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

After receiving the order from the 39th Brigade, Colonel Chuichi Kongtani immediately called Sun Kai, the commander of the st Cavalry Brigade of the Imperial Army,

"Sun Sang, your cavalry brigade has done a great job patrolling and guarding around the Yanggu battle area these days. I am very satisfied!"

Sun Kai said happily, "Thank you for your affirmation, Colonel Konggu. I and my cavalry are very willing to contribute to the empire!"

"Hey, Sun San, the commander of the Guanyuan Brigade has sent the latest order. Tonight your cavalry brigade will follow the established route to Xiaoli Village.

Have you scouted this road clearly in the past few days?"

Chuichi Kurotani was skeptical about the combat effectiveness of his Imperial Army and was even a little worried about their reconnaissance, so he asked before setting off.

If it weren't for the need for confidentiality, he would definitely send out his own scouts to conduct a comprehensive reconnaissance of the line from Yanggu to Xiaolizhuang.

Sun Kai flattered, "Colonel Konggu, please rest assured. The road from Yanggu to Xiaoli Village is all in the mountainous area. Although the road is difficult to travel, it is very hidden.

Moreover, my reconnaissance battalion has been running back and forth several times these days, and there are no other signs of large-scale activities around!"

"Very good, you must immediately organize your troops and set out on time at 10 pm. You must arrive at Xiaoli Village before 4 am tomorrow.

Then set up patrols and guards outside Xiaoli Village, and I will be there with the regiment soon!"

"Yes!" Sun Kai hurried out to command the troops. In his opinion, the regiment and the cavalry brigade would definitely win the credit this time.

Less than an hour after the cavalry brigade left Yanggu Station, Wu Gang, deputy commander of the independent battalion, received the news in Zhoujia Village, less than 10 kilometers north of Xiaolizhuang.

"Damn it, the Japanese finally came out of their turtle shells. Wang Su, how do you think we should fight them?"

That’s right, before Wang Ye left Jing County, Wang Su had already brought some soldiers from the special operations squadron to Zhoujia Village.

"The Second Japanese Cavalry Brigade is nothing to be afraid of. Our main enemy is the Japanese 78th Regiment.

The regiment had a total strength of 3800 men, including three battalions with more than 3000 men, equipped with more than 3000 Type 80 rifles, more than 100 grenade launchers, and more than light and heavy machine guns.

The regiment also had an artillery battalion equipped with eight Type 8 infantry guns.

The Japs want to use the Cavalry Brigade and the 78th Regiment to raid the county town from the south of Jing County where we are undefended and drive us out!"

As an old Eighth Route Army soldier, Wu Gang has rich combat experience. After Wang Ye improved his combat skills, his command level has risen sharply.

"Our two squadrons are equipped with a large number of automatic weapons and light and heavy machine guns. The enemy cavalry is no problem.

The main problem now is that the enemy cavalry will definitely arrive at Xiaoli Village ahead of time.

If we ambush in Xiaoli Village, we will probably be discovered by them, and the Japanese who come later will be on guard.”

Wang Su thought about it and said, "How about this? We will ambush on the road 3 miles south of Zhoujia Village.

The Second Squadron had more combat experience and the soldiers had fought more battles. They were asked to block the route of the Second Squadron and the Japs.

The fifth squadron went around and attacked the enemy troops from both sides. The two squadrons each sent a company to lead the local troops to block the flanks of the position.

Since the devils dare to run to the hinterland of our independent brigade, then don't go back!"

Wu Gang nodded. The independent brigade had strong firepower and the soldiers had strong combat skills. They did not need any sophisticated tactics.

"The General Staff will immediately draft a document and report it to the Captain. I believe the Captain will agree!"

It was already 11: pm when Wang Ye received the telegram from Wu Gang and Wang Su.

"The devils from Yanggu have finally come out. It seems that old devil Guan Yuanliu is a little nervous after being bombarded by the artillery fire on the battlefield today!"

After reading the telegram, Zhao Gang said, "Captain, the Japanese 78th Regiment is an elite regiment of the Type A Division, and its combat effectiveness is even stronger than that of the Sakata Regiment in Cangyunling.

There is also a puppet army cavalry brigade, plus tens of thousands of people, Deputy Captain Wu only has two squadrons plus a special operations squadron, isn't the force a little insufficient?"

"Yes, we have fewer troops. Although we can fight, the risk is high.

In this way, the third squadron stationed in Pingyang set out overnight and waited behind Xiaoli Village.

After the 78th Regiment set out, they followed the Japanese far behind, and surrounded them in Zhoujia Village with the nd and th squadrons.

Also, have the anti-aircraft artillery battalion send half of its troops to Zhoujia Village. I’m worried that the Japanese will call for air support after being surrounded!”

"Okay!" Zhao Gang agreed, and then explained the current situation to the headquarters.

The next morning, when Kong Gu Zhongyi saw more than 3800 Japanese soldiers standing in a neat row outside Xiaoli Village, she felt proud. These were the troops that had accompanied her in her battles.

Today he will lead the empire's warriors to achieve new feats.

"set off!"

Sun Kai led the cavalry brigade to take action first. The cavalry's advance speed was faster than that of the Japanese regiment.

In order to show his loyalty to Konggu Zhongyi, Sun Kai ordered his men to advance at full speed, hoping to reach Jing County as quickly as possible.

The Cavalry Brigade and the 78th Regiment were out of touch, and the distance between the two sides continued to widen.

Three miles south of Zhoujia Village, the second squadron leader Wang Dagui deployed all the light and heavy machine guns and assault rifles in the front.

He had only one purpose, he wanted to let these two devils know that even if they were riding Japanese horses and holding weapons given by the devils, they were nothing but chickens and dogs in front of the independent battalion.

"Captain, the enemy cavalry is approaching!"

The scouts from the second squadron came back to report.

Wang Da Kui licked his dry lips, his eyes shining, "Comrades, these second devils are all dogs for the devils.

Don't hold back when we fight. We want to let everyone know that those who serve the devils as dogs will not have a good ending!"

More than 1000 soldiers of the Second Squadron lay in a makeshift trench, tightly gripping their guns and staring at the road.

As long as the Japanese cavalry dares to come, we will make sure they never return.

Fifteen minutes later, Sun Kai and his cavalry brigade stopped 15 miles south of Zhoujia Village.

"Why the hell did you stop moving forward?"

Sun Kai looked at the cavalry regiment that had stopped moving, and ran up from behind to curse.

The cavalry commander who was the vanguard pointed at the second squadron's position 500 meters away and said with a grim expression,

"Brigade Commander, the Eighth Route Army in Jing County is well prepared. They have built all the fortifications!"

"What the hell?" Sun Kai was surprised. We were operating in secret, and we had never seen any Eighth Route Army scouts around us in all these days.

How could it be discovered?

Sun Kai rode his white horse to the front, picked up the telescope, looked for a long time and cursed,

"The Eighth Route Army's intelligence was so good that they even hid it from us."

After that, he said to the vanguard commander, "Bring your men and charge forward. How could our First Cavalry Brigade be afraid of a small local guerrilla force?"