Ma Mingshan was still a little worried in his heart, but he didn't expect that under the dispatch of Lei Jian, the soldiers distributed everywhere, with mutual cooperation and fire support, finally took the county seat of Fudong, and even the military transfer station of the devil was occupied, and he happily answered the question raised by Lei Jian.

Lei Jian looked at Ma Mingshan with a smile on his face, and said appreciatively: "Political Commissar Ma, you can solve my worries for me, and also add a new battalion to our regiment, which is very capable." ”

He was in the county town of Fudong, which had just been captured, and he did not dare to be arrogant while being happy, and ordered the commanders of all battalions and companies entering the city to rush to him for a meeting immediately.

There was a sound of horses' hooves, Li Gang led the cavalry back, the sabers in the hands of the soldiers were still dripping blood, Li Gang jumped off the war horse and reported: "Report to Commander Lei, all the devils in the city have been eliminated, the puppet army has added two platoons in a company, except for those who resist with guns, the rest of the captured puppet soldiers are surrounded in a compound and are centrally guarded." ”

"Okay, let's have a meeting right away." Lei Jian said simply and forcefully.

Wang Xiaoliang saw that the storming of the county town won a complete victory, and he captured the Japanese army transfer station, I don't know how many good things there are in the army transfer station, and he couldn't help grinning and asked: "Commander Lei,

We have been forcibly marching all the way from leaving Jiaodong, and we have not stopped fighting with the little devils when we came to the Peacock Valley, and now we have conquered Fudong City, is it to ask the soldiers of the army to rest in the city for a few days, eat a full meal, sleep well, and then ....... ”

Lei Jian didn't have time to listen to Wang Xiaoliang's dream words, so he interrupted in time and said: "The method proposed by Deputy Regiment Commander Wang is very good, many cadres and soldiers may have this idea, but we are not Li Zicheng entering the city, and the current situation of the troops will become more and more dangerous."

Our newly formed independent regiment, which was formed in less than 10 days, engaged the enemy several times, and now the goal of storming the county town has been achieved, and the Japanese commander is deeply annoyed by our regiment's storming of the county seat, and has sent two troops to help, and the enemy and puppet troops in the surrounding strongholds were blocked by our three battalions on the perimeter fire on the way to reinforcements.

I command; Political Commissar Ma led a company of the second battalion to receive the military supplies transferred by the enemy, as long as the troops urgently needed to bring as much as they could, and the rest that could not be taken away must not be left to the little devils and destroyed;

ordered Deputy Regiment Commander Wang to lead Qu Jiaming's reconnaissance platoon to screen and register the puppet troops who actively requested to join our team and the captured ones who asked to join the Eighth Route Army, and supplemented them to various combat units and logistics;

ordered Deputy Regiment Commander Li Gang to lead two companies of the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Battalion to leave the city immediately, set up an ambush on the Hengshui Fu (East) Highway, block the Japanese brigade reinforced from Hengshui, and cover the main force to continue to advance westward;

All units immediately replenished their weapons and ammunition, and sent a platoon to follow me into the Japanese army to fight, bringing more food and drink, and we could not call our soldiers to fight hungry. ”

After Lei Jian gave the order, he looked at Ma Mingshan and asked, "Political Commissar Ma, do you have anything to add?" ”

"Commander Lei is planning properly, and I, Ma Mingshan, resolutely carry out the order."

Wang Xiaoliang, Deputy Regiment Commander Li Gang, and battalion and company cadres replied in unison: "I guarantee the completion of the task." ”

The troops immediately began to act, and when they were leaving, Lei Jian shouted loudly: "All troops, you must leave Fudong City in half an hour, this is an order, it is a race against time, it is a race against the enemy, and if you are a little slow, our independent regiment will be wiped out." ”

Lei Jian led the guard squad and took the lead in entering the Japanese army transfer station, opened a door, and saw a large number of weapons and ammunition piled up inside, the soldiers' mouths couldn't close together, Song Tiedan approached Lei Jian and asked: "Commander Lei, you said that if you can't take so many things away, you really want to destroy such a good ......." ”

"People can't be greedy, they can't chew it if they are greedy, and they are the real heroes when they see it, Tie Dan led the guard squad and opened the doors of the warehouses of all the military transfer stations to me." Lei Jian followed closely behind the gates opened by the guard squad, and when he walked to the last munitions warehouse, he not only sighed: "Good guy, I didn't expect the Japanese army to transfer to the station, and there are so many good things stored. ”

He said to Ma Mingshan, who was following him: "Political Commissar Ma, have you seen all the good things here?" Haha, my man, don't look at anything and can't move your legs, you must put the weapons and ammunition that the troops urgently need, food, war horse forage and medical supplies, according to the loading capacity of more than 50 mules and horses you found, reasonably allocate them, and load them quickly, your task is not light, old horse. ”

"Captain Lei, to tell you from the heart, I have never seen such a good thing, and I am really reluctant to destroy it if I can't leave, but I can't take it all away, and I am entangled in my heart.

