Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

Don't chase an enemy who is desperate.

Su Fei did not order a pursuit. Although the Japanese army suffered a crushing defeat, it should not be underestimated. It would be irresponsible to launch a rash attack when the individual soldiers were of insufficient quality and there were a large number of new recruits and untrained civilians.

He also used a walkie-talkie to notify the front-line troops to return immediately.

However, an unexpected phenomenon occurred.

one hour later.

From the distant horizon, there were dull sounds of gunfire and artillery fire, spreading over a large area.

Su Fei immediately used the telescope to observe, but did not see anything.

The smoke from the war was still spreading wildly, forming a gray haze that completely obscured the view.

Even sunlight could not penetrate the thick smoke and haze.

Visibility is only about 3000 meters, which is the maximum capability of the telescope.

"Observe the situation ahead immediately, immediately." Su Fei gave the order.

He walked out of the underground tunnel command post, feeling anxious.

It’s not fear, but an unprecedented intuition!

"Commander, telegram, quick, telegram." The staff officer rushed over anxiously.

Su Fei quickly grabbed it and took a look, and was extremely surprised.

It turned out that a battalion left in the rear Shahe Town, plus some external support troops, totaling more than 700 people, had been ordered from Shahe Town to come to reinforce. They discovered the Japanese retreat and intercepted them from behind.

What was shocking was that this unit was too small and was definitely no match for the enemy. The retreating Japanese army still had thousands of people and could easily wipe them out in one fell swoop. These officers and soldiers were too reckless, too bold, and too bloody.

The good news is that a fighter jet that has never existed before has appeared.

Destroy the enemy's 133rd Brigade!

No one left, completely eliminated!

"Come here, call them back immediately and tell them that they are extremely excited to hear the news. Our main force will fully pursue and cooperate to wipe out the enemy's 133rd Brigade in one fell swoop. At the same time, tell them to be cautious and use sticky tactics to hold the enemy accountable. Do not attack rashly."

The staff officer agreed and went.

The sound of radio transmissions was immediately heard from the basement command post, and the radio waves quickly sent the crucial information to the outer troops.

Su Fei gave another order, notifying all the troops on the western front immediately to attack the retreating troops of the enemy's 133rd Brigade, to hold on to the enemy and destroy them.

Order the rear troops to deliver artillery shells immediately. At least 500 rounds.

The artillery also needs to quickly dismantle mountain artillery and mortars and transport them to the front line.

Su Fei personally led the troops to charge westward.

Under his command, the female soldiers and women's propaganda team issued a call to the soldiers: "Brave warriors, defenders of the country, charge! Destroy the little devils! There are at least three or four thousand devils worse than beasts ahead! Destroy them and avenge the millions of compatriots they have harmed!"

"The Japanese have been defeated and are fleeing. Our brother troops have blocked them in front and they can't escape."

"Blood debt must be repaid with blood, not a single devil will be allowed to escape!"

"Destroy all the devils in the 110th Division, not a single one can be left behind!"

"Revenge, revenge, revenge!"

Under their encouragement, more than 6,000 special operations brigade in the west emerged from their hidden tunnels and trenches, air-raid shelters and anti-artillery holes like a tide, holding various weapons and charging to the west.

Su Fei also left two mountain cannons to carry out preventive shooting at the enemy, suppressing the enemy with firepower and preventing sudden counterattacks.

He also mobilized a regiment of officers and soldiers from the special operations brigade on the northern front!

A regiment from the special operations brigade on the southern front is coming!

A force of more than 10,000 people pursued the remnants of the enemy's 133rd Brigade with all their might.

Soon, they caught up with the Japs.

The Japs are in a very bad situation!

They've done more harm than good.

In order to retreat safely, the Japanese army's usual practice was to use a rearguard force to launch a fierce attack to scare the enemy and cover the main force's retreat. However, this time, the situation they encountered was different. They were suppressed and covered by the brutal firepower here, and were completely passive and unilaterally defeated. They were no longer able to launch a rearguard surprise attack. Once they attacked, they would be bombarded with artillery shells, which they could not bear at all.

The once invincible Japanese army, Major General Tsuda, had to face reality and retreat with his entire army!

When retreating, the cunning man decided to go straight west.

Originally, the normal idea was to escape to the west, reach the edge of the Tang River, and then escape along the river bank in any direction north or south, or directly cross the Tang River.

However, Major General Tsuda, unwilling to accept defeat, came up with a sinister and vicious trick.

After fleeing for more than ten miles, they gathered their troops and divided them into two echelons. One echelon was on the east side, building fortifications and hiding themselves. The main force was on the west side, sticking to the east bank of the Tang River, and they deliberately sent some people to cross the river.

