Commander Chen walked back to the West House, jumped on the kang and squatted in front of the kang table, picked up the pen and personally wrote a reply message, the message was as follows: Commander Nie, the Deshi Road attack was a great victory, and when retreating, the enemy's ground forces and air enemy aircraft attacked the new 7th Brigade and the new 9th Brigade, the Lei Jian cavalry battalion was resourceful and brave to reinforce and contain the enemy group of enemy planes, the main force was withdrawn, and the whereabouts of Lei Jian were unknown.

Commander Chen did it in one go, picked up the telegram in his hand, looked at it, as if the figure of Lei Jian jumped out of the paper, he couldn't help but shout happily: "Lei Jian, you stinky boy is still alive." ”

"Commander Chen, Commander Chen." Director Ma Mingshan saw that Commander Chen was a little enchanted, and quickly woke him up.

Commander Chen, who came to his senses, no longer saw the thunder sword that jumped out of the paper, and sighed: "Thunder sword, you little bastard, where are you, come back to me quickly." A line of hot tears flowed down his cheeks, and Commander Chen cried.

At this moment, a report from outside the door interrupted Commander Chen's sorrow, he stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears that flowed, and said to Director Ma Mingshan: "Look at who is outside the door, if there is no urgent matter, tell him to go back first." ”

After a while, Ma Mingshan ran in and reported eagerly: "Report to Commander Chen, Luo Jinchuan, political commissar and deputy head Wang Xiaoliang of the Independent Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the Mountain Column, are waiting outside the door, you can see ......." ”

"Call them in at once." Commander Chen knew that Wang Xiaoliang led the cavalry battalion and returned to the battlefield again to look for Lei Jian and them, and when he heard that Wang Xiaoliang was also outside, he ran out of the house a little uncontrollably, and saw that Luo Jinchuan and Wang Xiaoliang had already walked into the courtyard.

Commander Chen rushed to Wang Xiaoliang, grabbed Wang Xiaoliang's arm tightly and asked, "Have you found your Thunder Sword Leader?" ”

"Report to Commander Chen, I led the cavalry battalion with the help of nearly a thousand villagers to search the battlefield and the vicinity of the battlefield for four or five miles, but I didn't find Regiment Commander Lei." Wang Xiaoliang said sadly and shed tears.

Commander Chen staggered backwards and turned to return to the house.

Ma Mingshan followed closely behind Commander Chen, entered the room and asked, "Commander Chen, are you a little unwell, why don't you find a military doctor to come over and take a look at you?" ”

"No, I'm just dizzy and out of the way. You said to Political Commissar Luo and Deputy Head Wang that if there is nothing else, go back first. ”

Ma Mingshan knew that when Commander Chen heard Wang Xiaoliang say that he had not found the Thunder Sword, even the last glimmer of hope was shattered, and Commander Chen couldn't accept it for a while, and it was only after the heavy blow in body and mind that the whole person was out of balance.

He heard Commander Chen tell Luo Jinchuan and Wang Xiaoliang to go back, but these two people still had no situation to report, and they didn't want to say a word when Commander Chen was exhausted, and when Ma Mingshan was about to walk into the house, Luo Jinchuan asked him to ask Commander Chen what to do with the more than 400 new soldiers who newly joined the Eighth Route Army? Ma Mingshan couldn't help but report.

Ma Mingshan tentatively approached Commander Chen and asked: "Commander Chen, Deputy Commander Wang of the Independent Regiment led the cavalry battalion to find the Commander of the Thunder Sword Regiment, and the young and middle-aged people in the village who helped to find actively asked to join the Eighth Route Army, he didn't ask for instructions, so he took them back to Peacock Valley, and now they are waiting for your reply in the courtyard, you ......." ”

Commander Chen cheered up and asked, "How many in total?" ”

"More than four hundred."

Commander Chen's eyes lit up and said, "Director Ma, you said you brought back more than 400 young and middle-aged new soldiers?" With so many soldiers added at once, the scale of the independent regiment has become even larger. ”

Ma Mingshan asked again: "Political Commissar Luo and Deputy Head Wang are still waiting for your reply, look at Commander Chen, how do you reply to them?" ”

Commander Chen walked out of the house and said to Luo Jinchuan: "Political Commissar Luo, you have recruited more than 400 new soldiers at once, and now they are temporarily placed in your independent regiment, waiting for your Lei Regiment Commander, yes, waiting for your Lei Regiment Commander to come back and make arrangements." ”

The few people present knew very well in their hearts that if Commander Chen could not get accurate information about Lei Jian's life and death for a day, he would not give up for a moment.

Luo Jinchuan touched Wang Xiaoliang, and the two got a reply, and Lizheng gave Commander Chen a military salute and turned to leave.

