Luo Jinchuan confided in Lei Jian about the 'Hundred Regiments Battle', an extremely astonishing secret, he asked suspiciously: "How did you know that the Eighth Route Army was going to organize the 'Hundred Regiments Battle', is this news accurate?" ”

Lei Jian didn't want to say too much, at this time, Wang Xiaoliang, the official on duty, ran and stood in front of Lei Jian and Political Commissar Luo, and reported loudly: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei and Political Commissar Luo, except for one company that went out to guard, all the others are in place, please instruct." ”

Political Commissar Luo glanced at Lei Jian, afraid that this half-grown child would speak nervously in front of so many soldiers, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, boldly say, it's not a big deal to have my brother in charge for you." ”

Lei Jian said with a smile: "Don't worry, I, a rural baby, will not drop the chain at a critical moment, and I will not embarrass your brother." ”

"What do you mean by dropping the chain?"

Lei Jian just smiled again, and immediately saluted a very standard military salute to all the cadres and soldiers, and his voice with a voice that was not yet an adult said loudly and powerfully: "All the cadres and soldiers of the Independent Regiment, I, Lei Jian, am here today to give you the order of the troops to march westward, and it is also a mobilization meeting for the westward expedition, I will try to explain the main tasks of this westward expedition, the line of action, and the importance and urgency of participating in this big battle, please listen carefully and remember carefully, Don't fall behind in the rush of troops, don't lose contact in battle, and don't miss fighters when fighting with friendly and neighboring troops, I ...... talking about it. ”

The cadres and soldiers below listened to Lei Jian's impassioned speech, and listened carefully to every word and word Lei Jian said one by one, for fear of missing a little and missing the opportunity to fall behind in the Western Movement.

Lei Jian explained in simple terms the significance of this westward advance, and the unprecedented battle that was about to be launched with the large army, and said it in a clear and coherent manner, as long as you listen carefully, you can abide by the regulations and requirements of this operation after the meeting.

Lei Jian finally said: "I have already made it very clear the plan of action for this westward expansion, after the meeting, all combat unit battalions, companies, and regimental headquarters departments should make all preparations for leaving at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning according to the requirements of my meeting. ”

"I heard it, I promise to follow the orders of the regimental headquarters and wait for the order to set off at any time." More than 2,000 cadres and soldiers replied loudly, and in this halfway slope surrounded by mountains, waves of sound were stirred up, towards the distant mountains, to the deep valleys, and to the blue sky, like ripples expanding into larger and larger circles, floating outward.

The loud answer, intertwined with the echo of the collision of the mountains, further rendered this large army in the mountains, majestic and majestic.

Lei Jian's heart was surging at this time, he took Luo Jinchuan's hand, returned to the small cave war room in the big cave, pointed to the map on the conference table and said: "Political Commissar Luo, you said that we have arrived here, it is more than a thousand kilometers, and our cavalry battalion should be fine, but the infantry is moving forward step by step, I am afraid that the soldiers will suffer a lot." ”

"What you say makes sense, but the equipment of the soldiers of our independent regiment is much better than that of other regiments, at least every soldier wears cloth shoes, and some wear little devil suede shoes, and the army does not have soldiers who wear straw sandals, which is much easier for long-distance marches."

Lei Jian, the chief of training before the crossing, often took the recruits to train for long distances, wearing military rubber shoes, and the farthest distance was only thirty or fifty miles, just like that, the soldiers who were training felt very difficult, he had to forcibly march more than 1,000 kilometers for this independent regiment, and he also had to fight with the enemy and puppet army who surrounded and intercepted him from time to time on the marching road.

He shouted to the staff officer of the combat week: "Xiao Zhou, order the cadres above the battalion level to come to the war room and accept the marching mission that will leave tomorrow. ”

After a short time, the battalion and company commanders ran to the cave war room, and Lei Jian pointed to the enlarged march map hanging on the cave wall and gave an order:

Ordered Wang Xiaoliang, deputy regiment commander, to lead a company of cavalry battalions, as the vanguard of the independent regiment's westward advance, the main task was to send cavalry with squads as units to reconnoiter in front, and not to meet the enemy when they found the enemy's situation, but to report in time and make plans again.

Li Gang, commander of the cavalry battalion, was ordered to lead the second company of the cavalry battalion as the rear guard of the independent regiment on the march, and the main task was to ensure the safety of the large army on the way.

