Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

Brigade Commander Chen asked everyone to call Su Fei "Comrade Su Fei" to show that he fully recognized him as one of their own.

However, he was firmly opposed to returning to the Independent Regiment.

"Comrade Su Fei, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are now cooperating in the war of resistance. If you return directly, I'm afraid there will be many problems. Currently, people from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Nationalist government have come to inquire about your whereabouts. They demand that if we find you, we immediately send you to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army or other Nationalist forces. They are sternly threatening that if you return, it will be considered as us sabotaging the war of resistance..."

In this case, Su Fei gave up the idea of ​​returning.

Brigadier General Chen wasn't saying this casually. Before the meeting was over, someone came in with a telegram. After reading it, the brigade commander shook his head and said, "Speak of the devil!"

At noon the next day, several senior officers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army arrived, led by Chu Yunfei.

The brigade commander brought Su Fei, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others to welcome the friendly forces and set up a horse meat banquet, which was all the meat of Japanese war horses killed or wounded on the battlefield.

Chu Yunfei praised Su Fei highly and apologized, saying that when the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was on the eastern expedition to Hengshan, Qian Bojun was a traitor and colluded with Japanese Colonel Imai, which almost caused Su Fei's troops to be wiped out. He apologized and pleaded guilty!

The highest-ranking officer from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was a group army commander, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang of the war zone, who represented the war zone commander Yan Laoxi and expressed concern for Su Fei, an officer of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

"At the time, Brother Su Fei was injured in battle and resting in a mountain village. My Shanxi Suiyuan Army and the Chairman missed him deeply. Unexpectedly, Commander Zu of the Nationalist government got there first and poached Brother Su Fei. Even more unexpectedly, Brother Su Fei fought in Wanxian and Tanghe, but was lured to Baishishan by a traitor and nearly perished. Thank goodness, he was able to escape danger. This is a blessing for our country and a fortunate one for the Shanxi Suiyuan Army. We are here today to pick up Brother Su Fei."

Several generals of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army also praised Su Fei's military achievements.

It turned out that through various channels, the news that Su Fei's troops in Wanxian County had completely wiped out the Japanese 110th Division and that most of the Japanese 21st Division and several regiments were eliminated in Baishishan had spread like wildfire. Although the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army did not know it in such an exaggerated way, it was still shocked.

When the president got the news, he immediately sent someone to contact the Eighth Route Army and demanded the return!

Su Fei no longer wanted to go.

He would rather be a battalion commander in an independent regiment than take any risks.

I'm not afraid of fighting the Japanese, but I'm afraid of being stabbed in the back by my stupid teammates.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had Qian Bojun, and Commander Zu had a traitor on his side, and both times he put himself in desperate situations!

The Eighth Route Army family is warm, sincere, and united! Although Li Yunlong may seem like a ruffian, boasting and cursing all day long, he is fundamentally very easy to work with because he is suppressed by Political Commissar Zhao Gang.

"I appreciate your kindness, but I'm afraid of another Qian Bojun! I feel like I've already died for the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in Heiyagou. If it weren't for the rescue of the Eighth Route Army, the local people, and some other members of the Nationalist Army, I would have been wiped out! If I join the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, will I have to be arbitrarily dispatched with the officers and soldiers I recruited to expedition to unfamiliar lands? Then why did I join the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?"

Su Fei's words made all the Jinsui Army generals very embarrassed.

Deputy Commander Yang stood up confidently and used chopsticks to pick up a piece of horse meat for Su Fei. "Commander Su, don't blame us. In fact, sending you to the Eastern Expedition was indeed a test for you. Facts have proven that you are a true soldier. That's why our theater headquarters seriously considered it and sent people to look for you, but they were snatched away by Commander Zu. Now that you are back, of course we have to give you a warm welcome!"

"Don't worry, our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is still fighting the war and is also brave. We are very eager to have a brave general like you. Our theater headquarters has discussed and decided to appoint you as the commander of the newly formed independent division under the Sixth Army. You will be directly allocated an infantry regiment, an artillery battalion, and a cavalry company. Moreover, you can make your own decisions on battles with the Japanese without consulting higher authorities beforehand, and you will enjoy absolute independent command. The president also said that if you have military merit, you will be immediately promoted to deputy commander and then commander, with no upper limit!"

Is that so?

The accompanying Commander of the Provisional First Army, General Wang, also promised that Su Fei's troops would be given priority in the supply of ammunition and military pay. He also arranged a villa for Su Fei at the Provisional First Army's garrison. "Don't even mention settling down. We are truly sincere this time. We have a home and arrangements for our family! There will be surprises when the time comes!"

