Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

"Brothers, come on!"

"The commander is waiting for our news."

"The bloodthirsty devils will not stop until they are dead! Come on, Suicide Squad!"

More than a dozen soldiers recalled the time when they watched the Japanese invaders slaughtering civilians and listened to their condemnations of crimes. Their courage surged and their adrenaline rushed.

They rushed into the trenches and communication trenches where the Japanese were located.

If you encounter a Japanese soldier in the communication trench, without saying a word, just shoot him in the temple or between the eyebrows. Kill him instantly.

Don't give the devils any time to react.

In the trenches ahead, the horse-tooth-shaped trenches can minimize the lateral damage caused by the explosion of the shells. They form intervals and relatively independent spaces.

However, an attack from behind is very advantageous.

The enemy in one section of the trench was attacked and killed, but the Japanese soldiers in other nearby trenches were not aware of it.

In order to avoid the artillery attack of Su Fei's troops, the Japanese army also evacuated its formation. There were not many Japanese troops hiding here in each trench's horse-tooth-shaped section. Even if the attackers were discovered in time, it was too late. There was no one left!

The Japanese were still mocking the Su Fei unit's poor shooting skills, not being able to fully cover the area, and just focusing on the west side of Gongzhufen. Haha. They didn't know that this was the Su Fei unit, and they had to create conditions for the suicide squad attackers to avoid accidental injuries.

"Here, have a cigarette."

There was a Japanese sergeant who warmly welcomed the attackers.

The attacker was wearing Japanese military uniform. Although unfamiliar, it was difficult to see clearly in the smoke and dust, and there was a lot of dust on his face.

As a result, the suicide squad felt embarrassed and couldn't refuse the cigarette, so they skipped the offer and chopped him to death with a knife.

"You..." Sergeant Guizhen interrupted his words in shock.

There were still three hundred Japanese soldiers chatting when they were hit by a grenade and all of them were killed.

He was not dead yet, and started to struggle: "Crazy, who the hell threw this around, ahhhh."

The suicide squad came up and stabbed them like rats with their bayonets.

You bastards, I tell you not to harm our Chinese people and bully our country.

After fighting for more than ten minutes, all the Japanese troops on Gongzhufen, including more than 100 Japanese soldiers and more than 200 puppet soldiers, were wiped out.

They are really just waiting to die, and they don't even know how they died.

This also included several soldiers who were asked by the Japanese army to carefully inspect their positions.

The Japanese army was not unaware of Su Fei's brutal methods and sent people to check the positions. However, they could not withstand the support of Su Fei's troops and artillery fire. When their artillery fire hit, many Japanese inspection troops were killed. They also believed that Su Fei's troops must be gone, otherwise, they would bomb their own people?

The suicide squad members did not check for the enemy, but instead fired flares.

As soon as the Su Fei troops saw the signal flare, they knew what was going on and stopped the shelling.

The suicide squad quickly seized the enemy's weapons and ammunition, and observed the enemy situation in the east.

Haha, enemy reinforcements are coming.

A Japanese infantry company.

When the Japanese approached the Gongzhufen position, they thought it was safe, and the original evacuation formation began to tighten, and they sent a signal using a walkie-talkie.

The radio was the one captured from the Japanese earlier, "Division Commander, the enemy has reached the east side of the high ground and is already densely packed."

Then fire away.

Boom, boom, boom, a volley of artillery shells went by, and a Japanese infantry company was blown to pieces, with corpses scattered all over the ground.

There are only a few Japanese soldiers left who are lucky enough to enter the trenches.

Then, under the guidance of the suicide squad, they continued to pursue and kill with artillery fire. In the end, only less than 20 Japanese soldiers were left.

The next task was given to the suicide squad. They went up to meet the remnants of the Japanese army, who were still in shock and were about to breathe a sigh of relief, but were dragged into the trenches and anti-artillery holes. Before they could express their gratitude, they were killed. The pistol was put to their temples, and even stuck into their mouths, and the trigger was pulled!

Enjoyable.

Gongzhufen became the burial place of the Japanese soldiers.

After receiving the report, Su Fei immediately sent more than 50 soldiers to reinforce them.

They hid in the trenches and anti-artillery holes.

At this time, the Japanese artillery group launched a retaliation.

The shells whizzed towards the west, continuously bombarding Su Fei's artillery position and the ruined stronghold where the garrison was stationed.

The Japanese artillery fire was very fierce.

New 81mm mortars, anti-tank guns, infantry guns, mountain guns, and even field cannons.

There are more than 20 courses in total.

The Su Fei position in the west was severely damaged.

There were potholes everywhere, the ruins of the stronghold were further crippled, and the suspicious villages on both sides were razed to the ground!

The battle lasted for half an hour. The unilateral attack was very satisfying. The Japanese commander, Lieutenant General Abu, had arrived on the city wall of Laiyuan County.

