Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

Su Fei's army won the night battle.

On the western front where the main force of the Japanese army was located, the troops were defeated, and the Japanese troops in other directions also retreated quickly, fearing that the Chinese army would infiltrate among them.

Several brave Japanese soldiers who attempted a sneak attack were shot through the bodies by bullets in the darkness as soon as they moved out.

In all directions, officers and soldiers of Su Fei's troops came out from the trenches and secretly kept a close eye on the enemy.

After fleeing for more than 800 meters, the Japanese army stabilized and formed a new front line, lurking in the dark. Anyone who came over, regardless of friend or foe, was shot and killed. After accidentally killing dozens of Japanese soldiers, they stopped the whereabouts of Su Fei's night attack team members.

However, a very small number of night attack team members had already left the artillery positions and launched attacks on other Japanese troops.

The Japanese army suffered a crushing defeat in this battle.

At the same time, Su Fei's troops broke through the two groups of troops outside and began to attack and infiltrate the outer perimeter of the Japanese army, easily breaking through the Japanese defense line. The Japanese defense was also very tight at night. However, Su Fei's troops on the outside launched an attack on the Japanese army, and artillery and machine gun fire attracted the Japanese army. During the battle between the two sides, the noise was noisy, visibility was extremely low, and it was very chaotic. Some officers and soldiers of Su Fei's army quietly infiltrated.

This is a typical night combat infiltration tactic.

No matter how powerful the Japs are, once they penetrate, their defense line will collapse!

It's worth it no matter what the cost.

No matter how fierce the Japanese army was, who wouldn't panic when they found out that there were enemies moving around behind them in the darkness, launching sneak attacks and shooting?

During the infiltration, Su Fei's outer troops also paid a heavy price and were ambushed and shot by the Japanese army.

However, once the fish that slipped through the net entered, they cut off the Japanese army's retreat and counterattacked the Japanese army, creating some gaps, and the infiltration troops entered on a large scale.

After half an hour of fighting, the Japanese army's defense line of intercepting guards on the periphery collapsed. In the chaos, there were heavy casualties. The Japanese army was forced to retreat and joined Lieutenant General Abu's troops.

This was the situation on the Western Front.

The battle lasted until three o'clock in the morning. Su Fei's army's peripheral infiltration troops were omnipresent and had penetrated into most of the Japanese troops. There was a hot war outside and a cold war inside. The infiltration troops launched fierce assassination attacks on the Japanese troops.

Under such circumstances, the Japanese army's superb shooting skills and formation combinations were all useless. They entered a brand new world of battle, feeling unfamiliar and frightened.

At first, the Japanese army could use passwords to identify the target, but the infiltration troops soon heard the answer, and the Japanese army was at its wit's end.

At 3:30, after waking up, Lieutenant General Abu decisively ordered a retreat.

In such a chaotic battle, the Japanese army's strengths cannot be brought into play at all.

After shouting, the Japanese army made various contacts and retreated.

But how could Su Fei's infiltration team let you go?

After going through so much trouble to infiltrate and sneak in, how can we give up our victory?

They also followed the Japanese army.

Constantly assassinating and attacking the devils.

This is the most ferocious agent attack.

Close combat.

I'll come to you and fight you with bayonets and hand-to-hand combat!

The Japanese army retreated hastily, abandoning a large number of wounded soldiers and weapons and ammunition.

They avoided interception by Su Fei's outer forces on the western front and retreated to the northwest or southwest.

The problem is that their organization is in chaos and their structure has collapsed. They are just a group of defeated soldiers.

Lieutenant General Abu retreated safely under the siege of his personal guard.

After dawn, he found that there were only a few soldiers left by his side, and the other officers and soldiers were gone.

Looking through the telescope, we saw corpses and blood over there.

The troops he had gathered were dispersed again.

Lieutenant General Abu, who was extremely grief-stricken and angry, dictated the contents and asked his personal staff to write down his confession and lessons learned. He then telegraphed it to Commander Yoshio Shinozuka, Commander of the First Army, and ordered all attacking troops to return immediately. He then went to a small cliff and committed suicide with a sword.

First, he cut his face with a saber to show that he was too embarrassed to face anyone.

However, the guards quickly stepped forward to intercept him and saved his life.

In fact, at night, the peripheral personnel of Su Fei's troops, about two thousand people, further mobilized the surrounding civilians, and the number increased to four or five thousand people, launching an all-round attack on the Japanese troops surrounding Heiyagou.

The Japanese troops on the outer lines were overwhelmed.

After dawn, the Japanese regiment commander received orders from Yoshio Shinozuka of the First Army and led the remaining troops to retreat.

In Heiyagou, the Japanese and puppet troops retreated.

Su Fei's inner and outer line troops merged.