Deputy Commander Yang also patted his chest and said, "Commander Su, you will definitely be surprised. In addition, we didn't promote you to division commander because of some management regulations of the National Government. It is not possible for the time being. Your military achievements in Wan County and Baishishan belong to the National Government Army Commander Zu..."

Su Fei expressed his gratitude, but asked for some time to think about it. Besides, the continuous fighting to eliminate the Yamazaki Regiment and the Haneda Brigade had consumed a lot of energy and caused heavy losses, and he also needed to rest.

The atmosphere at the banquet was lively. Su Fei described the joint efforts with the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment to annihilate a large group of Japanese troops. The Jinsui Army commanders were overwhelmed with emotion and applauded repeatedly, saying, "Brother Su Fei, you not only dealt a heavy blow to the enemy and enhanced the might of China, but you also avenged our Jinsui Army. Our Jinsui Army suffered heavy casualties during the Battle of Taiyuan and the fall of Linfen, and we are still filled with grief and indignation."

After the banquet, Deputy Commander Yang took Commander Wang, Chu Yunfei and others to visit the battlefields of Baijia Town and Wanjia Town, and exclaimed repeatedly.

"Five hundred light machine guns, over a hundred mortars, what a spectacle! I wish I could be there in person!"

The general of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army left, leaving Chu Yunfei as a contact person, and also left a cavalry company as a guard force to escort Su Fei in the future.

The headquarters of the independent regiment.

Brigadier General Chen chatted with Su Fei, "Comrade Su Fei, you can go. As long as you persist in the war of resistance and don't forget your loyalty, it won't matter where you go. Besides, there have been constant frictions with the Nationalist government recently, and with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army as well. If you can ease the relationship, it will itself be a huge achievement for the United Front."

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were reluctant to let him go.

Zhang Dabiao also sighed.

Shen Quan, Xing Zhiguo and others also hope that Su Fei will stay.

Su Fei stared in thought for a while, then stood up and saluted: "I will resolutely obey the brigade commander's orders."

He also confessed another reason: he wanted to leverage the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's robust military merit system to develop new weapons to better combat the Japanese. The Eighth Route Army lacked the necessary resources for this, with poor equipment and a blockade by the Japanese and the Nationalist government. Raw materials and equipment were unavailable. Furthermore, he planned to secretly allocate these advanced weapons and ammunition to the Eighth Route Army in the future.

"What? You can develop new weapons? What can you make better?" Li Yunlong was the first to jump up and question.

No one else believed it either.

Su Fei smiled and explained several types of light weapons.

As a modern soldier and a long-time military enthusiast, he knew many weapons and their features like the back of his hand. Of course, he could only give vague descriptions of these weapons that had not yet appeared, but his descriptions of their features left the brigade commander, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Shen Quan, Zhang Dabiao and others stunned.

First, the Type 03 automatic rifle, used by individual soldiers, is also called an assault rifle. It can be fired in bursts or bursts. It has a 30-round capacity, a firing rate of 700 rounds per minute, and an effective range of 500 meters. When fighting the Japanese army head-on, it can easily suppress the enemy and make them vomit blood!

Second, the grenade launcher, used by individuals or groups, can be said to be a combination of the Japanese army's grenade launcher, machine gun, and mortar. Its advantage is that it has an extremely fast shooting speed and is lightweight, far exceeding the current weapons and is the nemesis of the Japanese army.

Third, night vision goggles, low-light night vision goggles or infrared night vision goggles will be able to clearly see the movements of the Japanese army at night and crush them unilaterally in the future.

These were what Su Fei could develop under the conditions at the time, but night vision goggles were difficult, and so were the others. Is it possible to develop and use drones without chips?

As for more advanced technologies, Su Fei, an ordinary retired soldier, didn't understand the details and processes. They were extremely complex. Even these three items were difficult. Some processes didn't necessarily require the necessary conditions and raw materials. He didn't know how many experiments had to be done.

He wanted to develop a single-soldier air defense missile! The problem was, there were no conditions.

After listening carefully to Su Fei's story, Brigadier General Chen waved his hand and said, "Welcome to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. If you can develop new weapons to severely strike the Japanese invaders, it will be a great achievement! I support you! The entire Eighth Route Army also supports you. We have been humiliated too much and for too long by the Japanese devils' advanced weapons!"

Now that he had made the decision, Su Fei began to study, writing and drawing in his room every day, recalling and thinking about the performance data of the weapons and equipment, as well as the conditions required for production and research, equipment, technology, raw materials, etc.

These are very exhausting.

I stayed there like this for five days.

One morning, gunshots rang out at the edge of the independent regiment's base, sounding particularly sharp.

