Lei Jian roared in a low voice: "Don't look for death by yourself, listen to my orders, once you kill the enemy fighter by mistake, the soldiers of the guard squad will be buried for you, did you kid hear it?" ”

Song Tiedan didn't dare to say more, he could only stare at the little devil in front of him, once the enemy puppet army did not do anything wrong to his Lei commander, he would risk his life to lead the guard squad to kill and rescue the Lei Sword who was in danger.

Lei Jian's facial expression was stern, and he rode close to the leader of the devil squad alone, and at the same time hung the adjutant command knife on the saddle of the war horse, no one cared, and his right arm moved instantly.

Just as Lei Jian was approaching the leader of the devil squad, his left hand reached into his jacket pocket, as if he was going to pull something out, the leader of the devil squad put away the command knife and waited for Lei Jian to take out his documents for inspection.

Just when Lei Jian was looking out of his pocket, the war horse had approached the captain of the devil squad, saying that it was too late and that was fast, Lei Jian's left hand quickly grabbed the reins of the horse, and when he leaned down, his right hand suddenly stretched out and pulled horizontally, and the leader of the devil squad was defenseless, and his neck was deeply pulled out of a bloody mouth, and he fell to his death.

Thunder Sword shouted, "Kill it." ”

The moment Song Tiedan reached in front of Lei Jian's right hand, he sensitively realized that this was a code to act, and he shouted almost at the same time as Lei Jian: "Kill it." ”

The soldiers of the cavalry squad rushed into the enemy puppet army blocking the middle of the road with their sabers, and the enemy, who thought that they were in the rear, would not have thought that there would be more than a dozen cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, and they would suddenly kill them without preparation.

When they reacted, there were already more than a dozen enemy puppet soldiers, lying on the ground with swords wailing, and Lei Jian's guard squad quickly killed them, and the cavalry squad disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lei Jian led the guard squad to bravely break through the devil's inspection, he knew very well that in less than half an hour, within a radius of more than ten kilometers, there would be a search and interception force of the devil, once entangled, it would be difficult to get out alive.

For the sake of safety, he suddenly turned his horse's head and shouted: "Kill back, rush to the Hengshi Highway, and meet Qu Jiaming's reconnaissance platoon." ”

The enemy puppet army who fell to the ground had not finished cleaning up the life and death of their comrades, when they heard the sound of horses' hooves from the south, and the enemy puppet army would not imagine that it was the bold Thunder Sword guard squad that dared to go and kill back.

The enemy puppet army was only in a daze, Lei Jian's guard squad frantically brandished the sabre, slashed again, the enemy puppet army lay on the ground and quickly implemented a fire counterattack, but it was too late, and in the blink of an eye, several enemy puppet troops fell underground one after another, and the guard squad had rushed out and disappeared.

Lei Jian led the cavalry squad, for safety, it was no longer possible to take a shortcut to rush to Lao Ye Mountain in advance, only to meet with the reconnaissance platoon and strengthen the strength to break through the blockade of the devils was the best way.

The reconnaissance platoon and the guard squad met half an hour later, and Qu Jiaming reported: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, the Japanese army is riding more than 200 trucks, which are about ten kilometers away from us at this time. ”

Lei Jian ordered dozens of cavalry to hide in the green gauze tent, he took out the map and kept comparing it, and finally found that his small cavalry unit was still thirty kilometers away from Lao Ye Mountain, if he chased the Japanese army along the Hengshi Highway, I am afraid that he would lose the opportunity to occupy Lao Ye Mountain.

According to careful calculations, Lei Jian's cavalry squad could only reach Laoye Mountain in advance by breaking through the Leopard Ridge Valley on the east side of Lao Ye Mountain, occupy the favorable terrain, deploy blocking forces, and wait for the 'One Regiment' large army to arrive quickly.

Lei Jian did not dare to stop, and ordered the troops to quickly rush towards the Leopard Ridge Valley.

Leopard Ridge Valley and Lao Ye Mountain across the mountain, but the middle of the canyon is long and narrow, there are more than ten kilometers, it is difficult to pass on horseback, in order to arrive in advance of this army, when the cavalry team climbed the Leopard Ridge Valley halfway up the mountainside, Lei Jian ordered a squad of soldiers, leading the war horse to follow, he took Qu Jiaming's two squads and the guard squad, abandoned the horse to run to the Lao Ye Mountain.

Approaching Lao Ye Mountain, hearing the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Lao Ye Mountain, Lei Jian couldn't help frowning and muttered to himself: "How can there be the sound of guns and cannons in Lao Ye Mountain, could it be that the enemy's vanguard has already caught fire with the cavalry battalion of the 'Independent Regiment'?" ”

Qu Jiaming shook his head and said: "Commander Lei, I don't think it should be, let's intersperse the short-distance mountain range, and the cavalry battalion marches according to the order, and it shouldn't have arrived so long in advance." ”

Lei Jian was even more puzzled, he concluded that at this time, the fierce battle at Laoye Mountain should be the troops of the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army fighting for Laoye Mountain, and the 581st Wing was rapidly reinforcing it.

