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

Zhao Gang looked at Wang Ye speechlessly, "Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

If you ask around among all the troops across the country, is there a brigade with nearly 2 people?

Zhao Gang felt that Wang Ye was too ambitious, so he quickly spoke up to dissuade him from this idea.

"Brigade Commander, our troops have already reached their maximum size and cannot be increased. The pressure on logistics is really great.

Especially in terms of food, weapons, ammunition and fuel, the logistics comrades came to me all day long."

Wang Ye also knew that the army had no way to expand at its current stage, but the reality was there.

The territories previously conquered by the independent brigade were taken over by other brother troops, and local governments were quickly formed. All these places were able to recover quickly.

The independent brigade's current combat plan is to expand beyond Shanxi Province, and the Eighth Route Army troops cannot always follow behind the independent brigade to defend the city for them.

This requires Wang Ye to make further plans.

"Political Commissar, this is what I think. This time when we rescue the 115th Division, the troops will surely seize a lot of the devil's weapons. I think we should use these weapons to form a militia.

In this way, no matter how we fight later, the militia can quickly take over the city, thus freeing up the main force.

At the same time, when the main force is expanded, these militiamen will be the best soldiers. What do you think?"

Zhao Gang was convinced. The next plan of the independent brigade was to attack Sui and Cha provinces, which were famous for their vast land and sparse population.

The 1.8 people in the independent brigade are not enough to defend the city, let alone attack.

"We have already taken Qinghe. Next, should the Second Regiment continue to advance towards Linhe?"

Wu Fenglin asked Wang Ye after discussing with the staff.

"According to the plan, we need to pull the main force of the 26th Division back from Chanan to avoid putting too much pressure on the 115th Division.

Therefore, not only the Second Regiment was heading to Linhe, but the Third Regiment was heading to Liangcheng east of Linhe, and the Fourth Regiment was heading to Tok west of Linhe.

After we take these three places, the 26th Division's base in Suicheng will be right under our noses, and the main force of the 26th Division will definitely turn back.

In this way, we not only relieved the pressure on the 115th Division, but also expanded our base area to Sui Province.

In this way, we have the final say on when, how and where to fight.

It would be even better if we could get the Japanese cavalry group out of their hiding place."

Except for the 5th Regiment which stayed in Yu County, all other troops of the Independent Brigade were dispatched, including the rocket artillery regiment, tank regiment and others directly under the brigade headquarters.

While the Second Regiment took over Qinghe, the First and Sixth Regiments led by Wu Gang also launched an attack on the source.

It was already seven o'clock in the afternoon and it was about to get dark. Wu Gang had no choice but to attack at this time.

According to intelligence, the Japanese who were negotiating from Sucheng are moving towards Yuanyuan. Wu Gang must take this place down before the 117th Regiment reaches Yuanyuan.

"Captain Wang, this time your regiment will still be the main attacker. There are only less than 200 Japanese garrison soldiers in Yuanyuan County. The only problem is that the defenses of Yuanyuan City have been built by the Japanese and are very strong.

I will dispatch the heavy artillery company to cooperate with you, and make sure to capture the source before midnight today."

Wang Dabao was very happy to hear that the heavy artillery would cooperate with him, because no matter how strong the city defense was, it was no match for the heavy artillery.

"Deputy Brigade Commander, don't worry. As long as the heavy artillery can knock down the concrete fortifications outside the enemy city, I can capture the source in two hours at most."

Wu Gang nodded and said to Zhao Shengzheng, "Captain Zhao, the Sixth Regiment's mission this time is to block the enemy's reinforcements. I'll give you the rocket launcher battery.

The Japanese troops this time are the 117th Regiment and the Second Japanese Army that escaped from Sucheng, about 7800 people, you are under a lot of pressure. "

Zhao Sheng was unhappy because he failed to stop the Japanese in Sucheng. Now Wu Gang gave him another chance. He shouted excitedly,

"Don't worry, Deputy Brigade Commander. I will definitely bury all these devils in the ravines this time!"

Wu Gang was afraid that he would get too excited, so he comforted him, "That's not necessary, we just need to block their way to the source."

Zhao Shengzheng nodded without saying anything. As for how the road was congested, that was up to him.

As the enemy's logistics base, there should have been a battalion stationed there, but the 108th Division failed to mop up the base, and the 115th Division seized the opportunity to launch an encirclement.

So the 36th Brigade ordered the garrison battalion to send personnel to the battlefield quickly for support.

The commander of the 36th Brigade, Yamauchi Ichimoto, believed that the source was protected by the regiment of Sucheng, so there would not be much problem in terms of safety.

Even if a small group of Eighth Route Army troops raided Yuanyuan, the Sucheng regiment could provide quick support, after all, Yuanyuan's city defenses were really strong.

The Japanese squadron leader had received the report from the command center in the city. He asked the brigade for help and asked the Japanese to place explosives in important places such as the arsenal, granary, and oil warehouse.

Once the city is breached, detonate it immediately and never let the supplies in the city be taken by the Eighth Route Army.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, following Wu Gang's order, the four heavy artillery pieces of the heavy artillery company opened fire first.

The heavy shells weighing dozens of kilograms landed on the enemy's fortifications with a loud roar.

The Japanese's concrete fortifications two meters behind were like paper under the attack of super heavy artillery.

More importantly, the impact and vibration brought by the heavy artillery shells, as well as the high temperature and high pressure, were particularly terrifying to the Japanese hiding in the concrete fortifications.

Many Japanese soldiers were killed by the vibration and pressure of the heavy artillery before they could react to what was happening.

The heavy concrete fortifications were blown away by the shells, and countless concrete fragments flew in all directions under the powerful impact of the shells.

These concrete fragments, especially bullets, usually caused injuries if touched, and death if hit, and the Japanese positions were filled with grief.

This was not the end. After all, there were only four heavy artillery pieces, and they mainly attacked the enemy's bunkers and strong positions. After these places were overturned by the heavy artillery, the mortars and Type 92 infantry guns of the regiment followed closely and fired at them.

There were two teams of about 100 people on the Japanese position, and the rest were traitors. These traitors never thought that they were just there to defend a position, but the Eighth Route Army would bombard them with heavy artillery.

In less than half an hour, the Japanese position became extremely quiet, with no sound except the rumble of the Type 92 infantry gun shells falling.

The commander of the artillery battalion of a regiment received a call from Wang Dabao, "Stop it, artillery shells are free. If you keep fighting like this, the brigade commander will fire you when you return!"

Zhang Bing said aggrievedly, "Captain, you have to be reasonable. It was you who told the devils to shut up. There was no report from the observation post ahead, so how would I know what the situation was like?"

Wang Dabao didn't expect that he had something to do here, so he said, "I'll clean up after I'm done" and hung up the phone.

At 10:15 p.m., a regiment, led by tanks and armored vehicles, rushed into Yuanyuan City through a gap in the city wall that was blown down by heavy artillery.