Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

The Haneda Brigade launched a fierce attack on Baijia Town.

Various artillery fires destroyed Baijia Town.

The Japanese army also maintained strict vigilance on the periphery and at the same time, assigned personnel to collect the remains.

Soon, the bombers called by the Japanese army bombed Baijia Town again.

Almost all the trenches on the front line of Baijia Town were flattened, some anti-artillery holes were collapsed, and even the air-raid shelters were damaged, burying some officers, soldiers and civilians.

The commander defending Baijia Town was Regimental Commander Xing Zhiguo. He immediately reported the situation to Li Yunlong of the Independent Regiment, Political Commissar Zhao, and Su Fei of the Independent Division.

Realizing the critical situation, the independent regiment, under the command of Political Commissar Zhao, continued to attack and bomb the Japanese army from a long distance with field artillery.

Then, several mountain cannons also bombarded the Japanese army.

One shell after another bombarded the Japanese army. From time to time, several or even dozens of Japanese soldiers flew into the sky, torn to pieces by the air waves, and turned into a vortex of blood.

This situation made the brigade commander, Major General Haneda, extremely depressed. This was really going against the will of Heaven.

Shouldn't it be the Imperial Army's firepower that suppressed the Chinese army?

Why is it the other way around today?

The Japanese army immediately launched a counterattack.

However, this temporarily assembled brigade did not have any real field artillery, and only had four mountain cannons.

Although the range of the mountain artillery was far enough, close to 7000 meters, it was obvious that the Chinese army's artillery positions were set up very far away, exceeding the range of the mountain artillery.

The Japanese army tried to counterattack with a few artillery shells, but immediately observed the effect. It didn't work, they couldn't hit the target, so they gave up.

"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, I judge that the enemy's field artillery is equipped by our army. It must be the artillery battalion assigned to the Yamazaki Regiment!" The squadron leader of the mountain artillery reported angrily.

Major General Haneda was also very angry.

It seems that the Chinese are using the Imperial Army’s cannons to fight against the Imperial Army?

Ahhhhh!

It's no use getting angry because the threat is too great. Even Major General Haneda can't guarantee that the next shell won't hit his head.

"The enemy's artillery must be eliminated, Major Hashimoto, you must lead the cavalry squadron immediately and kill these enemies!"

Major Hashimoto agreed and jumped on his horse. "Imperial warriors, kill! Destroy the Chinese artillery!"

The iron hooves of more than 170 Japanese cavalrymen pounded the ground like hammers, and disappeared on the horizon like a tornado.

Major General Haneda hid in a ravine and saw with his own eyes a shell flying towards him, engulfing three scattered and hidden Japanese soldiers 50 meters in front of his left. After the fire and thunder, the smoke slowly dissipated, and the three Japanese soldiers became fragmented.

The grief-stricken brigade commander ordered the dispatch of two more squadrons of infantry, riding trucks to the west to assist the cavalry in destroying the Chinese army's field artillery.

Dozens of trucks quickly assembled and carried soldiers westward.

On the way, two trucks were blown up by artillery shells. All 15 Japanese soldiers on one truck were blown away, and fireworks splashed in all directions like a fountain, turning from solid to liquid and broken bodies.

"General, there must be a lot of enemies with field artillery," warned Lieutenant Sugimoto, the operations staff.

Major General Haneda's eyes turned red: "Yao Xi, that makes sense. Send the engineering corps to assist."

More than 800 engineering corps received orders to split into squadrons, abandon their engineering equipment, and run forward.

"Captain Yamazaki's entire army was wiped out. The enemy must have a large number of troops, so our army must be on high alert!" Major General Haneda quickly regained his composure and dispersed his troops. One infantry battalion besieged Baijia Town, and the remaining troops, one and a half infantry battalions, plus the baggage regiment, were divided into four parts. While digging fortifications to conceal themselves, they sent troops outward to reduce the risk of being bombarded, and at the same time searched for possible external enemies.

The Japanese army directly expanded the search range to 3000 meters.

In just half an hour, the Japanese cavalry squadron reached the west and approached the field artillery position currently controlled by the independent regiment.

At 7000 meters, Japanese war horses galloped wildly and were not allowed to rest.

When the Japanese army just approached, there was still 1500 meters away, but suddenly I found a burst of stars in front of my eyes!

Are you dizzy?

Before they could react, the Japanese cavalry rolled off their horses and fell off!

Those were Li Yunlong's ambush troops. He personally led 200 people to ambush here. He also understood Su Fei's tactics, absolutely concentrated firepower and surprise attack!

More than 100 machine guns, fighting recklessly!

Just used up all the bullets!

No one is allowed to be stingy.

More than 3000 bullets covered more than 170 Japanese cavalrymen.

There are also 100 soldiers with better marksmanship who perform follow-up shooting and sniping missions.

In a word, after the first round of shooting by the ambush troops, no Japanese cavalry was spared.

Li Yunlong was an old hand after all, and his ambushes were hidden in multiple levels, so there were frontal and flank attacks, which maximized the damage to the enemy and protected the army's horses.

They quickly snatched away the army horses and the Japanese' guns and ammunition and slipped away.

The Japanese army's truck reinforcements, consisting of two infantry squadrons with 350 people, were bombed continuously on the way. Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

After blowing up several vehicles, the Japanese army arrived, with less than 300 people left.

Get out of the car immediately and give chase in battle formation.

Li Yunlong's troops retreated while firing, leading the Japanese army to pursue them.

The Japanese pursued for 1000 meters and saw the field artillery position. The infantry continued to pursue, and the mortar soldiers had set up mortars and fired at the field artillery position. At this moment, a sudden and dense rain of bullets came from the flank!

The other 200 officers and soldiers who were ambushed by Li Yunlong used 100 machine guns, more than 20 grenade launchers, 6 machine guns and 5 heavy machine guns to carry out crazy flank strafing on the Japanese army.

After a torrential hail of bullets, only a few of the 290 Japanese officers and soldiers, including those conducting artillery fire, were left.

The troops that were fleeing to lure the enemy were also attacked head-on.

In less than two minutes, the Japanese army was completely wiped out.

Several seriously wounded Japanese soldiers, struggling with difficulty, committed suicide with their sabers: "The empire will not be destroyed, load it aboard!"

After shouting, the seriously injured Japanese soldier cursed angrily in his heart.

"The Chinese actually used so many machine guns. What an unfair victory! How shameless! Ahh ...

Li Yunlong's troops quickly cleaned up the battlefield because they found that more Japanese troops were coming.

That was the Japanese Army's engineering regiment, with more than 800 people.

The engineers were the smallest and weakest in combat effectiveness among the Japanese regiment-level troops. Haneda sent them only to assist the cavalry squadron and two infantry squadrons. Unexpectedly, the troops in front were defeated!

Li Yunlong discovered that among the hundreds of Japanese troops, only half of them were armed with rifles, and there were very few machine guns and artillery fire. He directly issued a new order: "The enemy is very weak, we are not afraid of them, comrades, charge!"

The Japanese Engineer Regiment was also charging and was bombarded by the mortar unit of Li Yunlong's troops.

"Hahaha, this is so exciting. Su Fei, ah Su Fei, you're amazing! All these changes are caused by you!"

When they were 400 meters close to the enemy, Li Yunlong's troops immediately crawled and started shooting.