He ordered the soldiers beside him: "Our small unit is the elite of the elite of the 'One Regiment', every soldier has been screened many times before entering the reconnaissance platoon and guard squad, you are all good, I order, run forward." ”

Lei Jian took the lead in rushing to the front, and no one around him wanted to show weakness, one by one, they were full of spirits, just like the tiger and leopard in the mountains jumping quickly in the mountains and forests, and in less than an hour, they had rushed out of the narrow valley between the Leopard Ridge Valley and Lao Ye Mountain, and the front was Lao Ye Mountain.

Lao Ye Mountain is treacherous, the east is the undulating mountain, the north is a cliff, the south slope is gentle, the west is close to the Hengshi Highway, a big river more than one mile away from the west of the road, is called the Tiechuan River.

Legend has it that the ancient famous general blocked the invading enemy in Lao Ye Mountain, and was finally outnumbered, and the general died on this mountain, which was later called Lao Ye Mountain. The river to the west of the mountain, after the defeat of the general, the troops chased down the tail of the attacking enemy, and forced to cross the river when the battle with the enemy was fierce, and most of the iron cavalry and soldiers swept away along the river, and the descendants named this river the Tiechuan River.

Lei Jian ordered the troops to know something about this mountain when they advanced towards Lao Ye Mountain, and at this time, standing under the steep cliff wall on the northern slope, looking up, he didn't feel a little dizzy.

He shook his head a few times, looked up again, and moved his gaze little by little along the cliff wall that he could see, and he didn't dare to let go of every protruding stone and every tree growing out of the rock crevice.

Lei Jian finally decided to take the risk of climbing the mountain, only in this way can he occupy the peak position of Lao Ye Mountain in advance.

Qu Jiaming heard that he wanted to climb the cliff in front of him, although he grew up in the plains, although he learned martial arts with his master for six or seven years when he was a child, he was still very timid about climbing mountains and kicking cliffs.

Song Tiedan was not as good as Qu Jiaming compared to Qu Jiaming, he shook his head and said: "Captain Lei, such a high mountain peak is a cliff, let alone climbing it, even if you look at it a few times, you will be dizzy." ”

"Bastard calf, we are soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, no matter how big the difficulty is, it will not stump us, one of you is a reconnaissance platoon leader, and the other is a guard squad leader, and you have not yet acted and revealed embarrassment, it seems that you are not a good ......."

"Commander Lei, your words are serious, we just said something from our hearts, as long as the regiment commander gives an order, even if it is to go up the mountain and down to the sea of fire, we will bear the brunt, it's a big deal to fall down the mountain and be heroic, but it is not sacrificed on the battlefield, and the news is good to say when it comes back to the village."

"Hahaha, stinky boy, I want a good name, but I don't want to work hard, how can there be such a good thing? However, I believe in you, I believe in every soldier, you are the bravest fighters of our 'only regiment', in order to kill the devil to avenge the sacrifice of comrades-in-arms, in order to avenge the villagers who died under the bayonets of the devil's gun, what are we afraid of? ”

"Please rest assured, Commander Lei, we are the bravest fighters of the 'One Regiment', we don't blink an eye when we kill the enemy, what's so terrible about mountaineering? I'll come first. The courage of the warriors was puffed up by the thunder sword, and one by one they rushed to the cliff and were about to climb up.

Lei Jian shook his head and smiled: "It's not enough for us to be determined, we also have to find the know-how to climb the mountain, in order to reduce the sacrifice, you sign up, who is the best at mountaineering?" ”

Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan were not to be left behind, shouting: "I can do it", "I am a good hand." ”

Lei Jian pushed away Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan, and said unceremoniously: "Flat lizard, dare to compete with the creeper, quickly retreat to the back." ”

It didn't take long, among the more than 40 warriors, fifteen warriors who grew up in the mountains were selected, and Lei Jian gave them a few demonstrations, explaining the precautions needed for mountaineering, as well as how to turn danger into a way to save the day, and then put the prepared rope on his back, and connected the warrior's leggings to bring it, and fifteen mountaineers, under the leadership of Lei Jian, began to climb the mountain with difficulty.

Lei Jian was the first to climb a platform on the cliff, tied the rope on his body to the root of a pine tree with a thick bowl mouth on the platform, and then threw the rope down the mountain, formed a horn mouth with both hands in his mouth, and shouted to the mountain: "Grab the rope one by one and climb up, move fast, keep your body steady, pay attention to safety, and act." ”

Under the guidance of Lei Jian, the warriors soon approached the top of the mountain, and the closer they got to the top of the mountain, the more intense the gunfire heard from the top of the mountain.

At this time, a squadron of devils attacked a certain battalion that retreated to the top of the mountain, and fought fiercely with the enemy for a day and a night, and the water and rice did not advance, and the troops suffered heavy casualties under the enemy's powerful firepower.

If reinforcements could not arrive in time, this heroic Eighth Route Army unit would run out of ammunition and food, and engage in a bloody battle with the enemy with guns, and finally all of them would be heroic.

(End of chapter)