Lei Jian sat on the war horse, looking at the soldiers of the three main battalions, fighting with twelve points of spirit, carrying steel guns on their shoulders, and moving forward with majestic spirit, even if there was a sea of swords and fires in front of them, even if it was purgatory in the world, as long as they could break through the enemy's encirclement and interception, and rush to the battlefield on time to kill devils, they fought.

Luo Jinchuan and Lei Jian stood side by side on the side of the road, looking at their team, they had never been so majestic, and their faces were full of heartfelt smiles.

With such a strong team, why worry about not defeating the little devils who are armed to the teeth? They don't want to bear the infamy of being the sick man of East Asia, they want to straighten their waists and be a tough guy with flesh and soul blended together, this is the soldier of the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, the first battalion of the independent regiment was at the forefront, and the battalion commander Zheng Tie said to the deputy battalion commander Zhang Ting: "Deputy battalion commander Zhang, you are injured, if you really can't bear it, go to the guard's containment team, the soldiers will not look down on you, otherwise you will ......." ”

"Camp Commander Zheng, you won't be afraid that I Zhang Ting will drag you down, right? Hmph, don't worry, my Zhang Ting's injuries can't kill me, as long as I still have a breath, I will never become a containment team member of the guard. ”

"How? Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang is so backbone, we are forcibly marching for 120 miles, and we have to arrive at the assembly area at the specified time, not to mention that the three main battalions of the Independent Regiment are carrying out a forced march competition, hehe, this is not a joke. ”

Zhang Ting pursed his lips and said: "Shut up and don't speak, save some effort to do the last fight, hahaha, Camp Chief Zheng, you said what I said is right, right?" ”

"Yes, it makes sense, talk less and walk more, our first battalion is the main battalion of the independent regiment, and we will never lose to the second and third battalions on the way to forced march." Zheng Tie said and looked back at the second and third battalions that were following closely behind, not only frowned, but also whispered to Zhang Ting: "Good guy, the second and third battalions are very close, if you don't work hard, they will overtake them." ”

Zheng Tie conveyed orders to the company commanders to speed up the march and be sure to throw off the second and third battalions that were following closely behind.

Cao Shangui, the commander of the second battalion who followed closely behind the first battalion, was an old guerrilla during the Red Army.

Pang Long, the instructor of the second battalion, watched the first battalion speed up his pace, wanting to get rid of the second battalion that was closely behind, he said to Cao Shangui a little nervously: "Battalion Commander Cao, have you seen it?" The first battalion in front wanted to get rid of our second battalion, but it actually accelerated the march, what should we do? ”

Cao Shangui blinked his eyes and asked with a smile: "Do you know that a few good people go up to the mountains to hunt, what are you most afraid of?" ”

Pang Long shook his head and said, "I haven't hunted, so I really don't know." ”

"Hunting in the mountains together, I'm afraid that the people behind will not be able to bear the temperament, and always want to run in the head, his heart will be on fire, and he will definitely consume physical strength, and then his strength will not be able to keep up, and he will fall behind a mountain, and then he wants to catch up with the people in front, it will be difficult."

"Battalion Commander Cao, why is that?"

"This is because he lost his confidence, fell farther and farther, and in the end he took the strength to eat, and it seemed that he was about to keep up, but his strength was about to run out, and he would fall farther and farther away, and the distance he fell was more than a mountain."

Pang Long still didn't understand and asked, "Then you said that our second battalion just followed the butts of the first battalion all the time, and just ate the soil raised by their heels?" Otherwise, our second battalion will also work harder, surpass them, and tell them to eat some heel soil in the first battalion. ”

Cao Shangui shook his head and said with a smile while following the troops on a rapid march: "Instructor Pang, the one who is really good at foot strength does not run in the front, as long as you keep up with the people in front and don't fall behind, the people behind will walk more and more easily, the people in front are afraid of being surpassed, they must come up with the fastest speed, and the short march is okay, we have to walk one hundred and twenty miles in twenty hours, and it is also a long-distance rapid march with a gun and a load, so you can't be a little anxious, which you will slowly experience." ”

Immediately behind the second battalion is the third battalion, the deputy commander of the third battalion Zhao Xingbao, seeing that the second battalion in front of him is marching slowly, always following the ass of the first battalion, he is a hot temper, he grabbed the third battalion commander Qi Benfeng, and scolded dissatisfiedly: "I said Battalion Commander Qi, you said that the second battalion in front of us is in front of us, what a special obstacle, why don't you order the third battalion to surpass the second battalion and catch up with the first battalion?" ”

Qi Benfeng, the commander of the third battalion, is a tough guy who is decisive and does not drag mud and water, he has long felt that the second battalion is very difficult to block in front, and he is in respect for the second battalion commander Cao Shangui, and he wants to surpass it several times, but he has endured it, at this time, listening to the deputy battalion commander Zhao Xingbao said this, and a few company and platoon commanders shouted slogans, he really decisively ordered: "Speed up the march, exceed the second battalion and follow the first battalion, and adjust the team to exceed the first battalion." ”

As soon as the soldiers of the third battalion heard that they were going to surpass the second battalion, catch up with the first battalion, and surpass the first battalion, they were like little tigers, glaring at the team in front of them, and slowly brushed the side of the second battalion to overtake.