When crossing the river, they were very slow, pretending to be very tired and very brainless. The original intention was to attract Su Fei's army to attack. At that time, the hidden troops of more than 600 people would use machine guns to strafe and grenade launchers to kill a large number of casualties, and then suddenly charge and use bayonets to fight hand-to-hand to defeat the spirit of the Chinese soldiers and civilians, and pursue them relentlessly. With 600 elite Japanese troops, they would kill the pursuers of the Chinese soldiers and civilians in one fell swoop.

If there are 5,000 people, they can guarantee the elimination of 5,000 people!

Of course, if there are ambushes over there, the main force will also provide fire support.

Major General Tsuda still has nearly 5,000 men under his command, which is a huge force.

In fact, Tsuda was also very bitter. If he had really returned directly, the 110th Division would have been severely damaged. As a loser, he would not have a good ending. The best outcome would have been to be sent back to his country and transferred to the reserve. To put it bluntly, he would have been a militiaman! Retired!

This is a great shame.

Major General Tsuda decided to make the final blow.

He deliberately pretended to be halfway across the river, and made the main force weak and loose. At least 500 devils deliberately rested and rolled on the ground on the east bank of the Tang River, as if they were sleeping.

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers also crossed the river to the west bank.

In this situation, the generals of the National Army would generally chase after them and be fooled.

Major General Tsuda is looking forward to it.

However, he was disappointed.

No catching up.

He was so angry that he almost had irregular menstruation!

However, he was unwilling to give up, so he continued to do evil and cause trouble.

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers on the west bank also completely relaxed because there was no fighting.

Throwing away their weapons, they wept softly in sorrow, or rested in exhaustion.

Some people also secretly cursed the commander of the 110th Division and several brigade commanders and regiment commanders, saying they were all idiots. It had never happened before that a powerful Imperial Army division was surrounded by the Chinese army and most of it was annihilated.

Moreover, it is said that the enemy only has one division!

In the past, a regiment of our Imperial Army could easily defeat a division of the National Army.

The crushing defeat caused the Japanese army to complain, morale was low, and they really relaxed.

At this moment, reinforcements arrived from Shahe Town, consisting of a regular battalion of Su Fei's troops and 200 skirmishers.

They saw the Japanese army from afar, and they were still in a relaxed state. They were overjoyed and immediately left a communication personnel to contact Su Fei's main division headquarters, while they quietly approached the Japanese army.

The sad and angry Japanese guards lay down exhausted, closing their eyes and crying, ignoring the possible danger.

They never dreamed that there was someone behind them who dared to attack them in broad daylight.

A battalion of Su Fei's troops in Shahe Town gradually approached the Japanese army.

In the past, the battalion commander would never dare to take such a risk even if he was beaten to death.

Who isn’t afraid of the devils?

Under normal circumstances, a battalion of the Nationalist Army would never dare to confront a Japanese squadron. Unless they force an attack, you must hold on, because your weapons are not good enough. They have more machine guns, more powerful grenade launchers, and more accurate mortars, while you only have heads!

Now, we know that the main force has wiped out more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers from the 110th Division. It's so heroic! It's so crazy.

The battalion commander and all the company commanders, platoon leaders and soldiers also became brutal.

Little devils, it’s no big deal.

The weapons and equipment of this battalion are not inferior to those of the Japanese troops, so they are not afraid of the devils.

When they arrived near the Japanese, they dispatched personnel to sneak over first, kill the Japanese guard sentries, and then gradually approach the Japanese.

The Japanese knew that Su Fei's troops were all on the east side of the river bank, near the county town, and that the Japanese peripheral troops and the Imperial Army were also coordinating their movements nearby, so they were not worried.

In particular, they heard the sound of gunfire in the distance, very faint. It was an attack by part of the Japanese army and the National Army or the Eighth Route Army, or local guerrillas who came to rescue Wanxian County. This shows that the battlefield was very far away.

What's there to be afraid of?

Too tired.

The Su Fei Infantry Battalion and the first company of the affiliated units in Shahe Town groped their way to 30 meters from where the Japanese were resting.

The wormwood is very tall, and there are large patches of it. There are also many wild elm, poplar, and wolfberry trees. During the war years, no one took care of them. Some of them are densely packed with dozens of trees, and some look like bushes.

In some small rivers and ditches, there are densely grown reeds, some taller than a person's head, and some as low as more than one meter.

The Japanese soldiers were hiding there, lying on the grass, unfolding their backpacks, basking in the sun, looking quite comfortable.

More than 120 Kuomintang infantrymen, equipped with 85 rifles, more than 10 pistols, 8 machine guns, and 6 grenade launchers, approached the enemy in a fan-shaped formation under the command of the company commander.

Finally, a Japanese soldier sat up, looked around boredly, and suddenly discovered: "Enemy, enemy! Ah!"

