Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and was forced to retreat.

They found that Su Fei's troops had much stronger firepower than them and they were unable to resist at all.

Lieutenant Colonel Nagayama ordered the radio to report to his superiors, requesting air force bombing, and then retreated with the guard troops.

retreat?

It was not that easy. Su Fei's artillery extended the firing and chased the Japanese soldiers. More than fifty Japanese soldiers were killed on the way of retreat.

Su Fei sent more than 100 soldiers out of the trenches to chase the enemy and attract their attention. The artillery continued to fire and blew up the enemy.

After the Japanese army retreated several hundred meters and was still on the move, Su Fei issued an attack order to the more than 50 officers and soldiers lurking there.

"Yes, attack immediately!" The deputy company commander over there agreed, and soon, 15 light machine guns, 5 grenade launchers, and other rifles, etc., faced the Japanese troops with a fierce strafing and bombing. The crossed machine gun fire was like a sickle, cutting through the Japanese infantry groups, cavalry, and baggage soldiers.

The Japanese troops were caught off guard and fell one after another.

In just half a minute, more than 300 people were lost.

It was an almost devastating blow.

Su Fei's artillery continued to bombard the Japanese army, making it impossible for them to assemble and they could only disperse and shed blood all the way.

The road, which was more than 3000 meters long, was littered with corpses.

A large amount of Japanese artillery, heavy machine guns, ammunition, etc. were lost along the way.

By the time the Japanese troops escaped to a safe area, there were only more than 130 people left.

This is an infantry battalion.

The Japanese battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Nagayama, was so angry that he drew his sword and committed suicide.

The remaining Japanese troops, led by a squadron leader, continued to retreat.

At this point, the Japanese army besieged an infantry regiment and some other affiliated units of Su Fei's troops, and almost wiped out the entire army.

After the battle, Su Feijun counted his 900-man army and found that more than 280 people were killed or seriously injured in two large-scale battles, which accounted for one-third of the total.

Reduce positions and troops.

After the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the thoughts of all officers and soldiers changed.

They all strongly advocated not moving eastward or breaking out.

I really don't want to go east and away from my hometown.

Anyway, after seeing so many dead bodies, I have become indifferent to life and death. At worst, we can continue to hold on and wait for the Japanese to come, and then fight to the death. That's it.

The seizure of a large number of weapons and ammunition further strengthened Su Fei's belief in this idea.

I can’t take them away, there are too many.

It would be a pity to just blow up the enemy's artillery and leave.

How come our equipment is so extravagant?

The number of troops in a battalion of Su Fei's army is more than 600. In addition to the original artillery and light and heavy machine guns, it has an additional Japanese infantry regiment and reinforced auxiliary troops, which is the size of a tank squadron.

4 mountain guns, 2 field guns, 6 infantry guns, 6 anti-tank guns, 65 mortars, 25 machine guns...

Basically, Su Fei's entire army became an artillery battalion!

Everyone feels that there are not enough people.

Inform the 358th Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the situation again and request reinforcements. It is not a pity for us to die, but it would be a shame if these spoils were discarded again.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army also announced that it would send reinforcements.

The Independent Regiment said that the Eighth Route Army and local armed forces in Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei would provide reinforcements!

It's no wonder that we soon discovered a small group of unidentified armed forces conducting reconnaissance around us.

Su Fei immediately sent cavalry to conduct reconnaissance and contact, and it turned out to be the nearby county brigade.

More than 30 people, but only 4 rifles, made in Hanyang style!

Five pistols, three of which are simple, one-shot pistols that can only hold one bullet at a time! Come here, come here quickly, a .38 rifle and a 38-caliber rifle for each of you!

The county brigade was very happy.

Come quickly. Su Fei got the news and rode his horse to contact the county captain, requesting him to immediately recruit more civilian anti-Japanese armed forces or ordinary people to join the army.

More than thirty fine horses were given to them to ride.

An hour later, more than 500 people gathered in the south and more than 300 people gathered in the east. They quickly merged with Su Fei's troops. The veterans led the new recruits, familiarized themselves with the performance of their weapons, and prepared for battle.

Then, more ordinary people came spontaneously. They had been expelled from their homes by the Japanese army. When they heard about the war, they came back after the fighting was over. There were no Japanese anymore anyway, so they were told the news.

More than 5000 civilians, even some women and children, came, demanding weapons and asking to join the army!

Su Fei agreed decisively.

Nearly 7,000 soldiers and civilians used the enemy's weapons and ammunition to fight the enemy to the end.

Guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, positional warfare, no matter what, now it is to make full use of the weapons!

While they were training, they were also stepping up the excavation of fortifications. The fortifications dug by the Japanese could also be used as they were ready-made.

The veterans quickly educated the new recruits.

In troubled times, these people have strong combat awareness and capabilities, but they lack weapons and ammunition!

Three hours later, Su Fei's troops were fully equipped.

A Japanese cavalry squad of more than 40 people came to conduct reconnaissance.

When they had just entered a distance of more than 500 meters, the Japanese army was still watching. Suddenly, a burst of gunfire came from their side and rear. Some Su Fei soldiers and civilians aimed their rifles accurately, killing the Japanese soldiers in groups and knocking them off their horses.

The Japanese soldiers fell like leaves, struggled for a while, and then disappeared.

Then, the Japanese army began to surround them from all sides.

Trucks carrying groups of Japanese troops rushed over from a distance.

This is the Japanese outer infantry regiment, coming to besiege us.

The Japanese First Army's Headquarters, Yoshio Kozuka's Headquarters, and the North China Front Army's Headquarters both received the news that Colonel Inoue had been killed in battle and the entire army had been annihilated. They were shocked and furious, and could not contain their rage!

They frantically mobilized troops to reinforce, including several guard teams, all the Japanese and puppet troops' strongholds in the surrounding area, and the scattered garrisons of several security divisions. In just a few hours, they had gathered more than 5000 elite Japanese troops and more than 7000 puppet troops.

The puppet army's First and Third Armies in North China also accelerated their advance.

Several Japanese troops stationed in Hebei also rushed over.

The Japanese army also dispatched planes to airdrop the commander of the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade of the First Army, Lieutenant General Commander Abu, to the front line to unify the command of all troops.

During the call, Lieutenant General Abu vowed to annihilate the Su Fei unit and avenge Colonel Inoue, Colonel Kuranaga and Colonel Iwagami, and Colonel Gao Wuxun.

Yoshio Kozuka also complained to Commander Okamura that if it weren't for the policy of inducing surrender, he would have taken down the troublemaker Su Fei long ago.

Okamura scolded him severely.

"Our army will launch a special large-scale sweep. The goal is to eliminate Su Fei's forces."

A steady stream of Japanese and puppet troops advanced towards Heiyagou, north of Fancheng. The Japanese army planned to mobilize 25,000 Japanese troops and 20,000 Imperial Army troops within three days to completely surround and kill Su Fei's troops, leaving no one alive!

After Lieutenant General Abu arrived at the front line, he set up an encirclement, dispatched reconnaissance troops, and gave orders to the troops to implement the Three Alls Policy. Okamura's moderate policy was not applicable here!