Lei Jian, who was standing at the bottom of the high ground, saw the flares and frightened the soldiers to stop rolling down the mountain, and ordered loudly in a hurry: "All the hidden troops, if they want to live, immediately rush to the bottom of the mountain as fast as possible and evacuate backwards." ”

He also ordered Wang Xiaoliang: "The fighters who ordered the mortar and heavy machine gun positions to dismantle the mortars were too late to dismantle the mortars, and immediately carried them back 50 meters, and quickly retreated the weapons and ammunition stacked in the positions, and all the troops retreated. ”

In this short time, Lei Jian quickly issued several orders, but only Lei Jian's troops obeyed the order and quickly retreated, and some of the soldiers of the New Seventh Brigade had already rolled down the mountain, standing up and no longer moving.

Lei Jian rushed to him and shouted: "The commanders of the new Seventh Brigade, immediately carry out the order, retreat quickly, whoever dares to delay the opportunity, I will shoot him." ”

The commanders of the New Seventh Brigade, seeing Lei Jian's crazy roar, had to obey the order, but they did not pay attention to it, and they were very slow in their actions.

It took a long time, but in fact, it was just a matter of minutes and seconds, when the forward position of the highland devils suddenly erupted five fire dragons, igniting the weeds below the highlands 'boom, boom ......', and the entire downland became a sea of fire, and the speed of the fire spread to the bottom of the highland mountain like a chase for life.

Some of the soldiers of the New Seventh Brigade who rolled down the mountain had not yet gotten up when they reached the bottom of the mountain, and some of them were retreating in obedience. When the soldiers found five fire dragons, erupting from the forward positions of the Japanese army, they were watching as dioramas.

When they found that the fire was burning rapidly to the bottom of the mountain, they got up and ran quickly, but it was too late, nearly a hundred soldiers were chased by the crazy flames, and the soldiers behind were already covered in flames, burning and screaming for help.

Lei Jian shouted to the warriors who were running and retreating: "Quickly retreat to a place where there are no crops and weeds, and rescue the warriors who ran out with fire on their bodies." ”

Fortunately, behind the position occupied by the two units of the Eighth Route Army was a large area of uncultivated dry land, and all the soldiers ran to this dry land, and no one dared to step away from this place despite the fierce fire burning around it.

The rescued soldiers were already covered in burns, some were seriously injured, and some were not rescued and fell in the flames. The ferocious Japanese army fired incendiary bombs, causing casualties to nearly 100 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

Just when the captain of the Devil Wing, Iizuka Osa, ordered to launch an incendiary bomb, and saw the fire dragon spewing out, the burning Eighth Route Army fled in embarrassment, he shouted with a 'haha' laugh: "Yaxi, Tubalu has suffered heavy casualties this time, my work is easy, this battle should end soon, hahaha, haha......" ”

Just as Captain Iizuka was laughing arrogantly, the morning wind turned sharply, and the fire that spread down the mountain turned around and burned back, and soon burned to the forward position occupied by the Japanese army.

The chief of staff of the 581st Wing shouted in horror: "Quickly bring His Excellency Dazuo to the rear, and order all the imperial troops in the forward positions to withdraw to the third line of defense, quickly." ”

The little devils in the forward position, as soon as they saw the flames turn around and pounce up, turned around and ran back, and dozens of little devils who did not have time to escape were engulfed by the flames, let out a ghost crying wolf howl, and rolled at the front of the position.

Some of them rolled down the slope to the position of the Eighth Route Army on the high ground, some of them had been burned to death, and some of them were still alive wailing, and they were shot and killed by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who rushed up, which was also regarded as a good thing, but the pain of the little devil being burned.

The Japanese 581st Wing, which quickly retreated to the third line of defense, was isolated by the first and second trenches, and the fire slowly weakened until it was extinguished.

In this highland fire initiated by the devils, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavier casualties, and the little devils did not escape the destruction of the flames.

