In the evening, Wang Hongkun, commander of the 385th Brigade, called Yang Longfei's regiment again. The brigade commander opened his mouth and asked, "Yang Longfei, are you kid causing trouble again?" ”

Yang Longfei snorted coldly and said, "Brigade commander, I know that someone made a small report. I've done it, and if you really want to charge me with a crime, I'll admit it. Punish me however you want......"

The brigade commander asked in surprise, "Ho, listening to your tone, I can't punish you yet?" Otherwise, you'll be framing a good person, right? You kid made a mistake and ignored you? I usually have no problem with the soldiers, and you can watch the things in life yourself. But if you kid make a mistake of principle, then I can't ignore it! Since you are the political commissar sent to your regiment by your superiors, you should criticize you two sentences, what reason do you have to talk back? Don't say anything, you kid still open your mouth to scold. Don't scold people, but also greet other people's ancestors? Do you think you're respecting people when you talk like that? ”

Yang Longfei shouted on the other end of the phone: "Brigade commander, you can't just listen to that kid's one-sided words, he told the wicked to sue first!" You don't know how he scolded me and Deputy Head Zhang...... I'm afraid you won't believe me if you say it. Did you know? That bullshit political commissar said that I Yang Longfei and the devil are on the same line, and asked me if I am Chinese? You say, brigade commander, you give a commentary, do you say that this dog day is talking about human words? I, Yang Longfei, tied my head to the waistband of my trousers to fight devils, and I don't even want my life! I've never been a bear when I lick blood on the knife edge, and I'm a fucking Japanese in this kid's mouth? Where do you think this makes me reasonable? ”

The brigade commander's voice gradually calmed down: "I don't know this, Xiao Zhiyuan didn't tell me on the phone." Okay, I know about it, I'll talk to him sometime...... But you also give me a little peace and don't cause trouble! I know that you kid is a little urine, and among the regiment-level cadres of the entire 385 Brigade, you kid has the most fragments. Men, it's not a big deal to say that or two, but you can't make this kind of problem a habit, let alone say it when you see someone. I guess if you hadn't stirred up trouble first, people wouldn't have scolded you for this, and you yourself have to reflect on it! ”

Yang Longfei couldn't laugh or cry at this, he was so anxious that he almost knelt down for the brigade commander: "I said brigade commander, I, Yang Longfei, swear to the sky, it is definitely not something I picked first." At that time, that kid and Zhang Shan had been arguing, so I watched from the side, and I interjected two words that didn't hurt or itch, and this kid turned his face with me! I promise you the brigade commander, if I blow up the thorn first, don't punish me, I won't have anything to say about cutting off my head! ”

The brigade commander was obviously a little impatient to listen: "Alright, alright, don't read the scriptures to me here." Just those bits and pieces in your kid's mouth, still it doesn't hurt? As far as you have a bad temper, you can't offend anyone! Okay, I have a general understanding of this matter, and how to solve it is up to me to deal with it. This is the end of this matter, and you kid will not be allowed to wear other people's shoes in the future! Do you hear that? In any case, you are also partners, comrades in a team, and you can't see you when you look up...... You kid is the head of the regiment, and it doesn't hurt to be high! Okay, that's it, I'll hang up! ”

"Alas, brigade commander, don't be in a hurry to hang up yet, you haven't announced the punishment decision against me yet......"

"I said Yang Longfei, are you a slut or what? I've only heard of people asking for self-commendations, and I haven't heard of anyone asking for punishment. You kid wants to set a precedent, don't you? I'll tell you the truth, this matter has reached the ears of the head of the headquarters, and the boss meant to give you a major punishment, but in the end he was stopped by the deputy chief of staff, saying that the Political Department would give you a chance to see the aftermath. I can tell you Yang Longfei, you have to be a conscience, the deputy chief of staff has spent a lot of effort to protect you this time, don't you get cheap and behave, do you know? ”

Yang Longfei was happy: "Understood, understood." Brigade commander, you have time to go to the headquarters and thank the chief of staff on my behalf. You can rest assured, I will kill more devils in the future and never disappoint the expectations of the head of the headquarters! ”

"Okay, just understand, I'm still the same sentence, what to do in the future, weigh it yourself, don't let me wipe your kid's ass all day long!" With that, the other end of the phone was hung up.

