Lei Jian was blocked on the bridge deck by the heavy machine gun of the enemy's east bridgehead, and at this time he could not move back and had no way back, and the anxious Lei Jian clenched his fist on the bridge board, and roared loudly: "Wang Xiaoliang, where is Nima's death, why don't you launch a fire attack on the enemy's east bridgehead?" ”

Just when the thunder sword was blazing, the east bridgehead was attacked by fierce firepower, and the little devils in the bridgehead were suddenly attacked by the Eighth Route Army troops that appeared in the east, and they immediately turned their machine guns to counterattack.

Thunder Sword noticed the shift of machine-gun fire in the bridgehead and took the opportunity to shout: "Quickly rush across the bridge and destroy the enemy in the bridgehead." ”

He jumped to his feet, clutching two grenades in his hand, and just as he was approaching the bridgehead, the little devil suddenly turned his gun and swept towards the bridge with the fiercest tongue of fire.

Lei Jian desperately threw out the grenade in his hand while falling.

'Boom, boom' two explosions collapsed the bridgehead, and the devil machine gunner inside was overturned by the air wave, got up and set up the machine gun and continued to strafe.

Lei Jian shouted to the warrior behind him, "Quickly hand me the grenade in your hand." ”

A soldier just got up and didn't rush to Lei Jian's side, suddenly he was shot and fell, the grenade rolled out of his hand, Lei Jian heard through his ears, grabbed a rolling grenade, knocked it on the bridge deck, and threw it at the bridgehead that was blown up.

With a 'boom', the grenade exploded in the bridgehead, and this time the three devil machine gunners inside were not so lucky, and they were all killed.

Solved the enemy in the east and west of the Jiaolai River Bridge, cleared the enemy and puppet troops on both sides of the river, opened up the escort and escort channels, encountered many enemy circles on the escort road, chased and intercepted, and bravely broke through the pass to kill the enemy under the escort of all the soldiers of the third battalion of the 13th regiment and the independent battalion, and finally completed this arduous task.

Political Commissar Li highly appreciated the resourcefulness and bravery of the soldiers of these two battalions, and fully affirmed their combat style of overcoming the enemy all the way and bravely killing the enemy.

Yu Deshui, the commander of the third battalion, led the troops to leave in advance, and Lei Jian's independent battalion embarked on the road to return to the troops the next day.

In March of this year, more than 300 little devils stationed in Juxian, Yishui, Zhuwei and other strongholds, gathered more than 100 puppet troops, and under the command of the captain of the devil squadron, frantically attacked the southern part of Yimeng Mountain, and rushed to the area of Sunzu Town with great momentum, and the target of the attack was directly aimed at the party and government organs of the Eighth Route Army in this area.

Sunzu is a village of 2 to 300 households, surrounded by mountains, and there is a river in the west of the village, which meanders down the mountain from the upper reaches, which is also the most important drinking water in Sunzu Village. There is an open land in the west of the village, separated by the Sunzu River.

There is a mountain pass not far from the north of the village, two cliffs on both sides, a dirt road leading to the outside of the mountain in the middle, look carefully, it looks like a gourd mouth, if you set up an ambush here, it is a very good strategic place.

There is a mountain with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters in the southwest of the village, called Jiuzi Peak.

Jiuzi Peak lives alone in the mountains, five small peaks are arranged in the east and west on the peak, four small peaks are arranged in the south and north, the nine peaks are scattered in each other, three or four kilometers are in the north-south direction, two or three kilometers wide, look at it from afar, it is like nine children playing.

The nine peaks of two or three hundred meters south of Sun Zu, are embraced by the mountains, it is a commanding height, the peaks behind the mountain are undulating, continuous, climb the nine peaks and look at it, it is really a thousand mountains and thousands of mountains into the eyes, as if embracing each other in this mountain.

Jiuzi Peak is close to the village, and the mountain is dangerous, once the war starts here, it is a natural barrier against the enemy.

The enemy puppet army rushed to Sunzu Village in order to take advantage of the mountainous terrain here to clear the party, government, and military organs of the Eighth Route Army, and to retreat from the mountainous area under the cover of waiting for the fork.

When the Eighth Route Army's mountain column received information that the enemy's puppet army had invaded the Yimeng Mountain base area, Commander Xu immediately led part of the personnel to Donggaozhuang to convene an emergency military meeting and ordered the Second Mountain Column Detachment to be the main force in this campaign, and the mountain column guard regiment and the local armed forces should closely cooperate in the operation.

In order to fight this battle well, Commander Xu pointed to the unfolded operational map and said to Commander Sun of the second detachment: "Old Sun, the enemy's puppet army has invaded our base this time, and its main route of action is to cross Jingshan Mountain and go straight to Sun Zu through the gourd mouth. ”

Commander Xu looked at Commander Sun and said, "The enemy will not stop at Sun Zu, he will immediately seize Jiuzi Peak, use Jiuzi Peak as the commanding height, and continue to advance south. ”

Commander Sun of the second detachment asked, "Commander Xu, how many troops do you think the enemy will use this time to encircle and suppress our base area?" ”

"It's hard to say, once the Japanese army advances smoothly, it will send a large force to encircle and suppress the base area, forcing our party, government and army to withdraw from this precious base area."

