Lei Jian asked in detail about the topography of Dawang Town, as well as how many shops there were in the town, and was more satisfied with what Zhao Mantang said, pointed to the sketch of Dawang Town that he had just drawn, and implemented them one by one, and finally said: "Zhao Mantang, you are doing well, don't have any worries, the Eighth Route Army is against the puppet army that came over anyway, as long as you participate in the Eighth Route Team, they are all class brothers, no one looks down on you, and they will not suspect you for no reason, so you boldly follow the troops to kill the devils." ”

Zhao Mantang took the reassuring pill, his heart was much brighter, the sweat on his face was slowly subsiding, this was the first time he felt that he had lived a personal life since he was arrested and killed in the puppet army, he nodded and responded: "Thank you, thank you Commander Lei for trusting me so much." ”

Lei Jian picked up the binoculars, carefully checked the geographical location of Dawang Town, and then put the sketch into his arms, and said to Qu Jiaming, who has now become his guard: "Jiaming, you go back in concealment, find Deputy Commander Wang to convey my order, and order the cavalry company to suspend its action and wait for my order." ”

The weather in July has entered the hot summer, although the sun has deviated to the west, but the scorching sun shines on the earth, evaporating the water vapor in the ground, hidden in the dry green gauze tent, not at all airy, the hot soldiers are sweating profusely, sweating profusely.

Zhao Mancang couldn't stand the heat, untied his belt, and fanned with his open chest, he still felt hot, and when he saw Lei Jian looking back at him, he was so frightened that he quickly buttoned it up, and honestly lay on the ridge, not daring to move at all.

Lei Jian also felt surprisingly hot, and he said to the soldiers around him: "Don't make any noise, take off your shirt, it's cooler to be bare-chested, but keep the gun in your hand, and then carefully check whether the dragon's head of the war horse is brought, once any war horse neighs, we will be exposed." ”

The soldiers had been waiting for Lei Jian's words for a long time, and one by one they quickly took off their shirts, hung them on the leaves of the crops, dried their sweat-soaked clothes, and lay on the ground bare-chested, with guns in their hands, closely watching the dirt roads in the distance between Dawang Town and the crop fields, and once they found that there was a situation, they would start a battle for a while.

Zhao Mancang saw that Lei Jian always kept his military uniform neat, and he didn't even unbutton it, letting the sweat flow down his cheeks, his clothes were all soaked with sweat, and it seemed that he could wring out water.

He approached Lei Jian's side and asked carefully, "Captain Lei, it's so hot, why don't you take off your clothes and cool down?" ”

Lei Jian didn't look back, continued to cautiously monitor the situation around him, and said casually: "I am the commander of this army, there are some places to take the lead, the weather is very hot, but I can't take off my clothes, if I can't hold on, then how to lead the troops in the future?" ”

Zhao Mancang muttered in his heart: "The commander of the Eighth Route Army just can't think about it, he rushes to the front in the battle, and he even thinks so much about taking off his clothes to cool down, he really can't understand it, is it so rigid?" ”

As the sun slowly turned west, and soon entered the dusk, an evening breeze blew, blowing the crops of the green gauze tent, penetrating the slightest wind into the crop field, and the soldiers felt less hot, but they were still sweating.

Lei Jian said to the soldiers beside him: "It's getting dark, put on your clothes." ”

He picked up the binoculars, looked at Dawang Town in front of him, and saw that the chimneys of some people's houses began to emit cooking smoke, and the cooking smoke was rising, and there was no wind at this time, and the rising cooking smoke was rising, thinning, and a wave dispersed, and then followed closely.

The chimneys of every house began to smoke, and the entire town of Dawang was shrouded in cooking smoke, and there were not many pedestrians on the streets.

Lei Jian asked Zhao Mancang: "How did the enemy puppet army garrisoned at the entrance of the village change the guard when the meal was served?" ”

Zhao Mancang didn't dare to be deceived, and he didn't dare to guarantee, so he could only say in two words: "Commander Lei, I'm not in Dawang Town for a while, I don't know if there has been any change in the changing of guards, it used to be time to eat, the little devil went back to the barracks to eat first, and then came out to stand guard an hour later, the puppet army is taking turns to eat, what is happening now, I really can't say." ”

Lei Jian stopped talking, he saw that the sun had completely set, and there was no trace of afterglow in the western sky, and the whole earth was shrouded in a gray haze.

