Lei Jian listened to Qu Jiaming's report, and found a county seat more than ten miles ahead, he stopped his horse, took out the map he had collected from his backpack, pointed to a dot on the march route map he had redrawn, and said: "The county seat that appeared more than ten miles ahead should be the county seat of Fudong." ”

Ma Mingshan frowned and said: "Commander Lei, we have successfully crossed the Beijing-Hangzhou Ancient Canal, Fudong City is the first city we encountered after leaving the country, and we have avoided Fudong City, which is Wuqiang County in Jizhong."

Further west, our unit will enter the united front area of the large forces of the Japanese North China Front, and every time we go further, we will be surrounded and intercepted by the enemy's large forces, and the situation will be very unfavorable to our newly formed independent regiment, and it will be very difficult and dangerous to pass through the enemy's blockade line on the way. ”

Lei Jian's explanation of Ma Mingshan was already clear in his heart, he rode on his war horse and took out the map, glanced at it a few times and ordered: "Order the troops to advance ten miles to the northwest, there is a forest there, and the troops will rest in hiding, waiting for orders." ”

He said to Wang Xiaoliang: "Deputy Commander Wang, you lead the reconnaissance platoon and reconnoiter Fudong City in disguise, in my memory, Fucheng should be a Japanese military transfer station at this time, and the garrison will not exceed one squadron, and most of the surrounding neighboring strongholds and turrets are puppet troops, as long as they are ......." ”

Lei Jian was talking according to the information he learned before the crossing, and found that several regimental cadres around him were staring at him with a magical look, he suddenly woke up from the information in his mind, and quickly changed the topic and said: "Commander Chen once gave me a brief introduction, now I don't know if the enemy situation has changed, Deputy Regiment Commander Wang must find the most accurate information in this field reconnaissance, which is very important to the next step of the battle plan, let's go immediately." ”

He watched Wang Xiaoliang take Qu Jiaming's reconnaissance platoon of more than thirty horsemen and leave the main force, Lei Jian waved his hand and ordered: "Order the troops to pay attention to concealment and accelerate forward." ”

In less than an hour, the troops entered the woods about five miles northeast of Fucheng, and the troops took a temporary rest, and he immediately convened a military meeting of cadres at and above the battalion level to study the specific action arrangements on the way to the west.

Lei Jian said: "Our regiment has reached the Jingangku on the southern slope of Wutai Mountain, where the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is located, and there are still nearly 400 kilometers to go, and we have to pass through several blockade lines of the Japanese army along the way.

Our unit was a peasant army that had just been formed and basically had no combat experience, and it was very difficult, even a risky operation, to penetrate the cracks of the total Japanese blockade.

At present, our regiment's weapons, ammunition, food, military horses, forage, medicines, and other military supplies are the most important things that our troops urgently need to replenish at present, and if we want to replenish these things to the troops as soon as possible, we must snatch them from the hands of the little devils. ”

Ma Mingshan nodded and said: "I completely agree with Commander Lei's opinion, it seems that Commander Lei is aiming at the Japanese army's military supply station in Fucheng this time, if we can break through Fucheng and seize the military supplies of the Japanese army's transfer station, then our regiment will be rich." ”

Li Gang reminded worriedly: "Commander Lei, Political Commissar Ma, according to Commander Lei's analysis just now, there is a squadron of devil town defenders in Fucheng, and there are still many devil strongholds around the county, once you can't capture Fucheng in the shortest possible time and form a stalemate with the enemy, the Japanese army and the devils in the surrounding strongholds will quickly reinforce Fucheng, and if it's not good, we will cover our newly formed troops in the city, and at that time, the situation will be very dangerous, and it will be difficult to ......make trouble." ”

"I have already analyzed this issue considered by Deputy Regiment Commander Li, and after the first battle at the Lijiazhuang and Fengzhuang railway stations, the combat quality of our troops and the ability of the soldiers to cope with the battle have been improved."

When Lei Jian said this, he looked at the cadres above the battalion level who were around him, and saw that they were all listening to him attentively, Lei Jian continued: "Now I have decided to attack Fucheng, rob the military supplies of the Japanese transfer station, and replenish our troops, which lack anything, it stands to reason that it is indeed very risky.

When we decide to attack Fucheng, we must scientifically arrange and arrange our troops according to the combat capability of the troops and the tacit understanding of the mutual cooperation of the various units, so that we can be sure that we will fight this battle well.