Lei Jian looked at the two troops around him, he was already embarrassed, he immediately convened an emergency meeting of cadres above the battalion level, and at the meeting, Lei Jian yelled very sternly: "What kind of commanders are you?" Why did you receive an urgent order to retreat and not lead the fighters out of their positions in time? Bastard, this is the life of a Kusaka warrior. ”

The head of the first regiment lowered his head, listened to Lei Jian's crazy reprimand, raised his head for a long time and said: "Commander-in-Chief Lei, I didn't lead the troops well and didn't withdraw the position in time according to your orders, you can punish me." ”

"Can punishment and punishment save the soldiers who burned to death, and can they alleviate the pain of the burned soldiers? You people who ignore my orders on the battlefield are committing a crime and being irresponsible for the lives of soldiers. ”

Lei Jian looked at the battalion commander who was at the meeting, paused for a moment and said with a more relaxed attitude: "We people are the commanders of this army, the backbone of the soldiers, so many soldiers have entrusted us with it, no matter when and where, we must first consider whether the safety of the soldiers' lives can be guaranteed, this is good, before the general attack was launched, more than 100 of our brothers, our comrades-in-arms were killed and wounded, I, and you, don't we have a sense of guilt in our hearts?" ”

He saw that everyone was silent, and then said: "Now the Japanese 581st Wing, which is sticking to the high ground, when the fire spreads backwards, the little devils have withdrawn to the second or even the third line of defense in order to avoid the flames, and the front-line positions will not leave the troops to hold on. ”

The chief of staff of the new Seventh Brigade reminded: "Commander-in-Chief Lei, now that the temperature below the high ground is very high under the blazing fire, we will launch a general attack now, can the soldiers endure the high temperature?" ”

"Chief of Staff, now is the best time for our Eighth Route Army to attack, at this time the ground temperature below the high ground is very high, but if we launch a general offensive at this time, we will be caught off guard by the enemy, and the Japanese commander will never think that the Eighth Route Army will step on the ground baked by high temperature and launch a general attack."

Lei Jian then said in an accentuated tone: "Our soldiers, under the unguarded Japanese army, stepping on the hot ground to launch a general attack, will reduce the casualties a lot than braving the rain of bullets and bullets of devils, right?" If this difficulty cannot be overcome, then the only way to do this is to wait for the temperature below the high ground to cool down, and then launch a general attack under the suppression of enemy fire, you ....... ”

The commander of the first regiment raised his head suddenly, and said very convincingly: "I completely agree with the combat deployment of Commander-in-Chief Lei, this is a once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity for us to launch a general attack. ”

The regimental and battalion commanders who attended the meeting unanimously agreed on Lei Jian's latest combat deployment, and Lei Jian ordered in a stern tone: "Order all troops to follow the previous deployment, there are still twelve minutes before the general attack time, go back immediately to prepare for battle, listen to my orders, and launch a general attack." ”

At this time, the commander of the Japanese wing, who hid in the third line of defense on the high ground, boasted to several subordinates around him: "This time, I was able to discover in time that the Tuba Road troops, which were secretly lurking at the front of the position 60 meters, decisively fired incendiary bombs to burn and burn the Tuba Road. ”

The chief of staff of the Japanese army flattered: "Your Excellency Dazuo is wise, my proposal, once the temperature of the high ground drops, take the opportunity of the lack of spirit of the Eighth Route to order the brave soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army of all units of the 581st Wing to rush down the mountain with maximum firepower to destroy the Eighth Route troops that have no combat effectiveness." ”

"Yanxi, the chief of staff's proposal is very good, and mine is also ready to deploy like this, as long as the troops of the Imperial Japanese Army this time wipe out the Tuba Road under the high ground in one go, my 581st Wing can return to the base camp in victory and enjoy it well, hahaha." Iizuka laughed arrogantly.

Just when Iizuka Osa, the commander of the Japanese army, was planning a new battle plan with the chief of staff, Lei Jian, the former commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army at the foot of the highland mountain, issued an order for a general attack on the enemy's highlands, and Zhang Ting, commander of the newly formed independent regiment and one battalion, led the soldiers of the first battalion to minimize the collision of weapons and heavy footsteps with the most covert actions, let alone speak, and quickly rushed to the enemy's high ground.

The 1st Regiment of the New 7th Brigade followed closely behind the 1st Battalion, quickly maneuvering the troops.

The troops on both flanks also began to move, and this time the commanders and soldiers of the various units were convinced by the orders given by Lei Jian, and they must unswervingly carry them out and act more quickly and orderly.

Lei Jian ordered Wang Xiaoliang: "Put the mortar and heavy machine gun positions in place immediately, and wait for my order to beat the little devil to death." ”

The cavalry battalion, the three regiments of the New Seventh Brigade, and the special service battalion were all in place quickly, and they immediately launched the fiercest attack on the enemy from different positions as soon as they waited for Lei Jian's order.

After Lei Jian gave the order, he led the soldiers of the guard squad to quickly catch up with the troops who were rushing towards the enemy's high ground.

(End of chapter)