Cao Shangui, the commander of the second battalion, listened to the noisy shouting of the soldiers behind, he looked back and frowned, it turned out that the third battalion commander Qi Benfeng led the troops to surpass his second battalion.

Cao Shangui glanced at it a few times, and smiled at Instructor Pang Long with relief: "Instructor Pang, we can rest assured, it is no longer a problem to win the second place." ”

Pang Long asked a little confused: "Camp Chief Cao, can you make the words clear at one time, this sudden such a sentence is so stirred that people really can't understand it." ”

"You watch first, and when you get to sunrise tomorrow morning, you can see an eyebrow, and order the soldiers of the third battalion to bite the first battalion tightly, and don't let the third battalion overtake our team."

Cao Shangui gave orders to each company, but the soldiers of each company muttered privately: "It's really a soldier, a nest of bears, our battalion commander Cao just watched the third battalion under our noses, flamboyantly surpassing, but we are walking slowly, what is this more than anything, just became the third at the beginning." ”

Qi Benfeng, the commander of the third battalion, walked to the side of Cao Shangui, the commander of the second battalion, and waved and shouted in a friendly manner: "Battalion Commander Cao, brother go first, let's see you in front, hahaha." ”

Qi Benfeng laughed heartily with an exaggerated laugh, and the soldiers of the second battalion who provoked him complained even more about their second battalion commander, but Cao Shangui responded: "Battalion Commander Qi, congratulations on your march beyond the second battalion, you can rest assured, there are still twenty hours until ten o'clock tomorrow, I hope that your brother will become stronger and stronger the more he walks, if there is a blister, my old Cao can help, hahaha." ”

The vanguard of the third battalion had already walked side by side with the second battalion, but the second battalion was walking on a dirt road in the countryside, and the third battalion had to walk on the ditches and ditches on the side of the road to catch up with and surpass the second battalion.

Originally, Qi Benfeng, the commander of the third battalion, led the troops to surpass the second battalion, clenched the first battalion, adjusted the troops and then overtook the first battalion, but now he marched side by side with the second battalion, squeezing the second battalion, and the marching ranks of the third battalion began to become chaotic.

Zhao Xingbao, deputy commander of the third battalion, was angry for a while, and shouted loudly, the brothers of the third battalion continued to speed up and rushed to the front.

The brave warriors quickened their pace and marched forward bravely to catch up with the first battalion.

Zheng Tie, the commander of the first battalion, didn't take the third battalion in his eyes at all, seeing that the third battalion was going to overtake his first battalion if it surpassed the second battalion, this bastard ordered the first company commander: "Order your company and the second and third companies behind you, from now on, to synchronize with the third battalion that has caught up, and you can't ask the third battalion to go one step further." ”

In this way, the three main battalions of the independent regiment competed vigorously, and the third battalion looked very brave at this time, as if the first and second battalions would be left behind by his third battalion sooner or later, and it was none other than his third battalion to arrive at the assembly place in advance.

In this way, the soldiers of the third battalion, who were squeezed by the first and second battalions, walked on the side of the uneven dirt road under their feet, and at first they were still windy under their feet, and some of them caught up, but they could walk around, and slowly some of the soldiers broke their necks, and some of them had blisters on their feet, and they limped when they walked.

Qi Benfeng, the commander of the third battalion, shouted: "Brothers of the third battalion, whoever is behind and who is bear, just speed up their pace and rush to the front." ”

Under the encouragement of the battalion commander Qi, the soldiers gritted their teeth and insisted, accelerated their pace and continued to catch up with the first battalion, but the farther they went, and slowly returned to the back of the second battalion.

Lei Jian had been watching the marching speed of the three companies, and now in his eyes, the most optimistic thing should still be the battalion in front. The first battalion has steady steps, even speed, no haste or impatience, and should not fall into second place while maintaining endurance.

But when Lei Jian saw the second battalion behind the first battalion, he smiled, the smile was very weird, Luo Jinchuan asked: "Commander Lei, I see that your laughter is difficult to understand, what are you laughing at?" Speak up and listen, and let me have fun on the march. ”

Lei Jian pointed to the first and second battalions in front and asked with a smile: "Political Commissar Luo, you are my old battalion commander, and you have more experience in leading soldiers than me, you said that the first and second battalions in front, these two battalions go to the end, who can be the winner?" ”

(End of chapter)