He risked being bombed in retaliation by Su Fei's troops, resolutely refused the guards' arrangements, and insisted on coming to observe.

Now, because of the defeat at Heiyagou, he was drafted into the reserve force.

It's just a huge shame.

The reserve force is equivalent to being expelled from the military. You, an active-duty officer, a general, are demoted to a militia squad leader.

However, due to his efforts, General Okamura gave him an opportunity to command the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade before returning to his country.

The time for revenge has come.

Therefore, the extremely cautious Lieutenant General Abu chose the magnetic tactic, sticking to the Sufei troops and communicating with the troops of the 26th Division at the same time. This two-pronged approach was to completely annihilate the Sufei troops and cut out the "Empire's constantly ulcerating appendix."

Previously, the Japanese army regarded Zhongtiao Mountain as the appendix of an ulcer and mobilized 100,000 heavy troops to launch the 14th offensive. Finally, the blitzkrieg was successful. Now, Su Fei's troops also enjoy this treatment.

However, Lieutenant General Abu's enthusiasm for shooting gradually cooled.

The battlefield is too cruel.

The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, and the artillery of Su Fei’s troops was disgusting.

Now, his troops had lost two infantry companies and a squad, a total of 400 people.

Including the Imperial Army, there are about 300 people.

This is a huge loss.

However, they finally confirmed the location of Su Fei's troops' artillery positions. Even if they were scattered, they would be discovered and basically located.

Now, he thought that the artillery had completely destroyed the artillery of Su Fei's troops, and he needed to force an attack.

If the 26th Division captured Linwu County from the west and then encircled Su Fei's troops, he would not be able to avenge his defeat.

Originally, it was a magnetic tactic, which was just to stick to it, but the loss of troops was too great, and it was impossible to report to Commander Gangcun.

"Infantry, cavalry, attack on all fronts!"

The troops were divided into three groups. One group took the main road directly and continued to attack Gongzhufen, while the other two groups went from both sides.

He believed that there could not be Su Fei's troops on Gongzhufen, and if there were, they would be very few, and they mainly relied on long-range artillery bombardment.

Now, the cannon is gone, and everything is over.

Three infantry squadrons attacked quickly.

As for the Imperial Army, Lieutenant General Abu thought they were in the way, stupid, and unnecessary.

Sure enough, this time, everything was calm and smooth.

A squadron of Japanese troops quickly entered Gongzhufen and raised the military flag.

A signal flare was sent to indicate a perfect recovery.

The battlefield was littered with corpses and no living people were to be seen.

Although there were many Japanese soldiers' bodies, there were also many from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

They didn't know that in order to attract and deceive them, the Su Fei troops here replaced some Japanese corpses with the uniforms of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Some Japanese soldiers' bodies were dragged into anti-artillery holes and buried.

Lieutenant General Abu issued an order for the Japanese squadron at Gongzhufen to abandon their positions, cross the high ground directly and continue westward.

Seeing the Japanese army advancing rapidly through the telescope, Lieutenant General Abu couldn't help but burst into tears. He personally led a cavalry squadron, plus a machine gun squadron and a baggage squadron, and assembled them from around the county town and marched westward.

An infantry battalion, plus the troops he currently commands, plus two artillery squadrons, that is, an artillery battalion, including 4 mountain guns, 4 infantry guns, and 2 field howitzers. The troops that Lieutenant General Abu can command are not large in number, but the composition is very reasonable and the firepower is extremely strong.

This is also the largest force that the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade can quickly mobilize.

After all, other troops have to garrison a large number of county towns and township strongholds and cannot be withdrawn for the time being.

Of course, the commander of the Japanese Army's 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade, Major General Kuroda, is also preparing new troops to participate in the war and is concentrating them. The plan is to have three infantry battalions!

It's four o'clock in the afternoon.

The three Japanese infantry squadrons quickly entered combat distance and were attacked by Su Fei's troops.

The troops, hidden in the tunnels and anti-artillery holes around the ruined stronghold, immediately responded to the order to attack without a single charge. Instead, they concentrated their fire. Over 30 light and heavy machine guns simultaneously fired fiercely. The Japanese troops, 300 meters away, had been prepared and their formation was already very dispersed, but they were still dealt a heavy blow. After a single round of fire, the infantry squadron of over 170 men in the center was reduced to a mere handful.

Su Fei was accustomed to blitzkrieg and surprise attacks.

Only by destroying the enemy as quickly as possible can we seize weapons and ammunition to the greatest extent possible and reduce our own losses. However, the Japanese weapons and equipment are obviously insufficient in firepower.

The firepower of the Japanese army without submachine guns was too weak compared to Su Fei's firepower standard.

There was not only machine gun fire, but also a volley of rifle fire.

Countless Japanese soldiers were beaten to death as soon as they saw the movement over there.