Haha, I'm convinced, don't say that people say that you are a 'thunder general', through these few days with you to fight devils, it really makes me have a long insight, hey, you can't be proud, I can't say that one day I will catch up with you, if you don't accept it, you have to work hard, hahaha. ”

Lei Jian was very relieved by Ma Mingshan's heartiness, and he replied with a smile: "Political Commissar Ma, I hope that the cadres of our regiment can learn the war in the war, catch up with and surpass me as soon as possible, and at that time, I will command the troops, is it more convenient?" Hahaha. ”

At this moment, Zhang Ping, director of the interrogation department, handed an urgent telegram to Lei Jian and reported in a low voice: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, the Jinchaji Military Region Headquarters has an urgent telegram." ”

Lei Jian pulled over the telegram, and the message was as follows: "Lei, Ma, the new 7th Brigade of the East Column is in the Wuqiang section of Deshi Road, surrounded by a wing of the 9th Brigade of the enemy's 180th Division, and it is necessary to arrive in two hours, and quickly reinforce it. ”

After reading the telegram, Lei Jian handed it to Ma Mingshan, and after reading it, Ma Mingshan said eagerly: "Fudong is more than seventy miles away from Wuqiang, and my regiment is afraid that it will take more than three hours to march forcibly. ”

Lei Jian frowned, his brain was running rapidly, and in less than five minutes, he quickly ordered to Chief of Staff Zhou beside him: "Order Deputy Regiment Commander Wang Xiaoliang to form a battalion of strong troops from the first and second battalions in the city, take seven trucks and more than a dozen motorcycles from the transfer station of the Devil Army, and quickly march towards Wuqiang in full armament;

I ordered Deputy Regiment Commander Li Gang to terminate the sortie order previously deployed, and immediately assemble the cavalry battalion in charge of patrol and reconnaissance in the city to move with me. ”

Lei Jian took Ma Mingshan's hand and said: "Political Commissar Ma, the final handling of the follow-up troops and army transfer is handed over to your brother, I hope the troops can rush to the frontline battlefield of Wuqiang in time and give the troops a supplement of weapons, ammunition and military supplies."

Brother, I affirm once again that the burden on your shoulders is very heavy, an urgent telegram disrupted my deployment, and I originally ordered Li Gang to lead a battalion to run on the Heng (Shui) Fu (East) Highway to block the reinforcements of the Japanese army's 576 Hetun Dazuo, but now it is impossible, you lead the follow-up troops, the time in Fudong City, at most, half an hour, once delayed, will be trapped in Fudong City by the enemy's reinforcements. ”

Ma Mingshan felt a great responsibility, looked at Lei Jian with a complicated mood, and suddenly said firmly: "Please rest assured, Commander Lei, I will lead the troops to leave Fudong County within half an hour and quickly catch up with the large army." ”

Lei Jian nodded and said to Zhang Ping, who was standing beside him: "Director Zhang, telegraph contact, order the third battalion to repel the harassment of the enemy puppet army in the nearby stronghold, and block the attack with a company of troops, and the large army will immediately run and march in the direction of Wuqiang." ”

In order to rush to the front line of Wuqiang as soon as possible, he led the guard squad and Qu Jiaming's reconnaissance platoon, rode his horse and galloped out of the city, whipping in the direction of Wuqiang, and attacked all the way.

In addition, the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade of the East Column, as well as the units of the East Column that attacked the Deshi Road, completed the task of sabotage, and left the Deshi Road for dozens of miles when the large army of devils rushed to help, and continued to march to Fuping under the cover of the green gauze tent.

The New Seventh Brigade, as the rearguard unit of the various units in the east column of the Deshi Road, was responsible for blocking the two wings of the Japanese Ninth Brigade that were pursuing all the way.

The New Seventh Expedition Army went to Fudong and Wuqiang County, more than 10 kilometers away from Wuqiang County, and was blocked by a wing of the commander of the Yoshimaru Qingwu Brigade of the Ninth Brigade of the Japanese Army.

The commander of the New Seventh Brigade Song decisively ordered the commander of the first regiment: "Order your first regiment as the main force of this battle and break through the frontal position of a wing of the Japanese army with the most powerful firepower." ”

He also ordered the commander of the second regiment: "As a strong attack on the two flanks of the breakthrough enemy position, your regiment must cooperate with the first regiment to take the Japanese position and cover the troops to continue to advance westward." ”

The commander of the third regiment asked: "Brigade Commander Song, my third regiment is not a vegetarian, why is there no task for my third regiment to fight the main attack?" Is my regiment and combat effectiveness so poor? I'm really not convinced. ”

"Commander of the third regiment, don't be rash, in front of us is a Japanese wing armed to the teeth, in terms of troops, weapons and equipment, my new seventh brigade can not match it, your third regiment as a reserve, is you want to stay at the most dangerous moment and then rush forward for me, and take the devil's position in one fell swoop, do you think your third regiment is still a vegetarian regiment."

After Brigade Commander Song gave the order, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the New 7th Brigade immediately began to carry out the most powerful first attack on the forward positions of the enemy wing, and a very tragic battle began.

(End of chapter)