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

After the logistics personnel of the 316th Brigade received the weapons, Xu Zheng looked at the list in his hand, his mouth grinning with joy. Although they were exchanged from the Japanese,

Many weapons need repair, but you use a lot of them.

Wang Ye said at the right time, "Commander Xu, we have arranged for the troops to go north. We will all leave independently in three days at most. You must be prepared to take over Ping County."

Xu Zheng joined the Revolutionary Party in the south, and walked through snow-capped mountains and grasslands. He was an old revolutionary. When the headquarters asked him to be the deputy brigade commander, he was reluctant.

Who knew that after arriving here, I found out that the so-called brigade commander was just a figurehead, and people didn't even care about the title of brigade commander.

"Captain Wang, I really can't bear to leave you!"

"You can't bear to part with these weapons, right? I heard from the headquarters that as long as you follow Wang Ye, you will have endless weapons and ammunition."

Ouyang Feng, the political commissar of the 316th Brigade, joked with a smile.

"My great political commissar, I don't know the financial situation of the independent brigade, but what we have seen in the past two days is incredible. Don't you think so?"

"Of course I want to, but it's impossible to even think about it!" Ouyang Feng spread his hands and said helplessly.

Wang Ye watched the two perform, knowing their plans, but it was useless.

"You two, it's not that I don't want to give you good stuff, the key problem is that the supply of logistics and ammunition is not enough. Even if I give it to you, you can only fight once.

I have considered this. Once we gain a foothold in the north, we will build a military factory, and it won’t be long before these weapons are distributed to your troops.”

Xu Zheng held Wang Ye's hand and said, "Brigade Commander, you must not forget the 316th Brigade. You are not only the captain of the independent brigade, but the 316th Brigade is also your unit!"

Wang Ye agreed to a series of conditions before returning to Ping County. Zhao Gang found him with the documents.

"Captain, the headquarters has forwarded the telegram from Yanzhou. From today on, our independent battalion will be officially renamed the Eighth Route Army Independent Brigade and will be directly under the headquarters."

Wang Ye happily read the document and said, "Great, we are finally a regular army, and we are directly under the headquarters. We only need to report to the headquarters on time.

By the way, how is the troop transfer going?"

"The First Squadron and the First Reconnaissance Squadron have already arrived in Yu County and have taken over the defense of Yu County. The logistics and hospital have already left with the Second and Third Squadrons. We will all be there in three days at most."

Thanks to the trucks and armored vehicles that Wang Ye exchanged, the independent brigade's movement was basically mechanized, and the speed was much faster than moving on foot.

Of course, the soldiers of the independent brigade are not afraid of iron feet. You know, the food nearby is very good, and there are meat dishes every day.

This time, all the farms and other industries that were relocated to Pingyang were also handed over to the local government.

Just as the Eighth Route Army was busy adjusting its strategic deployment, the Japanese headquarters far away in Taiyuan also welcomed the new commander of the First Army.

"Welcome Commander Kawamura and Chief of Staff Fukui!"

At Taiyuan Railway Station, Yoshio Yuzuka and Yoshinori Tanaka looked at the two people who had just got off the train with mixed feelings.

Kawamura Heizaburo is in his 40s, with thin cheeks and high cheekbones, and he exudes a cold aura.

He looked at Yuzuka Yoshio with arrogance, just like a superior looking at a subordinate.

Yuzuka Yoshio was very angry when he saw this, but he could only say that although they were both lieutenant generals, one of them was a defeated general and would soon return to his homeland to be punished.

One is a man with outstanding military achievements and will soon take over as the new commander of the First Army. There is no way he can compare to him.

Tanaka Yoshinori saw that the atmosphere was somewhat depressing, and quickly said to the new Chief of Staff Fukui Tomoki,

"Welcome, Mr. Fukui. My colleagues in the General Staff are very happy to hear that you are here!"

"Really? Haha!" Fukui Tomoki replied with a wry smile.

Everyone knows that these two will be in trouble if they return to their homeland. It is good that they can be sent back to the reserve. If one of them is unhappy, it is possible that they will retire directly.

Life in the mainland is not easy now. Without a military position and a job, it is possible that you will be assigned to a factory to pull steel pipes.

When everyone returned to the headquarters, Kawamura Heizaburo immediately began to hand over the command to Yuzuka Yoshio, because the former commander of the North China Expeditionary Army, Yamasugi Moto, was still in Beiping with him.

Since everyone is so unlucky, let's go back to our homeland together. With a lieutenant general taking the blame, the punishment for General Yamasugimoto should be much less.

Kawamura Heizaburo looked at the latest map and said with disdain, "Yuzuka-kun, what's the situation here?"

When Yoshio Yuzuka saw Kawamura pointing at Pingxian, he could only explain to him that Kawamura Heizaburo had already roughly understood the situation here when he came.

But after hearing the details from Yoshio Yuzuka, he still said angrily,

"Mr. Yuzuka, when the 20rd Brigade was destroyed, you should have dispatched the th Division and the th Brigade in Taiyuan to attack from both sides and defeat this unit.

It's a pity that you were too cautious and allowed the Tubalu to develop."

Yuzuka Yoshio lowered his head and said nothing. Who could have thought that this unit could develop so fast and could take on a division in just half a year?

This is beyond his understanding, okay?

Yuzuka Yoshio believed that whoever was in this position would delay the action because the battle in the south was more important.

Priority should be given to the war in the South both in the homeland and in the occupied territories.

The Eighth Route Army is relatively less threatening. So what if we let them expand for a while? As long as we free up our hands, can't the First Army's more than 100,000 troops plus the Imperial Army's more than 200,000 troops deal with the Eighth Route Army?

The new Chief of Staff Tomoki Fukui looked at the intelligence analysis given by Yoshinori Tanaka and asked pointedly,

"Tanaka-kun, I heard that this Tubalu unit has a lot of advanced weapons. After so long, have you figured out where their weapons came from?"

"No," Tanaka Yoshinori shook his head. "This is also what I can't figure out. Not only did our intelligence department fail to figure out the source, but they couldn't even find any clues about their transportation channels.

Their weapons, like their troops, seemed to appear out of nowhere.”

"Tanks, armored vehicles, heavy trucks, rifles capable of rapid fire... so many weapons cannot appear silently.

What’s more important is that most of these weapons are owned by our allies, how could they possibly get them?”

When the Japanese exchanged money and weapons with the Independent Battalion, many Japanese saw the tanks and armored vehicles of the Independent Battalion with their own eyes.

This thing cannot be concealed, not to mention that the Japs and the Italian country are allies.

It only took Kawamura Heizaburo two days to complete the handover with Yuzuka Yoshio, and then he personally sent them on the train back to Peiping.

Tomoki Fukui found Heizaburo Kawamura with the order of the North China Expeditionary Army.