The leader of the devil squad was caught by Matsumoto's collar and was out of breath, but he didn't dare to struggle recklessly, so he could only shout in a suffocated voice: "Report to Dazuoge, Your Excellency, the mountain and the forest to the west of Sangtou Town have not had time to ......." ”

Matsumoto Osa heard the devil squad leader say this, and angrily slapped the devil squad leader twice, and suddenly lifted the devil squad leader up and fell to the ground, causing the devil squad leader to roll down the slope, Matsumoto Osa looked at the tumbling devil squad leader and shouted: "Bastard, stop quickly, I ask you, did you really find the dirt road on the mountain?" ”

The leader of the devil squad was rolling down the hill along the slope, and suddenly heard the angry roar of Matsumoto Daisa, who was standing on the high ground, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to take advantage of the situation to roll down the mountain, and immediately grabbed a small tree beside him, and finally stabilized his rolling body.

He didn't care about being bruised, swollen and in pain, like a dog climbing on all fours, and before he could stand up, he was dragged to him by Matsumoto.

"You bastard, tell me quickly, is there an ambush in Sangtou Town?"

The leader of the devil squad hurriedly reported with a bitter face: "Report to Matsumoto Daisa, my team secretly entered Sangtou Town, alarmed a few earth dogs at the entrance of the town, and suddenly howled, causing almost all the earth dogs in the town to roar, but after a while, the town returned to quiet, and my team sneaked into the town, and used the night to reconnoiter a few streets, and found no ambush on the earth eight roads. ”

"Yeongxi, there is no Tubalu ambush in Sangtou Town, but I don't know if there are any Tubalu troops hidden in the woods in the west mountain and Zhenxi of Sangtou Town, my order is you, to lead the cavalry mixed squad as quickly as possible, you must reconnoiter the woods two miles away from the west mountain and the west of Sangtou Town, once you find that there is an ambush on Tubalu, immediately shoot to warn, do you understand?"

The leader of the devil squad was let go of Matsumoto Osa, who was dragging him, and listened to Matsumoto's order to lead the Japanese mixed team to reconnoiter quickly, this guy was a little flattered and shouted: "Hai, Your Excellency Wing Commander, I will immediately lead the cavalry mixed team to reconnoiter quickly, and once I find an ambush on the Dirt Eight Road, I will immediately report the shooting." ”

The chief of staff of the 364th Wing, Takada Jun, looked at the devil squad leader who ran down the high ground, although he was picked up twice by the captain of Matsumoto Wing, and slapped him twice, this bastard immediately rushed down the high ground happily as soon as he heard that he led the cavalry mixed squad to reconnoitre, and the chief of staff of Takada Jun couldn't help frowning and looked at Matsumoto and said: "Your Excellency, you sent a mixed cavalry squad to the west mountain of Sangtou Town and the woods two miles away to reconnoitre, will such a fanfare appear will alarm the commander of the Tubalu Force who was ambushed in advance?" ”

Captain Matsumoto looked at Chief of Staff Takada Jun and said slyly: "Takada-kun, what you said is exactly what I want to achieve, once the mixed cavalry squad appears in the ambush site of the Dirt Eighth Road with great fanfare, it will definitely lead the Dirt Eighth Road out, and I can find out the movement of the Dirt Eighth Road, and I can completely concentrate the superior forces to break through each one, do you understand?" ”

"Ryōshi, Matsumoto-kun's plan is mysterious, I really don't see it, so that my main force can launch a large-scale attack at any time according to the ambush that appears on the Tsuhachi Road, so that it will quickly break through the defense line of the Tsuchihachi Road and reinforce the Ikeda squadron trapped in Fuping Castle as quickly as possible."

"What Takada-kun said is extremely true, order the vanguard troops to be ready for battle at any time, and once they find a small ambush of the Tubalu, they must launch the most fierce offensive tactics to wipe out all the Tubalu." The arrogant Matsumoto Daisa ordered.

Matsumoto was about to walk down the high ground with the command knife in his hand to accompany the troops, when he suddenly found the combat staff officer standing aside, he frowned and asked, "Have you got the information of the Ikeda squadron in Fuhei Castle?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency Osa, I have contacted Squadron Ikeda by telegraph several times, but I have never heard back, and I suspect that Squadron Ikeda ......." The combat staff officer saw that Matsumoto Daisa's face was ugly, and quickly stopped talking and stopped talking.

Captain Matsumoto ordered sternly, "Don't stop contacting Ikeda's squadron, and report to me as soon as you get the news." ”

"Hay, Hay."

