Lei Jian looked at the back of Wang Xiaoliang who was leaving, and felt much more down-to-earth, only in just a few days, Wang Xiaoliang's performance was more mature, and he had the confidence to do things and speak, which made him feel very gratified.

He shouted to Song Tiedan, who was standing not far away and was already the head of the guard squad at this time: "Tiedan, immediately gather the guard squad and follow me." ”

Chun Tao, who hadn't left yet, heard that Lei Jian was going to ride a horse, she rushed over in a hurry, pulled Lei Jian and said: "Commander Lei, the wound on your left leg has just healed, once it is torn apart, it will be a big trouble, and it will heal more slowly than a new wound, I am the health captain, and you are not allowed to lead the soldiers with injuries to fight." ”

"Captain He, don't underestimate this small battle, once the ambush fails, it will cause large casualties to the troops, it will deal a heavy blow to the fighting mood of the new soldiers, and in the future fight with the enemy, it will produce fear of the enemy, which is not conducive to the rapid growth of the new soldiers, and then this is a devil cavalry team, now the cavalry battalion needs to be expanded urgently, how to strengthen the cavalry battalion without war horses? Let go of me. ”

Lei Jian didn't have time to tear with Chun Tao at this juncture, he shook off Chun Tao, in order to ** Tao rest assured, seeing that the war horse had been led to him, he jumped and sat on the horse's back, tearing the wound, and suddenly beads of sweat the size of beans came out, but he pretended to have a smile on his face, and said to Chun Tao: "Captain He, my wound has healed, have you seen it now?" Rest assured, the battle will be over soon, and I'll be back then. ”

Chun Tao watched Lei Jian lead the guard squad, which was actually a death squad, raising the whip to urge the horse to gallop away, she couldn't help but shake her head and sighed: "Hey, Brother Lei is indeed an iron man, and he can't be crushed by big things, so there is really no way." ”

Besides, Qu Jiaming was ordered to ride a horse and gallop to the east entrance of the Peacock Valley, and saw that the soldiers of a battalion and a platoon had already hidden in the woods, he went into the woods and said to the platoon leader: "Commander Lei ordered your platoon, after exchanging fire with the enemy, immediately pretend to be invincible, quickly flee to the deep valley, lure the devil cavalry to pursue, and when entering the first battalion to set up an ambush, start hunting." ”

As the two were talking, a war horse suddenly galloped from the valley mouth, this cavalry did not go deep along the sheep intestine path into the mountain, but approached a row of ambushes and suddenly drilled into the woods, and soon stood behind a row, and a soldier on the war horse reported: "Report to the platoon commander, the devil's patrol cavalry team will soon follow." ”

Qu Jiaming ordered the reported soldiers: "Deputy Platoon Commander Wang, order the cavalry reconnaissance platoon to immediately move closer to the position of the first battalion in concealment, and be ready to cooperate with the first battalion to eliminate this devil patrol at any time." ”

The commander of a battalion, a company, and a platoon, hearing that the sound of horses' hooves had already gone away, ordered the soldiers around him: "Get out of the shelter and approach the valley mouth." ”

"Platoon Commander Yang, the devil's cavalry patrol doesn't need us to go out, so they take the initiative to send it up, if we meet the enemy, we can't run away if we can't turn around and scatter the girl, and we can't run the four-legged devil's war horse?" At this time, Fang Liming, a row of soldiers, said a little timidly.

Platoon Commander Yang Hui knew that these new soldiers had not participated in the battle, and in their hearts, as long as they secretly set up an ambush to eliminate this devil, they would not be able to defeat it at that time, and they would run faster if they escaped, but now they have to take the initiative to send them to the guns of the devils, isn't that looking for death?

He couldn't explain clearly to these new soldiers in a short time, so he could only say solemnly: "Execute the order, we will fight if we have beaten this time, and if we can't fight, we will flee without our lives, but you have to remember that this 'escape' is to pretend to be defeated and defeat the little devils, but in fact it is to introduce this devil patrol into the ambush circle of our battalion, and eliminate this devil cavalry team with absolute superiority." ”

Under the leadership of platoon commander Yang Hui, the new soldiers of the newly formed independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army in peasant attire, some carrying guns and some carrying big knives, walked out of the woods and walked lazily towards the valley.

At this time, he had already arrived at a platoon of Lei Jian and his guard squad that had set up an ambush, and saw a platoon of new fighters, in a loose formation, untidy clothes, and messy weapons walking towards the east entrance of the Peacock Valley, he sat on his war horse and said with a smile: "Such a unit is not trained, it is these new fighters who have not gone through any disguised actions, the devil sees it, and it can be determined at a glance that this is a local anti-Japanese guerrilla force with no combat effectiveness, and I am not afraid that the devil commander will not be fooled." ”

Lei Jian was worried about whether this mixed force could withdraw from the battle in time and throw off the enemy to lure the devil cavalry into the ambush circle of the first battalion.