Now that it's exposed, let the bullets speak for themselves.

A company of soldiers fired wildly at the Japanese army.

The Japanese soldiers who were rolling on the ground to rest were hit by bullets one after another.

Headshot, bang, penetrate the body, puff!

At close range, no matter what kind of bullet, including the Japanese Saka-type bullet, it is easy to roll because of its large kinetic energy and fast initial velocity. One roll is a 30-fold cavity effect. Just one bullet can make the Japanese lose their combat effectiveness, and they will either become paralyzed or unconscious!

Machine gun fire, sweeping away an area at a time!

More than 300 Japanese officers and soldiers were shot to pieces in a few seconds, their bodies covered in blood, and they died tragically.

The national army achieved extraordinary results.

Destroy two enemy infantry squadrons in one fell swoop!

If we were to fight head-on under normal circumstances, my entire battalion would probably be wiped out along with the enemy, and everyone in my battalion would be famous heroes!

Instant kill, hahaha.

The morale of the national army officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and the follow-up troops also stood up and fired at the enemy.

Japanese casualties increased rapidly.

Some Japanese soldiers were still struggling and cursing before they died.

Some of the Japanese soldiers were squirming, their eyes wide open, still in a state of extreme fear.

They could never have imagined that the Chinese army would actually dare to launch a surprise attack on them, and a large-scale surprise attack. The Eighth Route Army's blitzkrieg and small-scale surprise attacks were fine, but now...

The other Japanese soldiers turned over and hid in the grass and ravines to resist.

In this way, Su Fei's troops in Shahe Town engaged in a firefight with the Japanese army.

Most of the Japanese troops were forced to retreat towards the river.

A small number of Japanese troops were unable to retreat and could only resist stubbornly.

The two sides shot at each other and threw grenades and hand grenades. In some places, the Japanese army suddenly rushed out from the wormwood and assassinated Su Feijun.

They hope to use their superior hand-to-hand combat skills to scare off their opponents.

Close-range hand-to-hand combat is very powerful.

However, the National Army is now taking the initiative in the attack and has a psychological advantage. The previous attack has left the ground littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers, and the National Army's timidity has been eliminated.

Bang bang bang.

A group of people beat up the Japanese soldier Shaobing with hand-to-hand blades and turned him into a meat-filled bun.

After killing the stubborn enemy, the troops advanced towards the river bank.

After a close combat, the remaining Japanese troops had to take shelter in the river bank, using the high reverse slope of the river bank embankment as trench fortifications.

In this way, the Su Fei Battalion in Shahe Town, lacking the habit of strong attack, retreated a little and confronted the enemy.

The West Bank is in a stalemate.

Fortunately, the Shahe Town Infantry Battalion had 6 grenade launchers and 3 mortars, which were still capable of dealing with the enemy. So, the grenades and artillery shells were fired in a curved direction, bombing the enemy's hiding place behind the reverse slope.

Moreover, in their previous assault, they killed more than 300 enemies and seized 20 machine guns, 15 grenade launchers, and 4 mortars, all of which were now used to deal with the Japanese army.

Grenades kept flying high and hitting the reverse slope, blowing the Japanese firepower points and soldiers into the air one by one.

The ground was covered with wormwood, and the original ecological environment was excellent. The Japanese army had a dominant position and did not have an advantage on the embankment.

Some of the fleeing Japanese soldiers were so panicked that they even dropped their bullet boxes because they had no bullets left.

After ten minutes of fighting, the Japanese defense line collapsed.

It’s not that they didn’t try hard, it’s just that they were not at an advantage in terms of manpower, weapons and ammunition.

The remaining fifty or so Japanese soldiers found that they could not resist for long. In a fit of rage, under the command of a Japanese squadron leader, they suddenly jumped up and launched a death charge on the Chinese army.

what?

Su Fei's troops coming from Shahe Town were terrified.

I was so scared that I quickly greeted them with machine guns and rifles, reminding them, "Hey, what are you doing?"

Go back home soon!

Da da da!

After destroying the Japanese troops, the Shahe Town troops entered the embankment and bombed and shot at the Japanese troops on the other side of the Tang River.

The river bank was only a few dozen meters wide and the river beach extended for a few dozen meters, a total of only a hundred meters, and they shot at each other across the river.

Some Japanese troops had waded through the river to reinforce here, but they were exposed to the firepower of Su Fei's army and were beaten and fell into the river, becoming freshly caught floating corpses.

The Japanese army didn't know how many people there were on this side and why they were so fierce, so they immediately mobilized a thousand-man force to rely on the embankment on the east bank to resist the counterattack.

The two sides shot at each other with bullets and bombarded each other with artillery shells across the riverbank.

Major General Tsuda was completely furious!