When Lei Jian said this, two lines of tears flowed down his bronzed face, he did not wipe them off, let alone deliberately avoid the soldiers, but continued with tears: "Comrades, the sky will dawn in more than four hours, and the more dangerous and arduous resistance battle is waiting for us, in order to defeat the enemy and hold the position, we must have the spirit of co-existence and death with the position, do you have the determination?" ”

The commanders of the various units around him clenched their fists and raised them above their shoulders, and replied firmly: "Please rest assured that Regiment Commander Lei is in the position, and as long as we still have a breath, we will never fall to the ground and not get up, and vow to fight the Japanese invaders to the end." ”

Lei Jian re-made a more reasonable deployment of the troops of the first, second, and third lines of defense on the east bank, and finally said: "All commanders will go back immediately, and according to my deployment, the troops will be redeployed in place, and they will seize the time to replenish weapons and ammunition to prepare for battle." ”

Taking advantage of the faint battlefield fire, he looked at his watch and said solemnly: "Comrades, there are still more than three hours before dawn, and less than five hours before holding the position until six o'clock. ”

Wang Xiaoliang has never fought such a difficult battle, he has learned the combat quality of the Devil 581 Wing, through the fierce battles during the day, he is not sure that the only regiment should hold on to six o'clock, and he can't help asking: "Commander Lei, is our Eighth Route Army near Lao Ye Mountain?" ”

Lei Jian heard Wang Xiaoliang ask, although this bastard boy did not show embarrassment, but the meaning of his words was that if there were troops of the Eighth Route Army nearby, would he ask his superiors to send reinforcements.

When Wang Xiaoliang said this kind of thing, he really wanted to slap himself with regret, he regretted it, regretted how he could ask such a spineless question.

Lei Jian didn't want to say the old independent regiment that rushed to reinforce him, because he knew that 'far water can't quench the thirst of the near', at this time Wang Xiaoliang, the deputy head of the regiment, took the lead in proposing it, he had to say that even if he wanted to quench his thirst, as long as he could muster up the fighting spirit of the cadres and soldiers to kill the enemy, and he had reinforcements coming soon, he would be even more energetic.

He said solemnly: "I can tell you now that Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has ordered to block the enemy, our old independent regiment, one hundred and twenty miles away, and quickly reinforce the battle of Lao Ye Mountain. ”

As soon as the cadres around him heard that their old troops were coming to reinforce them, they were all excited to stand up and cheer, Lei Jian shouted in a low voice: "Don't be excited, be quiet, don't alarm the little devils, once the enemy knows that the cadres of the only regiment are holding a meeting here, a shell will kill us." ”

Hearing Lei Jian say this, everyone controlled the excitement in their hearts and hurriedly sat down on the battlefield again.

Wang Xiaoliang said happily: "Captain Lei, such good news, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"Is it too late now? Anyway, there are five hours until six o'clock tomorrow. However, I tell you that the Laoye Mountain position is the main position of our only regiment, and we cannot pin our hopes on reinforcements, once the reinforcements cannot arrive in time, we will have to rely on the cadres and fighters of our only regiment to fight the enemy with blood and lives, and the task of holding the position still falls on the shoulders of the only regiment, do you understand? ”

When everyone heard Lei Jian say this, they realized that the old independent regiment was still one hundred and twenty miles away, that is, they ran forward, did not encounter the enemy on the way, and they would not be able to catch up with the Lao Ye Mountain position before six o'clock tomorrow.

Lei Jian no longer discussed with everyone, he said in a gentle tone: "Everyone return to the position of the troops, deploy quickly, seize every minute and every second, even if you can't sleep and close your eyes, this is a rare opportunity, let's go our separate ways." ”

The commanders of the various units at the meeting left quickly, and then Feng Guang, the deputy squad leader of the guard squad, said: "Commander Lei, you haven't closed your eyes for two days, and now that you are idle, you should close your eyes for a while." ”

Lei Jian shook his head and said: "No, Feng Guang, I want to squint for a while, I'm afraid that the little devil won't give me this treatment, take the guard class, and act with me immediately." ”

Reconnaissance platoon commander Qu Jiaming grabbed Lei Jian and said: "Commander Lei, I was your guard squad leader, I know that you have to venture to the forward position again, for your safety, I will take the reconnaissance platoon to follow you, once the little devil sneaks up on the night, there are many people who can resist for a while, right?" ”

Lei Jian patted Qu Jiaming's shoulder in the night and said, "You kid is clever, take your reconnaissance platoon, follow behind the guard squad, don't make a fuss, and follow slowly." ”

A small force, led by Lei Jian, followed the communication trench in the dark and quickly approached the forward position.

