Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, holding the telegram sent by Commander Chen of the East Column, felt a heavy ache in his heart, in which he once again learned about this courageous, knowledgeable, witty and resolute Lei Jian, and paid special attention to the unknown life and death of the Lei Jian, and ordered the combat Tang staff officer to send a report: If you want to see people in life, you must see corpses in death.

At this time, the independent regiment was holding an emergency meeting, at which the cadres above the battalion level asked to lead the troops back to the battlefield, and they must find the commander of the Lei Jian regiment.

Li Gang, the commander of the cavalry battalion, said: "I am the combat unit that Commander Lei brought to the battlefield to reinforce the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade, and now the cavalry battalion is ordered to return to Peacock Valley, but Commander Lei Jian has not returned, and I Li Gang has the responsibility to return immediately to find Commander Lei." ”

Deputy Head Niu Dali said unceremoniously: "You Li just remembered to follow Regiment Leader Lei on a mission, why didn't you protect Regiment Leader Lei and come back together?" You lost Captain Lei, then stay at home and think about why Captain Lei was lost in your hands, this mission is none of your business. ”

Wang Xiaoliang shouted with tears in his eyes: "No one should fight with me, even if I, Wang Xiaoliang, die on the battlefield, I must find Captain Lei, I want to see people in life and corpses in death." ”

Luo Jinchuan saw that everyone was scrambling to find the Thunder Sword, and he decisively ordered: "Cavalry Battalion Commander Li Gang, under the leadership of Deputy Commander Wang, return to the battlefield immediately, and you must find the Commander of the Thunder Sword." ”

Wang Xiaoliang stood up and pulled Li Gang out, shouting as he walked: "You hurry up for me, gather the cavalry battalion immediately, I can't wait for a minute, I can't wait for a minute, I can't wait for a minute, I can't wait to rush to the battlefield where Regiment Commander Lei is fighting immediately." ”

More than 100 war horses of the cavalry battalion, under the constant whipping of the soldiers, rushed out of the Peacock Valley, turned the horse's head and went straight to the southwest.

Wang Xiaoliang rushed to the front, he couldn't wait to fly to the battlefield in front of him, the war horse neighed and galloped westward, Wang Xiaoliang still felt that the horse's foot strength was too slow, and from time to time he whipped the war horse, the war horse couldn't bear the pain, and raised his hooves and rushed forward frantically.

The battlefield where the New 7th Brigade and the New 9th Brigade fought with the enemy's 593rd Wing was about 40 miles away from the Peacock Valley, and the war horses galloped all the way, approaching the battlefield in front of them in less than two hours.

Wang Xiaoliang did not follow the cavalry battalion led by Lei Jian, at this time, seeing a wolf smoke in front of him, he did not rush straight in that direction, he reined in the galloping war horse, and kept shouting: "Hoo, hoo, hoo——。 ”

The war horse rushed out a few steps and finally stopped, Li Gang and the cavalry battalion soldiers behind quickly followed, and without waiting for Li Gang to ask, Wang Xiaoliang asked impatiently: "Battalion Commander Li, which direction will you analyze Regiment Commander Lei?" ”

Huang Yong, the commander of the first cavalry company, patted his horse and followed, pointed to the southwest direction in front and said: "Report to Deputy Regiment Commander Wang and Battalion Commander Li, the southwest direction is the rear base of the 593rd Wing of the Japanese Army where the baggage is stored.

When everything was ready, Regiment Commander Lei ordered me to lead a cavalry company to quickly withdraw from the battlefield, the farther away from the front-line position as possible, do a good job of concealment, and be ready to evacuate at any time, I left the position with the cavalry company, leaving Regiment Commander Lei with a guard squad and a few soldiers, drivers and gunners, and then I didn't know. ”

A squad leader in the back interjected: "I led a squad of cavalry soldiers to evacuate at the end, and I saw that Regiment Commander Lei commanded three chariots to rush towards the enemy group where the devils were concentrated, and hit the devils who pounced on them with the greatest firepower." ”

Wang Xiaoliang looked at the battlefield not far ahead, and ordered Li Gang beside him: "Battalion Commander Li, the cavalry battalion is divided into three routes, you lead the first company, I lead the second company, and Deputy Battalion Commander Ma leads the third company. ”

