Lei Jian also made the most detailed report to Commander Chen of the East Column of the independent regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army's Mountain Column on the deployment of various troops east of the Fengzhuang Railway Station, and finally said: "Commander Chen, I will now rush to the position of the first battalion in front immediately, organize the troops to fight the 372nd Wing of the Devil by surprise, and block the troops of the Japanese army reinforcing the Dezhou Theater outside the No. 1 and No. 2 heights more than 50 miles east of the Fengzhuang Railway Station, so as to cooperate with the full spread of the Deshi Road sabotage battle. ”

"Okay, according to the general deployment of the East Column Headquarters, according to the specific tactics of your regiment, I heard the first shot of the sabotage battle in front of me, and all the participating troops in the Peacock Valley were hidden, and quickly launched the Deshi Road sabotage battle, but you stinky boy must give me a good life, even if I scratch a little skin, I will not spare you when I come back."

"Thank you Commander Chen for your care, I, Lei Jian, will definitely take care of myself, hey, as for the three days of 'confinement' that I and the two reckless soldiers haven't finished sitting in, come back and continue to sit, I must ensure the three-day 'confinement' time, reflect on my own mistakes, and avoid it in the future."

Without waiting for Lei Jian to finish speaking, Commander Chen shouted on the phone in a stern tone: "Lei Jian, can you stinky boy give me a little serious?" When has this been, and there is still idle thinking to talk nonsense with me, I still say the same thing, give me a good life. ”

With tears of excitement in his eyes, Lei Jian thanked the chief for his care and love, put down the phone and shouted: "All the guard squads are assembled, and immediately notify Director Zhang Ping of the Telecommunications Department to follow me." ”

At this time, in the Peacock Valley, the sky is vast and the night is vast, in the quiet valley, there is a sudden roar of more than 20 war horses galloping and horses stepping on the earth, which disturbs the migratory birds that stay on the branches at night, and they fly up one after another, chirping and hovering over the woods.

The hares and goats, which were hiding in the grass and snoozing, were frightened by the shaking of the earth, and they were so frightened that they fled frantically in the woods in a panic for their lives, fearing that they would not be able to escape, and in the next second they were killed by an accident.

After a short time, as the sound of horses' hooves broke and the smoke and dust dispersed, the whole huge peacock valley was quiet again, the migratory birds that flew up fell on the branches again, and the fleeing goats and hares felt that they had escaped from danger, and nested in the grass again, and continued to nap.

Lei Jian rode more than 20 times, frantically rushed out of the Peacock Valley, and the war horse stepped on the dirt road with green gauze tents on both sides, rushing forward all the way, and moving forward bravely.

When he arrived at the defensive position of the third battalion of the Independent Regiment, Lei Jian grabbed the reins of the horse and jumped off the horse, and quickly rushed into the temporary headquarters of the battlefield, and saw Luo Jinchuan lying on a mound of dirt, curled up as if he was sleeping, Lei Jian couldn't bear to wake up Luo Jinchuan, the big brother who should be physically and mentally exhausted, and his political commissar.

Luo Jinchuan didn't sleep deeply, he subconsciously felt someone around him, suddenly sat up, saw several figures standing in front of him, he stood up vigilantly and asked, "What happened?" Why are they all standing with me? ”

"I'm sorry to disturb you, Political Commissar Luo, I have something urgent to discuss with you, let's have a brief field military meeting first." Lei Jian said as he walked into the shed and found a place to sit down.

The third battalion commander Qi Benfeng and the deputy battalion commander Ma Kui rushed over, Lei Jian got straight to the point, told the information he had gotten ahead, and conveyed the opinions of Commander Chen of the East Column, and then said: "The second and third battalions, when they heard the first gunshot in front of the east, immediately launched a sabotage war along the Deshi railway east of Fengzhuang Railway Station, and arranged for the soldiers to be sent to the cave to hide, and the sleepers could be burned as much as possible. It will not be repaired for a while and a half, and Deshi Road will not be able to resume the opening of the road section in the short term. ”

Lei Jian then asked: "Political Commissar Luo, Director Dong Dayong of the Political Department, led the work propaganda team to go to the countryside to organize the masses to attack the railway, how is the task going?" ”

Luo Jinchuan said: "Director Dong went to the township this time to carry out extensive propaganda and agitation to the villages along the railway, and the masses were mobilized, and their enthusiasm was very high, and they actively asked to participate in the road-breaking operation, and many young and middle-aged people strongly asked to join the Eighth Route Army. ”

"This is a good thing, as long as you volunteer, after review, those who meet the requirements will be immediately approved to enlist, and in this road-breaking campaign, the effect of preliminary training will be achieved." Lei Jian nodded approvingly.

