Lei Jian then ordered: Order Zhang Ting's 1st Battalion and Song Zhida's 2nd Battalion to cross cover, grab the rope in batches and climb to the top of the mountain, and in the climbing retreat, with the help of favorable terrain, use the most violent grenades as weapons, throw them into the devil's barracks, cover the soldiers who have not yet withdrawn from the battle on the ground, and quickly retreat;

ordered Song Chun's fourth battalion to block the return of the 637th Brigade at all costs, delay the speed of the Devil's Brigade's reinforcement, and give the troops who were fighting with the Devils at the southern end of the bridge time to withdraw from the battle;

Fang Liqiang's assault company was ordered to withdraw to the top of the mountain at a favorable time when the fire on the top of the mountain was blocked and the Japanese 372nd Wing counterattacked.

Just as Lei Jian gave the order, the telegraph quickly rushed to Lei Jian and handed over an urgent telegram to Lei Jian.

Zhang Ping asked anxiously: "Commander Lei, what's the new situation?" ”

Lei Jian frowned and said: "Battalion Commander Song Chun of the Fourth Battalion, I sent an urgent telegram to inform me that at the entrance of the Taihang Mountain Range ten kilometers south of the bridge, a Japanese train was parked, and after reconnaissance, the train was loaded with a large number of military supplies, and the escort troops were in a small squad or so. ”

Zhang Ping heard that a team of devils escorted the train, and he said nervously: "Commander Lei, once the devil train continues to drive to the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, and encounters the 637th Brigade of the Japanese Army, the little devils will climb on the train and return to the reinforcement as quickly as possible. ”

Lei Jian is most worried about this situation, this Lei Jian, who is in any battle, fighting with the enemy, is in a very peaceful mood, but this time after several tosses, at this time he is already upset, out of order for a while, and has a splitting headache.

Zhang Ping saw that Lei Jian's face had lost his blood, and beads of sweat the size of beans were dripping down in strings, and he didn't know how to comfort him, but he didn't know how to give Lei Jian a way to solve the current crisis.

Lei Jian's mind was running fast, he took the two telegrams sent by Song Chun, carefully pondered every sentence and every word, when Zhang Ping said 'train' and 'meet the devil who returned to help', 'climb on the train', suddenly had an idea, and ordered the reconnaissance platoon and guard squad around him: "Prepare horses to follow me immediately." ”

In the blink of an eye, Lei Jian gave a few orders to Deputy Regiment Commander Wang Xiaoliang, who remained on the top of the mountain, and then led Qu Jiaming's reconnaissance platoon and Song Tiedan's guard squad to quickly rush to Song Chun's fourth battalion position ten kilometers away along the continuous mountains.

Not long after, a small cavalry unit came to the hill position where Li Gang, deputy regiment commander, led the cavalry battalion to the hill position, Lei Jian did not dismount, and ordered in a stern tone: "Li Gang, I order you to lead the cavalry battalion to hold the position, strike at the 637th Brigade of the 372nd Wing of the Japanese Army, and delay the speed of the devil's advance to the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge. ”

"Report to Captain Lei, Li Gang understands."

Lei Jian waved his horse whip and ordered Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan, who were following him: "Order every soldier to speed up the march, and at the same time be ready to encounter a fire counterattack with the enemy at any time, and set off." ”

A cavalry squad had traveled less than four or five miles before it heard the sound of gunfire coming from the mountains to the south, and the closer it got, the more intense the gunfire became.

Lei Jian led the cavalry soldiers to the back of the position of the fourth battalion, Lei Jian jumped off the war horse with his body, ran and rushed to the forward position, at this time the fourth battalion commander of the 637th Brigade of the Japanese army who was blocking the return of reinforcements, lying beside Song Chun and shouting: "Battalion Commander Song, you said that the devil train that stopped at the mountain pass, how far is it from here?" ”

Song Chun saw that Regiment Commander Lei was rushing over, and he shouted excitedly: "Commander Lei, thanks to you for leading the troops to reinforce, otherwise my fourth battalion would have no way to fire a Japanese brigade from returning like crazy." ”

Lei Jian was very dissatisfied with Song Chun's answer, and he shouted loudly again: "I ask you Song Chun, how far is the devil's train from here, tell me quickly." ”

"Report to Regiment Commander Lei, a train is about three miles away from here, and I sent a platoon of soldiers to monitor it, and I don't know what the situation is now."