The two of them walked on the way back to the camp, their hearts were very heavy, usually Lei Jian led a troop, leaving the main force to carry out the task alone, no matter how many days they did not come back, that kind of memory was the worry and expectation between comrades-in-arms, but now less than a day has passed, in the hearts of the two, it seems that they have not seen their head Lei for a long, long time.

At this time, it is not a concern, but a heart-wrenching pain, I don't know why this pain is, I always feel that Lei Jian did not come back in time this time, there is more than auspicious, the kind of bond in my heart is like a knife cut, even if I close my eyes, Lei Jian's figure will always appear.

The two were walking back, when they suddenly heard a choked sound from under a tree, and the startled Wang Xiaoliang asked loudly: "Who is crying behind the tree?" ”

Luo Jinchuan heard that it was a female voice crying, and he immediately thought that it must be Chun Tao, since Chun Tao knew that Lei Jian's missing whereabouts were unknown, he ran to him and cried several times, this girl who was saved by Lei Jian from the devil's crotch three times, always wanted to repay Lei Jian with her body, but Lei Jian had Chun Tao in his heart, but he simply pushed it out, so that the relationship between the two people could not be cleaned up and messed up.

He heard that it was Chun Tao crying, walked quickly to the tree, picked up Chun Tao, who was hiding behind the big tree and squatting on the ground crying, and persuaded in a hoarse voice: "Chun Tao, don't cry, the head of the Thunder Sword Regiment has a great life, he himself said that he won't dare to die if he doesn't defeat the little devil, and besides, didn't Deputy Head Wang say that Captain Lei is more powerful than a cat?" Saying that he has ninety-nine eighty-one lives, you can rest assured, as long as the remains of Captain Lei are not found for a day, our Captain Lei may return to us at any time. ”

Wang Xiaoliang persuaded with tears in his eyes: "Sister Chuntao, don't cry and break your body, if the head of the Lei Jian Regiment comes back to see you sick, his heart will not be comfortable, what Political Commissar Luo said is right, my Wang Xiaoliang's Brother Lei Jian, he just wants to die, I, Wang Xiaoliang, is not dead, he doesn't dare to rob me, let alone ......." ”

As soon as Chun Tao heard that Wang Xiaoliang said such things in order to persuade her, she looked at Wang Xiaoliang and said: "Xiaoliang, I don't allow you to talk nonsense, my uncle, even when your father was leaving, he said to me with his last breath, so that you must live well, you can't always die and die, this is unlucky." ”

"Okay, okay, you go back first, there are a lot of wounded soldiers in this Deshi battle, and the burden on your body is not light, you must take care of your body first, so as to take care of the wounded and sick, you can rest assured, as long as there is a little news, I will tell you immediately, our Lei Regiment Leader will definitely be alive and will run back alive." Luo Jinchuan once again persuaded Chun Tao.

At this time, Lei Jian knew that the head of the East Column Detachment and the soldiers of the Independent Regiment would be worried about him and the soldiers around him, but he did not bring Director Zhang Ping of the Electrical Investigation Department with him during this emergency operation, and now he just wanted to contact his family, but there was no way at all.

With the help of Qu Jiaming, Lei Jian walked towards the faint bright spot with difficulty, an hour passed, and the two of them walked less than 500 meters, and every step they took involved the wound, the pain and hunger were difficult, and Lei Jian's head was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans, dripping down in strings.

Looking at the little glimmer in front of him magnifying little by little, Lei Jian panted and said: "Jia Ming, the place with bright spots in front of you must be a village, if not, I really can't walk, you put me down, hurry back and Wang Tiedan, and bring a few lightly and seriously injured back to Peacock Valley, my good brother, I Lei Jian will ask you." ”

Qu Jiaming heard Lei Jian say such sour words, he cried with tears in his eyes: "Captain Lei, I am seven days older than you, you are the best brother I Qu Jiaming has ever met in my life, don't say it again, let's continue to move forward, if it is not a village in front, you really can't walk, I, Qu Jiaming, will dig a big pit in the ground, and we will lie in the pit, just waiting for God to take us away."

I hope that after we die, we will be found by the kind folks and buried for us, and we will thank these kind people underground. Hey, my Qu Jiaming has a good life, I can meet such a good brother and head of the group as you, Brother Lei, head Lei, don't worry, I, Qu Jiaming, promise you, even if we die, we will die together. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I really may not be able to do it, I know that the last few breaths left are the most difficult to break, if it weren't for the presence of a few of your brothers around me, I feel that there is still a task to be completed, or I would have fallen to the ground and never been able to get up again."

These words of Lei Jian may be a person's spiritual pillar at the last moment of his life, he has the responsibility and should have the responsibility, once this pillar falls, gives up the responsibility, and leaves the responsibility, then the person will be immediately crushed, and with the last breath of the spurt, he will die abruptly.

(End of chapter)