There is a squad of Japanese troops stationed in the Fangjia Town stronghold, and there is also a platoon of puppet troops, whose main task is to ensure the safety of the transportation hub of Fangjia Town.

Lei Jian had already sent a reconnaissance company in advance to find out the enemy's situation, and at this time, Li Gang ordered two platoons of the first company and the third company to surround the Japanese stronghold and launch a sudden attack, and the battle must be resolved within half an hour.

Ordered the battalion commander Ma Ming to lead the third company to eliminate a platoon of the Imperial Allied Army, and once the puppet army resisted, it would be resolutely annihilated.

At one o'clock in the morning, Li Gang issued an order to launch an attack on the enemy puppet army stationed in Fangjia Town, and the Eighth Route Army launched the most fierce fire attack on the enemy, and in less than half an hour, most of the devils in a squad were eliminated, and more than a dozen little devils saw that they were unable to fight back, escaped from Fangjia Town, and fled all the way to Quyang.

Battalion commander Zhang Ting led three companies and two platoons, touched the sentry in front of the puppet army, rushed into the compound, kicked open the door of the house, and shouted, 'Surrender the gun and don't kill', several puppet soldiers resisted with guns and were killed on the spot, and the other puppet soldiers knelt down and surrendered, and the battle was quickly resolved.

Li Gang ordered Ma Ming: "You lead the third company to rush out of Fangjia Town, set up an ambush in Sanli south of the town, and once the Japanese army in Quyang is reinforced, you must block it for half an hour and retreat immediately." ”

He led a company to carefully search the camp of the enemy puppet army, and found a small amount of weapons and ammunition stored in one house, and a large amount of grain in another house.

Li Gang said to the correspondent who followed him: "You immediately convey my order to the second platoon commander who is hiding outside the town to take care of the war horse, and order the war horse to be brought here quickly." ”

After a short time, the second platoon commander led a platoon of soldiers to bring all the war horses to the Japanese stronghold, and Li Gang shouted in the night: "Each soldier takes care of the two war horses, and the weapons, ammunition, and food in the house must be packed and burdened on the saddle within 20 minutes. ”

As soon as the soldiers heard that there was food, they excitedly led their horses to the house, and several soldiers worked together to carry the sacks containing grain in the house, as well as a small amount of weapons and ammunition, and carried them on the horse's back with their hands and feet.

At this time, it was very quiet in Quyang City, and the commander of the Ninth Brigade Yoshimaru Qingwu Brigade, who was sleeping, suddenly heard the sound of gunfire in his dream, and he jumped out of bed and shouted: "Where to shoot?" Tell me quickly. ”

The little devil outside rushed into the house in a few steps, and reported in a panic: "Report to the brigade commander, it is reported that there was a shootout in the direction of Fangjia Town, and the specific battle situation is unknown." ”

The commander of the Yoshimaru Qingwu Brigade grabbed the phone and ordered into the microphone: "Order the cavalry squadron to immediately reinforce Fangjia Town, and report quickly once the Tubalu large army is found." ”

The cavalry squadron received the order, like a pack of crazy wolves, rushed out of Quyang City and rushed to Fangjia Town.

Li Gang, who had seized the Japanese stronghold, ordered his troops to quickly load the captured food and weapons, while he did ideological and political work on the captured puppet army; in a short period of time, among the more than 20 puppet soldiers who were captured, except for five or six who wanted to go home, the other dozen or so actively asked to join the Eighth Route Army.

More than a dozen puppet soldiers who participated in the Eighth Route Army, in order to show that they had changed their ways, took the initiative to provide intelligence, and with the assistance of these captured puppet soldiers, they filled three carts of grain, and at this time, all the war horses quickly withdrew from Fangjia Town with food.

For the sake of safety, Li Gang ordered a company to immediately lead three carriages and a team of horses to quickly leave Fangjia Town.

Ma Ming, the battalion commander who led the three companies and set up an ambush in three miles south of Fangjia Town, heard three gunshots and shouted to the soldiers: "Immediately withdraw from the position, pass through Fangjia Town, and catch up with the company led by Regiment Commander Li Gang." ”

The three companies ran and marched in a row, and finally caught up with the cavalry units carrying food.

The devil cavalry squadron received the order and rushed out of Quyang City frantically, met the leader of the devil squad who fled halfway, asked about the situation, and quickly rushed to Fangjia Town.

Half an hour later, the Devil Cavalry Squadron arrived at Fangjia Town, rushed into the stronghold and saw that the entire stronghold was in shambles, the door of the house where weapons, ammunition and food were stored was open, and the inside was already empty, even the remaining scattered sacks were also broken.

