"The injuries on your baby's body are not too serious, but you have to be considerate of your Captain Lei and these seriously injured people, they can't withstand the bumps on the road, once the wound is infected again, there is no special medicine that will kill them, do you know?" Old Doctor Zhang said with a serious expression.

Lei Jian saw that the villagers were sincere, and said that he and a few seriously injured people had just been treated and treated for their wounds today, and it was inconvenient to act immediately, he looked at the old folks in the house, and thanked with tears in his eyes: "Fellow villagers, your life-saving grace will never be forgotten, since a few of us are temporarily incapacitated, when will we leave, then wait and talk." ”

The people in the room listened to Lei Jian's promise, and they were relieved one by one.

Old Doctor Zhang instructed the villagers around him: "You should be responsible for the daily life of these wounded soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, try to boil more millet porridge, and make up for these babies.

Now it's all scattered, all crowded here, I'm afraid the wind is loud, once it reaches the ears of the devils in the nearby strongholds, not only will the lives of the Eighth Route Army be in danger, but even the villagers in the village will suffer, I can say to you, keep your mouth tight, don't make noise if you shouldn't say, go back and prepare. ”

Most of the people in the house left, and Dr. Zhang said to Dr. Li: "Brother Li, you have been busy all night, go home first and get a good night's sleep and then come back to replace me, my old man sleeps less, it will not be in the way to sleep more and sleep less, you can go back quickly." ”

Now in the house, there are only the owner of this house, Fang Liqiang and his mother, and then the old doctor Zhang, who has always been worried about these seriously injured people.

After a short time, a few neighbors, out of nowhere, made some millet to boil into porridge, quickly sent it over, and fed it into the mouths of the seriously injured one by one.

After wound treatment and food replenishment, Lei Jian and several seriously injured people recovered slightly, Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan's injuries were not serious, and they recovered faster.

Lei Jian said to Song Tiedan: "You return to the army right now, just say that I ask Political Commissar Luo to send a platoon of cavalry to take us back, but you are alone on the way back, you must avoid the stronghold of the devil, if you encounter the devil, don't be brutal, you go." ”

Fang Liqiang, the owner of this house, heard that Song Tiedan was going to be sent back to report the news, he blocked the door and said: "Captain Lei, Brother Song went back to report the news alone, this is too dangerous, he is not familiar with the place, and he also speaks a foreign language, if he really encounters the enemy puppet army, the second dog will be exposed when he asks two sentences, so does Brother Song still have a life?"

Otherwise, Captain Lei, you write a note and show me the way, and I will make a trip, and I will be able to deliver the letter. ”

Song Tiedan shook his head and didn't agree, he pulled Fang Liqiang and said, "Your brother is not a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, how can he tell you to take risks?" Or I'll go back, Captain Lei, don't worry, I'm Song Tiedan, I'm smart, and I'm sure nothing will happen. ”

Lei Jian pondered for a while, looked at Song Tiedan and said, "Why don't you wait for tomorrow to see how our warrior's wounds are recovering, if they recover well, let's go together." ”

Old Doctor Zhang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Commander Lei, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, a few of you are so seriously injured, it's good to be able to save your lives, I am a miracle doctor, and I won't recover your wounds in one day, you just take care of your injuries here, it's really not good, I'll send someone to send a letter to your troops, it's always okay, right?" ”

Lei Jian thought about it again and again, and did not dare to ask the villagers to take this risk, once they were captured by the enemy puppet army, they would shed their skin if they did not die, and the little devils knew that there were seriously wounded members of the Eighth Route Army hidden in this village, and they would send troops to encircle and suppress them, and at that time, the people in the entire village would be slaughtered by the devils.

He said to Lao Doctor Zhang and Fang Liqiang: "I don't dare to risk the lives of the villagers, otherwise I will wait until today." ”

At night, Lei Jian called Song Tiedan to him, whispered a few words to him, and when everyone in the house fell asleep, Song Tiedan quietly slid down from the kang, tiptoed out of the house, gently opened the street door, and closed it carefully, like a monkey, flexibly rushing out of the village.

The next day, Lei Jian had something in his heart and couldn't sleep steadily, he opened his eyes and saw that the sky outside the house had been released gray, he moved around casually, and felt that his body was recovering, the wound hurt a little less, and his body seemed to have some strength.

At this time, Qu Jiaming, who was accompanying him, was awakened by Lei Jian's slight activity, since he was rescued into the village, he slept soundly, and now that he woke up, he should have slept enough.

