Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

Su Fei's company went into hiding in Beishan.

Carrying the canteens captured from the Japanese, all filled with water, as well as dry food, etc., 42 people went into ambush.

For safety reasons, they surveyed the terrain on the North Mountain, dug individual pits, and took good concealment measures. Each soldier made a camouflaged ghillie suit out of vines, and even transplanted grass from other places near the individual pits.

When setting up the ambush point, Su Fei and others set up 8 hiding places, with 5 people in each place, equipped with long and short guns. After they were ready, they immediately lay in ambush.

They also set up secret codes, gestures and codes to communicate with each other.

The daytime and the nighttime are all different.

Su Fei also wrote down his concerns and sent a soldier to give it to Captain Kong Jie to remind him to be careful.

We also agreed with Captain Kong Jie that if the Japanese army really launched a surprise attack, we would agree on where to attack, what means to use, and what countermeasures to adopt.

Captain Kong Jie's extreme self-confidence and impatience with Su Fei's suggestions left Su Fei helpless.

The first day is over.

Safe and sound.

The next day passed without fighting.

The third day passed again. Everything was fine!

On the morning of the fourth day, Captain Kong Jie could no longer tolerate it and sent someone to inform Su Fei to end the alert!

Su Fei's company also had complaints.

Especially the translator, he was fat and was bitten by mosquitoes and flies, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Company Commander, we can't be fooled by those bastards from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. They're talking so ridiculously. Could it be that they've been ambushed by the Japanese?"

"Captain, this isn't a solution. How about we retreat? The Independent Regiment is so elite. Even if the Japanese attack, with only 80 men, not even a full squadron, how can we defeat them?"

Su Fei was angry: "Shut up! Assisting the Independent Regiment in defending against the enemy's special forces' sneak attack was not only my idea, but also approved by the brigade commander. The enemy is not only attacking the Independent Regiment, but also our Eighth Route Army headquarters. For the safety of our comrades and the safety of the headquarters, can we be afraid of hardship?"

All the cadres and soldiers immediately suppressed their dissatisfaction and blamed the translator for taking the lead in making trouble and deceiving everyone.

The translator was so frightened that he dared not say a word.

Su Fei personally met with Captain Kong Jie and suggested that he must not neglect it at all. At least one platoon of troops should be placed on Nanshan Mountain and rotated every day to reduce the workload.

Captain Kong Jie laughed it off and agreed readily.

However, the troops he sent to garrison secretly on the peak of Nanshan Mountain were actually only one squad!

Su Fei didn't know that Captain Kong Jie did this, and even if he knew, he couldn't say anything. Now, even he began to doubt it!

Are the Japanese really not coming?

The fourth day passed.

The fifth day is over!

The sixth day is over!

On the seventh day, at night, Regimental Commander Kong Jie personally went to the North Mountain: "Captain Su, no, Comrade Su Fei, you are so stubborn! You are such a man! In fact, you don't need to do this at all. We can arrange for people to hide at the entrance of the mountain pass and block the pass. Even if the enemy climbs from the mountain peak, our checkpoints can stop them and put them in a dilemma! I admire your kindness to our independent regiment, your loyalty to the headquarters, and your seriousness in your work. Really, let me emphasize one last time, if the Japanese really come, even if they are easily wiped out by our independent regiment, I am willing to step down and swap jobs with you."

Several officers of the special forces company, nominally platoon leaders but actually squad leaders, also took the opportunity to mutter, "Company Commander, how about we obey the organization and the orders of our superior, Regimental Commander Kong?"

Su Fei gritted his teeth and said, "How about this, we lie in ambush for one night. If it doesn't work, we'll cancel the mission!"

After leaving Beishan, Regiment Commander Kong Jie said with emotion to the other independent regiment cadres who followed him: "Everyone says I am a fool. I must stick to what I have decided. Now, there are people who are even more foolish than me!"

Inspired by Su Fei, Captain Kong Jie dispatched the disbanded Nanshan ambush force again, and increased it to two squads with more than 20 people.

He also opened the passage on the east side, allowing the guard troops to keep their distance, leaving only a few sentries to attract the attention of the Japanese.

In the middle of the night, gunshots suddenly rang out in the valley!

Fierce gunfire.

All of them were bursts of fire, dense bursts of fire.

The sound of gunfire was very strange. It was neither Type 38, nor Hanyang, nor Zhongzheng, nor Type 97, but... a single-shot burst from a submachine gun?

Then, the entire independent regiment camp rang out a cry of alarm: "Quick, the enemy is attacking, the enemy, the enemy is coming."

