Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

More than 60 people were killed or injured within 3 seconds, which is already one third.

From the perspective of the Japanese officers and soldiers, the overwhelming bullets were blowing like a strong wind, and the Japanese cavalry in front of them were tumbling down like fallen leaves, with no one spared.

It seems like there is an invisible iron wall or electric fence in front of you, and anyone who touches it will die!

They were stunned and quickly turned and ran away.

The Japanese soldiers were indeed brave, but they were not fools who would willingly seek death.

Another part of the Japanese soldiers immediately rolled down, hid on the ground, and fired with guns.

Run away? Wouldn't that mean you're using your back as a target for your opponent?

Rifle versus machine gun?

By the time these Japanese soldiers rolled down, dozens more were swallowed by the rain of bullets!

Bullets penetrated the tough, dirty, hyena-like bodies of the Japanese soldiers, leaving a bloody hole in the front and a mass of flesh and blood in the back, creating a hole as big as a bowl!

The Japanese soldiers turned into blood bags and exploded one after another!

Bang, bang, bang!

Boom boom boom!

Wow!

Blood splattered, staining the ground bright red, like a ripe tomato garden in summer or a pepper field in autumn.

The ugly Japanese devils, with their bodies constantly covered in blood, rolled around and turned into tumbleweeds and little hedgehogs!

Only the war horses suddenly lost weight, some were at a loss, and some ran away in fear.

In less than ten minutes, the Japanese army was almost wiped out.

The three Japanese cavalrymen who managed to escape took advantage of the village and the thick trunks of elm and poplar trees over there to block their way and fled for their lives.

After escaping danger, the three of them looked back, their hearts aching and their souls leaving their bodies. The strong sense of mono no aware that penetrated deep into their bones made them shout and howl madly, and they committed suicide with their swords.

A little later, the Eighth Route Army and Su Fei Independent Division troops, which were ambushed in another place, attacked from the southwest, splitting into two groups. One group attacked the Japanese army, and the other group flank the new Japanese troops attacking from the west.

Then, the Eighth Route Army in Baijia Town also launched a counterattack.

The Japanese army had a large number of troops and still held the advantage, but in their ears, they could only hear the sound of Chinese army's gunfire and in front of their eyes, they could only see the siege and attack of Chinese army. However, Major General Haneda calmed down.

Since there is a possibility of defeat, what is there to be afraid of?

The Yamazaki Regiment has been destroyed. The enemy was too strong, and there were reasons for their failure.

He ordered the troops on the western front to continue the attack, and the rest of the troops, whether they were surrounding Baijia Town or troops in other directions, were to quickly gather in the southeast direction and besiege this Chinese army. He wanted to concentrate superior forces to destroy China all the way, open up the channel for return, and become invincible.

As a result, the battlefield fell into a state of all-out battle.

However, the Japanese artillery was completely at a disadvantage, and they suffered heavy casualties from the bombardment by the nearby field artillery group of Li Yunlong's army and the mortar group not far away from Su Fei's troops. The troops that had slightly assembled were discovered and targeted. The Japanese were pursued, torn apart, and blown to dust in the painful rain of steel bullets.

Someone suggested that Major General Haneda request air force support, but he refused. The troops were now intertwined, and even if the planes came, they wouldn't be able to drop bombs, right?

That was the last resort. If he failed completely, he would withdraw his troops and call in planes to bomb.

Opposite Su Fei's troops, there were a large number of Japanese troops, with thousands of people gathered.

There was also a steady stream of Japanese troops advancing from other directions, risking their lives to besiege them and also heading towards the mortar positions.

The Japanese army was very cunning. Now, they changed their tactics. The skirmish line was extremely loose, which greatly reduced the efficiency of the artillery bombardment. Moreover, they formed a fan-shaped attack in an all-round way, creating an encirclement posture.

Is this interesting?

Your weapons and equipment are not good enough.

No matter what the enemy was like, Su Feijun would just machine-gun them when he saw them, and only occasionally use rifles. Da da da, a volley of bullets, fast, fierce and powerful. Even if the Japanese army had so many special shooters, they still needed to aim and repeatedly correct the target. It was very difficult to aim accurately in the smoke and running, in the flames and the distortion of the air, in the threat of artillery shells and the smoke and dust raised by the explosions.

Often, the Japanese soldiers were hit by bullets before they could even aim, or even paused for a moment to aim.

For a volley of bullets, the longer the distance, the larger the distribution of the bullet impact points, which can cover a large area. The Japanese soldiers were often hit directly and either killed or injured.

Su Fei's army was small in number, but their machine guns fired crazily, and the Japanese army was unable to get within 300 meters before being blown up.

As soon as the Japanese army's grenade launchers and machine guns were slightly prepared for battle, they were targeted by the machine gun group of Su Fei's troops. In a hail of bullets, all the Japanese soldiers were killed. As for the weapons that fell into the dust, they were dripping with dirty Japanese blood.