Su Fei walked out of the air-raid shelter and saw the tragic bombing scene around him and the dense corpses in the distance. He was filled with emotion. After ordering the battlefield to be cleaned up, he left quickly.

However, some flags of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were planted on the air-raid shelter in Heiyagou.

So, where to transfer to?

The veterans suggested returning to northwest Shanxi, especially the people of Baijia Town and Wanjia Town.

Finally, at the suggestion of local officers, soldiers and people, he led his troops to move forward.

Thousands of captured guns and ammunition were given to the locals.

After a hard battle, Su Fei's army was reduced to more than 400 people out of the original 900 people.

Upon learning that Su Fei was going to advance into the Hengshan area to conduct guerrilla warfare and continue fighting the Japanese, the heads of more than a dozen county brigades and underground party leaders, after consultation, sent a force of one thousand people to join Su Fei's advance column and gave him all the light mortars and artillery shells.

They received news that Su Fei's troops were very special, and their superiors instructed them to support Su Fei.

Just after setting off, Su Fei's troops received reinforcements from another troop, Sun Desheng.

Company Commander Sun Desheng led his cavalry across thousands of miles to reinforce Su Fei.

In addition, there was also a regimental-level cadre who came, Deputy Regiment Commander Xing Zhiguo.

"You actually won?" Sun Desheng and Xing Zhiguo were extremely surprised. They had originally planned to use a cavalry company to suddenly attack the enemy's main force from behind when Su Fei's troops were fighting hard. In the early morning or at night, a cavalry company could easily kill hundreds or thousands of enemies and lift the siege of Su Fei's Heiyagou.

Su Fei introduced the situation.

Of course, some situations were told by some comrades from the county brigade who had just joined their own troops and who participated in the peripheral battles.

Xing Zhiguo and Sun Desheng were stunned for a long time: "Is this how positional warfare is fought? If the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had fought like this from the beginning, the Japanese wouldn't have been able to enter Shanxi, right?"

Su Fei immediately appointed Xing Zhiguo as deputy commander of the column and Sun Desheng as commander of the cavalry unit.

In the Battle of Heiyagou, Su Fei's troops successively annihilated and defeated four Japanese infantry regiments, almost an entire division!

Annihilate Colonel Inoue's regiment, completely wipe it out.

Three infantry battalions were annihilated, one was severely damaged, and the second infantry regiment was severely damaged.

Under Lieutenant General Abu's command, an infantry regiment was severely damaged for the first time, and another one was severely damaged in the battle last night.

Of course, there were also other artillery squadrons, supply battalions, and so on of the Japanese army.

The seizure was unusually large.

In addition to leaving them to the local county brigade and guerrillas, they also had 40 mortars, 2 infantry guns, and 2 mountain guns. The remaining dozens of medium and large artillery pieces were left to the local troops.

They also captured over a thousand military horses.

Now, Su Fei's army accelerated its advance eastward to avoid enemy retaliation.

After they left, the Japanese army of course retaliated. The bombers bombed Hei Ya Gou again. This time, a large number of poison gas bombs were released. The Japanese army's independent heavy artillery regiment also drove here. From 5000 meters away, dozens of heavy and medium artillery with calibers of 105, 155, and 203 mm bombarded Hei Ya Gou for an hour.

Ahhhhhh.

Eighth Route Army, Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, you bastards, I want you all dead!

It is said that the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Kozuka, personally flew in to supervise the battle and his face turned green with anger.

Because he was severely scolded by Commander-in-Chief Okamura Yasuji.

The Independent Mixed Brigade, the Security Corps, the Garrison, and twenty thousand Japanese troops were dispatched to besiege Heiyagou. And a small force of a thousand men, led by Su Fei, was so utterly defeated? And it nearly cost Lieutenant General Abu his life? Baka, commit suicide.

If Yoshio Shinozuka hadn't had a good attitude and insisted on not committing suicide, the Japanese army would have suffered even more tragedies and fun because of Su Fei.

A few days later, Su Fei's troops arrived at Wangjia Village, not far from Hengshan. To the northeast lay Guangling, and to the southeast lay Lingqiu. This was a complex intertwining of forces, with the Japanese holding the dominant position. The county seat and major towns were occupied by the Eighth Route Army, other armed forces, the government-controlled militia, and the legitimate Nationalist army, each with its own base. Various battles and frictions were intense.

While resting in the small mountain village of Wangjiacun, Su Fei asked Xing Zhiguo to be responsible for daily management, mainly to carry out regularization and political education for the entire army. This unit, under the banner of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, was actually the Eighth Route Army system.

A combined battalion of more than 2,000 troops was established.

The company was expanded to be equivalent to a squadron in the Japanese army.