……

The second-line hospital after entering the middle of the night was not as quiet as expected. Except for the officers on duty, almost all the wounded soldiers, doctors and nurses in the hospital slept, except for one room, which still shone faintly after ten o'clock in the evening.

Ten female nurses lived in this room, and a long row of clay kang was next to the north end of the house. Most of these nurses are from the Propaganda Department of the Eighth Route Army and the local Women's Rescue Association, and they usually like to howl a few words of Xintianyou when they have nothing to do, and spread some small broadcasts everywhere. As the old saying goes, "three women in one play", not to mention that there are ten people living here at a time, and some rare and strange trivial things that happen around them have naturally become the talk of the female soldiers after dinner.

Tonight is still the chattering female nurse Wang Fang, I don't know why, she can always bring a few stories worth ridiculing to everyone every night before going to bed, but they are really happening around her, plus her own facial expression, can always make other female soldiers rarely relieve their physical and mental fatigue.

The remaining nine female nurses sat in a circle around Wang Fang in the middle, stretching their waists one by one and waiting for Wang Fang's eloquent conversation......

Wang Fang began her "commentary" in an authentic Henan dialect, and she first asked: "Alas, have you heard of the 385 Brigade Independent Regiment of our division?" ”

The female soldiers looked at Wang Fang blankly, shaking their heads like rattles.

Wang Fang looked at the female soldiers around him with disgust, and said in a tone full of contempt: "Look at your little knowledge, you haven't even heard of the Independent Regiment?" Also, this regiment has only been in our base for a few days, so it's not unusual that you haven't heard of it. Let me tell you, this regiment is the baby bump of the commander of the 385th Brigade, I heard that it was originally a unit of the national army, and before joining our Eighth Route Army, it had fought a lot of vicious battles with the Japanese and killed a lot of little devils! I heard from a few soldiers of the Independent Regiment who were recuperating from their wounds that a few days ago, forty or fifty devils came to the General's Temple, and they took advantage of the darkness to sneak attack our Independent Regiment! I heard from the wounded that this group of devils is very evil, and the guy in their hands is not 38 Dagai and *, I don't know what it is, anyway, it's about the same as a machine gun......"

One of the female soldiers first asked, "Can't you?" When I was in our village women's rescue association, I hugged a little devil's crooked machine gun, which weighed eighteen or nineteen or twenty pounds, to say the least. Hell, I can't run much faster with this thing......"

Wang Fang interrupted her dissatisfiedly: "Tsk, don't interrupt, okay?" I'm not done yet...... Didn't I say that? The devil's guy is about the same as a machine gun, and he didn't say it must be. Even the wounded fighters didn't recognize it, only that it was a foreign product. Alas, do you know how many people the Separate Regiment lost in this battle? It took twelve soldiers to be reimbursed for a little devil, this is what the soldiers of the Independent Regiment told me personally, yes! ”

Another nurse sighed, "This kind of team is embarrassed to be called baby pimple?" It took twelve people to fight out a devil, and this battle was enough to fight. If you look at the 2nd Garrison Regiment, 7th Regiment and 769th Regiment, they are all well-known winning regiments, and they have never been bullied so badly by devils. ”

Wang Fang scoffed at the female nurse's words: "Don't stand and talk without back pain, this is catching up, what does it have to do with other people's independent groups?" Think about it, what would it be like for forty or fifty machine guns to fire at the same time? In the blink of an eye, it's been beaten into a sieve! Can those guys in our Eighth Route Army compare with the devils? People use machine guns and cannons, and we use either old sleeves or '*' made in the border area, where can we find a team with a full color of 38 big covers? Other regiments didn't meet this group of devils, because they were lucky, if everyone is like you, everything can be done just by practicing your mouth, then why didn't our brigade commander let you take a regiment to fight devils? ”

The female nurse who was counted down by Wang Fang was said to be angry, and she was about to turn her face in a hurry: "I said how you talked, aren't you ripping off?" If I could lead the troops, what am I doing here? I've already led the team to kill devils and steal credit! If there really is that day, I will transfer you to our group cooking class to chop wood, and you will not be done with it! ”

Wang Fang looked coldly at the female nurse sitting opposite her, and said with a smile: "Yo, then you can really do it, you still think about being the head of the regiment after making trouble for a long time?" If you want me to say, don't get hot here. Usually dress up more, pick a few wildflowers and pin them on your head when you're fine, and see if you can climb a tall branch or something? I can say that you can climb to a company commander with your appearance, but don't worry, bear with it for a few years. After you get through the indicators of the '268th regiment', you will be good with others, and then you will not say that you want me to go to the cooking class to chop firewood, even if you go to raise horses, you will admit it! ”

The originally harmonious atmosphere instantly made the two of them squirm, just like the air outside the house instantly condensed, and for a while the room was as quiet as death.

