Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Three days later, several regiments stationed in Taiyue Mountain left one after another, and Gu Changfeng also led his team to the location of the 386th Brigade, near Wangjiayu.

The main task of the 386th Brigade in this Hundred Regiments Campaign was to capture Yushe and destroy the Yuliao Highway. Of course, the strength of the 386th Brigade was definitely not enough, as it also had to cooperate with two regiments of the 385st Death Column and the th Brigade.

The enemy's arrangement in Yushe was not bad. Since Gu Changfeng came to this time and space, Yushe, which was originally guarded by the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the enemy, has now become the 16th Independent Brigade.

In terms of military strength, one battalion of Japanese troops and several hundred puppet troops were stationed in Yushe.

In terms of fortifications, in addition to using the sturdy buildings in the county town as the core of their defense, the Japanese also built 8 bunkers, equipped with heavy firepower such as mountain cannons, light and heavy machine guns, and grenade launchers. They also stored enough ammunition and food for one year.

This is a very tough nut to crack for the 386th Brigade.

However, since we have to fight, we have to chew this hard bone no matter how difficult it is. At this time, Brigade Commander Chen of the 386th Brigade is summoning officers at the regimental level to make the final pre-war deployment.

"Comrades, this time we will attack Yushe and split our forces into two groups. First, I will lead two regiments to capture the Japanese invaders' outer strongholds. This is an outpost set up by the devils. There are two squads of devils and one company of puppet troops."

"Secondly, Staff Officer Zhou will lead two main regiments to directly attack Yushe County."

They already knew the enemy's firepower and fortification deployment, so now it was just a matter of assigning tasks.

"Brigade Commander, let our 771st Regiment be responsible for attacking Yushe."

Regimental commander Xu Ji volunteered. Yushe was definitely a tough nut to crack, there was no doubt about that, and it would be best if the two main regiments of their 386th Brigade could do the job.

As soon as he said this, the two commanders of the First Decisive Death Column were unhappy. Commander Xiao Jun was the first to retort, "Brigade Commander Chen, we soldiers of the First Decisive Death Column have come fully prepared. We must be allowed to attack Yushe City."

"Old Xiao, that's not right. Our 386th Brigade is the main attacker, and you are the guests. How can we let the guests take the lead?"

Zhao Jiaqing, commander of the 386th Regiment of the 16th Brigade, began to chime in. It was obvious that no one wanted to miss out on this main attack mission.

After the three men said this, the other commander of the First Death Column naturally spoke up: "Old Zhao, this is not right. We are all from the Eighth Route Army. When fighting the Japanese, how can we treat them as guests or not?"

Well, a good pre-war deployment has turned into a meeting where everyone is competing for the main attack mission. This situation makes Brigade Commander Chen very troubled.

At this moment, a soldier on guard outside ran into the house and reported: "Report to the brigade commander, a group of people came outside, claiming to be from the Laiyuan Independent Brigade."

As soon as the warrior finished speaking, everyone shut up, their faces full of surprise.

The reputation of the independent brigade has spread throughout the country. The regimental commanders who developed in the Second War Zone naturally knew very well what the combat record of the Laiyuan Independent Brigade was. After all, the so-called main attack they were fighting for was nothing in the eyes of others.

"Please invite them in." Brigade Commander Chen finally reacted and spoke.

He knew that Brigade Commander Gu Changfeng would come, but after waiting for a few days without any movement, he made his own arrangements. He didn't expect him to arrive at this time.

People at his level were very clear about Gu Changfeng's secret joining, so he didn't treat Gu Changfeng as an outsider.

Four or five minutes later, Gu Changfeng entered the house alone. After a quick glance, his eyes stopped on a man wearing a khaki military uniform and glasses.

We are very familiar with this man Gu Changfeng. We have seen his photos in later generations. He is a founding lieutenant general of New China, and his military achievements throughout his life can be described as brilliant.

However, Brigade Commander Chen was less than 40 years old at this time. He looked very young, with bright eyes and a smile on his face that made him look very friendly.

When Brigade Commander Chen saw Gu Changfeng coming in, he stepped forward and shook Gu Changfeng's hand, smiling and saying, "Brigade Commander Gu, I've heard a lot about you!"

"Haha, Commander Chen, I've known you for a long time. Your deeds are a model for us younger generations to learn from."

Gu Changfeng looked a little excited and his speech became a little incoherent.

Fortunately, Brigadier General Chen didn't care too much. His eyes lingered on Gu Changfeng's face for a moment, and he said, "What the boss said is right. You are indeed too young. When I was your age, I was still in Huangpu."

Gu Changfeng was speechless. Many of these martyrs were from Huangpu Military Academy, so it was normal for them to be studying in their twenties. He was an outlier who was just benefiting from the fame of the martyrs.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Changfeng said, "Commander Chen, let's stop looking at each other. I see you're having a meeting. Can I sit in on it?"

He didn't consider himself an outsider. Before he came out, Commander Yang asked him to equip the 386th and 385th Brigades with heavy artillery, and he had not forgotten this task.

Staff officer Zhou Han also said at this time: "Brigade Commander, we are in a hurry, let's complete the combat deployment first!"

Brigadier General Chen nodded, pulled Gu Changfeng to his side, and then introduced him: "I believe everyone knows this legendary brigade commander, so I won't introduce him. Now he and his independent brigade have secretly joined our Eighth Route Army."

Since Gu Changfeng was here, he naturally had no reason to hide anything. Moreover, the people in front of him were all old men from the Red Fourth Party, so their loyalty was needless to say.

But his confirmation shocked several regimental commanders. The independent brigade had already had a brilliant record in Laiyuan, and later it even wiped out the entire 106th Division of the Japanese. They all knew it very well.

Brigade Commander Chen smiled and ignored them. He turned to introduce several regiment commanders to Gu Changfeng, and then talked about the task of taking Yuci and Liaoshe.

After listening to this, Gu Changfeng said directly: "The two battalions of the Japanese are not very strong, but when I just came in, I saw that the soldiers had a variety of guns in their hands. I estimate that your firepower is definitely far inferior to that of the Japanese."

Brigade Commander Chen nodded and said, "Aside from the four rocket launchers, the remaining heavy firepower consists of one flat-firing cannon and one mountain cannon. We don't have many machine guns either."

Gu Changfeng pondered for a moment and said, "I suggest that we take Yushe at a different time. I'll go out tomorrow and get you some heavy artillery."

The three regiments had just been sent out and had not achieved much in the battles, but fortunately the fifth and sixth regiments had been fighting against the Japanese, so his points were growing quite fast, and exchanging them for some heavy artillery was not a problem.

When Commander Chen heard what Gu Changfeng said, he immediately smiled and said, "That's great! I've been waiting for you to say that."

In fact, he had received a telegram from Commander Yang before, saying that Gu Changfeng would support heavy artillery for their 386th Brigade. He had been waiting and waiting, and finally waited until now.

Otherwise, he would have to sacrifice the lives of his soldiers to attack Yushe. His two regiments plus the two regiments of the 1st Death Column were still slightly insufficient in terms of manpower. Without a large number of soldiers to fill in, it would be impossible for him to defeat the two Japanese battalions and a thousand puppet troops.

But now he is not worried anymore. With heavy artillery, it is only a matter of time to take over Yushe.

In the following time, Brigade Commander Chen and Gu Changfeng discussed in detail how to capture Yushe and Liao County, but left several regiment commanders aside, which made them feel aggrieved.

Finally, the action was scheduled for tomorrow night.

Gu Changfeng's special forces team also got a mission to eliminate the Japanese strongholds on the periphery.