Wu Chang, the devil in the team, took a step forward, grabbed Huang Zhian and shouted, "What firewood? Your deeds are suspicious, arrest them all, and bring them into the turret for interrogation, quickly. ”

Cui Liuyi saw that he was going to arrest these eight roads into the turret, and he was so frightened that he was afraid of being affected, so he hurriedly said in a low voice: "Taijun, they are all my relatives, there is no suspicion, I will buy you two chickens in the market, go back and roast them into roast chickens, and quietly give them to Taijun, you can see ......." ”

"Yuxi, Cui Liu's conscience is very good, for the sake of your face, I will spare these bastards, you buy chickens quickly, and leave the rest of the things you want to buy to them."

"Taijun, did we also collect these loads of firewood? If Taijun collects our firewood, I will send you a few chickens, please Taijun accept our firewood. Huang Zhigao flattered and prayed.

Cui Liuyi looked at his cousin Huang Zhigao, who was very close to these eight roads, and he understood in his heart that if he didn't collect these loads of firewood today, he wouldn't have walked away so easily, and maybe something big would happen.

For the sake of personal safety and peace of mind, Cui Liu hurriedly said to the devil Wu Chang with a smiling face: "Taijun, I will quietly stew you a pork knuckle tonight, for the sake of me and they are relatives, just collect these loads of firewood." ”

"Yaxi, these loads of firewood have all been collected, Cui Liu, you quickly buy chickens and pork knuckles, and go back to Missi Missi immediately, hahaha." Devil Wu Chang happily patted Cui Liu's shoulder and said.

Lei Jian and several soldiers in disguise, under the operation of Cui Liu, carried the burden into the turret, when the firewood was put down, the reconnaissance company commander Qu Jiaming asked Cui Liu: "Squad leader Cui, I am in a hurry to pee, where is the thatched house?" ”

"There are so many poor problems, it's really lazy donkeys, lazy horses, and urine, the thatched house is behind the row of houses on the east side, don't make trouble for me, if I really leak the horse's feet, I can't live, and you don't want to keep your head."

Cui Liu watched Qu Jiaming walk to the thatched house in the back row of the house, and said to Lei Jian: "I see that they all listen to you, you hurry up and take them away, if you are really served by the imperial army, my old lady will not survive, I beg you, hurry up." ”

Lei Jian nodded and said with a smile: "Squad Leader Cui, thank you for your help, but I want to explain something to you, send us out in a while, and I'll make it clear to you." ”

"Don't, don't, if you have something to say, hurry up and say it here, I don't dare to go out with you, once the imperial army sees the flaw, my Cui Liu's life will really be gone."

It didn't take long for a few country boys who delivered firewood to walk out of the devil's turret, and when they passed the pontoon bridge, Lei Jian observed it carefully.

Returning to Tiehuo Mountain, Lei Jian immediately convened a military meeting above the battalion level, at which he said: "The only regiment has passed through the Lao Ye Mountain blockade, and the troops have been greatly reduced, and their weapons and equipment have basically dried up.

Now two county brigades have been added to the army, and more than 1,000 peasant children from nearby villages have been recruited into the army, and these new soldiers have been added to all battalions and special companies.

At 7 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the main force of the army will all be dispatched to surround the Zhangcun Artillery Tower, eliminate a squadron and a puppet army company of the devils in the turret, seize military supplies, and replenish the troops. ”

Ma Mingshan didn't expect that Lei Jian had just finished the fierce Laoye Mountain Blocking Battle, and was about to attack the Zhangcun Artillery Tower, he said worriedly: "Commander Lei, the new soldiers in the army account for nearly one-third of the entire army, they have never carried a gun to fight, this is suddenly pulled to the battlefield, will it cause a lot of casualties and psychological pressure on the new soldiers?" ”

"Political Commissar Ma, today and tomorrow, all our cadres will go down to the company, first, to improve the military quality of the new and old soldiers during training, and second, to do a lot of political and ideological mobilization work while training, so that the new soldiers know for whom to carry guns, for whom to fight, for whom to kill devils, as long as the thinking of the new and old soldiers is improved, attacking a Japanese squadron to defend the artillery tower, should greatly improve the newly reorganized troops, both militarily and ideologically, what do you say, Political Commissar Ma?"

Ma Mingshan is not cowardly, but he, as the political commissar of the only regiment, should try his best to ensure the lives of new soldiers on the premise of thinking about attacking the stronghold of the devils, listening to Lei Jian's deployment so tightly, he said with a smile: "Commander Lei, you not only have strong military combat ability, but also do ideological and political work in the head, I will serve." ”

The cadres of the only regiment all went down to the company, seized the time to cooperate with the squad and platoon commanders to train new and old soldiers, and at five o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Lei Jian organized and held the last military meeting to attack the Zhangcun Fort.