A female nurse named Bai Ling immediately changed the topic to liven up the atmosphere: "Alas, I heard that the commander of this independent regiment and the newly arrived political commissar almost fought this afternoon...... said that the political commissar had just arrived at their regiment headquarters compound, and he didn't know what was wrong with the two people in the courtyard who were trained through. As a result, after a long day of training, I realized that one of them was the head of the regiment and the other was the deputy commander, and when the others showed their positions, ouch, I heard that the political commissar's face was blue at that time, how ugly and ugly it was......"

The nurses asked, "Is this true?" Who do you listen to? If this is the case, then it will be difficult for the regiment to do the work of the team in the future. ”

Bai Ling explained unhurriedly: "I also heard from the soldiers of their independent regiment when they came to the hospital to change their dressings, and I heard that this matter is quite serious, and even the head of the headquarters knows about it." Tsk, tsk, this regiment leader is powerful enough, I heard that I scolded my mother at that time......"

Wang Fang said disdainfully: "What is that?" If you want me to say, the matter was provoked by the political commissar, and you said that he was also a cadre engaged in political work, and so was a person who had read books, and he pretended to be some kind of chief when he first arrived in office, as if the independent regiment could not do without him. If you want me to say, Captain Yang is the real man, big man! You go out and inquire, who can stand this anger if there are any men with some bones in these years? Whether you are a political commissar or not, you should not open your mouth to train people! Isn't there an old saying that 'without research, there is no voice!' 'Is it?' To put it seriously, this is hegemonism! I love to see myself as a character when I have nothing to do. If the Independent Regiment also recruits female soldiers one day, I will go to them and do it, and then you won't be blushing! ”

The heavy atmosphere was gradually broken, and the young nurses from various units began to work together again, until the oil lamp in the house was blown out in the middle of the night, tired of talking.

……

In a ravine southwest of Shilipu, where the second-line hospital was stationed, a well-equipped Japanese unit was on a long march. They weren't very fast, they were walking as they normally would, but they just kept in an orderly formation. No one knew that the supreme commander of this Japanese army, Ono Hirakawa Nakasa, had a special mission to bring the team here.

According to the information provided by the secret service department Kimura Jiwu Daisa, the Eighth Route has already arranged defenses in the area of the General Temple, and it is completely impossible to transfer troops from Yangquan or the surrounding counties to take the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop. Rao is that you ate a regiment in the opponent's hand, then their division headquarters would have already taken advantage of this time to transfer. Therefore, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Japanese Army stationed in Jin, issued a special order to the Japanese army headquarters stationed in Linfen, asking them to dispatch a full brigade of troops to secretly penetrate from the Hongya Gorge to the Jinzhong area, and to find the location of the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army. Once the target is discovered, immediately launch an all-out attack on the enemy's divisional headquarters, and it is best to wipe out their division-level commanders and fighters to avoid future troubles.

Chinese New Year's Eve, Ono Hirakawa Nakasa, graduated from the Japanese Army University and is an expert in mountain warfare and defensive warfare. The Manchurian Brigade under his command served in the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, known as the "Steel Army". During the Battle of Xinkou, his brigade had defeated the three reinforced regiments of the Central Army in one fell swoop with a clear disadvantage in strength, and Ono Hirakawa Nakasa became famous among the Japanese Shaozhuang officers. It is no exaggeration to say that he has been in the army for more than ten years, and he has never tasted failure. However, he didn't know that when he stepped into the first step of the Jinzhong border, his life would also enter a countdown state......