Su Fei's army also had more machine guns and heavy machine guns firing.

More powerful and longer range.

In particular, Su Fei was familiar with the war in the south decades ago and knew the role of high-powered weapons. He seized the enemy's anti-aircraft machine guns, heavy machine guns, and machine guns, set them up behind him, and swept the Japanese army.

At distances of 500 meters, 800 meters, or even thousands of meters, the captured Japanese anti-aircraft machine guns could kill the Japanese.

The Japanese army's firepower points were covered and almost collapsed, and they could only charge and advance with soldiers holding light weapons.

In the face of the absolute firepower network, the well-equipped Japanese army turned out to be like the Boxers in front of the Eight-Nation Alliance, with backward equipment and pitiful helplessness.

It was almost a one-sided crushing and massacre!

When the Japanese army repeatedly besieged, in less than twenty minutes, more than 500 devils were blown up and turned into despicable and dirty corpses.

During this period, Su Fei's army lost only more than 30 people.

Major General Haneda discovered something was wrong and immediately mobilized infantry artillery and mortars for support.

At this time, the operations staff sounded the alarm: "General, the enemy, the enemy reinforcements have arrived!"

Raising the telescope, Haneda saw in the southwest direction that there were crowds of troops marching quickly, raising clouds of dust!

"Are you sure it's the enemy?" Haneda still imagined that it was his own troops, and the Imperial cavalry was attacking the Eighth Route Army from behind.

"That's the enemy. They're the Eighth Route Army. They have cavalry, at least 300 men, and infantry behind them, maybe 500 or more."

Major General Haneda observed for a while and admitted that the staff officer was right.

His face twitched in pain, his hands trembled slightly, and he didn't know what to do.

"General, retreat. If we don't, we will face the same fate as the Yamazaki Regiment. It's not that our army is fighting poorly, it's that the enemy is too strong. They are no longer the Chinese army of a few years ago. Their equipment is much better than ours."

One after another, Japanese military staff officers anxiously reminded him to make a decision early, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Major General Haneda's teeth were chattering.

If they retreated, admitting defeat, how would they face the division commander's rebuke and Okamura Yasuji's stern gaze? But if they didn't retreat, what would happen? Would they destroy the entire army?

He had never encountered this before, and the firepower of the Chinese army far exceeded that of the Japanese army.

Since several staff officers have requested a withdrawal, let's withdraw.

"You, Yamada-kun, will organize the retreat. You, Dazai-kun, will recall the attacking forces in the west. You, Watanabe-kun, will be in charge of the troops in the south. Contact my brother's commander immediately and retreat. You, Matsubara-kun, will lead the regimental and brigade headquarters of the supply regiment and assemble them. Construct simple fortifications at that location over there and prepare to replace our troops in the retreat and provide firepower to stop the enemy."

The Japanese army acted quickly.

Walkie-talkie contact.

The officers also quickly adjusted their tactics and directions and retreated.

Li Yunlong also discovered that the reinforcements behind him were about to arrive. They were two battalions of the independent regiment, a cavalry battalion and an infantry battalion. Especially the infantry battalion, which actually had more than 900 people, and the reinforced battalion had more than 250 cavalrymen.

"Comrades, hold on to the enemy! Don't let any of them escape! I'm going to chop them alive one by one!"

Su Fei's troops also noticed the enemy's changes and increased their shooting speed.

The only problem is that the bullets are firing too fast and there are not many left.

The cavalry battalion of the independent regiment took a detour to the southeast to completely cut off the Japanese army's retreat. The Japanese army panicked, sped up, and fled to the northeast.

The field artillery group protected by Li Yunlong's troops on the southern front continued to bomb, and they chased the Japanese troops and bombed wherever there were many people.

Su Fei's troops and mortar group in the southeast were closer to the Japanese army and fought more fiercely.

The Japanese army was completely suppressed and could only defend itself.

As the Japanese army retreated, the troops of the Fourth Route Army and the Independent Division advanced forward and pursued. More than a thousand reinforcements from the Independent Regiment also joined Li Yunlong's troops. The cavalry battalion arrived at Su Fei's side, and the coalition forces charged forward unstoppably.

The Japanese army's blocking and rearguard troops were completely vulnerable and were defeated one after another.

Beat to death, injure, and cripple.

Under the bombardment of artillery shells and machine gun fire, no matter how stubborn the Japanese soldiers were, they were shattered into pieces and turned into dust.

The cavalry battalion's major detour from the southeast frightened the Japanese even more. Many of them gave up resistance and ran away.

The Japanese commander, Major General Haneda, and the regimental headquarters of the supply regiment and his brigade headquarters were responsible for intercepting the Su Fei troops in the southeast direction. They were already under great pressure. They were suppressed and beaten, and were also attacked from the side by the cavalry battalion of the independent regiment. They collapsed on the spot.

