Lei Jian didn't care about Feng Dalong's expression, he recited two lines of Li Bai's "Difficult to Walk" with affection: "If you want to cross the Yellow River and ice Sichuan, you will climb the snow-covered mountains." ”

Feng Dalong, a simple farmer standing on the side, saw that the brother he had just recognized, the Grand Master of the Eighth Route Army, was so worried that he couldn't even speak coherently, so that people couldn't understand what he was saying, he felt very uncomfortable, and wanted to persuade a few words, but he didn't know where the root cause was, so he could only do it in a hurry.

Duan Zhigang walked up to Lei Jian and said: "Commander Lei, I looked at the upper and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and I didn't find a single usable boat.

Besides, on the other side of the Yellow River, it seems to be a grassy beach in the past, I don't know if it is also a saline-alkali marsh, if our large army wants to cross from here, once it falls into the swamp again, if it is discovered by the enemy, there is a fire blockade in front, and the turbulent Yellow River is behind, this, this is not ....... ”

Feng Dalong shook his head and said: "If you want to swim over this river, don't even think about it, no matter how good the water is, you don't dare to go into the water when the river is turbulent, and if you jump in, you will be washed away by the turbulent river and disappear, and if you don't make it, you will be swept into the bottom of the water at that time." ”

Lei Jian remembered that on the bank of the Sand River, there was a turbulent Sand River in front of him, and there were enemies chasing him and forcibly swimming across the river, and I don't know how many soldiers were washed away along with the river.

He held a telescope and looked at the other side of the Yellow River, wondering if he could climb the embankment on the other side once the Yellow River was successfully crossed. If it is a cliff or a slashed ridge, the soldiers will desperately force their way over, but they will not be able to climb ashore, and then they will be swept away by the water of the Yellow River, and then they will still not be able to force the crossing.

Lei Jian stood under a big tree, glanced at the river again and asked Feng Dalong, "Brother Feng, has the Yellow River been so turbulent and flowing straight down?" What about fishing boats? Why is there no one? ”

"My good brother, we didn't come at the right time, it's the rainy season now, there is a lot of rain upstream, the water level of the Yellow River is high, the waves are big, and the fish in the water are washed away.

In addition, I heard that the little devil blocked the riverbank for more than ten miles upstream and downstream, and the fishing boat was blocked, and whoever moved the boat would kill his whole family, and no boat dared to go down to the river to fish. ”

"What if I have an urgent need to cross the river?" Lei Jian suddenly asked.

"Hey, some people really encounter an urgent matter of death or life, so they take the risk of crossing the river on a sheepskin raft, this is a life of nine deaths, until the last resort, who will take this risk?"

Lei Jian asked eagerly with joy in his heart: "Do the people who live on the edge of the Yellow River have sheepskin rafts?" ”

"That's not necessarily, you can find ten or eight sheepskin rafts in a village, that thing is expensive, not just a random family can have this thing." Feng Dalong didn't know what Lei Jian meant by asking this, so he hurriedly asked again: "Brother, you have an idea, right?" I advise you to die of this heart, now in the turbulent Yellow River, playing with a sheepskin raft will cost your life. ”

Lei Jian looked at the weather and said categorically: "The reconnaissance platoon stays here, hides in the reeds and thatch, no matter what happens, don't expose the target, this is a dead order." ”

He said to a few guards around him and Feng Dalong: "Time waits for no one, let's return to Shanghe Village immediately." ”

Returning to Shanghe Village, Lei Jian immediately convened an emergency meeting of commanders above the battalion level, at which he briefly described the process of this adventure and exploration, as well as what he saw and observed along the Yellow River.

Lei Jian spread out a sketch he had drawn, pointed to the sketch and said: "This marked thick line is the most dangerous passage from Shanghe Village into the saline-alkali swamp to the Yellow River, I have marked this passage, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find the road sign when I act at night, and only at dawn, by taking advantage of the weather that has just dawned, can I reduce the danger." ”

Wang Xiaoliang frowned and asked, "Commander Lei, didn't you say that the waves on the surface of the Yellow River are high and dangerous?" So can we cross the Yellow River in the past? Obediently, as soon as I think of the strength of Shahe, I, I tremble, that time, I, Wang Xiaoliang, almost lost my life, and now I am afraid when I think about it. ”

Lei Jian said very politely: "For a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, he will never be intimidated by difficulties, and even if he sacrifices, he must carry out the orders issued by his superiors, you Wang Xiaoliang will not know this, right?" ”

"It's over, the head of the regiment has put me on the line again, I just said that the Yellow River is roaring, and the forced crossing will definitely cause a lot of sacrifices, and I, Wang Xiaoliang, am just ......."