After the shooting, these troops immediately returned to the tunnels and anti-artillery holes and hid.

The Japanese army did not know that these troops had used simple methods to make periscopes and were observing them.

The Japanese soldiers were furious, gnashing their teeth and shooting immediately.

Machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars fired fiercely at that direction, which scared me.

The two infantry squadrons on the two wings fired rapidly.

They also sent troops to make a detour.

The Japanese army fought for a long time, but there was no movement!

So, the Japanese infantry led the artillery in the city to carry out a fierce bombardment on the suspicious positions.

Half an hour later, the Japanese stopped bombing and sent personnel to approach.

As soon as the flanking troops were deployed, they were wiped out by a burst of bullets from the west.

More than 30 Japanese soldiers were targeted by 5 machine guns and more than 20 rifles.

Instant kill.

The main forces of the two infantry companies of the Japanese main force have already charged forward.

They continued to shoot and charge, and finally occupied the ruins of the stronghold and the large trenches nearby.

However, on the west side, from a completely unexpected place, rows of machine guns and rifles appeared, and another storm broke out.

It turned out that Su Fei's troops had secretly moved to a place more than 300 meters to the west through the communication trench.

Anyway, Su Fei's troops who occupied the position were not idle in the area of ​​the ruins.

Although the Japanese army was well prepared and some of its troops had already advanced through communication trenches and coordinated with ground forces, they still suffered heavy casualties.

At least 150 Japanese casualties, almost another infantry company.

The Japanese troops had to stop and rely on trenches and communication trenches to protect themselves.

Of course, the Japanese army also retaliated frantically.

However, after a burst of crazy sweeps, Su Feijun had already hidden himself.

The Japanese army's bullets, especially the light and heavy machine gun fire, were almost completely wasted.

Then continue to use grenade launchers and mortars.

The Japanese army also called in heavy artillery fire from inside the city to bombard it fiercely.

Around five o'clock, the sky began to darken, not only because the daylight hours were shorter in winter, but also because the clouds were turning to overcast.

Visibility is much lower.

Lieutenant General Abu felt mixed emotions, helpless and angry.

Isn’t this a replica of the battle of Heiyagou?

Su Fei's army was incredibly cunning, their attacks were frequent. It was already dark, wasn't it time for them to take advantage of the situation and cause trouble?

Abe's intuition made him choose a fierce attack!

Artillery bombardment and soldiers charging, after half an hour of fighting, they discovered Su Feijun's new positions and communication trenches, and there were endless anti-artillery holes. The lieutenant general decisively ordered the main force to retreat.

Along the way, they gathered up the wounded and the discarded weapons and ammunition and retreated.

The Japanese army's supply company, equipped with horses and trucks, could transport wounded soldiers and weapons and ammunition very well.

However, the Japanese army also had a habit of transporting the bodies of those who died in battle back home.

Therefore, when the Japanese vanguard launched a fierce attack, the rest of the troops had already started to get busy, transporting corpses, wounded soldiers, supplies and so on back.

He also dispatched the Imperial Army to serve as cannon fodder and fight on the front line.

The Japanese army was in a panic and finally returned.

Lieutenant General Abu's retreat was painful because it was difficult to inflict heavy damage on Su Fei's army and avenge his defeat.

However, for the safety of the Japanese army, he retreated, reflecting the instinctive qualities of a professional officer.

"Sakata-kun, you need to stay and take your soldiers with you. Lurk on the ground and attack the enemy. You must disguise yourself as the Su Fei Army. Remember, you are the elite of the empire and are not afraid of death. Not only must you attack the enemy, but you must also provide targets for our artillery fire."

One of the reasons why Lieutenant General Abu retreated was that he wanted to retaliate by using assassination tactics to deal with Su Feijun.

Captain Sakata led more than 50 Japanese soldiers, divided into several small teams, and lurked in the position, hoping to approach the enemy at night or blend into Su Fei's advancing troops.

When the time comes, they will start a massacre.

Unfortunately, they missed the opportunity.

Su Feiju, you have not sent any troops to track and pursue, and enter the source county.

Two hours later, the troops led by Captain Sakata could only take the initiative to attack to the west and lie in ambush.

Moreover, they successfully broke into some of Su Fei’s army’s positions!

They killed many people and slaughtered more than 20 officers and soldiers of Su Fei Army.

But in the end, they were all wiped out.

Most of them were killed when they approached the position. Since Su Feijun was able to attack the enemy, he must also guard against enemy attacks and formulated strict measures.

On the battlefield, unless there is a clear request, ordinary people are not allowed to move. Anyone who moves and does not actively say the secret code command from a distance will be shot without saying a word.

As for later, these remnants of the Japanese army continued to expand after their success and were discovered.

Su Fei did not send troops to attack, but waited for the opportunity.

More than 60 officers and soldiers lurking at Gongzhufen have been dispatched!