The figure in front replied: "Don't get me wrong, I'm Song Chun, the commander of the fourth battalion, grandma, Lao Tzu drove the little devil down the mountain with a company, and withdrew before the temperature was cold when he left the hill position. What do you think you are? ”

Huang Yong, the commander of the third battalion, said angrily: "You are still complaining, the second and third battalions of our left and right flanks have long been ready for battle, and they have seen the devil's vanguard rush into the ambush circle, but our Li Dadai regiment commander insisted on not giving an order, just let go of the little devils who got into the circle, this battle was too bad." ”

Ma Mingshan saw that several battalion commanders were complaining in dissatisfaction, and he whispered to Li Gang: "Immediately convene a pre-war military meeting and tell everyone about your determination and intentions. ”

Li Gang said with a straight face: "Don't complain to me, start a meeting immediately, I will give you an explanation at the meeting, and it will not be too late to complain then." ”

At the meeting, before Li Gang could speak, everyone said irresponsible words and words, Li Gang could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and said in a tough tone: "You are now the commanders of various units, you must have strict discipline, and you can talk about grievances and dissatisfactions, but when I tell you the plan to attack the enemy in the back, you will make trouble again, okay?" ”

Ma Mingshan looked at everyone's emotions, not all in Li Gang's command this time, everyone's hearts were swayed by the news of Lei Jian's sacrifice, although the superiors did not officially notify them, but they were not steadfast in their hearts, if this bad news was true, they would lose Lei Jian, the head of the regiment, forever.

has lived and died with Lei Jian for so long, it can be said that the feelings and friendship between them are condensed together with blood and life, if they want to hear this bad news and pretend that they are fine, then are they still blood-stained comrades-in-arms?

Ma Mingshan knows that everyone is uncomfortable, so why shouldn't he? However, now that a major war is imminent, every commander and soldier of the unit will not be able to exert its maximum combat effectiveness if he is immersed in pain all the time and truly engages the enemy.

If we want to release everyone's grief, we must speak to their hearts, telling every soldier of the One Regiment to face the real present, and only in this way can we fight bravely and kill the enemy without burden.

Ma Mingshan whispered a few words to Li Gang, and he coughed lightly and said: "Comrades, I know that everyone is saddened by the sacrifice of Commander Lei Jian, but the news we have obtained is just a legend, an unfounded legend.

I just want to say that even if this bad news is true, then the sacrificial Regiment Commander Lei is above the Nine Heavens, seeing that the cadres and soldiers of our only regiment are so vulnerable and have such a heavy ideological burden, will Regiment Commander Lei rest assured that the army he leads can still bravely kill devils?

Besides, Regiment Commander Lei's sacrifice is just a legend, and he has not been clearly notified by the military region's field hospital and superiors, which means that our Regiment Commander Lei may still be alive now, but he is still on the line of life and death.

The cadres and fighters of our only regiment must unite as one and obey the command of Regiment Commander Li Dai, do a good job in the battle of blocking the north mountain of the military city, contain the enemy, and gain time for the safe transfer of the organs of the military region and the Fuping field hospital. In order to fight this battle well, we must calm down and listen to Acting Regiment Commander Li explain clearly the combat tasks of the lower parts, and only when everyone understands it can we lead the troops and complete the blocking task assigned to us by our superiors. ”

Li Gang was in a complicated mood at this time, but he didn't have time to count the loud voices that the big family didn't understand him, and even implied a tone of contempt.

He said patiently: "Comrades, I know that you have not been in a good mood recently, and just now Political Commissar Ma has analyzed the situation of Regiment Commander Lei, and I completely agree. Think about it, if our regimental commander Lei really sacrificed, the head of the military region would immediately adjust the personnel of our only regiment, but there is no such thing yet, right? That means that Captain Lei is still alive.

Now Regiment Commander Lei is not in charge of the only regiment in person, and the superior commander has ordered me Li Gang to act as the regiment commander to command, and if you have any opinions and dissatisfactions, you can report them to your superiors, but now that the enemy is present, even if you have opinions and dissatisfactions, you must wait for the end of the battle before exercising your rights.