A cavalry company of 220 men, a heavy artillery company of 220 men, a light artillery company of 220 men, a machine gun company of 220 men, an engineering company of 220 men, and a supply company of 220 men are called main combat special forces.

The rest of the troops, the second part, were converted into infantry units, infantry companies one to four.

The third part includes auxiliary forces: logistics company, medical company, communications company, etc.

The firepower is fierce and the organization is perfect.

A force of 2,000 people is called a battalion, which is low-key and reduces the target.

They need rest, training and adaptation.

Since it was the banner of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, they sent a telegram to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, requesting reinforcements and telling them about their experiences on the way eastward. Qian Boxun had been sacrificed and the troops had suffered heavy losses. Thanks to the reinforcements and supplements from the local Eighth Route Army guerrillas and the county brigade, they managed to survive.

Reinforcements from the 358th Regiment also arrived soon.

They were only a day and a half behind Sun Desheng's troops.

Moreover, it was a mixed battalion of more than 600 people mainly composed of cavalry led by the chief of staff of the 358th Regiment, Fang Ligong. When they arrived near Heiyagou, they encountered the retaliatory troops sent by the Japanese army. After a fierce battle, they barely escaped. After waiting for the telegram news, they took a detour without stopping and finally joined Su Fei's troops.

At this time, due to battle losses and disappearances on the road, only 200 of the more than 600 elite troops of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were left.

"Brother Su Fei!" When he saw Su Fei, he first shook hands with him, then hugged him and burst into tears.

Fang Ligong led his troops on an expedition, going through untold hardships and escaping many dangers.

He recounted to Su Fei the hardships and dangers his troops had experienced along the way. They had indeed been intercepted many times by the Japanese and puppet troops, especially the battle north of Heiyagou, which was very thrilling.

After settling Fang Ligong's troops, Su Fei and several officers told Fang Ligong about their own experiences.

what?

you?

you?

Fang Ligong blushed.

Compared with Su Fei's troops, what they experienced was nothing compared to what they experienced and was not worth mentioning.

Su Fei spoke frankly and was betrayed and sold out by Qian Boxun. However, he defended Qian Boxun in a telegram to his superiors and also maintained the reputation of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

To prove it, he also asked Qian Boxun's people who stayed at that time to come out and speak.

Fang Ligong was deeply moved.

"This was our mistake. We thought we could help you, but we almost killed you."

Su Fei appointed Fang Ligong as chief of staff.

Fang Ligong gladly obeyed the order.

Compared with Su Fei, his long military career is really insignificant. He is gaining experience while others are risking their lives.

Su Fei convened a military meeting and expanded the meeting to the classroom. Several people restored and explained the entire process of the Battle of Heiyagou, summarizing the experience and lessons learned to improve the quality of the officers in the army.

When the performance of weapons is comparable, positional warfare is possible, but it must combine internal and external lines. Positional warfare must have anti-artillery holes and air-raid shelters, as well as biological and chemical defenses.

We must attach importance to and build up a strong infiltration force, be good at infiltrating the enemy's flanks and rear and carrying out cold attacks, be good at using penetration tactics, and combine positional warfare with mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare.

Also, no matter what our origins or identities are, we must work together, unite as one, and resolutely crack down on the traitorous acts of treason and surrender to the enemy. Therefore, we must immediately establish a strict internal review and confidentiality system and organization.

Within a few days, Su Fei's troops established contact with the surrounding Eighth Route Army, the National Army, and local armed forces.

Strictly speaking, this unit was formed after the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army suffered a major defeat in Shanxi. Its main force retreated to the northwest of Shanxi, and its influence in southern and central Shanxi also shrank rapidly. This time, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was expanding.

Originally, they would have been resisted by many parties. However, because of the Battle of Heiyagou, Su Fei's troops became famous and were warmly welcomed by all parties. As long as they could beat the Japanese and relieve everyone's pressure, why not do it?

Moreover, Su Fei’s troops were both the National Army in name and the Eighth Route Army in reality. Who would openly oppose them?

Ten days later, the integration of the troops had come to an end, and Su Fei suggested attacking Linwu County.

Why are they so anxious? Because Su Fei's troops, the Jinsui Army's Jindong Combined Battalion, have more than 2,000 people and need a large amount of military rations and supplies. How can a few small mountain villages provide these things?

Supplies must be obtained.

There was almost no need for intelligence reconnaissance. Xing Zhiguo's relationships were clearly known from the underground party and the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. As for more macro-level intelligence, Xing Zhiguo consulted the local Eighth Route Army, and Fang Ligong consulted the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the National Army system.

Su Fei's troops, with their powerful background and firepower, quickly surrounded Linwu County.

Unexpectedly, the commander of the Japanese garrison sent someone out to challenge!