Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

The Japanese artillery did not take a complete rest, but stared at the battlefield, hoping to see their warriors sweep in, occupy the position, and plant the military flag on the position of the National Army Independent Division!

When they see danger, they shoot!

Artillery bombarded, accurately firing at the ruins of the mountain village in the center of these three positions.

Although the Nationalist officers and soldiers ended the battle quickly and hid in trenches and air-raid shelters, they still could not escape the heavy blows of Japanese artillery fire.

Boom boom boom.

More than 300 officers and soldiers of the independent division were torn to pieces and blown to pieces by Japanese artillery fire.

In addition to the exchange of fire with the Japanese army, the independent division also lost about 500 officers and soldiers.

After entering the bunker, Su Fei immediately ordered the officers and soldiers not to sit idle but to continue digging tunnels, digging as many tunnels as possible and as deep as possible.

Where to dig?

Dig outside the position.

The ground is hard and mixed with a lot of pebbles and rocks, which makes it very difficult, so we must cherish our time.

In order to maintain physical strength and combat effectiveness, officers and soldiers were divided into two shifts to take turns.

A few people observed the enemy situation.

They used simple periscopes made by themselves to observe the enemy. Occasionally, some observation sentries would go out and use telescopes to scout the enemy situation.

The enemy is much quieter!

The soldiers took turns using binoculars to secretly observe the position, and while observing, they strengthened their confidence.

The corpses of Japanese soldiers were densely packed, one after another!

It’s so enjoyable!

Su Fei was resting when a soldier reported the situation: "Commander, the Japanese have gone to collect the bodies and rescue the wounded. Should we fight?"

Needless to say?

Let the Japanese take away the wounded smoothly?

Their morale must be crushed!

Su Fei asked all troops to immediately carry out the cold gun exercise, cold gun, black gun, to fight against the Japanese black guns. Don't move at first, wait until the Japanese are arrogant, and then fight when there are more people.

Su Fei carefully observed the enemy situation.

The enemy was very cunning and sent out people sporadically to test the waters. Later, they became bolder and sent more and more people.

The Japanese also carried out covering fire.

The artillery roared intermittently, pouring shells randomly onto the positions of the independent division.

Deter independent divisions.

Su Fei saw that there were more than 300 Japanese medical staff and soldiers on his side. They were scattered in groups of three or four to the battlefield, looking for wounded soldiers among the corpses, and taking away weapons and ammunition.

Is this okay?

"shooting!"

There are enemies within 350 to 600 meters.

Officers and soldiers of the independent division came out one after another and sniped at the enemy.

Whether you hit the target or not, you must disrupt the enemy.

As long as you shoot, there is a chance of winning.

After a burst of sniper fire, the Japanese army fled, leaving behind more than 80 bodies.

The Japanese army had no choice but to retreat across the board, while hiding and carrying out fortification work 600 meters away.

Su Fei observed carefully and found that the enemy actually used the method of civil engineering to approach him gradually!

Did the Japanese also realize that the infantry-artillery coordination tactics had failed? Was the cost too high?

The Japanese army used the communication trench tactic, digging quickly towards this side, and the S-shaped communication trench extended and approached this side little by little.

It was just a new problem, and Su Fei asked other officers for solutions. Everyone was very nervous.

Well, let's deal with it with the cold artillery campaign.

Let some highly skilled officers and soldiers form grenade launcher and mortar teams, operate in a certain area, observe the enemy situation, and once they find an opportunity, suddenly use cold artillery to bombard the Japanese.

After the bombing, run away.

Transfer positions.

The Japanese army's latest grenade launcher has a range of 670 meters, which is enough to deal with Japanese fortifications.

The mortar is even more handy.

The indirect artillery shells flew over and hit the enemy's communication trenches and fortifications, killing and wounding the Japanese.

At the same time, they found an opportunity to bomb the Japanese army from a distance with mortars.

With a maximum range of 3800 meters, the mortar is very flexible.

Mountain artillery can also be taken out and used occasionally. If the Japanese army’s headquarters, firepower points, and moving officers and soldiers are discovered, as long as there are a large number of people, they will be bombed immediately to suppress the enemy.

The artillery fire from Su Fei's troops caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army.

During the battle, the skills and tactics of Su Fei's officers and soldiers improved rapidly, and the skills were acquired through experience.

Anyway, Su Fei's troops captured a lot of enemy artillery shells inside and outside Wan County. It would be a waste if they didn't use them. They had no chance of winning against the enemy's heavy artillery group. They could only fight hard with the small Japanese troops to play a killing role.

After fighting for a while, the Japanese artillery group bombarded again, and the artillery and snipers of Su Fei's Independent Division retreated and hid in the bunkers.

A few people fired cold guns and cannons, while the majority continued to dig fortifications. The Japanese dug, and we dug too. In the end, we had a close combat? Hahahaha.