Ma Ming, the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, was ordered to lead the three companies of the cavalry battalion to act as the two wings of the large army marching, and the main task was to clear the left and right wings.

Niu Dali, deputy commander of the regiment, led the first battalion of the independent regiment, followed closely behind the cavalry company of the vanguard army, and once the enemy was discovered, he should occupy the favorable terrain as quickly as possible, block and destroy the enemy with firepower, and cover the smooth passage of the follow-up large troops.

He ordered Luo Jinchuan, the political commissar of the regiment, on behalf of the head of Lei Jian, to direct the troops throughout the march, and to lead the large army to continue to attack westward, no matter which unit was engaged with the enemy.

Dong Dayong, director of the Political Department, was ordered to lead all logistics departments of the regiment headquarters to follow closely behind the large troops, to overcome all difficulties, and not to leave a single soldier behind.

Zhang Ping, director of the telecommunications office, was instructed to redeploy all the radio stations at the regimental headquarters, carefully inspect and emphatically supervise the operators, keep the radio stations open during the march, and assign skilled operators to the top commanders of all units to ensure that the independent regiment would be in step with each other during the march, that the communication would be rapid, that orders would be carried out, and that the transmission would be correct.

After Lei Jian gave the order, he said to Wang Xiaoliang: "According to the investigation, after Yecheng was captured by our independent regiment, the enemy puppet army was basically wiped out, the devil commander Oshima Yingmao, fled to Laiyang County, at this time Yecheng has no enemy puppet army garrison for the time being, but it will not be too long, the little devil will send troops to reoccupy it, tomorrow your avant-garde cavalry company, you must pay close attention to the movement in the direction of Yecheng, once you find the enemy, do not engage with it, hand it over to the battalion of the deputy head of the regiment, you lead the cavalry company to continue to search and advance." ”

Then Lei Jian made the final detailed arrangements and instructions to the battalion commanders, he straightened up and clenched his fists and said: "Our good brother, this westward march is not a simple troop move, there will be many unexpected situations on the way, and it is indispensable to fight a few battles with the enemy puppet army on the road, but we are not destroying the enemy puppet army along the way, the main task of the independent regiment is to arrive at the assembly place in a timely and smooth manner, you should understand this." ”

Lei Jian didn't want to repeat too much, this kind of tasteless dung like adding branches and leaves, not only would confuse the point, but also provoke the audience's disgust. He looked at all the battalion commanders present, walked up to each of them, looked at everyone's eyes affectionately, clasped his hands tightly, and had no words, only please and encouragement.

Everyone stood up, and at this time Wang Xiaoliang shouted: "The independent regiment will definitely arrive at the assembly place on time, and we will win." ”

"We will win, we will win......."

It was slowly getting dark, and after intense sorting and careful inspection, the independent regiment was all ready, and it was waiting for three o'clock in the morning to set off on time.

Lei Jian couldn't sleep, walked out of the cave, stood on the big rock where he stood and spoke during the day, looked at the hazy mountain under the night, and looked very attentively, so that the hazy mountain shadows, woods, and craggy rocks in his eyes were constantly transformed in his eyes, sometimes feeling like a beast, sometimes feeling like a lively monkey, sometimes .......

When I saw the shadow on the mountain peak, the more I looked at it, the more I looked like an old woman, standing on the top of the mountain, reaching out with an eye patch, looking out of the mountain, as if waiting, calling for his relatives to come back quickly, that kind of god-like scene, Lei Jian remembered the old mother before the crossing.

Lei Jian didn't know if his old mother was waiting for her long-awaited son, standing at the top of the stairs, standing on the balcony, standing in the shade of the roadside, waiting with an eye patch, calling for her son to come back quickly?

His eyes were moist, tears flowed from him, and he choked uncontrollably.

Lei Jian let the night wind blow on his face, affectionately devoted, he couldn't feel that he was about to walk through the midnight morning bell, he was about to ring, he didn't feel the cold wind blowing on his body, he was immersed in the sadness of homesickness.

He didn't want to wake up from this thought, and he didn't want anyone to disturb him at this time, so he kept standing on the boulder, like a pine in the mountains, standing against the wind.

Lei Jian and him were dim at this time, and saw the old lady standing on the top of the mountain who looked like waiting and calling for her relatives to come back, forming two statues in the mountains, and their hearts had communicated at this time.