After lunch, Lei Jian led several regiment leaders around him to the place where the troops were assembled, and when he saw this unit again, the mental outlook of the soldiers in the troops seemed to be completely new.

Although the clothes worn by these soldiers were miscellaneous, they did not look like a regular Eighth Route Army unit, but their mental state at this time seemed to have experienced several wars, and there was a kind of fortitude on their faces.

Lei Jian nodded and said in a loud voice: "The soldiers of the new unique regiment, you are now a glorious soldier of the Eighth Route Army, but look at the clothes you are wearing, they are not the military uniforms of the regular Eighth Route Army, we have no military uniforms, and some soldiers have no weapons in their hands, what should we do?" ”

Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan took the lead and shouted: "Kill devils, only by killing devils can we arm ourselves." ”

"Kill the devils, these bastards rob our people, let's take back what they robbed, arm ourselves, and kill the devils fiercely——。" The last shout of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army sounded in Peacock Valley, this peasant army was about to leave here, and they would use their lives and blood to fulfill their promise.

Lei Jian looked at the soldiers who were in high spirits, his heart was full of blood, and the worries at that time were gone, and he said solemnly: "The soldiers of the new unique regiment, I, Lei Jian, am your regiment leader, and these people have also introduced it to you, I can't remember anything for a while, we will remember that we are comrades-in-arms and brothers on the march, on the battlefield, and in the fight with the devil."

Even if we fall, we will remember everyone around us, this is the comrade-in-arms, the comrade-in-arms is made of blood and life, no one can defile these two words, because these two words, he is maintained with blood and life, do you understand? ”

"I understand, never tarnish the words comrades-in-arms, live for the anti-Japanese resistance, live for the devil, kill the devil, kill the devil——。"

The high-spirited slogans, the sound shook the valley, the forest sea was roaring, the heavens were praying, even the birds and beasts were shocked by this tiger roaring cry, this army newly formed by more than a thousand soldiers, can have such a full mental state, who said that the little devil cannot be defeated? Who would dare to say that this group of peasant troops who came out of the village is not a new force that completely buries the devils?!

Lei Jian continued to say to the soldiers: "Soldiers of the new unique regiment, we are about to continue to march westward, and on the way to the march, we will encounter unexpected dangers and difficulties, from now on, the troops are in a state of rest, ready to set off at any time. ”

At this moment, Qu Jiaming, who was already the commander of the reconnaissance platoon, rushed in on horseback from the east entrance of the Peacock Valley, jumped from the war horse to the ground, didn't have time to tie the war horse, threw away the reins of the horse in his hand, ran to Lei Jian's side as fast as he could, and reported in a low voice: "Report to Commander Lei, I found a devil cavalry squad, about forty horsemen, from Fengzhuang Railway Station, along the railway line is patrolling westward, can we fight?" ”

When Lei Jian heard Qu Jiaming say this, he frowned and said to Ma Mingshan: "Political Commissar Ma, the troops will be disbanded immediately, prepare for battle with the battalion as a unit, and wait for my orders." ”

He pulled Qu Jiaming aside and asked quickly, "Jiaming, how is the weapons and equipment of this cavalry squad?" Is there a Japanese infantry patrol behind you? ”

"Report to Commander Lei, I found that a cavalry squad of the devil was patrolling along the railway, and immediately sent a squad to the east to reconnoitre, but no other Japanese troops appeared, this devil cavalry squad, there are only two light machine guns, and the others are all modified cavalry special cavalry small 38 rifles, and now it should be about five or six miles away from Peacock Valley."

"Okay, you go back immediately, order the reconnaissance platoon to reconnoiter covertly, and wait for my latest order."

Lei Jian ordered Zhou Peng, the chief of staff beside him: "Pass my order, order cadres above the battalion level, and immediately come to me to attend an emergency military meeting." ”

In less than ten minutes, all the cadres above the battalion level were in place, and Lei Jian had already made preliminary operational arrangements for this devil cavalry patrol at this time, and he said to the cadres around him: "You carefully look at the sketches I drew on the ground, and remember every order I have given. ”

Lei Jian quickly drew a sketch on the ground, pointed to the sketch and ordered: "A battalion, a company, and a platoon, suddenly appeared and encountered the enemy cavalry patrol, and there was a short exchange of fire, pretending to be defeated and quickly retreating to the depths of the Peacock Valley.