He ordered Qu Jiaming, who had returned: "Convey my order backwards, the war horse stays in place, and the others quickly move closer to me." ”

It didn't take long, except for a few soldiers left by Wang Xiaoliang to take care of the war horses, all the soldiers of the entire cavalry company were in place, and Lei Jian said to Wang Xiaoliang: "You lead the second platoon to follow Zhao Mancang and solve the puppet army of less than one company in the town." ”

He ordered Ma Ming again: "You take three rows and divide them into four roads, touch the four entrances and exits of the town, take advantage of the little devils to go back to eat, solve the puppet army standing guard at the entrance of the town, change into a puppet army uniform, wait for the little devils to come out and stand guard, kill the devils,

Lei Jian then said to Wang Xiaoliang and Ma Ming: "Once your two platoons succeed in their operation, except for the soldiers who are left to guard the prisoners and guards at the entrance of the town, lead the troops to quickly move closer to the devil barracks in the northwest corner, reinforce the platoon led by me, and eliminate the little devils in the barracks." ”

Everything was arranged, and Lei Jian ordered: "Ma Ming took a few puppet army brothers who had just joined the Eighth Route Army, and started from the east gate of Zhenkou first, and the other three groups of soldiers who attacked Zhenkou secretly started to act." ”

Three platoons divided into four groups of soldiers, by the hazy night sky, quickly through the green gauze tent, Ma Ming led the soldiers to approach the Dongzhenkou, he said to the soldiers around him: "Now let's go to the road, once the puppet army guarding the town mouth asks, no one is allowed to shoot, all handed over to the puppet army brothers who came over anyway, don't be afraid, boldly walk out of the green gauze tent." ”

A team of more than a dozen people, holding a gun towards the mouth, at this time the little devil has returned to the barracks to eat, only ten puppet soldiers left to stand guard at the entrance of the town, a puppet army is about to wipe the fire and light a cigarette, suddenly found more than a dozen figures coming from the east.

The puppet soldier put a cigarette in his pocket, held a gun and shouted, "Who is this from the east?" If you can't say it, don't say that Lao Tzu shot you. ”

"Which brother is speaking? Why is it so horizontal? Lao Tzu has only been away from Dawang Town for a few days, and he came to greet us with a gun, which is not enough for brothers, right? A prisoner came over and walked forward as a puppet squad leader who had just joined the Eighth Route Army, shouting and scolding.

At this time, the puppet army at the entrance of the town all raised their guns, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the dozen or so people who came over, and the puppet army who had just begun to shout pulled the bolt of the gun and asked again: "Who are you from Malegobi, can't you even report your name?" Is it because your parents can't name you? Hahaha. ”

", you're a little sixth, right? I'm your aunt's cousin Cui Shun, you bastard, you dare to scold me, tell my aunt carefully, cut off your little twitter, hahaha. ”

"Oh my God, is my aunt and cousin back? This, this special scolding, scolding his own family, quickly put down the gun, it was my cousin Cui Shun squad leader who came back. ”

The puppet army named Xiao Liuzi quickly rushed up, took Cui Shun's hand and said, "Cousin, you have been away from Dawang Town for more than half a month, right?" How's that, there's a lot of autumn wind, right? Don't say that you came back empty-handed, thanks to your old brother, if that's the case, I ....... ”

Just when Xiao Liuzi pulled Cui Shun and shouted for a while, a muzzle of a gun behind him was pressed against his waist, and before he could turn around, he heard a fierce voice whispering: "Don't look back, continue to talk to your aunt and cousin, you still have to remember what I said, if you don't cooperate, you will immediately take your life." ”

Xiao Liuzi scolded: "Bastard, hold a gun at me, is there such a joke? Once the gun goes off, it's not fun. ”

"You kid tell me, we are the Eighth Route Army, your aunt and cousin have already participated in the Eighth Route anyway, you can only survive now if you only cooperate with us to take the sentry post, do you hear clearly?" Ma Ming said, and the muzzle of the gun hit Xiao Liuzi's waist again.

As soon as Xiao Liuzi heard that this was true, he was so frightened that his legs were about to fall down, Cui Shun next to him and Ma Ming behind him, the two of them hurriedly stood up, and shouted in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, as long as you are obedient, the Eighth Route Army will never kill you." ”

"I'm obedient, I'm obedient." Xiao Liuzi replied quickly with a trembling voice.!