Lei Jian looked at the cadres and soldiers who listened carefully, and then said: "A general in order to wash away his shame, actually want to die to serve the country, he held the determination of 'I live in the country, I die in the country', led tens of thousands of soldiers, took the lead, bravely killed the enemy, killed more than 60,000 enemies in two years, in the most dangerous moment of the Battle of Zaoyi, with 1,500 soldiers in danger, into the Japanese army's important land, contain the enemy's strength, cooperate with the troops to attack the Japanese troops, was shot seven times, fell to the ground with a bang, and became a well-known anti-Japanese general at home and abroad. ”

When he said this, he looked at the cadres and soldiers sitting there, raised his voice and shouted: "We are now in a state of national crisis, the people and soldiers should be self-reliant, on the battlefield of killing the enemy, the commander must take the lead and dare to take responsibility, the soldier must fight bravely to kill the enemy, protect the family and defend the country, in order to defeat the little devil, even if he throws his head and spills human blood, I just want to shout in the end, kill the devil, kill the devil——。 ”

"Kill the devil, kill the devil ——。" More than 1,000 cadres and soldiers in the cave shouted the highest voice of this era at the same time, and they will practice their shouts with flesh and blood on different battlefields in the future.

When the political commissar Gao and the detachment and the cadres of the Independent Regiment saw all the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, they shouted "Kill the devils" with high emotions, and this kind of majestic cry inspired every soldier.

Lei Jian finished his explanation of these three battle examples, he walked out of the rostrum, first gave a military salute to the cadres and soldiers who stood up and shouted "kill devils", and then gave a military salute to the senior political commissar and Director Liu who were sitting on the rostrum, and turned to the cadres and soldiers on the field and ordered: "Please sit down, now please ask the senior political commissar of the detachment to give instructions and reports for the newly formed independent regiment." ”

Political Commissar Gao stood up, waved his hand to appease the warm applause, and he said emotionally: "The three battle examples that Regiment Commander Lei talked about just now, combined with my own understanding, said very well, on behalf of the headquarters of the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, I am proud to have such a heroic unit.

I hope that the cadres and fighters of the Independent Regiment will absorb the essence of these three combat examples, enrich themselves, and defend the country with their blood and lives as soldiers in future operations? ”

"Yes", "Yes", "Yes".

After the meeting, the senior political commissar organized and convened the first meeting of cadres above the battalion level of the independent regiment, at which he put forward requirements and made a verbal mobilization in advance, and the independent regiment was ready to go to the western battlefield at any time to cooperate with the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in the sabotage war against the Japanese army in North China.

Lei Jian sent a cavalry team to escort Political Commissar Gao and Director Liu of the detachment back to the base area.

The Independent Mission then met to deploy the next phase of the mission.

Lei Jian said at the meeting: "Political Commissar Luo is our old battalion commander, and now he is the political commissar of the Independent Regiment, and he requires us to carry forward the passion of fighting bravely to kill the enemy under the unified leadership of the Independent Regiment, and resolutely obey the orders issued by the regiment headquarters no matter where we fight. ”

Luo Jinchuan stood up and said: "Although I am a veteran, I can be regarded as having been with Commander Lei for a while, and in the future military operations, I will go all out to cooperate well and build the independent regiment into a strong force that can pull out and win the battle." ”

Lei Jian nodded and said: "Well said, the immediate tasks of our independent regiment are: first, to pay close attention to training, improve the military quality of the troops, and be ready to fight big battles and tough battles at any time.

Second, the independent regiment is a relatively well-equipped unit, and at the same time, it is also a unit with relatively large consumption, from the food and clothing of cadres and soldiers, to the supply of troops, and the forage of war horses and cavalry battalions, all of which need to be well stocked.

Thirdly, the knife does not need to be rusty, the soldiers will be lazy if they do not practice, and in order for the troops to be able to set off immediately when they receive orders at any time, I suggest that we send a battalion of troops, after reconnaissance, to attack the enemy's stronghold and replenish weapons and ammunition, so that we can be prepared and smoothly reach the assembly area on the way to the west. ”

When Lei Jian said this, he asked Luo Jinchuan: "Political Commissar Luo, this is my opinion, you can add it, unify your thinking to form a resolution, and take action immediately." ”

Luo Jinchuan added a few words, and finally said: "I think these three points proposed by Regiment Commander Lei are feasible, and they can form the first resolution of the independent regiment and implement the action immediately. ”

Niu Dali and Wang Xiaoliang, two deputy heads of the delegation, as well as Dong Dayong, director of the Political Department, expressed their views and expressed their resolute implementation of the resolution.