The leader of the devil cavalry squadron wanted to rush out of Fangjia Town and pursue the troops of the Eighth Route Army who had stolen weapons, ammunition and food, but at night, it was dawn, and he was afraid that he would be ambushed by a sudden pursuit, so he had to give up and return to Quyang.

Li Gang led the war horse transport team, and when the east was bright, the transport team walked to the right flank position of the Iron Camel Mountain where the East Column was ambushed, and he contacted Luo Jinchuan, the head of the Upper East Column Independent Regiment, and the two old comrades-in-arms who had reunited after a long absence, and held their hands tightly.

The two didn't have time to talk about their parting, Li Gang said sincerely: "Commander Luo, we have had several confrontations with the enemy, repelled several attacks by devils, and the food of the troops has not been replenished in time for more than a day, and now the soldiers' stomachs are growling with hunger, I was ordered by Commander Lei to lead the cavalry battalion to sneak attack the enemy's puppet army stronghold in Fangjia Town at night, and captured a small amount of weapons and ammunition and a lot of food, you see." ”

"Don't look at me, your only regiment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region has been fighting against the enemy's large forces for the past few days, and has been holding its position in this Iron Camel Mountain for more than two days, and now it is in urgent need of weapons, ammunition and food replenishment, don't delay things, hurry up and take these life-saving things and send them to the Iron Camel Mountain."

At this time, listening to the report of the scouts, Deputy Regiment Commander Li Gang with a cavalry battalion and a war horse team transporting grain was already approaching the foot of the Iron Camel Mountain, and Lei Jian led the guard platoon to rush down the mountain, and directly broke into the regimental headquarters of the East Vertical Independent Regiment without notification.

When he heard Regiment Commander Luo so polite, he laughed and said, "My old battalion commander, you are still so foreign to me, we are brothers formed with blood and life on the battlefield, why did we become two families just after separation?" ”

"Hahaha, you little thunder sword, since you broke up in Peacock Valley, each took a regiment to the new battlefield, this way westward, the blood has not flowed, and the battle has not been less, but this heart has always been thinking about you, a stinky boy, I didn't expect you to come to the door by yourself, this is what I Luo Jinchuan didn't expect."

Lei Jian took Luo Jinchuan's big hand, shook it and said emotionally: "Commander Luo, my old battalion commander, don't you know, once I encounter difficulties, the first thing I think of is you, and I am really a little uncomfortable when I suddenly separate, this is good, let's fight side by side together again." ”

He pointed at Li Gang and said: "Why is it that Deputy Commander Li represents my Lei Jian, the weapons, ammunition and food captured from the Japanese stronghold, passing by your territory, paying some money to buy the road, you old brother, don't want to postpone it, isn't it too righteous?" Yes? Hahaha. ”

"Bastard, you stinky boy, you're still so unserious, what do you pay for the road? No matter how bold I am, I don't dare to do anything in front of the only regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and you can't do this kind of thing of robbing the house and splitting the house in half. ”

"Okay, don't be too polite, too polite is hypocrisy, I don't believe it, your troops are not short of food? Take it, this is also a piece of my Lei Jian's heart, it stands to reason that it is also called meeting and dividing half, if your brother goes out with me again, my Lei Jian will leave immediately. ”

Luo Jinchuan was embarrassed by Lei Jian's words, his troops urgently needed weapons, ammunition and food supplies, but as soon as they met, they received Lei Jian's favor, and his big brother was really a little embarrassed.

He heard what Lei Jian said so sincerely, so he had to say: "Captain Lei, I have received your heart, give me half of it, I don't dare to take it, if it is convenient, give me a third of the group." ”

"Long-winded, meet in half, this proverb cannot be changed in front of two brothers." Lei Jian said to Li Gang beside him: "Deputy Regiment Commander Li, according to what I said, immediately unload half of the weapons, ammunition and food, and transport the rest to the Iron Camel Mountain, and immediately return to the team, ready to fight at any time." ”

Lei Jian stayed here for more than an hour at the head of the East Vertical Luo Jinchuan, told his parting feelings with his old comrades-in-arms, and quickly returned to Tiehuo Mountain under the farewell of his old comrades-in-arms.

In the early morning of 1 September, the commander of the Jimaru Qingwu Brigade in Quyang City organized more than 300 little devils to get off in Fangjia Town in a truck and launch an attack on Tiehuo Mountain from the direction of Yanling, in an attempt to open up the passage between Zhengtai Road and Shibao Highway in order to relieve the danger along the line.

The commander of the Yoshimaru Kiyoshi Brigade was furious and sent a large number of additional troops and air fighters to attack, and launched the most fierce attack on the Iron Camel Mountain again.