After Lei Jian deployed the combat mission of the third battalion, he went straight to the second battalion non-stop, and he wanted to distribute the independent regiment to various units along the Deshi Road before dawn to make the last battle deployment.

At about three o'clock in the morning, Lei Jian and his entourage of more than 20 people came to the position of the first battalion, called Niu Dali, deputy regiment commander, Zheng Tie, commander of the first battalion, and Zhang Ting, deputy battalion commander, to the front to deploy the sabotage campaign that was about to begin.

Finally, in the hazy night, he looked at his three subordinates and said solemnly: "The combat mission of your battalion is the most arduous and the most dangerous.

The main task of your 1st battalion is to fight and block attacks, and according to the firepower deployment and troop distribution of the 372nd Wing of the Japanese Army, you must flexibly and flexibly adjust your strategy and tactics at any time, and adopt the strategy of fighting steadily and retreating step by step, so as to block the enemy, so that the enemy cannot break through your firepower defense line and affect the campaign of breaking the Deshi Road in the west, and at the same time, you must not be surrounded by a large army of devils and cause heavy casualties.

The most crucial point is to grasp the speed and distance of the retreat, when you retreat to the No. 1 and No. 2 heights five miles away, once the Deshi Road breakthrough battle cannot achieve the effect as originally planned, you will keep blocking the Japanese army's large forces, trying to break through your defense line and advance westward, this is a dead order. ”

Lei Jian felt that what he said was too serious, I was afraid that the ideological pressure of these subordinates was too great, and then continued: "Your battalion is blocking the enemy at the front line, not fighting alone, I will lead the cavalry battalion to attack and harass the enemy behind the enemy, so as to disperse the Japanese troops and firepower, and reduce your pressure on the frontal battlefield."

However, the cavalry battalion is only harassing, and it is impossible to destroy the enemy's living forces, and the task of frontal resistance still requires your battalion to resist. ”

Niu vigorously patted his chest and promised: "Commander Lei, you can rest assured, as long as the people are in the position, they will definitely block the 372nd Wing of the little devil thirty miles away, and cooperate with the large army to successfully break the Battle of Deshi Road." ”

Lei Jian stood up, fought with the three generals of a wing of the Japanese army, with the strength of a battalion, Niu Dali, Zheng Tie, and Zhang Ting, who blocked the enemy from the frontal battlefield, shook hands one by one, and said in a firm and caring tone: "My good brother, give me a good life, I will wait for your victorious return." ”

He left the 1st Battalion and immediately went to the ambush of the 1st Cavalry Battalion, and discussed with the battalion commander Li Gang and the deputy battalion commander Ma Ming how to carry out multiple surprise attacks from behind the enemy, disrupt the enemy's deployment to break through the position of the 1st Battalion, mobilize some of the enemy's troops to leave the position, and pursue the cavalry battalion, so as to reduce the pressure on the frontal battlefield of the 1st Battalion.

With the plan, Lei Jian's heart opened up a little, but when he thought of the arduous blocking task of the first battalion, he still couldn't let go of it.

He led more than 20 horsemen, at four o'clock in the morning, to meet Wang Xiaoliang's vanguard reconnaissance troops, after listening to Wang Xiaoliang once again reported the latest information, Lei Jian's heart was calculating, calculating how to use the smallest force to disrupt the devil's large army to concentrate on the advantage, and break through the attempt to advance westward for reinforcements.

In order to have a more comprehensive understanding of the most accurate information about the strength of the enemy's 372nd Wing, weapons and equipment, as well as baggage transportation, Lei Jian decided to lead his guard squad to approach the enemy camp again to reconnoiter while it was still dawn.

More than a dozen black shadows walked through the green gauze tent, and under the guidance of Wang Xiaoliang, they soon approached the edge of the Japanese army's field camp.

Wang Xiaoliang said to Lei Jian, who was lying on the edge of the green gauze tent: "Captain Lei, have you seen it? The black tent on the dirt road in front should be the headquarters of the supreme commander of the Devil Wing.

If you look to the left, there are dozens of war horses around, carrying a lot of things, I guess these dozens of war horses and things around them, is the baggage of the 372nd Wing of the Japanese army, they crossed the Yellow River, cars, motorcycles and armored vehicles, can not follow the river, now the transportation of the troops, all rely on these dozens of war horses to carry the transport, I said this, hi hi, do you have an idea again? ”

"How?" Lei Jian asked deliberately rhetorically.