"In all actions, there is no just, once an order is given, it must be resolutely carried out. Time is pressing, and we are meeting mainly to study how to act, minimize casualties during the operation, and do not bring up anything that is not related to the next action, and start now. ”

Lei Jian first implemented the tasks he gave out of the woods, how the troops carried out, and what else needed to be supplemented and solved immediately, all of them were raised.

Niu Dali said: "The troops did not find the enemy's situation, but Yang Xiaoliu, the leader of the heinous bandit squad who was caught, took the opportunity to pee and escaped, and was killed by the soldiers in pursuit.

As for the cutting of tree trunks in the woods by a battalion ordered at the front, the quantitative standard has been reached and can be requisitioned at any time. ”

Dong Dayong reported: "The troops have eaten normally, and have prepared dry food for three days, and are now stepping up preparations for the next two days, but they still need to be completed before dark." ”

Wang Xiaoliang was a little uncomfortable by Lei Jian's criticism, he pouted and said: "I led the troops to reconnoiter close to the position where the devils laid the pontoon bridge seven or eight miles away, and found that the devils were heavily guarded, not a single person walked around, and there were all devils near the Yellow River pontoon bridge, and there was about a company of puppet troops on the periphery, so it was difficult to get close to reconnoitre."

I also found that the pontoon bridge laid by the devils has been completed, and it seems that there is an iron bucket underneath, and the door panels of the people's houses are paved on top of the iron bucket, which is about three feet wide, and there is a steel cable on each side of the pontoon bridge, which is used to escort the devils when they cross the bridge.

The position of the Yellow River in the eastern section of the pontoon bridge, there are two bunkers, there are at least two heavy machine guns in the bunker, the bunker is surrounded by light machine gun positions, on the east and west banks of the pontoon bridge, six mortars are set up each, it seems that they are ready for battle, if they want to break through the defense of the devils and seize the pontoon bridge to force the Yellow River, it should be very difficult, and the report is complete. ”

Lei Jian looked at Wang Xiaoliang who finished the report, lowered his head and stopped talking, he suddenly raised his head and laughed "haha" and laughed: "Wang Xiaoliang's reconnaissance of the devil's Yellow River pontoon position this time is reasonable, carefully observed, and the report is brief, and through refined language, he outlines the outline of the devil's pontoon position, which is not bad and worthy of praise." ”

"Hmph, I gave another sweet date, I'm not rare."

"Wang Xiaoliang, you kid don't give a shame, right is right or wrong, you are now the deputy head of the regiment, you should know what you can say at the meeting, what you can not say, pay attention to the wording, you still have to study hard, there is progress, but there is still a lack of tempering, just say that your attitude is very improper, just want to listen to what is good, can not accommodate different opinions, this is not good, pay attention to it in the future."

Wang Xiaoliang felt that what Lei Jian said was right, he stood up and said: "Regiment leader, political commissar, I, Wang Xiaoliang, will definitely pay attention to my words and deeds in the future, control this broken mouth, and talk about it after speaking, I ......." ”

"Good, good. Sit down, as long as you recognize the bit, there will be progress, who will say next? Lei Jian said and swept towards everyone.

Zhang Ping handed a telegram to Lei Jian, Lei Jian took it, Huo Di stood up and pointed at Zhang Ping and scolded: "You bastard, why did you show me the urgent telegram from Shanzong?" What did you do earlier? You're such a bastard. ”

"Commander Lei, it's not to blame Director Zhang Ping, I asked him to wait for you to take a breath and then report to you, but as soon as you came back, you held an emergency meeting, and this matter was temporarily suppressed, now you see, how to reply to the Mountain Column Headquarters?" Luo Jinchuan hurriedly took over and said.

Lei Jian glanced at it again, pointed to the telegram and said: "Commander Shan Zong Xu called to ask, when can our independent regiment cross the Yellow River, within three days, must arrive along the Deshi Road, accept the new task, time is pressing, I give the order now, it is still the old way, according to the order I issued, it will be reviewed by Political Commissar Luo, and the commanders at all levels will supplement and improve, I hope that all commanders will carefully write down the tasks of their own troops, as well as the relationship with the friendly neighbors and battalions." ”

He turned back to Luo Jinchuan and asked: "Political Commissar Luo, do you say this is okay?" ”

Luo Jinchuan likes the stinky boy in front of him in his heart, such a large army, if you want to strengthen the roaring Yellow River, it seems that Lei Jian, a stinky boy, has no fear of difficulties at all, if he leaves it to himself to command the crossing of the river, he really doesn't know how to start.