Most of the new soldiers in a row are composed of new soldiers brought over by Lei Jian in the fierce battle with the enemy in Lijiazhuang, who have already gone through a baptism of blood and fire on the battlefield, and they are not the first time to go to the battlefield to engage the enemy, so they should be considered to have some combat experience.

This lazy team was about to walk to the east entrance, and suddenly found a devil cavalry team, Yang Hui's platoon commander ordered the soldiers to find a hidden shelter as a cover, and shoot the devil cavalry team that came over.

The leader of the devil cavalry squad led the troops to patrol normally along the Deshi railway line, but they were about to miss the east entrance to the Peacock Valley and continued to patrol westward, when they were suddenly blocked by less intense fire.

The fire blocked a platoon of soldiers of the devil cavalry squad, lying behind a tree or in a hidden place on a mountain, aiming at the devils who were patrolling westward, most of these new fighters had not undergone many shooting and aiming training, and no matter how they aimed with their guns, they could not hit the fast-moving devil cavalry.

They held the guns in their hands, and under the command of Platoon Commander Yang, the sharp sound of the bullet bursting out of the chamber pierced the air and shot at the enemy, and every bullet that flew out was far away from the target of the devil, and it was not lethal at all.

The captain of the devil squad drew his command knife and howled arrogantly: "The guerrillas of the Eighth Road, which has no combat effectiveness, dare to sneak attack the cavalry of our Imperial Japanese Army——。 ”

A team of devil cavalry, which was moving rapidly westward along the Deshi line, turned around and braved the inaccurate bullets flying from the flanks, and frantically pounced on the blocking positions of a row.

Yang Hui saw that the devil cavalry patrol pounced, and he shouted: "All the soldiers immediately disperse and flee to the deep valley, whoever runs fast will survive, and those who don't want to die will retreat quickly." ”

As soon as the recruit soldiers heard that the platoon commander of the Eighth Route Army had just exchanged fire with the devils, they ordered them to flee, although they could not stop the enemy's attack, they scolded while running with breath in their hearts: "Bastard, I didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army I participated in was a unit that would run away when I saw the little devils. ”

Yang Hui listened to the new soldiers running around him, one by one he was very dissatisfied, and he scolded in his mouth, he only shouted fiercely: "Shut up for me, this is the retreat order issued by Commander Lei, you recruits, do you know a ball?" If you don't want to die, run. ”

Lei Jian saw that the platoon of soldiers who pretended to flee had withdrawn from their positions and scattered to the depths of the Peacock Valley to retreat desperately, he smiled, and the laughing Song Tiedan asked in a puzzled low voice: "Commander Lei, these recruits fled as soon as they exchanged fire with the little devils, why are you still laughing?" ”

"This is a tactic, you will understand it slowly in the future." Lei Jian shouted in a low voice to Qu Jiaming, the commander of the reconnaissance platoon who missed from his side: "Jiaming, you lead the reconnaissance platoon, covertly move closer to the fortified place of the first battalion, pass on my orders, order the first battalion and the cavalry battalion, prepare for battle, my request is to destroy the enemy and capture the war horses, weapons and ammunition." ”

Without waiting for Qu Jiaming to reply, Lei Jian led the guard squad to rush out of the east entrance of Peacock Valley, along the Deshi railway line, and rushed eastward.

When he was approaching Fengzhuang Railway Station, he saw a locomotive stop there, and Lei Jian said to Song Tiedan: "You give the war horse to a warrior, hide it in the green gauze tent, and then bring five new warriors with good skills to follow me." ”

Lei Jian jumped off the war horse, took Song Tiedan and other five soldiers, and hiddenly leaned towards a forest not far below the Fengzhuang Railway Station, when he was close to the woods, Lei Jian waved his hand and took the lead into the crop field, he hid in the side of the high-pole crop field, and looked into the woods with a telescope, the original devil stronghold, you can also see the ruins that have been destroyed after the smoke of war, there is no movement at this time, it seems that the devil has given up this abandoned stronghold, or has not had time to repair.

After making a general observation of the surrounding situation, Lei Jian did not see the danger of the enemy hiding, and he ordered the warriors around him: "Follow me and get out of the crop field." ”

Suddenly, six crop men came out of the crop field, as if they were sightseeing, walking towards the locomotive that stopped at the Fengzhuang Railway Station.

Although Fengzhuang Railway Station was attacked by the troops of the East Column of the Eighth Route Army a few days ago, the commander of the Japanese brigade in Dezhou was burned and ordered the troops to catch laborers along the line and repair it within three days.

(End of chapter)