He laid out the operational sketches drawn up through reconnaissance on a simple table, explained to the battalion commanders and the company commanders of the special companies, and pointed out the combat positions of the various units and the combat plans for mutual coordination.

Lei Jian finally ordered: "Order the commander of the 1st Battalion, Zhang Ting, to lead the troops to approach the front of the turret in a covert manner, and when the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the 2nd Battalion launch a feint attack on the Devil Turret from the east, north, and west directions, they must use the most fierce firepower to break through the three barbed wire fences of the Japanese artillery tower, put down the drawbridge on the inner line, rush across the drawbridge with all their might, and destroy a company of puppet troops in the bungalows on the east and west sides of the turret."

Li Gang was ordered to lead the cavalry battalion to occupy the heights south of the village and block the reinforcements of the Japanese troops in the Zhujiazhuang stronghold once the battle began.

Ordered the assault company and the spy company to rush into the turret in the first battalion, eliminate the puppet troops in the bungalows on the east and west sides, and destroy the devil's turret as quickly as possible.

Ordered the reconnaissance company Qu Jiaming, when the first battalion, assault company, and special service company stormed the devils to bomb the artillery tower, take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, eliminate the devils in the weapons and ammunition depots, protect the captured military supplies, and never detonate them. ”

After Lei Jian gave the order, he ordered Feng Guang of the guard platoon: "The guard platoon is on standby at any time, and if there is any danger or need for reinforcements, it must be ......." ”

"Commander Lei, the guard platoon is not a death squad, every time it is the most dangerous, you, the commander of the only regiment, become the captain of the death squad, and take the risk of doing something that makes everyone fearful, I don't agree with the guard platoon to carry out the risky mission, this is irresponsible to you." Wang Xiaoliang said very dissatisfied.

The battalion and special company commanders present unanimously agreed with Wang Xiaoliang's opinion, and said almost at the same time: "Commander Lei, let's just say that in this battle of Lao Ye Mountain, you led the reconnaissance platoon and guard squad to block the attack of a large group of devils in Lao Ye Mountain, and the battle scene was extremely tragic, and there were almost no seeds left.

And you led them to blow up the devil's truck brigade, if the detonated oil barrels flew to you, none of them would survive, Commander Lei, your life is independent regiment, not your own, you must be clear about this. ”

Lei Jian listened to everyone say so unkindly, he was not angry at all, he knew that everyone loved and was not at ease with him, Lei Jian said with a smile: "I didn't expect everyone to have such a big opinion on me, then I Lei Jian will pay attention in the future."

However, in this campaign, with the entire main force of an independent regiment, attacking a squadron of devils and a company of puppet troops several times that of the enemy, I generally do not use guard platoons, but I hope that all your troops can successfully complete the task in accordance with the military deployment I ordered, do you have any determination? ”

"Yes", "yes", "yes", .......

On the 29th, at seven o'clock in the evening, Lei Jian stood on a big rock halfway up the Tiehuo Mountain, and ordered the troops assembled in formation: "The battle of attacking the Zhangcun Fort Tower will start now, and the ...... will begin." ”

Just as the troops were about to set off after receiving the order, Zhang Ping, director of the Electrical Investigation Department, ran to Lei Jian's side and handed over a telegram and whispered: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, the Jinchaji Headquarters has an urgent telegram." ”

Lei Jian squatted on the boulder and asked eagerly: "Director Zhang, I can't see clearly when it's dark, quickly repeat the content of the message." ”

"Order the Jin-Cha-Ji new independent regiment to postpone the capture of the Zhangcun stronghold, and order your regiment to clear the strongholds of Hutougou, Yanling, Dongpotou, Saigu, and Shendao at the intersection of Zhengtai Road and Deshi Road, clear the small units of the enemy and pseudo-forces on the periphery of Zhengtai Road and Deshi Road, and send troops to hold on for 16 hours, and its main force will turn back and attack the Zhangcun Artillery Tower."

When Lei Jian heard that he was going to postpone the attack on the Zhangcun Fort, he frowned incomprehensibly, in his opinion, he should fight the snake first and hit seven inches, as long as the Zhangcun Fort, the small stronghold of the devils on the periphery can be leveled without much effort.

Now that he has assembled his troops and the order to take action has been issued, what will the soldiers and cadres of the army think about canceling the attack on the Zhangcun Artillery Tower at this time?

Lei Jian was a mobile and flexible commander, he stood up wittily, looked at the soldiers of the only regiment in the night, and said loudly: "Comrades, I have received an order from the headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to order the only regiment to suspend the attack on the Zhangcun Artillery Tower and immediately carry out the new combat order. ”

(End of chapter)