Lei Jian immediately convened a combat meeting of cadres at and above the battalion, department, and team level, and he ordered:

ordered Li Gang, a cavalry battalion, to lead the cavalry to reconnoiter in three directions to the three county towns of Lai, Yezhao, dozens of miles away, and find out the specific information on the enemy's weapons and equipment in the city, the number of personnel, and the deployment of the urban area, and immediately come back to report;

ordered Wang Xiaoliang, deputy commander of the regiment, to lead the first battalion to prepare for battle, receive orders, and set off at any time;

Dong Dayong, director of the Political Department, was instructed to organize a propaganda team in the army to go deep into the villages, mobilize the masses, and mobilize young and middle-aged people to join the army;

He Chuntao, the head of the medical team, was ordered to return to the unit after going through the formalities for the wounded and sick who had recovered, and to do a good job of comforting the seriously wounded who could not follow the movement of the large army, and to stay in the base area to recuperate.

He finally said to Luo Jinchuan: "Political Commissar Luo, according to the information brought back by Li Gang, I may want to lead the troops to leave Santougu and fight the enemy, and the second and third battalions at home will be entrusted to you. ”

"Hahaha, Commander Lei, don't worry, I'm also a military cadre, I know the severity of this matter, and I also know that you may transfer these two battalions to fight at any time according to the battle situation, I will prepare them for you, you can rest assured."

When Lei Jian heard Luo Jinchuan say this, he was happy and said with a smile: "Talking to a person with a clear mind is cool, you don't need to talk about it, you can make things clear, Political Commissar Luo is really my Lei Jian's good brother." ”

At this time, Niu Dali, who was left to dry, felt left out in the cold, and asked angrily: "Commander Lei, don't you give me the title of deputy regiment commander, you will forget me when arranging combat missions, if this is the case, I might as well go to the company as a soldier, and it will be fun to kill the little devil like that." ”

"Haha, you old brother can't hold his breath, right? Your task is to lead the second battalion and four companies to set up an ambush around Santougu, once you find that the Japanese puppet army is approaching our base area in Santougu, do not expose the target, contact the political commissar Luo in time, and make combat preparations for the enemy, but if the enemy does not move, we must not expose it. ”

Niu Dali felt that he underestimated him for this easy task he performed, and said again dissatisfied: "Commander Lei, just leave this task to the second battalion elder Cao, I will still carry out the task with you." ”

Lei Jian's face sank, and he said very unceremoniously: "Deputy Regiment Commander Niu, don't underestimate this task, once you don't master it well, not only will our secret base be exposed, but it may also attract a large army of devils, I can tell you, if you take it lightly and cause chaos, don't say that I am not polite to you." ”

Li Gang saw that Lei Jian's words were not very good, so he hurriedly stood up and saluted and asked, "May I ask Commander Lei, can the cavalry battalion set off now?" ”

"When you are ready, you will act, you Li Gang will lead a cavalry company to attack Zhaoyuan County for a long time, Ma Ming will lead a second cavalry company to attack Laiyang County, and I will take three companies to reconnoiter Yecheng nearby, hoping that the three cavalry companies will return to Santougu within two days and set off." After Lei Jian issued the order, he got up and left the cave, and led the cavalry to rush out of the three-headed valley, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Yecheng is about more than 40 miles away from Santougu, Lei Jian led three companies of cavalry, quickly left Santougu, did not take the main road, specially selected village and town roads, took a shortcut to Yecheng and marched to Yecheng, less than two hours, approached the outskirts of Yecheng.

The third company of cavalry bypassed Lujiazhuang, which was close to the county seat, stood on a densely wooded hill, sat on horseback and held up the binoculars, and carefully searched in the direction of entering the city along the road from the east.

The city is not too big, there is a brigade of devils living in the city, and the commander is the captain of the Oshima Hidemao Brigade who invaded the base of the Eighth Route Army in Daze Mountain twice, and did not get a bargain, but was beaten hard. In this battle, Oshima almost died in Fengwang Mountain, thanks to the timely rescue of the county seat, I didn't expect this bastard to really come back to life,

Lei Jian didn't know whether the weapons, ammunition, and troops of this devil brigade had been replenished after being heavily damaged, and he didn't know it clearly, and there was no detailed information basis for formulating tactics for the next step of the battle plan, so it would be difficult to complete the task.