Wang Ziming heard that what Lei Jian said made sense, and he immediately said: "Commander Lei, please rest assured, I will immediately report to the county party committee according to your instructions, and arrange for the local anti-Japanese government on the front line of Qingshui Bridge overnight to form a pre-war stretcher team as quickly as possible. ”

Lei Jian looked at Commander Feng of the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment of Fucheng County, whom he had met, and said: "Commander Feng, although this is the second time we have met, I have already heard of your brother, and now the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army is about to withdraw from Fuping City and go to the front line to fight the enemy's 364th Matsumoto Brigade.

Although the assault company is left to be responsible for the security of Fuping City, before the organs and main forces of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region have arrived, your brother's anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment must defend the security of Fuping City on the outer line. ”

"Report to Captain Lei, please rest assured, I will definitely protect the safety of Fuping City on the outside line."

After Lei Jian gave the order, he looked at Lao Sun, Li Gang, and Ma Mingshan and asked: "My Lei Jian incident happened suddenly, and I can't give an order so arbitrarily after everyone's careful study, please don't be verbose, go straight to the point and point out what deficiencies and suggestions that need to be supplemented, let's start now." ”

Lao Sun first said: "Commander Lei, I am the chief of staff of the special operations team, you are the captain, wherever you go, my grandson should follow you, this is what I should do." ”

Ma Mingshan said: "I feel that the night operation has caused such a big movement, will it disturb the people? Once the people in the city are alarmed, it will cause panic in the hearts of the people, and I am afraid that it will cause everyone to be uneasy. ”

Zhang Guanghua said with some anger: "Commander Lei, I am on the order of Commander Nie, as the attending doctor of you, a seriously injured man, you have no right to drive me away from you, I am carrying out the order, if you dare to disobey, I can report directly to Commander Nie."

Besides, your injuries and knife wounds have not recovered to the point of reassurance, and what should you do if your injuries suddenly deteriorate during the march and battle, and you say that I, the attending doctor, are not with you? ”

Li Gang, Ming Mingshan, and Wang Xiaoliang were all worried that Lei Jian's injuries were too serious, and they were afraid that they would not be able to stand the forced march from a distance, so everyone kept asking Lei Jian to stay in Fuping City and command through telecommunications.

Lei Jian listened to everyone's disagreement based on the orders he issued, and all focused on his injuries and body to make a fuss, Lei Jian said with a smile: "I don't have time to reply to everyone one by one, so I can only say it together."

I do not agree with Lao Sun's suggestion that he is the chief of staff of the special task force and has the right to act with the captain, and I announce the order from now on, the task of the special task team has been completed, and anyone from the temporary special task force will be dismissed, and Lao Sun will stay in Fuping City as a seriously wounded man, and assist other comrades in their work, waiting for the field hospital to return and continue treatment.

As for Vice President Zhang Guanghua's suggestion that he was ordered by Commander Nie to be the attending doctor of my Lei Jian, and that he had the right to follow him at any time to provide timely treatment for the deterioration of his body, I can tell Vice President Zhang that there is a medical team in the only regiment, and Captain Chuntao has been tracking and treating my injuries for a while, and has been personally guided by Vice President Zhang, and his medical skills have improved greatly.

With a medical team to monitor me at any time, there should be no major problems, and Vice President Zhang can stay with confidence and prepare for the return of the field hospital. ”

Lei Jian looked at Ma Mingshan and said: "Political Commissar Ma, the troops are acting urgently at night, in order not to disturb the people, try to keep quiet during the operation, and besides, we will attack the enemy bunkers with a large force in the city, and the guns and cannons will continue to sound, and the residents in the city will understand the difficulties of our Eighth Route Army's sudden action, and will fully cooperate."

I've finished explaining and answering, and if you don't have any opinions, you will immediately return to your command position and start acting as quickly as possible. ”

Ma Mingshan, Li Gang, Lao Sun, Zhang Guanghua and others seriously pointed out that Lei Jian's injuries had not been well treated, and strongly demanded that Lei Jian stay in Fuping City and wait for Chinese and foreign experts from the field hospital to arrive for a comprehensive examination and treatment, so as to ensure that Lei Jian's injuries would not deteriorate, which was not only responsible for Lei Jian, but also for the Eighth Route Army to retain an excellent commander, which should and must be done.

Lei Jian saw that everyone's opinions were very unanimous, he couldn't go against everyone's kindness and concern too much, and finally had to compromise and said: "Everyone is so concerned about my Lei Jian's physical condition and injury, I am very moved, in order to express my sincerity and gratitude to everyone, I, Lei Jian, agreed to Comrade Zhang Guanghua, vice president of the field hospital, to act with the army, haha, everyone don't force me anymore, this is my bottom line." ”

"What does the bottom line mean?" Wang Xiaoliang and several people asked at the same time.