When the devil cavalry found an anti-Japanese army in disorganized costumes, it turned out to be a peasant guerrilla force with no combat effectiveness, and they must have pursued it arrogantly.

When the devil cavalry patrol lured here and carried out a fire strike, one company continued to flee into the deep valley, and two companies quickly hid into the woods, paralyzing the enemy and chasing into the woods in an embarrassed state, setting up a tripwire, destroying the enemy and capturing the war horses alive, and seizing weapons, ammunition and enemy equipment. ”

Lei Jian pointed the wooden stick in his hand at a circle and ordered the second and third battalions: "The second and third battalions of Song Zhida and Huang Yong are ambushed here, and once the Japanese army hears the gunfire and pursues here, they must cover the withdrawal of the first battalion from the battle with the greatest firepower." ”

He paused for a moment, and then issued an order to all the units of the newly formed single regiment, ordering the regiment headquarters and logistics personnel to immediately lead the wounded and sick to the west exit of the Peacock Valley, and almost approach the valley mouth to stop advancing and stand by to move.

After Lei Jian finished giving the order, he looked at Ma Mingshan and asked, "Political Commissar Ma, you can add it again." ”

Ma Mingshan knew very well that this was a newly formed peasant army, and although more than 20 cadres and backbones with rich combat experience had been transferred from the old independent regiment, more than 1,000 new peasant soldiers had no combat effectiveness at all, and they were about to engage a cavalry patrol of devils head-on. He really didn't dare to say it, but he was still quite optimistic about the combat deployment of the Thunder Sword.

He said worriedly: "Commander Lei, I agree with your battle plan, however, our regiment is composed of a new recruit who has not participated in the battle, once we engage the enemy, there will be a huge disparity in the combat effectiveness of the enemy and us, and I really don't know whether our army can defeat the enemy." ”

Lei Jian asked the other cadres for anything to add, and finally he said: "Political Commissar Ma and everyone's worries should be right, I have considered all of this, the reason why I decided to eliminate the cavalry patrol of the devil is to concentrate superior forces and eliminate a small group of enemies.

The victories achieved through this small campaign were, first, to train the new soldiers to learn how to deal with the enemy in battle when they were in battle, second, to replenish the shortage of horses in the cavalry battalion, and third, to replenish the captured weapons and ammunition into the hands of unarmed soldiers.

One point that should be clear in everyone's minds is that we will encounter great difficulties and hardships in continuing our westward march this time, with a long-distance march of nearly 300 highways, concentrated in the enemy-occupied areas of North China, and along the railways where the troops are most deployed, interspersed with the cracks of the enemy's tight blockade.

This ambush of the devil's cavalry patrol is to achieve the purpose of training, in the later march, when the enemy suddenly encounters, will not panic and unable to pull the bolt, see the enemy timidly lose combat effectiveness, become the target of the devil's gun, I say this, everyone should understand my intentions, right? ”

Ma Mingshan and these cadres who had just been enriched to the newly formed independent regiment had to sincerely admire Lei Jian's analysis, judgment and combat deployment, and nodded one by one and said: "Please rest assured, the regiment commander, I promise to resolutely complete the task in accordance with the orders issued by the regiment headquarters and eliminate the cavalry patrol of the devil." ”

Lei Jian saw the cadres above the battalion level around him leave, and immediately threw himself into the preparation of this small ambush battle, he stood up from the ground, and the wound had not yet healed in his left thigh, and there was a tearing pain.

He didn't care about the torture of the wound, and said to Wang Xiaoliang, who had been standing in front of him: "Xiaoliang, the combat effectiveness and the quality of the soldiers of the new independent regiment are too far from the old independent regiment that has left.

You kid can't wait for me to carry you everywhere like before, you don't want to worry about it at all, this is not good, you, the deputy head of the regiment, want to stand alone for me, so that my pressure will be less, do you know? ”

"Report to Regiment Commander Lei, I know that I can't follow your ass anymore, I must have my own opinions, show my best ability, and cooperate with you to manage this army, I, Wang Xiaoliang, want to grow up with this army at the same time, and be a subordinate commander who can independently command the battle. Commander Lei, I will immediately rush to the hidden positions of the 1st Battalion, 1st Company, and 1st Platoon of Donggukou to lead the Devil Cavalry Patrol into the ambush circle. ”

(End of chapter)