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

"Send them a telegram, tell them that the Japanese are likely to retreat, and ask them to block their retreat for at least an hour."

Luanyun Mountain in the north of Jing County, beyond which is Ping County, where the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment's blocking positions are located.

In the headquarters, Ding Wei was holding the telegram from the independent brigade, with a variety of expressions on his face. He did not speak for a long time.

Li Yunlong couldn't understand the content of the telegram. Seeing that Ding Wei didn't say anything for a long time, he became anxious.

"Old Ding, what on earth does the telegram say? Why don't you say a word? Are you trying to drive me, Old Li, crazy?"

Ding Wei finally reacted, and after calming down, he said,

"Old Li, the telegram from the Independent Battalion said that the 39th Brigade is likely to retreat soon. We must block the enemy's retreat to Pingxian for at least an hour!"

"Who the hell are you looking down on? Our two regiments have more than 3500 people. Can't we stop the Japanese for an hour?"

Li Yunlong never knew what fear was. Whenever he had to fight the Japanese, his blood would boil.

"That's not right, Old Ding. The Japanese just arrived at Wujiapo yesterday. Why are they retreating today? Did the headquarters arrange a large force to support them?"

Ding Wei explained, "No, the telegram briefly said that the 39th Brigade arranged the 78th Regiment and the Second Japanese Cavalry Brigade to surround the Independent Battalion from the south of Jing County.

As a result, they were completely wiped out by the independent brigade near Zhoujia Village in the south of Jing County.

The battle of Wujiapo lasted for a whole morning, and the Second Japanese Infantry Division was completely wiped out. It was normal for Guan Yuanliu of the 39th Brigade to run away after seeing this situation! "

Li Yunlong was shocked by Ding Wei's words. He stuttered, "Old...Old Ding, you...you didn't lie to me?"

"I say, Lao Li, what kind of friendship do we have as brothers? Besides, can I talk nonsense about what happened on the battlefield?"

Ding Wei said unhappily.

Li Yunlong forced himself to sit on the chair and murmured, "8000 Japanese soldiers plus 2 traitors, it only took one morning to kill more than half of them.

How powerful is the firepower of this independent brigade? How elite are their soldiers? "

Seeing Li Yunlong's distraught look, Ding Wei patted his shoulder and consoled him.

"Old Li, don't think too much. No matter how powerful the independent brigade is, it is still part of our Eighth Route Army. You should be happy!"

"Of course I'm happy, but a little bit..."

"It's a bit confusing, isn't it?" Ding Wei smiled. "The backbone of the independent brigade is from Dawangzhuang. If you had accepted them into the New 1st Regiment,

Maybe all these battles are fought by you, Li Yunlong, and all these weapons and equipment are yours!"

This is what Li Yunlong thought, but unfortunately it is useless to think about it now.

"Alright, Old Ding, I've seen it all. Even when I brought Wang Ye and the others into the New 1st Regiment, it was to help you, Old Ding.

Now let's think about how to hold off the Japanese for an hour. Sekigahara Roku's troops still have more than 1 men.

We have to fight hard when we retreat, we are under a lot of pressure!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he pulled Ding Wei to the battlefield.

After the headquarters received the battle report sent by Zhao Gang, everyone in the communications department looked at each other in bewilderment.

Isn't this just a story? The Japanese were not made of clay. No matter how weak the Japanese were, more than 2 people were not so easy to kill.

The Chief of Staff came in and looked at everyone in the Communications Department, and asked curiously, "What's going on?"

The head of the communications department handed over the telegram, "Chief of Staff, take a look, this is the battle report sent by Zhao Gang, the political commissar of the independent brigade!"

The Chief of Staff snatched it away. He would come to the Communications Department from time to time these past two days to see if there were any telegrams from the Independent Battalion.

God knows how terrifying it was for the independent battalion to face the encirclement and suppression of more than 3 Japanese and puppet troops. The chief of staff was so worried that he couldn't sleep well at night.

But Wang Ye didn't want any support. The two regiments sent by the headquarters were arranged to block the Japanese's retreat and did not participate in the front battle at all.

After reading the battle report, the chief of staff immediately went out and rushed to the headquarters.

"Good news, Boss!"

The Chief of Staff shouted before he even entered the door.

The boss woke up from his deep thoughts, looked at the chief of staff who came in with a beaming face and said with a smile,

"My great Chief of Staff, I haven't seen a smile on your face for several days. What makes you so happy?"

The chief of staff handed over the battle report, "The independent battalion won a great victory!"

The boss was shocked, took the battle report and read it, then asked in confusion,

"Have the contents of this battle report been verified?"

"Not yet!"

The general handed the battle report to the division commander and said, "We have wiped out more than 2 people in one morning. Are you kidding me?"

The smile on the chief of staff's face faded a little, and he said with some disbelief, "Wang Ye and his men wouldn't do that. The strength of the independent brigade is indeed much stronger than our other troops.

Besides, as the political commissar, Zhao Gang can’t lie, right?”

"My great chief of staff, don't you see what the battle report says? The total number of the 78th Regiment of the Japanese and the First Cavalry Brigade of the puppet army was 1.2, but they were wiped out in just one morning.

The independent battalion only dispatched three infantry squadrons with 3000 men. What a disparity.

What's more, these 1.2 people were completely wiped out, and they only sacrificed more than 300 people. This loss ratio is even more frightening.

If I submit this battle report, do you think the leaders above will believe it?"

The chief of staff finally came to his senses from the surprise, "Boss, although there are some problems with the battle report, I don't think Wang Ye and Zhao Gang dare to lie to the headquarters about their military exploits.

How about I go over there and see for myself what's going on?"

The boss pondered for a long time, "Then the chief of staff will trouble you to make a trip. The battle of the Jingxian Independent Battalion in the past few days has indeed had a great impact!"

When the Chief of Staff set out with his guards, Sekigahara Roku was asking Tenghara Nakayoshi for support.

At the 20th Division Headquarters in Ping County, Tengyuan Zhongji looked at the telegram in his hand and felt that Guan Yuanlu was joking with him. He led a Type A division.

A brigade with more than 2 Imperial Army soldiers could not defeat a local guerrilla force, and was beaten like this.

"Bagayaru, Sekigahara Roku is considered an excellent commander of the Empire, why did the battle turn out like this?

He will be court-martialed for his failures!"

Chief of Staff Uchida Ginnosuke looked at the telegram in his hand and advised, "General Tengyuan, whether you want to let Major General Sekigahara Roku go to a military court or let him commit suicide by seppuku,

We must all find a way to rescue them. We can't just watch the entire 39th Brigade be wiped out!"

"Save? How to save?"

Tengyuan Zhongji shouted, "We don't even know how many Tubalu troops are entrenched in Jing County.

That idiot Sekigahara Roku said that the enemy had at least one artillery regiment, and also a large number of mortars and light and heavy machine guns.

We only have one brigade and subordinate troops, with a total of 1.3 people.

Are we going to give up the vast area around Ping County, which the Empire conquered with great difficulty? "