Bright Sword: An eight-year-old boy led a group to fight the Japanese invaders

"Baga, you know nothing, I'm committing seppuku!"

"Why do you want to commit seppuku?" Wang Da Kui was puzzled.

Fujiwara no Nakayoshi said proudly, "According to ancient legend, if you commit seppuku, your soul will return to the arms of the great god!"

“Bah, you’re just being too good-looking!” Wang Da Kui raised his assault rifle and fired “Da Da Da!”

Fujiwara no Nakayoshi fell back unwillingly.

"Clean up the headquarters and seal up everything that can be found!"

At 6:48 p.m., all the Japanese invaders in Ping County were wiped out, and the independent battalion completely liberated the big city in northern Shanxi.

The chief of staff, under the leadership of Wang Ye, came to the commander of the Japanese army and looked at the bodies of Fujiwara Nakayoshi and Uchida Ginnosuke lying on the ground.

There was a flash of anger in his eyes. After the 20th Division occupied Ping County and the surrounding counties, they massacred many innocent civilians. Today, they finally avenged them!

"Bury it!" the chief of staff ordered.

"Wait a minute." Wang Ye stopped him, "Commander, this is a Japanese general. It would be a pity to bury him.

As long as we spread the news, both the Japanese and the government will be interested, and maybe we can even get something in return!"

"Can it be changed?" The chief of staff didn't believe it.

"It can be changed!" Wang Ye was sure!

"Invent a coded telegraph to spread the news of Pingxian's recovery.

Aren't the Japanese recruiting new members? Let them know that running fast is useless!"

At 7:22 p.m., all radio stations across the country received the clear-text telegram from the Independent Brigade.

[Letter to compatriots across the country: The Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Northern Independent Battalion recovered Pingxian County at 7 p.m. on July 24 and completely wiped out the Japanese 6th Division.

The division commander Fujiwara no Nakayoshi and the chief of staff Uchida Ginnosuke, along with 2 men, were annihilated, and Pingxian was liberated.

Wang Ye, the captain of the Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Northern Independent Battalion, and Zhao Gang, the political commissar! 】

All the forces received the telegram from the Independent Battalion at once. Yuzuka Yoshio was still anxiously waiting for news from the 20th Division at the headquarters.

The signalman rushed into the headquarters, "Commander, we have received a clear-coded telegram from the Tubalu!"

"What did you say?" Yuzuka Yoshio had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Ping County was breached, the 20th Division was destroyed, Lieutenant General Tengyuan and Major General Uchida were killed!"

"Bang!" Yuzuka Yoshio's legs went limp and he sat on the ground. Then he quickly got up, snatched the telegram from the signalman, read it carefully, and then sat down on the chair dejectedly.

Yoshinori Tanaka sat motionless beside the sand table with lifeless eyes. He knew very well what the destruction of the 20th Division meant.

Just then, the flight regiment called and said that since Ping County had been breached, they would not take off. The anti-aircraft weapons there were too scary and all the Japanese pilots did not want to die.

This phone call sobered Yoshio Yuzuka up. He said helplessly to the communications officer,

"Send a telegram to all the troops and ask them to return to their bases!"

Tanaka Yoshinori had a struggling look on his face. If the support troops could quickly reach Ping County at night and eliminate this so-called independent battalion, perhaps their guilt could be reduced.

But in the end he didn't say it out loud. They still didn't understand what the situation of the independent brigade was. Let the people who come later solve it.

tired!

Quit it!

At Jingnanpo in western Shanxi, Yan Laoxi looked at the telegram in his hand in disbelief, "Qiyuan, are you kidding me?"

Yan Laoxi could not believe that Pingxian, where the 20th Division was heavily stationed, would be captured by this independent battalion.

That was more than 2 Japanese soldiers plus more than 5 puppet troops. It was unclear how many people were in the independent battalion, but at most it could not be more than 1.

How could they possibly defeat the Japanese Type A Division?

When Yang Qiyuan saw the telegram, he immediately contacted the 587th Regiment, which was closest to Ping County. This regiment had only more than 1000 people.

They were defeated by a battalion of the 20th Division and finally hid in the mountainous area north of Pingxian County, not daring to show their heads.

The independent battalion's attack on Ping County made too much noise, and the scouts of the 587th Regiment witnessed with their own eyes the soldiers of the independent battalion rushing into the county town under the cover of tanks.

"Commander, I have verified the authenticity of the news, there is no problem!"

Old Yan touched his hairy head and said, "Damn it, is this independent brigade really that good at fighting? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"Commander-in-Chief, you forgot that the Japanese's Third Independent Mixed Brigade was annihilated by this independent battalion some time ago. At that time, it was called the Children's Corps!"

"Children's Corps?" Yan Laoxi remembered, "So the Children's Corps is now following the Eighth Route Army?"

Yang Qiyuan was silent, and Yan Laoxi cursed, "I sent people to contact them at that time, why didn't I bring them to my Jinsui Army?

Is it possible that the Eighth Route Army can provide what our Shanxi Suiyuan Army cannot?"

Yang Qiyuan didn't know how to respond to this. Even if the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was poor, it was definitely richer than the Eighth Route Army.

But this Wang Ye doesn’t want money!

Yan Laoxi also knew that scolding people at this time was useless. He rolled his eyes and said, "You immediately order the 587th Regiment to approach Ping County and tell Gu Zhengqing that the entire Shanxi Province belongs to our Jinsui Army. Let the independent battalion withdraw from Ping County."

Yang Qiyuan was dumbfounded. Was this commander suffering from Alzheimer's? The independent battalion could even fight against the 20th Division of the Japanese, so why was it afraid of the 1000th Regiment with more than 587 people?

If Gu Zhengqing could take over Ping County with such a small number of people, that would be incredible!

At the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the people in the general staff's hands were shaking as they looked at the telegram. They just rushed to Ping County at noon today, and you've already taken it down just as the sky got dark?

You flew over the dozens of kilometers, right?

Are the Japanese so cooperative that they will run away if you go? Otherwise, how can you explain that Pingxian was captured in just one afternoon of travel and fighting?

"That doesn't make sense!"

The staff officer at the headquarters hesitated and asked, "Could this telegram be wrong?"

"What's the mistake? The Chief of Staff is in the Independent Battalion. Without his approval, how could Wang Ye send this telegram?"

The division commander refuted the staff officer's questions. Could he have thought before speaking?

"What should we do now? The independent brigade is too fast, and our cooperating troops have just received the order.

Now that the 20th Division has been destroyed, the areas they were stationed in are basically empty. If we cannot occupy these areas,

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Nationalist Army will occupy us, and we will be in a passive position at that time!"

Now is not the time to consider how the independent brigade will capture Ping County. Everything will be answered when the chief of staff returns.

"Let the troops of the 386th Brigade and the Death Column set out immediately. Other troops will take over their defense areas.

We must capture the 12 counties in northern Shanxi before the Jinsui Army and the National Government Army take action! "

The order was issued, and the 386th Brigade called each regiment and sent a telegram to ask the New st Regiment and the Independent Regiment to expand to the surrounding areas.

Try to occupy the two county towns north of Ping County before dawn.