Commander Yang looked at these two tiger generals, at first because of a verbal misunderstanding, it was really a bit of gunpowder, but the two talked frankly, and the words were speculative, and they soon shook hands and said joy, at this time, he was even more impressed by the baby head Lei Jian in front of him.

He stood up and said: "The operational scope and operational arrangements of each regiment have been issued, and I hope that commanders at all levels will use the most intense firepower to achieve new results on the battlefield." ”

He looked at Lei Jian and said with a smile: "Commander Lei, in front of these old regiment commanders, you are really a baby regiment leader, but I ask you not to go to the battlefield, just hand over the command to the political commissar, and lead your guard squad yourself, in fact, it is a death squad, desperately rushing to the most dangerous front line, you must take care of the entire battle situation, do a good job of mutual coordination, and live well, can you do it?" ”

Lei Jian was concerned by Commander Yang from the bottom of his heart, tears appeared in his eyes, and he saluted and said in a loud voice: "Commander Yang, please rest assured, the soldiers say that my Lei Jian is more life-saving than that of a cat, with nine hundred and eighty-one lives, and if I can't defeat the little devil, my Lei Jian will not die." ”

'Hahaha', 'hahaha', the leaders and regiment commanders present laughed heartily at what this baby regiment commander said, and the very tense and serious military meeting was enlivened.

Commander Yang looked at his watch and said to everyone with a cold face: "Please check the watch, it is now eighteen o'clock, and there are less than two hours before the general attack on Zhengtai Road, and each regiment will immediately return to their respective units and be ready to launch a general attack at any time." ”

Lei Jian led the guard squad to rush out of Honghecao Village, quickly whipped his back to the sun that was about to set, galloped on the dirt road with green gauze tents on both sides, and the dust that exploded on the ground behind him rose into the air, covering the sun that was about to set in the west, and soon returned to Gangtou Village, where the 'One Regiment' was stationed.

Ma Mingshan stood on the half-section of the courtyard wall in the village, condescendingly doing pre-war mobilization work.

Yes, this 'Hundred Regiment War' that shook the whole world is about to kick off.

At this time, the deputy commander-in-chief standing in the war room of the front headquarters of the Eighth Route Army seemed to be a little unable to sit still, he stood up from time to time, walked to the Zhengtai railway map hanging on the wall, stared at the various targets along the Zhengtai Road that were about to blow the battle horn, and the coldness on his face slowly began to soften.

The former chief of the general staff sat at the table, holding a pencil in his hand, constantly turning, his mood was nervous, with the hope of seeing this big raid, and said to the deputy commander-in-chief: "Deputy boss, the battle is about to start, and the corps and units of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, and the Jinsui Military Region have been deployed in place at this time, just waiting for you to issue orders in this small mountain village." ”

"Yes, the time is approaching little by little, my mood can be described as joyful with nervousness, and twenty-two regiments were deployed on Zhengtai Road at once to carry out this large-scale raid, and the battle scene must be spectacular."

The Eighth Route Army pointed to the two supreme commanders, looked at their watches, and at the same time came together, looking at all the external communications in the war room, it seemed that they were all silent, even the usual constant ringing of the telephone rang stopped, and all the lines in the war room were waiting, waiting for the deputy commander-in-chief to issue the order for the Zhengtai Road raid.

At 22 o'clock on August 20, 1940, the deputy commander-in-chief of the former commander raised his right hand, slashed down, and ordered in a loud voice: "Orders are issued to all corps and military regions, and the Zhengtai Road General Raid has begun." ”

At this moment, the telecommunications equipment and telecommunications lines in the war room were all turned on, and one after another orders were given through the radio waves, and the orders issued by the front finger to break the Zhengtai Road campaign were sent to the headquarters of all corps and military regions in an instant, and a great battle of resistance against Japan that shocked North China and the world began.

Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region had already moved his headquarters to a small mountain village two kilometers away from the front line, and when he received the action order from the deputy commander-in-chief of the former commander, he immediately issued an order to attack the Jingcheng Coal Mine and Niangziguan, and several signal bombs flew into the sky, and the front-line troops received the order.

When Lei Jian received the order, he stood up and personally fired three signal flares.

In accordance with the orders of the superiors and the careful deployment of the Thunder Sword, the soldiers of each battalion at this time, as if they were springs, bounced up and rushed towards the periphery of the new mine in the East Wangshe.

