After reading the telegram, Fujita Osa roared angrily: "How many troops are there in the attack on the Tsuchiba Road of the Tiger Leaping Gorge, why are there so many defenses within ten kilometers, and who is their commander?" ”

If Fujita Dazuo had learned that he had commanded this battle spanning 10 kilometers from north to south, it was he who had been fighting with his 372nd Wing since he left Guangxun and had been fighting with his 372nd Wing on both sides of the Yellow River, the No. 1 and No. 2 Heights, and the Deshi Road battles on the way westward, and the raid on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge.

At this time, Lei Jian, who was leading the soldiers of the guard squad, bravely pounced on the locomotive parked on the Zhengtai railway line, and was suddenly hit by the heavy machine gun fire of the devil on the first carriage, and his progress was blocked for a while, and he was forced to lie on the ground, rolling and approaching the locomotive.

Qu Jiaming's reconnaissance platoon, which was responsible for knocking out the firepower points of the devils on the carriage, found that Lei Jian's guard squad was lying on the ground by the heavy machine guns on the first carriage, and he was rolling on the ground with firepower, and he shouted to the soldiers anxiously: "At all costs, knock out the firepower points of the devils on the first carriage and cover the actions of Commander Lei." ”

Qu Jiaming led the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon, with the cooperation of the fire of the fourth battalion, to bravely climb the train, intending to approach forward from the carriage and eliminate the devils who carried out the fire attack on the first carriage.

The soldiers braved the bullets fired by the devils and quickly approached the fourth carriage in front, and the little devils on the car pounced on them from the front and back, blocking the fire, and some fighters just poked their heads out, and were hit by the devil's fire, rolling and falling under the car.

Qu Jiaming finally climbed into the fourth carriage under the cover of other soldiers, and with the joint efforts of the soldiers who followed behind, he lay on the carriage and moved forward, before reaching the third carriage, a heavy machine gun on the first carriage suddenly turned around and killed Qu Jiaming and the soldiers with the most fierce firepower.

Lei Jian led the guard squad, lying on the ground and crawling towards the locomotive, under the fire of the two heavy machine guns of the devil in the first carriage, every time he pushed forward, he had to pay the price of blood and life.

Song Tiedan, the leader of the guard squad, lay on the ground and shouted: "Commander Lei, let's move forward like this, it's too dangerous, I'll cover with the fire of the guard squad, you go back quickly, you can't give me an accident, if you ......." ”

Lei Jian shouted dissatisfiedly: "Bastard, you just want me to live, and the soldiers want to die?" Don't talk nonsense, with your best efforts, rush to the locomotive, only in this way can we hide in the first carriage, the blind spot of the devil's heavy machine gun fire, and take the opportunity to rush to the locomotive. ”

Under the leadership of Lei Jian, the guard squad guarded Lei Jian, braved the enemy's powerful firepower, and at the cost of sacrificing three guard squad soldiers, finally leaned to the locomotive and hid in the dead corner of the devil's machine gun fire on the first carriage.

Song Tiedan suddenly jumped up, got into the driver's cab of the locomotive, lay on the ground at the front of the locomotive, stretched out his hand and shouted: "Commander Lei, hand me your hand quickly, and I will pull you up." ”

Lei Jian shook his head and replied: "Quickly dodge, don't do too much, it will be more neat for me to go up myself, you pay attention to the enemy situation on the west side of the locomotive, once you find the enemy, you must destroy it, and cover the soldiers to board the locomotive." ”

Song Tiedan made room for Lei Jian, approached the west side of the wheelhouse of the locomotive with his gun, looked west from the lookout window, and saw that the soldiers of the fourth battalion were using the most ferocious firepower to eliminate the little devils escorting the train.

Lei Jian flew and landed directly in the driver's cab of the locomotive, and the soldiers of the guard squad behind him quickly followed. So many people crowded into the locomotive cab that they couldn't turn around at all.

Lei Jian ordered: "The task of the guard squad is to immediately climb from both sides of the front of the car, appear covertly, and eliminate the devils and two heavy machine gun shooters on the first carriage." ”

Song Tiedan led the soldiers of the guard squad to carefully move from the cab to the outside with the help of the convertible place of the locomotive, and tentatively moved to the top of the train.

Lei Jian saw the three train drivers in the cab, squatting there in fright, trembling all over, lowering his head and raising it slightly from time to time, sweeping Lei Jian's eyes a few times, and the fear in his heart was undoubtedly revealed on his face.

