A squad of more than 30 Japanese cavalry troops, urging the war horses to trot in broken steps, quickly approaching the Jianggezhuang Japanese army transfer station, when he saw the village in front, Lei Jian jumped off the war horse, and said to Feng Guang: "You lead the war horse into the woods not far ahead, no matter what happens to the Japanese stronghold in Jianggezhuang, don't act blindly without my order." ”

Lei Jian shouted to Song Tiedan: "Pick ten fighters with top-notch fighting skills and follow me." ”

Not for a long time, on the Laishi Highway in the southeast of Jianggezhuang Village, a devil squad came over, and Lei Jian, who was walking in front, had already changed into a Dazuo military uniform, wore a set of ordinary soldiers' uniforms, wore Cao Chang's armband, and took the ten 'Japanese army' soldiers behind him, and was quickly walking towards the Japanese stronghold in Jianggezhuang.

When I walked to the entrance of the east of the village, I saw six or seven enemy puppet soldiers standing at the entrance of the village, strictly checking the people entering and leaving. In order to strengthen the security of the military transfer station, the little devils set up a machine gun position at the entrance of each village. More than a dozen steps from the entrance of the village, an iron fence is on the road, guarded by two puppet soldiers.

Lei Jian didn't dare to go any further, once he was entangled by the defending enemy puppet army, it would ruin his big thing, he knew very well in his heart that such a swaggering attack all the way would definitely attract the attention of the upper echelons of the Japanese army, if a large number of troops were sent to encircle and suppress, then the cavalry battalion led by him would fall into a catastrophe.

He knew better that there was not much time given to him, that is to say, if he wanted to start the operation after dark, he had to first clear out the enemy puppet army in the Japanese stronghold in Jianggezhuang before he could transport away the materials needed for the general's transfer station.

The burden on Lei Jian's body was very heavy, and he had to think about it thoroughly, and he said to Song Tiedan: "Did you see it? There are a few stacks of straw stacked with stalks, so let's go over and change our clothes immediately. ”

Eleven soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, disguised as Japanese soldiers, quickly ran to the haystacks of the stacks of crop poles, and Lei Jian quickly set up the bundles of crop poles into a small shack, leaving two soldiers to guard outside, and several of them got into the shack.

Lei Jian, who was changing his clothes, suddenly heard a low shout from outside, and he was alert and didn't care about buttoning it, and suddenly rushed out.

When he saw two sentry fighters, being twisted by six or seven croppers, he calmly straightened up and asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"We are the anti-Japanese guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and we will kill you bastards today to avenge the soldiers who died in your hands and the villagers who died under your bayonets and guns."

"This little brother, are you a local?" Lei Jian asked.

"You're not a local, you came from out of town as soon as you heard the tone, you bastards, you bastards, actually helped the little devils kill people and set fires, and do those traitors and lackeys bastard things, I say a word to you bastards, I feel disgusting, captain, kill them."

When Lei Jian heard that these six or seven crop men were not plainclothes dressed by the enemy puppet army, he said with a relaxed heart and a serious face: "Don't get me wrong, we are the soldiers of the newly formed independent regiment of the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, disguised as little devils, and here to carry out a very hidden combat mission, they are all a family, let go of my soldiers, it will be very dangerous here for a while, you should evacuate first." ”

The middle-aged man known as the captain frowned and looked at the baby-faced man in front of him, and couldn't help asking: "I can't hear and remember what you just said, since you are the Eighth Route Army here to perform special tasks, then who is your commander?" I want to see him. ”

"I am, I am Lei Jian, the commander of the only regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, leading a cavalry brigade to carry out special tasks here, and now more than a dozen of us will first go to the Japanese Jianggezhuang stronghold to reconnoitre, in order to take the next step, find out the enemy's situation."

"Are you the head of the thunder group? Why are you so young? Not yet twenty, right? My name is Liang Zhiyong, I am the leader of the county squadron, I came to secretly reconnoiter the Japanese stronghold today, and I happened to meet you, I wanted to kill a few little devils, who, who knows how to make it ....... ”

(End of chapter)