Su Fei was worried that his tunnel system would be destroyed by the Japanese heavy artillery over time, so he had to build more solid tunnels as possible.

In his spare time, Su Fei also sent battle information to the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, hoping that the Eighth Route Army could tie down the enemy on the periphery.

He also sent a telegram to the national army, hoping to get assistance.

Su Fei's idea is to attack the enemy from both inside and outside and defeat them. If that doesn't work, then he should persevere to the end and sacrifice heroically!

Sacrificing one's life on the battlefield is the greatest honor for a soldier!

Night falls.

Su Fei’s troops started eating!

There is no rice or flour, just meat.

horsemeat.

There were nearly two thousand war horses kept in the gaps between three mountain villages. After being bombed by the enemy's heavy artillery, more than 80% of them were killed or injured, and some were even blown to pieces!

The meat was found, dragged away and distributed by the officers and soldiers.

Gasoline is poured onto the firewood, igniting the flames and the horse meat is placed on top to be grilled or boiled.

"Brothers, this is our celebration party!"

The 3000 or so newly enlisted civilians and militiamen were usually so poor they'd never had meat. They couldn't even get enough food, suffering from malnutrition. But today, they could feast on horse meat, and eat it to their heart's content. They were all beaming with joy: "See, you listened to me, didn't you? General Su Fei's troops in the Nationalist Independent Division are still the best. The treatment is good, and we get to eat meat! They weren't lying!"

"Yes, thank you very much. If you hadn't led the way, I really don't know if I would have come. I might have starved to death back home."

A meal of horse meat that they were forced to eat actually won them praise and loyalty from the officers and soldiers.

All the officers and soldiers knew that the situation was critical. They were surrounded and couldn't get out. However, they had guns, cannons, bullets and shells, food and water, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

After eating and drinking, Su Fei asked the officers about how to fight at night, focusing on the Japanese army's stealth operations, sneaking up and launching surprise attacks!

That means setting up traps and trenches at the front of the position. Every ten or twenty meters, there would be a soldier staying in a single pit, waiting for enemy attacks at any time, discovering and attacking the enemy in advance.

Dig a cat-ear hole next to the individual pit so that you don’t have to retreat to other shelters.

Under the cover of night, the Japanese army bombed Su Fei's position again. After continuous bombing, they dispatched infantry to attack.

Su Fei's army had an observation post at the front line, and they joined the battle in time, fought fiercely with the enemy, and drove the enemy back.

There are too many machine guns!

There were more than 600 of them in total, and when several machine guns fired together, they could form a terrifying waterfall of crossfire, sweeping away a large area of ​​enemies on the position.

In the era of hot weapons, the key to victory lies in weapons.

Based on the different weapon performance and systems, different tactics are used to fully unleash the power.

The Yunnan Army fought brilliantly at Yuwang Mountain because they were well-equipped and much stronger than the average national army.

The Eighth Route Army's cautious guerrilla warfare was also due to their inferior weapons...

Su Fei's troops took advantage of their superior machine gun firepower to launch frequent small-scale counterattacks. The Japanese infantry charged five times, but were all suppressed, resulting in heavy casualties.

They had far more machine guns than the Japanese. Much more!

A Japanese infantry company of more than 170 people was equipped with only 9 to 12 machine guns. According to the number of troops in the Su Fei Independent Division, the standard equipment was less than 300 machine guns.

Therefore, in a pure infantry battle, the Japanese army was no match for the Su Fei Independent Division. Moreover, the Japanese army was the active attacking party and had no cover, so they suffered heavy losses.

The night battle was a melee, a mixed war. The Japanese frequently used artillery bombardments and infantry charges, and repeated bombings and attacks were all repelled by Su Fei's army.

Su Feijun relied on the tunnel system, frequently entering and exiting to ensure his own safety to the greatest extent.

The Japanese army still adopted a large-scale combat plan, and the minimum force deployed for the attack was an infantry company.

This kind of group charge and pig-like charge is certainly the specialty of Division Commander Nagazu Saki. However, it has formed a huge target again and again, and has become a living target for Su Fei's troops to intercept, bomb and strafing.

A night of fierce fighting.

After dawn, the Japanese army left more corpses on the battlefield, and more wounded soldiers crawled back on their own. A few seriously wounded soldiers, unable to leave, simply committed suicide.

After being injured, a few Japanese recruits cried loudly among the corpses and sea of ​​blood.

They were greeted by their own artillery and machine gun fire.

We must not allow the cowardice and pain of a few to affect overall morale.

It is estimated that the Japanese army lost at least 500 people in the night battle, and at most more than 1,000 people.

Su Fei's troops also lost about 250 people, half of whom were injured.

After dawn, the fighting subsided.

The Japanese heavy artillery stopped firing and the infantry stopped charging.