Zhang Ting saw that Lei Jian led a small army and touched the forward position, and he shouted nervously in a low voice: "Commander Lei, are you trying to scare me to death?" ”

"Why, am I so terrible?"

"No, you risk going to the forward position in the dark, and once there is danger, the soldiers of the only regiment will kill me, can I not be afraid?"

Zhang Ting told the truth, Lei Jian was excited, pulled Zhang Ting and said: "Brother, you are too worried, you and the soldiers are on the front line, my Lei Jian is younger than you, it is the age to fight, should I stay in the rear to protect it?" ”

"You, you, you ......." Zhang Ting was so confused by Lei Jian's nonsense that he didn't know how to refute it, so he had to sigh and say: "You are the boss, you have a big mouth, and everything you say is right." ”

"Hahaha, your brother is the first to call me boss, this title is a bit interesting, but we are the team of the Eighth Route Army, this kind of name is a bit inappropriate." Just as Lei Jian whispered to Zhang Ting in the gap between the battle, seizing this precious bit of time, and saying a few happy words, suddenly Feng Guang shouted in a low voice: "Commander Lei, I found that fifty or sixty meters away from the front of the position, there were a large number of black shadows moving. ”

Lei Jian immediately lay on his stomach on the forward position and ordered the messenger beside him: "Pass my order, order the troops to enter a state of intense combat readiness, pay close attention to the front and both flanks, listen to my commands, and give the most fierce fire blow to the enemy who sneaks attack." ”

The fighters, who had just fallen asleep, were suddenly woken up and quickly entered the position, ready to fight at any time.

Zhang Ting grabbed the thunder sword and shouted in a low voice: "Commander Lei, the front is dangerous, quickly retreat to your command position, if you don't worry about me commanding a battalion, then you will stay here." ”

"Hehe, old man, don't provoke the generals, the command position of my thunder sword is here now, don't talk and listen to my commands, and prepare to fight."

Lei Jian's eyes widened, staring at the front tightly, and from time to time he glanced at the two wings of the forward position, he saw that the Japanese army sent troops to launch a sneak attack from the front and both wings, this group of cunning little devil commanders, not even three or two hours of sleep, okay, come and don't be rude, then teach this group of bastards a good lesson.

The enemy who was sneaking up on the front and both flanks was about thirty meters away from the forward position, Lei Jian held his breath, he was waiting, waiting for the little devil to be put twenty meters before suddenly launching a counterattack.

The soldiers lying on the position stared wide-eyed, staring at the large number of black shadows in front and on the wings that were moving rapidly, their nervous hearts were jumping in the 'sudden, sudden, ......', their palms were sweaty, and they saw that a large number of black shadows were about to approach the forward position, but their Lei Regiment Commander still did not give an order.

Lei Jian saw that the enemy was only seventeen or eighteen meters away from the forward position, and he suddenly shouted: "The soldiers of the Independent Regiment, give me a hard beating, all shout out to me, kill the devil, kill the devil——。 ”

'Kill the devil-', 'kill the devil-'.......

The sound of guns and shouts suddenly sounded violently in the position of the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and the little devils who were advancing to attack the position of the Eighth Route Army were fiercely attacked by the firepower of the Eighth Route Army, which had been prepared for a long time, in the violent guns and shouts.

The devil commander saw that the soldiers who were rushing in front of him fell under the dense bullets one after another after being hit by sudden fire, and he roared angrily: "Yaga, the earth is so cunning, prepare for the fire attack in advance, and order the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army to kill and give it to the ——。 for the honor of the Imperial Japanese Army, for the loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor, and for the holy war to establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ”

(End of chapter)