Lei Jian decisively ordered: "The four battalions you led left a company to hold the position, first put the main force of the devil's brigade over, and handed it over to the cavalry battalion that was ambushed south of the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge and Bali Valley to block it, and the company left behind fought to eliminate the follow-up troops of the devil's brigade with the fiercest firepower."

You led two companies to withdraw from their positions at once, and ran closer to the Japanese train at the mouth of the river, and beware, you must not attack without my orders. ”

After giving the order, he led the reconnaissance platoon and the guard squad to rush out of the position and quickly pounce on the devil train three miles away.

In less than ten minutes, Lei Jian's cavalry squad approached the devil train parked on the railway, and in order to launch a strong attack on the enemy train by surprise, he ordered the cavalry squad to bypass the mountain beam and approach the enemy train quickly and covertly.

The platoon commander of the 17th platoon of the 4th battalion, who was in charge of monitoring the enemy's train, heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the rear of the concealed position, and he alertly ordered: "Be ready for battle, and without an order, you must not expose the target and shoot without authorization." ”

Lei Jian had already spotted a platoon of soldiers lying in ambush on the mountain beam, and at this time two squads turned their guns to cover the favorable terrain, and the muzzles of their guns were facing the cavalry squad that rushed up.

The commander of the 17th platoon of the 4th Battalion saw the cavalry squad rushing over, wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, and he boldly jumped out of the hidden position and ran towards the cavalry team that rushed up.

The first war horse to bear the brunt was none other than Lei Jian, the leader of the 'One Regiment'.

Lei Jian saw a soldier of the Eighth Route Army rushing from the mountain beam in front, he reined in his horse and stopped, flew up to meet the soldier who rushed over, and asked loudly before he arrived: "I am Lei Jian, where is your platoon commander?" Call me quickly. ”

The soldiers who rushed over didn't have time to stand up and salute, and shouted while rushing towards Lei Jian: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, I am Lu Zhuang, the commander of the seventeenth platoon of the fourth battalion, please give instructions to Commander Lei." ”

Lei Jian grabbed Lu Zhuang who rushed over, and asked quickly: "What is the situation with the Japanese train that stopped on the railway line below your platoon position?" Hurry up and make it clear to me. ”

"Report to Commander Lei, this train has seven carriages, the first six carriages are covered with tarpaulins, I don't know what kind of goods are loaded in the carriages, there are a few little devils in each carriage, and on the front carriage, there are two heavy machine guns, more than a dozen little devils, and the last carriage, after careful observation, is the dispatching and command carriage of the devil squad escorting train."

The commander of the 17th platoon of the 4th battalion of the '1st Regiment' looked at Lei Jian and then reported: "I don't know how long this train has stopped here, according to calculations, it should be after our independent regiment launched a general attack on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, the devil commander of this train, obtained the information of the commander of the Japanese army guarding the bridge, for the safety of the train, stopped here, intending to wait until the end of the battle of the bridge before ......." ”

"Okay, take me to the front line immediately, and I want to know the details of this train myself." Lei Jian said and ordered Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan: "Tie up the war horse on the spot and wait for my order." ”

Lei Jian, who was lying at the front of the position, held a telescope to carefully observe the devil's train parked on the railway, according to the enemy's troop deployment and firepower fortification, it should be a squad of devils who escorted the train.

The captain of the devil squad who was in charge of escorting heard the fierce gunfire coming from the direction of the bridge, and for the safety of the train's military supplies, he ordered half of the little devil's troops to get off the train and stand in front of the carriage with a gun on guard.

The light and heavy machine gun fire points of the devils on the roof of the carriage closely monitored the surrounding situation, and once they found that the Eighth Route Army or anti-Japanese forces were approaching, they immediately blocked it with the greatest firepower to prevent the anti-Japanese troops from approaching the train.

Lei Jian observed the train very carefully, until he felt that there was nothing missing, or there was nothing suspicious, so he put all his energy into the direction of the locomotive, and he found that there were five little devils in the locomotive, who were holding three train drivers at gunpoint, and the drivers were stranded in the front of the train, ready to start the train at any time, or go forward or back.

At this time, Zhang Ping, the director of the Electric Investigation Department who was close to Lei Jian, had already seen the train almost, but he couldn't figure out how Lei Jian would take action next, and asked a little suspiciously: "Commander Lei, you have observed the devil's train so carefully, you won't have the idea of this train again, right?" ”

(End of chapter)