Li Gang and Regiment Commander Pang received a telegram from Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region almost at the same time at different positions, and immediately deployed their troops to prepare for an unprecedented battle with the enemy, and with their blood and lives, they accomplished the task of protecting the organs of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to break through the encirclement smoothly and covering the safe transfer of the military and civilians from Fucheng.

At this time, General Okamura Ninji, who was standing in the war room of the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, closed his eyes and remained motionless, and none of the chief of staff of Tanabe Moritake and several deputy and operational staff officers around him dared to disturb this supreme commander who was nervous in his heart and calm in his heart at this time.

In the minds of Commander Okamura Ninji, he was demonstrating that the Fourth Brigade and the 26th Brigade had surrounded the head of the Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, as well as several regiments of the Eighth Route Army, which were understaffed in terms of strength and weaponry, in the Beiyue District.

In order to eliminate the head of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and his unit this time, he ordered the Third Aviation Brigade stationed in Shijiazhuang to send 24 fighters in advance to reinforce the ground troops of the Eighth Route Army in Juncheng and Chengnanzhuang.

This sinister and cunning senior general of the Japanese army has been planning in his mind how to achieve this goal.

General Okamura Ninji opened his eyes, looked at General Tanabe Moritake with an eagle-like look, and said: "Tanabe-kun, order the Fourth Katayama Brigade of the Imperial Army, under the cover of fighter planes and aerial firepower, to eliminate the only regiment and the fifth regiment of the Eighth Route Army that blocked our troops from marching to Chengnanzhuang and Fuping, and assist the 26th Sakamoto Brigade to encircle and suppress the head organ of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and eliminate the anti-Japanese troops of the Eighth Route Army in the area of Beiyue District. ”

The two brigade commanders boasted to each other with confidence: Our Imperial Japanese Army has gathered more than 20,000 brave soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army to wipe out more than 10,000 units and leading organs of the Eighth Route Army in the Beiyue District.

Hahaha, we will also build this area into a model area of our Imperial Japanese Army and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, expand the results of the battle, advance to the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and will achieve outstanding military achievements, and it will be the greatest honor of our lives to receive the gift of His Majesty the Emperor.

The commander of the devil is not arrogant and boastful, the troops dispatched this time are the elite of the Japanese army's A division, and it can be said that it should be very easy to encircle and suppress the base area of the Eighth Route Army in Beiyue District with superior forces.

However, their wishful thinking did not succeed according to their wishes, and the elite Japanese army of nearly 10,000 people in the Fourth Brigade was fiercely blocked by more than 6,000 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and the Fifth Regiment in the military city.

At this time, the commander of the Katayama Brigade of the Fourth Brigade said to Chief of Staff Noda, who was standing beside him: "Order the troops to be ready for battle at any time, once our Imperial Japanese Army fighters appear in the air and carry out a fire attack on the positions of the Eighth Route Army, the ground troops must, under the cover of the powerful firepower of the fighters, break through the Tubalu blocking position in one fell swoop with the most fierce combat power, eliminate the only regiment known as the 'Thunder Hero Regiment', and raise the prestige of our Imperial Japanese soldiers. ”

"Katayama-kun, according to reliable information, Lei Jian, the commander of the only regiment of Tubalu, this Shina baby has already been killed by my heroic imperial soldiers in the Battle of Zoumaya, is he still alive?"

The commander of the Katayama Brigade looked at Chief of Staff Noda, felt that his question was unreasonable, looked at the position of the Eighth Route Army in Kitayama and said: "Noda-kun, according to the tactics and positional deployment of the Eighth Route Army in the area of the military city and our Imperial Japanese Army, it should be the work of Lei Jian, the son of the Chinese child, and I have reported directly to General Okamura."

Although General Okamura still had doubts, he did not determine whether Lei Jian was alive or dead, and ordered our Katayama Brigade to break through the position of the Eighth Route Army and destroy the Eighth Route Army, and to find the body of Lei Jian, the commander of the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army and the son of the Chinese Wazi, and to give a clear answer to the headquarters whether he was dead or alive. ”

Lei Jian's life and death were not only highly valued in the Eighth Route Army's Jinchaji, but even the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters was concerned about his life and death, especially in the battle of the military city blockade, the commander of the Katayama Brigade not only had to eliminate the first and fifth regiments, but also to figure out the life and death of Lei Jian, which was a good thing or a bad thing for Lei Jian.

The only regiment and the fifth regiment of the Eighth Route Army are facing an unexpected bloody battle, which is about to begin.

General Hechi, commander of the Third Aviation Brigade of the Japanese Army in Shijiazhuang, received a telegram from the headquarters of the North China Front and immediately ordered 24 fighters to fly away from the airfield.