A lot of exclamations were heard and then quickly disappeared!

It must be the cadres and soldiers of the independent regiment who stood up to fight and were quickly shot and killed in large numbers by the enemy!

Oops!

Yamamoto Ikki's special forces are here!

How to do?

The soldiers of Su Fei's group tried their best to request to go down the mountain to assist the independent regiment.

Only the interpreter was trembling, saying that he was scared to pee, no, his pants were already threaded, and he needed to be busy for a while, so don't disturb him for the time being while the charge and battle were going on.

On the north mountain, from other distant ambush points, the confused cries of mountain eagles were heard. It was other cadres and soldiers requesting orders!

Su Fei thought it over again and again and refused, telling everyone in code to continue hiding.

Because, in pitch darkness, the Japanese army had conducted special training, and they selected only the most talented elite, with superb night combat capabilities. I'm not sure if they even had the original night vision goggles. Our special forces company was called special forces, but in reality, they were pretty average, with half of the recruits being rookies. Going there now would be like sending ourselves to our deaths. We could only wait and see what would happen.

Su Fei had a hunch that when the enemy came in, they must have come directly from the main road without anyone noticing, quietly killing the sentries, and even directly assassinating the guard troops at our eastern entrance, and going on a killing spree in the independent regiment’s base in the valley!

The enemy should be unsure whether they can completely eliminate the guard troops at the eastern entrance, so when retreating, they must find another way to ensure safety. After all, it is not expensive. The thinking of special forces is different from that of ordinary people!

They won't go back the same way.

However, this is just speculation and is not certain.

Su Fei hesitated again and again, but finally decided to stay put. At the same time, he secretly warned everyone not to move, and to shoot immediately if they saw any moving figures!

About ten minutes later, some people climbed up the rocky hillside, first one, then many.

Soon, several dark shadows appeared in front of Su Fei!

Su Fei couldn't bear it any longer, aimed his pistol at a dark shadow and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

At the same time, he fired wildly from his two pistols.

His undercover team also opened fire.

The black shadow was extremely fast and disappeared in an instant.

It seems like a ghost, or like a dream, it's not real!

Su Fei immediately dealt with the grenade and threw it towards the hillside.

Moreover, he quickly rolled over, left his own pit, and changed his position.

Boom boom boom! Not far from them, about twenty or thirty meters away, on the hillside, a grenade exploded. At the same time, a grenade also exploded where Su Fei and others were hiding.

They bombed the Japs, and the Japs bombed them back.

The Japanese grenade hit their individual pits accurately!

It’s too thrilling!

The Japanese are so brutal!

Fortunately, Su Fei and others carried a lot of grenades and dropped bombs again!

Su Fei dropped 6 bombs by himself.

Although it is painful and it is not easy to seize the loot, it is the safest and most effective way to fight at night.

After the bombing, the soldiers of the special forces company in other lurking locations also started shooting and bombing together. The entire northern hillside was filled with lightning and thunder!

After a while, there was nothing.

Su Fei and others were on the north slope of the mountain, not daring to move, for fear of being ambushed by the enemy.

After waiting for four hours, it was dawn!

The morning light gradually became clearer, and Su Fei used a telescope to see the situation clearly. Then he called the soldiers of the special forces company to go down the mountain!

The independent regiment’s base in the valley was in a mess, with corpses scattered everywhere, all of them were those of heroes.

The surviving cadres and soldiers of the independent regiment came out to patrol and search.

Su Fei discovered that on the northern slope of the mountain where they were hiding, there were several Japanese corpses hanging on the thorn bushes and jujube trees not far from the top of the mountain.

Five of those who were shot died from excessive blood loss, and three of those whose legs were blown off committed suicide with daggers.

On the hillside, near the valley, there was the body of a Japanese soldier stuck in a huge crevice in the rocks. He was also seriously injured and unable to escape, so he committed suicide.

9 devils!

Their clothes were different from those of ordinary devils. They wore special tightly wrapped hats, had special leather holsters on their hands, and had submachine gun straps around their necks.

Even in death, his expression was ferocious and his lips were pouting, showing his rebelliousness and arrogance!

It’s Yamamoto Ikki’s special forces!

They are definitely the results of the special forces company's battle.

Two members of the special forces company around Su Fei were injured in the arms by shrapnel from enemy grenades. They were considered minor injuries and have been bandaged.

As he walked down the hill, Su Fei's surprise suddenly disappeared.

It's so tragic.