A relatively young man among the three train drivers, listening to Lei Jian's quick order to eliminate the devil, he stood up boldly and asked: "This comrade of the Eighth Route Army, seeing that you are not very old, but listening to your tone, you should be an officer in this army, right?" Hey, the three of us were also forced to be helpless, and I had to work for the little devils, and today I fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and if you want to kill it, you can do whatever you want, and I won't say anything.

There is no way to live in this world, sooner or later it will be a death, and if you can die in the hands of your own family, you can close your eyes, so you can do it. ”

Lei Jian said calmly: "Three big brothers, you don't have to be afraid, I know that you are begging for a life on the death line, it is not easy, working for the little devil, but also being forced to have no way out, you can rest assured, we are the Eighth Route Army, that is, the 'only regiment' of the Eighth Route Army that participated in the general attack of the Hundred Regiments War this time, and it will not hurt you, now we are going to requisition this train, and in a while my troops have eliminated the little devils who escorted this train, you will get off, okay?" ”

When the three drivers heard that Lei Jian was going to requisition this train, they didn't know what to do, and one of the older train drivers asked cautiously: "Commander of the Eighth Route Army, you just said that you want to requisition this train, do you want to blow up this train?" ”

"We can't blow up this train in front of us, it's still useful to keep it, and when it's time to blow it up, we won't be polite." Lei Jian heard the gunshots a little sparsely, and hurriedly urged: "The three big brothers, the little devils who escorted the train, should be almost eliminated, you guys get off the train quickly and take the opportunity to run for your lives." ”

The young man shook his head and said to Lei Jian with a bitter face: "I won't tell you, no matter if the train is lost or bombed, if the three of us are caught by the little devils, they will definitely be shot, and even the family members will follow and sit, and none of them will survive, anyway, it is a death, it is better to follow you to kill the devil, even if there is no train, I will not go home, as long as I am given a gun, I will be the eighth road." ”

Lei Jian was deeply moved and said: "I want to use this train to complete a difficult task, if the three of you don't get off the train, you will be affected and killed, you better get off, there are still a few soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on our army, they did not participate in the Eighth Route Army, they were also train drivers, they can drive the train away, so they will not call the three of them to take risks." ”

"Eighth Road Chief, I don't like to hear you say this, since you don't kill the three of us, I am the first to ask to participate in the Eighth Road, if you don't accept it, then I ask you, why can other train drivers participate in the Eighth Road, don't want us?"

"That's right, even if the two of us run back, we won't be able to live, and we can still kill the little devil in order to live, sir, just take the three of us."

Lei Jian looked at the three drivers, and asked to join the Eighth Route Army, he nodded and said: "These two brothers are okay in age, I agree with you to join the Eighth Route Army, but this eldest brother is almost fifty this year, right?" You are old, you can't suffer so much when you join the Eighth Route Army, if you want to live, you must first find distant relatives to avoid the limelight. ”

The driver, who was regarded as an older driver by Lei Jian, frowned and asked, "Eighth Road Chief, do you think I look old?" Hey, I'll tell you the truth, I'm just in my early thirties today, and I've been harmed by these things, and I'm just over thirty, and I'm going to be an uncle, I, I'm ....... ”

Lei Jian didn't expect that this 'uncle' was just over thirty, but his wrinkled face betrayed his actual age, Lei Jian said embarrassedly: "Big brother, I'm sorry, I said that you are old, since the three of you have strongly asked to join the Eighth Route Army, then accept all of you." ”

"Thank you, Chief of the Eighth Road."

Lei Jian said with a smile: "This title is not good, even if you are a soldier of the Eighth Route Army now, just call me Lei Jian in the future, time is pressing, in order for you to live and kill the little devil, you must get off the train, and my soldiers will drive the train and perform special tasks, this is an order." ”

At this moment, the commanders of the various units ran to the locomotive and stood under the locomotive and reported: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, the little devils escorting this train have been eliminated, please instruct." ”

"Good girl, at such a young age, he is the Grand Master, it's really underestimated." The three train drivers muttered.

Lei Jian glanced at the fourth battalion commander, reconnaissance platoon leader Qu Jiaming, and guard squad leader Song Tiedan, who were standing on the ground, and asked, "Have you checked this Japanese military column, what kind of goods are loaded?" ”

Qu Jiaming said quickly: "Commander Lei, I have checked each carriage, and the materials loaded on the train are relatively miscellaneous, including weapons and ammunition, food and drink, military uniforms and medicine, and half of the carriage is oil. ”

(End of chapter)