At this moment, seeing these three directions, a large group of people rushed out of nowhere, all of them put agricultural tools and pounced on the lodging crops in front of them, Wang Xiaoliang nervously ordered loudly: "The cavalry battalion will immediately move in three directions, don't be hurt by these people who don't know what is going on, make a misunderstanding and hurt our soldiers." ”

These people were all villagers from nearby villages, and when the planes flew away and the gunfire on the battlefield stopped, the people who were worried about the crops in the fields rushed out of the village with shovels and dung forks, and frantically pounced on their own crops.

The villagers saw that the crops in the field in front of them had been destroyed by the war, and the remaining crop poles that could still stand were bare and did not even have a single leaf, and even the crop poles were burned and dried up by the smoke and flames.

The villagers squatted in their fields, slapping the land and shouting: "Bastard, the little devil who was killed by the sky, he didn't even leave some crop seeds, how can my family live." ”

Looking at the destroyed crops, some of the villagers cried and cried silently, some stood stupidly without tears, and some ran in circles in the fields, screaming as they ran.

Suddenly three cavalry troops were killed from the east, the villagers didn't know whether this was a devil or a puppet cavalry, they didn't believe that the Eighth Route Army would have a cavalry team, so frightened that the villagers ran away, shouting while running: "For your life, run——。 ”

Wang Xiaoliang saw these villagers running in all directions, he remembered what Lei Jian said, 'The power of the people is infinite', and immediately ordered the cavalry soldiers to surround the fleeing villagers.

The villagers saw a large number of cavalry surrounding them, and a few strong men shouted at the villagers who were still running: "Bastards, don't run away, the little devils and the second dog don't call us alive, let's fight with them." ”

The villagers who were running around, hearing that someone was taking the lead in resisting, thought to themselves that it seemed that they couldn't escape, it was better to fight with these bastards, anyway, the crops were not harvested, and sooner or later they would starve to death.

The villagers stopped, quickly gathered together, with farm tools in their hands, forming a large circle, facing the cavalry that surrounded them, glaring angrily, ready to fight at any time, and die vigorously.

Wang Xiaoliang rushed to the villagers who were holding farm tools and glared angrily, he saw that these villagers were ready to fight for life and death, ready to fight desperately at any time, he jumped off the war horse and walked a few steps forward, and greeted him with a friendly attitude: "Fellow villagers, we are the Eighth Route Army, not the enemy who is here to chase and kill you, please put down the farm tools in your hand and listen to me, okay?" ”

The villagers saw that Wang Xiaoliang was speaking softly, wearing the clothes of the Eighth Route Army, and a few of them looked at Wang Xiaoliang lightly and asked: "You said that you are the Eighth Route Army, why do you speak with a foreign accent?" Besides, the Eighth Route Army has no food and clothing, how can it raise war horses? You lie to the ghost. ”

A more daring villager rushed forward, pointed at Wang Xiaoliang and scolded: "Bastard, you think that if you change into the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, you can fool the people, right?" Bastard calf, come on, Lao Tzu's crops have been plagued by you and the little devils, and I don't want to live today, so if there is a seed, come here, if I blink an eye, I will ....... ”

Wang Xiaoliang saw that the villagers regarded them as the enemy puppet army that burned, killed, looted and harmed the people, and he hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "Fathers and fellow villagers, we are really the Eighth Route Army, the cavalry battalion of the Independent Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and we have just come to us by forced march from Jiaodong.

Our troops, here today with a wing of the enemy fighting, there are enemy planes bombing in the air, there are a large number of devils under the fire attack, finally because outnumbered, our regiment commander and many soldiers are missing in this battlefield, we are here to look for their Eighth Route Army cavalry battalion, please tell me, have you seen a small team of more than a dozen people of the Eighth Route Army? Among them is our regimental commander, and our independent regiment cannot do without him. ”

The villagers listened to Wang Xiaoliang's sincerity, not like a little devil disguised as the Eighth Route Army, and they were still suspicious, but they began to put down the tools in their hands.

(End of chapter)