"Grandma's, the little devil is too arrogant."

Commander Xu patted Lao Sun's shoulder and continued: "Lao Sun, you are right, we must concentrate our superior forces this time, give the enemy a heavy blow, and make them remember for a long time, this base area created by the Eighth Route Army is not so easy to gnaw. ”

He pointed to the map and slammed his fist on the table: "Jiuzi Peak is an important pass occupied by the enemy puppet army, Lao Sun, you put your main force on Jiuzi Peak, block the enemy and fight me hard, the enemy is crazy, and he will inevitably carry out a strong attack and open up the passage to invade my base area." ”

Commander Xu continued in an accentuated tone: "Your second detachment must stop the enemy at the foot of Jiuzi Peak at all costs, once the enemy's arrogance is defeated, the enemy commander will retreat to Sunzu Village, you lead the troops to kill Jiuzi Peak, and concentrate superior forces to pursue the victory." ”

Commander Sun of the second detachment clenched his fists and said: "Commander Xu, please rest assured, my second detachment will never drag the Eighth Route Army Mountain (East) Column (Team) back." ”

Commander Xu looked at the head of the guard regiment and said: "Your guard regiment must set up an ambush, once the second detachment makes the enemy and the puppet army retreat in panic and flee along the way they came, you will cut off their back road in Jingshan." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his powerful arms, then closed in an arc to form an encirclement, and then slammed his hoops, walked to the map and stretched out his hand, pointing to the map and said solemnly: "The enemy is coming, we must destroy the enemy here." ”

At this time, the 3rd Battalion of the 13th Regiment of the 5th Detachment and the independent battalion of Lei Jian, who were on the way back to the troops, received an order from the Mountain Column at the same time, ordering them to move quickly in the direction of Sun Zu, join up with the participating troops of the Mountain Column, and destroy the enemy who had invaded the base area.

The 3rd Battalion had already moved a day ahead of schedule, and soon approached the ambush position, ready to strike at the invading enemy.

Lei Jian led the independent battalion on a rapid march, and within seven hours, a journey of more than 100 miles, he rushed to Cuijiayu to block the enemy's attack.

Cui Jiayu is five miles northwest of Jiuzi Peak, this place is a necessary way for the enemy to retreat, and the ambush here is to use the greatest firepower to strike at the fleeing enemy puppet army and kill and wound the enemy's last living force.

At dawn on the 16th, the enemy puppet army gathered from various strongholds, forming a team of more than 500 fully armed people, and frantically rushed towards Sun Zu.

A squad of the guard company of the Party School of the Provincial Branch of the Eighth Route Army, which had been ambushed in advance near Jingshan, saw the enemy puppet army rushing up with murderous spirit, and the squad leader shouted to the soldiers: "Strengthen the firepower to strike at the enemy's vanguard, block the enemy for an hour, and immediately retreat to Jiuzifeng." ”

The exchange of fire was not long ago, and the enemy's large forces concentrated their forces to attack the ambush position set up by this squad of the Eighth Route Army, and it was impossible for a squad of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to block several hundred enemy puppet troops with excellent weapons and equipment.

Seeing that the enemy was about to break through the position, the squad leader ordered the fighters to retreat quickly.

The enemy commander stood on the position from which the Eighth Route Army had withdrawn from Jingshan, and laughed loudly: "The Eighth Route of the Earth will not work, and the troops are ordered to move forward quickly." ”

The purpose of the Eighth Route Army's mountain column was to reconnoiter the enemy's strength and deployment by fire, and to withdraw from the position after an hour of sniping as soon as the battle was engaged, so as to gain time, speed up the ambush of the main force of the troops, exhaust the enemy, and lure the enemy deep into the encirclement laid down by the main force of the mountain column.

The sun came out, and the entire Yimeng Mountain area was shone by the sun, and the guard company I deployed in the forward position withdrew to Jiuzi Peak.

At about nine o'clock, the large force of the enemy's puppet army began to rush towards Sun Zu, ambushing the Lei Jian Independent Battalion in Cui Jiayu, seeing the enemy walking over from the front of the position, Niu Dali asked in a low voice: "Battalion Commander Lei, why don't you give the order to eliminate this group of bastards?" ”

"Do you know? It was Commander Xu who commanded the campaign this time, and every ambush position must strictly abide by the combat order, and once a place advances or misses the time and place to strike at the enemy, it will cause the success or failure of the entire campaign to be unpredictable, do you understand? Lei Jian looked at the enemy puppet army walking down the mountain and said.

(Tianjin)