Now everyone can form a prototype in their minds about the battle plan for this campaign according to what I have said and the situation they have mastered, and wait for Deputy Regiment Commander Wang to come back from reconnaissance and then make further discussions, and now all battalions will immediately go back to do a good job in the ideological work of the soldiers, and at the same time seize every bit of time to train the soldiers, and tell the soldiers that if they sweat more at this time, they can shed less blood in wartime, save their lives, and kill devils ruthlessly. ”

Lei Jian looked at Ma Mingshan and asked, "Commissar Ma, do you have anything to add to the arrangements I made at the meeting just now?" ”

Ma Mingshan looked at Lei Jian and admired this young commander from the bottom of his heart, his mind was so clear, his combat ability was so strong, he was bold and resolute but not reckless, he was resourceful and uninhibited, he had to say with admiration: "Commander Lei, I have nothing to add, just ......." ”

"Just what? Speak up and listen. Lei Jian looked at Ma Mingshan a little hesitantly, and encouraged with a hearty smile.

"Commander Lei, the main task of our unit on the way to the west is to rush to the location of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in time to accept the new task.

"Hahaha, Political Commissar Ma, I will not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside, and besides, my Lei Jian has not yet reported for duty, but just formed a new independent regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region with a telegram, you don't seem to have heard of it, a foreign friend asked one of our big chiefs, 'The main force of the Eighth Route Army is so far away from you, and they can launch a battle on the battlefield at any time, don't they need to ask for instructions and report?'

Our chief said with a smile: 'The Eighth Route Army is distributed in various battlefields, and if everything is reported and the reply order cannot be received in time, the fighters will be delayed, and the guerrilla warfare behind the enemy will have great limitations. ’”

When Lei Jian said this, seeing Ma Mingshan's frowning, he said with a smile: "Commissar Ma, you won't ask me who is when you say this, right?" Hahaha, you'll find out later. ”

The cadres above the battalion level who surrounded Lei Jian felt more and more mysterious and convinced of their regiment commander, and even Commander Chen valued their regiment commander very much, which would be more confident for a subordinate of a unit.

Lei Jian asked for everyone's opinions, combined with what he just said, and further brewed in his mind, hoping to finally issue a strong attack on the battle of Fudong, and strive to fight smoothly and get a perfect result.

Several battalion commanders followed Lei Jian's deployment, and immediately gathered their troops when they returned, seized every bit of time, and began to train new soldiers.

Besides, Wang Xiaoliang led Qu Jiaming's reconnaissance platoon, rode a horse under the cover of a green gauze tent, and soon approached Fudong County, hid the war horse in the crops outside the city, and took Qu Jiaming's ten soldiers into the county seat in disguise.

Fudong County is located in a large alluvial plain in central Hebei, the terrain is slowly inclined from southwest to northeast, there are many rivers in the territory, after years of river flooding and diversion, sediments are staggered and distributed, forming a lot of gentle hills, downhill and low-lying land.

Wang Xiaoliang and several people wore the clothes of the local people, passed through the east city gate, accepted the inspection of the enemy puppet army, and successfully entered Fudong City.

There are no decent buildings in the city, the two-story small buildings that can be seen are already dilapidated, the streets are narrow, there are not many shops, and the small merchants and vendors who are hawking from time to time stare at the frightened eyes, scan around, once they find the wrong place, some carry baskets to withdraw from the stalls, and some are too late, so they have to leave the stalls in order to survive, and run away without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Qu Jiaming frowned and asked, "Brother Wang, why do you say this street is so shabby?" How can these small traders and hawkers see us coming, they don't even want the stalls, they turn around and run, faster than they run when they see a wolf, this is ....... ”

"Don't talk too much, talk less, look at your eyes more, don't ask nonsense if you don't know, besides, you don't know, I'm here for the first time, how can I know?" Wang Xiaoliang spoke in a low voice, and his eyes scanned the people walking on the street.

Several people were walking, and suddenly at the bend in front, a small group of enemy puppet soldiers came out, carrying guns and arrogantly walking towards Wang Xiaoliang and them.

Wang Xiaoliang shouted in a vigilant low voice: "Immediately separate and dodge, and wait for a dozen enemy puppet troops to walk over and then meet." ”

Just as a few of them walked away, a loud scolding suddenly came from this group of enemy puppet troops: "A few bastards in front, stop me, Lao Tzu doesn't like you, you have to review it well, bastard, did you hear it?" ”

(End of chapter)