Before the start of the war, the anti-Japanese underground organization in the mining area sent Li Yu to mix out of the mining area to connect with the Eighth Route Army, and Lei Jian personally met with him to understand the Japanese troops in the Dongwangshe mine, as well as the easily recognizable turrets and fortresses on the ground, in order to cooperate with the general attack launched at 22 o'clock on the 20th, Li Yu sneaked back to the mining area.

When three offensive flares were fired from the periphery of the mine at 22 o'clock, Li Yu led the miners to pull down the power switch, and the entire mining area was pitch black.

At the moment when the signal flare was raised, the entire unit launched a peripheral attack on the new mine of Dongwangshe.

Wang Xiaoliang led an assault company composed of a battalion, with tools prepared in advance, under the cover of the fire of the large army, quickly approached the first barbed wire fence outside the wall, several soldiers held large scissors, cut the barbed wire, and the troops behind followed closely behind, quickly advancing forward.

The three barbed wire fences on the outside were cut, and the assault company approached the outer trench, put the tree trunks carried by the soldiers on their shoulders on the trench, and did a good job of fixing them through the outer trench, cut the two barbed wire fences inside the trench, and smoothly approached the outer wall.

Wang Xiaoliang looked up, the outer wall more than three meters high, it was really not easy to climb up, and when he was at a loss, Lei Jian followed with the guard squad and reconnaissance platoon, and he yelled at Wang Xiaoliang: "Why haven't you climbed the high wall and cut the power grid on the wall?" ”

"Report to Regiment Commander Lei, this outer wall is too high to climb up."

"Bastard, take a ladder, climb the wall and cut the grid." Lei Jian shouted to the soldiers around him while giving the order: "Hurry up and combine a few people to build a human ladder, once the mining area is restored to power, we will attack at night, and we will become a live target for the machine gun fire of the devil's turret, and it will cause great casualties at that time." ”

Wang Xiaoliang asked incomprehensibly: "Commander Lei, why don't you open artillery to knock down the devil's electrified outer wall, even if you use grenades and grenades, you can blow up this wall." ”

"Don't be verbose, I have already reconnoitred and received information from the comrades of the underground organization in the mine, the outer wall of the new mine in Dongwangshe is very strong, and it cannot be blown up by shells, grenades, and grenades alone."

Lei Jian saw that the soldiers near the wall had set up several ladders, and he shouted: "The soldiers above are holding big wooden sticks and smashing the power grid together from top to bottom, causing a short circuit, and the power will be automatically cut off." ”

Wang Xiaoliang asked suspiciously: "Captain Lei, it is pitch black in the mining area, all the circuits are broken, isn't the power grid on the high wall going on a line?" ”

"According to the comrades of the underground organization in the mine, the power grid on the fence is just a single wire, and we cannot take any chances, so we can only assume that the barbed wire fence on the high wall is electrified, and only by destroying the power grid can the large army rush into the mining area."

Lei Jian ordered Qu Jiaming, Song Tiedan, and Cui Dalu beside him: "Destroy the power grid on the high wall, it will be handed over to the three of you, according to the method I gave you before the war, you must be careful not to get electrocuted, and destroy the power grid for me." ”

Qu Jiaming, Song Tiedan and Cui Dalu, with the help of the soldiers, groped the outer wall, trembling and standing on the third floor of the ladder, suddenly raised the wooden stick, smashing it from top to bottom, the five layers of power grid above and below the wall, suddenly burst out of dazzling sparks, and made a 'bang' sound, the power grid was destroyed, but Qu Jiaming, Song Tiedan and Cui Dalu, who were standing above, waved the wooden stick too hard, and the two layers of human ladders below stood unsteadily, shaking and falling down one after another, and the three people above lost the support of the human ladder and fell to the ground fiercely.

Lei Jian ordered Zhang Ting's battalion to cross the high wall and enter the mining area.

Deputy Regiment Commander Li Gang led the second battalion to lurk in the crop field in front of the gate of the new mine in Dongwangshe in advance, and when he found that the signal flare attacking the mining area suddenly rose, he led the soldiers of the second battalion and rushed to the gate of the mining area with guns.

Sticking to the heavy machine gun positions on both sides of the gate of the mining area, a group of black shadows rushed up shouting and killing, and the machine gunners quickly pulled the trigger and carried out the most fierce fire strike.

(End of chapter)