Adjutant Makino walked in the middle of the line, looking down at the map while calculating some data through his brain. Suddenly, he shouted, "Ono Nakasa, please wait...... I've found something wrong! ”

Ono Hirakawa, who was at the front of the group, ordered the troops to stop marching, and he turned back to the middle of the group alone and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Ono Nakasa, after preliminary determination, our fifth brigade has entered the Yuci area of Jinzhong, and is currently located at 112 degrees east longitude and 37 degrees north latitude. Now we have three directions to take, one is to march west along the Zhengtai line, the second is to march directly ahead of the current road, and the third is to cross the opposite hill and search. ”

Ono Hirakawa Nakasa shook his head slowly and said: "No, the order given by Commander Shinozuka is for us to find the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and then launch an offensive. As for the other two routes of march, it is possible to consider...... I wonder if if we take the road head-on, and when we climb over the mountain in front of us, will it be a surprise to be exposed in front of us? ”

Adjutant Makino said shamefully: "This ...... Ono Nakasa, I'm just a staff officer, if you want to know if there is a surprise ahead, you should find a way to find a Chinese Taoist priest to come over......"

Ono Hirakawa Nakasa said with a happy face: "My intuition tells me. As long as we have been marching along the path in front of us, and have successfully climbed the mountain in front of us, the fog in front of us will suddenly become clear. Believe me, Makino-kun, it may not take you two hours to see a unique peach blossom paradise. Pass my order, the target is in front of the rapid march, no one is allowed to fall behind halfway without my order, run forward! ”

Sure enough, after the Ono brigade climbed the mountain in front of them on foot, everything in front of them became clear——— and the rolling plains were in full view.

Ono Nakasa, who was an observant of detail, soon noticed a dense rut mark on a slag road, and it was clear that this was not the jagged mark of rubber tires such as cars or trucks, but the zigzag tire marks left by the wooden wheels of a horse-drawn carriage or wheelbarrow.

Widespread rain and snow are completely commonplace in Shanxi after the beginning of winter, and until now the air is still roaring with a biting cold wind. Needless to say, the rut marks that can still be preserved in such harsh environmental and weather conditions cannot be left over from yesterday or even more......

Ono Nakasa's eyes narrowed into a slit, the corners of his mouth on both sides also subconsciously curved upward, and he said in a nervous voice: "It seems that we are getting closer and closer to our prey, and I already smell a smell of blood......"

Second Lieutenant Makino was puzzled by this: "Ono Nakasa, all I see here are some chaotic ruts and endless plains and mountains, I want to ask where you smelled the prey?" ”

"Makino-kun, you must know that a good military strategist can not only calmly deal with the war in front of him, but also create war through the opportunities that God has placed in front of him. It's a great honor that this opportunity fell into the hands of my Fifth Brigade. Do you believe it, Makino-kun, an era of heroes is coming...... All the 5th Brigade, listen to my orders, and run along the remaining ruts under your feet———! ”

At 11:45 a.m., the rut marks that the Fifth Brigade had been tracking all the way gradually disappeared, replaced by a burst of intermittent neighing of horses. Ono Hirakawa Nakasa immediately led his soldiers to rush up a small dirt slope in front of him, and the scene behind the slope was so startled that he almost screamed......

At a straight-line distance of about 150 meters from the soil slope, there is a machine gun position set up on the Tuba Road, and it can be clearly seen from the telescope that it is two Czech light machine guns, and behind each machine gun stands a pair of machine gun shooters and ammunition men, which are in a state of readiness at any time. Behind the machine-gun positions were passing villagers and patrolling soldiers, some of whom were even shouting slogans about running drills. Ono Nakasa found a problem from this, many people in the patrol Eighth Route Army team are wearing bandages, is there a field hospital of the Eighth Route Army near here?

Soon, he focused his gaze through the telescope on several adobe houses about 500 meters away, lying on the slope of a hill more than 20 meters above sea level, and the scene in those adobe houses was instantly exposed: in almost every courtyard stood three or four nurses in white coats, their movements were clearly visible, some were drying sheets; Some are washing bandages; Some are changing dressings for wounded soldiers......

Ono Nakasa commanded softly with a happy face: "The first and second squadrons form two flank attack echelons to outflank these Eighth Route Army troops left and right, and the artillery squadron implements fire coverage to cover the main attack of our brigade ......" Before he finished speaking, he pulled out the one-meter-long saber from his waist and slammed it forward, shouting roaringly, "Warriors, charge———"

After receiving the order, the Japanese soldiers on the slope immediately let out a terrible roar and rushed down the hill as fast as possible, facing the defense line set up by the Eighth Route Army, covering all the way to the past.

The battle was about to break out, and the machine gun position of the Eighth Route Army spewed hot tongues of fire......