Lei Jian said with a smile: "I really can't remember the terrain and geographical location of the Jingcheng Coal Mine for a while, wait for me to sort it out, and then tell you, let's return to the army and immediately hold a military meeting of cadres above the battalion level to deploy the next step." ”

When Ma Mingshan heard Lei Jian say this, his heart was full of "Lei Jian, this stinky boy is very mysterious, could he really be unpredictable prophet" Commander Chen asked himself suspiciously, Ma Mingshan really couldn't understand what kind of character this baby leader in front of him was.

He suddenly mentioned the Jingcheng Coal Mine to Lei Jian, but he didn't expect this baby who left Jiaodong to know nothing about the west, and the Jingcheng Coal Mine, which is more than 1,000 kilometers away, said so lightly, when he brought it up, he actually said, 'Wait for me to sort it out, and then tell you', is he really a strange boy who can pinch and calculate?

The two stopped talking, looking at the Eighth Route Army team in the streets and alleys, nervously in action, and the mood of returning to the team to deploy the operation task like an arrow became even more nervous.

Returning to the camp of the troops on the outskirts of the county, Lei Jian said to the cadres above the battalion level who attended the meeting: "Comrades, just now I attended the Eastern Vertical Military Conference, and received the latest operational order issued by the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, ordering our regiment to cancel the action route of westward entry into the Jingangku, and ordering our regiment to immediately prepare to assemble at the Jingcheng Coal Mine. ”

Wang Xiaoliang asked with a perk-hearted spirit: "Commander Lei, is the Commander Yang of the 1st Division you are talking about, the same Commander Yang who led the troops in the Battle of Loess Ridge and killed the Japanese army's 'Flower of Famous Generals' Ah and Ah What turtles?" ”

"You guessed right, it is this pioneer of the Red Fourth Regiment who is well-known in the army on the Long March, he participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan, and killed the commander of the Japanese army's 'Flower of Famous Generals' Abe Norihide in the battle of Loess Ridge. Commander Yang is a very brave and warlike general, and the commander who commanded the attack on the Jingcheng Coal Mine is the famous Commander Yang. ”

Wang Xiaoliang stood up in surprise and shouted: "Commander Lei, is it really this hero you often talk about and make me always want to meet?" It's good now, I can finally meet Commander Yang. ”

Li Gang stood up and said: "Commander Lei, we don't have a specific operational mission yet, can you tell us about Commander Yang, how he commanded the troops to kill this arrogant Japanese army's 'flower of famous generals' Abe Norihide?" ”

"That's right, Captain Lei will talk about it."

"Commander Lei told everyone about the battle of Loess Ridge, and it will definitely play a great role as a reference in this attack on the Jingcheng Coal Mine."

Ma Mingshan also echoed and said, "Captain Lei, then you can talk about it." ”

Lei Jian saw that everyone unanimously asked him to tell him how Commander Yang led the troops to kill Abe Guixiu, the 'Flower of Famous Generals', he nodded and agreed: "Okay, since everyone wants to hear it, then I will deploy the new task first, and you will go back to arrange it immediately, organize cadres above the company level, and bring their own small benches to gather in this courtyard, and I will give you a good explanation, which should be helpful for the general sabotage war that we are about to start." ”

Half an hour later, the cadres of the 'only regiment' and above gathered in the hut and courtyard of Lei Jian's accommodation and headquarters, good fellows, forty or fifty cadres were crowded into a farmhouse, and there was no place to sit. Those who came early sat on the ground in the courtyard, and those who came late stood around, squeezing the thunder sword at the door of the house, and even the room was full of people.

Lei Jian opened his mouth and said: "The 'only regiment' has even arrived with commanders above the level, and our regiment is about to follow Commander Yang of the First Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to attack the Jingcheng Coal Mine occupied by the Japanese army, and this is a tough battle under the command of Commander Yang. ”

Lei Jian glanced at everyone, and then said: "Just now, many comrades asked me to tell me how Commander Yang commanded the troops to kill the Japanese army's 'flower of famous generals' Abe Norihide in the battle of Loess Ridge. ”

"Yes", "Yes", "Yes——。 ”

Ma Mingshan didn't expect Lei Jian, a military commander, to be so sophisticated in ideological and mobilization work, so he really underestimated him.