Chief of Staff Takata, who gave the order to return to Matsumoto's side, reported to Matsumoto: "Report to Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the vanguard has set off and should arrive at Sangtou Town in an hour, and I have ordered the commander of the vanguard to lead the troops of the Imperial Japanese Army to rush into Sangtou Town, and once it is found that it is resisting with the Tubalu and anti-Japanese elements, it will immediately adopt the 'three-light policy' against Sangtou Town and immediately occupy Sangtou Town." ”

"Very good, order the follow-up troops to follow up quickly." Matsumoto said as he walked down the heights, jumped on his three-wheeled motorcycle, and set off for the town of Sangtou under the escort of the wing officers.

The main force of the 364th Matsumoto Wing of the Japanese Army left the high ground and quickly pounced on Sangtou Town, and the rear guard brigade left on the high ground paid close attention to the 3rd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army that had been biting the Matsumoto Wing.

Wu Yude, the commander of the 3rd Regiment who had been biting the rear of the Matsumoto Wing, got a report from the reconnaissance platoon: The main force of the 364th Wing of the Japanese Army had rushed to Sangtou Town, leaving a brigade of devils on the high ground to hold on.

He ordered the 3rd Regiment to encircle the heights occupied by the Japanese army from three directions in three directions, and even if they could not destroy this devil force, they would be entangled to the death and could not leave to join the main force of the Matsumoto Wing.

Lei Jian, the temporary regimental commander who commanded the only regiment and the third regiment on behalf of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Command and fought against the enemy Matsumoto Wing on the front line of Qingshui Bridge, unceremoniously ordered the third regiment to surround the heights on the eastern slope of Sangtou Town, force the Japanese brigade that held the high ground to fight with the third regiment, and led this devil brigade to quickly reinforce the main force of Matsumoto that was fighting against the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Regimental Commander Wu Yude, who received the latest order, immediately issued an order to the cadres of the battalions around him, ordering all battalions to immediately encircle the high ground in three directions in accordance with Lei Jian's operational deployment.

Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou Liheng was very dissatisfied and said: "Commander Wu, our Third Regiment is an old Red Regiment, and you have been the commander of the Third Regiment for many years. I'm not convinced. ”

"What are you dissatisfied with? Just because Lei Jian is a very young commander and the commander of a newly formed only regiment of a military region that has not been established for a long time, you look down on this unique regiment, and even more on this young baby regiment, right?

I don't think you know this thunder sword, if you understand this brave and good fighter, scheming, and domineering baby commander, not only will you not look down on you, but you will also feel that it is an honor to be able to fight with such a capable commander, so you ....... ”

"Commander Wu, don't put gold on this little thing's face, who hasn't led the troops to win a few battles? Just because this kid was very effective at the beginning of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, with the cooperation of other troops, he conquered the Jingcheng Coal Mine, led the only regiment to destroy the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, and blocked the enemy in several battles in Lao Ye Mountain, so he was promoted like this?

Hmph, I think it's this kid's fate, and when he encounters an ordinary devil army, he can achieve an enviable record. ”

"Deputy Commander Zhou Liheng, in response to your attitude, I have to warn you, whether Lei Jian is a regimental commander who can fight well, you don't need to comment, he is not only known as the head of the 'Thunder Hero Regiment' of the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, but also called the 'Thunder General' by the soldiers.

Especially in the high-level of the Japanese army, they all know the resounding name of Lei Jian, as long as they are with the only regiment led by Lei Jian, the Japanese commanders and junior soldiers who have fought against each other, when they hear the name of Lei Jian, they all exclaim that Lei Jian is 'the devil who killed the imperial army', this title is big enough, right? But you dare to look down on Lei Jian, the commander of the regiment, I think you are either a frog at the bottom of the well or arrogant, and you don't know that there is a sky outside the sky. ”

Although Regiment Commander Wu severely criticized Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou, he also warned the regiment and battalion commanders around him that they must obey any order given by Lei Jian, the young baby regiment commander.

Deputy Head Zhou Liheng didn't expect Head Wu to know Lei Jian in such detail, he asked embarrassedly: "Head Wu, is this baby head Lei Jian really so powerful?" Why haven't we heard? ”

"Yes, Commander Wu, I've heard the name Lei Jian, and I've heard that the new and only regiment of the military region was temporarily formed from the Peacock Valley by a peasant army, and it was very powerful to fight and kill the enemy along the way, I didn't expect this Lei Jian to command the battle so domineering, I really underestimated this Lei Jian Commander, but I still can't believe how powerful this baby Commander is, once he commands this battle, what should we do if we are hit hard?" Deputy Head Zhou shook his head unconvinced and said.

(End of chapter)