Some Japanese soldiers were killed by machine guns, and some were hacked to death by the sabers of the cavalry battalion.

Major General Haneda, who was protected by guards and combat staff, was discovered by the artillery because the number of people was too dense and the target was too large. More than a dozen artillery shells were bombarded at him, killing more than 30 Japanese soldiers.

Li Yunlong's troops and Su Fei's troops chased for 30 miles, not only wiping out all the Japanese deserters, but also defeating a Japanese infantry company that came to reinforce them.

Five hours later, the coalition forces returned triumphantly and picked up the weapons and other items abandoned by the enemy.

The troops did not gather in Baijia Town for a meeting or celebration, but dispersed and moved away from Baijia Town.

Because Su Fei reminded Li Yunlong to avoid Japanese bombing retaliation.

It took two days to completely clean up the battlefield.

In this series of battles, Li Yunlong's independent regiment successively deployed 2700 people, the militia companies of Baijia Town and Wanjia Town totaling 400 people, plus more than 500 civilians supporting the battle, and 1000 people of Su Fei's army. With the advantage of ceremonial equipment, they successively annihilated the Japanese Yamazaki Regiment, the reinforced artillery battalion, and the Haneda Brigade. A total of more than 100 people.

Our own losses were 1500 people.

All Japanese equipment and ammunition were seized.

This was another direct battle where the outnumbered side won.

After the war, the troops rested and reorganized. Su Fei's troops were willing to join the Independent Regiment, but Li Yunlong was afraid to accept them. "Su Fei, don't look at you as if you came from our Independent Regiment. You've followed me all the way from the New First Regiment, from the rookie who peed his pants to where you are now. I have no say in this anymore. The Independent Regiment is too small! I'll ask the brigade commander for instructions on how to deal with this."

A few days later, the brigade commander came and shook hands with Su Fei cordially. He lowered his old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses a little, looked at Su Fei carefully with his natural eyes, and smiled humorously: "Commander Su Fei, tell me, why did you give up your position as division commander and come back to work with Li Yunlong?"

Facing the older generation of heroes, Su Fei saluted respectfully: "Brigade Commander, no matter how high I fly, I can never fly beyond the Eighth Route Army's skies. No matter how far I go, I can never break the Eighth Route Army's kite string. I want promotion and wealth, I want wives and concubines, and I have tried so far. Now, I am alone, with a group of bachelors, desperate, and come to you for help. Please don't despise my historical stain."

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The brigade commander laughed heartily, tears welling up in his eyes as he wiped his glasses gently with his fingers. "Comrade Su Fei, you are a true soldier who has been tested, and a qualified commander of the Eighth Route Army. I have learned about your wife from Regimental Commander Li Yunlong. You left the Eighth Route Army because you didn't want to be ranked higher than your predecessors, and because of special reasons, you had many wives and concubines, which violated the discipline of the Eighth Route Army. I am very moved. You were brave in the war of resistance, loyal to your country, sincere to the organization, and loving to your comrades. You are a good man and a good soldier. Of course I welcome you!"

The brigade commander grabbed Su Fei's shoulders and shook him hard!

Others were also moved.

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Brigade Commander, you are so kind to Comrade Su Fei! It's like we are so close, even though we are of different generations."

The brigade commander let go of Su Fei and coughed. "Since you know this, why are you still talking so much nonsense? Are you jealous or are you taking advantage of Comrade Su Fei? You are a generation older than Comrade Su Fei? Look at how cowardly you are! Even your wife was introduced to you by Comrade Su Fei. Are you repaying kindness with enmity?"

Li Yunlong was speechless and could only smile awkwardly.

Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao and others also laughed secretly.

Li Yunlong was annoyed: "Laugh, laugh, laugh, what are you laughing at? The old brigade commander can laugh at me, who do you think you are? When I was fighting in the base area, you were still playing with mud!"

As a result, everyone laughed even louder.

The brigade commander personally rode a horse and went with Su Fei and others to the meeting point of the independent division and Li Yunlong's independent regiment, where 97 officers and soldiers were buried, to pay tribute to the graves of Su Fei's wife Fanglin and other soldiers.

After returning, Su Fei reported on his battle journey eastward after joining the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, focusing on combat tactics. At the request of the brigade commander, he gave a detailed explanation of the Heiyagou Battle, the Wanxiancheng series of battles, and the Baishishan series of battles.

The brigade commander took notes himself and asked the cadres attending the meeting to listen carefully and discuss.

"This was a combination of mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, blitzkrieg, frontal warfare, and mass mobilization. It was a heroic and precious exploration, a glorious battle, and an example of valuable military thought and tactics. We must study, reflect, and absorb it."