It's not that Ma Mingshan underestimated Lei Jian, but that before Lei Jian crossed over, he was the training director of a training base, and he had to train thousands of recruits every year, hold meetings, summarize, and mobilize.

Lei Jian looked at the cadres above the company level sitting and standing in the courtyard and house, and began to tell the classic example of the 'Loess Ridge Battle' and the killing of the Japanese army's 'Flower of Famous Generals'.

Before the explanation, he reaffirmed: "Comrades, what I want to talk about next is based on the information I have, but these materials have some attributes, once someone investigates them, then I Lei Jian has to say that in order to defeat the little devils and motivate the cadres and soldiers to fight the battle of Jingcheng, I can only borrow it for the time being." ”

Lei Jian felt that everything was said in his head, so he said without scruples:

The Battle of Loess Ridge took place in November 1939, when Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region ordered his troops to carry out a large-scale ambush battle against the Japanese army in the area of Sanchakou and Loess Ridge in Laiyuan County.

On November 3, Lieutenant General Abe Norihide, commander of the Japanese Army's Independent Mixed Brigade, learned that the Second Brigade under his jurisdiction had been annihilated by the Eighth Route Army at Yansu Cliff. ”

He ordered the chief of staff: "Order the 2nd and 4th brigades of the brigade to advance to the Yansuya and Yinfang areas in the hinterland of the Jinchaji First Division of the Eighth Route Army in the early morning of the 4th, led by me, and I must destroy this Eighth Route Army." ”

In the early morning of the 4th, Abe Norihide led more than 1,500 Japanese troops to frantically pounce on the area of Yansu Cliff.

Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region learned that Lieutenant General Abe Norihide of the Japanese Army personally led a team to attack the anti-Japanese base of the Eighth Route Army, in an attempt to avenge the annihilation of the second brigade under his subordinates.

Commander Nie immediately convened a military meeting, at which he drew up a plan for the attack, and telegraphed Commander Yang of the First Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to immediately make preparations for fighting against the enemy, and ordered him to take unified command of the 1st, 3rd, and 25th regiments of the Eighth Route Army, the third guerrilla detachment, and other nearby units to make combat preparations.

Commander Yang ordered a regiment to intermittently fight and retreat with the enemy's attacking troops during the Japanese army's attack, closely monitor the enemy's troops' movements between battles and retreats, and deploy the main force to be ready to enter the designated battlefield at any time to engage in a fierce battle with the enemy.

Abe Guixiu's troops marched to Yinfang at full speed, and the vanguard soon broke through Yinfang, but lost the trace of the Eighth Route Army, and Abe Guixiu, who was annoyed and angry after the air, ordered the troops to continue to advance to the Sigezhuang and Loess Ridge at the junction of Laiyuan and Yixian, and implemented the 'three-light policy' for the villages passing along the way.

On the afternoon of the 5th, the Japanese army entered the area of Yansu Cliff, and the third detachment and the first regiment set up in ambush here in advance engaged the enemy according to the deployment of Commander Yang.

Lieutenant General Norihide Abe ordered his subordinates: "Concentrate light and heavy firepower to destroy the Eighth Route Army troops who dare to stop the continuation of the crusade of the Imperial Japanese Army, and we must kill them all." ”

Seeing that the enemy had taken the bait, the commanders of the three detachments ordered the troops to fight and retreat, lure the devils into the depths, and lead them into the ambush circle of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

The devil commander attacked smoothly, and the firepower hit the ambush troops of the Eighth Route Army and retreated one after another, and the arrogant Lieutenant General Abe Norihide ordered the troops to pursue quickly without any scruples, and annihilated the enemy in the rout.

Lured by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese troops marched day and night to the Loess Ridge in the early morning of the next day, and the commander ordered the troops to prepare for further eastward advances.

As soon as Commander Yang saw the Japanese troops entering the ambush area, he ordered the 1st Regiment and the 25th Regiment to quickly occupy the favorable terrain around Zhaituo, the road that the Japanese army must pass through for retreat, and to block the enemy's retreat with the greatest firepower.

Ordered one unit of each unit to occupy the position of the Loess Ridge, and the other to go around behind the enemy, surround the attacking enemy behind the Loess Ridge, and set up an ambush in large depth on the invading enemy in the periphery of the Loess Ridge in one step, and use the terrain to flank the enemy's flank and back as he continued to march towards Yinfang.

(End of chapter)