Lei Jian smacked Wang Xiaoliang and said with a smile: "It's really stupid, the bottom line is my insurmountable last ability to endure, although it's not too clear, simply put, I agreed like this, I won't agree to anything you say, now everyone is clear, right?" ”

Everyone saw that Lei Jian's stubbornness would not lead to good results if he said anything, so he had to persuade him: "Commander Lei, since you say so, we won't say anything anymore, but you must know that your life does not belong to you, and you, as a soldier and excellent commander of the Eighth Route Army, must protect yourself, save your life and take the soldiers to exert greater combat effectiveness, and kill devils fiercely." ”

"Okay, I love to hear this, thank you, I will definitely obey Vice President Zhang's advice to me, live a good life and kill more little devils."

Lei Jian seemed to be relieved to see everyone leave, he himself admired that he had solved the problems raised by everyone so easily, and persuaded everyone not to force him to stay in Fuping City to recuperate.

Now that everything has been solved, he looked at Zhang Guanghua, whose face was reflected in the flames of war, and said wittily: "My attending doctor of Lei Jian, my good vice president Zhang, you have won." ”

At this moment, Zhang Ping handed Lei Jian a telegram, which was sent by Wu Yude, the commander of the Third Regiment, and Ma Ming, who led the cavalry battalion to fight the enemy on the front line of Qingshui Bridge.

In accordance with Lei Jian's instructions, Ma Ming left a company to hold the position on the west bank of the Qingshui Bridge, and led two companies of the cavalry battalion to rush across the Qingshui Bridge, passing less than 500 meters from Sangtou Town, Ma Ming ordered the troops to stop advancing, and he led five soldiers to personally approach the enemy to reconnoitre, and found a squadron of devils, who were madly attacking the assault company of the 3rd Regiment holding on to the high ground.

Zhou Liheng, deputy commander of the Third Regiment, who was holding the high ground, found that the attacking devils were about to rush to the forward position, and if the high ground was not reinforced in time, it would not take more than ten minutes for the enemy to break through. ”

The leader of the devil's squadron found that there was less than one company of the Eighth Route Army on the high ground, and this arrogant guy stood up and brandished his command knife and shouted: "The warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army are invincible imperial soldiers, and there is less than one company of the Eighth Route Army occupying the high ground, break through the enemy's forward position with maximum firepower, destroy the Eighth Route of the Dirt, and kill the ——。 ”

A group of little devils in the dark shadows, under the cover of night, launched a final attack on the highlands, and they were about to break through the highlands, eliminate the commandos of the Eighth Route Army, and reconnoiter the enemy's situation Ma Ming, who returned to the cavalry battalion, led two companies of the cavalry battalion to quickly kill the little devils who attacked the highlands.

Seeing that he was about to break through the forward position of the Eighth Route Army, the little devil was suddenly slashed and killed by a strong cavalry, and hurriedly counterattacked with guns without preparation.

At the critical moment when the situation was extremely tense, the commando of the Third Regiment was about to be wiped out, and Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou Liheng stood up with a gun and shouted: "Comrades, the enemy has surrounded the high ground, and we have run out of ammunition and food at this time, so we will kill for victory——。 ”

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the high ground stood at the front of the position with their guns in hand, and were about to rush into the enemy group to start a bloody battle of life and death with the enemy, when suddenly fierce gunfire and shouts broke out in the high ground, and a cavalry team killed the enemy group at the last moment when the commando team survived, and struck a hard blow to the little devil who was about to break through the forward position.

Seeing that the reinforcements suddenly appeared, and it was still a powerful cavalry team, Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou shouted happily: "Comrades, the cavalry regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has come to reinforce us, kill it——。 ”

The two teams suddenly shouted a rushing sound that shook the world, and the devil squadron, which did not know the details of the Eighth Route Army, was shocked and fled in a very short time.

Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou rushed to the cavalry unit and shouted happily: "Thank you for the timely reinforcements of the big brother troops of the cavalry regiment of the military region, and I thank you on behalf of the third regiment." ”

Ma Ming immediately responded: "You're welcome, we are the only cavalry battalion of the military region, and on the orders of our regiment commander Lei, we order your commando team to return immediately, give up the position, and take the initiative to give up." ”

"What? We have finally held the high ground, why do you think that if you have rescued us, you have the right to order us to abandon our position? I would never carry out such a bastard order. Deputy Head Zhou roared almost angrily.

(End of chapter)