The entire regiment was alarmed and entered a level one combat readiness state, thinking it was a sneak attack by the Japanese army.

Soon, the guards arrived, bringing with them a family of commoners. They were dressed in rags, their faces covered in mud, and they were still in shock. "We are here to look for Su Fei, the commander of the special operations brigade, and our child Zhu Ziming."

Li Yunlong brought his troops to reinforce and was puzzled when he heard this, but he gave a warm welcome and also informed Su Fei.

Su Fei came up to him, looking confused: "Who is it? Fellow countryman? Do we know each other?"

Several villagers picked the mud off their faces and came over, along with grandparents, uncles, aunts, a girl, and several children. "Su Fei, Brigade Commander Su, we are your elders."

elder?

When Su Fei heard the accent, his head buzzed: "Zhu Ziming? Grandpa and grandma?"

The two old men smiled with relief: "At least your child has a conscience and didn't become a Chen Shimei!"

Su Fei quickly invited them into his room, asked the orderly to fetch water for washing their faces, and called the kitchen to cook.

It turned out that the news of Su Fei's return had spread like wildfire. They had just learned about it the previous night and set out overnight. That morning, they unexpectedly encountered a pack of wolves near the Independent Regiment. Fortunately, an Eighth Route Army sentry spotted them, came to their aid, and killed the leader. It could be said that they had risked their lives to come find Su Fei and Zhu Ziming.

On the way, we were also worried about bandits and remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops. They were wearing makeup, their faces were covered in mud, and they smelled bad.

Su Fei personally boiled hot water for them to take a bath, and also used the confiscated Japanese soldiers' clothes that had been dyed and changed in color to change them into.

There is still some horse meat, which was delivered by Li Yunlong himself.

"Brigade Commander, where is my brother?" Zhu Zimo asked shyly.

Su Fei was speechless and could only say that Zhu Ziming had accepted the mission and rushed to other bases. The mission was difficult but glorious.

Zhu Zimo obviously sensed something was wrong and became nervous.

Helplessly, Su Fei could only ask the guards to invite Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others to come.

After the two of them came over, they asked repeatedly and found out about Zhu Zimo and Su Fei. They immediately rolled their eyes at Su Fei!

Su Fei quickly found an excuse, moved the two aside, and told them the truth.

Li Yunlong poked Su Fei with his finger: "You are such a jerk, you are such a piece of shit!"

Political Commissar Zhao retorted without hesitation, "Old Li, this isn't Comrade Su Fei's fault. He was truly selfless, working for the sake of the war to eliminate Yamamoto's forces, right? It was Zhu Ziming who took the initiative for his own safety. Comrade Su Fei did nothing wrong!"

Li Yunlong chuckled, "Su Fei, are you feeling down? Are you scared? Isn't this a good thing? From now on, our independent regiment will have a thread holding you back. Why should we worry that you won't come back?"

However, they decided that they could not deceive the Zhu family, so they held a military meeting with squad leaders and above, invited Zhu Zimo's family, told them about Zhu Ziming's sacrifice, declared him a revolutionary martyr, and observed a moment of silence together to pay tribute to Zhu Ziming's family.

Zhu's grandparents, parents, etc. cried for a long time, and thanked the Independent Regiment for their training. They said that after sending Zhu Zimo here, they would return to their hometown.

"We can't cause trouble for the troops."

The old man is so nice.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang tried to persuade them to stay, but to no avail. Su Fei took out his military salary from the independent division and the reward given by Commander Zu at that time and gave them 200 oceans.

"So much money? We can't take it. We can't take it." The family refused to accept the money and finally only kept 100 yuan and donated the remaining 100 yuan to the Independence Group.

They did not ask to move Zhu Ziming's grave, for fear of troubling the troops. They paid their respects at the grave and left crying.

Su Fei couldn't bear it, so he personally led the cavalry to escort them all the way home, and left them 200 yuan and two horses.

Zhu Ziming's grandparents, parents, etc., thanked him profusely, "Zimo is a lucky child."

After returning to the Independent Regiment, Su Fei confessed that he had had wives including Bai Yan, Zhi Yuan, Fang Lin, and apologized to Zhu Zimo.

Zhu Zimo was also deeply moved. "When I have time, I will go to the graves of Bai Yan, Zhi Yuan, and Fang Lin to sweep and pay my respects. It's not your fault that you are so fickle."

What a nice girl.

Su Fei finally decided to tell Zhu Ziming the truth that he was coerced by the Japanese army to act as a traitor, and with Su Fei's intervention, he repented and finally helped to eliminate Yamamoto's special forces and committed suicide.

Zhu Zimo cried bitterly, but still thanked Su Fei for helping his brother: "My brother has already said that you are a good person!"