The commander of the first battalion of the new Seventh Brigade, looking at the corpses of devils lying on the ground at the front of the position, among these corpses of devils, there are also soldiers of the first battalion who died heroically with the enemy, he looked at the thunder sword that rode up the mountain beam, he did not know who this commander was, and immediately reported: "Report to the commander, my new seventh brigade and the first battalion, the soldiers who can survive, thank the commander for leading the cavalry brigade to rush to the aid in time, and express my gratitude from the bottom of my heart." ”

Lei Jian jumped off the war horse, put down the hand of the first battalion commander who was still raised in front of his head to salute, and said with a solemn face: "You are the first battalion commander of the New Seventh Brigade Song Brigade Commander, right?" I am Lei Jian, the head of the Independent Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, you have worked hard. ”

The commander of the first battalion of the new Seventh Brigade looked at Lei Jian and frowned and asked, "Are you really the commander of Lei Jian?" I—I really didn't expect that. ”

"You didn't expect my Lei Jian to be a doll that didn't grow up, did you? Let's talk less now, clean up the battlefield immediately, all the light and heavy weapons and bullets dropped by a squadron of devils are all from your battalion, just ....... ”

The commander of the first battalion of the new Seventh Brigade of the East Column hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Commander Lei, you led the cavalry battalion to rescue us from the line of life and death, and at this time all the spoils were given to me by a battalion, I just don't know how to do anything, and I don't dare to take the credit for myself, or ......." ”

Lei Jian boldly took the hand of the first battalion commander and said: "First battalion commander, you are not polite, the cavalry battalion of my independent regiment only accepts nine war horses with mortars and heavy machine guns from the devil squadron, and the rest of the trophies are all from your battalion, and my independent regiment will not even ask for a single bullet." ”

The commander of the first battalion held the hand of the thunder sword very excitedly, his eyes were filled with tears of gratitude, and he said embarrassedly: "Commander Lei, I have long heard that you are a 'thunder general' who kills the enemy, and you are generous and bold. ”

"I have said this, we are all brother troops, and at the same time we are killing devils on a battlefield, what yours and mine, now your battalion urgently needs weapons and ammunition replenishment, I think this time I can capture the weapons and ammunition of nearly a squadron of devils, replenish your battalion, it should be a combat unit with excellent weapons, we will have a period later, I will also lead the cavalry battalion to Commander Chen of the East Column, say goodbye for the time being, and see you on the new battlefield."

Lei Jian ordered Li Gang, the commander of the cavalry battalion: "Order all the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to take the captured war horses with them, leave this battlefield immediately, and set off with me now." ”

The commander of the first battalion of the New Seventh Brigade looked at the cavalry battalion of the Mountain Column Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, which had lost its trace in the dust and fog behind him, and sighed to several company commanders around him: "I have long heard that this Thunder Sword Regiment Commander is brave and tenacious in killing the enemy, and as long as the enemy is bitten by his troops on the battlefield, don't want to escape from his strangulation."

I didn't expect him to be so bold and generous, and he didn't want four mortars and six heavy machine guns that captured the devil, not to mention light machine guns and 38 big covers, not even a single bullet, just such a sentence, all of them were given to us, such a great grace, I really can't enjoy it. Besides, the lives of our first battalion of soldiers were also saved by the cavalry battalion of Commander Lei, and this great favor really makes me unable to repay it. ”

Several company commanders nodded and said: "Yes, this Lei Regiment Commander still looks like an immature child, but when it comes to doing things, it is called a special thing, we can survive, only by killing more little devils, can we get up and save the lives of our whole battalion soldiers in the Lei Jian Independent Regiment." ”

The commander of the first battalion was a little excited to see that there were suddenly so many good weapons, but when he saw the soldiers sacrificed in the forward positions and the enemy group, he suddenly shed tears of pain, and his voice choked up and ordered: "Put the heroic soldiers in order, bury them well, and send their comrades to start again." ”

The soldiers buried the bodies of their sacrificed comrades with grief, stood on the mountain beam and looked at their battalion commander, the first battalion commander clenched his fists and said firmly: "All the soldiers of the first battalion, the little devil killed our comrades and brothers, and we must make the devil pay for the blood debt." ”

"Kill the devil, kill the devil ——。" The warriors waved their guns and shouted angrily.

Lei Jian's cavalry battalion left the position of the first battalion and rushed out four or five miles, he ordered two soldiers to return to the Peacock Valley with the nine captured horses, and sent a message to Luo Political Commissar to pay close attention to the military training and ideological education of the recruits, and be ready to go to the battlefield at any time, and then select cavalry soldiers who meet the standards from various units as a supplement to the cavalry battalion.