In less than an hour, from the southwest sky, a flying object the size of a swallow suddenly appeared, wrapped in a rumbling roar, and flew towards the northeast.

In the blink of an eye, looking at it again, the flying object had become bigger than a cat.

Twenty-four Japanese fighters, three for each combat crew, and six fighters in formation, formed a herringbone in the air, and soon flew into the air.

At this time, Li Gang, the cavalry battalion and three special companies led by Li Gang, who were sticking to the west mountain of the military city, saw that the Japanese troops under the mountain rushed halfway up the mountain, suddenly stopped attacking, and built fortifications on the spot.

If he hadn't reported to Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in a timely manner, Li Gang really didn't know what tricks the cunning Japanese commander was going to play when he could try to break through the positions of the Duyi Regiment and the Fifth Regiment with the most superior forces under the cover of aerial fighters.

According to the analysis and requirements of the head of the military region, Li Gang said that the troops had to block the enemy in the vicinity of the military city for four hours, and they were not allowed to withdraw from their positions without orders.

In order to further improve the establishment of the head of the organ of the only regiment so that the regiment commander could have direct command during the operation of the troops, Li Gang ordered Zhang Ping, director of the Telephone Investigation Department: "Immediately send a report to the headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and in order to improve the commander of the only regiment, he requests the appointment of Ma Ming, commander of the cavalry battalion, as deputy commander of the only regiment and commander of the cavalry battalion, Zhang Ting, commander of the first battalion, as deputy commander and commander of the first battalion, and Zhang Ping as deputy commander and director of the telecommunications office. ”

Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, who was leading the command of the second, third, and sixth regiments to break through with the front-line command organs of the encirclement and suppression of the Chengnanzhuang Military Region, received a telegram from Li Gang requesting the appointment of the deputy commander of the only regiment, and stood in front of the map in the war room with a deep groan.

After a short period of study, he immediately replied: According to the needs of the head of the organ of the only regiment, Ma Ming and Zhang Ting were appointed as the deputy commanders of the only regiment, and Zhang Ping was appointed with another appointment, so he immediately sent someone to escort Zhang Ping and bring a radio station to report to No. 17 Guanping Street, Fuping City.

Li Gang received a reply telegram from the military region headquarters and immediately announced the appointment of the military region headquarters to all units.

He ordered Deputy Regiment Commander Ma Ming to lead the assault company, the special agent company, the reconnaissance company, and the cavalry battalion to hold the west mountain of the military city, and the main task was to contain the strength of the two Japanese brigades under the Xishan position and reduce the military pressure on the Beishan position.

Fang Liqiang, the commander of the assault company, was ordered to send a combat squad to escort Zhang Ping to Fuping City, and no matter what difficulties and obstacles occurred on the way, the safety of Director Zhang Ping's life must be guaranteed.

After Li Gang gave the order, he took Ma Ming's hand and said: "Deputy Commander Ma, the position in the west mountain of the military city will be handed over to you, you lead more than 600 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to deal with the enemy's two brigades, and the burden is very heavy, but you must remember one thing, your task is only to contain the enemy, not to fight fiercely with the enemy, let alone take the initiative to attack, save your strength in order to fight again, can you remember?" ”

Ma Ming's heart was sour at this time, and he said with tears in his eyes: "Commander Li, the commander and deputy head of the only regiment, the military region is re-equipped, do you say that our Thunder Sword Regiment Commander really sacrificed?" Otherwise, the head of the military district would not have ....... ”

"Comrade Ma Ming, at the moment of the great enemy, you must be clear about the tasks you are shouldering, miss the head of the Thunder Sword, you must sink into the bottom of your heart, don't say it at will, only in this way can it not affect the pride of the soldiers in killing the enemy. Let me ask you again, are you clear about the tasks assigned to you? ”

"Report to Regiment Leader Li, I, Ma Ming, are clear, but let me ask you at the end, aren't you worried about our Captain Lei at all, whether he is alive or dead? Can we still see the Thunder Sword Leader? You tell me with your heart. ”

Li Gang's heart is no better than Ma Ming, but he is now the commander of the only regiment, and he wants to bring out the only regiment brought out by the thunder sword on the battlefield to kill the enemy, just like the thunder sword is commanding, and fight better in the military city blockade battle, only in this way will Li Gang feel good in his heart and be worthy of the sacrificial Lei regiment commander.

He heard Ma Ming call him, 'You tell me with your heart', and said with tears in his eyes: "Ma Ming, I was directly appointed from the acting head of the regiment to the only regiment leader in less than eight hours, and my heart is bleeding.

(End of chapter)