He looked at Lei Jian's figure and asked in a low voice: "Commander Lei, Song Tiedan should be able to return to Peacock Valley before noon, if the cavalry platoon comes quickly, we will return to the army camp this afternoon." ”

"Yes, I don't know if Song Tiedan's journey is smooth, I hope he will deliver the letter sooner, and we can return to the army as soon as possible." Lei Jian looked out the window and said unsteadily.

Besides, the troops in Peacock Valley, especially Commander Chen of the East Column, have not received news from Lei Jian for two days, and I don't know if this stinky boy is dead or alive. He walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and if there was still no accurate news of Lei Jian today, then he would immediately come up with a candidate for the commander of the independent regiment according to the order of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Command.

The shadows of several people swirled in Commander Chen's mind, and one by one they were eliminated again, and it was almost noon, and Commander Chen finally decided that Luo Jinchuan would take over the post of head of the Independent Regiment, and Dong Dayong, director of the Political Department of the regiment, would be promoted to the political commissar of the Independent Regiment, and the commanders and deputy commanders of the other battalions would not be changed.

After the personnel plan of the independent regiment was decided, Commander Chen couldn't help but burst into tears, he really couldn't believe it, could this stinky boy Lei Jian really die heroically on the battlefield? If he were still alive, where would this child be now?

Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, holding the telegram sent by Commander Chen in his hand, felt heavy: The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has appointed Lei Jian as the commander of the newly formed independent regiment of the military region, and has asked the newly formed independent regiment to arrive in the military region in the near future to carry out new combat missions, but now that there is no news of Lei Jian, will this unit still be transferred? Commander Nie was embarrassed.

He saw that Staff Officer Tang beside him was sorting out the materials on the table, and couldn't help but ask casually: "Staff Officer Tang, you said that the head of the Lei Jian Regiment has disappeared without a trace, and his life and death are unknown, now that the East Column has reported the new regiment commander and political commissar candidates of the Fifth Detachment of the Mountain Column, is there still a need for this unit to be transferred to the military region?" ”

Staff Officer Tang looked at Commander Nie immediately, he didn't know what the chief meant for a while, he didn't dare to express his opinion, he just smiled back.

Commander Nie saw that Staff Officer Tang's face was embarrassed, so he no longer embarrassed him, and said decisively: "Staff Officer Tang, order the independent regiment of the fifth detachment of the mountain column to be temporarily under the leadership of the East Column. ”

Commander Chen of the East Column took the telegram sent by Jinchaji and hurriedly took Director Ma to the Independent Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the Mountain Column to hold a meeting of cadres above the battalion level.

At the meeting, Commander Chen stood up and said to all the cadres attending the meeting: "Commander Lei Jian has searched for several times and has not heard from him so far, and it can be preliminarily concluded that Comrade Lei Jian and the guard squad around him were killed heroically by the explosion of enemy planes when they were dealing with the enemy plane's combat group, and that we are still the commanders at all levels, for the loss of such a good comrade, a good commander, and a good brother, I propose that all stand up and mourn the loss of Lei Jian and his fallen comrades. ”

More than 20 cadres above the independent regiment battalion reluctantly believed that their Thunder Sword Regiment Commander had really died like this, they stood up with tears in their eyes, and Wang Xiaoliang could no longer control his shouting: "Commander Chen, if I Wang Xiaoliang does not participate in such a memorial service, our Thunder Sword Regimental Commander will definitely come back alive." ”

The battalion commander and the directors and captains of various departments who were present shouted in unison: "Commander Chen, we don't participate in such a memorial service, please let us wait for Commander Lei Jian to come back, okay?" ”

Luo Jinchuan whispered to Commander Chen: "Commander Chen, the cadres and soldiers of the Independent Regiment, no one believes that the head of the Lei Jian Regiment just left, just left the Independent Regiment he brought up, and will not come back, my opinion is not to hold this memorial service for the time being, can I talk about it in a few days?" ”

Commander Chen understands the feelings of the cadres and soldiers of the Independent Regiment very well, but a main regiment, how can there be no main general for a day, he wants to use this memorial meeting to quickly get the recognition of the newly appointed commander in charge of the regiment can quickly be recognized by the cadres and soldiers of the Independent Regiment, but he saw that these battalion-level cadres have been pretending to be their Lei Jian Regiment Commander in their hearts, this kind of scene touched his heart to announce the order and couldn't bear it, and immediately decided to leave a place for Lei Jian, in case Lei Jian really came back alive, it was difficult to explain.

(End of chapter)