There were corpses everywhere. The corpses of the cadres and soldiers of our independent regiment were all killed while charging with guns, or charging into battle with sticks and stones. All of them were shot through the forehead, some with a bloody hole, and some with the top of their heads directly lifted off!

There are so many of them, I can’t count them all!

All the cadres and soldiers of the independent regiment were sobbing.

Some of them found their familiar and good comrades and cried even harder.

The entire independent regiment was put into action. Search and pursuit teams were dispatched in the east and west directions, and the aftermath troops also began to identify the names and identities of the cadres and soldiers who died.

Su Fei and others also started to help.

In the valley, at the independent regiment’s base, not a single enemy body was found!

For a long time, the bodies of the cadres, soldiers and martyrs of the independent regiment were classified and placed. After being registered, they were ready to be finalized by each company, platoon and class.

In some places, there were so many that an entire platoon was wiped out by the enemy!

The military cadres who came had a dark face, gnashed their teeth, and kept stamping their feet!

At about nine o'clock in the morning, the valley was filled with sunshine, and Commander Kong Jie returned from the east with a troop.

Rushing and sweating profusely.

He jumped off his horse and saw Su Fei. He turned away with a guilty look on his face, tears streaming down his face.

Su Fei didn't want him to be embarrassed, so he took a few steps back and made way.

Regimental Commander Kong Jie took the initiative to step forward, sighed, and bowed deeply. "I'm sorry, Comrade Su Fei. I made the mistake of opportunism and was complacent. I have caused irreparable damage to the Independent Regiment, the Party, and the people. I am guilty! I did not take your advice seriously, and I did not value your intelligence. Alas! Hi!"

Some cadres and soldiers came to report the situation, crying as they reported.

"We lost 203 people? All of them? Not a single wounded person?" Captain Kong Jie's hands were shaking.

The cadre nodded.

Captain Kong Jie lost his composure instantly, squatted down with his hands on his head, and pinched his scalp with his nails until it bled.

He quickly jumped up again, wiped his face, and walked calmly towards the place where the martyrs were.

Observe, sigh, and salute one by one!

"Convene a meeting immediately, an on-site meeting, now! All officers above the platoon leader level are present. Oh, and the two platoon leaders on guard in the east don't have to come."

Su Fei was also asked to participate in the meeting.

Captain Kong Jie spoke in a heavy tone. He didn't believe that the Japs could really come and go without a trace, leaving no trace, and that we could not eliminate a single one of them.

First, to deal with the aftermath of the martyrs; second, to search the entire battlefield, find the enemy's bodies, and find out who the enemy is; third, to summarize the lessons learned.

The most important thing here is to search the base and be careful of the enemy's wounded soldiers hiding and sabotaging secretly.

Soon, at least a battalion of five to six hundred soldiers gathered together, then dispersed and searched everywhere.

As a result, after searching for a while, they reported: "No, there is no trace of the enemy in our area."

Finally, all the cadres came to report.

Regimental Commander Kong Jie's face turned blue and purple. After listening to the report, he bowed to Su Fei again: "Comrade Su Fei, I was wrong, extremely wrong. I am guilty. I committed an unforgivable crime against the comrades of the Independent Regiment, causing such a huge loss. One misstep led to eternal regret! Oh, why didn't I listen to your advice? I was a personal hero, an adventurist! 203 to 0, we didn't kill a single devil, and we lost 203 comrades. Ah ah ah ah! Little devils, I will never forgive you. Just wait, I will definitely avenge you!"

The officers and soldiers of the independent regiment present were also filled with righteous indignation and shouted loudly, "Revenge for our comrades, revenge, we will never let the Japanese go!"

Regimental Commander Kong Jie demanded to report the battle situation to his superiors immediately, and to resign immediately to the brigade commander and await punishment.

"Comrade Su Fei, don't blame me for not wanting to be faithful. I can't trade places with you as the commander. I'm a criminal now, waiting for the organization to deal with me. I could be dismissed or even executed. You better do your best!"

Su Fei comforted him and asked the soldiers of the special forces company to pick up the enemy corpses on the north slope and gather them on the ground.

Searching from the valley, we could not see the situation on the North Mountain because the Japanese soldiers rolled and fell from there and were hidden by thorns, jujube trees, wormwood and rocks.

"Captain, please look! These are the Japanese Yamamoto Ikki Special Forces. Their clothing, weapons, and equipment are very unique! They were ambushed and killed by our troops! We used up 200 rounds of ammunition and over 70 grenades!"

Regimental Commander Kong Jie looked at the dead devils in amazement, "It's actually true! Fortunately, your special forces company helped us, so we didn't lose so completely!"