Lei Jian ordered the cavalry battalion soldiers beside him: "Hurry up and feed the war horses, and the soldiers should replenish their diet in time." ”

It is said that it is a supplementary diet, which sounds very elegant, but in fact, it is just gnawing hard dry food with cold water, but it is just said in Lei Jian's mouth, and others listen to it, and they don't know what good things this cavalry unit eats.

After about half an hour, Lei Jian said to Li Gang: "Battalion Commander Li, the war horses and soldiers should have something in their stomachs, we can't delay here for too long, we must immediately rush to the frontline position of the New Seventh Brigade to reinforce the New Seventh Brigade and the enemy's 180th Division 324th Wing, and take the enemy by surprise, so as to solve the crisis of the New Seventh Brigade." ”

Li Gang ordered the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to set off immediately, aiming to the southwest, and rode their horses forward quickly.

The horses of the cavalry battalion were supplemented with some forage, and the soldiers gnawed on dry food and drank water, which was also regarded as having hunger and fullness in the stomach, and the spirit increased sharply at this time, this cavalry unit, interspersed on the dirt road with green gauze tents on both sides, the war horses ran rapidly, and the dust and mist raised by the horses' hooves on the ground flew in the air, like a whirlwind, straight to the southwest.

The horses neighed and galloped out for more than ten miles, and in the gallop with the sound of horses' hooves, the fierce gunfire was heard not far away, accompanied by the chaotic sound of people shouting and horses, and it could be heard in the distance, and the ongoing battle must have been very fierce, and the enemy and us had already carried out the war to a scorching white heat.

Lei Jian whipped his horse fiercely, and shouted to the soldiers of the cavalry battalion: "The battlefield where fierce gunfire is heard in front is the cadres and soldiers of the New Seventh Brigade, who are engaged in a life-and-death battle with the enemy. ”

He galloped while shouting, one person and one horse rushed to the front of the cavalry team, and Qu Jiaming, the guard squad leader beside him, shouted to the soldiers of the guard squad: "Commander Lei rushes to the front alone, all the soldiers of the guard squad, follow quickly, you must protect the safety of the regiment commander, rush." ”

Li Gang saw Lei Jian rushing to the front of the cavalry battalion like crazy, and he ordered the soldiers of the cavalry battalion: "Speed up, every minute and second of delay, the Eighth Route Army on the front line will fall under the guns of the devils, comrades, in order to reinforce the brother troops in time, beat the horse and keep up with the commander of the Lei regiment in front." ”

More than a hundred war horses, what spectacular scene will appear when galloping, close your eyes and think about it, you will imagine that these cavalry warriors are driving war horses, galloping on the dirt road of the green gauze tent, the kind of indomitable momentum, the vibration of the horse stepping on the earth, will be felt in the distance.

Lei Jian led the cavalry battalion to rush into a forest in front, under the cover of dense branches and leaves, Lei Jian suddenly strangled the war horse and stopped, more than a hundred war horses followed closely behind to catch up, and encountered the front of the war horse suddenly stopped galloping, a trained war horse, staggered the horse butt that was about to hit in front, and raised the front hooves towards the oblique, and the war horse forced the hind hooves to rub a few steps forward to slow down the forward rush, and then stopped.

Lei Jian jumped off his horse and ordered Li Gang: "Listen to the sound of guns, the battlefield where the enemy and us are fighting should be about a mile from the woods in front, the cavalry battalion does not feel the situation, and suddenly breaks in, I am afraid that it will be hit by the enemy's fire, you lead the cavalry battalion to stay here, I will take the guard squad to the front to reconnoitre, without an order, you must not act without authorization." ”

He said to Qu Jiaming: "Call the soldiers of the guard squad to put a halter on the war horse, so as not to get close to the enemy, and the neighing of the war horse will attract the enemy's attention." ”

Although Qu Jiaming has not been with Lei Jian for a long time, he is a very clever and brainy guard, he passed on according to Lei Jian's orders, and finally did a good inspection, and ran to Lei Jian to report: "Report to Captain Lei, everything is ready and ready to act at any time." ”

"Okay, follow me, and search ahead in disguise." Lei Jian led the guard squad and rode through the woods, and the further he went, the more intense the sound of the gunfire hitting the eardrums, and sometimes the bullets from unknown sides passed by.

Lei Jian jumped off his horse and ordered a guard squad soldier to wait here and take the war horse, while he led a dozen soldiers from the guard squad to continue to search and reconnoitre.

The further he went, the more deafening the sound of gunfire became, and when he approached the edge of this wood, Lei Jian found that a unit in front of him that was engaged with the enemy, I don't know if it was the main force of the New Seventh Brigade, was engaged in a fierce fire confrontation with the enemy. In order to find out the situation of the position in front, Lei Jian led the cavalry squad soldiers, carefully using the cover of tree branches and leaves, and approached forward little by little.

(End of chapter)