I now announce an order, after I have explained the deployment of this blocking battle, if you still have any opinions, you can immediately report to your superiors, if you think that my deployment is feasible, then all the soldiers, give me the rules, strictly follow the deployment to carry out the operation, once there are still individual cadres and fighters who disobey the order in military operations, I will enforce strict battlefield discipline. ”

Li Gang paused at this point, saw that everyone had no objections, and continued in a serious tone: "I will now give you an explanation of the upcoming blocking battle and the battle deployment I have made:

According to the order of the head of the military region, our only regiment fought side by side with the 5th Regiment in the military city, blocked the large Japanese army led by the commander of the Katayama Brigade himself, and frantically pounced on the base area of our Beiyue District to carry out a brutal 'sweep'.

Just an hour ago, the Japanese army broke through the blocking position in the west mountain of the military city and quickly pounced on our Beishan, when it was almost close to the north mountain and there were still 1,000 meters, I ordered the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion Gong to lead the second company to harass the enemy in the middle of the way, and it had reached the point of blocking the rapid march that the Japanese commander did not dare to boldly march at night.

When the vanguard of the Japanese army reached the foot of the North Mountain, I ordered the commander of the fourth battalion to lead a company 30 meters from the Baofu Highway at the bottom of the mountain, fire at the devils, and once the enemy launched an attack, immediately retreat to the top of the mountain. Its purpose is to test whether the devils dare to attack our position in Beishan at night.

When the enemy's attacking troops arrived at our forward positions, our Li Gang suddenly changed his operational arrangements and took the opportunity to destroy the attacking enemy by ambushing the 2nd and 3rd Battalions on the flanks without giving an order.

I was not tempted by this great opportunity to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to completely destroy the enemy rushing to the front, but thought that once the main force of my single regiment in ambush in Beishan and simultaneously launched a fire attack on the devils, this would completely expose the strength and firepower of our position at night.

Think about it, who is the commander of the Japanese army, the commander of the Katayama Brigade? This sinister and cunning guy will analyze the deployment of troops and the specific position of the position according to the firepower exposed by our army at night, and he will rest on the spot, wait for dawn and then launch the most fierce light and heavy firepower strike on the position that has already figured out the fortification of our army, and then at that time, the position will be destroyed, and the troops will suffer heavy casualties, how can we destroy the enemy's living force? ”

When Li Gang said this, he felt that everyone was sighing in surprise in the night, but he did not raise any objections, and he continued: "My leading idea for this blocking battle is to attract the enemy's main force to the front of our position, and then concentrate firepower to deal a severe blow, and only in the first Japanese attack can we have the opportunity to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, beat the enemy painfully, and consume the enemy's main force."

This style of play will play a role in reducing the enemy's offensive pressure in our follow-up blocking battles, calmly meeting the enemy's repeated attacks, consuming the strength of the Japanese army, completing the blocking task, and winning valuable time for the safe transfer of the military region's organs and the Fuping Field Hospital.

That is why I did not give an order for a small profit, to concentrate all the forces of the only regiment, to expose the firepower of the troops in the position, and to adopt the erroneous command tactic of blindly attacking the enemy. ”

"My good man, our Captain Li is really a good commander brought out by Captain Lei Jian, I didn't expect the plan to be so far-reaching, this is simply Captain Lei's soul possession, personally commanding in the position, it's too incredible." Song Zhida, the second battalion commander, who is known as a cultural person and has attended private school for four years, said with great emotion.

Ma Mingshan saw that everyone recognized Li Gang's tactical deployment this time, and he said with a serious attitude: "Comrades, we are now in an extraordinary period, and it is also the most difficult period for the Eighth Route Army to enter the third stage of the Hundred Regiments War.

Commander Lei was seriously injured and could not immediately return to the team to command the only regiment to kill devils, so Li Gangdai, with the approval of his superiors, was in charge instead of Commander Lei Jian, I hope that any cadre and soldier of the only regiment must unswervingly carry out the battlefield orders, I don't want to see the punishment that should not occur because of disobeying the orders of the war field, or I don't want to see the heart-wrenching consequences. ”

Ma Ming, the commander of the cavalry battalion, first said: "Please rest assured that the cadres and soldiers of the cavalry battalion will absolutely obey the order, and will not embarrass the commander of the regiment, and swear to kill the devil bravely." ”

Zhang Ting, the commander of the first battalion, said: "Everyone is in a mood and it is not good to speak, please understand that when we don't get the accurate news of Commander Lei's life and death, everyone will not be able to relax every minute, I believe that everyone in the only regiment has this kind of thought." ”

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