Su Feijun continued to grill the horse meat.

However, some recruits lost their appetite.

The battlefield was filled with a foul stench.

The bodies of the Japanese soldiers killed yesterday had been affected by microorganisms and began to emit a terrifying odor, causing some officers and soldiers to vomit violently.

Even those who had just been killed had more internal organs and feces and urine than those who were blown up by artillery shells, and they were splattered everywhere.

The threat of this biological warfare is even more powerful than guns and cannons.

There was no other choice but to organize people to collect and bury the bodies of the Japanese soldiers and officers and soldiers of the independent division nearby.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army mobilized planes to bomb, and huge bombs were dropped one after another, blasting the independent division's position into craters that were bigger than each other, and many anti-artillery holes and communication trenches collapsed.

Some were smoothed over by dust.

After the bombing, the Japanese army used poison gas.

After the poison gas began to engulf the position of Su Fei's Independent Division, the Japanese soldiers immediately began to charge wearing masks.

What the hell is the charge?

Do you think you're the only ones with gas masks?

Su Fei has seized too many of these things and has been on guard for a long time, so he puts it on.

When the Japanese army began to charge, Su Fei's troops immediately entered the battle and fired at the Japanese army.

After a fierce battle, the Japanese army suffered more than 300 casualties and was defeated again.

At around 3:00 p.m., the Japanese army launched a new attack.

The infantry and artillery coordinated to fire a powerful barrage of bullets, slowly advancing to cover the infantry charge.

After Su Fei observed the situation through the periscope, he immediately informed the officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers all know how to deal with this situation.

The officers quickly gave reminders to the soldiers.

The barrage is easy to crack!

When the Japanese army's barrage of bullets advanced to the position of the independent division, the personnel in the front were observing. The officers and soldiers behind the barrage received the news and took the initiative to attack, firing at the Japanese army across the barrage of bullets.

Waves of crazy shooting killed and wounded a large number of Japanese soldiers.

When the Japanese artillery barrage came over, the officers and soldiers of the independent division all hid in the bunkers.

In short, the officers and soldiers of the independent division outside the barrage of bullets dodged the barrage and tried their best to shoot.

The Japanese army felt quite safe outside the barrage. There was smoke and dust everywhere, and visibility was low. It felt very safe. However, behind the barrage that they could not see clearly, bullets were raining down.

The Japanese infantry suffered heavy casualties.

In order to avoid accidentally injuring their own infantry, the Japanese army resolutely refused to make any adjustments and continued to shoot and advance in a uniform manner.

When the Japanese army's barrage of bullets advanced to the back of the mountain village, they found that almost all the infantry were dead.

It turns out that the barrage was not to protect our own people, but to protect the independent division, to protect the Chinese people, ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

This made the Japanese army very angry.

After counting, the Japanese army found that there were less than 120 people left in the three echelons of Japanese troops involved in the barrage attack, a total of six infantry companies.

The losses of the Chinese army were visible to the naked eye and seemed to be very few.

The chief of staff of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese 21st Division, who advocated a barrage attack, was reprimanded by Lieutenant General Sakichi Nagatsu.

The major chief of staff committed suicide out of shame and anger.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army launched a new attack.

Another general attack.

The Japanese army dispatched three attack echelons, with a total strength of 500 North China Imperial Army, 800 puppet Manchukuo Army, and 1000 Japanese infantry.

This time, the Japanese army waited until the infantry advanced to 300 meters in front of the Su Fei Independent Division's position before starting the bombing, using both large and small artillery shells.

It was as if countless drumbeats were beating, and the three main positions of the independent division were engulfed in artillery fire and smoke.

"Alas, it really is a tough nut to crack. I underestimated the enemy's ability."

Lieutenant General Sakichi Nagazu, commander of the 21st Division and the Japanese front-line commander who was watching the battle, sighed helplessly.

He never imagined that Su Fei's troops would start digging tunnels as soon as they entered the trap. Their fortification system was too good. Otherwise, the Japanese heavy artillery group would have blown more than 5,000 people of the independent division into meat patties!

The battle can be resolved with artillery alone.

Now, the total casualties of the Japanese army have already exceeded six thousand!

While completely bombing the area, the Japanese army drove out the Imperial Army and the puppet Manchukuo Army and launched a fierce attack on the position.

The Japanese artillery group stopped firing only after the Imperial Army entered the position.

In an instant, the Imperial Army let out beast-like shouts and charged fiercely towards the position.

The Su Fei Independent Division immediately came out of the bunker, but before the people came out, the machine guns came out first.

The rifles also started firing.

Grenades also began to be thrown.

The artillerymen hidden in the tunnels also fired grenade launchers and mortars at the enemy.

It's just a high throw, as long as it can be hit out.

There were more than ten periscopes, observing the enemy situation and constantly reporting to the officers and soldiers of the independent division.